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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-10-04
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says:
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4 hear OF them net only among the poor.
Dut their virtues are heralded from. the man
sions Of the wealthy and refined. Know
ing the inventor from his long Connection
with the medical profession, I have great
confidence in their merits, and Of late have
often prescribed them with the happiest re-
suits in cases where / desired to make a de-
eided impression on the liver
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-10-04
ARREARS QE PAY and BOUNTY.

Officers, Soldiers and Sailors Of the late
war or their heirs, are in many cases entitled To
money from the Government or which they have
no knowledge. Write full history of service and
state amount Of pay and bounty received. In
close stamp 70 GILMORE q co, and q full reply
alter examination. will be giYcn you free.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-10-04

" D. MEDEARIS announces to the
people OF Lincoln and adjoining coun-
ties that he intends to sell Leather of all
kinds at the lowest cash prices, and will
buy Hides and pay the highest price in
cash for the same. nov. 3C-Iy
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-09-13
GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.

The death of Theirs has created profound
impression throughout all Europe, and more
especially in France, where it is regarded as
national calamity. Manifestations of public
grief are noticeable to an extent which recalls
the state of feeling in the United States pro-
duced by the intelligence of the sudden taking
off of President Lincoln in 1865 The Repub-
icans are dismayed at the sudden loss of the
man upon whom they had centered their hopes
and desires as the successor of MacMahon.
while the Conservatives regard the circum-
stance as certain to operate in their favor at
the ensuing elections.
The London Times strongly urges that En-
gland should offer mediation between Russia
and Turkey, with the concurrence of the other
neutral powers.
From the City of Mexico comes a report that
ex-President Lerdo, of Mexico, is to be tried
for nigh crimes against the constitution. COM
nlitted during his administration, and that Gen.
Escobedo will soon be tried for treason.
There are three counts in the Indictment
against Gambetta, the French statesman, which
charge offenses against the person of the Pres
ldent and against the republic. There are six
counts Tor public insults to Ministers. The
Government will not permit the trial to be re-
ported.
1t is said that the Pope, who is improving in
health, has definitely resolved to restore the
Roman hierarchy in Scotland Cardinal Man
ming will shortly go to Rome on a confidential
mission in that connection.
band of Montenegrin soldiers recently sur
rounded village near Pressika, intending to
get cattle and corn. During the night fresh
pand arrived, whom the first supposed to be
turks. A fierce combat followed, in which 800
were Killed and number wounded. The mis-
take was not discovered till morning.
Another terrible famine has broken ont in
ASIA, and IS desolating the little kingdom of
Corea, on the eastern frontier of China, and
the natives are rapidly dying of starvation.
Like the Indian famine, it has arisen from the
failure OF the crops last season, owing to the
want OF rain, and from the consumption of all
reserve supplies. To add to their miseries. the
plague has broken out among the people.
1t is reported that the Cabinets Of London.
Berlin, and Vienna have agreed that the time
mas not yet arrived for an attempt to settle the
Eastern question by negotiation. The neutral
powers believe that defnitive settlement.
promising permanent peace, cannot be obtained
until Turkey is subjugated or Russia becomes
thoroughly exhausted by the protracted strue-
gle, and is ready to seek some other means Of
adjustment than the arbitrament Of fo,ce -
which she has appealed.
France and Germany have presented remon-
strances to the Porte against the release of the
Salonica murderers
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-09-13

Gen. 7. G. H. Smith, where the President re-
manned a guest. In the afternoon there was
speech-making and a general love-feast. The
President, in his speech, avoided any discus
sion of political topics, his whole effort being
in defense of his Southern policy. AS usual.
he introduced Judge Key, who spoke of the
North and South to-day, contrasting it with
the position before the war. Gen. Devens fol-
lowed in speech of half an hour. The Presi-
Dental party left in the evening for Fremont,
where they were accorded a cordial reception.
The Turkish Minister to the United States
furnishes the following SIN view of the vari-
GUS accounts circulating about the origin of
Osman Pasha, the Turkish Legation has the
honor to inform the press that the Marshal of
that name was born in Asia Minor. of Mussul-
man parents"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-09-13
MISCELLANEOUS GLEANINGs.

