Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1852-10-21

nave before stated, the recent de-
cline in bacon has caused a decline
IN the price Of hogs forthe packing
season now about Commencing. In
Cincinnati prices have drtllned %
cents, though contracts hive been
made for rs, 600 hogs al full pri-
ces. AL Madison, Ia, about LIS
600 head have been contracted for,
and s. nett is tile highest price in
that vicinity for several weeks Our
city packers have Contracted for
upwards Of 100000 hogs, and the
present ruling price appears to be
s.. 1t is fully calculated That up
wards Of 100000 hos will be
ughtered here this season. ons.
Cour.
An important case was tried, a
few days since in the Circuit Court Of
Shenandoah county, Va. About q
year since, a gentleman, while going
Town the valley j the stage coach,
had bis leg dread fully broken, inso-
much that be is made cripple for
life. He brought suit against the
company owning the coach, claiming
damages to the Il mount of $4,000.
The jury in the {. lse rendered YER
diet for the plaintiff, and assessed
the damages at $4,000. This is the
first case Of the sort ever tried in Vir-
ginia.
According to a census Just taken,
the population of New Orleans is as
| follows: Whites, 1IG,275; colored,
29,174- to al, 1919. Total num-
bef of voter, l3,4lI
A GEN lN b Al CHEMIST The Day
of Algiers, unde rstanding that the
Bey of Tunis, who had been dethron-
ed, possessed the art ofconverting the
baser metals into gold, restored him
to his throne on I condition that be
re ve;lled his secret The Bey sent
him, with much ppmp and Ger mony,
a pillow!
4 potato dug lately by Mr. Nahum
Perkins, Of North Bridgewater, Mass.
measures II inches in length, and
weighs one pound and six ounces! A
squash vine commenced growing in
the garden of Col Samuel NJ. Cur
rier, of Hopkinton, Maine, about the
middle Of June, and by the 10th Of
September, had attaine ed length of
252 feet 1t lore l5 respectable
sized mhrrowf,t- squashes The ed
itor of the Boston Traveller has been
presented an apple Which measured
fourteen inches in circumference, and
weighed one and one-eighth pounds.
A curious case was tried in ono of
the Philadelphia counts last week.
1t is not vet concluded. Mary Clinton
and Susan Spearing stand charged
with conspiring to defr3ud George T.
Elliott, by means Of cohjuration, and
which SO influenced the mind Of the
prosecutors wife, to whom the fitu-
rity was revealed, that She at times
was yerv melancholy and much de-
pressed, and indeed finally became an
inmate Of lunatic asylum The
defendants, among other nonsense,
told Mrs. Elliott that her husband
was untrue to her, and that she must
"take piece of his shirt and a piece
of the lining Of Lis coat, and boil
them together nine times, and then
pour tn : contents INTO a jug, then
10 bury It in one corner Of the Gel
lar, which would give him such exeru-
ciating pain as shortly to cause his
DEATH"
SHOE AND LEATHER TEADH.-The
Boston. Shipping List says the man
ufacture of Boots and Shoes is en-
phatically the leading branch Of in
dusty in Massachusetts, exceeding
by several MILL ons the value Of the
cotton goods manufactured or the
product Of the whale fisheries. 1t
says the number Of persons employed
inIthe business is upwards Of 10000.
and the yearly value of tho goods
about S25, 100000.
Two live mice, says the Lowell
Mass Courier, lately came through
the mail! enclos ed in a sealed letter,
from North Billerica, to d gentleman
in this city. They were delivered
Gin good order and well conditioned,
and are doing well. This can hardly
be considered as coming within the
post office law defining "mailablema
natter 1t is what printers would
call live matter
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