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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-11-11
Mail Directory
Fayetteville POst-Omce.

Raiiroad-leaves every day except Sun
dav at 6 An; arrives at p. NJ. Supplies
the following offices: Kelso, Lincoln, tlynt-
willie. Oregon, Georges Store, Flora, Hunts
Station. Salem, Winchester and Decherd.
Shelbyville stage-arrives Monday, We'd
nesday and Friday at 10 A. NJ; leaves same
days at2P.M. Supplies Mulberry, Lynch
burg bonneville, County Line, Shelbyvllle.
Huntsville stage-leaves Monday and
Thursday at A. NJ; arrives Tuesday and
Friday alarm. Supplies Harpers Branch,
Goshen. Halle Green, Meridianville and
Huntsville.
Sbelbyville horse-leaves Mondays and
Thursdays at 8 A. NJ; arrives Tuesday and
Friday at Pm. Supplies Norris Greek,
Chestnut Ridge, Hawthorne and ShelbyVlile.
Pulaski housewives every Friday at IL
n: leaves same day at 1890. Supplies Cy-
ruston, Boons Hill, Millville, Pisgah, Brad
shaw and Pulaski.
blanche horse-leayes every Friday at
A NJ; arrives Saturday at P. NJ. Sup
niles Camargo, Molino Cold Water, Blanche.
Money Orders can be obtained at this of
fee upon post offices in all parts ef the u
nited States. A list of Money Order offices
NAV be seen on application. Rates Of com
Mission for Money Orders are as follows:
Not exceeding SIS. -: 10 cents
yer 10 aDd not exceeding $50. 10 do
40 80 do do 40. 20 do
do 40 do do go. =. 25 do
w. B. D0UTHAT, P. NJ.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-11-11
A Queer Case Of Moral
Insanity.
From the Jasper Comfy (Kan.) Independ-
ent

From the Jasper County (Kan.) Independ-
ent.
The Headlight contains an ar
ticle in which it lauds the labors
Of Mrs. Cowles, vile of the mail
robber, for securing the discharge
of her husband. G, wles's wife is
a half sister to ex-Vice President
ColfaX, and figured in tho rs. C.
or bearer business, to help Col
fax out of the Credit Mo5ilier
scrape. Because of this relation
ship Cowlrs was made mail agent
on the Chicago, Rock Island and
Pacific. He robbed the mails dai-
ly for. two years; bought nice
farm near Kellogg, in this county;
built a good house, sent his chill
dren TO college, and spread him.
SELF very largely for salary Of
ST 200 per year; and it seems in
credible that Mrs. Cowles should
have supposed that he got all the
money honestly.
When detected in this crime,
Cowles owned up, and would have
been in the State prison in fort
night had il not been for his wife
She followed him t. Council Bluffs.
made him shut his mouth, told ev-
cry body that he was insane, and
trained hlm in the insanity dodge
till be was sent to Mt. Pleasant.
When things quIeted down she
took him home, and when his case
was called in the United States
District Court, she had political
influence enough to get the prose
cutiOn discontinued.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-11-11

: One day last week q young
Polish maiden at Trempealeau,
Wisconsin, had her rinbacker
stripped Of her by getting too close
to the tumbling rod of a threshing-
machine. She attempted to step
over the rod, and the thingumbob
caught in her thingimagig, and in
a second of time there wasn't
piece of raiment on her person
below the waist as big as a postage
stamp, and she locked just ready
to go into the fourth act of the
Black Crook.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-11-11

a rich and eccentric Belgian
wrote lately TO his relatives to
come and see a coat that he had
ordered. They, imagining that
the invitation meant breakfast,
went and were astonished to
see a series of cofins which the
original was trying one after
another, he having caused them
to be made by a number Of diff
terent joiners. AT last he found
one which suited him, laid down
in it, took poison and expired
suddenly.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-11-11
Unanimity of Juries:

