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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-05-01

A few weeks ago, q gentleman
who had lost his nose WAS invited
out 10 tea. My dear" said the
good old lady OF the house t. her
little daughter, 81 want you TO be
very particular and make no re-
mark about Mr.. jenkins nose. =
Gathered around the table, every
thing was going well, and at last
startled the table: "Ma, why
did Won tell me to say nothing
ahout Mr.. Jenkins nose? he haSn I
got ary.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-05-01

The Rochester Democrat says:
''Three or four Judges of the Su-
preme Court of Indiana have
been bought by a railroad COM
pany for the sum of eleven thou
sand dollars. To outsiders +. it
will appear as if they sold them
selves very cheap, but when it
is taken into account that they
have been accustomed to live on
a salary of fifteen hundred dol
lars, which was but recently
moderately advanced, the bar
gain is by no means aTbad one.
However, railroads wishing tC
purchase Judges willhaye topay
more than that for them in any
other State" go. .sf,- ai
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-05-01

A pious New York firm has rob
bed the government of over a NIL
lion dollars, and now bler to COM
promise by lefunding S26O,00O OF
the amount. Oae OF this immacu-
l,ie Radical business house is tie
President of the Young Mems
Christian Association. >Pious ras-
Gals are great iayerites with Grant
and lis party, and many f1d 1t
pays to put on 'the livery of Heav-
en- to serve The Devil ius" ~
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-05-01
A train that arrived at the East

A train that arrived at the East
Liberty yards, in this city, on
Sunday, brought over fifteen
hundred head of dead stock.
Oftwelve hundred hogs and sew
en- hundred cattle and sheep
which left Chicago alive, only a
few were found to be living when
the ecarswereopened. The wwea-
ther was cold when the train LETT
the West, and the animals were
not only packed in closely, but
no provision was made to prop
erly supply them with water.
The sudden heat made this for
getfulness fatal. The dead bod
les were removed to the bone
boiling establishments by the
hundreds. The greater part of
livestock was OwnedS. AIIerton,
Of Chicago.-PittS6atrg (Pa.)
Dispatch.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-05-01
Professor Agassiz on the
Negro.

/ While Darwin can "evolve" the
whole animal kingdom, man in
eluded from a single low form of
llife, Agassiz considersit necessary
to assume separate creations for
the. different races Of men. Agas,
siz calls the Darwinian theory "a
mine Of, assertiOn;% %Twhat would
Darwin say of the following, Which
the Scientific Press, of San Fran
cisc1, quotes from, a rscens lecture
by Agassiz?-a -a..r ',,I,
! al have pointed cut over a hun.
dred specific differences between
the bonal and nervous systems of
the white man and negro. In
deed, their frames are alike in no.
Eparticular.y There is no bone in
the negro's body which is relative
ly of the same shape, size, articu-
lalion, or chemicafly.ot the same
composition as that of the white
man.a The Degro's bones, contsin
a far greater proportion cf eslca-
Ereous-salss than those OF the white
man. Even the negroIs blood is
chemically a very different fluid
from that which courses in the
veins of the white man. The
whole physical organization of the
negro differs quite as much from
the white mans, as it does from
that Of the chimpanzee-that is, in
h $ bones, muscles, nerves, and
flores, the chimpanzee has not
much farther to progress to become
a white man. This fact science
inexorably demonstrates.
"Climate has no more to do with
the difference between the white
man and the negro than it has
with that between the negro and
the chimpanzee, or it has between
the horse and the ass, or the eagle
and the owl. Each is distinct
and separate creation. The negro
and the white man were created
as specifically different as the owl
and the eagle. They were designed
70 fill different places in the sys-
tenn Of nature. The negro is no
more negro by accident OF mis-.
fortune than the owl is The kind
of bird be is by accident or mis-
fortune. The negro is no more
the white mans brother than the
owl is the sister of the eagl., OF the
ass the brother of the horse. How
stupendous, and yet how simple, il
the doctrine that the Almighty
makerCf the universe has created
different species of men, just as lie
bas different species of the lower
animals, to fill differe.t places and
Offices in the grand machinery OF
nature" "
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-05-01

1t seems to me that Mrs. .C's
hair was nearly gray a year ago
Eyes, nearly" But now it is
perfectly black" "Ah, yes, you
know she has lost her, husband
since then" ,aa-,. sa, w..
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-05-01

