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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-05-22
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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-05-22

They get some bright juries in
Chicago occasionally. On Mon
day last, in one of the Courts there,
a burglar named White was on
trial. At the close of the Court,
when the case was given TO the ju-
ry, it was agreed that a sealed ver-
diet might be delivered. at eight
o'clock the Judgereturned to Court
to discharge the Jury it they had
agreed, but they had failed to do 30.
When Court opened the next
morning, however, they came in
with a verdict of acquittal. The
States attorney considered this
verdict so utterly at variance with
the evidence that he demanded
that the jury should be polled,
whereupOu 1t appeared that nine
of the twelve believed the prisO-
ner guilty, but had been SO tired
out by the obstIhacy OF the other
three that they had agreed to ac-
quit him. The jury were at once
sent back to reconsider the case,
and in one hour returned wilL u
verdict Of guilty, fixing the pun
ishment-a part of jury'S duty
in lllinois-at one years impris-
onmeht in the PenitentiarY.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-05-22


Stockton, Cal, has had hang
ing at which and near which there
were some unusual scenes. John
/. Murphy was to be hung for
shooting and killing his brother-in-
law, Patrick Murray, in 1865
He shot the man, as he said, for
abusing his vile; Mrs, Murray was
Murphy's sister. The woman was
an invalid and has since died, and
the gallows has finished the fami-
ly. The execution was to be in
private in the Jail yard, there be-
ing about one hundred invited
witnesses. As the hour drew near
it was found that nearly all the
town of Stockton had ascended to
the roofs of the neighboring houses,
where full view of the jail-yard
and gallows could be obtained.
Under such circumstances the ex.
ecution would have been virtually
public, and therefore not accord
ing to Law. 1t was necessary TO
dlslodge the spectators to carry
out the law, and as it would have
taken too long to shoot them off
their perches, the 6re-enginery of
the city was brought to bear upon
them, and they were squirted a.
way long enough for the drop to
talI. The law was thus techni.
cally fulfilled in respect to private
executions.
The murder was Murphy's only
offence in life that ever became
public, and he was noted as a Just
man in all his other dealings with
men. In property matters-and
he had some property and money
he was exemplary and regular.
He was a peaceable citizen and
never had any disturbances, and
yet they hung him. On the scat:
told he said that he had done
nothing that he felt bad abou:.-
He had killed a man but he had
not committed a murder, and
would do the same thing again un-
der like circumstances. He had
acted only in defence of his sister,
as any man would do. So he died,
and he exhibited no emotion
whatever at the last scene.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-05-22
Don't Do IT.

The local of the Logan
port (Ind.) PharoS is a philoso.
pher. He says:
Don't multiply your little vices.
The Lord will keep the account
correctly.
Don't detain an insurance agent
during business hours. It's bad
policy. r-.c r.
Don't pay your debts with jaw
bone. The supply is already
greater than the demand. L,
Don't worry about the mote in
your neighbOr's eye. You won't
have to keep him in spectacles.
Don't take yonr business cares
to bed with you. You are no.
where commanded to ''lodge" your
enemies.
Don't Danish the sunshine from
your heart. Only noxious weeds
grow in the dark, and the crop is
not profitable.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-05-22
Marking Them Down.

The ostentatious and super
serviceably loyal zealots lin the
Massachusetts Legislature, who
went into frenzy of fury over
the battle-fag resolution of
Senator Sumner are being
marked down. The New York
Tribune gives the following no.
tice of the way in which the
leader of the band has come 10
grief; ''. ..'' .
The Massachusetts Legisla-
I.ture is. called by the press Of
that State to investigate char
ges of indecent conduct on the
part of certain of its members.
The most notorious case is that
of Mr.. Hoyt, of Athol, the gem
tleman who has the unenviable
notoriety OF being the origina-
tor of the resolution censuring
Senator Sumner. The charge
is, that on Friday last he came.
into the House, returning from
a dinner given by the 'loyal
soldiers" who felt insulted by
Mr.. Summers resolutions, so
intoxicated as to be maudlin
and disgusting. He entered at
once upon the debate before the
House, and behaved in a manner
SO disgraceful that an adjourn
ment was moved and carried in
order to put an end to the scene.
He is the Republican leader of
the House, and consequently no
censure is passed upon him..
This is the man who has led
Massachusetts, into the disgrace.
full act of censuring Charles
Sumner! How proud the Re-
publicans of the Old Bay State
must be of their leader and of,
the act he has led them into. ii
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-05-22

