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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-02-13

ming came as they were crossing
a field of ripening wheat. Il
thicket in the centre of the field
afforded them hiding place du-
ring the day. There they lay
and listened to the clacking cf
the reaper and the shouts Of the
harvesters in the same field. The
quails chuckled about the thick
ct, while the farmer boy as he
carried water to the harvesters
joyously whistled Yankee Doo-
die.
The two following nights trav-
ell brought but little change in
the appearance Of the country.
During this time their rations
were exhausted, but they still
had a little pocket money. They
passed a resolution that they
would steal nothing by the way.
How they could secure food Vas
then the all-important problem,
and this is the way they solved It.
When it was dark enough to con-
ceal the uniform which BETRAYED
them, one of the company would
take the whip they had made IN
the prison for the purpose ard
go, popping it, up to a neighhor-
ing farm house. "Halloo," it was
Jesse standing at the front gate
fourishing his whip in the air;
"Good evening, sir" he contin-
ued as a man cautiously looked
out his half-open door. ~ am
wagoner, sir, and our rations are
out. l have called to buy a lit
tie more. Our wagons are out
on the road. Can you let me
have supper for four?'' continued
Jesse, with an air of truthfnlness.
" Are you in the service of the
government? What are you load
ed with, and where are you go
ingW interrogated the stranger
with one breath. These were
very unwelcome questions, but
falsehoods under such circum-
stances he thought allowable,and
u manner which con-
firmed his words, he replied, "Yes,
been driving a government wag-
pn more than a year. We are
loaded with boxed provisions,
md are on our way to Salem"
This seemed satisfactory until
Jesse began to I'LL his canteens
with the emblem of truth from
he we'll bucket. "Those are
strange vessels for a WAGNER"
observed the stranger, eyeing the
suspiciously. eve find
hem very convenient, the water
,an't jostle out, you know" re:
'lied Jesse. The victuals were
'oon prepared and he bore them
o his comrades who anxiously
awaited his return. 1t was in
his way that they obtained a
canty meal once a day while
hey had money; each one in
urn performing his part of the
Jane. When they were separa-
ed they made noises by which
hey could recognize each other.
To be continued.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-02-13
Phe Avenger Of mis- Niece

The death OF Patrick Duffy,
an insane convict in the Missou-
ri penitentiary, is the en- d
of terrible chapter in real
life. Duffy possessed an insane
affection for his niece, little
girl, and conceived the idea of
reforming his habits and devot-
ing his life to raising and educa-
ting this child in proper man
ner. lie therefore enlisted in
the volunteer service of the u.
S. during the war, received some
$500 bounty money, and paid it
over to Fred. Ostermeyer, who
had just married the little girls
mother, with instructions for its
application to the end III view.
On his discharge, at the close
of his term, he again enlisted,
this time in the regular service
of the United States, and was
stationed at Fort Laramie.
From time to time he forwarded
money to Ostermeyer for the use
and benefit of his niece, until he
received a letter from a friend
stating that Osterneyer was a.
busing the trust. had misapplied
the money, drove the girl at thir-
teen years of age into an infa-
nous life, and that she finally
committed suicide. Enraged,
Duffy deserted the service, found
his way on foot across the plains,
subsisting on berries until he
reached civilization, St. Louis,
and revenged himself on Oster-
meyer by killing him. Pat
Burns, a comrade, was also SEN
fenced to be hanged with Duffy;
but his sentence was commuted
ten years Imprisonment, and lie
was afterward pardoned by Lieut..
Gov. johnson, who prosecuted
the case in the Criminal Court.
Duffy sever recovered from in
sanity, and was at times violent,
but harmed no one. His SEN
tence of death was commuted
when the facts in the case were
known.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-02-13
s1Ig|llaleeReetRg,
THE BACKBITER.

