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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-04-12

The morals of Canada are in
a low state. A telegram from
Bury, in the Province cf Quebec,
says that the rector of that par.
ish e'oped on Saturday with a
young lady belonging to respec-
table family of bis congregation,
leaving a wife and two children
behind him. Before leaving he
administered medicine to his wife
which made her sick. She went
home to Quebec. where the medl-
cine was aualyzed and found to
contain slow poison. A letter
was found addressed to the young
lady by him saying that bis wife
was sick and it would soon be all
right, The fugitive pastor was Il
graduate of divinity Of a college
in the United States.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-04-12

Court, if in session, OR the
Judge or Chairman, in vacation,
shall fill said vacancy by the
election or appointment of an
other person. And any asses
sor or clerk of the County
Court, who shall fail or refuse
to perform the duties herein re-
quired of him, within the time
and in the manner specified,
shall forfeit all claim for allow
ance as heretofore provided, and
may be indicted or presented
Tor any corruption in Office, and
tine, or imprisonment, or both,
at the discretion of the Court.
SEC. IL. Be itgfurther enac-
ted, that the Act passed March
20, 1875, entitled, can Act to
Amend all Laws for the Assess
ment of and Collection of Rev.
enue," is hereby repealed; and
all laws and parts of laws in
conflict with this Act, be, and
the same are hereby repealed.
SEC. II. Be it further enac-
ted, that this Act take effect
from and after its passage. the
public welfare requiring it.
Passed March 8, 1877.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-04-12
Counting the Vote,

GLOW are they comm on
countin' the votes?" said a man
who never took a paper in his
life, the other day, to us.
"Don1t know" we replied.
DWELL how many votes of
them is there, Mr.. Editor?" he
asked.
"Only 500 in the whole col
lege," we replied.
Good Jehosaphat?' he ex-
claimed, "why amt it orlul.that
we send sich id fools to Con-
gress that can't count three
hundred and sixty nine? Why
my boy Dave kin do it. Well,
the government ought to go to
h-ll."
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-04-12
@g6QleeP PQelpn,

@3r"rNNSN"T"N"S1~N>--@ -@N|S~sN%0SNONNN
CALLED BY THE ANGELS.
The farmers wife is sitting alone
In the dusk of winters day,
While over the hills the shadows fall,
And over the meadows gray,
And the cares fmany a busy hour
Steal fast from her heart away.
Her eyes have wandered through mist of
tears Ht H- Eg
To the church-yard under the hill,
Where the snow, like the wings of brood
ing dove,
Lies soft and pure and still,
And where her treasures, so long ago,
She laid at the Masters viii.
And ah! how oft, as the days go by,
She starts, and her listening ear
Has almost caught on the passing breeze
Voices SO sweet and clear.
"'Tis the angels calling! !" she thinks.
"Ah me:
tits weary waiting here.
The farmer comes from his work at last,
In the dusk of winters day,
And he sits him down by his faithful wife,
And she parts his locks SO gray,
And locks in his face with loving smile
That years steal never away.
And back again, her dim eyes turn
To the hills where the shadows fall,
She thinks, "My treasures are lying II ere,
But He has not taken all,
Since one is waiting beside me still
Till the angels voices call"
But the weeks are slow, and the aged two,
In the dusk Of manya day,
Will watch the shadows come and 20
Ger the meadows cold and gray,
Ere they, at the Masters will, may lie
Where their treasures are laid away.
-Haypsr'S Weekly.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-04-12

Lord Chief-J ustice Coleridge,
of England, in addressing a jury
at Durham, recently, remarked
that his experience had shown
that crimes of violence, almost
without exception, originated in
public houses and were tracea-
be to drunkenness, while he was
convinced that if England were
sober she might shut up nine
tenths Of her .jails. During
the past sixteen years crime had
greatly decreased among the
higherclasses, which, he thought,
gave great hope for the future.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-04-12

1t is a new thing in the his
tory Of insurance peculations
that the officers in trust should
find themselves the recipients
of attention from the Grand
Jurles; but it is wholesome
thing, nevertheless, and highly
suggestive Of more things than
one. The American public is
proverbially the most patient,
as well as the best abused Of
any in the world; but when
once lis sense of injustice is
touched, it is more thorough
and it is more able to make sharp
work of those who have COM
mltted crimes against it; and
this fact stands out in pleasant
relief against the dark back
ground Of insurance frauds
which have developed it. These
criminal indictments are emf
nently suggestive also of the
treatment which other officials
may expect if they indulge in
the same unlawful vagaries with
those who have already been
indicted, or those who doubt
less will be INSURANCE Monitor.
This refers, no doubt, to the
officers OF the Continental and
Security Life Insurance Com
panies of New York, New Jer-
sey Mutual Life, St. Louis Life,
and may take in officers of Co
Duperatives on the Protection
Plan, who have had charges
made against them recently by
some of their policy-holders.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-04-12
The Dark Side Of Public
Life.

