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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-08-01
TERMS.

FTwo Dollars for one year s.ava-
T;Gbly IN advance; Two Dollars and
Fifty Cents if payment be deferred three
months. All papers.going out of the coun-
ty to be paid for IN adUdRce.
OF Single copies, Ten Gents eaca
Advertisements inserted at One Dollar
per square of Ten Lines or loss for the first
insertion; Fifty Cents for each continuance.
CP Local and Special Notices, Twenty
Gents per line.
rA liberal deduction viii be made to
persons advertising fer three, six, nine, or
twelve months.
OF Obituaries and calls on candidates,
Fifty Cents per square.
OF The privilege of yearly advertisers is
strictly limited to their own Immediate and
regular business and the business of an ad-
vertising firm is not considered as including
that of its individual members 0~rNo de-
Walton from these terms under any circum-
stances
0T Advertisements not marked with the
number of insertions when handed in, will be
continued until ordered out, and payment
exacted.
OF No advertisement inserted gratu .tously
e5" Advertisements of an abusive nature
will not he inserted at any price.
t5s Announcing candidates Five Dollars,
to be paid in advance in every case.
OF lob Printing of all kinds neatly
done on New Type, and on as reasonable
terms as any Office in Tennessee.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-08-01
The New Editor of the
Tj 4u N. Y. Herald. r.

Each T morning as We pick up
the New York HJuld, we think
of how small Importance even the
greatest men are in the world OF
men, or even in tile Immediate
circle of their own business rela-
,tiops,. and especially how imper-
sonql a great newspaper necessarl-
ly is. ,.g ....
While Mr.. Bennett lay dying,
the HTdld, built up and owned
by him, made no note of the fact.
He died. The Herald came out
in mourning, a column obituary,
and it passes on, redecting with
wonderful vividness the multitu-
dinous life Of the great city and
tie world, still bearing at It's head
the familiar name "James Gordon
Bennett, Editor and Proprietor"
though the iather is dead, and the
son. speeding over the seas, knows
not the changed Significance Of the
editors are writing,
correspondents reporting, compost
tors working, and press ;oiling for
him. -. g.. ..
A great paper is so much greater
than any one connected with it,
that it is necessarily almost as i'm
personal as though itself.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-08-01
The Hoop-Skirt Business.

The vicissitudes of cal italists
and inventors in the hoop-skirt
business, says the Boston CONNER.
cial Bulletin, have been marked
and peculiar. One manufacturer
at Clinton, Mass, who had Just
got fairly into operation when the
trade began to drop off, closed up
his shop at a dead loss of 100000;
for machines that he had perfected
for covering wire, at d cost of S45,.
600, sold for Sc, 500, and are now
running in this city, covering each
5000 yards steel wire per day.
The chief ally of the successful in
the business has been the news
papers; and in liberal advertising,
a certain make or brand of hoop
skirt, no better than twenty others,
has had a national reputation and
secured colossal fortunes 10 about
fifteen men.
The demand for hoop-skirts ex-
ceeds the present capacity of the
manufacturers. The dullness and
stagnation of the trade since 1870
has scattered the girls who were
SO numerous and skillful at the
work, and those now secured for
this industry are all beginners, and
consequently much time is lost in
periecting the labor. Another
and yet more surprising trouble Is
the scarcity of female labor. Not
only are all the small-ware manu-
facturers cramped and annoyed IN
this respect, but some of our largest
cotton mills are forced to aserious
restriction Of their products from
ihis cause Henceforth, if fashion
decides upon the handiwork of
women, the vOtarles of this tickle
goddess must substantially &C.
knowledge the mission Of the
weaker sex and pay better prices
Tor their labor.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-08-01

The Administration has paid n
ronnd price, 81 ,0Q0ft is reported, for
abatch ofGouiederate archives to be
used in this campaign. 1t is doubt
less good bargain for lucky agent
who has held the precious docu-
ments hidden in Canada all these
years, for old papers rarely fiud such
liberal purchasers; but if the records
Of the COnfederace are destined to
be used as political papers in the
clmpaign OF Greeley against GRAM, ,
it is possible that their value has
been overestimaIed. With Judge
Settle, a rank secessionist, who is
Outraged whenquestioned concern
ing bisconnectiOn with the rebellion,
as Chairman Of the nominating con,
ventiOn; with Henry A. Wise, the
vcriest braggart Of the reconstruc-
ted,a supporter of Grant, with the
busbwhscker MOsby as a Radical
stump speaker; and with Jubal
E.rly and the rest as fast friends OF
the Administration, it would be
thought matte: of prudence to
keep the contents of these archives
as qui3t as possible. But whoever
they may Concern, they are of little
account now. The Grant party
may wish to fight this battle on the
issues of the war, but the people
have more important business on
hand; and except as mltelial for some
favored historian of the White
House domestic service, it is difficult
10 see in what manner this costly
purchase will he made available.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-08-01
5.sGllQirea'oefrrI, ,
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YOUTH AND AGE.

