Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1852-02-05
A WoNpER.-On Saturday last

most extraordinary dimensions. be-
ing about eight feet in height, weigh
ing as lbs and only 10 years Of
age. We made has:y call at th E
Bell Tavern to see him and must
confess that orr astonishment " as
great indeed atibeholdlns human
being of such magnitude as to-
make all others appear as mere
plgmies in comparison. lie is a
Scotchman by birth, but raised
principally in Nova Scotia, where
his parents resided. His powerful
frame is encumbered with no super
huous flesh but on the contrary is a
form of handsome Proportions
Ills name is Angus McKaskill.-
On Monday he left for Georgia and
the South generally. Bs Is GER
tainly curiosity which no one will
regret paying the reSlired fee to
see.-HuntsaHe Demoerat.
NOVEL RAILwAY-Th e Presi-
dent of the Philadelphia, Whining
ton and Baltimore Railroad has re-
sorted to new expedienr. by way
Iof facilitating travel between the
two cities. He has causeda rail,
way 20 be constructed over the ice
at Iiayre de Grace so that The freight.
mail, and baggage cars may pass
directly across the Susd uehanna.
and without the slightest delay
This arrangement will continue as
long as the ice lasts. andrit is now
remarkably solid, being packed like
rock to the depth of thirty feet.
The London Times 5 Iates that
! the relations of Louis NaDoleop 10
the British Government are unSatIs-
factory, and that taev are equally
unsatisfactory to the despotic pow
ers, as Austria and Russia. whilst
pleased with tie steps taken by
Louis Napoleon, look Upon his pow
er as provisional ard that il must
igive way to the restoration Of legiti-
macy.
The Senatorial branch Of the
Texas Legislature has passed a Bin
providing for the paymaut of tho
first and second classes of the pub
lie debt. II limits the amonnt of
appropriation to S2,dO0,0O0. 1t
was thought that il would pass the
House with some amendments.
i Lawyers are likely TO be as thick
as hops in Indiana. Tie Supreme
Court Of that State, now in session
at Indianapolis, has decided thar
under the new constitution. tie on
ly requisite necessary for a 9rach-
toner in that court, besides being a
voter, is the certificate of any court
iof record that The applicant Is a
man Of good moral character.
The longest snow storm that
w3s ever known in Great Britain
oe CURED in 1914 1t is recorded
IN the register OF the paris b of Wo,-
ton Gilbert that it began on, the
18th Of January and continued to
snow. every day until III e 10Th of
March, The loss of hun,ha HE. as
well as sheep and neat cattle was
immense.
Although Mr.. Kerr. our CHARGE
D'Affaires to Nicaragua, has been
several months in that country. he
has not yet been able to find any
respOns bile Government TO which
he might present his credentials
The last intelligence from him was
dated at Leon, some time in Mo-
vember, when be was still pursuing
his sea rch for something in the
shape of functionary WHO might
receive him in an official capacity.
AID TO ITALY.-It is reported in
the New York Commercial that
$4,000 have recently been depos- .
tied som ewhere in Rome for the
purchase of arms. Forty thousand
dollars, i is said, were from the
United States and $4,000 from
Liverpool. 1t is reported that
there arc at least SO 1000 muskets Sc
GREETED IN the city and il the cam
pagna.
\ ca NcRrss OF NArIoxs.-A 4,
resolution r is pending before The
PENNSYLVANIA Legislature, request &,
ing the President to open CORES
Pondencf with foreign nations, with
view 70 establish Congress of
the civilized nations Of the earth for
the enactment and enforcement of
a code Of international laws.
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