Some sad scenes attend the
death of Congressman. Said
one of the ex. members the 9TH
er day--one who has had an
honorable though uncventfuI
and unimportant career: II
have now been in public life
twelve years. by the redistrict-
ing of my State my District has
been abolished. / am almost
glad to get ont Of the public
service, and yet l do not know
what to do. They have called
us all thieves, but l have scarce
ly money enough to support my
family in respectability for six
months. | was bred a lawyer,
and have had my old shingle for
tAe last ten years creaking up
on its rusty hinges before my
office door in my native town.
1t is a little town. The busi-
ness is small, and has greatly
changed, and the people have
almost forgotten me as a law
yer, and | doubt, if I COM
mence life there again, if I
could earn my salt. The young
men have got all the clients, and
need and deserve them, because
they know the modern ways of
the Courts. The truth is, it is
like beginning life over again,
and the prospects are pretty
blue. 1 tell you, young man,
if you ever have any ambition
for public life, don't do it. Itis
a pretty sorrOwful spectacle to
see a man three-score years of
age in my condition"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-04-12

A controversy is threatened
as to whether Joe Bradley un-
derstands the nature of an oath.
An Illinois Justice of the Peace
once asked n witness a ques-
tion Of this sort, and the can
did Hoosier answered That he
didn't understand the nature
Of an oath until the defendant
called him ga damned rascal"
and after that he thought he
knew what it meant.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-04-12

Chromos as prizes, have re-
ceived another blow, ard one that
strikes terror to the heart of the
euterprlsing publisher who uses
them for bait In a trial in the
Curt of General Sessions, Mr..
Richard Shugg. an expert, testified
that be would willingly contract
to make sixty thousand copies Of
either East" or West chromos.
containing twenty seven different
colors, from as many different
plates, for 81 ,450, or little more
than ten nts apiece. Oue to three
dollars each is the usual price for
pictures of the kind.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-04-12

Hayes in his inaugural makes
the profound remark that "bu-
man judgment is never erring."
The Cour5er-J0urpaJ calls his
attention to an exception to the
rule exhibited in the unerring
Judgment with which the ma
jority Of the Commission shaped
its decisions so as to count him
in.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-04-12

John Stephens ran away from
his wife in Elmlra thirty-fonr
years ago. Recently she dis
covered him in California, where
he had accumulated 100000
and another wife. She is will
ling he should retain the sec
ond wife, but she demands a
third of his fortune, and is like
ly to get it.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-04-12
nGg A rather elderly darkey

psg- A rather elderly darkey
was inquiring of a policeman if he
knew anything of his son PETE.
The policeman replied that there
was young darkey in the lock-
up who had a mouth like stable
door, and piece bitten out of one
of his ears, and was locked up for
breaking up prayer meeting with
an AK handle.
DAT S him, exclaimed the over.
joyed parent, ''he told me he was
gwine to muse himself"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-04-12

1t is said of Pike, the mur-
derer Of Jones, in Chicago,
that he is insane. He could not
control his emotions. He was
such an advanced thinker he
had to hurt somebody. There
is no doubt, we suppose, of
Pixies lunacy; but as Henry A.
Wise said of John Brown,
"that sort Of lunacy should be
executed"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-04-12

Many fashionable women now
wearsour milk asornaments. That
is 10 say, a Yankee in Mansfield.
Conn, is making great quantity
OF sour milk into an imitation of
coral Tor jewelry. The fluid is col
ored run into moulds, and solidi
fed by heat.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-04-12

The Baptists are strong in No
va Scotia. They have in that
Province lS4 churches, with d.
73l members. Last year 1895
were received by baptism. In
New Brunswick there are 145
Baptist churches, with 1854
numbers; baptisms, l 400. la
Prince Edward Island, II church.
es, with 200 members; bap.isms,
III, making a total membership
in the 346 churches of 80, ,535;
3 436 Of whom were baptized last
wear.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-04-12

A thrifty young woman in Bos-
ton got up handsome subscrip-
tion for letter carrier, and then
married him, and used the funds
to deiray the expenses Of the
wedding tour.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-04-12