The old man sits in the corner, 30 "ri.
And his eyes are blcared and dim. ST.,
His ears are dull of hearing, ......,. .t.s.
And he trembles in every limb;
While his grandson tall and stately, So -
Is heir to his land and gold ,.-a ...
How many envy the young man!
How many pity the old! |
Is the peasant who goes to his labor,
Called forth by the rising sun, 20 =
More blessed than him who resteth i.sIgt-g
At eve, when his toll is done? .,...,...- 3
Is the ship just loosed from its moorings,
Out bound O'er far seas to roam,
Better of than the one that casts anchor
All safe in the heYen of home?
The old man sits in the corner, -.s..r. ..-
Reading Oft in the Heaven-sent Book, T..
In his heart there are thou ,iltl of his Saviour
There is peace and joy ia his look; ;T,.
While his grandson d.i,ts in Lies .whir;-
pool,
Is worried with cares unt6Id a. s-.tiJI
1t were better to pity the young man.. b
Far better to envy the old! a..
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-08-01

The La Crosse Democrat, "a
nous newspaper, which peEished on
the 10th instant, was launched by
Brick POmeroy in 1860, and rap
dly attained a notOriety throughout
the Union for the boldness OF its o.
-pinion and the audacity of its ex-
preston. Z 1t attained a circulation
shich was exceeded by but few me-
tropoIitan journals. PomerOy got
rich, built fine newspaper Office
and an opera-hOuse- In 1868 he
went to New York and established
the Democrat there, and from that
time the La Crosse Democrat b.
came q side-shoW. Pomeroy ran
through all the money he made IN
Wisconsin, and his La Crosse organ
sank rapidly. The remains Were
purchased the other day by John
Symes and George w. Peck, who
are now running the Liberal Demo-
.crdt.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-08-01
a Tale Of a False Wife
and Her False Teeth

The fearfuL record of crime
has given to jackson county,
Indiana, a Worldwide but unen-
viable fame. The many muir
Iders perpetrated BY these yigi-
lants in the name of justice; the
vendetta in, which the Reno
gang and the little notorious
criminals opening under the
name of detectives, sought
each others lives, and robbed
express and railroad companies
Eby turns, viii not soon be for
gotten. The quick work made
of horse thieves, and all other
kind of thieves when detected,
causes a shudder to chill ones
blood and make each particular
hair stand on end.
But it is reserved to a Jack
son county farmer to eclipse all
the barbarism previously prac-
Iticed in his county, and reach
the refinement of cruelty in his
treatment of q wretched but
but guilty wife. This farmers
name was Jones, and he lived
near the line dividing jackson
and Monroe counties.
He had a young, and hand
some wife; but her ways were
dark and her tricks vain, in her
husbands estimation, and so
they did not live happily togeth-
er. A few evenings ago Jones
went home from his work and
found his wife gone, and also
with a considerable sum of
A note upon the table
near the door informed him she
had fed with a man she loved,
and pursuit would be in vain.
The husband thought not, how
ever, and mounting q fleet horse
he dashed off on the county
road leading to Bloomington.
He heard ofthe fugitives OH the
way, which lent speed to the.
pursuit. Boz ,-. .-..
1t was toward evening when
be saw them in the road ahead
of him. Drawing his revolver,
he increased the speed of his
horse and was soon up with the
guilty wife and her paramount,
Holding the revolver cooked in
one hand, he plunged the other
i1.o his pocket and drew forth
q set of artificial teeth the wife
hsA left in her flight. ''Here,
En-, take these id old teeth;
don't want 'em no MORE" he
said; and En-. took them. "And
now Bill Beam" he continued,
Lurning to- the frightened para
nour, "here'sa plug ofterbaeer;
.ake. il. and light out; sure's
Ill ifeYer you or I'm. comes
back to sponge of me I'll shoot
you both? . Dye see that ar?'
out the revolver arb
,hakingitt itthreateningly. "There
S lin that ar peperbox ef
you venture back Now git"
And tits unnecessary to say that
Bill Bean and En-. got.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-08-01
VOIs XIE---NIO. q.
Romantic Elopement.
A Married Man Pretends to be
Drowned and Runs off with a
...t 70 Youthful Maiden. a
lFrom the Buffalo Courier

