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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-12-16
Beauties of the Law.
"A. Complication Arising From a
Claim of Twenty-Five Cents.
Rochester New York Union.

A. Complication Arising From a
Claim of Twenty-Five Cents.
| Rochester New York Union.
Some time since a Mrs. Hick-
ok arrived by the New York
Central Railroad from. the East.
She had with her large satch-
ell, which was checked and
placed in the baggage car. On
alighting, Mrs. Hickok presen-
| ted her check, but after search
ing some time, the baggage man
told her it could not be found.
She then left, and later in the
afternoon one of her sons drove
down to the depot TO see about
it. By this time the missing
satchel had come to light, but
the baggage master refused to
deliver it up until twenty-five
cents had been paid for storage.
Mr.. Hickok refused to pay the
money, as it was moi the lady's
fault that she did not take it
with her, and left the satchel
there. He went to Justice AL
lens Office and obtained a writ
Of replevin. A suit was also
brought against the company
for damages and costs, amount
ing in all to So. The sum-
mons was given to a constable,
who made personal service on
the baggage man, which, of
course, was taken no notice of.
On the day appointed for the
parties to appear the defendants
did not put in an appearance,
and the Justice, without look
ing at the Summons to see up
on whom it had been served, en-
tered Judgment for the plain
titfs. Shortly afterward the at
torney for the road came into
Justice Aliens office and told
him if he issued an execution on
that Judgment, it not being
properly served, he would sue
him. This put the Justice in a
fix, for if he did not issue an exc
cution the plaintiffs .would have
the right to sue. He according
ly issued the document and con-
stable Brown levied on some
trunks at the depot The attor-
ney then commenced a suit a.
gainst Allen before Justice Sta
pies, and the consequence was
Allen had to pay the damages
and costs. Another suit has
now been commenced against
the road for costs and damages,
and Il summons is waiting to be
served on George w. Whitney,
as one of the directors, when
be returns from Syracuse. Un-
der all these existing ciFeum-
stances, it seems that this twer-
ty-tive cents will increase to q
large amount before the case is
decided.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-12-16

Going up Abbott street yes
terday, a man saw a boy about
eleven years of age seated on
the sidewalk, bareheaded, in
the full blaze Of the searching
sun. .a,
"Bub, you ought not to sit
thereS', said the man.
"Why?"
because you'll get all tanned
up"
"Makes no difference to me
whether l sit in the sun or the
shade, F" sadly answered the
boy, '...mother tans me up three
or four times a day any howP'
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-12-16

They got up a mock marriage
for amusement at a party in
Portage county, Ohio, the 9TH
er evening, but a real Magis-
trate, who was among the guests,
performed the ceremony, and it
now appears that the couple are
legally married. At last ac-
counts they hadn't quite deci-
ded whether to accept the situa-
tiOn or get a divorce.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-12-16

Mr.. Doze, of Milwaukee, awoke
the other day to find that his wife
had run away with a sewing ma
chine "feller." At first Mr.. Doze
thought he was dreaming, but
when be discovered she had real
ly gone, be could not help feeling
sympathy for the sewing-macbine
agent. --
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-12-16

A Salt Lake paper says: at
may be Of interest to large num-
Der of young gentlemen and ladies
in this city just now to know that
there-i is no marriage law in the
territory. Simply Standing up in
the presence of your mother in-law
and say ing, "Sal, let's hitch" or
"Jerusha, let's go pards for life, "
constitutes legal marriage, and
doesn t cost cent"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-12-16
An Earnest Appeal to
Congress.

An Indianapolis dispatch says:
The following declaration and call,
signed by over three thousand
voters of this city, will appear in
the Sim to morrow:
In view of the continued and
increased depression of business,
resulting in the failure and bank
ruptcy of all productive enter
prise, the enforced idleness of
thousands of Industrious working
people, the continued shrinkage
OF values, and the relative increase
of taxation, the vast burden of
public and private debts relatively
increased by the depression of all
other values-all produced, as we
believe, by a mistaken policy of
financial legislalions; therefore we,
the undersigned voters of Indian
apoIiS and vicinity, do unite in
the following demands upon the
Congress OF the United States:
/. The Immediate and uncon-
ditional repeal of the resumption
act Of January, IA, 1875, COM
monty known as the SHERMAN
bill"
2. The permanent retirement
of national bank notes and sub
siilution therefore OF national le-
gal tender money, to be issued di-
rectly ftom the treasury Of the
United States.
3. The r.funding OF at least a
portion of the present national
bonded debt into bonds bearing q
lower rate Of interest, say 8 G5 per
cent. per annum, interconvertible
with national legal tender paper
money at the pleasure Of the hold
ers; and we further unite in n call
for a mass meeting to be held III
Indianapolis December /, 1875,
II furtherance Of these demands
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-12-16
Spend Your Money at
Home.

