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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-02-23
CANADA.

Execution or John Traviss, the Murderer Of
Johnson-A Full Confession on the Gall
Iows--IntentiOn 10 Murder the Wife Of Ills
Victim Also.
TORONTO, Ont, Feb. %, 1872.
John TravIss, who shot, In fit OF jealousy, man
named Johnson, near New Market, Ont, some
months since, was executed IN the jail yard this
morning. lie made a full confession. lie said that
Johnson was always speaking against him 10 a
young lady to whom he paid his addresses. Travlss
slept in Johnson's house the night before the muir.
DER and started In the morning with MIN I'm a
sleigh. Traviss states that when ne got into the
sleigh he had no intention OF shooting Johnson,
but as they went along feeling OF revenge laid
hold OF him and he took pistol out OF his pockei
and, without speaking word, shot him dead
connected and mas borne hitherto a good Character.
He was attended by a clergyman, who offered a
prayer Tor the condemned.
Traviss addressed the spectators In attendance
expressing contrltlon and SAID he Intended To have
lie maintained the greatest cOmposure Death
eDsued almost instantly, only O slight convusive
motion being perceptible.
The Contract To Construct the North shore
HALLWAY Given To New York Firm
Jealousy OF tho Canasiians-Thc Patriotic
French Residents Of Quebec 10 Assist In
Paying the German War Indemnity
QUEBEC, Feb %, 1872.
The Board Of Directors OF the North shore Rail.
way yesterday resolved TO accept the contract Of
smith Keith, Of New York; to construct the road
between Quebec and Montreal including piles ana
railway, for $1,000, 900. Some soreness Is felt In
certain crces on account Of the contract not being
placed III Canadian hands.
The French residents OF quebec will hold meet
ing on Tuesday next, and open patriotic subscrip-
tons toward paying OH the German indemnity
and Fastening the removal OF the Prusslan troops,
now IN several OF the departments VI France.
The Provincial Cabinet Is sitting daily.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-02-23

Endorsements of the seventy's Charter-Op.
position to Sectarian Appropriat ious-AboIi.
ti0n Of Fees of Judicial Onicers.
The Union League Club at their meeting last
evening adonted the following resolntiOna:-
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-02-23

Two Icebound Vessels and Perishing Crews.
HALIFAX, Feb. %, 1872.
brig and schooner, whose names are unknown
and which have been floating in the Ice or Tenne-
cape and Cherrie In Mines Basin, have not yet been
boarded. They exhibit signals or distress. but owing
to the mass or ice they cannot be reached. The
crews must soon perish from hunger and cold.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-02-29
TERMS.

@@TwO Dollars for SoHe year, inca-
rally in adrancs; Two Dollars and
Fifty Gents if payment be deferred three
months. All papers going out of the coun-
ty to be paid for IN Advance
sy Single copies, Ten Gents EACH
DeAdvertioemeRt inserted at One Dollar
per square of Ten Lines or loss for the first
Insertion Fifty Gents for each continuance.
- Local and Special Notices, Twenty
Gents per line.
@ A liberal deduction will be made to
. persons advertising for three, six, nine, or
twelve months.
% Obituaries and calls on candidates,
III ty Cents per square,.
% 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. 6TNo de-
Walton from these terms under any circum-
stances 20
0J Advertisements not marked with the
uumber of insertions when handed in. will be
continued until ordered out. and payment
exacted.
OF No advertisement inserted gratu .touslv
@ Advertisements of an abusive nature
will not be inserted at any price. -
boe Announcing candidates Five Dollars
TO be paid in advance in every case.
G JO6 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, 1872-02-29
The Strange Story of an
Arkansas Negro who
was Bitten by a
I,0ouSf
Locust,