There's some one living in this town,
| (Maybe you know her name,
And maybe should write it down,
Your own might prove the same)
Who when you say "He's good" will or,
'Indeed you think that's true;
But" very confidentialIy,
"You wouldn't if you knew
One says: .What pretty girl goes by?'
''Oh, horror you don't think
So since we're you and /,
I'll say, her parents drink,
And she-well, won't tell it out,
Though I've no doubt IT'S true,
You think she's nice and pretty, but
You wouldn't, if you knew"
One sings sweetly, Show she fats %
If dressed III taste, "What style b
Suprenely "vulgar" all her hats,
Her dress is simply "yile :"
And when good Deacon Busbee failed,
q noble man and true,)
She said. when we his lot bewaiIed,@
"You wouldn't, if you knew"
Let those admire and love who can
This malicc-breathing dame,
Who seems to think prosperous man
Must surely bo to blame;
That beauty is mark Of sin;
That goodness must be crime.
She sees but thieves and rascals in
The heroes OF the tine.
Sometimes she doesn't hesitate
To tell us what she knows,
And in nine cases out Of eight,
A lie is all she shows.
For virtues sake hope TO find
One good old do trine true,
Some heat for such wouldn't mind,
You wouldh't-if you knew.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-02-13

A Chinese couple were married
by Sacramento Justice, who
informed them that, according
to section 500, 900 of The Code,
it was necessary that the bride
should be. Immediately kissed,
either by her husband or some
body else. The bridegroom
said it was contrary to Chinese
propricty for a husband to kiss
his wife before folks but If the
Justice would exclude the Chi
nese spectators, he would obey
the law in the presence Of tho
Americans, whom he regarded
as of no account. His sugges-
ton was followed, and he kissed
his wife.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-02-13
On the Circuit.

/ In the good old days of Mich
igan there wasn't any money to
speak of floating around from
hand to hand. When a house
holder wanted meal, he scraped
rhalf a dozen coon-skins togther
and made a trade. IF he wanted
meat, he killed it; and if there
was need of whisky, it was a We
ry poor man who couldn't find a
a wildcat bill or a bogus half-dol-
lar down in his pocket. One
day a circuit preacher, hunting
for a place in which to speak to
the dozen or twenty settlers in
Oakland county, halted at a for
lorn-looking cabin beside the
trail and asked for dinner. The
squatter's wife extended a very
cordial welcome, and said:
"It's lucky you come along
to-day, as | have got new bag
of meal, lots of sassafras for cof-
fee, and some of the best COON
mutton you ever tasted of. Go
down TO the ditch and wash up,
and I'll have the dinner ready in
ten minutes"
When the preacher returned
he began lamenting the hard
times, and the fact that he hadn't
seen the sight of money for sew
eral weeks. He was cheerfully
trying to do good, but he frankly
confessed that he could do much
better if ne could now and then
hear the jingle of money in his
trousers pocket. The women
looked wise, but made no reply,
and by and by the good man re-
sumed his journey. His horse
was picking his way along the
trail, about three miles from the
cabin, when a native, six feet
high, and attired in coon-skin
cap, hickory shirt, and Indian
leggings, came after him on the
run, yelling out:
"You thar! whoal hold ON,
you!" |
When he came up he asked:
care you the travelling Bible
who halted back there for dinner
and eat up whole coon?"
II am a circuit rider, and hal
ted back there and eat more or
less of a big hunk of delicious
meat" answered the good man.
"And didn't you tell my WIFI
that you were dead broke for
cash p
II intimated, as | now recol-
lect,tha / was not burdened with
any great amount of cash."
"Well, my wife is the most in
fernal hard-blow in the Terrific
ry, and Pm the meanest liar in
the diggins, but yet we must
keep religion billing. got home
just as you left, and when she
told me about you being hard
up, | went to work and nodded
you these six half-dollar pieces.
There's a leetle too much lead in
'em, but if you are careful to wipe
'em on your coat-tail now. and
then, they will pass on anybody
except a land-brokerp
Some legends say that the
preacher didn't take them; but
legends are not alccdys reliable.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-02-13

St. Louis has a free lodging
house, where from 800 TO 600
persons, mostly tramps, sleep
every night. A new rule is that
every lodger must be vaccina-
ted, and on the first night of its
enforcement the physicians cp-
Grated on nearly 400 arms. Ma
ny objected, but the alternative
was a night in the streets, and
as the weather was bitterly cold,
none chose it.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-02-13

The wind has been blowing
across the top of Mount Wash
ington lately at the rate of la
miles an hour. The snow is so
deep as to bury the buildings
to their caves, and the tempera-
ture frequently falls to twenty
degrees below zero.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-02-13