We have had an outcry le-
Gently against the rule requir-
ING a jury of twelve men.to be
unanimous in their verdict
Because the Beecher jury in
Brooklyn and the Lee jury in
Utah failed to agree we are told
that Il majority should decide.
They who are the loudest in this
outcry would be the last to yield
to a majority if it were the 9TH
er way, and their man was con-
yicted on the verdict of part of
the Jury while the minority be-
lieved him innocent. In both ca
ses cited, the jury is reported TO
have stood nine to three. In
neither case did the verdict Of
the trial produce the slightest
change in public opinion astothe
quilt or innocence of the parties.
And the theory OF a trial by
Jury is that no man shall be con-
victcd Of crime unless the evil
dence is such as to convince the
minds of a certain number of
men sworn to judge impartlally.
The number twelve is not es-
,ential, but the unanimity Of
those appointed is. For the
fact that one of them is uncon-
yinced leaves the question open,
md proves that doubt of the
guilt of'the party accused fairly
prevails.
If Il jury of six men were
mpanelled, it is quite likely |
hat they would sometimes fail
o agree upon a verdict. And
II such case the theory Of the
rial by jury is that the accused
$ not convicted. He may be
ried again. But when the jury
Igrees upon a verdict, the end
las come. If the prisoner be
ound not guilty, he cannot be
,ut upon his trial again, even if
additional testimony we're dis
covered, or he should boast Of
lis guilt.
We think the trial by jury
las become almost a failure
Trough the deterioration Of the
moral tone of the community,
nd the assumption by juries Of
light to Judge of law as well
5 of facts They refuse to
onvict Of murder because death
S it's penalty. They assume
hat a victim Of violence de-
erved the beating he got, and
cquit the assailant. But the
natter would be still worse if
he verdict could be secured by a
against the opinion Of
he minority. So the matter IS
,etter as it is than it will be
ghen the outcry now raised
hall have produced its effect,
nd seven men shall send a man
0 the gal!ows, when five men
hink him innocent.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-11-11
Mr.. 7. s. Rutledge. an insur.

Mr.. J. S. Rutledge, an insur-
ance agent OF Lima, Ohio, evap-
grated the other night with a
quantity of funds that didn't be-
long to him. He must have left
very hurriedly, and the night
must have been very dark, for
when it got light enough the next
morning for him to see, be found
that, instead of taking his own
wife along, he had made a mis-
take and taken somebody else's.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-11-11

Five years ago a conductor
on the Hartford and New Ha-
ven railroad was given a thou
sand-dollar bill by a sleepy pas
senger for fare. He took it in
to the baggage car to change it,
and upon returning the passen-
ger denied having given it to
him, claiming to have handed
him a ticket. The story has
often been told in newspapers,
yet no claimant has been dis
covered.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-11-11

It is claimed that New Or
leans is thronged with planters
who follow their first shipment
of cotton to market to get mon
cy tolsquare up at home.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-11-11

A professor asked his class:
"What is the aurora?7 A stu
dent, scratching his head, re-
Piled: s"Well, professor, / did
know; but [ have forgotten. p
Dwell, that is sad, very sad, Ere
Joined the professor. 'The on
ly man in the world that ever
knew, has forgotten it. "
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-11-11

While boy in Jay street
street was trying to fix an inva-
lid watch on the front steps,
his mother called him to get
some water, and an old hen came
along, and mistaking the main
spring for a worm, she managed
to make away with it, and then
swallowed several wheels. -
Next day she commenced to
lay scrambled eggs, and has
produced one a day ever since.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-11-11
Business Under Difficult
ties.

ties.
A year. or two ago, when the
question of more currency was
up in Congress, some of, the
leading bankers in Nashville
caused to be published an. ir
terView, giving their testimony
that there was currency enough
for the business of the country.
This sort of evidence and
this influence coming up from
Iall the National banks of the
country, caused the President
of the United States to veto
the only relief measure which
has been passed since the con-
Traction commenced.
This was such a great wrong
to the people of the whole coun-
try that it should be met and
answered by facts.
! If all the industrial enter
prises of the country would
give the facts within their
knowledge, they would be con-,
elusive. We state the follow
ing facts:
Our company is shipping.
coal and coke-the business.
ranging from twenty to twenty
five thousand dollars per month
the whole, except what is
sold in payment of debts, is.
sold on time, at from 80 to 12O.
days.
The coal we take to Nash
vile is used to a great extent in
manufacturing, besides a large,
portion of the coal used for do
mestic purposes is supplied by
us.
Within the last few days we
had to raise five thousand DOL
lars to purchase goods. Among
our resources for raising this.
money was a note at so days
given for coal sold for 800.
Tie note is payable in bank,
and given by parties who are
first rate, regarded so at the
banks. With a view of using
the paper in other cities, the
bank officers here do not hesi-
ate to say the paper is good
md will be promptly paid
Now after trying all the banks
L this city, and then going to
he brokers, the best offer we.
lave had for the paper is 8 per
;ent. per month off, or SO per
.eEt. per annum discount.
Now we do not write this ar
ic!e to complain of what bank
rs or brokers are doing. We
'elieve in letting every man at
end to his own business, and
-eclde for himself what pay he
'uSht to have for the use of his
noney-we are a free-thinker.
N this subject. But we write
nc article to prove that the
'ankers Of the city of Nash
lille did not know what thew
we're talking about, when thew
aid there was money enough
n circulation for the business
# the country.
This offer was made by %
roker, who said, if he bought
he paper lie would buy it to
ell again-that he could not
ford to hold it sixty days.
Now, we say this state of
lings is perfectly ruinous to all
ne industrial enterprises of the-
ountry, and the influence and
over of the national bank
ystem has brought it about
l first having the contraction
ollcy adopted. = Miners and
iCnagdctlTerS Journal
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-11-11