Three Irishmen who had dug
a ditch for four dollars, were quite
at loss to know how to divide
the pay "aqually." But one of
the number had been to school,
and reached division in the arith-
metic so it was left to him. He
did it at once saying: ''It's aisy
enough! Sure there's two for
you two and two for me too"
The two received their portion
with a greatly increased respect
for the advantages which learn
ing gives a man.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-05-22
jIIJsR ;jSIIJsRqqIiieeEIIqqe, 81 ,tg
"Birdie in the Watch.''

.Birdie in the Watch
Little hands were in my pocket
A curly head was bending low, orr
And the hands played with the locket,
And the words came soft and slow:
'Birdi in the watch p she whispered,
fsTWhile she plSced it to her earSZ8
Then she looked in wonder at md,
Asking if The bird could hear.
"Birdie in the watch-no, 'bow-wow'h'
The little beauty said to me, G. s5
As she held the watch before her,
With her face in childish glee. '-
i Fthel's Goes were soft and speaking,
,.,b Sparkling with a sudden light,
As she listened to the ticking
= Hidden in the case so bright.
8 The head had shunshine'5 golden curls
The hand its dimples soft and pink;
A queen of little iairy girls, 80. i..
Syeaknig works to make me think;
May she always be as simple,
Holding life with golden chain;
, May timd ne'er efface the dimple-
Keep the hand from toll or pain.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-05-22

At the meeting of Methodist
clergymen, held in New York
last week, Rev. Mr.. Buckley
moved the appointment of a
cOmmitteeto prepare resolutions
in regard to the death of Gen.
Candy and DIR. Thomas In his
remarks he said that he did not
blame the Indians; he had been
out there and eeen them driven
from pleasant homes to reserva-
.tions not, fit for a beast to live
in; he did not wonder at their
taking to the lava beds. Had
a Southern Methodist made this
little. speech we should have
heard a howl from the ''royaP'
press which would have made
the welkin ring .ssrptt HaE
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-05-22

In the St. Louis Times we have
report of what may we'll be spoken
of as ga sickening spectacle" j" A
lady connected with one Of the
oldest and most respectable fami-
liest in the city of St. Louis, we'll
dressed and heavily veiled, enter
ed drinking saloon, and, walking
to the bar, asked for whisky
This was refused, and she called
for wines, After drinking a glass
ful she staggered back to the rear
part of the saloon, where she took
a chair and remained for some
time in state Of semi unconscious
ness. She was reused by a 20
liceman, who tried to find out who
she was, but in vain. She was
locked up in the calaboose. 1t be-
ing found who she was, her friends
were sent for. If she had not be-
longed to one Of "the Oldest and
most respectable families" she
would have been fined or impris-
oned. ..v
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-05-22
A Singular Mania.