A man named Wickliffe writes to the Louis
vile Courier Journal that Osman Pasha, the
hero of Plevna, is not Marshal Bazaine, but
that he is Col. R. Clay Crawford, native of
Hawkins county. Tenn. He was Colonel of an
artillery regiment in the rebellion; afterward
served under Juarez in Mexico; then lived in
retirement at country seat near Philadelphia;
became weary Of idleness and went to Egypt,
and was transferred from the service of the
Khedive TO that of the Sultan. The story is
circumstantially told, the narrator claiming to
have been in correspondence with Osman for
several years.
In disposing of his property, Brigham Young
endeavored to make an equitable division be-
tween his seventeen wives, sixteen sons and
twenty-eight daughters. The estate is valued
at So 100000 and the will divides it so that all
the legatees will have, with such other proper
ty as he has from time to time conveyed them,
an equal proportion of the old mans goods.
Gold continues to tumble. The price fell
last week. in the New York market, to 1887,
the lowest since the war.
Senator Morton's physician thinks his patient
will be able to take his seat in the Senate at the
regular session of Congress.
The annual meeting of the Society of the
Army of the Tennessee has just been held at
St. Paul, Mimi. The attendance numbered
about seventy-fve, mostly from Illinois, Indi-
ana, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Missouri. Gen.
Sherman was elected President for the ensuing
year.
Friday, Sept. 7, was big day for Marietta,
Ohio, and big day for Private Dalzen. Pres
ident Hayes, Postmaster General Key and
Attorney General Devens arrived in the morn
ing and took part in the grand reunion of ex-
soldiers and ex-sailors. An immense con-
course, estimated at 10000, welcomed the
party at the train and escorted them through
the streets of the city to the residence of
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-09-13
FRESH PARAGRAPHS.

The Washington Star pronounces the
story to the effect that Osman is Marshal
Bazaine as absurd, and declares that the
Marshal is now living in retirement in
Spain.
THE Queen of Madagascar, Africa, has
issued a decree emancipating all the
slaves on the island, and giving them
the use of public lands in order to enable
them to take care of themselves.
The long-current story that President
Grant offered the Chief Justiceship to
Senator Howe, of Wisconsin, is con-
frmed by the ex-President, the only
reason for his non-acceptance being that
the then-Democratic Legislature would
choose Democrat to succeed him.
THE London Times has long article
correcting the impression that Russia is
on the verge of bankruptcy. The writ
er claims that the debt of Russia is in no
way manageable, and that her resour-
ces are such as will enable her to carry
on a second and third campaign without
exhaustion.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Louisville
Courier Journal writes to that paper to
say that r. Clay Crawford cannot be Os-
man Pasha, because Crawford was NOR
tally wounded while leading Cuban at
tack on the Spaniards in Cuba, and died
on the field. And then he thinks Craw-
ford was not of the sort of which great
soldiers are made.
The Cuba business gets on in neither
direction. More troops from Spain, an
other change in the Captain Generalship,
Jovellar going home in September, and
the revolutionists as troublesome as
ever. It does seem as if it was about
time for Spain to do one thing or the
other, crush the rebellion, compromise
with it, or abandon the island.
r. J. GATLNG writes to the New York
Evening Post that recent improvements
in his gun have brought it to such
stage of perfection that it can fire 1000
shots per minute, and one man can feed
and fire 900 shots per minute. In an
official trial $4,000 rounds were fred
from a single gun in rapid succession,
and without stopping to clean the bar
rels.
IT has been decided by the Washing
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-09-13
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
THE WAR IN THE EAST.