"Does my baby annoy you
nights?" said fond mother to a
serious-lookiug young man who oc-
cnpied the adjoining room. "Oh,
no; not at ALL" he meekly re-
piled; 81 love babies. And yet
be had been engaged for several
days upon an article in defense of
Herod.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-11-11

A Chicago woman cured her
husband of staying out late at
night by going to the door
when he came home and whis-
pering through the keyhole:
as that you, WiIlie?" Her
husbands name is John, and ne
stays at home every night now,
and sleeps with one eye open
and a revolver under his pillow.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-11-11

An exchange very truly says:
A community is judged by its
newspapers in no less degree
than by its schools and church
es. If the latter are in good
condition, we'll supported and
attended, it is an evidence that
the community is made up of
intelligent, refined and moral
people. So, also, if the news
papers.of a city or town are well
supported in subscriptions and
business. advertisements, it is
an evidence that the people of
the place and vicinity are area
ding and intelligent people, and
its business men wide-awake,
enterprising citizens, willing
'to live and let liye," and Sensi-
BILE enough to literally support
the means of their prosperity at
home and advertisement abroad.
Any community may have first
class newspapers that will llber-
ally support the same.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-11-11

Sam. Music has been arrested
for murder in Illinois. He is now
taking rest behind the bars.
His last quaver will be executed
on stringed instrument, and will
have dying fall.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-11-11

a clergyman at Westerly, r.
l., recently married a couple.
received his fee and sent them
away apparently satisfied, but, IL
day or two after,the bridegroom
returned and said that he had
come to pay more, as the wo-
man had turned out much bet
ter than he expected.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-11-11

St. Louis girls gulp down
peaches and apples entire. But
they take the rinds off of wa
termelons before swallowing
them.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-11-11

There was a row in Pawlet, Vt,
because the doctor transferred his
attentions from an aged maiden
to a young widow The maiden
hooted under the widow 5 window
while the doctor was courtiDg his
new sweetheart, and the widow
threw dishwater Oh the maiden.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-11-11

A swindle has been discovered
in Navy Department Shoes
They are made of paper, and
last the marines just fourteen
days.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-11-11

An Indiana man said to a Bible
agent: "Pm a Christian, but I'll
be blamed if ] don't have to grit
my teeth when the Ohio river is
on q level with the top Of my
corn"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-11-11

"Bless you" said John Hem
ry, with tears in his eyes, "she-
takes her own hair off so easy
that perhaps she doesn't know
how it hurts to have mine pull
ed out"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-11-11

The Toledo Democrat heads a
recipe: GLOW to destroy red
aunts." The man who lays his
hand on our aunt. save in the
wayof kindness, will never know
how much his tombstone cost.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-11-11

IF young ladies wish to get
stout they should eat.their food
slowly. Haste does not make
waist in such cases.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-11-11
Terms

2T Two Dollars for eneyear, tnvo-
t''d6ly asa Gdg0hce; Two EbOiIars and
Fifty Gems If payment be deferred three
months. All papers going out Of the county
70 be paid 1or IN aGcance.
RSr Single copies, Five Cents each.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-11-11

The first question you should
ask man when he begins to fiat
ter you is, ''How large is the ak
you want to grind?'
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-11-11
st. Nicholas for Novem-
gf hor.