From the Louisville Courier-JournalI
Mr.. William Hardin, a well
known gentleman of this city, re-
turned short time ago from a
tour through Arkansas, and re-
lates, among other things, that
he saw at Duval's Bluff a full
blooded negro who, ten years ago,
was very black and is now very
white. He belonged, during slave
time, to Esquire Mann, of that
place, and was thought TO be the
blacklist negro in the neighbor-
hood.
A locust bit him on the shoul-
der some time during the first
year of the war, and a small white
circle formed at once around the
bite. This circle gradually ex-
tended itself. and finally covered
the whole body with the excep-
tion of small black spot on the
neck, and also narrow rings which
glrd round the eyes.
The negro is still negro in all
other respects. The hair, for in
stance, is kinky, the nose fat and
broad, and the lips thick. His
complexion, Mr.. Hardin saws, is
exceedingly fair, and shows a
wonderful change wrought, as is
supposed by the bite of the locust.
The medical profession tell US
that there are recorded in the
books one or two similar cases,
with the exception that the locust
bite had nothing to do with them.
White men, they say, have also
been known to turn black, and
look, as regards their skin, just
like negroes. The cause of the
change is not exactly known, and
Is question for scientific investi.
CATION.
The locusts, if found to be so
useful, will be imported and cul-
tivated by our colored population,
till the whole country is inunda-
ted with them. The negroes will
then all become white people and
perhaps the white people wi | all
become, not negroes, but colored
people.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-02-29
- IS nTl
-Trichina.

During the cool months, when
large quantities Of pork go,ainto
the daily consumption Of families,
and the demand is SO heavy upon
the pork making establishments,
it would be well for every CON-
sumer to exercise great caution in
purchasing swine.lt The ldeaths
Iof two people at Cleveland from
-trichina spiraliS, settles any doubts
that may have been lentertained
as to the reality of tina: terrible
disease. The apparently highly
colored accounts from Germany,
some time ago, concerning it,
caused many people to, doubt its
existence. The Cleveland deaths,
hd the subsequent examination
of the deceased persons, proves
that it is of a most fataEcharacter.
A microscopic analysis of piece
Of flesh cut from the armaof one
of the victims revealed the presence
of the trichipG, alive and active.
It has been pretty well proved that
the disorder can only be intro
duced into the human frame by
consuming pork in a raw or semi
raw state. The meat which caused
the deaths in Cleveland had only
been smoked. 1t is common for
Germans to eat pork in this con-
1ition, and it is said that only
those who did so suffered in Ger
many from trteltion spiralis. 1t
IS evident that the curing process
is no bar to the generation of
snimalcula in the meat; on the |
contrary, it is possible that it may,
under certain circumstances, be. |
productive of it. At all events,
great care ought to be taken not to-
lat pork in the astdegree tainted, |
md also to have it-eured or un-
thoroughly cooked as
o render the presence of life in
he meat absolutely imPosslble'-
" I. Piper. -,-ar I'd r. y-d1
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-02-29

OP1UI, is said that more
opium is now consumed in the T.
nited States. than ever before
During the six months which end
ed with September last, 1880
pounds were imported at San
francisco alone, paying sl94, 100
duty, above one-third more than
was paid during the corresponding
period of 1870. 1t would appear
that not]Only is the consumption
of opium among our Chinese resi-
dents increasing, but that Ameri-
cans also use more of the drug
than ever before. --.r....
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-02-29

When an Indiana woman gets a
divorce, Fhe feels that she owes a
duty to society, and due recogni.
ton of a sacred custom,--to i'm
mediately place herself in the nat
ural train of events for getting an
other divorce, so she rushes right
off and gets married without any
loss of time. In Fort Wayne, re-
Gently, a lady was REMARKED with.
in three hours after she got her de.
cree. KendallViile, an enterpris.
ing little town in Noble county,
bound to be ahead i'll all such mat.
tiers, brings forth another instance,
In whica lady obtained a divorce
in the Common Pleas Court, and
fifteen minutes afterward the
Judge pronounced the marriage
ceremony uniting her to another
chap, even before her decree of d.
vorce had been entered upon the
record. ,..f ft i
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-02-29
A lady in Virginia was recent

], Agladyfin5 Virginia was recent
ly bitch by rattlesnake. and
the inner barkcf asycamore tree,
ansold traditional Indian remedy
ior this kindof venom, was bounf
about the wound; aud { fleet Z
cure in a avery short time. men
thea bandage of.syeamore barklwas
removed, sondhe inner surface was
the perfect picture of the snake.
coiled ready Tor the spring. So
perfect was the likeness that it is
said if one had seen d the bark
bandage lying open on the road
side, he would have. thought that
a rattler had coiled upon it for
one of bis dreadful springs.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-02-29