A broker replied to an inquiry
after his wife health: "a little fall
ing off yesterday but firmer to-
day."
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-05-01

'.My SOL" said a refined moth
er to her boy, ''you must not use
the word blackguGrd:: it is vul-
gar"
"What should / use in the
place of it, map a.sa
%Why, use--use---Atr1can
sentinel, my dear" Isl r -l!.l
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-05-01

There is an old maid in the
West End who can boast of two
beaux, but they are elbows. a
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-05-01

A wealthy farmer cf Stratton,
Eng, successfully pleaded his own
Iillegitimacy as exempting him
from liability to support his aged
mother, then in the workhouse.
The attention Of the treasury was
directed to that part Of the para
graph in which it was hintt d that
The defendant, William May, ir-
hefited bis unclt's ropeIty. paying
!esscy duty as nephew and not
a stranger in blood, which he
would be if not legitimate TIE
treusury's inquiry has resulted in
II demand being made on May fer
the difference between the three
per cent. he paid as nephew and
ten per cent. He ought to have
paid as a stranger; and they de-
mand also compound interest On
the arrears from 1856, when Il =
uncle died, to the present date.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-05-01

A lady calls the little memo
randa her butcher sends in With
the meat "pencillings by the way"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-05-01

Smoking will kill lice on plants,
but for boys fine tooth comb is
the most effective.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-05-01

A Jew gets his law from the
prophets; an attorney gets bis
profits from the law. .m s..
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-05-01

Punch wishes to know what Is
the difference between fixed stsrs
and shooting stars. The answer
is that one are suns and the OtheT
darters.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-05-01

It seems to have been customa-
ry in New York city for some years,
when a murderer was on trial. Tor
the counsel of the murderer to
bring into court and in sight Of
the jury the distressed wife and
children of the murderer during
the trial. This was again done
in the late trial of Nixon. BGton
the last day of the trial the Dis
trict Attorney turned the tables
ty bringing INTO the court the dis
tressed widow of Mr.. Pieirer, the
murdered man. Nixon was con-
victed and sentenced to be hung.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-05-01

A long lost husband made his
appearance in Brunswick, n. C.,
the other day, and with tears and
$4,000 induced his vile to kick
her second husband down stairs
into a pig pen. The tears might
have failed, but The second afgu,
ment brought a food of love into
that gentle woman's heart that she
could not resist.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-05-01

Did our readers ever hear their
young lady acquaintance ask each
ofher, whats your pOliiics?" aud
then giggle The question has
hidden meaning. For explena-
rion apply TO the first lady you
know who wears a large hustle.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-05-01

e all ths ends thou at be y Country Gods
- T9MHg gEEg g94ARk .-!.t,.t .s-t =
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-10-08
GEORG ETOW N

THE GEORGETOWN SCHooLs.-The board o.
school trustees held their regular monthly meet
ing last night, when authority was given the
president TO construct pavilion across the
rooms of the building on Montgomery street on
the second floor Superintendent Wilson sub
mitted his report of the Georgetown schools for
September, showing that the number OF pupils
now on the roll is ia, against ASP last year
Number OF vacant seats, O.; cases of corporal
Punishment. -; whole number Of pupils in at
tendance, $40; daily average attendance, oil;
ana per centage of attendance, 9I.2 The trus-
tees adjourned, but subsequently convened as
the building committee of the new school house
at the corner of ID and Potomac streets, on
which work had been temporarily suspended
owing TO the tightness of the money market
Action looking to the continuance of the work
was taken, and means instituted for payment for
the same.
The CoLoRKD ODD FELLOWS CONVENTION
The colored odd Fellows who assembled yester-
day morning as a national convention in their
nail on Washington street were compelled to
remove to the Market House hall in order to
accommodate the large number of delegates
present. The committee on delegates-P. G..
NJ John A. Simms, P. G.. NJ. George Dyer and
4. u. M. VIM. Crosby-repOrted 109 delegates
present The convention was then organized
by the election of the following officers :-P. G.
NJ. VIM. NJ. T. Forester, of Richmond, Va,
chairman; p. G. NJ. John L. n. Wilkison, of
Washington, ID. G., vice chairman; p. G.. NJ
Henry Weaver, of Canada West, grand warden;
T.. Il. NJ. Joseph Hankerson, of Atlanta, Ga :,
guardian; Rev. j. j. Herbert, of Maryland,
chaplain.
RIVER NEws.-The new schooner Alice Burn
nam, OF Boston, has arrived here with her first
cargo consisting of furniture, &C., for Hartly
* Bro. She makes a fine appearance.
GRAIN TRADE-The only receipt of grain to-
day was 200 bushels by Schooner Mary Aun
for Hartly Il Bro; sold to arrive. No other
grain offered
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-10-08

