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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-08-06
Cure for Catarrh

According to Hamilton, the Sc
verest catarrhal cold can be re
moved in about ten hours by q
mixture of carholic acid, ten drops
tincture Of iodine and chlorJfOrm
each seven and one half drops. A
few drops of the mixture should
be heated over a spirit lamp, in 9
test tube, the mouth of which
should be applied 10 the nostrlls At
soon as volatilization is effected -
The operation should be effected
in about two minutes, when, afteI
the patient snerzes a number OF
times, the Troublesome symptoms
rapidly disappear.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-08-06
CHARLTON AND IT'S RAvAGEs.

CHARLTON AND IT'S RAvAGEs.
The Liberty (Miss.) Herald
has the following in reference
to the ravagcs Of Charlton in
Amite county, Miss, and the
parish of East Feliciana, in
Louisiana: "There is great con-
sternaIion among the planters
in the southern and southwest
portion of the county on ac-
count of the ravagcs of the
Charlton. 1t is gradually ex-
tending all over the country,and
is carrying havoc to horses and
cattle all along its path. A
large number Of valuable horses
have been killed by it, and al
though in most cases it readily
yields to treatment, if applied
soon enough, it is so rapid in
its course that it generally
proves fatal before a remedy can
be obtained and applied. We
were conversing with very in
telligent gentleman from East
Felician Parish, La, a few days
ago, and he informs us that GER
tainly as many as three hundred,
and he believes four hundred,
mules and horses have. been
killed by charbon in that parish
since spring"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-08-06
Filing Handsaws.

In filing handsaws that are
intended to cut only one way,
the majority of mechanics file
toward the handle, which leaves
the teeth with more bevel on the
back than on the front, which is
caused by the taper OF. the file.
A few persons file their saws to-
ward he point, which gives more
bevel to the front or cutting side
of the teeth. Some think that
the back side Of the teeth should
be filed nearly square across,
and that the saw viii! cut equally
well and remain sharp much
longer. The front side of the
teeth should be beveled to suit the
timber; soft wood requires more
bevel that hard wood.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-08-06
LYNiN'S HIyTORICiL CHART.
Presenting the Worlds HistO-
ry by Centuries,
AND CONTAINING
All the Prominent Events of the
Civil Religious and Litera-
ry History of the
World.
FROM the Earliest Timcst TO the Present
Day.
BY a Eel -. Lynn An

a map Of History, bringing before the eye
all that is notable in each century. showing
at a glance all contemporary personages and
events, and fixing them in the mind Just as
the boundaries, cities, mountains, rivers,
lakes, &c, OF a country are impressed upon
the memory by geographical maps.
The work is embraced in a set of admira-
bly, executed plates, all carefully and beau
tifuliy cOlored by hand toeether with much
valuable chronological and statistical matter
The whole Elegantly and substantially bound;
and accompanied by Key in book form.
viii be furnished to subscribers, payable
on delivery. r. j. RIVES,
Julyl0 dGenk
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-08-06
How Mules Came into
Fashion.

Few of the farmers of this
country are aware what a depth
of gratitude they owe to George
Washington for the introduc-
ton of mules into general use
for farm purposes.
Previous to 1888 there were
very few, and those Of such ar
inferior order as to prejudice
farmers against them as unfit to
compete with horses in work
upon the road or farm. Conse-
quently there were no jacks,
and no disposition to increase
the stock; but Washington be-
came convinced that the intro
duction of mules generally a.
mong Southern Planters would
prove to them a great blessing,
as they are less liable to disease,
and longer lived, and work up
on shorter feed, and much less
liable to be injured than horses
by careless driving.
As soon as it became known
abroadthat tie illustrious Wash
ington desired to stock his Mt.
Vernon estate with mules the
King of Spain sent him jack
and two jennets, from the royal
stables, and LafaJ cite sent an
other jack and two jennets from
the Island of Malta.
The first was a gray color,
eighteen hands high, heavily
made, and of sluggish nature.
He was named the Royal Gift.
The other was called the Knight
of Malta; he was about as high,
1.-THE, fiery, even to ferocity.
The two different sets Of ami
mails gave hi the most favora-
bic opportunity of making i'm
provements by cross breeding,
the result Of which was the ia
.vorite jack Compound, because
he partook of the best points in
both the original. The Gener-
al bred his blooded mares to
these jacks, even taking those
from his family coach for that
purpose, and produced such SUI
pcrb mules that the country was
all agog to produce some of the
same sort, and they soon be-
came quite common. This was
the origin Of improved mnles in
the United States. There are
now some of the third andfourth
generation Of Knights of Malta
and Royal Gift to be found in
Virginia, and the great benefits
arising from their introduction
to the country are TO be seen
upon every cultivated acre in
the Southern States.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-08-06
GREAT CHANCERY
SALE OF LAND !
Thursday, 18th of August, 1874

