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The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-07-14

The indications are that the largest
crop of corn ever raised in Southern ILL
nois, will be gathered this fail. The
damage sustained by the wheat crop is
not half so great as was at first antci-
pated,
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-07-14

Nil cases Of private. chronic, and urinary di-
seases in all their complicated forms II l. well
known that DR. james has stood AT the head OF
the profession for the past 80 years. Age aud
experience are all-mportant. seminal weak.
ness, night losses 10y dreams. pimples on the
face, lost manhood, can positively he cured
Ladies wanting the most delicate attention. cali
or write. Pleasant home for patients. A book
for she million. Marriage Guide, which tells
you all about these Il iseases-who should marry
why MOTTO cents to pay postage. Dr james
has 80 rooms and parlOr You see no one but
the doctor Onice hours, "A III. 10 p. m sun
days, 10 10 u. All business strictly conildcu
tal. i-2s-dSw-ly.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-07-14
PRAIRIE LANDS.

The last chance for good agricultural lands ON
Don't run any risks, but go to country that has
been proved 10 be good. Send your address by
postal card to Land Com'r. b. 4 M. X. r.,
and Nebraska Farmer, With CHI art Of land, and
ow round trip rates. s-.s-vs u.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-07-14

the public funds. Hence the summary
decapitation of Col. Dyer
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-07-14

N77 A WEEK guaranteed 10 ihalc amt
4 female agents in their locality.
IN Costs nothing to try II ParicuaTB
vi free. o NICkERl co
Augusta, Ne.
a < RI &C0 per day at home. Samples worth
PV " 'VSV 81 free. stinson n Company
Portland Mninp
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-07-14
DR.. JAMES.
is:s Hospital

CORNER
Washington
and Franklin
trects. lhi.
cagO. Illinois.
Chartered ~ the
State of Illinois
for the expires,
purpose OF giving
. iInIu...lInIn rDlI,f
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-03-30
Swallowed a Mouse.

An extraordinary occurrence
was brought to light at an in
quest held on the body Of man
in south London. In q work.
room where many young girls
we're at work i mouse suddenly
made its appearance on q table,
causing, of course, considera-
BILE commotion and Il general
stampede. The intruder was
seized, however, by a young
man who happened to be pres
ent, but the mouse slipped out
of his hand, and running up his
sleeve, came out between his
waistcoat and shirt at the neck.
The unfortunate man had his
mouth open, and the mouse, on
the lookout for some conven-
lent place Of concealment, en-
tered the mans mouth, and he,
in his fright and surprise, swal-
lowed it. That q mouse can ex-
ist for considerable length of
time without much air has long
been a popular belief, and was
undoubtedly proved to be "a
fact in the present instance, for
the mouse began to tear and
bite inside the mans throat and
chest, and the result was that
the unfortunate fellow died af-
ter little time in horrible ago
ny. Several witnesses corrobo-
rated the above facts, and med
ical testimony as to the cause
of death having been given, a
verdict Of accidental death"
was returned.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-03-30
Mai1 D1rectOry
Fayetteville Post-omce.

Tailroad-leaves every day except Sun
.5avat A. NJ; arrives at P. N. Supplies
ths following offices: Kelso, Lincoln, Flynt.
v;Ile. Oregon, Georges Store, Flora Hunts
station. Salem, Winchester and Decherd.
EhelbyyiIle stage-arTiSes Monday, Wed
,asday and Friday at 10 A. NJ; leaves same
Avs at 2p.M. Supplies Mulberry, Lynch.
h,rc bonneville, County Line, Shelbyville
Hnutsville stage-leaves Monday and
Thnrsday at 8 A. NJ; arrives Tuesday and
F-iday af4P.K Supplies HaTpers Branch
Goshen. Hazle Green, Meridianville and
Huntsville.
Sbelbyvilie horse-leaves Mondays and
Tbursdavs at 9 A. M; arrives Tuesday and
Fr;day at Ark. Supplies Norris Creek
CHESTNUT Ridge, Hawthorne and Shelbyville
pulaski housewives everv Friday at II
Iasges same day at 1890. Supplies Cy-
-,ston. Boons Hill, Millville, Pisgah, Brad
sbaw and Pulaski.
blanche hcrse-leayes every FRIDAY al
w. arrives Saturday at P. NJ. Sup
les Camarge, Nolino, Cold Water, Blanche.
Money Orders can be obtained at this Of
60 mon post offices in all parts eff the o.
iD;tod States. A list of Money Order offices
- he seen on application. Rates of COM
.n;ss;ou n,a for Money Orders are as follows;
Nos exceeding SIS. .......-.:.... ~ cents
noe 1s eA and not exceeding $50. IS do
A. 30 do do 1o.. 70 DO
W 70 d. d. 50 25 DO
% ", 3. DoUTHAT, 7. NJ.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-03-30
Clever RuSe.