A generous New Yorker, who
has been spending his summer in
Montgomery, lost his pocket
book, having four hundred and
forty dollars, on the road to West
field the other day. Itwas found
by the stage-driyer and returned
to the Yorker, who counted it
over and said: EYes, it's all here.
Much obliged. Illspeak of your
honesty tony New \ orkfriends. "
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-02-13
county omOors-

n. p. Carter, County Judge.
As Falton, Clerk Chancery Court
NJ G. Morgan, do Circuit DO
p ID. Boyce, do County do
R.T. Holland. Sheriff.
- W.1,ounis. w. A. NillArd, W. a. Gun
,iarhsm, Deputy-Sheriiis.
Henry Henderson, Trustee
n. b. Thompson, Register.
IN Duh. County Surveyor. -
r. i. Rises Sup't Of Public Schools.
JsB. Morgan. Coroner.
n o. Wallace, Ranger.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-02-13

Miss Celeste Winans, daugh-
ter of the late Thomas Winans,of
Baltimore, is said to be the rich
est heiress in America, very hand
some and only twenty. The for
tune she inherited from her faith
er is said to be twenty million
dollars.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-02-13

A proposition that may star
tie some folks has been made in
the Board of Aldermen of
Springfield, Mass. 1t is to pass
an ordinance forbidding screens,
blinds, curtains, or any other
obstruction TO a full view of the
interior of all barrooms from the
outside. The idea is to make
the hiding Of violations of the
excise law impossible. The IL
quor dealers view the proposed
measure with alarm, not so much
because it might compel their
obedience TO the law, but they
have reasonable fear that COM
paratively few men would drink
SO publicly,
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-02-13


|. 0. o., under which the Dea-
con hulriedly scrawled his name.
Luck then favored Prescott a
little, and he won $50, which he
and his friend spent in more
champagne, after visiting the
can-can and variety theatre. AT
ten o'clock he was put to bed,
completely overcome with liquor.
Next morning he awoke with
a RACKING HEADACHE,
With a very dim recollection of
his escapades of the preceding
day. He counted his money, and
found that he had just enough
left to pay his hotel bill and get
back to Prairie City, whittier
he returned by the next train.
The only thing that comforted
him was that no one knew what
he had done in Chicago.
Imagine, therefore, his con-
sternation when, a few days af-
iterward, his hated enemy, Bill
Kearney, called upon him with
letter from Mr.. Clemons, of Chi
cago informing him that he had
instructed Mr.. Kearney to col
lect the note the Deacon had
given him for S2,100
"Clemons! my note-for ST.
1907" gasped the Deacon.
"Yes," said Keaney, malic-
iously, Il have the note. Mr..
'Clemons has written me all a.
bout the circumstances under
which you gave it to him. You
had been
BUCKING THE TIGER"
"IIush! hush! don't speak so
loud" the Deacon cried, desper-
ately.
"Let me speak cut" continued
the relentless Kearney, "you
had been bucking the tiger at
Tim Scrrack' S gaming place with
bad lnck, and he lent you mon
ey, most of which you lost again.
The remainder you spent at the
can-can."
"Oh, God stop!stop!" .gasped
Prescott.
81 will be through in a min
ute" said the pitiless, KeaTney.
"Mr. Clcmons put you to bed.
Perhaps, he writes, you would
not remember it all, as you were
very drunk Ga groan from the
Deacon); but the landlord of the
fremont House and other gem
tlemen of Chicago will testify
to the truthfulness of his ac- {,
counts"
The Deacon was annihilated. !
"Good-by Deaconship! Good
by Church! Good-by the
PATRONAGE OF THE PToUs!'
lie thought, and groaned again.
When he jumped up he grasp
ed Kearney's hand.
Brother Kearney," he said to
him, in a choking voice, 81 know
l have acted very badly toward
you"
"Yes," replied Kearney, cold
ly, ''that note business was about
as crooked a piece of business
as l ever heard of"
The mention of the note in
spired the wretched Deacon sud-
denly with a bright idea.
"Brother Kearney," lie ex-
claimed, 81 will give you that
note if you will keep this secret.
"And you will pay the costs
that have accrued thus far in
your suit against me, and my
fee?"
"Yes, yes, Brother Kearney,"
said the Deacon, eagerly. |
"Well, then,' said Kearney,
II will say nothing about your
Chicago jamboree, give you the
note you signed for Clemons,
and settle with him."
"Brother Kearney," cried the
Deacon, greatly relieved, "you
are a gentlemanr'
They went to Prescott's law
yer, and the two notes were de-
The Deacon remained as pious
a pillar of the Church as ever,
but it was noticed that he never
betrayed any more animosity a
gainst Brother Kearney.
The wind has been blowing
across the top of Mount Wash
ington lately at the rate of la
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-02-13
Too Much Of a Note.

