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

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CHICAGO, Jan. 3l.-No rcli-
gious services were held at the
funeral yesterday of judy, Jas.
Ii. Knowlton. Some friends
made lew remarks, and a tune
was played on the judges yio-
lin The deceased was noted
lawyer. He believed that death
ended things.
St. Louis is tormented by the
noise of church bells, and an or
dinance is under discussion pro
,hibiting the ringing of bells of
over fifty pounds in weight.
That would silence several fine.
chimes, and it is likely that a
compromise measure will BIZ a
dopted, restricting the ringing
to certain hours.
A passenger i'll an Arkansas
stage coach rode throughout a
very cold day in thin clothes, and
was taken out stiff and uncon-
scious. lie was thought to have
frozen to death, and ii grave was
dug for him; but the warmth Of
the room in which he was laid
thawed him out just in time 10
save him from being buried alive.
Mrs. Annie Welsh, a sick wo-
man in Detroit, was indebted
to an indefatigabIe grocer, who
persistently pursued her with his
opportunities for pay. At last
he and his wife sought the poor
woman's bedside and upbraided
her so numerically that she died
to get rid of automatically talk
ed to death. The Coroner's Ju-
ry found in accordance with the
foregoing facts.
WI. Frank, yonng Cincin-
natl roisterer, was robbed Of
$1,000 in a barroom. lie imme-
diately had the thief arrested,
and the case was reported i'll the
newspapers. Franks father read
about the robbery, and wonder
ed how his son had got so much
money. The mystery was dis
PEELED by an examination Of the
cash Looks Of the old mans bus
mess, for the son, who had been
a confidential clerk, had stolen
$4,000.
The robbery Of a Chicago
jewelry store in broad daylig I
was bold and successful. Three
men rode up in sleigh. One
stayed in his scat and held the
reins. One went quietly 10 the
door, and fastened it OH the out
side by putting piece of wood
in the latch, SO that nobody could
come out Of the store. One
smashed the show window with
a Ratchet, and grabbed two bags
of diamonds worth So, 900. All
three rode rapidly away with
the plumber, and have not been
caught.
Two boys of Holly Grove,
Ark, were suspected of stealing
money from their siepfather.
He and Two other men took |
them into the woods and hang
ed them, in the hope OF extor-
ting confession. The lads I
were alternately hauled up and /
lowered until they were nearly /
dead, one of them being suspen-
dcd over four minutes; but they /
protested their innocence. A I
jury appears to have thought /
that the cruelty was not crimi-
nal, for the three torturors were
tried and acquitted.
The Rev. Thomas Crossley !
vas for several years pastor ola
church in Rochlin, Cal. He had /
violent temper, and got into
rouble repeatedly by trying to
whip persons who had offended
lin. He maltreated his wife, 4
90, and at length she rctaliatcd
~ telling that he had clipped
rom England with her, leaving
] wife behind. That revelation
,rought his career as a clergy
nan to an end, and lac went !
O San Francisco, where he be-
anne one of KeaFney's orators.
The second Mrs. CrossIcy re-
used to live with him, aud, be-
oning fnriously cnraged by
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