Thursday, 18Th of August, 1874.
n obedience to decree of sale pronounced
i at the adjourned June term, 1874, of the
Chancery Court at Fayetteville, Tennessee,
in the consolidated causes of s. 5. Alexan-
DER and Hugh Thomson against G. K. and
ii. ID. Smith, and Moses Cruise against C. +.
and ii. h. Smith, and Mos s Cruise against
Z. +. and II. h. Smith, and Mary E. Smith,
Administrative, against S. s. Alexander and
others, | will attend on he premises. and of
fer for sale TO the highest bidder, the follow
ing DESCRIBED LANDS belonging to the
Estate of G. E. Smith, deceased,
lying in Lincoln county, Tennessee, Civil
District No. Z, and bounded on the North
by the NJ. Al. Marshall land, on the East
by The lands of Elijah Walker, Joel Parks
aud the John Hulsey tract of land, on the
South by said John Hulsey tract and the
lands formerly belonging TO Moses Cruise
and w. b. Rhea, and on the West by the
lands of w. NJ. Alexander, Eliza beth Turner
and Mrs. Mary c. Allen, containing about
700 acres within said boundaries; but the
Jno. j. and Geo. Whitaker tract included
in said boundaries is not to be sold, leaving
About 500 Acres to be Sold.
Said land will be surveyed and divided
into lots to suit purchasers before the day
of sale. A sulliciency of said land will be
sold TO satisfy debt of =. S. Alexander
and Hugh I hOmison for $2,47I.89, interest
and costs Of their attachment suit, also, a
debt Of +. F.. Fulton. assignee of Moses
Cruise, for $424.29, interest and costs of his
attachment suit. The balance of the land
will be sold subject TO the widows dover,
(Which will be laid off to her before the day
of sale) TO pay the debts of the estate of said
c. +. Smith, deceased.
Said land lies about two miles from Fay
etteville and is very fertile. All persons
wishing homes would do well to examine
the same.
TEBMS-Said land will be sold on a cred
it of one and two years, except five per
cent. in cash. Notes with two or more good
securities required of the purchasers, and
a lien retained on the land until the whole
of the purchase money is paid.
ID. W.CLARK,
Clerk and Master and Special Commissioner.
july I6, 1874
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-08-06
EARN aaS 9nnselar6.
3 =
Spread ofCertaln Diseases

NRA SAA Va WI SO~AA - ~ ~
tits to be regarded as a settled
fact that diseases of contagious
nature are caused and spread by in
fuences largely within the sphere
of our control. This Tact has
been strongly urged by Dr.. Symes
Thompson, q we'll known EngIi>h
physician, in a lecture delivered
by him ia London. Every form
ot infectious fever, he asserts, has
is idiosyncrasy. Thus. eLteric
fever and cholera tend chiefly 10
disseminate themselves through
water passing into wells and toun'
talns t DAILY supply; scarlet fever
hiberuates IN a drawer, and. after
long months, comes forth with
some oil and cast aside garment,
to be thrown with it around the
throa: or head of some new VIC
tim, and 30 start thence upon a
fresh career; typhus fever crawls
tluggishly from hand 10 hand and
mouth to mouth typhoid fever
generates itself where filth, over.
crowding and impure habits of
life prevail. So well known are
those idosyncracies, and the means
of control, that the existence OF
spread OF such diseases is directly
attributable to neglect of the most
simple laws of prevention.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-08-06
For weak eyes. put a piece O

For weak eyes, put piece of
alum about the size of e hazelnut,
and a piece of lump sugar, the
same size, into a quart of cold
spring water, and stand near the
fire t. dissolve then saturate a
little lint with the mixture ;
battle the eyes several times day;
destroy the lint Immediately after
using, as it must not be put in the
lotion g second tire.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-08-06

The easiest and simplest RENE.
dy for chspped hands is found in
every ones kitchen closer, and is
nothing more than COMMON starch
Reduce it to an impalpable pow.
der, put it in muslin bag, and
keep it iu the table drawer
Whenever you take your hands
out of dishwater or suds, wipe
them dry with a soft towel, ard
while yet damp, shake the starch
bag all over them and rub it in. -
The eff ct is most agreeable.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-08-06
State Of Tennessee, Lincoln
County.