[FrOm the Buffalo Courier
Society at West Rutland, Yer
mont, and Cleveland, Ohio, is
stirred to its deepest depth by the
particulars of very sad affair. in
which the names of two very re-
spectacle families are involved.
1t seems that a few years ago "a
wealthy gentleman named Barron
resided in the former place, and
believing truly enough that there
was a world of wealth concealed
beneath the mountains of Yer
nQnt in the shape of pure white
marble, he began the task of get
ting it out for market. The busi.
ness was then in its infancy and
was not so well understood as it is
now. Mr.. Barron failed and was
reduced to comparative poverty.
He had two daughters. In the
days of his prosperity he had been
to them a fond and indulgent par.
.ent, and had given them an educa.
ton which would have fitted them
to adorn any society in the world.
One of the young ladies, with he
roic fortitude and devotion, de-
termined not only to support her
self, but to do something for the
maintenance of the family, and
pushing out to Cleveland soon sue
ceeded in finding employment as
n teacher. 1T is seldom that girls
of such resolute will fall preys to
the tempter,f But it seems that
Miss Barron met her evil fate there
in the person Of a young married
man named Williams, the son of
a wealthy gentleman, though he
himself was a bankrupt. They
became enamored of each other,
but the story of their stolen inter-
views and earnest lOngings is
known only to themselves. One
day Williams went to the river to
battle, leaving his clothes in the
boat. He never returned to his
home; the next day the boat and
clothes were found, and all Cleve-
land bewailed the fate of the young
man who was believed to be sleep
ing beneath the dark waters of /
the Cuyahoga River. The young
lady had previously disappeared
from Cleveland and returned to
Rutland. A day or two after
Williams death he, too, ap-
peared at the home of the girl, a
marriage was celebrated and the
party started out on their wedding
tour. This was on the 14th of
May last. Since then they have
not been heard from, but it has
been known for some time that
the fascinating and accomplished
Willard Sheldon" who married |
Miss Barron, and the drowned
Williams, of Cleveland, were one
and the same parties. Ithas trans |
pired, too. that Williams forged |
his fither's nam. for large sums
Of money, and it is surmised that !
upon the fruits of this rascality |
the Partiesl are living in Europe. I
Officers have been on the alert for
the 'rinaways for some time, but
without success. Z ~
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-08-01

Fourteen years ago an Indiani-
an left his ludy-love for the land
of gold. During all these years
the faithful pair have each writ
ten and received two letters every
week, till a week or two ago, when
the swain returned to claim his
bride. They have a pile of two
thousand nine hundred and twelve
love letters TO begin housekeeping
with.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-08-01

The Fort Wayne Sentinel makes
the foll)wing cheerful announce
ment: ga coffin room has been es-
tablished on Wayne street, in the
rear of the Sentinel building
Any one feeling like attacking the
editor will save his relatives trou-
bic by coming around that way
and selecting his box" r.. "i,#
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-08-01

The New York Suns correspon-
dent john is a very. sharp fellow
In one of his letter he says: II BET
a fellow dollar that ]. could tell
him how much water to a quart
went under the railroad bridge
over the Mississippi at Dubuque
in q year. He bet, and | said
two pints to quart. Iwon the
bet."
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-08-01

A good story is told of a Nashua,
N. II, physician, who recently
vaccinated a family Of twelve
persons and charged twelve dol
lars. A few days thereafter he
took a dozen cabbage plants in
part pay, as he supposed, bat upon
final settlement learned to bis
surprise, that Mr. Farmer charged
doctors prices-''one dollar a
head" a4H .-.a
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-08-01