A San Francisco paper speaks
of safeTconstructed by an incen-
ions mechanic of that city. To-
illustrate its burglAr-proof quali--
ties, he bad himself locked up ip-
side-of 1t, with an. ample supply
of provisions, and offered to give
81, 900 to the man whoeould un-
lock the door, That was about
two weeks ago since that time
all the blacksmiths and burglars
and carpenters in the State have
been abusily boring and blasting
and beating atithe safe, and the
man is there Ves.1sHe has whis-
,persd through athe .key-hole that
be will make the reward $4,000,
but fears are entered Lthat the on
ly way to- release the. prisoner
will be TO melt him up with the
safe in a blast furnace. a .-
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-02-29

It is worth while to know how
to stop bleeding from the nose
when il becomes excessive. If
the finger is pressed frmly upon
the little artery which supplies
blood to the side Of the face af,
fected, the result is accomplished.
Two small arteries, branching up
from the main arteries on each
side Of the neck, and passing over
the outside Of the jaw-bone, sup
ply the face with 55iiqoi. If the
nose bleeds from the right postfil,
for example, pass the fngeraloag
the edge of the light jaw till the
beating of the artery is felt. Press
hard upon it, and the bleeding
will cease Continue the pressure
five minutes, un'il the ruptured
vessel in the nose has time to CON
tract. .y.aa45 zpu. 80 Esss'D
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-02-29
A GLOVE FEAST"

= = = The Love Feast tables
were spread, the fasting family
was ready to begin, not the sup.
per, but the feet washing! This
was more remarkable because the
Testament, their rule OF action,
relates that, supper being ended,
Jesus wasl ed the disciples teet.
The Bishop arose IN his place at
the table, and lamp in one hand
and book in the other, read in
German the account of the feet
washing in Johns Gospel.
Four men, who stood in front
Of him watching his words, started
when he said "legte seine KleIder
alb" Qaid aside his garments. and
in imitation ,ofJesus took off their
coats, and as the Scripture says,
"He took a. towel and girded him
selt," they, or two of them, put on
long white aprons tied around the
waist. Two washed feet and two
wiped, and then he who was thus
ministered unto was kissed by one
or both of the ministering hreth-
rem. / was a little surprised that
two perform that Office, which
Jesus is said to have performed a
lone, but Mrs. R. told me that
as the Church was Ole body, ii
was considered that it made no
difference to have two persons.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-02-29

Rather.a a novel method Of cele.
brating the advent of leap year
has been adopted at Southvilie,
Kentucky, and ene quite unpIeas-
ant for the victims. This is moth.
ing more or less than public
sale Of bachelors and widows 'of
that enterprising town by the
yonng ladies OF that vicinity
They brought the following pri-
CESS; 10 Lawyers (aniuferior grade,)
So a head; farmers, from 81 26 to
S., 80 ), doctors (common stock,
and evidentlyi'sd drugs in the mar.
ket,") S.; widowers, 81, 900, bid
ding spirited bachelors Without
any distinctive professions or
trades, rs cents; to 81 05 and.the
bidding slow. ~ The high price
paid for the widowers seems an
accountable to the bachelors. 1t
is aspity-to~bcld up sostrong an
inducement for men to wish to be
widowers.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-02-29

"SrYLE,,' UNDER DIFFICULTIES.
The paupers of Jasper county,
Mo-, evidently ''live in clover" "
The Carthage Patriot gives an in
ventory of the furniture and fur
nishings of the county poor house
which contains two paupers and
one superintendent, and the list
foots up Sl,8Sl-and includes 62
chairs, brussels carpets, what-nots
and card tables, beds with mar
sailles quilts and extra fine wool,
en- blankets, mirrors, wardrobes,
&c. Who'll say that the county
justices of Jasper ar, not very
humane gentlemen2 rsI A- za.ll-
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-02-29

