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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-04-05
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THE BABY YEAR.

THE BABY YEAR.
The ligll%ning sends its message out.
And round the world it flashes:
Behold! the old Centennial year
Is now heap Of ashes.
But 10! an infant, Phenix-like,
His snowy skirt unrayels-
The Baby Year has come to light,
And starts upon his travels
"Ha, ha! ha, hap he cries aloud,
THE old year dead an rotten,
Was certainly a-great affair,
And should not be forgotten;
And now an empire falls to me,
A few roofs I'll uncover,
And wlIat the world may be about
I'll presently discover.
Snow here's building grim and gray,
A jolly fire is glowing,
The gobIets chink, the glasses shine,
see the punch bowl flowing.
These are the great and mighty minds
That awful thoughts are thinking2
On no! like merry crowds of boys;
My baby health they're drinking
"Now what's this sweet and solemn sound
That DER the earth is ringing,
Within the dim cathedral walls
Glad voices now are singing:
'The old year dies. the new year lives;
Our days are passing slowly;
God grant that in the coming year
They may grow pure AMI holyp"
''Ament' replies the Baby Year,
His footsteps lightly plancinp
Where Cupid holds high revelry,
And men and maids are dan ing.
cha, hap he laughs what dreams tonight
Shall throng each maiden's pillow!
And some shall wed ere | grow old,
And some shall wear the willow.
"But men are brave and men are good;
The old years crown OF glory
Shall know no stain, but lustre gain,
From my own peaceful story.
The merry punch shall ebb and flow,
The earth shall yield her treasures,
And laughing men and loving maids
Shall toy with Cupid's pleasures.
"The bells shall ring, glad voices sing,
And love and law possessing,
Shall bend the smile of Heaven,towarj earth
And win its choicest blessing.
l come, | come while fair and pure
That grand old year lies sleeping:
God sends the helpless Baby Year
And trusts him to mans keeping"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-04-05

proceedings and leave. In his af
ter-report to u Congressional Com
mlttee the Judge produced suffi'
cheney of evidence to show that
the entire Mormon Church was &C
cessory both before and after fact,
aud that nothing could be done to
convict and punish the assassins.
Since lS57-58 some of the par.
ticipators In that horrible affair
apostatized and fed the Territory
to tell, in the language of remorse
and despair, the dreadful part they
played; while others driven to in
sanity, have raved in the incoher.
ence of death-bed confession.
Two years ago Judge Boreman
succeeded In coming to the formal
tiles of trial, and Lee, Dunn and
the Mormon Church were set be.
fore the world for investigation.
Ga the trial the jury was composed
of eight Mormons and four GEN
tiles, one of the latter in love with
Mormon girl. The latter, with
the eight Mormons, Uoted for
Lee sacquittaJ. Another trialw Was
set, and Attorney Howard, pushing
for the coavlct5On Of Lee alone,
succeeded in getting his conviction
upon the same evidence as that
presented at the former trial
Here is the verdict:
"BEAvER CITY, Sept. 20, 1876.
awe, the jurors in this case, find
the prisoner, John D Lee, guilty
of murder in the first degree"
"a NJ. FARNsWORTH, Foreman"
In October last (the 10th) Jud 5e
Boreman, on the jury's verdict,
addressed the prisoner, leaving
him to choose his mode of execu-
tion--hapGing or shooting Lee
said: Il would rather be shot;'
whereupon Boreman said; "The
judgment of the Court is, there
fore, that you be shot to death
January G, 1877, between the
hours of 10 a. N. and 8 p. N; and
may God have mercy on your
soul"
The counsel for the defendant
filed all sorts of technical obiec
tipns, and interposed every imag-
Unable obstacle, but after due con
sideration, and after a brief stay
of the execution of sentence, the
verdict must be enforced; and on
Friday, by announcement of the
Court, Bishop and butcher John D.
Lee was taken from the Beaver
Jail and shot to death.
Lee was about 8ixty-fve years
of age. He was the husband of |
eighteen wives and the father of |
sixty.fOur children.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-04-05
One tBadlYDefeatedl

