Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-02-20
Condensed News.

funeral in the town Of Fulton, Ill.
Ogeechee, Ga, is shipping
Iliehtwood kindling to the North.
The sheriff Of Yeakley coun-
lty, Tenn, has been jailed for
misdcmcanor.
There are 325 students attend
ing medical lectures in Nash
vile. just think of it
The St. Louis and South East
ern Railroad is advertised to be
; old OH the 9th Of next April.
Rock Hill, S. c., received in
five days 10000 pounds Of Wes-
tern pork.
All the Chinese have been
driven from San Barnardino,
Cal, and Los Angeles expects
TO be relieved Of their presence
by spring.
The Howard officers are now
burning all the tents used in
Chattanooga, Memphis, New
Orleans, and other points during
the yellow fever epidemic.
a number of enterprisinS
Jews have been engaged in col
Letting the bones OF horses that
fell in the late battles between
Russia and Turkey and have
sold them TO Aus rian sugarref-
ncrics.
A Norwalk, Conn, husband
discovered proof that IL neiehbOr
was in love with his vie, and
agreed to keep the secret for
800; but the lover paid only
$50, whcrrupon the husband di-
vulgcd about half Of the truth.
Ezra T. Perkins, a Boston
railroad contractor, who died Il
! few days ago, obtained wife
in a peculiar manner. He took
a fancy to Mrs. Hardy, coolly
hired her husband to permit her
to get divorce, and then mar
ried her.
Notwithstanding the decision
of the United States Supreme
Court in the Reynolds case,
business is as active as ever at
the Mormon Endowment Home,
at Salt Lake, thirty marriages
having been solemiizcd there on
Jan. 8.
Two men broke up a revival
meeting in the open air near
Culpepcr, Va, by their quarrel
over ii hymn-book, which both
wanted at once. The clergy
man was unable 10 stop the
| fight, which ended in one being
fatally cut with Il razor.
Miss Maggie Bowen, a MILL
ncr at Cromwell, Ia, inflicted Il
rawhide ca.tigation upon the
person OF p. Wayne, she claim
ing that he had traduccd her
character. Admiring citizens
altcrward presented the young
lady with IL handsome dress in
recognition Of the deed.
Snakes in the boots are com
mon with many men who love
poor whisky, but a Syracuse
man found Il live rattlcsnake in
one Of his as he was about to
pull it On. He was camping out
and had used his boots as a pill
low, ere Of which the snake had
pre-cmptied during the night.
A bride waited two hours af-
ter The time appointed for a
wedding III Goshen, o., but the
bridegroom did not come. II
was decided to send for him be-
fore dismiSsing the guests. lie
was found at home with one side
Of his face shaved, and so ner-
vous that he had not been able
to WELD the razor any longer.
Two miners Of Humboldt
W ellis, New, being drunk and
iovial, went to the cabin Of
wood chopper to have some fun
with him. lie was silly fell
low, and The common butt Of
the ncighboI hood, but on this
occasion he refused 10 be fooled
with. The drunkards res ented
his lack of complaisancy, and
tried to scare him with thcis
revolycrs. Then he cut them
down with an axe, killing both.
Geore A. Albert of Milwaukee
formerly State Senator, is said
rs have fallen in love with the
wife of Charles Adams. She
asserts that he asked her to de-
scrt her Husband for him, and OH
that ground Adams has sued for
1000 damages. tisnot claim
cd by the plaintiff that his wllc's
affections were obtained by
Albert, or that she for an instant
entertained the proposal, yet the
damage to his peace OF mind CAN
not be repaid, he thinks, at
lower figure than SC, 900.
DR.. Ordway, Chairman of
tho Committpp on IucOrDDr;I-