Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-10-24

From West
For the FayettevilIe Observef.

Mr.. EDiToR-Rst pdlicis men
s;b,es, propose writing You a line
or more, which will inform you
. of my whereabouts, etc. ! am and
have been for the past four months,
located at the above beautiful aud
prosperous village, situated on the
Big Hatchie Rivtr about ten miles
from It's mouth. 1t has one large
mercantile establishment with
others in prospectus two shops,
wO churches conveniently situa-
ted and one institute of learning
.'Centrelnstitute'- which your
humble correspondent has the
honor Of being Principal. Be-
sides these we have two doctors,
: and enough drugs to sicken and
kill the most healthy. The qui-
et,Is of our communinylwas some
what broken on Saturday morning,
9th inst, by the intelligence that
murder foul" had beens abroad.
and Phil. Smith, a denizen Of ACs
rican persuasion, had fallen q vic
tim upon his bloody altar. At
the coroner's inquest Grant Rey-
nolds, a gentleman of the. same
caste, was proved and confessed TO
be the murderer. He vas i'm
mediately handed over to.'the
| proper authorities and is now .in
the county Jail awaiting further
trial. Cause, too much ,trhisky.
and too great a libation of Ja-
cob Brodnax's e,oquence and ideas
of freedom. They had been to
CoviRgton together, on the..day OF
the occurrence to hear Brodnax
speak upon the political issues Ct
the day. Brodnax is a sable carr
didate to represent Upton in our
next legislature. The Congress
sional, Senatorial and Legislative
canvass is the only exeiEement
of local nature we have. We
have. Independents out against
each regular nominee. The
name of Contention seems e. have
become very obnoxious to some
especially aspirants, who were
not fortunate enough to secure
nominations in the same-old An
ay for example.
Fhe crops around Garland, are,
as the majority of localities in
West Tennessee, very good-rot-
the excessive
drought. The cotton crop only.
suffered any serious damage, and
it is yielding to the gatherer be-
yond the expectations of the.mosS
sanguine. The hog crop will
prove almost a complete failure;
as the cholera has in It's repeated
incursions, swept off both great
and small-not even respecting
the imported stock which some OF
our more enterprising farmers had
shipped from Middle Tennessee
and Kentucky. Some are fitting
up their farms, with view of
stock raising specially.
How It will succeed, in this coun-
ty where water becomes alarming
ly scarce during the fall months;
and where clover and grasses are
not grown so successfully, as in
same other localities, am not pre-.
pared to offer a prediction. On
recent visit TO Covington | found
very body alive to business
New business houses are being
srected to supply the now increas-
ng and expected demand, wh'n
he railroad shall have been COM
Dleted, which is being pushed for
ward with an unprecedented ener-
". The Fair Grounds have been
and | assure you that NO
county can boast of more commo.
lious and tas s'efully arrargs,l
grounds than those Of Tipton.-
The second annual exhibition will
Tuesday, 22nd inst
Ion. Emerson Etheridge has ac-
epted an invitation from the
)irectore to deliver an opening
ration, The Garland merchants
re in daily receipts of immense
tocks Of new goods, and if your
correspondents credit proves as
Extensive as his wants he may
ave new-new-steel pen by
he time you hear from him a.
ain. Presenting you and friends
rho may be readers of the Eon-
lie old OBSERVER my highest Ie-
al DIS, | make my bow, chewing
~ thumb, as / retire to the for
Ter obscurity of ALIQUIs.