A sprightly looking man with
sandy whiskers and buff colored
satchel entered a hardware store
yesterday, where he encountered
the head clerk, whose humor fIe.
9uently takes a practical turn.
"Good morning, sill" said the
uprightly looking man, as he
began to open his satchel. "Bad
day out"
Don't want any cutlery"
responded the clerk.
"But, l assure you, sir"
"Don't want any chiseIs, nor
hammers, nor carpet tacks."
"But, my dear sir-?"
"Don't want any hand-saws,
stoves, cradle-blades, axes, nor
anything else. Don't want G.
ven a tin horn"
"By this time the sprightly
looking man had unbuckled the
straps on his valise, dipped down
into it and brought to light a
small, curious shaped machine,
which he held up to view with
a proud smile.
"Ihis, sir" said he, sis a mod
ell of Simpsons celebrated cook
ing stove and wash pot COM
bined. You will perceive that
the movement is rendered re-
ciprocal by this simple"
"My friend" inte rupted the
head clerk, "do you know that
you are liable to be counted
cut at any moment? The re-
turning board is in session right
here"
"But just do me the kind
ness to examine this piece of
mechanism. It"
"See here, stranger" respon-
led the clerk, "did you ever
know a cripple man to become
President?"
"No, sir, I believe not"
"Well, if you've got any am
oition that way you had better
cave this store, because in a
general scuffle between you and
me- you might get your leg
0rOken over some of these ov-
sns and things"
The sprightly man took the
lint, repacked his model and
eft in a hurry.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-04-05

It is said to be no uncommon
occurrence in China for a man to
kill himself at his enemy's door
and to leave him thus saddled
with the moral and legal conse-
quences ofthe death. This pro-
ceeding is,it is asserted,the most
terrible form of revenge a man
can take, and it is much dreaded
by those who are conscious of
having done any thing to pro-
woke it.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-04-05

A meek,eyed married man OF.
fered as test at spiritual Sc.
ance that the medi1m ma ne the
articles in his wife's upper bu-
reau drawer. The medium said
the spirit would repeat the con
tents of Webster's Dictionary, or
any other light task, but that life
was too short to attempt the task
proposed, and the rash proposer
was hustled out of the nall.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-04-05

Pettingill says that the first
''returnlng board" of which he
has any recollee ion was a shin
gle in the hands of his father.
The three-father, son and
shingle-used to hold frequent
committee meetings in the back
shed, but the returns came in so
swiftly that a fair count was i'm
practicable.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-04-05

There is one time in a mans
life when even the eloquence Of
Burke would not give fit express
sion to the yearnings of his ex-
cited spirit, and that timeis when
he gets up i'll the night to find
baby a drink, ,caroms his ankleo on
the rocking chair, and jumps
round on one leg while he holds
his wounded foot in his lefthand.
1t is then that he says indistinct-
ly something about "sell." or
"knell," or "tell."
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-04-05
Mail Directory
FAYETTEVILLE Post-omce.

R.;lroad--leaves every day except Sun
5svat 745A.M arrives at s P. NJ. Supplies
Fho folJowing Offices Kelso, Lincoln, tlynt-
ville. Oregon, Georges Store, Elorap Hunts
Station. Salem, Winchester and Decherd.
Sh,lbyville stage-arrives Monday, we'd
nosdav and Friday at 10 A. NJ; leaves same
dsys at 2p.M. Supplies Mulberry, Lynch
bnrr. Bonneville, County Line, Shelbyviile:
Huntsville stage-leaves Monday and
Thursday at A. M; arrives Tuesday and
Friday at4P.M. Supplies Harpers Branch,
Goshen. Halle Green, Mer,dianyllle and
Huntsville.
Sbelbyyille horse-leaves Mondays and
THURSDAYS at 8 A. M; arrives TUESDAY ana
Friday at P N. Supplies Norris Greek,
chestnut Ridge, Hawthorne and Shelbyvilte.
Pulaski hOrse-arrives every Friday at IL
.s leaves same day at 1890. Supplies Cy-
rnston. Boons Hill, Millyille, Pisgah, Brad
shaw and Pulaski.
blanche horse-leaves every FRIDAY at
NJ: arrives Saturday at P. NJ. sup
I,;os Csmargo Molino Geld Water Blanche.
Money Orders can be obtained at this Of
6ce mon post offices in all parts et the u
n;,ed States. A list of Money Order Offices
NAV be seen on application. Rates OF com
m;ssion for Money Orders are as follows:
Nor exceeding SIS 5............. 10 cents
a., n aDd not exceeding $50. Is do
do 80 Go do 40 " ~ 90
40 40 do do so 20 DO
W. B D0UTHAT, p. NJ.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-04-05

