Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-09-20
Vol. yXU--k0. 80.
Communication.
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To The EaitoY Of tie OJseaccr
New YORK. September I, 1877
The destroying angel has beer
busy with the bearers OF we'll
known. names Of late j t is AT
Eunaccountable fact, but none the
less true, that Death, who Gloves
a shining mark" likes to wait Ill
he can get several such targets il
;line,s and then .'draw bead" on
them all at once. 1t does not
often happen, however, that be
sends forth so successful an ar
row as that which has just winged
its way around halt the circum-
ference of the globe, striking in
quick succession six men wbo
have for years moved b,Eore the
public eye. Tbi, rs, Brigham
Young, Raphael Semmcs, E. L.
Davenport, Ben de Bar, Alvin
Adams and "Crazy Horse. What
a strangely assorted company to
cross the Styx together
Apropos OF Brigham Young,
mnst confess to having learned
something as a result oil his death.
had always supposed that, with
the exception of perhaps a few
scattered members, the Mormon
Church was coDceu trated IN Utah;
but the attention turned to the
subject by the loss OF the prophet
deyelopes the fact that there is
and has been for over thirty years
full blown congregation Of
Saints" Of good and regular
standing, in the moral city Of
Brooklyn. This congregation
numbered four hundred, some
years ago, bnt has now dwin-
died three-fourths. Probably
the air of Brooklyn is. too pure
for them. Further down Long
Island there is one other small
society, which is the only other
in the State. All the rites and
observances of the Mormon re-
ligion are kept up by these
Eastern societies, which have
been having memorial services
and Il session Of lamentation O.
yer the loss of their crafty and
powerful leader. Polygamy a.
lone, which by the way, formed
no part of the original '.reyela-
tion," has TO be omitted from
their programme. The laws of
New York allow every man to
believe what he pleases but
don't countenance his carrying
all his beliefs into effect, and
there being no Young in this
section to intimidate the govern
ment, the poor oppressed
Saints" OF Long Island have TO
get along with one wife or else
'.go vest y
The fire fiend allowed New
York to get through the month
of August with a fire loss of
only $4,000; the smallest loss
for any month, on record. But
in order to make up the aver
age he commenced bright and
carly this month with a half
million blaze which laid waste
over a block in the northern
part Of town. This fire, though
no larger than many another, is
worth some mention on account
of the general row it has caused.
The chief building burned, and
the one in which the fire start
ed, was the piano factory of one
Hale, whose cars must tinglc
if he has read the papers since
the event. His factory was a
mere fire trap, entirely without
protection against fire and SO
shabbily put up that on the oc-
casion of its erection, a few
years ago, it fell down when al
most completed, burying sever
al persons in its ruins. 1t was
run right up again, however, in
the same sloyenly way. and has
now brought about this cata-
strophe, involving greater loss
Of life thar before. The deep
Indignation which is feIt against
Hale has prompted some jnyes-
tigation Of his business, in the
course of which it tnrns out
that lie is the manufacturer Of
most of the bogus pianos which
have flooded the. country for
many years. His plan is to
throw together the cheapest
kind OF work, and then stencil
on the name board a name APP
proximating as. closely as possi-
Bile that of one of the standard
makers. lie has thus initiated
the brands of all the prominent
manufacturers, but has natural
ly expended most Of his efforts