1t is promised that if the peo.
Pile will patiently wait until 1880
the funeral of the Republican
party will then positively take
place. No postponement on &C.
count of the weather
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-04-12

This from the St. Louis Times
is a double barreled compliment,
and will make the GLobe-Demo-
crat feel kindly. "a fellow
feeling, if nothing else, should
make Deacon Mckee feel Won
drous kind toward Brother
Hayes. They are. both thieves
together"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-04-12

The Norristown Herald has
solved the conundrum, "Why
was Washington like a newspa-
per MANI" Answer: Because
he couldn't tell lie"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-04-12

They are holding ncck-tie
parties on the plains. The
horse-thieves are the invited
guests.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-04-12
TERNTl.

Ssr TWO Dollars for one year, saoa-
rtd1tg tn 0crcace, 1--WE Dollars and
Ettty Cents if payment be deferred three
months. All papers going out of the county
to be paid for an adcance.
BsSr Single copies, Five Cents each.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-04-12

Court, on or before the 18th
day of June of each year, pro
Vtded: the quarterly Court shall
have authority to hear and de-
termine applications in regard
to alleged erroneous assess
ments, after the assessors shall
have made their returns to said
clerk.
/ Sec. 6. Be it further enacted,
I that the assessment thus made
shall be the only assessment of
property and polls for any pur-
pose of taxation in any county
or part thereof, whether for
State, County, School, Railroad
or Municipal purposes; and no
assessment blanks, other than
common Blank Books shall be
used in making the assessment.
SEC. z. Belt further enacted,
that the clerk of the County
Court shall, from the list re-
turned by the assessors, annu-
ally prepare a Collection Book,
as provided in Secs. 588 and
$50 of the Code, showing the
amount of Tax due from each
tax payer, to the State, County,
Schools, Railroads and Mani-
cipalities, in separate columns,
which shall exhibit the amount
due from each tax payer, for
each particular purpose, and also
the aggregate amount due; and
all certified statements of taxes
due from delinquent tax payers,
made and delivered by any
County Trustee to any Consta-
bic or Sheriff of his county for
collection; shall in like manner
set out separately each item of
taxation for the information of
the tax payers; and all amounts
levied respectively for the pur-
pose of paying the interest or
the principal of any State,
County, Municipal or Railroad
Bonds, shall be placed in sep
arate column, and shall deIiver
said book to the Trustee by the
first day of October of each
year. And the Clerk shall also
make out and certify to the
Comptroller an aggregate state
ment Of the assessed valuation
of the Real and Personal prop
erty of each district separately,
and of the whole, together with
the taxes due the State, and the
Poll Tax due, and he shall for
ward the same by mail to the
Comptroller, on or before the
18th day of November Of each
year; and said Clerk shall like
wise certify to the Judge or
Chairman of the County Court
the amount of taxes due the
County, and also to any Mayor
of the Municipality the amount
due the Municipality, and to
each the amount of taxes sepa-
ratcly.
SEC. s. Be it further enacted,
that at the April term, annual
ly, of the County Court, the
rate Of Taxation for County, |
School and Railroad, and other
purposes, shall be fixed by the
Court, and entered upon the
minutes thereof as now declared |
by law. And the cities and in
corporated towns shall certify
the rate Of taxation levied by
them to the Clerk Of the Coun-
ty Court, by the 18th day of
July Of each year.
SEC. 9. Be it further enacted,
that each assessor shall receive
for his services 10 cents for each
person having taxable property
listed, and 5 cents for each per-
son assessed for a Poll Tax on
II; and the same shall be paid
by the County, and the Clerk .
of the County Court shall re-
ceive of the County, besides the
cost of the book, any sum al
lowed by the Quarterly Court
of his County, not exceeding 3
cents for 100 words, ard in no
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-04-12

Let us hope that the Hayes
crop of brothars-in-law is small.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-10-26
FraIzer,s A1nIement.