Inter-marriage Of Whites and
blacks is not allowed in Rhode Is
land. The bill recently introduced
to change the law was Indefinite
ly postponed in the Senate by a
vote of eighteen to ten.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-04-05

We have had some remarka.
bly, cold weather this winter, but
none cold enough to induce wo,
man with diamond ear rings to
wear a head-coyering.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-04-05

Mr.. Jones said on his dying bed
that be had never written a line
which he cared to erase. The
whole State was proud of him till
it was found out that he could not
even write his name.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-04-05

A party who recently lectured
in Denver appeared to be some.
what dissatisfied with his recep-
ton. "Did you have a large an.
dlence?' askedasympatheticfriend.
No; the authorities having neg
Iecled 10 close the saloons, there
was no. much Of an attendance.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-04-05

Two oysters in a gallon of luke
warm fluid at a churh fair are no
longer called stews, butaquariums;
and some people think that there
are too many fish for the water
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-04-05

An exchange speaks of the
minority sickness" Reference is
made probably to the catarrh, as
il is disease of the nose.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-04-05

down into a little valley. 1t was
a beautiful spot, always full of
the mellowest sunshine and the
prettiest flowers. When the boys
had knocked off work for the day
they all descended into the place,
for what reason no one knew,
but by sort of common consent.
In the center of the valley the
earth had been heaped up like a
graver. At its head was a board,
and at its foot a wild rose bush.
On the board Elder Graves had
cut with his knife:
JACK BULLET,
AGED FORTY.
Men may not have given him
a chance,
BUT GOD WILL.
Three weeks more went by, and
one evening Jack Bullet came into
Joe Whites Dream, alive and
we'll. He stood on the little
square in the center Of the town,
and he said not d word till the
wondering men had gathered a.
bout him. Then he pointed to
the grave in the valley, his eyes
filled with tears, aud he choking
ly said:
Boys, 1 sneaked back here
this morning TO kill some one in
revenge, but 1 cum across that
that grave down thar, and
and--l"
He held out his hands to the
men and the tears blinded him SO
that he could not see face. El.
der Graves went down on his
knees again, every man with him,
and there were more tears and
prayer so heautiful and tender
that Jack Bullet sobbed like
a child. His heart was broken,
and all the Satan in his nature was
driven out in a moment. Joe
Whites Dream was mining camp
for many months after that, and
Jack Bullet wes one of the
best men in it. The headboard
grew gray as the rain heat down
and the sun shone and the wild |
rose grew till it covered all the
grave, but no one distul bed sod. |
The grave was a sigma beacon
light, as it were, and perhaps min.
erS were right when they said of
our town:
They've had O revival up
thar, and they are the best chaps
and the hardest workers on the
slope"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-04-05

An exchange says Graot drops
into Wizards occasionally to take
an observation. Never heard il
called by that name before.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-04-05

A quack doctor confidently ad
vertises: "People never cough ai
ter taking Que bottle of my cough
mixture. -
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-04-05
TERMR-

a. Two Dollars for one year. .nvo.
cea6tg On ddc0'tce; Two Dollars and
Fasty Gents If payment be deferred three
months. All papers going out Of the county
to be paid for ia Gdr0ace.
g3r Single copies, Five Cents each.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-04-05
Narrow-Gauge Railways.
Completion of the First in Ten
nessee-Struggles and FL
nal Success of its Pro-
jectOrs.