: volume with telling number :
, fresh, bright, varied, healthy. :
: It contains some twenty-five in
teresting contributions; it gives
us articles from more than a
dozen Of the best writer's in the
country. In the excellence and
variety Of its contents, as a sin
-gle number it could hardly be
surpassed. 1t crowds a strong
story by one fine writer with
an instructive sketch or a dain-
ty poem by another. From Mr..
Brooks serial, "The Boy. Emil
grants which is just begun
and promises an amazing store
of adventure to the rhyme Of
Little Dutch Gretchen" with
its quaint little picture, it would
be hard to find a single dull or
commonplace article. There are
poems by Mrs. Dodge, Lucy
Larcom and Celia Thaxter; sto-
ries by j. I. Towbridge, Harri-
ct Prescott Spoford, Susan
Coolidge, Abby S. Alger; and
sketches by Rebecca Harding
Davis and Donald G. Mitchell.
Then too, the talk about CALI
gators" the bit Of Botany in
"How Plants Grow from Seeds"
the funny poems of "Ten Little
Country Boys and "The Re-
former with their illustrations,
and lastly, the paper on the COL
lection Of Postage Stamps Il
all these will surely interest any
boy or girl who reads them;
while just as surely will the
every Little Folks" be delight !
ed with Christina G. Rosetti's
"Alphabet from England with !
its rollicking pictures by Fl. L.
Stephens. And the artistic
merit of the number is equal to
the literary. The illustrations
generally are very beautiful: the
frontispiece "a reproduction of
Sir Joshua Reynolds portrait
Of penelope Boothby" is
wonderful fine. Among the
most notable of the other pict-
ures are the illustrations to Mr..
Brooks serial by Thomas Mo-
ran and W. L. Sheppard, and
the very comical drawings by
Frank Beard.
Jack-in-the-P The Let
ter-Box and the Riddle-Box
bring with them, as usual, gen.
erous fund Of amusement; and
altogether, the November num-
Der Of ST. NICHOLAS is one of
the very best issues of this UNI
equaled magazine for children.
A singular coincidence, to use
no stronger term, occurred a
week or two ago in Washing S
ton. Without any apparent
cause therefor, and while gaz- C
ng upward into the sky, 4 lit
lie three-year-old child, the death n
If whose mother had committed r.
ler to her grandfather, paused t!
n its seeming contemplation Of u
hings above, and turning to its
grandparents remarked, in its Il
childish prattle: 'Dranpa, my n
mamma is up yonder in the sky, a
md I'm going to see her next "
week" Then turning and en- d
cring the house, the child CT
:aught its grandmother by the
land, and asked if she would tt
lot go with her. "Where to?" G,
the lady ,and back came al
he answer: "To my mamma in
The following Friday
he child was seized with mem ol
,ranous Group, the violence Of VI
he attack of which baffled all Sd
luman skill, and on the first sc
lay Of the next week the child u
lied. 'ti
---~-- s.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-12-09
SHERIEF'E EAIEN

iy~S~Sy>,SsN'~yyy"r>>y> I,
saccessIen Of i'm. Cabaliere 49,
- ~ VeufS nr the fsriah Of OrleasS II
fieri Facias AGAINST Irapc,sco pi,arro M...,s,S
Mn sns: Tset 4 xTEseutor It :
for the Parish n <3sissssrHo. ssI7, ce 0seo
fisr r.'iAs Assi nSE;l FSHsiscS Marines -
% v ms gise e. Two wssTs OF rrERr ZACH.
trict Courts for the parish Of Oriean.a s " ~
shove entitled causes, i Win proceed a'' n N y
tioneers' Exchange, Royal street betwsasnna cAns
aud Ctisfomhouse Streets in the SECOND 6Sn, I'M
t tS,s city Syclo on Mor tSA smber q
l. 4 LOr OF GROUND. with the builo,o..
mp, %pfosemsnts theron. situntea in the Third n
hundred. Of square number toysy.onr cn per isu
within Annette. 81. Anthony, Morales and ~
Marssy ss X lot 'f Ssy Grs 5.1,I psn # the
ralss street, BY depth q enc hundred ma - =
fest between parallel lines; acquired ~ dsss,s
Insurance COMPANY, by act passed before 4 ~
aaOnsaa1sh lsss 9ots. snele In this city, o.
2. Lot or GaOuED With tina bu,1,,,
improvement theI con, sitdAted In the Tina n
trct or this city. being the side nearest AnnI us
street. of lot number thee hundred and Rim snass
Of square number forty one aboye descrihpS ~
lot or portion measuring, French messure tbs
feet front on Morales s'rast, between St au tSy
SHNA.",GseO Ov OD5 Qu0dttd aud tv ~
bounded on the side OF property above dsse,,ks:
acquired BY defendant Marines by pur q ,ass ~
L and y. Courttn, bv act psssed b. fore A. H pss
of October. 1857 -. ~ Ao'sea1
Seized In the above suits,
Al, atrps-rhis being The second and last srtt.
the sa,o property will be defnite'y ain,iicstsS.
the bishest and East bidder for what is vii, ~
ct twelve months credit. the purchaser msoss
ing bond, with good and solvent security hasssss
twenty per c1it !. terest Der Hunum from al y
speeisi mortgage ON the property sold Until 49,
Payment. Said purchaser will have to De- net ~
pay N Cash the amount Of printing, ther,fps ~ (
y.nve dollars, and, furthermore, the ktate ban
And municipal taxes, the amount Of which 4 -
yet ascert aimed. n-.,--'
EUGENE wA0GAMAv
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-12-09