The desire for notoriely leads II
| a great many peculiar actions, but
few people, afflicted with The ma
MIA, have conducted themselves
much more strangely than a Ger,
tain John Butler, a pawnbroker,
of Oldham, England. For sever
al years he has. been receiving let
ters threatening him with death:
and once he was badly stabbed in
the breast, but no clue has ever
been found to his mysterious enc,
my. Very lately he received a
letter with a key in it. 1t said:
"Tbe key to the mystery. Open
it and you will know your enemy.
Yours, Nobodyl'F A few days later
a box wrapped in brown paper
was found tied to his door knob.
On trying to open it in presence Of
his brother he found it locked, and
he accidentally remarked that
probably it explained the key
mystery. Taking the key he un-
locked the box, but did not open
! it until he had turned it around
so that itopened from him. Then
he lifted the cover. Instantly
there was loud report, a bullet
went whizzing though the window,
and the pawnbroker fell stunned
by the unexpected shock. His
brother revived him, and together
they inspected the Internal ma,
chine; which was marked Re
venge" in large letters on the in
side. The whole town was reused
to Indignation on the subject, and
fearful threats were uttered a.
gainst the man who could so per-
sistently haunt and trouble an in
nocent pawnbroker. The police
took the matter up, and to the as
tonishment of everybody discovered
that the pawnbroker was the au-
thor of all his own troubles. The
wire, the cord, and the paper of the
machine were but parts of pack
ages in his house; the pistol was
his own, and the proof was SO COM
plete that he had to confess, and
while he was about it he said that
he had written all the threatening
letters, had been his own assassin,
AID did not believe he had any
enemies, any how. ruYet ssovcem-
plete did he play hispart pn Ill dis
covered that, even after the po-
lice began the inyestigations be
wrote to a friend:: ave have not
as yet any clue to the mystery, but
whatever the result Of the Inquiry
may be, l have placed my whole
trust and confidence in the Lord,
who alone is able to deliverime
and whose mercy endureth for
ever.R 1t would seem almost SUI
perAuous to suggest the fellow's'in-
sanity, but the fact that they have
been taken, in by a acrazy man. does
not console the good people Of Old
ham, and yet there is no legal of
fence inwhat he has done, and he
cannot be prosecuted. Ill
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-05-22

The Altoona Tribune is respon-
sible for this: "a very wicked
man in Hollidaysburg, having re-
Gently beer taken i'll, and believ'
ing be was about TO die, told a
neighbor that he felt need Of prepa.
ration for the next world, and
would like to see some proper per-
son in regard TO it, whereupon the
feeling friend sent for a fire insur'
ance agent.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-05-22
Legislative Rascality.

A few weeks ago we published
an extract from a Florida paper
showing up some of villianous
tricks of the legislators of that
State, who do not hesitate to
steal bills while on their passage
through the Legislature, in order
to defeat their passage. Now
from ? Pennsylvania comes anoth-
.er report of similar tricks prac
ticed inthe Legislature of that
State. The Harrisburg cores
pondent of the Philadelphia
Press thus speaks of them:
81 Several bills were found pass
ing from one house to the other
with interpolated amendments.
How many escape notice will
be known only as the laws are
printed. SenatorMcClure COM
menced two days before the
close of the session to stand be-
fore the clerks desk and person.
ally inspect every bill and a
mendment of public interest, or
relating to Philadelphia, as it
came from the House. He cut
one surreptitious amendment
from bill before the clerk, and
said to him that if complaint was
made by any Senator, to answer
that the amendment was in the
hands of the Senator from the
Fourth District, and would be
produced in open Senate if call
ed for. OF course no one would
call for it, for that would have
been confession of the fraud.
Three of his bills were stolen in
the House, and he duplicated
them in fveminutes, ,undera sus-
pension of the rules, and sent a
clerk to follow them through all
stages of the House.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-05-22

Sturdy old Capt. H., of. Cape
Cod, was a widower, of good
property, and in an evil hour
married an admirable house
keeper, who, soon taught him
who was commanding officer.
It was whispered that the rela-
tions of the first Mrs. III. were
especially obnoxious to her sue
cessor. "Where's that nice old
dog you used to have?" inquired
one Of the neighbors. "Why
he's dead" was the response;
sicouldn't stand it." "Couldn't
stand what?''' ,"Why,s don't you
understand" said the captain
slyly. 'He dropped down dead
from barking at my first wife's
relations!' ''g-' .si..i'. . ''.f, 50
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-05-22

Coroner's jury in Vermont,
impanelled TO ascertain the cause
ofthe deathOf anOtOrious drunk
ard, brought inaverdictof "death
by hanging around a rum shop"
In California a coroner's jury,
under similar circumstances rem
dered a more courteous verdict:
Accidental death while unpack-
ing glass"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-05-22
Placing the Responsible.