An orator, IN appealing 10 the
"bone and sinew, "said: "My friends,
] am lproud TO see around me to-
night the hardy yeomanry Of the
land, for | love the agricultural in
torests Of the country; and we'll may
/ love them, f,llOw- citizens, for l
was born farmer; the happiest
days Of my life were spent in the
pc ,celul avocations of a son of the
soil. If | may be allowed to use a
figurative expression | may say
was born between two rows of corn ~
"A pumpkin, by thunder!" ex-
claimed an inebriate chap Just in
front Of the stage.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-08-01

Col. Adair, a wealthy 'mer-
chant Of Atlanta, remarked 10
the Georgia Press Association,
recently conrened in that city,
that he owed about all he pos
sessed to advertising. %N6th
ing" said he, '"eosts so little
and pays so well as liberal use
of printers ink.'' -.L 1tl ''''
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-08-01

Indiana claims the proud pre-
eminence of having more fe-
male preachers than any other
State in the Union. .--r.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-08-01

The japanese Commissioner,
Nakshima, doesn' t believe in
any mediatorial redemption.
He says that's too much like re-
ligious brokerage. t
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-08-01

Young men nowadays, have a
shocking regard for the Scriptures
Solomon said, go to the ant, thou
sluggard;" and yet the majority
of our sluggards irrevereDtly per-
siSt in going TO their dhcles.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-08-01

A Republican paper, the Cinciu-
natl Commercial, charges that tho
presidents father "makes money by
furthering the appointm nt of pub ,
lie rascaIa 10 Office
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-08-01

Sensitive New England people
are annoyed by urchins going in
swimming about the wharves,
whose entire bathing suit is a rag
around a stubbed toe Is d. siI
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-08-01

A Chicago woman has married
a man in Jail. She brags she is
"the only girl in town who knows
where her teller stays of nights "
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-08-01

Ferdinand Spann, Of Webster
county, Ga, hing his wife the
other night, who has but one
leg, and eloped. with a girl that
had an uninjnred pair. caf -.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-08-01

A man in Anamosa county,
Iowa, sold his wife lately for a
keg of beer,
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-08-01

A constable. in Ohio lately
testified in Court as follows:
~ know nothing Of her but
what l hear the neighbots say E;
and, in my opinion, what-a w6-
man says Of another is rot wor-
thy of belief" ---- ~ 1ll ~.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-08-01

A young lady, annoyed BY a
lot of simpletOns who under her
window at nigtA Sung ''If ever |
cease to love- . wishes US to say if
they will stop that f9olishhess,
come in and talk Cuisines" they
Will confer a favor. ...'3
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-08-01

w hen GOLDSMITH wrote tue 1Ol'
lowing stanza of the Hermit,
'.No Ilocks that ransA the valley free,
a.' TO slaughterg ~ condemn ftl-
b. Taught by the Power that pities me,
learn to pity them " .r. -.
He submitted it to (the future)
Mrs Goldsmith, who is said to
have suggested the following im-
prOyement: r. ,sr..t
''No aocks that range the valley free,
TO slaughter | condemn;
The butcher kills the sheep for me,
81 buy the meat Of them!' ga
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-02-02

ASSAULT AND Acknowledgements
Weitzel, Frederick Forman and James
Baron, after they had paid their fines
to the city, yesterday, as elsewhere re-
corded, were taken before Squire
Johnston on a warrant sworn out by
George Bullock, charging them with
committing an assault and battery on
Bullock, on last Saturday night. Welt
eel and Baron were held in the sum Of
$500 each to answer for the assault and
battery and Forman in 800 for a breach
of the piece. Two of the others, Ma
poleon Cox and Hanson Blake, waived
an examination and gave bail in the
sum OF $500 each. The other, Camp.
bell, will be examined this morning.
The probabilities are that the parties
will be arrested again GU charge OF
riot. The scrape these young men
have got themselves into is likely to
prove a costly one before they get done
with il.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-02-02
EUREKA ORGANS, with stool and
cover, cheap on renting plan, at Sheds
Music Store, Monroe street.