We give room for the lengthy
statement of j. G. Fraker to-day,
in regard to the Withita bank troub-
lie, for which he has just been SEN
fenced to the Missouri peniteDtiary
for term of FIVE years. This is
the fret time he has said anything,
we believe, in regard to the matter,
and his old friends here will I'M
doubleday read, with interest, bic
side of the story of his downfall.
We cannot believe that Mr.. Fraker
started out with the intention of
doing what he did, but the strangest
thing is that he did not see long be-
fore the unfortunate terminus of
his career as banker, that he
would inevitably land just where
he did. He certainly knew that an
additional wrong step would never
correct those already taken, aud had
he made a "cleaD breast" of the mat
ter long before the failure and faced
the music, instead of attempting an
escape, he would have retained
more of the respect of all, and met
with much sympathy. He seems to
have been infatuated with the idea
that he could bring the rotten con-
Germ through, against all odds, even
by the com mission of gross irregu-
larities,-to designate his transac-
lions by the mildest term. AnOth-
er conviction will bs forced upon
the readers of his statement, and
that is that he was entirely unfit for
the position of president OF bank,
both by reason of his carelessness
and his taking risks which must
sink him sooner or later.
We deeply sympathise with Mr..
Fraker and his family. We feel
that his misfOrtunes have been
brought upon him, not by design OF
his In the first place, but by series
of adverse circumstance which f.
'nslly overwhelmed him, and which
for long time we have no doubt
he thought he could honestly over
come. We do not believe he met
these circumstances in the right
way, armed with that mate honesty
we all once believed he possessed.
Had he done this he might have
GENE off with his good reputation,
and would have been able to laugh
at prison walls. 1t is as much on
account of his health, which is
known to be poor, as anything else,
that we now express the hope that
fate will deal with him as leniently
as possible, and that no may yet
have q chance to retrieve all that he
has lost by this downfall. There
are hundreds of his old friends
throughout the State who would
be glad to do anything and every.
thing in their power to assist him
in whatever direction they can con.
| sistenLlV.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-10-26
AdoDIIYe Nlnsonrx.

The grand chapter of the Order
of the Eastern Star of Kansas, held
it's second annual communication at
the masonic hall, Topeka, Wednes-
day, Oct. 18th, with a goOdly num-
Der of delegates present. The fol-
lowing officers were elected for the
ensuing year: Edwin d. Hillyer,
grand patron; Mrs. M. A Hepler.
grand matron; Mrs. NJ. II. Buck
grand associate matron; Willis
Brown, grand treasurer s. P,
TIessIer, grand secretary; Mrs. l.
j. Becker, grand cond; Mrs. L. Tay
lor, associate cond. j. Jay Buck
was appointed Deputy Grand Pat
ron, and S. p. Mason, Grand Lee
turer. The next session of the
Grand Chapter will be at Atchison
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-10-26

The Russians claim to have cap
tured $4,000 Turkish soldiers and 40
cannon, in their late victory over
Mukhtar Pasha before Kars. On
the 20th the Russians before PIeve-
ma made q desperate assault on the
Turkish trenches, but were finally
repulsed with q loss of about LOCO
in killed and wounded.
The Russians have 10000 men be-
fore Kars, aud Mukhtar Pasha il
smut up in ksrs with about $1,000.
All available troops at Constantine
pie are being pushed to his relief
and to Erzroum, which is now also
again menaced by the Russians.
kilograms of the 24th say that
Mukbtar Pashs is safely intrencheti
near Ksrs, and IsmaiI Pasha has
effected q junction within. The
Russians have ordered ali the Coz
sacks into active service. They will
made 81 new regiments.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-10-26

The report of the silver commits
sion consists of 203 closely printed
pages. There are five subdivisions
embracing an exhaustive review of
the origin and history of the coin
currency from the earliest times TO
the present; q discussion on the
relative values of gold and silver ;
the theories of the paper money ad-
vocates and the advisability of re-
storing the double standard. The
report, after an exhaustive discus
sion of the principle aud theory OF
metallic currency, recommends the
restoration of the double standard
and the reconciliation of silver as
q necessary step to The resumption
OF specie payments. The commits
sioners are unable 10 agree as to the
exact legal relations to be establish
ed between gold and silver, but
they are agreed that resumption
cannot take place until the constitu-
tional money of the country is re-
stored and there is unlimited coin
age of both gold and silver. The
report is signed by Senators Jones
and Bogy and Representatives VIII.
: lard and Bland and William S
Groesbeck. The minority report
which objects TO the double stand.
ard, is submitted by Senator Bout.
well and Prof. Bowen, Of Yale Col
lege.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-10-26
Our Market Report
DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN MARKETS.
EmpOFia Markets.
EHPoRIA. KS, October 95. 1877.
WunIRRALE

