Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1852-03-18
Items Of News

: columbus, Uhlp, on uesday, De
n tween Pat Burt, of New Orleans,
and John w. NJ cLaughIin, Of Pitts
! burg, for STOP a side. On the
thirteenth round Burk admitted
himself W whipped. About 800 spec
tators witnessed the brutal dxhibi-
ton,
Pr EsENTMENr.- The Mobile Reg
lister states that the late and la
mehted Capt CD %. Higgins, ii that
t city, who died Q b Sunday la$r had
been impressed for some TIME Wilt
, the firm conviction that he should
f die on certain day Of the month
the 22d lie had expressed this
belief frequently during some
. months. On bis last visit to town
his residence was snort dis
lance out-he consummated the
purchase of his grave lot, saying he
had lew days to spare before the
ODD, On Saturday lie rails ed up
from evident dellrium 10 ask us illIs
: the 22d?' and receiving negative
+ in reply, sank back TO sleep or IN
sensibiHy On Sunday, between
4 | and 2 O'Clock, tiiihful to his
n superstition, he lett this lite on the
I'D Of February!
y The convention Of Spirits, which
S assembled at Cleveland last week,
was attended by about 1890 spec
It tators. The spirits refused to rap,
e but the audience made up for the
II deficiency. The whole thing was
so transparent a bumbug that il
D broke up with considerable noise
A. and confusion.
'F Mr.. s. b. Brooks, late propri
etor OF the "Boliyar Herald" diet
s IN Bolivar at his residence, on Tx
n 10Th inst, aged 80 years.
u The democratic States R;g..t
convention Of Georgia. 10 clioos
Delegates to Baltimore. meets a
L Mllledgeyile, March 81
he The late cashier Of DE Thbo
daux branch Of the niJu Bank q
he Louisiana, is reported II be De
IT. tauter 10 the amount q $4,000
or He is now in Paris
On A rich bachelor Of Ntw Jerse
lrecenlly died leaving ty lyiIl sever;
legacies, OF from ten 10 twenty
IS five thousand dollars each to ladle
,al whom he had addressed, but, wh
had rejected him. lie SAID Tia
sr- they afterwards grew 10 ID SO ugly
that he could not be sufficient
eli grateful
nj "A party Of 90 Hung.ri4ns hay
nd reached Cincinnati en- r0ul4 for N
souri, to purchase a tract IF land t
in settle upon and cultivate Tie pa
Of ty is in charge of Capt. rstzey, IA
they have sufficient means to pui
tn chase 10000 acres of land, and III
es. necessary agricultural Implement
in for cultivation, and to Stock Ii
Is same.
&C. "A merchant in Indiana offers {
nd make bet of $4,000 tn t lie VII
nd Stclm from Cincinnati to Madison, @.
the Ohio river, in the mon ia of~Au
IL gust next, without sleep, and wit
&c only fifteen minutes rest and refresh
nj ments every six hours. The Laf,y
in cite Courier says extensive arrange
ments are making for the accomplish
ment Of the feat, and from an &C
L. quaintance with the gentleman
n. vouches that he viii swlns as pro
an posed, or slnk in the under taking.
% A CURIOUS FACT ABOUT WINTERS
d The Philadelphia Bulletin mention
:" as a curious fact, that, Eher eyer th'
: winter IS usually severe on this side
% Of the Atlantic, the seasqn is un
u commonly mild in Europe. Thl
warmest winter We remember was co
= incident with one in the old worl.
e so intensely severe that it is has al
- most passed into proverb. The pres
ie ent season. which has been here Sc
: intensely cold, has proved so genia
:, in Paris that apoplexy, caused BY
- the high temperature, has become
- as it were epidemic. Can not some
> scientific friend furnish solution t.
this riddle?
h Aaother Conp d'Etot Of Napoleon
D. The last act Of note perpetrated by
Louis Napoleon, IS the dlscarding 0
: Madame Bonaparte, his mistress, anC
g the mother Of bis children, Ia LADY
$ said to have been born in Baltimore.
o preparatory to the espousal of Roy
+ al Princess. from one Of the reionine