A Paris paper says: A gen
tleman was seated before the
Cafe Richie, when a young ar
tist passed with a companion.
Il will bet you," said the ar
tist to his friend, 81 will drink
that gentleman's coffee, and he
will thank me for doing it."
"You are crazy"
"You will see. "
"You know him then"
"Come and see the proceed
ings for yourself"
Very solemnly they ap-
preached the gentleman.
"Sir," said the artist, 81 am
an Inspector of the Board of
Health. If 1 ask for coffee
they will give me without doubt
a very good cup, for they know
me. You, sir, whom they do
not know, are served like the
rest of the world. Will you
permit me to taste yonr coffee?'
Certainly" said the gentle
man. '"This is really good, the
government has great care over
the people. The police cannot
be too watchful over the public
health"
The artist drank the coffee,
and having finished it said po-
litely, "They do things proper
ly at this cafe; this is excellent
coffee"
He bowed, and left the gen
tleman to pay for the coffee he
had not had, but profoundly
grateful for the care of the gov
ernment.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-03-30
Church Directory.

Presbyterian, svetteville-seryices ev-
cry Sabbath st 10:3O and at night; Rev Geo
Hall. pastor; Sunday school ut s A N.
Metlodigt-seryice every Sabbath at
l0:3O and at night; RevAFLawrence,p pastor;
Sunday school at 6 O'Clock.
Cumberland esbyterian-services every
Sabbath at 1880 and at night; Rev Z Du-
vail, pastor; Sunday school at s.
Methodist, Flyntviile--services lst Sab
bath in each month at ii and night; Rev WA
Gill, preacher in charge; Sunday school at y.
Union Church Pleasant Plains-services
Ist Sabbath each month at IL and night by
the Methodists; Rev Mr. Barham, preacher
n charge-2nd and 4th Sabbath each month
Mt IL by the Associate Reformed Presbyteri-
ans, Rev B Muse, pastor. Union Sun
day school at 3.
Ar Presbyterian, New Hope, services LIST
and 3r,l Sabbsths at II; Bethel, End and
9Th Salybaths at 1l--Rev a S Sloan, pastor.
Methodist, Mulberry-seryices 3rd Sun
day in each month at IL O'Clock and every
Sunday night; ReyWJCollier. pastor; Sun
day School at g.
Cumberland Presbyterian--seryices 4th
SUNDAY each month at IL O'Clock NJ and at
night; RevMrM Orris pastor; Sabbath school
Baptist, Mulberry--church session. Sat
srday before 1st Sabbath in each month;
services Ist Sabbath at II; ReEA Van Hoose
.uastor; Sabbath school at 9
United Presbyterian, Lincoln-seryices
every Sabbath at Ills n; RevJ w Wait
pastor; Sunday school at 10.
Methodist, Shady Grove, (Shelton's
oreek)-services 1st Sabbath in each month
at IL o'clock; Rev J. Parks, preacher IN ch
Liberty Gro ve-seryices End Sabbath at
l1AM; Rev w A Gill, preacher in charge.
Cumberland Presbyterian, Oak Grove,
(near Flyntville}-services 4th Sabbath IN
each month at ii O'Clock; Rev a " Suth-
erlend. supply.
Presbyterian, Unity, on the Petersburg
:, oad. miles North of Fayetteville, lst and
3rd Sabbaths in each mOnth-slso Swan
Creek Church. 2nd and 4th Sabbaths in each
month; Rev 2 Osborne, pastor.
Cumberland Presbyterian, Cane Creek, on
Fishing Ford road, 5 miles North of Fay
etteyjlie. End and 4th Sabbaths each month;
Rev B Tigert, pastor.
Methodist, Oak Hill-serYices 4th Sab
hath each month at 10 O'Clock.
Cumberland PresbyteriaE-Rev \ DCraw-
ford, pastor.
Methodist-services End Sabbath at 10 A
n: Rev w B Lowery, P C.
Cumberland Presbyterisn-services 4th
Sabbath at 10 NJ: Rev J B Tigert, pastor;
Union sunday school at 2 P every Sab
hath. nraycr meeting Wednesday night.
MI. Hermon, Flintville circuit--services
srd Sabbath and preceding Saturday; Rev
W A Gill. preacher in charge.
Macedonia, Flintville circuit-services 4th
sabbath and preceding Saturday; Rev w A
Gill. nreacher IN charge.
missionary Baptist, Norris Greek, Buck
oveA-seryices 2nd Saturday and Sunday in
.esch month; Rev S L Sanford, pastor.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-03-30