hOu0.
There are ten reasons why you
should spend your money at
home. They are so forcible and
we'll put that we cannot refrain
from presenting them to our
readers, hoping they will give
them the consideration which
they deserve:
1st. It is your home. You
cannot improve it much by TAX
ing away money to spend it.
End. There is no way Of i'm
proving place so much as by
encouraging good merchants,
good schools, and good people
to settle among you, and this
cannot be done unless you spend
your money at home.
Sd. Spend your money at
home, because there is where
you generally get it. tits your
duty.
4th. Spend your money at
home, because when it is nee
essary for you to get credit, it
generally is of your town mer-
chants you have to get it, and
they must wait for the money.
Therefore, when you have the
cash in hand, spend it at home.
9Th. Spend your money at
home. It will make better
merchants Of your merchants,
they can, and will, keep better
assortments, and sell at lower
rates, than if the only business
they do is what is credited out,
while the money goes to other
places.
9th. Spend your money at
home. You may have sons
growing up who will some day
the best merchants in town.
Help lay the foundations for
them now. 1t is a duty. 1t
may be your pride in after years
to say: "By trading at the
store | got my son a position as
clerk, now he is a proprietor y
Then you will think it hard if
your neighbors spend their mon
ey out OF town, Set the exam
pie now.
9TH. Spend your money at
home. Set your example now.
Buy your dry goods, groceries,
meats. and everything at home,
and you will see a wonderful
change in a short time in the
business outlook Of the place;
therefore, deal with your home
merchants.
9Th. Spend your money at
home. What do you gain by
going off? Count the cost; see
what YOU could have done at
home 10y letting your merchants
have the cash. Strike balance
and see if you would not have
been just as we'll off, besides
helping your merchant.
9th. Spend your money at
home. Your merchants are
your neighbors, your friends;
they stand by you in sickness;
are your associates; without
your trade they cannot keep
your business. No stores, then
no banks, no one wanting to
buy property to settle on and
build up your place.
10th. Merchants should do
their advertising at home
They should get their bill heads
and letter heads, circulars,
cards, envelopes, and all their
printing at home, in their news
paper, which aids them in many |
ways, and advertises them hum
dreds Of times without any pay
whatever. Merchants should
set an example to their custom
ers by patronizing their home
newspapers. Men and women
are initiative animals, and are
prone to follow examples set |
them. How can merchants ex-
pect their neighbors to trade
with them if they set the exam
pie of going away from home
for their printing and advertis-
ing? Let merchants and peo-
pie all patronize home enter
prises,, home Industry and home
trade. So shall they all be pros
porous and happy.
Going up Abbott street yes
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-12-16

e'Rents have risen," was the
iocose remark of the astute
small boy when a nail caught
in the previous small tear in his
coat tail and ripped the garment
up to his neck. Subsequently,
after an interview with his par
ents, he moaned to himself in
the woodshed that ''leather had
fallen"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-12-16

Roger M. Sherman was argu-
ing a case, and made a point
which the judge did not at once
see. ''Mr. Sherman" said he,
II would thank you to state the
point so that l can understand
you. ~ Bowing politely Sher-
man replied in his blandest man
ner: "Your honor is not prob
ably aware of the task you are
imposing On me-" =
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-12-16

This is the way the newspapers
talk in louisiana: ,"If that con-
victed thiefand robber, Jim Walk
er, wants any fuss with US he can
have steel or buck-shot in unlim-
tied quantities by poking his nose
around our corner"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-12-16