THE PHILADRLPHIA BOAT RAoEs-The An
dlostdns Of this City pin the first rdce.-At the
Philadelphia rowing regatta on the Schuylkill
yesterday the first race between the Analostans
Of Washington, and Friendship Of New York,
was won by the former; time e:0x. The Friend.
ship, while on the lead, ran into canal boat
and had hole stove in their boat and the crew
thrown into the water. The crew were picked
course.
In the second race Of four-oared shells the
Ntspers, Quaker City, and Crescent, all Of
Philadelphia, entered. The race was given to
the Quaker City club by reason of the Cres-
cents fouling and the Yespers not paying atten-
ton to the judges orders
In the third race the Nassau club of New
York and Argonauta club of Bergn Point en-
tered. This race WAS rowed under adverse cir
cumsianccs, IL being dark when the word to 90
was given. The Nsssaus got OFF the course
which threw them back some five or six lengths
ard the Argonautas were declared the winners.
Time, S:Ie4.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-10-08
The Barnes Suit Against the District
of Columbia.

ARGUMENT OF COUNSEL FOR THE PLAINTIFF.
In the Court in General Term this morning
the case of Barnes agt. the District of Column
hia was resumed, and Mr.. Elliott for the plain
tin continued his argument He claims that
the defendant Is the only local or municipaF
government in the District of Columbia; that
u Is the successor of the old corporation; that
the ordinances of the old corporation are cOntin-
ued in force; that a municipal corporation is
liable for its negligence in the performance of
duty, whether IL derives any advantage or
not; the defendant as body corporate for mu-
such a corporation, among which is "the pro-
lection of the citizen from the danger of pitfalls
or deep excavations in public highway or ira
yeled street within the limits of the Municipal
ity by the erection of proper barriers or lights.
Although the lang usge of the act creating the
corporation may be general, an indictment will
lie against the corporation for its non perform
ance of corporate duty; il makes no differ
ence in respect TO the primary legal RESPONSE
blity whether the pitfall was made by third
party under authority OF law, or by its direct
act, the citizeS may sustain his action against
the local government, and the defendant has
his remedy against the author of the mischief;
notice Of the existence of dangerous nuisance
in public street OF highway NAV be shown bv
direct proof, ''or that il had continued for such
length OF time, and prevailed 50 publicly that
the corporation having the means of knowledge
should have known, and are presumed in law
10 have known thereof, and the liability created
by such state of facts is equivalent In law to
that which arises upon actual or express no.
tiCe."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-10-08
THE COUNTS.