Pacific, yet the train reached O.
maha twenty four hours late from
Ogden, making forty-eight bours
behind the time from San Fran
cisco, The passengers had travel
ed 1907 miles, and some of them
to use their own language were
ready to Gle down and die. -
Those who we're fortunate enough
to secure sleeping berths, and sui
fered no lack of "coin," were the
inveterate growlers. They were
displeased at everything and eve-
rybody. But it was the illy-clad
and half famished beings, who
could not aspire to the dignity of
"6rst,clsss passengers, who suf-
fered in patience in the cold and
Insecure cars, and withsteod the
insolence and impudence of rail-
road employees. Poor, friendless
women, with their little children
on their way to the old home in
the East, broken-down million
aires who had wrestled with the
San Francisco mining stock mar
kst and been "cinched," and the,
consumptive miners who never
''struek a lead" that ''panned out"
anything worth cartfng away,
were among the "second-class pas
sengers" bound tor what they call
ed Gods country" At Omaha
the passengers took different roads,
and those bound for New York
were aroused at 7 o'clock on Sat-
urday morning in the Jersey City
depot. Wearied in mind and bo-
dy they crossed the ferry, and
their nine days trip across the
continent was ended.
OMAHA, Neb., March 19.-Pas-
senger trains due here from the
West yesterday aud to day viii ar
rive to night. Passengers from
the West state that the snow fall
between here and California is far
greater than known for many
years past, and that it covers al
most the entire country. In ma
ny places the road bed is from ten
to twenty feet below the surface
of the snow, and it has required
almost suPerhuman efforts to keep
the roads open at all. Most OF
this snow has fallen within the
past month.
Seven inches of snow fell here
last night and to day, and it is
still falling with a cold north invest
wind.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-03-30
European Secret Orders.

The secret societies in Eu-
rope have assumed a new i'm
portance within the last five
years. The Masons Of France
number 100000, and are ac-
knowledged to be a great agi-
tating force. No Roman Gath
olic can be a member Of that
order in England or any Con-
tinental country, and even in
the United States the most SOL
emn of all the sacraments, that
of extreme JUNCTION, will not be
administered until the dying
man renounces his connection
with Freemasonry. The result
is that the popular organization
has become, certainly in France,
a vigilant enemy of the Church
of Rome. 1t must be confessed,
however, at least in the Latin
countries, that the MasOnS, IN
what they call their war upon
the Jesuits, do not console them
selves with any other special
form of religion, and SO the
charge is freely made that when
they attack the Roman Catho-
lies they find in those countries
refuge in what is known as
infdelity. The Odd Fellows of
England, according to Mr.. Will
liam e. Forster, Nj. F., in his
late speech at Bradford, number
close upon half a million Of
members-430, 900 in England,
and the rest in the colonies,
Scotland, and Ireland, with a
money capital of GA ,000,000
sterling. Colonel Fo9ney.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-03-30
Orvil Grant.

Among the smallest and
meanest of the corruptions un-
earthed by the Congressional
Investigation Committees, there
has been nothing as yet to e.
quail that which Orvil Grant,
brother of the President, ac-
knowledges to have been en-
gagged in. AS is we'll said, he
is one of the smallest and cheap
est of the lobbying class that
ever infested Washington
His story before the Commit
tee was a sickening tale of a.
buse of official patronage by
Grant for the benefit of mem
Der of his own family. The
Presidents best friends are
rather downcast, and complain
that he ought to have had at
least an appreciation for the
delicacy of his position, such as
would have demonstrated to
him the improperly of notify
ing Orvil of the existence Of
vacancies.
The New York Tribune very
justly says:
The case of Orvil Grant is
like the case of General Bel
KNAPP in this respect, that it has
been a scandal for several years,
notorious on the frontiers, and
exposed time and again in the
newspapers, without attracting
the slightest notice from Con-
gress or the administration
The persistency with which
Gen. Grant and his friends have
shut their ears to complaints Of
official malfeasance and protec-
ted their friends under fire is
the most Serious feature Of the
present disclosures. There is
no party free fiom thieves and
hypocrites; there is no admins
tration so able and patriotic
that it can hope to escape scan-
dal altogether. But when per-
sonal favorites and party alike
are shielded after their miscon-
duct has been exposed, when
the authorities refuse to listen
to grave charges because they
have been brought, as the i'm
plicated persons allege, for po-
litical effect, the whole service
inevitably becomes honey
combed by corruption. The
complaint against the President
is not that his brother abused
his kindness, or that the Secre-
tary of War took bribes, but
that when he received informa-
tion of these things he did not
inquire whether they were true,
and it was reserved for q Dem
oeratic House of Representa-
tives, animated by partisan mo-
tives, to make the investigation
which the President ought to
have ordered long ago for the
sake of his own party and the
purity of the service.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-03-30
A Frontier Blaze.