lumbia to Lewisburg, marks the
commencement of new era in
railroad construction in Middle
Tennessee-the era of chear
local roads.
The road being a perfect sue
cess in every particular, realizes
the predictions of its origina-
tors, and is fully able, although
much smaller and lighter than
our ordinary railroads, to trans
port all the freight and passen-
gers which may be offered.
1t is a question, whether the
millions heretofore spent in the
State for expensive and unremu-
Eerative broad-gauge railroads
ought not to have been spent
for a thorough system of roads
of this cheap character, which
system would have extended its
ramifcations into every part
and every nook of the State,
would have been a complete sys-
tenn, centering at business CEN
ers like Nashville, Knoxville and
Memphis, and would have de-
the resources of the
State much more than the pres
ent established system, which
offers only partial benefits and
three times the amount
of capital 10 establish it.
Duck River Valley Railroad
was originally projected and
started by Maj. E. f. Falconnet,a
civil engineer, favorably known
as the builder of the Nashville
& Northwestern railroad and
the Tennessee & Pacific rail-
road, and chief engineer of the
Cumberland & Ohio railroad.
The preliminary surveys and
he location Of the road from
Ohnsonville to Fayetteville,
With a branch to Tullahemu,
we're made under his supervis-
on, and he has designed ard
;nperintended the construction
If the road in all its details, di-
'ected the purchase Of rolling
,tock, the erection of buildings,
md has organized the transport
alton department.
The Board Of Commission
rs of this road was first organ
zed in July, 1871, and tie
Board of Directors in Sep!em-
'er, 1872, and is composed of
ome Of the leading citizens of |
hickman, Maury, Marshall and
lincoln counties.
The road is projected to run
rom Johnsonville, on the Ten
esseeriver, through CenteryilIe,
Columbia, Lewisburg, and Pc
ersburg, TO Fayetteville. 1t is
0 be ultimately extended to
huntsville, Ala, ,and Atlanta, Ga.
AT JOhnsonville the road is to
Onnect with the projected Cal
D d Tennessee River railroad,
'hich is some day to be built
trough Paris, Tenn, and May
eld, Ky, to Cairo, III. AT
afro a connection would be es-
lblished with the Cairo & st.
.ouis railroad Of the same three
'et gauge, $50 miles long, and
'hich has been in operation for
averal years.
The project is to connect S..
'ouis with Atlanta by an air
ne narrow gauge railroad,
assing through a country in
arts unprovided with railway
ABILITIES.
The Duck River Valley Rail-
oad shows what pluck and per-
everance will accomplish. The
ersons who have started and
lanaged the enterprise so far
ave had to fight their way step {
y step against obstacles csti-
lated by most men to be insur- ;
lountable; against popular pre- !
udice and the sneers and ieers G
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-04-05

Mary Athers, daughter of a
bank cashier in Porterville, Pa,
advertised fora husband. John
r. johnson of Rutland, VT, re-
sponded and three months later
they were married. Herparents
determined to make the best of
herfreak, andJohnson was given
employment in the bank. This
was five years ago. The young
pair lived happily together un-
til a few days ago. Then a wo-
man and two little boys, claim
ing to be the wife and children
Of johnson, arrived in Porter
vile. Miss Athers, who had
previously had no reason to be-
lieve that she was not legally
Mrs johnson, committed sui
eide. johnson has run away.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-04-05
Jack Bullets Broken
Heart.

A hundred men were digging
for gold, and they named the
place "Joe Whites Dream"
Singular name, but they were
singular men-brawny, rough, griz
zled and some of them were wick
ed. They were men from the
East, digging, delving in a sort
of mad frenzy for the golden
wealth of California.
On this day all work had ceas
ed. The men formed in circle
on the grass, and in the center
was Jack Bullet. His hands were
tied behind him, there was an
old blood stain on his face, and
from his wolish eyes be sent mur.
derous glances from one face to
another and at last called cut:
81 wish l had knifed some of
ye!"
None of the men replied. Some
were pale, others nervous, and
none seemed to relish the busi-
ness on hand, which was the
hanging of Jack Bullet. BY and.
by "a meek humble looking man
named Elder Graves by the boys,
entered the circle, and standing
with one hand on the prisoners
shoulder, he began:
"Jack Bullet, this is q solemn
morning for US all Here is the
rope-there is the limb and we
are all gathered to hang you! You
came to Joe Whites Dream, weeks
ago, poor, hungry and i'll. We
led and nursed you and when you
were well enough to work a full
claim was staked out for you.
How have you repaid US, Jack
Bullet? You have stolen dust
from the men, brought dlscord
and jealousies among us, melted
rows and riots, and last night you
were detected, when about to mur
der your partner and steal his few
hundred dollars. We try to be
white in this camp, and to use all
men right, but we cannot turn you
loose to prey upon some other
party. The men are going to
hang you!
Let em hang. / can: die but
once !" sulkliy replied the prison
er.
"Jack Bullet" said the Elder,
Il am a praying man, and | want
to pray with you before you are
swung. l am sorry for you. You
are strong man, aid you are to
lie like a dog Maybe you have
} mother in the East, or you have |
a wife and children. Gcd help |
.hem!" The Elder sank down on |
lis knees before the prisoner and
prayed such a prayer as the rocks |
lave never echoed again. Be-
ore he bad finished there were
ears in the eyes of half the men,
md Big Sam bent over to Curley
lin and whispered,
"Now that's what | call relig-
real old bang-up rellg.
lm, such as we used to get way
back in New Hampshire!
When that prayer had ended
A new spirit came to the men.
They scanned Jack Bullets face
and saw that it had sOftened, and
as Elder Graves stepped aside the
President of the camp cut Jacks
bonds and said
"We don't want your blood,
though you sought ours. You
are free to 60, Jack Bullet, but
don't you ever enter Joe Whites
Dream againT"
The reprieved man moved a.
wav without a word, nor did he
.ook back as long as he was IN
view. When he had disappeared
rom sight the miners returned to
their work, each one SO busy with
his thoughts that but few words
were spoken. That day two
weeks man came up from "Card-
board City" and reported that
Jack Bullet had been eaten up by |
a grizzly. Every man in camp
felt glad that his town bad escap- |
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1877-03-19
@erasiidtte 9epeidett aus Hesu=
Worf.

