Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-12-04

l1eddfliles IOiOfauO, has louff
churches and one hundred and
eight gambling houses. /
New Orleans is considering al
thorough system of seMeragel
which will cost 81, 100000.
Texas produced in 1873 be-
tween 100000 and 100000 bales
Of cotton on 1,S0S,306 acres.
Mexican dollars, which have
been down as low as 20 cts, are
reported as worth 81 cts in New
York and 90 cents in San Fran
cisco.
A contract for building a rail-
way which viii connect Pensa-
cola, Florida, and Selma, Ala
bama, has been let.
Atlanta has issued six per cent.
bonds to meet floating debt of
$3.50, 900, and the bonds are be-
ing sold rapidly.
Nine prisoners, eight white
men and a negro, escaped from
the Murfreesborojai Wednesday
night, 18th ult.
1t is estimated that in the past
two years Memphis has lost
eight millions Of dollars and bu-
ried SIX thousand of her people.
Irishmen in various parts of
this country are holding meet
ings expressive of sympathy for
their oppressed brethren in Ire
land.
The consumption of cotton in
the U. S. in 1873 was 1,069,9 $50
bales. The world used in all
100000 to 100000 bales of
cotton of American make.
The Cooperative Colony Aid
Association of New York has
determined to establish its first
colony on the Cumberland pla-
teau of East Tennessee.
James Shy, probably the old
est turfman in America, who
lived at Lexington, Ky, paid
the debt of nature Wednesday,
10Th ult., aged 81 years.
On Sunday, 23d ult., George
Benson stabbed his quarrelsome
neighbor, Horace Beckham, from
which wounds he died Wednes-
day following. They lived in
Oakland, Ky.
The town of Vandalia, Iowa.
was burned last week. The fire
is believed to have been started
by rival saloonists. But one
business house was left standing.
Great Indignation prevails.
1t is announced that Commits
sioner Killebrew will soon sail
for Europe in the hope of indu-
cling part Of the great tide of
emigrants to this country to set
tie in Tennessee.
Tennessee, at the taking of
the census in 1910 and 1850,
stood fifth in rank among the
States, but in 1860 and 1870 she
went down to the ninth place.
She entered the Union in 1876,
and at that time was lowest in
the rank.
The survivors of Admiral Far
ragaut's feet have formed an as
ISOLATION, the object of which is
to secure the settlement of the
prize money due the feet for the
capture made at New Orleans in
April, 1862, and decreed them
by the United States Supreme
Court.
Rev. Daniel S. Helton, a Bap-
fist preacher of Roane county, |
Tenn, is 80 years old, and is as
active as most men at so. He
says: 81 can sight a gun as well
as | could go years ago, and can
bring squirrel nearly every
time, and only for a slight tremble
of the hand would not miss one
shot in hundred" In reply to
to the question "On which side
were your sympathies during
the late WARP" he replied: 81
was II Union man. | had 16
sons in the Union and two in the
rebel army, and my sympathies
were with the Union by II ma
jority." When asked if he
knew which of the boys were
right, he said. ~ know which
| think was right, cap'n. There
war 10 majority in that 'ar fam
lily including me. / holp the
boys on the Union side" He
had been twice married and is
the father of "a children.
Great sensation was created in
Butler, Pa, last week by the ar
rest of Chas. McCandless, Chas.
Duffy, Louis Stein, Alb. III. Rid
die, A. G.. Stoughton, Allen Will
son, John M. Greer, Thomas Rob-
inson, Thomas Stehley and AL /
exander Mitchell on a charge of
frauds, perjury, &C., in comec-
ton with the defnnct First Ma
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