Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1852-04-01
Items Of News.

lib 1UUIHACHE--L CIttOH 1Etuf-
Gale, a medical review of New Or
leans, mentions the success of a rem
edy against the toothache. It con-
slsts in the application of a piece Of
cotton dipped in collodion to the cavi-
ty Of the tooth, to the shape ofwhich
it adapts itself, while soft, and when
lit becomes hardened, adheres very
strongly to the tooth, and is not la
bic to be affected by any liquid taken
in to the mouth.
A clumsy correspondent in New
York State, in writing to his friend,
who was famous for his favorite spe-
cimens Of white and black pigs, dis
courses thus:
REsPEq TED SIR:-I went yesterday
to the i air at NJ. | found several
pigs of your species; there was
great variety of b casts, and l was
very much astonished at not seeing
you there!.'
The store of Mr.. L. P. Wright,
OF Atlanta, Ga, was entered on the
night Of The 18th inst, and robbed
OF $4,000 in money-SIS,OGO Of
IT In GEORGIA and South Carolina
bank notes, and the rest in gold.
No trace OF the thief. Is it com
mon for Georgia merchants to have
so much money onhand?-Ads.
A m; N named Rapp, living in.
Philadelphia, has invented gla IS cot
fins. They are Wade alright, and
Of sufficient strength to prevent
bulging. The durability Of glass
is well known, and the rem hins Of
the departed being entirely p rotect-
ed, decomposition goes on very
slowly.
DR.. Porter, in a sermon at Mem
lphis, lately, stated that hell " hs sep
aratel from heaven by a sp pee Of
I00,000,000 OF miles.
The good people of Hopki psyiIle,
Ny, have called an anti-t featiug
M Getting, to discuss the propriety or
improperly OF candidates 'eatlns
pending an election.
4 Out Of tliirty-three members in
the Pennsyl vania Legislature there
are sixteen printers. Poor 4 Flows,
how they have gone down.
A man in Cincinnati was lately
bitten by rat, which had nearI,
proved fatal. The bite Of rat
has been known to kill person
bitten. -
The Memphis and Charleston
Railroad is progressing rapidly.
They are now ready to pu: down
the iron on portion of ii near
Memphis; and 1t is confide nlIy be-
lleved that fifty miles of the road,
from Memphis to Lagrange will be
completed, and that the cars will
be running regularly over il by the
flrst OF October next. :,
v. J. Mayo, Esq, the editor of
the oSceola(Mo.) Independ ent adj
vertlses for a lawyer in'lbat place
lie says he is the only one there,
and that he has~tonscientious scru-
piles about attending to both sides
Of 3 suit. He says the place has
her etofore been blessed with four
law ers; but that one has G pne to
Ia lforDia, one has been elected
Judge, and one. has moved away,
leaving him alone in his glory.
4 self-heating smoothing iron has
been invented. 1t was exhibited
at Frankfort, KY, on Friday last.
Th E iron has a draft hole at the
broad end, and chimney at the
othd r, by which the combustion is
kept up.
Il be Winchester Independent
says the cars on the NJ G. Rail-
road will soon be in the immediate
vicinity of Winchester.
Ii oMEsTEAD LAw-The Legisla-
ture Of Louisiana have passed a
Homestead Law, which exempts
property TO the amount Of $3.50
from seizure for debt.
IMPoRrANT.-The Legislature
of Delaware, previous to its adj
journment, passed law declaring
that children Of manumitted slaves !!
shall not become free, as heretofore,
on arriving at certain age, but
shall be held in slavery as long as
they live.
ANOTHER EDITOR DEcEAsED-
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