= ,ANECIDoTE- OF NAPOLEON
BoH2APARTE.--Whe this dar-
ing gand ambitious soldier was a.
boutto invade Russia, a person
who had endeayored to-disSuade
him from his purpose, finding
he could not prevail. quoted to
him the proyerb, Man propos-
es, but God disposes;" to which
he Indignantly replied, Il dis
pose as we'll as propose" A
Christian woman on hearing the
impious boast, remarked, 'Iset
that down as the aturning-point
.of Bonaparte's 5 fortunes. God
ewill not suffer a creature with
impunity thus to usuI;p hisapre--
rogatiye." 1t happened to Boz
naparte just as Was predicted
His invasion of Russia was the
commencement of his downfall.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-02-29
ce E ggsE G'@s slsW -
PROPRIETOR.
"a ffTt.H fFH l.
~. 9if II ~ hTe :. 'i,
IOL KIX--Na. 3
A Man Who Caught
"a a Disease Worse than
, ss;t the SMALLPOX ri-

Two weeks ago Mr.. VIM. H.
Young, Proprietor of the Peo-
pies Omnibus line of stages,
was in excellent health, but to
guard against all danger, and
protect his family from the
dread disease which was then
pervaaing- this city, he barred his
farm to DR.. Winer's blade and
/ was inoculated.
The next day Mr.. Young Be-.
gan to experience Slight burn
ling sensations IN his veins
The symptoms grew worse daily
until finally they pervaded his
entire system. z His, feet and
hands panied him necessarily.
His scalp grew infamed and he
could not bearto have it touched.
His left arm was swollen to twice
its natural size. His .sufferings
at the time were intense.
Then, to his own astonish-
1aent and the horror Of his fam
lily, the disease assumed the
form of hydroplfobia. at in.
tervals he was seized with con-
vulsions, during which the
sight of water would throw Mm
into a paroxysm of rage
While there was no tendency to
iniure any one, he could with
great difficulty, restrain HIM
self from initiating the barking
of a dog. sst1J g. --1it7 s.tf.@
Mr.Y Dung finally determined
on a change of physicians
He;sen for DIR. Dexter, and the
twoM. DIS. held a consultation
at his bedside. As a mattel of
course they failed to agree. In
the meantime the patient was
growing from bad to worse -
His pains were awful. Itseemed
to him that hot irons were be-
ing applied to all parts of his
body. Death seemed prefera-
bic to such an. existence" 9Hi31
b DIR. Dexter insisted the arm
should bepouticed. DIR. Win
er was of a contrary opinion.
Such a course would result in
death of the patient. Then
said Mr.. Young "tWen, well,
it must5be xiii or cure, and that
ut once. 81 You have failed to cure
He, anInoW / intend 20 have
another man kill me. y DR..
Winner departed. i7 T-'a'4
Poultices. were applied for !
four days. Medicines in vast
quantity were poured down the
patient. Wet applications were
numerously made tC the arm. e
Tie scab was as large as a u
mans hand. The doctor in n
iormed..the patient that if it did >
not break soon he would have tot
1penit with a lancet. We'd
lesdav afternoon the break oc- :;
cured, and in a few moments !,
'ne quart of dark matter had ;;
iown from the aperture. Since >
hen the Sufferer has been rest :
ng easily. The pains have dis :
appeared, and the swelling in =
he arm is fast decreasing. He ;,
will soon be able to leave the '
louse.-- Chicago q imes.7 t'gi af . =
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-02-29
Dear Father, Look Up.

De After having been a defaul.
ter to the Federal Government for
twenty years, in the sum of S5,-
600, General Grant has been just
lately compelled to fork over into
the United Statos Treasury said
amount. Upon the proposition of.
Senator Davis to investigate the
General Grant at once
paid up! He was short another
81, 200 once, which be pretended
he lost, and he was relieved from
paying it by act of Congress. 1t
is not likely now that everybody
will believe he lost that 1000.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-02-29

I A smart boy in.one of the pub
lie schools, having been required
to write composition on some
part of the human body expended
as follows: "The throat. A throat
is convenient to have, especially
to roosters and ministers. The
former eats and crows with. it and
the latter breaches through. bis n
and then ties it up z..,y
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-02-29
THORNS IN THE, CROWN.