lsSIsnsSlo6, 81 nv clam for NV dsmSSSs
Or ae4hefwiss sgainstn H. city, end no Eiaht
70 any deduction from the amount pad for
the license shall be claimed to exist on 20.
eo4nt Of such Temporary suspension. 4
SEC. rs. All ordinances or parts Of ordi-
nances conflicting with this ordinance are
hereby REPEALED. biig asx~U q ga =
6Eo. n. This ordnance shall take effect
and be in force from and after its passage.
Adopted by the Council Of the city Of
New Orleans, December z, 1875. s'' =
Yeas - Bertoli. Brown, Bouny, BLrke,
Landry, Mccarthy, Pilsbnry.
CHARLES ]. LEEDS, Mayor.
I A true copy: fa't's ~ 81 - 4
j. Fl. HARDY, Secretary. e.,s
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-12-09
MAyoRABTI OF NEW ORLEANS, 4
CITY Hall, December 9, ISIS, J

mo. 332l-AdministratiOn Series. u@
Resolved, That on account of erroneous
assessment, the Administrator of Public Ac-
counts be and is hereby authorized to re-
duce the assessment on real estate belong
ing to Mise Mary 7. Mccarthy, in square
No: 1872. first assessment distric from $500
to $500; tax bill No. BIG for the year 1875.
Also, to reduce the assessment on real
estate belonging to Alice Joseph ClOhecy,
in square No 34S, secOud assessment tis.
trict, from $1,000 to $1,000. lot No. 2; tax bill
No. 1914 tor the year 1875. ~ .s@asI
Alec, to reduce the assessment on real
estate belonging to Thomas Gilmore, in
square No. 1913, third assessment district,
from $4,000 to $4,000, and in square No. l79,
from 81, 900 to 81, 900, tax bill No. J3S for
the year 1875. -. 'st4 "Ur =. i,
( Also, to reduce the assessment on real
estate belonging TO minors Of j. L. Barrin
ger, in square No 23S, second ASSIGNMENT
district, from $4,000 to $4,000, tax bill No.
1907 for the year 1875. shF t... 1870
! Also, to reduce the assessment on real
estate belonging to Mrs. J. II. Webb. in
square Nc. 52l, fifth assessment district,
from $500 to $4OC; tax bill No. 542 for the
year 1875. .t- --
Also, to reduce the assessment on real
estate belonging to Randolph Pavageau, in
square No. 3l5, eighth assessment district,
from $500 to $1,000; tax bill No. 2355 for
the year 1875. u.Il .,sH f.
Also to cancel the assessment of $500
on capital against G. w. Stockton, in square
No. 275, third assessment district, on &C.
count of double assessment, and t rem
all cOsts and interest on tax bill No. 1872
for the year 1875.
Also, to cancel the assessment of $4,000,
income, against A. e, Bienvenu, in square
No. IS, sixth assessment district, on account
of an erroneous assessment; tax bill No.
2676 for the year 1875.
Adopted by the Council of the city OF
New Orleans, December 7, 1875.
CHARLES J. LEEDS, Mayor.
A true copy:
j. Fl. HARDY Secretarv