SssssssTa tAzty AEsaN72
y Ladies travelling through Cana
da by rail are often, ,greatIysannoy.
ed by having their luggage unnec.
essarily searched, bnt one of the
officials recently got his deserts.
1t happened that Yankee school
teacher on her way from K Kansas
TO Vermont passed through the
Dominion, with trunk packed
to bursting with nothing contra.
band When the officer demanded
her key she begged HIM not to O.
pen it, assuring him it had come
through from Kansas, contained
simply clothes and books, and was
SO full that it would be very
troublesome to repack it. But be
Steruly demanded the key, and
maliciously pulled everything out
to the very bottom; then-fnding
her assertions true-he returned
the key, and advised her "to hur.
ry up and gee the traps back" as
the train would. soon move
: What is that 70, me?'i said the
qoiekWittedr woman. t'I have q
check for that trunk, and hold the
Grand I3unk Railway responsible
tor it's safe delivery. / will not
take the key, and you may do as
you. please with the trunk" Re
Port says that official was very
weary and red in the face, and
rather profane ere he, finished
packing that trunk.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-05-22

We know of nothing SO suscepti
BILE OF perversion as the efforts OF
a young man to kill a mosquito on
ayoung lady's cheek A cenSori.
Gus world would never forgive him
for trying to seize it with his teeth,
when any less extraordinary meth.
cd would do just as well. And
yet, i, is said that in New Jersey
no gallant of sound incisors ever
adopts any other method.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-05-22
Z aPostags Matters.
81 lsu@buN A-tsi itfh
The Postal Rates as They Now
~ a. - Stand.

The recent Congressional leg
Iislation provides that "An laws
and parts of laws permitting
the transmission by mail of any
free matter whatever, be, and
the same is hereby repealed
from and after June 80, 1873"
This cuts oft the free exchan-
gre of newspapers between pub
lishers,. and the free circulation
of papers within the counties
of publication, No changes in
the rates of postage have been
made. HJlfi-sT Gdit
Newspapers sent by mail
must be prepaid by stamps, un-
less ':regularly issued and sent
to regular subscribers" by pub
fishers or news-dealers, when
the following rates are charged,
payable, quarterly in advance,
either at the mailing or delive-
ry office - + Cents.
Six times sWeek. ..!.-............ 80
Frl-weekly 10
Semi-weekly ....................I 10
Weeklies s......... ..5
Semi monthly, not over 4 ozs
Monthlies, not over 4 ozs .........;s
Newspapers and circulars
dropped in the office for delive-
ry must be prepaid at the rate of
l cent for two ounces, and an ad-
ditional rate for every addition
al two ounces or fraction there
of; and periodicals weighing
more than two ounces are sub
ject to 2 2cents, prepaid at the
letter-carrier offices. The pos
tage on regular papers, etc,
must be prepaid in advance,
either at the place of delivery,
to the carrier, or at the office,
otherwise they viii be chargea-
BILE at transient rates.
BOOK MANUSCRIPT.
Book manuscript passing be-
tween authors and publishers
requires prepayment, at the rate
of 1 cent for each two ounces or
fraction thereof. Manuscript
intendedfor publication innews-
papers, magazines, pamphlets,
ETC., is subject to letter rates of
postage.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-05-22

Among the presents at an old
fashioned wedding in Indiana
the other day was gallon mug
filled with beer. The bride
drank first, and then all the wo-
men present followed her ex-
ample. When it came to the
hen there was nothing left
The bridegroom filed an old
fashioned, Iong-stemmed pipe.
took the initial Whit, and then
all the men tooka a long pub each
in his turn. q Ft0S
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-05-22
BOOK MANUSCRIPT.

