Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1852-10-14
liens d News.

mother of five children, was lately
taken To The insane asylum in coz
sequence of becoming deranged
through the splrit-rapping delu-
sions. 1t appears that another fe-
male had pretended 10 have COM
munication with the other world,
and Illus put Mrs. NJ. in correspon-
dence with her deceased husband,
in heaven. She became intensely
interested in the rappings, and held,
as she was led to suppose, frequent
interviews with her husband, until
finally she be came deranged. Tile
Commercial says that among her
other vagaries she imagines the spir
| it Of her husband occupies her body,
that her own has departed 10 give
place to his, and that if she could
discover his mortal. remains she
would be enabled to endow them
with life, by returning to him the
soul which, though properly his,
now animates her.
The Buffal 10 Commercial relates
a curious fact in natural history late
liz developed al The American Hotel
in that city. A family having rooms
liz that hotel, lately left TOW n for a
few weeks. On their return they
found that a mouse was in the habit
Of constantly visiting tie cage Of a
canary bird which bad remained in
the room during their absence, hay-
ing taken Il lie opportunity of form
ing the Acquaintance during the I'M
usual stillness of the apartment
To the surprise Of the family il was
found that The mouse had been la
king lessons in singing Of its music
iaI friend, and would constantly
give forth OteS in exact imitation
of the cana RVS ;onei but low and
4 sweet. TIL E little crd azure now Wis
its the Gag nightly, eats of the
seed, and en- deayors BY its singing to
excite the a ttention and call forth
the notes Of the bird
A new Christian Church has re-
Gently been dedicated at Clsrksyille.
There wer slight Gosts in the Vi
cinity of Cha rksyille, Curing the last
week in September No damage was
done to yege tation by them
The Cumberland Presbyterian
Church at Clarksyille, is advertised
to be'sold fer debt.
The Odd Fellows of SomerviIle,
Tenn, laid the corner stone Of a new
Hall at that place ON The 18th Sept.
During I'll e months Of July, Au-
gust and September,H the deaths in
Cincinnati averaged Il psr day, or
one for every hour.
Our Cove nment is about to erect
eight light houses bn the Pacific
coast.
It's estima ted thatlthe cotton crop
of the present year Will reachs3, O0O,-
900 bales.
The Rochester Avertiser states
that the creditors of Daniel sBurnet
of that city, who died recently, had
effected assurances on his life to the
amount of from So, 900 to $4,000,
which have been or will be paid by
the agent, II. A Brewster, in that
city. One person who himself failed
gets $4,000, and another in the same
predicament|S1 900.
A great deal of excitement has
been caused ht Austin, Texas, by the
murder Of William Finnin, by one
Blake II. Tb ompson, said to be n ter
rible desper ldo. lie fled, and the
people held 4 meeting,and subscribed
several hund red dollars to be offered
as reward for the apprehension Of
the murderer
On Wednesday, a Mrs. Venable,
aged eighty+-two years, co mmitted
suicide by hanging herselfin Ithaca,
N. Y.
Gov. Foote, Of Miss, has designed
Thursday, Oct. 14th, as day ofAn-
nual thanksgiving in Mississippi.
hr, Howard has retired from the
proprietorship Of the Irving House,
New York city, With fortune Of
100000. !
An individual in Cincinnati is
blessed with wife who has run away
from him four times, within the last
two years. When she experiences
an inclination to depart, he permits
her to go, and when she becomes
weary Of absence, he takes her again