To all rhonl it may concern:
I HEREBY give notice that Raleigh H. T
Il Alternately, white boy, who was bound
to me by ths County Court o. said county,
left my house, on Friday July "a. 1874.
without my will or consent, and without
provocation. forbid any one from hiring,
harboring or protecting said r. II. T. Aber
nathy, and will not be responsible for any OF
his contracts or dealings while absent or alb
sconding from me. further offer FIVE
cents reward for his delivery at my resi-
dence in Dist No. 10 of said county.
July23% S. NJ. EMMONS.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-08-06

If one portion of vegetables
be boiled in pure distilled, or
rain water, and another in water
to which,a littlesalt has been adj
ded, the difference is perceptibIe
in the tenderness of the two
Vegetables boiled in pure water
are vastly inferior in flavor.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-08-06

BLACKBERRY JELLY. Put the
fruit into II jar, lie paper over ii,
and stew in sauce pan Of boiling
water, or by putting the jar into
the oven strain of TIA liquor. and
to every pint of juice, add a pound
of loaf sugar put all into a pre-
serving pan, simmer and skin it.
When it will jelly upon a plate, il
is fit to be put into jars for use,
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-08-06
FLORAL HALL,

A LII who have subscribed TO the Floral
IA Hall at the Fair Ground will please
come forward noaC, and pay to 7. j. Bruce,
Treasurer, a part of their subscription
w. j. Stegall has begun work on the build
ing, and the workmen must be paid as the
work progresses. Don't delay
July So JACoB VANCE Prss5
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-08-06
CIliNtERY SALE Oh LAND.

IN obedience 10 decree of sale pro-
Il nOunced at the April term, 1874, of the
Chancefy Court at Fayetteville, Tennessee,
in the case Of W. H. Foster. executor, &c,
against John R. Foster and others, | will at
tend Oil the premises, on
Tuesday, August 18th, 1874,
and oi1er the following lands for sale TO the
highest bidder:
/. One tract bounded North by VIM.
Held, James Delk and others, East by
John Delk, South by Joel, Peter and w Fl.
Foster and the dover tract, and West by
James Reed and } ames Ii. Moore, containing
About 156 Acres.
These boundaries include the lands be-
queathed to John K. Foster, Briggs Nichols
and wife and Isaac Morton and WIFE
2. One tract bounded North by w. H.
Foster, East by James Fl. Barham, South
and West by L. II. Bledsoe, containing
About 39a Acres,
being the James H. Foster tract.
All OF said land is situated in Civil Dis
trict No. 10 Lincoln county, Tennessee.
TERMs-Said lands will be sold for CASH,
to satisfy Judgments against the above
parties.
D. W. CLARK,
Clerk and Master and Special Commissioner
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-04-17
]. d. M,KINNEY. n. d..

DHYaICIAN AND SURGEON, tenders his
l. professional services 20 the citizens 81 SOM
erset and vicinity. Office on south Columbus
street, Somerset, Ohio. ViuBI
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-04-17

Few people seem to remember how
beautiful dingy back yatd may become,
at the expense of some labor and very
small amount of money. Dull, unsightly
walls may be covered by the bright green
leaves and star like blossoms of the con-
volvulus, while narrow strip of earth
may be made to yieldsfowers enough to
perfume the whole house. Window gar
dens may be made for a very small outlay
of trouble and expense. Almost any boy
is mechanic enough to construct box
which will fit on the window sill, and a
few flowers in pots will smarter up a
room to marvellous extent. Boys and
girls make excellent gardeners, and they
will find plenty to interest them in the
care offiowers.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-04-17
TORNADO AT NASHVILLE.
Great Damage to PrOperty-Severai
Buildings Demolished.