EkPoRIA. KS, October 25. 1877.
WHOLESALE.
Fall wheat-$1 O5 to 1 10 for No 8.
Spring wheat-T5 to 80 cents.
Corn-shippers pay Is cents.
Oats-Shippers pay l2k; DR.. Armor, fo1
purposes Of retailing. pays Is cents for good
oats.
Hay--$s.OO per ton.
Wood--$s5O to 90 for soft and green woodi
500 and 4. so for dry hard wood.
Coal--Lyon county and Fort Scott $500;
Usage shaft 81. 90; McAllister, $3.50.
Cattle on foot-Butchers pay to IN for fat
COWS; ~ to ~ for fat steers; calves, to
SIC; sheep. 80 cents.
Hogs on foot-4c; dressed So cents.
RETAIL PRICES.
Flour-SOden's Eagle, 1896 per 1o0 lbs; AZ
$s.25; sx. $500; Little Beauty, S2.05. era
ham, $500.
Corn meal per 100 lbs.-BOlted, 500; I'M
bolUed, 75 cents. Bran, SIS cents.
Fresh meats--Steak. 10 to lax cts. per lbi
roasts. 8 to I2K cts; boiling pieces, 8 to 8 cts
Veal and Mutton, to l21z cents.
| Butter-25 cents per Id.
Eggs-15 cents per doz
Fresh Vegetables per bushel-Peach blow
potatoes, so cts; onions, 60 cts; beets, 40 cts
turnips, 40 cts; sweet potatoes, 50 cts to 81
cabbages, 5 cts. each; squash and pumpkins
5 to 10 cents each
Fresh Fruit per bushel-Apples, rs cent
to 81 25.
| Cranberries-15 cents per quart.
Oranges and lemons, 80 cents per doz.
Live chickens, 81 IS to s. 50 per doz.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-10-26

NOTICE IL hereby given: That petition
IN has been presentel. to the Board og Coun-
~ Commissioners Of Lyon county, Kansas
follows, to-Wit: Commencing 1t the corner
OF sections nine, ten, Alteen and sixteen,
township twenty, range eleven. running
thence east, Is near Is praeticabIe. 70 TIA
section line TO the corner OF sections ten, eleE-
en-, fourteen and fifteen, township twenty
range eleven; thence south ei3hsy road;
thence east one hundred and sixty rods
thence north eighty rods; thence east on sec
ton line to the corner OF sections eleven,
twelve, thirteen and fourteen; thence east on
section line to the southeast corner Of section
twelve, and northeast corner OF tecti0n thif-
teen, township twenty, range eleven. And
that Evan L. Jones, W. B. Ross and J.. o.
Priest have been appointed and ordered "a
meet at the beginning Of said Toed, en- the
18th day Of November, 1851, to view and 10
cafe SAID road, and TO give to all parties Z
hearing.
By order Of County Board
J: g: CRAIG, County Clerk.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-10-26
Administrator's Notice.

AYOTzCE is hereby given: That on Nov
IN ember 6th. 1877, &C ten O'Clock q. m, the
Probate CoTrt Of Lyon r3UuGy, Kansas, will
hear petition OF the undersigned, adminis.
traitor OF the estate of W. L. TraylOr, deceased.
for an order 10 sell the following described
estate fOs the payment OF the debts of
terest In southea-t qpa.f r section sixteen.
'bWnship nineteen. range tWelve; north half
northeast quarter and no hes st quar- or OF
northwest quar-. or section twent y-one. town.
ship nineteen. Tango twelve. Also, the fol-
lowing: Southeast quart section twenty.
two. township twenty-one. RANGE twelve :;
norIheast quarter section twenty -tITce. Iwh-,
ship twenty one, range Twelve; southeast.
quarter section iwenty-tnr q, Wnship TWEEN
~ -one, range twelve; northeast quarter g,c-
ton twenty -tour, township twenty, range
twelve; and east half OF northwest qrarl r
section twenty-1O fsWnshiD twenty range
twelve. All IN Lyon cO0n.y, Kansas.
zS-2t j. e. TRAYLOR
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-10-26
GnIornhnG Inn1

ST. JOSEPH, Oct. 19.-G. A. Wells,
P. II. Barnum's agent, to-day bought
a half interest in the Pueblo, Col,
petrified giant for $4,000. Prof. j.
X. Taylor, analytical chemist, of
bridgeport, Conn, with Prof. E. r.
Paige, scientist, of Council Bluffs,
made q scientific analysis of portions
of the body, boring into the head
and chest, finding perfect cube crys-
tails in the center of both, which,
under chemical analysis showed OK
izidation of iron, pronounced by
these gentlemen perfect proof OF
genuine petrifaction. Prof. Paige
says the wonder is q more perfect
embodiment of Darwin's theory OF
evolution than Darwin ever gave,