Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-07-31

Rev. e. i'll. Browning has been
arrested at Des Moines, Iowa,
for stealing cattle.
Henry Miller, col, was hung
Friday at JohnsonvilIe, Sunflow-
er county, Mississippi.
. Vice President Wheeler's
health is very. feeble, and he will
probably take a. trip to Colorado
this summer.
The sight of a colored lawyer.
defending a white man in Virgin
la is one of the most suggestive
events of modern times.
The jury in the case Of Tom
Buford for the murder of Judge
Elliott in Kentucky found him
guilty-penitentiary for life.
The fever continues in Mem
phis, but from the confused dis
patches it is impossible to tell
the number Of cases that have
been there. M lo
A water spout occurred in the
western part of Pennsylvania
last Saturday, destroying proper
ty amounting in value to over a
half a million dollars.
A mob tied a man to a post in
Scion, Ohio, and used him as a
target to throw eggs at. Each
hit in the face was rewarded
with a drink of whisky.
Town Treasurer Wilson of
Monticello, Ind, brought a libel
against the local newspaper that
said, he was dishonest; but be-
fore the case came to trial he
fled with $4,000 of the public
money. AK
A negro man named Steadman,
working at Edington's quarry,
near Strawberry Plains, East
Tennessee, last Friday crushed
the skull Of a fellow-workman
named King with an axe. The
murderer escaped. YASss
Contrary to the expectations
of almost everybody, the negro
exodus appears to be into rather
than away from Memphis. There
is a temptation associated with
the pleasant memories of, last
years rations which they appa-
rently cannot resist.
Five hundred people assembled
near Columbus, Miss, to see
Captain and a Major fight.a duel.
They exhibited Workmanship at
which Texan would have blush
ed, and disappointed their audi
ence by leaving the field without
a scratch. bf. a.oa
Even thus early in the epidem-
ic season at Memphis some very
sad incidents arereported. Mrs.
Ray, the widow of Judge Ray,
died in the Yellow Fever Hos
pital, having first become insane
over the death Of her husband
and children.
tits said that Sleepy Tom, who
made the best pacing time on
record at Chicago Friday, 2:1244,
is stone blind. This, however,
should be no inducement to horse
men to put out their animals
eyes, for no doubt the legs have
something to do with it.
UNION CRY, Tenn, July 26.
Two women got into an alter
cation here and agreed toysettle
it. on the field Of honor. They
went out armed with pistols,
measured PAGES, turned and fired
upon each other without effect.
Throwing down the pistols they
went for each others hair, and
thus ended the fight.
/ A girl at Matagorda, Texas,
stole some money from her en-
ployer, but was not suspected.
She voluntarily confessed the
crime two years afferward, de-
claring that conscience would no
longer let her keep the secret.
Her conviction and sentence fol-
lowed, but probably the Govern
or will pardon her. 1sa1 ~
q Farmer Griffin lost melons
from his patch at Sandersyille,
Ga, and planned a joke on the
thieves. Young Marlborough, his
nephew, was to join them in a
midnight raid, and fall down with
/. cry that he was shot, when
Griffin fired a revolver into the
air. Griffin fired at the proper
time, and Marlborough fell with
a cry of real agony, for q bullet
had by chance entered his head,
making mortal wound.