The Grand Duke Nicholas long-expected at
tack upon the forces under Osman Pasha, by
which he expected to retrieve the Plevna dis
aster, began at 10 o'clock on the morning of
Tuesday, Sept. 4. The assault was made along
the whole line, and was irresistible. The fight
ing that ensued as soon as the entire move
ment had been fairly unmasked by the Russians
was of the most terrific character, both on
the part of the Turks and their assailants AL
most every strategic point along the whole line
of operations was the scene of desperate
charges by the Russians. In nearly every in
stance when the Russians reached the Turkish
positions they succeeded in carrying them de-
spite all the irregularity of the ground. The
defense of the Turks was determined and des
perate, but they were unable to Withstand the
onslaught of their opponents, and were COM
PEELED to retire sullenly from position after po-
sition.
Advices from Asia Minor report that the
Turks have evacuated and the Russians reoc-
cupied the Black sea port of Sookgoom-Kale !;
that the Abschasian coast is now clear of
Turks and that the instruction in the interior
has been suppressed.
The report of the capture of Lovatz by the
Russians is confirmed. The loss of this inn
portant strategic position will be severely felt
by the Turks, as it is believed that it's capture
and occupation by the Russians will bar the
way to junction of the forces of Osman and
Suleiman Pashas.
1t is reported that the Turks have nearly
completed the isolation of the Russian corps in
Schipka pass, having obtained command of the
Gabrova road, north of the Balkans. The Rus
slams meanwhile are improving the roads and
building bridges in the pass, confident that it
will not be long before an army will come to
their relief, and the road into RoumeliA will be
wanted.
The Turks claim to have defeated the Twelfth
Russian corps on the river LON, after severe
engagement. They place the Russian loss at
5000 killed and wounded, and the Turkish loss
at 900.
The Emir of Bokhara, considering that Rus
STA, by attacking Turkey, threatens the whole
Mohammedan world, has placed his army on
war footing. Russia has advised him to dis
arm. In the event of his REFUSAL Russia will
attack Bokhara, and hopes to defeat the Emir
in a few weeks.
The Turkish army at Bagdad $4,000 strong,
is to be sent to reinforce the Bulgarian army.
A dispatch from Sistova, dated Sunday
night, Sept. 9, says: ''This morning the
attack on all sides of Plevna was commenced
and was continued throughout the day. By
o'clock in the evening the town of Plevna was
in the hands of the Russians, and the Turks
were in full retreat in great disorder. The
losses are enormous, but details are not yet re-
ceived."
In Asia Minor, the hostile Generals continue
to watch one another from their intrench-
ments, but neither cares to make move
which would give the enemy advantage ground.
Nicsics has at last been captured by the
Montenegrins. The garrison, which was orig
inally 400 strong, lost 200 during the siege in
killed and prisoners.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-09-13
OBITUARY.
Louis Ado1ph Theirs.

M. Theirs, one of the greatest states
men and historians that France ever pro-
duced, has passed away. Like many Of
sprung from humble origin. His father
was locksmith, and young Theirs, who
early in life was separated from his
fathers family, was brought up by the
relatives of his mother.
In many respects Louis Adolph Theirs
was the most remarkable man of the
period. Lawyer, journalist, historian
and statesman, he ran a career which
has placed his name upon the imperish-
able tablets of France. Born at Mar
settles, April 16, 1897, he was an octo-
genarian, but so full of life and SO fresh
in every respect that his death was quite
unexpected. He seemed to bear a
charmed life, that was proof against the
slow poison of advancing age. Forum
ately, however, he was not the leader Of
his party. The Republicans of France
revered and counseled with him, but
look up to NJ Gambetta as their chief.
His house in the Place ST. George, which
had been destroyed by the Commune
and restored by the Government, was
the center of a very influential circle of
public men, but the loss, deeply as it
will be deplored, can hardly injure the
cause of popular sef-government in
France. On the contrary, the event will
serve to stir the enthusiasm Of the
cleft " in the pending very earnest Leg
islative campaign. Looked upon in
public light the death occurred at an OPP
perfume time
NJ. Theirs came to the bar as early as
1918. He practiced law three years in
AK. He then went to Paris and began
his career as newspaper writer. Tai
leyrand was among the number of those
who detected his genius and helped to
bring it to recognition. His history Of
the French Revolution was begun two
years after he reached Paris, and occu-
pied very considerable portion of his
time for years. It is great work, and
will long rank among the standards. "
His political life began under Louis
Philippe. He was an official of the
Treasury Department and member of
the House of Deputies. He held sever
al high positions. In 1884 he became a
of the French Academy, an
honor which Louis Napoleon's vanity
coveted, and which a true Frenchman
prizes above political preferment. He
became a recognized leader of the Lib
eral party nearly forty years ago. A
biographer, writing some years ago, says
Of his life at that period He advo-
Gated enlightened measures of education
and progress, and opposed Ultramon-
;ane schemes and political corruption.
He also denounced the excessive COM
olacency toward England in adopting
Ter objections to the incorporation of
Texas with the United States, on which
occasion he deprecated alienation from
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-09-13
TRADE AND INDUSTRY.