To Francisco Post: On the 9Th
of October, 1854, George Z.
Walker gave a promissory note
to William Hood for $3.50,
payable in six months, and bear
ing three per centum per month
interest, which was to be COM
pounded and added to the prin-
clpal if not paid each month.
AS security for the note mort
gage was given on some land III
SAINT Clair county, where Walk
er then lived. No interest was
ever paid OH the note, and be-
fore it's maturity Walker had
left the State for Mexico, where
he took up his residence. a
few months ago, however, he re-
turned on visit to this city,
and then suit was brought a.
eainst him to recover OH the
note. Gu computing the inter-
est it was found that, added to
the principal, the whole amoun-
ted to $9,0O0,000. Walker has
gone back to Mexico.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-02-13
TERMS.

sss- Two Dollars for one year, tncd-
rsablp IN adr0ace, Two Doiisars aud
Fify Gents il payment be deferred three
months. All papers going out of the county
30 be paid for in ddr0Rce.
s9- Single copies. Five Gents each.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-02-13

Georgia is said to have twen-
ty thousand colored Democratic
voters.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-02-13
Communication.
The Capture and Escape
Of James L. and DIR. Jesse M.
Stewart. Co. G. 41st Tennessee,
G. s. A.
ARTICLETv.

ri THEIR BROTHER, o. SIDNEY STEWART.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-12-03
CATHOLIC SCHOOLS.

The Recent Manifesto Of the Archbishop of
Massachusetts-A Simple and Logical Elk
PLANTATION.
BOSTON, Dec. 2.-An official statement has
been made concerning tho recent utterance of
Archbishop Williams, of this diocese, made at a
meeting of the Catholic clergy of Boston, with
regard to Catholic schools. The subject has
been for some days matter of rather extend
ed comment and it has been deemed necessary
to give q correct statement to the public. At
the assemblage referred to the archbishop urged
that wherever practicable Catholic schools
should be established in every parish aud as
far as possible made equal to the public
schools. They are regarded as prac-
ticable where their establishment
and support would not create
serious financial embarrassment or i'm pose too
grievous burden on the resources of the
faithful. In the absence of suitable Catholic
schools, parents sending their children to pub.
lie schools rather than allow them to grow up
ignorant, should make it a matter of con-
science to take due precautions against the
dangers OF such schools and attend dill
gently to the instruction Of their chill
dren in Christian doctrine out of school
hours. In this connection the arch
bishop read from the instructions
sent to the bishop of the United States through
the Roman propaganda in q document dated
November "a, 1875, and printed in some papers
in this country soon after its reception. The
document in question states that the circum-
stances where Catholic parents may with safe
conscience send their children to the public
schools, is where, the danger being made re-
mote, sufficient cause exists. Such cause wonld
commonly exist where there ia no Catholic
school at hand, or where that which is accessi-
BILE is little shifted to educate children properly
or suitable to their condition in life.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-12-03
ROCHESTER,,

Mayor Cowdrey has gone to Chicago.
Wheat brought $l.O2 for No. 2, yesterday.
One fatal case of diphtheria, Mr.. Osborae's
little six year.old boy. Funeral last Sab
bath.
Rochester wants, and will probably have.
Sunday school congress, with DR.. Vincent,
of New York, as president, in January.
Eighty-fve patients are in the second hos
pital for the insane. One hundred is the
capaci y that can be accommodated when
crowde / to its fullest extent.
At the council meeting last night the rife
corps was disbanded, new street ordered
opened in East Rochester, the fire limits was
extended and two new street lamps ordered.
Mr.. Gus Hargesheimsr's little boy mar
rowly escaped drowning Saturday. The
youngest broke through the ice and went
under, but on coming to the surface caught
hold of the ice. An older brother went to
assist him out and also broke in. But for
passing stranger, VITO CHANGED that way,
hearing their call, and with boards extricated
them from their periious position, they
would have drowned.
The calendar of the district court is the
shortest ever known in this county. The
petit jury opened the court this morning
with the case of VIM. A. Bradt vs. John
Rommel. While witness was on the stand
the grand jury entered and reported that
in three out of the eight criminal cases in.
dictments have been found against the par
ties. They Immediately retired and will
finish their business by tomorrow night.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-12-03
ENGLISH MARKETS.


