Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-05-04
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never wearies. The fowIlhas d
population of 1,S00 and is a
place of considerable trade
Among other things it has z
dry goods stores, 8 wholesale
grocery stores, 3 drug stores,
1 boot, shoe and hat store, 6 re-
taiffiquor' establ blishments.3 sad
dler shops, ,5 blacksmith shops,
3 tailor shops, 2 cabinets shops,
2 tin shops, 1 hardware store, 4
carpenter shops, 1.earriage and
wagon shop, / seed and imple-
meht store, 2 printing offices, 2
livery stables, 2 silversmith
shops, / gallery of art, / hotel
(and good one,) 4 boarding
houses, / BARRIERS shop, 3 church
buildings for white and two for
colored,9 / lanyard, 4shoer shops,
l butcher, 8 doctors lafa 2 den
fists, / gunsmith, 4 schools 26
lawyers, / woolen factory that
runs 3l5 spindIesI,,a.s !, g. g. looms,
works twenty hands and turns
out 360 yards superior cloth dali
ly.a They here manufacture
Jeans, cashmere, flannel, linsey,
satinets, carpets, etc, etc. w.
A. Mckee is the Superinten-
dent of the II KnEFFa.
sfAfErrEs1tLE woohEk a,LLs,
and takesI IR0ols in texcha1ge for
goods. The mills are owned by
Chas. Stewart & Co., who.,.are a.
rnong' the most enterprising men
in the country. 81, 1919 ssss.;.; ,'s s,a4 e
wARRENs eoFHeNeFAe AeTpRY,
al Oregon, near Flintsilles manu-
faetpres heavy domestics In con-
siderable quantities. It runs four
hundred spindies, employs thirty
hands, and viii soon have sixteen
looms in operation. 1t has been
profitable investment, the goods
meeting with ready sale as fast as
manufactured. 2 e 9 Eh
- Nothing probably shows more
public, spirit among the people of
Lincoln than the attention they
have paid to ,as~-s
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS. r
There are five turnpike roads cen
teriiig in Fayetteville, and anoth-
other is in process of construction.
One of these roads crosses the
Elk river near town by one of
the most magnificent stone bridges
in the State. This bridge was
built in 1861 by Patrick Flannery
and John Markum, of limestone
rock obtained from a quarry near
by, It is composed of six ellepti-
cal arches, four Of them sixty feet
from centre to centre, one forty
Eve, and one thirty feet, making
the total length Of the bridge 3l5
ieet.ao The. piers are in asher ma
sopry,gTTh roadway is fifteen
feet wide, hanked by stone walls
three feet in height and two in
width, Some of. the stones in
this bridge are vast in their pro-
portions. We measured one 10
feet s inches long. 2 feet wide,
and l foot thick. Thetwo arches
on the south end Of the bridge are
not built in the water, bat on
bottom land, and are lower than
the Others, SO there isl q gradual
declination from the end Of the
fourth arch of about l2 deg, to
the southern terminus Of the
bridge. This is { considered The
only defect in the bridge, as the
approach of a wagon cannot be
seen from either end. and the
roadway isEscarcelys wide enough
for wagons to pass. Its cost was
about $4,000. J0liI TED DWQ1
There is but one railroad in
the county. and that runs from
Decherd, in franklin county,
where ,it'abranches off from the
NashviAesand Ghattanooga Rail-
road, passing BY Winchester, the
county. sseat of Fraekhn,j jim q
southerly direction until it reach.
es a point near the Alabama line,
wheregit turns in a nortliWeste terly
direction TO, Fayetteville. This
road is a great con venienee to the
people of Lincoln. Before its con-,
struction farmers were compelled
to ship their. cotton and other pro-
duce down the Elk river in fiat
boats to the Tennessee river, or car
ryit in wagons to the Chattanoo-
ga road. T, -,
Besides Fayetteville there are
several other fiourishing towns in
Lincoln county, and the first
among them is - % m . ~,
.'-,saH ias PETERSBURG,
which is surrounded by the finest
body of land in the county. 1t
stands at the head of Cane creek,
on the northern border of the coun-
ty,andisa healthy, thriving village.