gtep.D Dorf, 18. Uiar5. Qippman
spuroe am 6reitags ahenoe auf bic anflage
bin oerbaftet. etu 2enementbaus, in neldem
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in grano geebt 3u haben. OaS Bet,Seug in
leiner WoSuumg murbe NIT GoblenDi getrdlft
borsefunbel.
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erfldrte geiern, er lpifie Jfid)ts Don eluentS.rz
nisipal- au,palte.
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bsr Gdoouer nNuEe 6olmes" bon @utho9ne,
SIS; ber Steuermanu Chs. Saunbers NIB
Der Matroie Sames 2eDiS ertranfen.
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Nnn 8uib am Sreitags Abenbe BON e,nem
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ba lbr Spfer iettbem i'm ooipitale nit Eooe
abgesangen lit, pegen @forteS perbaftet NOR
Den. Sic @oronerS, llntetln1u ioll Won=
tag itatifinosu. Glen Browu uno MarpAun
Iuib beiudtsn Watroeu auf einem S9ooner.
Sort entbranEte@Gen tn eiferiii1lgem 3urne
gegen WarDNun, cine Yriigelei entfano, unO
Ole Stdrfcre BON beiben 5rauenSlmnlern fieb
bic Sdudhcre iiber Sorb. Sin Watroie
rettete oneroiEgs bic 2estere, absr Die aufge.
brahte lttsB ibre .Gegncrtu auf'8 9teue in's
8aller, NIB a!s mau tie gum 5weitea Wtale
berausge,o9eu, mar iie eeriuaBen erid]0pft,
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ben biug.
- Sob er0ffuete seitern 5u 104f.
Der Dampfer n@toiel" traf bon Bremen
bier ein.
- Dte Dampfer v9afota" uuo vggypt"
fnb bon 2iperpool bier ansefommen.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1877-03-19
sSmla,to 9epsiGem.
9lus oer 8tnoesta,tptitaot.

1albin9ton, 15. lfdrs. - Mlit Ser
BsrtaquM9 oe5 SeuatS unb oem Mb5u9e Die,
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fen, etuas mebr SDitem in ieine Nrbeiteu 81
blinaen, ais bisher Der SAL mar. Oas
.g4sise 6aus" tpar i'm 2aufe Der gSod)e Elm
pabrer 5srsnfeiiel (aan5 abssieben pon elmer
Weuge Ebeefeilel, pie bort TN 9uten 9lal1s
ben auf fette Ste1len ant,dambrirten), es
Sampite uno itetete. es braupte una silhte
bort in elmer ,nteoascmelenen Welle." Waud]e
ltedten Die 6anb tn ben 1erenfellel uno pers
brauaten lid) arg b,e Ttnger. Deritber beute
aroees $ .nlen uno gSehflagen inter Den
ugetreuen" ,Aber nit bes @eitides Widd),
ten uuo YrGiinent 0a1es Ii. l. D."
9as seabtmet mnp bic iiioltdje Vra9e.
Die SabtletS<Sibungen tDeroeH lebt re-
aelmaBia itattInoen. Sine Neibe miAtige,
6iplonatil1er, 9habamts, nuD anbere: @r'
nennun1en febt I'M 3aufe Der gSod3e an ge
mdrtiaen. Die Beitd.isnns bleibt aleroings
5ahe ees 5euats, tpenn 6erielbe nieber gu.
lamn.eatrtit. - SIN Hctreff NouiTana's Uni
Glib Cardinals rolrb obne 3welfel bts 3ul
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