Mrs. Trimmer, Of Ohio, and
the Declaration of Independence
started out together, and the old
lady hangs right on, and it's g
neck and-neck race. Both will
be one hundred years Old the next
4th of July. -ar.e
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-12-16

A boy was sent for a doctor his
his mother being very i'll, when,
looking down the street, he saw "a
great crowd. Then came strug-
gle between duty and curiosity;
but he finally started for the
crowd, saying: "The old lady's
pretty badly off, butt know she
wouldn't have me to miss that
fight"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-12-16

A curious casualty occurred
near Pittsburg the other day.
A man engaged with sew
eral others in cutting down a
large tree sat down to rest on a
rope stretched between two
posts close by, when the tree
suddenly fell Of itself, striking
the rope a heavy blow in its de-
scent. The rope rebounded,
throwing the man several feet
into the air, and causing him to
turn three or four somersaults
before he reached the ground.
When he was picked up life
was extinct.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-12-16

Religious intelligence in the
Memphis Tenn -APpeGl:: "Her
matshless and perfect figure was
model, and never showed to so
much advantage as when.she knelt
Tor haptlsn,'
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-12-16

This years crop of apples in
Michigan surpasses anything
ever produced there before. =
From Adrian alone 22,S51 bar
rels were shipped in the month
of October.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-12-16

The latest is the Pumpkin
Festival Bill Of Fare: p. Pies,
P. Tarts, p. Cakes--in fact ev-
cry possible form, mode and
show of pumpkin-for the ben
eft of churches, Sunday-schools,
for every thing for which fairs
and festivals and such are set a.
foot. IT'S a n orth-western dis
covery and takes wonder fully
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-12-16

"Isn't your husband a little
bald?" asked one lady of another,
in a store. yesterday. "There
isn't bald hair in bis head was
the reply of the wife.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-12-16

Some people are too trusting
for this world. At recent tri-
al, the prisoner entered plea
of ''Not guilty" when one Of
the jurymen put on his hat and
started for the door. The Judge
called him back, and informed
him that he couldn't leave until
the case was tried. "Tried p
queried the juror, "why, he ac-
knowledges that he is not gull
ty."
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-12-16

1t was a good thing for her that
she opened her eye She was in
coffin, ready for burial, in Brad
ford, Mass. having been for two
days in state resembling death.
A relative was astOhished To see
the supposed corpse open an eye,
and then she was revived and Is
likely to.recover.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-12-16

4 Boston trave ling man at
Toledo, the other day, made the
acquaintance Of a man who said
he lived in Howell, Michigan.
The Boston traveller seeing that
his new acquaintance had no
baggage remarked "that he
thought the new railroad law
limiting the weight Of the bag
gage Of each passenger to one
hundred and fifty pounds was
an imposition," and prevailed
upon the Howell man to get Il
check for a large trunk filed
with Bostonian samples as
though he owned it. After get
ting on the cars the Boston chap
asked for the check Of his trunk
and the Howell man refused to
disgorge. The agent thought
his friend was merely joking
and Iaughingly remarked :
GLOW easily you could euehre
me out of that trunk" to which
the Howell chap answered alb
sently, at wonld merely be a
breach of trust.' Thus the
"good joke" was carried out
until the train reached Detroit,
when the Boston man found
that his new-made acquaintance
was in earnest, and he had to
procure the arrest Of his travel
ing companion before he could
get the check.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-12-16
TERMS.

~ Two Dollars for one year, ssua-
ytd6Ip in adr0Rce; Two Dollars a0d
PiflY Gents if payment be deferred three
months. All papers going out Of the county
to be paid for in adrosce. ~. -
e Single copies, Five Cents each.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-12-16

A blind man in Illinois can
play checkers, but he can't find
the wood-pile if his wife wants an
armtul Of wood.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-12-16