An Indian tribe in Wiscon-
sin has organized a brass band,
and, as the sayages are prOtec-
ted by the Government, the
white people have no redress
There is a great deal of hard
feeling among the citizens to-
wards the young aborigine who
plays the cymbals. He per-
forms with such earnestness and
yigor that a vigilance commit
tee has been organized to way
lay him and take him apart, liz
order to ascertain whether he
is a real Indian or is merely II
yeted together and run by Il
steam, engine. The manner i'll
which he wakes the echoes amid
the everlasting bill would make
"a deaf and dumb asylum nervous.
When the band has serenaded
a mantwo or three times, he sue
.cumbs. He goes camlly around
among his little family, and re-
moves their hair, and scalps the
hired girl and the colored boy,
and after taking up the cOllec-
ton, he hands the whole lot of
punches over to the band, which
goes off happy to sweet strains
from the harmonic young Gym
bal player. If we lived there
we would battle his cymbals in
nitro-glyerine, and lift him over
Lake Michigan at the first
clash.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-05-22

1t is said, in illustration of the
great velocity of the wind in Wyo
ming Territory, that gentleman
in Cheyenne, losing his hat in the
street, rushed to the telegraph of
lice and telegraphed to Denver,
Colorado, requesting that his hat
might be stopped there, but was
Immediately informed that it hsd
gone by, travelling southwark.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-05-22

1ut y on III l1fU ieuH
lOL. sXH---kG. Is.
A Practical Joke in Eng.
B 5Y:' .a land i've 9H s o

g -1f. 'r 81 4duus lif1 ttf
The London Neaos tells the
story of aiyouhg gentleman in
Lincolnshire, who being engaged
: to marry certain young lady,
I came to her one day and said be
( had bet his cousin two bottles Of
wine that this young lady would
+ release him from the engagement
II he asked her to do SO. 1t was
all a bit OF fun, he said, and would
/ she write a note giving him up?
The young lady in question seems
to have quite entered into the
spirit of the joke; and in order to
procure for her lover the honor
and glory Of winning the two bot
ties Of wine, she gave bin a sheet
of paper on which she had writ
ten, Dear Mr.. B., [ wish
you to discontinue paying your
visits to me. | remain your we'll
wisher, A-H--." 1t was
certainly imprudent of this girl
to deliver any such formal order of
release to her lover; but it has fire.
quently been remarked that young
folks who are engaged are as inge-
niOus in devisiDg means for test
ing the confidence of each other as
are the amiable persons who take
country lad into a tavern, prof
fer him friendship, and get him to
lend them twenty pounds to show
that he believes In their honesty.
We have no means of knowing
whether this warrant of release
was not obtained as much as a
proof of affection and confidence as
a means of carrying out a Joke.
However, the defendant in o the
suit carried off the document, and
did not return it. Moreover,
meeting the young lady on subse-
quent occasion, he got from her a
brooch and a pair of earrings he
had given her, ON the ignoble pre-
tence that he wisheu toibuy her a
bracelet to match. After that
nothing was heard Of bim.-
Furnished with alelease from Tie
contract of marriage, LIE had sim
ply withdrawn himself, taking
with him what presents he could
conveniently recover. But here,
again, this very good joke was
doomed to have awkward results.
The young gentleman in question
found himself at the Lincoln As
sizes; and the jury would have
nothing to say to the bit of paper
that he obtained in such a humor-
Gus fashion. On the contrary,
they proceeded to assess the dsma-
ges done to the young lady's feel
ings just as if she had been the
victim of insult and injury COM
bined; and we all know that when
dozen iurymen start with that
notion, they generally make the
defendant pay pretty smartly.
The young man who won the bet,
if there was Il bet in the case, may
have got his two bottles of wine,
but he had to ray 9500 to the too
trusting young person who had
furnished him with written re-
lease. He will avoid such dan
gerOus Jokes In the fliure.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-05-22
----

A lady writes the following
home from Europe: ct pains
me to say it, but perhaps we
may be benefited by seeing our
selves as others see us. The O.
pinions that American girls in
Europe have won are any thing
but creditable and desirable.
Whilevisiting a school at Frank
fort on-theTMain, I asked if there
were AmeIfcah pupils and the
preceptor replied: No, wedon't
take them; they dress so extrav-
agantly, they think and talk
so much of their clothes, that
they disturb the quiet, simple
ways Of our German girls; and
we find Itheiriinfuence does us
more hurt than their money does
us good In Dresden | knew
an American lady who could
not find a private school where
they would take her daughter
for similar reasons"