NASHVILLE, April IA tornado
west to east, at 1890 this morning, doing
an immense amount of damage. 1t
struck tie city at the fair grounds, pass
ing diagonally through the city, and out
by the University and Mount Olivet
Cemetery. Its width seems to have been
about quarter of mile.
After passing the fair ground 1t struck
the Exposition building and Maxwell
House, seriously damaging the former.
The front of the Academy of Music, j..
H. Frith's grocery store, Darney's
wholesale liquor establishment, and sew
eral other smaller buildings, near the
corner of Broad and Cherry streets,
were crushed.
The front windows of Hurley Bros,
and Hausen & Co.'s four-story build
ings, near the same locality, were crush
ed in.
Beadle's livery stable, containing an
immense amount of feed, wagons,
horses and cotton, was blown off its foun-
dation and into the backwater, drown
ing several horses and, it is thought, one
man.
Parrish's livery stable, on College
street, in the rear of Broad, was serious
ly damaged, besides several feed stores
and small negro dwellings.
The tornado passed from there, crush
ing in the front of Andrew Chapel, a
coiored Methodist Church, and next
struck the Medical College, taking a
portion of its roof; from there to the
magnificent residence of jeff. Parish,
moving the whole of the roof out OF
place.
At this hour it is impossible to enum-
crate the number of buildings damaged
or the loss; which will exceed 100000
Many poor colored and white families
are rendered homeless. 1t is feared
there has been serious damage to prop
erty and loss of life along the track
The telegraph lines are prostrated all
along its course, from Union City tc
Nashville.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-04-17

The Philadelphia Press says it has
heard of an enteprising citizen who has
promised to build ship capable of car
rying ten thousand passengers III time
for use at the International Celebration,
which is to combine steam railway, a
race course, theater, shooting gallery, cir
Gus, and every imaginable modern at
traction. He claims that his plan is com
plete, and has been approved by some of
the ablest engineers. He proposes to
moor it in the Delaware, and convey it at
intervals to the different cities, ports and
watering places of the continent. This
monster machine will make about six
miles an hour, and will be three or four
times larger than the Great Eastern
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-04-17

A revolution is in progress in Ar
kansas. One Brooks, who claims
to have been elected Governor in
1872, surrounded himself with a
crowd of followers on the 18th inst,
and after taking the oath of office
before Chief Justice Mcclure, i'm
mediately proceeded to take for
cible possession of the Governors
office, and eject Governor Baxter.
Baxter took up his quarters in an
other part Of the capital and at
once commenced arranging plans
for recapturing the State House.
He has asked assistance from the
General Government, but whether
this will be rendered him has not
been made known. The affair has
created the widest excitement in
the State, and it is said the majority
Of the people are in sympathy with
Baxter.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-04-17

The disasters to sailing vessels and
steamships during the month of Janua-
ry, reported by the Bureau Veritas, re-
suited in the total loss of 168 sailing ves-
sells and 10 steamships. Writers on nav
al architecture have for several years
maintained that steam vessels could be
so constructed as to give almost absolute
security to passengers against shipwreck.
1t is proposed to build the vessel of sep
arate air and water tight cells or com
partments, with less regard to storage
capacity for cargo than for the safety of
passengers. Such vessels, it is claimed,
would be lighter than those now used,
would be able to make more trips in a
year, would cost no more originally than
the ordinary steamship, and would be
less liable to accident; and, therefore,
cost less for repairs. The loss of fifteen
steamships in month involves a loss in
property, as we'll as of life, quite suf-
icient to lead to some better securities
for the passenger trade.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-04-17
Notice of Appointment.

Fine engraving done to order on short
notice at Curran's
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-04-17

1t is just one hundred years ago since
the first settlement of Kentucky. In A.
pril, IVA, the terrible massacre Of the
Logan family by the Indians took place,
and Dauiel Boone, who hated the Indian
as much as he relished the Indian life
was longing for revenge, when mcsaen-
ger came riding down the valley of the
Ohio with his steed in foam; a nnessen-
ger from the royal Gov. Dunmorc of
Virginia, seeking one Boone, Daniel
Boone, a woodman who had been in the
West, to go westward to the fills Of the
Ohio, and conduct surveying parties and
protect them as they went. Boone started
on his perilous journey on the 9Th of
June, IVA, reached and reconducted the
surveyors in safety to the settlements, the
distance being 800 miles and the time
two months. The Governor rewarded
Boone by employing him on larger
scale for settling the West. James Har-
rod, the founder OF Harrodsburgh' built
the first house in what was then termed
the West, a log cabin raised in the forest
in April, IVA.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-04-17

The public are beginning to find out
that Eastern ready-made clothing is all
a cheat, and that it is far better to have
clothes made to order; thus getting good
fits and good material. At the clothing
store of Mains & Bro. may be found a
variety of frzi-class, fashionable goods,
which they are prepared to make up to
order on short notice, and at very reason
HE uricas
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-04-17
MAXWELL.