ES5@ Advertisements inserted at One Dol
lar per Square Of Ten Lines or less for the
first insertion; Fifty Cents for each contin-
uance. gzS-Local and Special Notices,
Twenty Cents per line.
E5e Obituaries and calls on candidates
Fifty Cents per square.
RS% The privilege of yearly advertisers
is strictly limited to their own immediate
and regular business; and the business of
an advertising firm is not considered as in
Guiding that Of the individual members.
NJ No deviation from these terms under
any circumstances.
ESy~ Advertisements not marked with the
lumber Of insertions when handed in, VIII
be continued until ordered out, and pay
.Dent exactcd.
Ez- No adveT isemen.s inserted gratui-
tously.
RA- Advertisements Of al abusive nature
will not be inserted at any price.
R4@Announcing candidates-County,F Five
Dollars; Congressional, Senatorial or FlOte-
rial, Ten Dollars to be paid in advance.
The Iola register., 1875-06-05

In Texas the Republicans held con-
vention at Hampstead last week and de-
cided not to make a political issue on
the election of members to the Constitu-
tional Convention. A series of resolu-
tions was adopted charging the Demo
cratic party with the destruction of the
public school system of the State; the
increase of the State Indebtedness to
twice what it was when the Republicans
went out of power; the increase Of taxes
by creating large number ofunnecessa-
ry ofices-some two hundred having
been made by law during the past three
years; and opposition to internal i'm
provements, which are essential to the
development of the State.
The Iola register., 1875-06-05
NOTES AND EXTRACTS.

It is hopeful sign to see Presidential
aspirants seeking the favor of the people
through opposition to corrupt rings. Til.
den and BristOw have gained decided ad.
vantages in this direction Toledo Blade.
The people are determined to have
honest and good government, and those
who estrange the honest body ofindepen.
dent voters are the enemies ofthe people
I-Mlraakee News.
With all the negro and skallawag dele
gates from the South in his favor, and
with q few office-holding delegations
from the North, Gen. Grant can be NOM
mated for q third or a tenth term.-Mo
bile Recister.
Gen. Sheridan takes the right position
in preventing tresspassing on the Indian
reservation. As long as our treaty with
the Sioux exists, this is the only way fol
the government and its agents to act
and It would be we'll if there were more
officers like Sheridan to enforce the rights
of the red men as we'll As to enforce Ou
own.-Boston GLobe.
The only generally-read newspapers
now are those whose independence j,
acknowledged, while subsurvient party
organs are languishing for want of read
ers and popular respect, and will soon
be things of the past.-Philadelphid
Times.
The duty of selfabnegation will ad
monish every true friend of his country
that the public good should be consider.
ed before self-interest, and the public
sentiment should control individual as
pirations.- Washington Chronicle.
There is no doubt that the Secretary
Of the Treasury is making himself the
strongest man in his party, and if he
should be the Republican nominee fol-
President it would involve the necessity
on the part of the Democrats to nominate
Gov. Tilden, making the canvass turn
on purely reformatory and domestic
questions.-LouisuiLle COrier-.ournal.
1t is asserted that Bristow is to be the
next President. The evidence Of this
ambition is said to be his energetic ef:
forts to put the business of the Treasury
Department on an economical footing,
and to make honesty and efficiency char.
acseristic features of the administration OF
It's H tuio Vic iCouie OA 0u ohs
bition to reach the Presidency, it would
be a wholesome thing for the country If
all the members of the Cabinet were sui
fering from an attack of the Presidential
fever Cincinnati Commercial.
It can make little difference now
whether the President speaks or remains
silent, for Pennsylvania has spoken, and
with such distinctness and emphasis as
to carry assurance to the timid that if
any third term aspirations have been
INDUCED their indulgence was vain.-
Philadelphia Inquirer (Rsp).
Slavery is dead, and if it is necessary
to keep alive the memory of its wrongs,
let not the benefits it conferred be studi-
ously ignored. And if the enfranchise-
ment of a race which does not, and we
fear never will, show itself competent for
self-goyernment, produces logical and in
evitable results, let the blame rest where
it belongs-and it does not belong to the
South.-&. Louis Republican (IWD.
The Iola register., 1875-06-05
DECORATION DAY.