Particulars of a terrible prai.
rie fire near Ellis, on the Kan
sas Pacific, says the Denver
Ne1cs, were given a few days
ago. About the same time, ac-
Icording to other aud later advi-
ces, the town of Cottonwood
Falls, further east, was scourged
with flame. A fierce gale
brought in adevastating from
the south. Everything in its
track, including several ranch
buildings, haystacks, and even
horses and cattle, were burned
up, and the inhabitants them
selves barely escaped with their
lives. The flames fairly bound
ed into the south part of the
town, and so suddenly, too, that
the people were appalled, at the
sight, and in an incredibly short
time the fire was roaring and
cracking among the small
dwellings, stables and fences
Wagons. were employed to haul
furniture and valuables from
the endangered buildings, and
the women and children, wild
with fright, were huddled to-
gether in the courthouse, many
Of them praying so loudly as to
be distinctly heard inthe streets.
When the southern half of the
town had been laid in waste, the
gale abated suddenly, and, at
the same time, shifted around
and tErnedthe blaze backoverits
track of devastation. This, to-
gether with the superhuman ef-
forts of the men, averted any
greater calamity than had al
ready befallen the place. While
the fire was at its height, ac-
cording to the statement Of an
eyewitness, the heat was so in
tense along the front Of the
blaze that, no one could walk
within two hundred feet of it,
and the whole space above was
filed with whirling smoke,
tongues Of fame, and burning
shingles and other tinder frag-
ments caught up by the gale
A Mr.. Williams, coroner of the
county, in racing with the
flames, had the hair burned off
his head, and he escaped from
this taste of Tophet with a
charred scalp. The fire caught
up with a teamster named John
O'Byrne, and licked the over
coat off his back; he only saved
himself by rolling over and O.
yer on the ground. A colored
man at work in a quarry south
of town lost his hair, and saved
himself by crawling under a
ledge of rocks. The cause of
all this was a spark from a farm
house chimney three miles south
Of the town.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-03-30
According to the New York

According to the New York
Sun, it was President Andrew
jackson who originally uttered
the remark now attributed to
Acknowledgement Pierrepont:
"No man is absolutely needed
in running a government"
When jackson was turning
out the oficeholders, there was
all old fixture in the Treasury
whose friends pleaded for his re-
tention as an absolute necessity,
ON the ground that he alone un-
derstood the complicated busi-
ness of his office, and that the.
Treasury would be thrown in
to confusion BY his dismissal
t'Turn him out! turn him out!"
cried Jacksons s1'll have no
man here who is an absolute ne
cessity in running this Goyefn-
ment.c - -. -aa-~s4s
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-03-30
A Model Student.

The Rev. DR.. Ritchie, of Ed
inburgh, though a very clever
man, once met his match
When examining a student as
to the classes he had attended,
he said:
"And you attended the class
for mathematics?o
"Y Yes."
GLOW many sides has cir
cle?"
"Two," said the student.
"What are they?"
What a laugh in the court
the students answer produced
when he said, can inside and
an outsideP'
The doctor next inquired,
"And you attended the moral
philosophy class also?"
"Yes."
DWELL, you would hear lee
lures on various subjects. Did
you ever hear one on cause and
effect?"
eyes"
'EDoes an effect ever go be-
fore a cause?"
Eyes.
"Give me an instance"
GA man wheeling a wheel
barrow"
The doctor then sat down and
proposed no more questions.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-03-30
For the Fayetteville Observer.
BIRTHDAY REFLECTIONS.
BIZ REV. W. IT. DALE.
February 2oth, A. D. 1876.

