Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-09-18
Condensed News.

ever made before. los 10.
There will be a reunion of
Battles 10th Tennessee Regi-
ment at the Hermitage, in Da-
wilson county, to-merrow.rrnm
The Mayor of New Orleans
has received several applications
TO adopt the children OF the late
Gen. Hood. They will doubt.
less fall into good hands. @''.
The month of February, 1880,
will contain FIVE Sundays. This
viii not occur after that time I'M
til the year 1920, as it happens
but three times in a century.
Jay Gould has sent another
So, 900 to the Towards of Menu
lphis. Ills dispatch is short, but
its meaning is clear, and the,
"God bless you" of good men
everywhere is his. aQcA
Commissioner KilIebrew has
received letters from Boston and
vicinity announcing that many
families were preparing4to leave
that locality for the purpose Of
settling in Tennessee. Da-
The condition of trade inGreatI
Britain shows no Improvement.
The present season has been a
disastrous one to all the great
industries of the country and
they seem unable to recover from.
the shock.
The way Of the transgressor is
proverbialIy rough, but it seems
to be healthy in Memphis.
There are over one hundred pris-A
oners confined in the Jail there,
and no yellow fever has been re-
ported among them. edBoa
The Postmaster at Fillmore, in
this State, has resigned. 9 He
was compelled to give a bond Of
one thousand dollars and his am
nual income from the office aver
aged about two dollars. Too
much responsibility and not e.
nough lucre.
The Cincinnati Exposition was
opened Wednesday, in the pres-
ence of very large number of
people. Generals Sherman and
Sheridan, President Hayes and
others made brief addresses. This
years exhibition will be the best
ever made in Cincinnati.
Memphis refugees will learn
with pleasure that Or. Thornton
believes the strength of the fe-.
yer broken and the epidemic on
the decline. If the fever. begins
to weaken this early in the sea-
son, the wanderers can return be-
fore great while with safety. q.
! A movements been started for
the purpose Of raising subscrip-
! tons for the destitute children
of Gen. Hood. The wants of
nine little ones who have not
reached their tenth summer
should certainly touch a tender
cord in the hearts Of the wealthy
and cause them to make hand
some donations. y9a oas ~"
The sons Of the statesmen are
getting in their work in the cam
paigns this season. Senator
Blaine's young son, Edmons, has
taken the stump in Maine; and
Charles Voorhees,son of the SEN
ator, has taken the stump in o.
hio and ex-senator Patterson's
son Silas has been taking every
thing he could lay his hands on
in Chicago, until the policemen
stopped him. Tset n
! England had a hard fight with
Afghanistan last winter and
whipped the Ameer soundly, but.
he refuses to stay whipped. He.
is giving trouble again and the
condition Of the British forces
in India makes it possible for
him 10 give the English another
long fight. The troops have
been weakened and many of
them killed by cholera, while the
Ameer hasincreased in strength.
The Democrats of the Union
have been furnished very bad
example by the Democrats of
New York State. The Conven-
ton at Syracuse placed LuciusI
Robinson in nomination for re-
election. The Tammany delega-I
tion, which was piloted by John
Kelly, revolted and held a con-
vention of its own, which result
din Kellybeing also nominated.
1t is thought this division of the
party has established the election
of Cornell, the Republican. e
Shenandoah, Penn, in the MI
ming district, is in imminent dam
ger. Last Friday night the IN
habitants were awakened by al
sudden burst of sound, a tremb-
ling shock followed by a quick
succession ofIumbling grinding,
crashing noises, and the town be- |
gan sinking; the inhabitants
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