WHEELING AND TUsCARAWAs VALLEY
MISUNDERSTANDING books for this
road were opened at the First National
Bank in Bridgeport yesterday, and over
500 shares of stock, or more than $25 600
was subscribed. tits thought that the
Bridgeport subscription will reach
$4,000. The right Of way over seven
eighths Of the territory between the river
and the Crab Apple branch OF Wheel
ing creek, at which point the Athens
route leaves the main creek, has been
already granted without cost, and it IL
confidently expected that the same ia
vorable terms may be secured over
nearly the whole sixteen miles.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-02-02

MARTINsvILLE.-The incorporators of
a company under the name and title Of
"a Newspaper and Publishing House
at Martins Ferry" held an election on
the evening of the 3lst ult., for the
purpose of electing seven directors for
said company, which resulted in the
selection of DR.. West, Henry Wells, II.
w. Smith, Conrad Lang, DR.. Werlich,
James Kerr and Robert E. Sweeney, to
serve one year or until their successors
should be appointed. They were sworn
in according to law and Immediately
organized by appointing DR.. Werlich,
Chairman; Robert E. Sweeney, Secretary,
and II. w. Smith, Treasurer. The
Board made call on the stockholders
for 20 per cent Of the capital stock to be
paid over to the treasurer, who can be
found at the Commercial Bank Of Mar
tinsville.
The Martinsville people are manifest
ing quite lively interest in the railroad
discussion which has been going on
through the papers for the last few
days. This is all right and very COM
mendable, for they have an important
and grave interest in the result of the
final action OF Wheeling.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-02-02

CHEAP GooDs. -Messrs. Emsheimer d
Blum will add this morning to their
closing out sale, their entire stock Of
underwear, hosiery and gloves, adapted
for ladies', gents and youths wear,
which comprises the choicest selections
of foreign and domestic productions;
also, choice stock of all wool felt skirts,
velveteens, furs, shawls, and all wooden
goods generally, which will be offered
remarkably cheap. Judging from the
increased rush Of buyers daily at this
store, we presume goods are sold at
extremely low figures, Notwithstanding
the recent advance on all kinds OF dry
goods. This firm, however, seems TO be
determined to sell off their stock. Be-
sides this, they will continue to cell the
best six cord thread at Sc spool, which
is certainly the cheapest machine cotton
ever offered in this country, and should
draw out large forces Of buyers.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-02-02

WHEEL BRoKEy.-Yesterday while
the workmen at Washington mill were
putting on a spur wheel weighing
about a ton, it broke all to pieces be-
cause Of the frost in it. This will delay
the commencement OF work at this mill
until another can be cast. The mill
has been entirely overhauled by Daniel
Darrah, the manager, and he hoped
shortly to be able to start the mill.
New machinery has been placed in it,
and all the old removed. We hear
that new stock company is to be
formed, having for its object the man
ufacture Of rail at Washington mill.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-02-02

DEATH OF A PROMINENT CITIZEN
Yesterday morning, at halfpast five
o'clock, Holston Harden, Esq, promi-
nent and we'll known citizen departed
this life. Mr.. Harden was a native Of
Pennsylvania, we believe. He came
to Wheeling about twenty-four years
ago and has been identified with our
manufacturing interests ever since. He
was one of the projectors Of the Bel.
mont mill, and has been connected
with one or two other iron works here
as well as with the Jefferson Iron
Works, near Steubenville. Enterprie'
ing, thorough going and public spirited,
he was a citizen whose loss will be
deeply felt in this community, and de-
plored by the many friends who ad-
mired him for his private worth as
well as for his public spirit.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-02-02

SENT TO JAIL.-The justice who
wouldn't leave his bed at the dead hour
of midnight and wander to his office
with his neither garment Tapping in the
wind like a Fourth Of July flag, does
not deserve to administer the laws-his
soul is not in his business. Not so
with Squire Forbes. The time for him
to exercise the functions of his office is
when duty calls. He was reused out OF
bed yesterday morning at one o'clock,
to examine into a complaint made
against Patrick Haley, who was charged
with exercising Mrs. Haley and making
her pass a lively evening in lodging
the pieces OF coal he threw at her, and
in getting away from his blows and
kicks. In default Of giving bail in the
sum Of 500 to keep the peace. Mr..
Haley was committed to jail.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-02-02

PERsoNAL.-We are indebted to Mr..
Elwood Hughes for letters and papers
from Charleston. He left the "perma-
nent seat" last Monday morning and
reached this city yesterday at noon.
lie came by rail from Charleston to
Huntington, thence by stage, 40 miles,
to Portsmouth, Ohio, thence by rail to
Hampden, thence to Athens. thence to
Lancaster, thence to Zanesvelle and
thence home, making the trip from
Charleston by as direct and speedy a
route as is available in the present con-
dition of affairs.