Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1852-08-05
Items Of News.

/ Items of News.
LIvISGsfoN, Tenn, July D, 80.
On Sat urday, the Eth inst, the
vote was taken in the county of
Overton upon the proposition TO
subscribe forty thousand dollars of
stock in the Southwestern Railroad,
resulted in the Overwhelming ma
Joriiy OF go votes in favor OF sub
scrlption, the vote stood 979 for
subscription and 800 against it.
White county has voted a subscrip-
ton of sixty thousand dollars, max
ing in the two counties one hmm
dred thousand dollars.
G1LArIN, July %.
The elec tion yesterday was at
tended with a good deal of exuite-
ment. The whole county, officially
and unolficialIy, is heard from. and
the friends of the Railroad have sue
ceeded. i he proposition voted on
was, that the county subscribe
S3OO,0OO to the Nashville and Lou
lsvllle Kailroad, to run through Sum-
ner cou nty.
I BoSTON, July 10.
The Cour Ter this morning publish
es a document dated State Depart
ment, Washington, July 6, and signed
by Daniel Webster, which says that
measures have been taken by the
British Cove rnment in regard to the
American fisheries, to cause a COM
Fplete interru ption to the business of
New England, with con- slant collisions
Of an unplea sant character. which
may end in the destruction of life.
and threatens the pea &c of the two
countries The whole subject will
engage tie i'm mediate attention of
the whole Go yernment. Three Brit
ISL vessels Of war are expected to
arrive on the British North Ameri-
can coast dur ing July, when the sci
zure OF American vessels will begin.
The county of White, by a vote
OF her citizens on Saturday last.
determined To subscribe for SGO,-
600 stock in tbe Southwestern Rail
road.
In 1886, Samuel Baldwin, a gen
tleman Of Hampshire, England, died
and on opening his will it was found
that he had ordered his body to be
thrown into tn e sea, near which he
lived. His reason for making this
extraordinary disposal of his remains
was that his wife, who was much
younger than himself, and not on
good terms wi tn her husband, had
frequently said to him that she would
dance upon his grave.
A CURIOSITY There is girl on
exhibition at the corner of Main and
Clinton str ets, who is one of the
most singular specimens of humanity
which has yer visited our city. She
is about seventeen years Of age,
weighs one hundred and twenty five
pounds, and wha t is the strangest, has
a heavy pair Of whiskers and .mous-
tache. The parents of this curiosity
have nothing III common or strange
in their app eaFaq bee. They are Bel
gians bybitth " g believe, and reside
in the C. anty Of Wyoming. -B9a-
10 CON.
THE Hen Few R IN ENGLAND "A
poultry show was held in Birmingham
in December, at which there were
1886 entries for competition, com
prising 2,440 fowls of 40 distinct
species beside spigeons and pheasants /
Hon. John P. Kennedy, of Balti-
more, has been Sc ected by the Pres
Ident to fill the ? ost of Secretary of
the Navy, and has consented to
serve.
The light Of the great fire at Mon
real was seen distinctly at Burling-
on, Vt, a diBtance OF one hundred
niles.
Mr.. Clay " as ad mitted to the bar ,
N the 18th of October, ITO, nearly
. years ago, and was the Oldest law
'er in Kentucky.
SOUTH WESTERN RAILRoAD.-We
earn from the Spa rita Times Extra
hat on Saturday ID st the people of
White county voted by large ma
Orlty, $50 to 39S, to subscribe $780,