SINGULAR EFFECT OF A
DREAM.-A remarkable in
stance of the effect of a dream
occurred in an interior town of
Wisconsin recently. A young
man a school-teaeher just mar
ried, spent an evening in read
ing, to his wife incidents of In
dian life and warfare in the
Western country. Going to
bed with his mind filled with
the subject, he dreamed of the
scenes he had been reading of
during which he had lost his
scalp at the hands OF a redskin,
receiving thereby a terrible
fright. On being awakened by
the stir in the house in the morn
ing, he found himself unable to
speak, and could only communi-
cate with others by writing
thus relating his dream. At last
accounts he had not recovered
hiss peech. aHaae hsaA
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-02-29

In the winter, when there has
been a light snow, the following
makes a delightful dish for des-
sert or refreshment during the
long winter evening when the
stove is hot:) Take of the thick
est sweet cream you can get, one
pint; to it add one teacup of
white or light sugar; beat well to.
gether, then add enough clean, dry
snow, stirring well at the time, to
make it the consistency of ice
cream; +; add flavoring Of lemon,
vanilla, strawberry or raspberry
syrup made for the purpose. Isl Il
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-02-29

A HUGE P1E.-Thc largest
chicken pie ever made in New
England, and perhaps the world,
was exhibited at Bridgeport at the
Episcopal Fair. ii, An immense
crowd had assembled to witness
the unveiling. 1t required over
one bundled large size chickens,
fifty pounds of -four and twenty
pounds of lard Tor the crust, "A
special pan nine feet in diameter
to hold it, four stout men to carry,
and A. w. Wallace was the only
man in the city who had an oven
large enough to bake it. It was q
whopper and no mistake. Who
ever wants a finger in that pie
will no doubt havean opportunity.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-02-29
The Pennsylvania Dutch
A bunker Love Feast.

"A ADunker Love EeaSt.
A correspondent of the Phila
deiphia Press gives a long and an
lmated account OF a visit TO the
"Dunkers' in Pennsylvania. The
following are extracts:
AN ELECTION FOR PREACHER.
About the middle of the after.
noon | perceived a speaker to be
giving some directions, and ! asked
the woman near me what he said.
One answered and said something
about "Wahl halten fur predlger,' y
by which ! perceived that the elec.
ton for a preacher was now to
take place. Both brethren and
sisters were to vote ; not to select
from q certain set of candidates,
however, but at random among
the congregation or family as it is
sometimes called for "all ye are
brethren
In the room above stairs were
the Bishop or Elder and an as
sistant to receive the votes. This
Bishop we might call the father
of this family, which has four
preachers and as many meeting
houses. The Bishop is alwaI s
that preacher who is the oldest in
the ministry. Meeting is held by
turns in the different houses, oc-
curing only once in six weeks in
the large new house which we
then occupied. These particulars,
which l gathered in conversation,
are. | believe, substantially COR.
rect. 7at - as@ p"
During the interval of the elec-
ton sat and red-or looked out
from my window at the young
people-the gayly dressed girls
mostly grouped together. Some
of these were, probably, relatives
of the sober members, while some
may have come for the ride and
the fun, to see and be seen-meet.
ings of this kind being great &C.
casions In the country side.
The young men stood around
on the outside of these groups of
girls, some holding their whips
and twirlipg them with the butts
resting upon the ground. Ofcourse
the young girls were not conscious
of the presence Of their besux.
On the front of the house--or,
rather the back, for, as / have
said, the main doors open upon
the wood instead of fupon the road
side--were more young girls and
plain sisters and brethren. /
asked a nice looking woman
about the election, but she could
not tell me, although she wore
the plain cap. "Most of the wo-
men do around here" she said,
and added that bunker women in
meeting had offered to kiss her.
You know that they greet each
other with a kiss"
After the brethren the sisters
were called up to vote. laughed
in talking to some of the men,
bers at the women being allowed
to vote in contrast to the usual
customs. Mrs. Murphy reckoned
it would be different if the women
should undertake to vote for Gov.
elnor or President. 60 a@
| said to some of the sisters /:
"Who do you think will be chos-
en- 2" But they pleasantly in.
formed me that to talk upon this
point was against their rules--it
was a matter for internal reaec-
ton. 4e.s
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-02-29

A young lady at Council Bluffs
being informed by her "feller"
that be intended to cease his at
tentions, cowhided him around
the room, ,andas hesprung through
the open window, told him with
a parting lick, that that wonld
teach him to be more careful for
the future not TO trifie with gen.
tie and loving heart. sifa 7as