THE egg trade in the United States
amounts to $18, 000,0 00a year.
DAKOTA will export over 100000
bushels of wheat this year.
The Pennsylvania oil wells are esti-
mated to have yielded IS, 600, 900 barrels,
worth $500, 00O,00 on the spot.
IT is stated that the Philadelphia and
Reading and Lehigh Valley companies
have advanced the price of coal IS to so
cents per ton.
The managers of the Southern rail
road lines have arranged for the estab-
hshment of fast mail trains, making the
time between New York and Savannah
only forty hours.
The Lancaster (Pa.) Tobacco-Grow-
ers' Association announces that it has
employment for 10000 men for three
months on the tobacco and corn crops
within it's Jurisdiction.
AND still the Kelley motor business
fails to exhibit to the satisfaction of the
public the wonderful powers claimed for
it, An absolute and unmistakable test
is promised to the public soon.
The condition of the affairs of the
State Savings Bank Of Chicago, the local
papers report has more hopeful cast than
at first. It is now believed the assets, if
iudiciously managed, will net the de-
posltors at least 40 cents on the dollar.
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad ha
at last succeeded in placing it's largest
floating debt in permanent loan abroad;
the nominal amount of the loan is re-
ported as $10,000,000, on which only
So, 100000 were realized, and it is Sc
cured by mortgage on it's Chicago di-
vision.
To A delegation of striking miners who
called on him the other day, the Presi-
dent of one of the Pennsylvania coal
corporations said that he would not ne
gotiate while the strike continued. When
work is resumed, he will be prepared to
listen to grievances and to raise wages,
if the state of business permits that
course.
The men who took new hold of the
Isthmus of Panama ship canal project,
something like a year since, have SO far
pushed their work as to survey the
SIOu1O duu CSGlLIdGO U1o COSu VI Ul0 ell
terprise. The next step will be the diff
fcult one of securing the cooperation of
foreign capital in pushing this impor-
tant undertaking of civil engineering to
completion. Time will probably see this
done.
The long-expected revival in business
is reported as having made a satisfactory
start at Baltimore. Southern and West
ern buyers are focking to the town, and
are buying for cash, having the money
to pay. The Baltimore San credits this
state of affairs to the restoration of con-
fidence and the excellent crops, and esti-
mates that from $50, O00,0 to $780,
100000 worth more of grain will be ex-
ported this year than i'll 1876, financially
benefting the United States to that ex-
tent.
The Director of the Indian railway
companies reports that during the year
1876, 479 miles of new railroad were
opened for traffic in India, thus making
the whole extent of railways in that
country 6,937 miles. There are en-
ployed on the different railroads 1O1.-
254 natives, 1882 Europeans, and 2,75O
East Indians. Many of these new roads
have been built with the wheat trade of
India in mind, and on all roads freight
and passenger charges have been re-
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-09-13