Business Dull With Prices Generally I'm
changed. and Holders Not Anxious to
Realize. Z. -
LONDON, Dec. 2.-The Mark Lane Erpress
says in several districts the autumn sowing is
not completed and farmers must wait, for the
time has now arrived when the weather consid.
ecation exercises little influence on the grain
trade. Wheat at country markets was pressed
forward by farmers anxious to realize, but its
condition was not improved. Its bad condi-
ton also greatly restricted business in Mark
Lane, ard but few parcels fit for milling were
sold at introduced rates. The foreign arrivals
were again swelled by much Russian, and
business was naturally depressed thereby. but
the general situation is unchanged, dullness
being the usual characteristic of the close of
the year. Sales have been quite of retail
character with little if any change in prices,
and holders have shown no desire to press sales.
A few weaker specn'ators have began to evince
desire to realize, but merchants generally are
still confident, with the cessation of Rus
sian supplies and the diminution
OF American in consequence of the clos,
ing of the canals and increased demands
for British for winter consump tion, the future
should furnish few grounds for anxiety.
The arrivals at ports of call have been small.
Wheat is in steady demand and closed firm.
There was an improved demand for maize,
which advanced three pence per quarter.
There was only moderate business done in
wheat for shipment in consequence of the high
prices asked. Maize quiet. Barley in limited
request at previous quotations.
Sales of English wheat last week, IS, $50
quarters at 46s, per quarter, against 81, 1924
quarters at 4lc, 8 per quarter, for the same
week last year. Imports into tho United King
dom for the week ending Nov. % were ga.
7SS hundred weights of wheat, and $50. 1896
hundred weights of -four.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-12-03
Card from the auditor Of Wat0,,tpon
i -.--~ County.
To the Editor of the Globe

Card from the auditor Of Watontcan
49,. S.. -.--~ County.
To the Editor of the Globe
ST.. JAMES, Dec. l, 1S79.-In this mornings
GLOBE notice you publish the result of the
official canvass of the vote for State officers,
emitting Watonwan county, and in comment
ing on the errors in the returns, you state that
the people of Watonwan county were disfran-
chised through tho csrelessness of the county
auditor in not making proper returns of the
votes cast for state officers.
Allow me in reply to state, that the returns
from Watonwan county were properly made
out and mailed to the Secretary of State in
printed envelopes furnished by him, and that
he received one copy of the returns for State
officers and one copy of the returns for county
officers, and they should have been opened and
canvassed with the other returns, While am
willing to bear the blame for any errors that
may commit, I respectfully object to being
censured for the blunders of the Secretary of
State or the State canvassing board. Very
yours, GEORGE KNuDsoN,
H. County Auditor Watonwan County.
THE Secretary Of State received two en-
velopes, and two only, from the Auditor of
Watonwan county. One envelope was
marked on the outside, returns of votes for
State officers ETC., and the other returns for
county officers. Both envelopes were opened
by the canvassing board and both contained
the vote on county officers alone, and not
the vote for State officers. The blunder APP
pears to have been entirely MIR. Knudson's.-
ED. GLOBE.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-12-03

The Milwaukee House of Correction in
vestigation shows how whitewash can be
applied. A Milwaukee newspaper recently
published an article seriously rejecting on
the management of that institution. Grea.
excitement prevailed libel suits were begun.
etc. The result was that State commission
made an investigation and whitewashed the
institution, declaring everything level and
the charges false. And now comes a CITY
committee who have gone through an in.
vestigation and they find the charges proven
and report in the strongest terms against
the institution. We are forcibly reminded
in this connection, of the exposurt,
of the Minnesota State prison made about
year ago. The result of that examination
was report favorable to the management
with several coats of whitewash for every.
body about the concern. Unfortunately, no
local committee took the matter in hand and
the matter dropped. There is, nevertheless,
no doubt that the original charges were
based on fact, as the Milwaukee papers
charges appear to have been.