The Lafayette, Ind, Journal has the
following among its personals: A letter to
Captain Rice brings intelligence, direct
from Persia, of the birth of two SONS one
to Mrs. J. NJ. Oldfather, his niece, and
another to Mrs William L. Whipple,
his cousin, both, with their husbands,
missionaries to Persia. They were mar
ried in the same church, the same hour,
(about two years since): and their babies
were born within fifteen minutes of each
other.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-04-17
Administrators Sale of Real Estate.

DY VIRTUE of an order to me directed from
ID the Court of Probate within and for the
county of Perry and State of Ohio, will offer
for sale at public outcry, free of dover, the
premises, between the hours of 10 O'Clock A. NJ.
and o'clock P. M, on
Saturday, May I6, 1874,
The following real estate, situate in Hopew ell
township, in said Perry county, and described
as follows, to-wit: Being part of the southwest
quarter, and part of the northwest quarter Of
section 16, of township II, of range 16, eommenc-
ing at cornerstone at a corner of John Kelly s
land, which stone stands north IL chains and 63
links from the center of the Newark, Somerset
& Straitsville Railroad; thence south 10 chains
and So links TO a cornerstone; thence south 70o
east chains and links to cornerstone; thence
north 80 east 16 chains and 45 links to corner
stone; thence south $40 west chains and 81
links to the place of beginning, containing eight
acres of land, appraised at $500, and will be sold
on the following terms, to-wit: One-third cash
in hand on the day of sale, one-third in year,
and the residue in two years, with interest on
the deferred payments from the day of sale, to
be secured by the purchaser said real estate
by mortgage thereon. JOHN BARE, Ad'r
of the estate of James H. Latimer, decd
April IT, 1874. 1w4
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-04-17

All persons knowing themselves in
debted to me, will confer a great favor
by coming forwarded and settling their
accounts by the first day of April, as I
need money very badly, and must have
it. B. WHITMER.
Feb. 19 6w.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-04-17

Recently, the French Steamship
Company lost a steamer in mid
ocean, the passengers of which were
fortunately rescued by an English
ship, and on the 18th inst, another
vessel, LAmerique, belonging to
the line, foundered in a violent tenn
pest off the coast of Brittany. The
crew and passengers were rescued,
This makes the third ship this line
has lost within six months.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-04-17

Ballotting in the Massachusetts,
Legislature for United States Sena-
tor still goes on, without much
prospect of an early election. Dawes,
however, is gaining votes, and II
they keep at it long enough, and his
luck don't change, he will eventual
1v come out winner.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-04-17
j. II. WILLIARD. N. ID,
GEORGE PRICE

DHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Onec one
Il door south of Post once, Somerset, Ohio.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-04-17
Repairing
Of ali kinds dnnn nrnlnnfIr and cheanIl

Thankful for past favors, he respectfully So
licits a continuance Of a share Of public patron
age.
Feb. 49, 1874. 44tf
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-04-17
Marvellous Effect.

Mr. A. r. Stevens: Dear Sir-I have used the
gaeat Blood Remedy, VEGETIFE, and feel it q
duty to oacknowledge the great benefit it has done
me. In the Spring of the yeaa 1862, was sick
from general debility caused by overwork, want
OF sleep and proper rest. 1 was very weak and
much emaciated. tried many remedies with
out receiving any benefit from any of them, un-
til was persuaded to try VEGETINE. Before 1
had taken this one week, my impoyed condition
gave me renewed hope and courage. Ieontinued
TO take it every day gaining more strength, until
was completely restored 10 helath. The effect
of this remedy, in of general debility is in
deed marvellous.
ELIZABETH A. FOLEY,
May Sd, 1871. 81 Webster St, Charlestown, Mass