houses. The flames spread SO rapidly that the
occupants barely escaped with their lives
Two or three persons are missing, and it is
feared they persisted. Loss estimated at
$3.50, 1000
New York city has had a genuine case Of yell
low fever.
Frank Leslie, the well-known New York
publisher. has made an assignment for the
benefit of his creditors, who represent 1880, 900
of his indebtedness. His assets are his various
publications, the material used therefor, and
his property near Saratoga. MIR. Leslie's finan-
cial complications were superinduced by real
estate transactions.
West.
Prof. Watson, of the Michigan University,
has discovered another asteroid. 1t is de-
scribed as ga planet OF Jne eleventh magni-
tude it's right ascension is twenty-three hours
and ten minutes, and its declination zero de-
grees, forty-fve minutes. Daily motion, retro
grade fifty-fve seconds of time in right ascen-
sion, and south one minute of arc in declina-
ton"
ex- Confederate soldiers at Marietta, O., was at
tended by several thousand volunteer soldiers
of both sides in the late war, and everything
passed off satisfactorily to the participants in
the gathering.
Chief Joseph's band are still roaming about
Montana, confscating stock and occasionally
capturing a scalp. At last accounts they were
in the vicinity of the Yellowstone, having
burned the bridge across that stream. Gen.
Towards command was far in the rear, with
every prospect of the relative positions being
maintained.
Advices from Camp Robinson report that
Shedding Bears band who have been robbing
and numbering in the Black Hills, have sur
rendered and promised to be good Indians
hereafter.
That irrational savage, Crazy Horse, has been
acting in a manner calculated to Justify his
name. He was arrested at Spotted Tail agency
and taken to Camp Robinson. Neb., for safety.
While the officers were trying to disarm him in
the guard-house Mr.. Horse stabbed Little Big
Man in the side. Horse was also stabbed, and
oAAO AAt11tlAAo OIL UP uAAO
The noted Sioux chief Crazy Horse, who was
stabbed by Chief Little Big Man, at Camp Rob-
inson, Neb., has since died of his wounds.
A Denver dispatch says the United States
Marshal seized $4,000 railroad ties, cut from
Government timber, and on the cars, near
Boulder.
Advices from Iowa and Illinois state that the
bulk of the corn crop is now beyond the danger
of serious harm by frost.
The Mormon Apostles have chosen John
Taylor as President of the Twelve and successor
to Brigham Young, to be assisted by a son Of
the dead Prophet, Daniel Ell. Wells and Con-
gresham Cannon.
south.
Four nlurderers confined in the Jail at New
castle, Ky, were taken out the other night and
hung by mob.
The army worm is devastating the cotton in
Tennessee and Arkansas. Many fields in the
vicinity look as if fire had swept through
them.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-09-13

THERE are in the Russian empire, ex-
Guiding Finland, Caucasia and Central
Asia, %, 1853 public elementary schools,
with a roll of 939, 487 pupils. The Ger
man provinces take the lead in educa-
ton, claiming school to every 2,044 in
habitants, and pupil to every fifteen
males and twenty-four females.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-09-13
WASHINGTON NOTES.

Solicitor of the Treasury Rayner pleaded
guilty in the Police Court to an assault upon
the managing editor of the National Republ-
can, and was fined 500.
The President has decided to appoint a new
Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-09-13
DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.
East.

A fire in New York last week destroyed ]. P.
Hales piano factory and about eighty other
buildings, mostly factories and tenement
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-11-10
THE BROOkLlN BRIDGE

Testimony was taken yesterday before United States
Commissioner Shields in a suit brought before Judge
johnson by A. b. Miller to restrain the bridge trustees
IRON constructing the bridge the ground that IL i'm
peded navigation. Mr. II. G. Murphy President of the
Board OF Directors gave an account OF his connection
with the bridge company, and that he had beon
connected with since organization lie stated
Departments In reference TO the construction OF tho
BRIDGE together with the Of Congress
It's CONSTRUCTION Tho work was begun tho
"a of January 1870 SIX millions Of dollars been
expended Doiore the present suit begun
$1,000 900 had been expended since. A temporary
bridge had been built and tho great cables had boon
completed, and . considerable portion Of tho app
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-11-10
HORSE NOTES.

J. A. Grinstead, Of Lexington KY, has sold TO J. j.
G. Bow OF ST Louis. the bay colt lie Roi, two years
old, by Groy-Zingara. by Star Davis, and gray
yearling colt by Alarm, dam Electra, by lightning Le
Roi engaged for the Blue Ribbon and Wiley Stakes
Lexington and the Derby and Great American Stallion
Stakes at Louisville
The Spirit Of the Times says that Mr. Pierre Lorillard
offers match Parole against Ten Brock for 5000
side the race to Louisville next May. Now,
what says Kentuckyy
Mr.. L. u. Powell, Of Richmond, KY, went into q
pasture recently to look at q stallion and climbed the
fenco for the purpose OF getting near him. whom the
animal, who proved to be vicious beast, seized Mr..
Powell by the thumb Of the right hand tearing OF
and with II one Of tho ligaments running up TO the
elbow He then seized him by the above the elbow
and dashed him to the ground, tearing the flesh from
his arm with great vloence Mr. John Hughes, who
accompanied him. rescued the prostrate man. driving
the stallion or
The following is HIST of the winning Jockeys during
the past racing season. showing the number Of mounts
4 oxvnn mil