POLICE COURT, Judg. Sail = To-day, Ernest
n ans Gristss @ p. tyr PsI
and Frank Farre, forfeited colsterals for cursing
aud disorderly. james E Dobbins, same: 90. 5hn
Douglass, curstngi IS. Frank Wilmington, same;
same; s.. Ellen OoOney drunk and profsne. Ellen
got sAIcy in the dock ,and not mindinS admoniton
get sober. Charles Moore, Joseph Marshall we're
nned S. each for cuTsing. Jerry Jones and Daniel
and battery on h1s hs ws
bolds to Keep the peace or jail six months Charles
end costs Celia sp!Ss. assault amt bateiy ON
Thomas Collins, little boy absut six years old
Rollins: $40 Geo, ge Amer and William Copeland,
riot and atfray, forfeited celateral.
Edward Alder was charged with rs assault and bat
teIy on siiney Herbert colored, who testified that
gentleman, and after they got drinks, a prop sal
was made 70 play game OF cards for the beer, aud
could not sit with them; that he wouldn't permit
colored meu to sit with them; that he (Herbert) re
ne Abner) Caught hold Of HIM and pnt him ont Of
man to sit at he table with that party Witness
WAS pushed by Mr. Abner hey ond the gutter into the
Mr.. Waterman testified that they were all down
to Union League Hall az q meeting Of the committee
vent into the Of Abner tb 1aey al
present himself, Mr. Herbert, Mr.. Ureli, and anoth-
gested game Of cards, and all sat down, Herbert
with them; as Herbert was about setting down Alb
ner told him not to, and Herbert replied that h.
would and did so, when Mr.. Abner took hold of
him with both hands sdd pushed him ont
Mr.. Hine appeared for the defendant, ana intro
dUced several witnesses, who testified that Herbert
came into the room with Mr.. Urell, and after drnK
irg, tie latter suggested game 81 euchre, and
when they we're ab0u to sit down Mr.. Abner told
Herbert that he did not wish him to sit down at a
place he had assigned t. his friends. III arbert re
fused 10 get Up, and seemed to invite eJecnent AID
sad be would SIT down, when Abner told him If h.
did he would put him out and he did 50, but usei no
more force that was necessary. Mr. Abner told
Herbert that he could have anything he called for
at the bar, but that he could not sit down where h.
had assigned seats for his friends. The Judge said
these PARTIES went in there for the purpose Of plsy
ing cards for mun'y the proprietor doubtless had
right to control his owe house in that respect bat
In order to give AN opportunity to the cOmplainap
20 have all his rights under the law, ne would I'm
pose a nominal hne Of 3D. and let them carry it 10 a
higher court if they chose to; he according ly i'm
DO. ed a fine Of n, without COSTS
John Douglass, sssauls and battery on Officer
Pfaff; 10 aud costs. Frank Wilmington and John
Douglass were fined for riot and ARRAY. Harriet
Knr wles, charged with kee ping a di-Orderly house
in Georgetown, was fined $50 and costs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-10-08

ACCIDENT TO WAsHINGTONIANs.-D the
late Masonic celebration in Philadelphia, few
DAYS ago, Mr.. A. X. Browne aud wife, with
Mrs Albert Gleason and Mrs. Vim. II. CisseIl
all of this city, who were en- route for Hartford
had been out TO view the procession in an open
barOuche when returning down Chestnut street
a shade tree fell directly on them and their car
rage, which 80 frightened their horses as to
cause the animals to he unmanageable and run
fgriOusly down the street. The driver Jumped
from his box, and was dangerously injured.
The horses ran about two squares, and, coming
in collision with a street car, were finally
checked, but not until they we're knocked down
and badly injured, one man in the car severely
injured, and the barouche and car generally
smashed up. The three ladies escaped without
injury except a nervous shock, lasting for a few
moments. They were taken into a drug store
near by, where an apparently sympathetic lady
was dexterous enough to appropriate valuable
shawl and several other articles Of clothing be-
longing TO them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-10-08
Condensed Locals.

Lolita never wears ont her welcome.
Dir. j. W. Thompson has resigned his position
n a member Of the Northern market-house
commission.
A large number Of department clerks are
leaving for PENNSYLVANIA. Ohio and Indiana to
vote at the lection on next Tuesday.
The speci1i term OF court opened its October
session Yesterday, Mr.. Justice Humphreys
presiding, and called the calendar, Numbering
81 cases, and then adjourned until Friday.
The following patent was granted by the
Patent Office yesterday: Frederick Bleckman,
Washington, sssignOr to j. +. LIMBS st. Louis
middlings purifier.
sas, is 20 lecture three nights in this city on the
origin and evidences of christianity. See the
announcement advertised under the head Of
EectuTeS.
Mr.. Harry Church and Miss Helen Il. Hine
were married at the 9Th street Presbyterian
Church last evening by the Rev. Il. r. Bttinger
and subsequently, started on a trip to the north
and west, bearing with them them the best
wishes of hosts Of friends, for their health and
happiness.
special convention Of the secret order of
Chi PIN will be held tomorrow morning at 10
O'Clock at Wizards Hotel. The special bust
ness Of this convention is to complete the ar
rangements necessarily incurred bv the union
Of the two Orders. effected at the last annual
convention at Carlisle. Pennsylvania.
With sincere regret we announce the death in
this city Of Eleanor Leech Florence, a most es-
Unable lady, the sister Of Colonel Thomas Il.
Florence, of the Sunday Morning Gssette. She
died at her brothers. residence about $ O'Clock
last evening, after suffering from typhoid fever
for more than two weeks. Her remains we're
taken 10 Philadelphia on the train which left
here at 1;15 7. m. to-day for inteTment in MOnu-
ment Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-10-08
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
10. the Poor Owl!