How swift the years are rolling on,
Which bear US down lfe's surginS stream
My days on earth will soon have gone,
This life is but an empty dream.
II.
1t seems but yesterday, that
Was sporting by my fathers side,
A child of glee and vanity
Nor did / dread what might betide.
Ny boyish hopes how bright were they,
And how delusive all my joys;
But these have all been borne away
Their memory now my heart employs.
In mirthful glee I've sported OFT
Across the lawn arrayed in green,
And listened to the music soft,
From birds that in the trees were seen.
Full oft Eve wandered far away
Oer mountains tall and valleys low,
And family recall to-day
Those scenes afar Of long ago.
The places l loved so well,
Through memory's vision l behold;
The hillside steep and merry dell,
And brook that through the meadows
rolled.
VII.
With sisters fair loved to rove,
And spend the evening on the lea;
Or take them to the shady grove,
And spend the time in youthful glee.
WIN.
Ny brothers then were at my side,
oh ! how | miss their presence now;
We went to prayer at even-tide,
And all together we would bow.
TX.
The psalm of praise my father sung,
When round the altar we had met
The prayer he offered on his tongue,
All these are on my memory yet.
My mothers gentle words hear,
As when she taught me how to pray
Oh how love that name so dear,
1t shah with me forever stay.
Those happy scenes Of vanished years,
Though buried with the ages gone,
| call to mind with flowing tears,
As in my journey go on.
Roll or, 0 time, thy billowa roll.
And bear me TO Immanuel's land;
Then will feast my raptured soul,
I When | shall in Gods palace stand.
Lebanon, Tenn.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-03-30

The st. Louis Repu6Iican
states that there are witnesses in
that city who would testify as
to Belknap's farming out trade
ships, but since Grant has or
dered the prosecution of such
witnesses, they decline to do so.
Grant is doing all he can TO pro-
tect his administration from ex-
posure.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-03-30

One day last week some negro
children were playing near a creek
in Quitman county, when an alli-
gator crawled out and swallowed
one of the children. Next day a
party caught the alligator, cut him
open, and took the little negro out
alive. This is no newspaper lie,
but was reported TO US by law
yer (and they never lie), who
substantiates the statement by
two negroes who saw the child
CHth6ert (Ga. Messenger.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-03-30
Two bows aged six and twelve

Two boys aged six and twelve
years entered Cincinnati police
station one night, and the eldest
told an effecting story of paren7
tai abuse. They had, he said,
been driven from home, and were
exhausted with wandering, be-
sides being hungry. They were
fed and housed. III the morning
their, frightened mother found
them, and the truth came out
They had left comfortable home,
having made up their minds to
travel as tramps.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-03-30

The Washington Chronicle
says: cRepublicanism is high
treason in Mississippi. They
impeach officers on that ground; ;
only they make the charge un-
der some other name" You are
equally justified in making the
same remark about Washing
ton. Leok at Belknap's case,
and there is talk about impeach-
ing even Grant! Where will
this thing stopa
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-03-30

A bright little three.year old in
Hartford, having become a little
mixed between her religious in
struction and her nursery rhymes,
graveIy recites: "The Lord is
my shepherd, and He has lost His
sheep, and lie don't know whera
to End them"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-03-30

A Chicago man has not bssn
bothered by his wife to get wors-
ted since the morning he appeared
pleased to do such an errand, and
incidentally spoke Of the engaging
young lady who tended the wors-
ted counter.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-03-30

1t is proposed in Ohio to make.
one years drunkenness a cause
Of divorce. A proposition af-
fecting SO large a class Of the
people of a great State should
be carefully considered. There
has been enough of rash legis-
lation already.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-03-30

A writerin Aacmalan's Nag
d<ine gives some curious illustra.
tions Of mistakes arising from
writing from dictation. Among
them these - T *
The way waslongs the wind was cold,
The minstrel was internal old.
And: i.
Hard by, hesher on block had laid his
vittles down,
Yirginius canght the vittles up and hid
them in his gown.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-03-30
TERMS

TWO DOsIars for one year. tupQ.
,taoty "a Gdvdace; Two Dollars and
nsy Gents ii payment be deferred three
nionthss An papers going out Of the county
to be paid for IN adcance.
bz~ Single copies, Five Cents each.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-03-30


: The appointment of post-tra-
ders was formerly vested in the
General of the army, but after
Belknap's appointment as Sec
retaryof al, Congress passed
an act giving the appointment
to that officer. This was done
to deprive Gen. Sherman of the
power of appointing, and to en-
able Belknap to make the trade
which has now been exposed
Under Republican rule, Con-
gress has been guilty of a good
deal of just such Legislation as
this. A.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-03-30

A case illustrating the profits
derivee from going to law was
brought to a close in one of the
Brooklyn courts last week.
The litigation, which arose out
of a dispute in regard to the
ownership of a piece of proper
ty, has been going on for some
time. The case was decided on
Friday last, when the court or
dered an allowance for counsel
fees to the lawyers. The prop
erty brought $4,000 under the
hammer. Of this one law firm
got $1,000 and the other SIS, 600
the litigants receiving $4,000
as theirshare.