Decoration Day, May Both came OF
Sunday this year and was consequently
divided up into three sections Thosl
who had no conscientious scruples agains
50 doing kept Sunday, while those wht
had were about equally divided between
Saturday and Monday. In the leading
cities most of the business houses were
closed and vast multitudes of the people
took part in the exercises. In some o1
the Southern cities the people irrespec
tive of party or race participated in the
exercises and decorated alike the graves
of both the Union and the Confederate
soldiers. We believe that Gen. Bartlett,
at the centennial celebration of Lexing'
ton and Concord, gave utterance to the
sentiments of the great mass of the sol.
diers of both the late armies when he
said "that between the soldiers of the two
great sections of our great country fra
ternal relations were established long
ago." And we are glad that the time has
come when in some parts of our country,
at least, the friends of the departed brave
men of both armies can meet together
and Join in the beautiful and appropriate
ceremony of decorating their graves with
flowers. Sorrow brings men together in
sympathy, and an annual Observance OF
Decoration Day by all our people in
meeting around the graves of the brave
men from both sections of our country
would tend to strengthen the bonds OF
love and union that should exist between
a c c,mmon people and to allay sectional
strife and hatred. Everything that
tends to bring the people of the two
sections of our country together should
be encouraged. In the hearts of the peo-
pie of every State of the Union there is
love for the old flag, and they look upon
it as bearing within its folds the bright
omen of "peace on earth, good will to
men," So throughout all the land is
there among the people an admiration
for the brave men of both armies who
sacrificed their lives in the cause which
they espoused ; they are proud of them
as American soldiers. A General in the
late Union army has truthfully said !:
"The war through which We passed
developed and proved on both sides the
noble qualities of American manhood.
1t has left to us soldiers once foes now
friends, a memory Of hard-fought fields,
of fearful sacrifices, of heroic vslor, and
it has taught US the lesson to be trans
mitted to our children, that divided We
are terrible, united we are forever irwin
vincible."
The Iola register., 1875-06-05
TIE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.

The Republicans of Ohio met in State
convention at Columbus on the I'd inst.
The following is the ticket nominated /:
For Governor, Ruthfold b. Hayes, of
Sandusky; Lieutenant Governor, Thom-
as l.. Young, of Hamilton; Supreme
Judge, Geo. W. McIlvainS, Auditor,
James Williams, of Franklin; Attorney
General Jno Little; Treasurer, Minor
Milliken Member of the Board of Pub
lie Works, p. Thacher. Hayes nomina-
ton was made unanimous, on the motion
of Chas. P. Taft, son of Judge Taft, who
was the only other formidable candidate
for Governor.
Before the convention adjourned Hayes
accepted the nomination by telegraph.
The following platform was unanimou =
ly adopted: The Republicans of Ohio
in convention assembled, reaffirming the
cardinal principles of their organization,
which have become recognized maxims
of policy. State and National, declare on
specific points the series of sentiments
following. 8.
First: That the States are one as a
nation. and all citizens under the laws
are equal, and entitled to their fullest
protection.
Second: That policy of finance
should be steadily pursued which, with
out unnecessary shocks to business or
trade, will ultimately equalize the pur-
chasing capacity of the coin and paper
dollar.
Third: WAass in favor of q tariff for
revenue wittF Incidental protection to
American industry.
Fourth: We stand by free education,
our public school system, the taxation of
all for its support, and no division of the
school fund.
Fifth: Under our Republican system
of government, there should be no con-
nection, direct or indirect, between
Church and State, and we oppose all
legislation in the interest of any particn-
lar sect upon this subject.
Sixth: We demand such a revision
of the patent laws as will relieve indus
try from the oppression of monopolies in
the administration.
Seventh: A grateful people will nev-
er cease to remember the services of our
soldiers and sailors and it is due them
that liberality and generosity should be
shown in the adjustment of pay aud
bounties.
Eighth: That we demand that the
public domain shall be scrupulously re-
served for occupancy ofactual settlement.
Ninth: The determination of the
government to collect the revenue, and
prevent and punish frauds. has our un-
qualified approval. =
Tenth: That the power of municipal
corporations to create debts should be
restricted, and local and other expendi-
lures should be 80 reduced as to diminish
taxation.
Eleventh: The observance of WASH
ington's example in retiring at the close
of g second Presidential term, will be in
the future, as it has been in the past, re-
garded as fundamental rule in the un-
written law of the Republic.
Twelfth: The distinguished success of
his administration, which to the fame of
the patriot and soldier has added that of
the capable and judicious statesman,
entities President Grant to the gratitude
of his countrymen.