Editor Star: VIII you please call attention to
the condition of that most unfortunate owl in
prison, his food is putrid, his prison dirty, and
altogether the poor bird looks truly deplorable.
For a bird with the free habits of the owl, a
cage at least four times as large, "of wire, and
staked down in the grass" would be more clean
ly and healthy, as well as more humane.
A FRIEND To THE BIRDS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-10-08

IHE BOARD OF HEALTH met last night, and
Health ttncer keeDe submitted his report for
The week ending October 4th. showing SOP
nuisances reported, Of which 33l had been
abated and 2n5 referred; dead animals removed,
%; garbage complaints, 25, all abated; number
OF boxes cleaned by scavenger service. SO;
amount received therefrom, S6f2. number of
animals impOunded, Is; redeemed 8, and sold.
i; amount realized, Si275: nuiSances reported
TO the Board Of Public Works. 65, Of which %
had been abated. On the recOmme ndatiOn OF
The health officer. the following premises were
condemned as nuisances, and their abatement
ordered; The frame house and premises No
1922 Vermont avenue north west the PROPERTY
OF Mallnda Jones; the frame tenement house
AT the northwest corner OF 18th and N streets
northwest. the property of ". II. Clagett: the
frame houses and premises No. CPS. ESQ, 632 and
q Maryland avenue southwest, and the frame
house in alley between and l. and 9Th and Tth
kins.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-10-08

The Law SCHOOL OF COLUMBIAN ITSIyER-
shy, (Which already numbers nearly q thou
card graduates among its alumni, many Of
whom in nearly every state Of the Union are
filing stations Of usefulness and dignity in the
legal profession will open its sessions this eve
ming. Arrangements have been made for en-
laTg.ng the courses Of instruction during the
coming year by the addition OF post gradua
department under the direction of Judge Mott,
who will be present AZ the opening of the school
tonight, and will explain the theory and design
Of the new chair, to whose duties he brings an
establish reputation, both as a prscticing
lawyer ard jurist. Other new announcements
will be made by the president Of the faculty.
Former graduates of the school, as also stu
dents proposing to avail themselves OF its adj
vantaees, are invited to be present. The hour
OF meeting is $50 O'Clock p. m.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-10-08

THE SEvRN-INCH HIGH CROWN SOFT HAT,
in black, blue, and green colors, all the rage in
New York, Just opened at Stinemetz's, 1897
Pennsylvania avenue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-10-08

THOUSANDS OF PROMISING YOUTHS, or both
sexes, go down to untimely graves, from gem
eral debility and weakness, who might be saved
by fortifyiDg their systems with iron. The Pc
ruvian Syrup is an Iron Tonic prepared ex
pressly to supply this vtalizing element, and is
the only preparation of iron that will asslmilate
at once with the blood.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-10-08

We ARE RECUEkT.D to apnouncs .h..
will be a meeting Of the members OF the Re- -
the Supreme Court OF the nited State. An ar
court room at the Capitol. ON Monday. the 18TH
Instant at 70 O'Clock, 20 adopt suitable proceed.
ings in reference TO the death OF the late Chief
Justice Chase.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-10-08

The REOPRSISG Of Welker's famous restau-
rant VIII 10 doubt cause the pslates of the CON
noiseur and epicure TO move restlessly. After
loLg vacation, these beautiful parlOrs of our
Prince of caterers are thrown open 10 the pub
lie. IL were useless to go into a carefuliy-worded
recommendation Of Welkers ability as a caterer,
Tor his fame Is widespread, even among the na-
Mons OF the earth. Tourists recall a visit TO
Warrington With the remembrance Of a dinner
az Nelker's- DO YOU wish To dine a Lord, said
olnner must be given at John Welker's
swell breakfast TO your stylish friends from
Paris or New York, of course welker's is the
proper place. For this season, a newness OF
everything Is apparent there. The COSY, warm
dlning- rooms have been recarpeted. the walls
ana ceilings refTescOed and pictured with choice
OILS, while the entire service OF silver and glass
rs new. Eightyiguests nav be accommodates
At one table. and his efficient corps of walters
md no difficulty in serving all. But a visit
must be made before the beauties and luxuries
OF WelkeT NAV be observed AMI to- morrow the
opening day, will find the genial John at his
door, on 18th street, above the Treasury. wait
ing the inspection of the finest restaurant in the
country.