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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-02-06
Public Defanlters.

A bill is pending before the
Missouri Legislature providing
that country collectors who re-
tain fees not allowed by law, or
who collect money and fail to
turn the same over to the prop
er authorities, shall be held gull
ty of felony and punished by
imprisonment in the penitentia-
ny for not less than five years.
This law should have been in
existence many years ago, as
there is much need OF it and has
been for years not only in Mis-
souri,, but in every State in the
Union. One of our exchanges
referring to this subject speak,
as follows:
There is need for stringent
laws, for the summary treatment
of public defaulters, and the
equally vigorous treatment OF
embezzlers of private trust
funds. The financial officer of
a State, county or town who
fails to deliver up the money en-
trusted to him at the time APP
pointed by law should be pui
in prison until the money is
forthcoming. There is no 5, nse
in any condition of release ex-
cept full restitution, and no
probability that any other rule
this will ever abate the epidemic
of public robbery which has
ragged so long. The same law
should apply to dishonest bank
ers, executors of estates, and
other trustees. 1t is time to a.
bandon the usc of euphcmistic
expression concerning criminals
of this character. The trustee
who converts trust funds to his
own use, squanders them or re-
fuses to surrender them to the
lawful owner, is a thief.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-02-06
Raid on Moonshiners.

NASHVILLE, Feb Limited
States Revenue Collector Wood
cock to-day received intelligence
from Lexington, Oyerton Coun-
ty, of the destruction by revenue
raiders, of four illicit concerns.
and the arrest of ten Illicit distil-
lers. The letter states that il
was the best weeks work within
the past year, as they had ares
ted some of the veteran moon
sinners. m
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-02-06
Remarkable Legislature.

NASHVILLE, Jan. 81. The
Legislature to-day took a recess
until February IL. This recess
was particularly taken for the
ostensible purpose Of allowing a
committee to investigate alleged
frauds in the issuance Of State
bonds, which three democratic
Legislatures have already passed
upon and endorsed by funding
them. But the most pertinent
reason for the recess is the re-
markable change of sentiment
wrought by the suits brought a.
gainst railroads and the namby
PANTY course the Legislature
has pursued with reference to the
State debt, which, it is generally
believed, would have been set
tied had Governor Porter's rec
ommendation to compromise it's
liabilities been needed.
The members of the Assembly
now return home to. see what
their constituents think of their
twenty days of legislation. The
republicans are using Governor
Marks message as campaign lit
erature, and to that end are for
warding it to all portions of the
North.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-02-06
A Handsome Income
For an Energetic Lady or Man

| The Ohio Scale Works Of Cincinnati have
| just completed and are now introducing TO
the pubic handsomely finished Family
Scale, an article that has always been need
ed in every household, and in communi-
cation addressed to the editor of this paper
the proprietors ask us to refer them TO some
reliable party, TO introduce it to the people
Of this County. 1t is very seldom that a
new article steps so suddenly into uniyer-
sal favor. House keepers are loud in its
weights 10 get lost or TO be hunted up, is re-
liable, and will not get out of ORDER. The
description Of them is handsome base sur
mounted ny columns in which works spi-
raj spring so scientifically adjusted as to
weigh anything up 10 twelve pounds with
perfect accuracy, on the top of the column
Is the platform on which the articles 10 be
weighed are placed, and they have an adj
Unstable indicator SO that you may take
the tare of any vessel that you may use in
weighing, giving you the exact net weight
House keepers at once see their value in
weighing fruits, sugars and other ingredi-
enis used in preserving, cooking, etc, or in
testing the weights of purchases from others
The Scales are made of all Brass, are
highly polished and are finished in a very
skillfui msnner. They are very attractive
and take the eye OF every one who sees
them. - z4r.r.5 !.
II seems to us that nearly every family in
this county viii want one, and is certainly
a rare opportunity for some smart and ener-
getic party 10 pick up quite nice little in
come during the next few onths. The
Company has agents in other counties who
are easily making from S. TO S6 per day
selling them, and we would recommend par
ties in need of employment TO drop the o.
HI0 SCALE WORKS, Nos I25 and 127
Central Avense. Cincinnati, O., a-Postal
Card, and all information, etc, will be cheer
fully given them BY mentioning our paper.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-02-06
The Debt of Mem phis.

The Legislature en- the 29tf
passed two bills, one repeating
abe charter of Memphis, and the
other demanding it TO the terrific
~ of the State and providing foI
IFS local government under tho
name of taxing district. Bott
bills were signed by Governor
Marks. This action virtually
wipes ont the entire bonded debt
of Memphis, amounting to S5,-
100000. \ member of the Leg
islature from Memphis says that
'Mcmphsans must not be consid-
cred rcpudiators. Memphis had
paid taxes until now her taxes
were $3.50 on the 500 worth of
taxable property. 1t had back
taxes due to the amount of ST.
100000, which it had been to-
tally unable to collect. Under
the continuance of its charter il
would have been forced to pay a
mapdamus assessment Of $40
900 this year, Within few
years it would have had to pay
seven per cent. of all taxable
values. In one case four levics
on mandamus writs from the u
nited States Circuit Court had
been made, and only few days
ago a fifth writ was ordered,
making five TO collect one debt
of $t25,0O0, in the face Of the
fact that the uncollccted leyies
for the payment Of this. sum now
amount to $4,000.
so imperfect was the Mem
phis system of collecting taxes
that prompt taxpayers bad again
and again to pay for delinquents.
a merchants stock could be
levied ON and sold at any me
ment. Home creditors were
more rapacious and resembles
than foreign; they had been eat
ing at its vitais until they were
nearly exhausted. The popula-
ton of Memphis had been redue-
ed one-tenth by yellow fever,
while the travelling expenses and
board Of those who fed had a.
mounted to S3,O0O,OO0. Almost
the entire bonded debt was Gre
ated while the people were dis
franchised, and the bonds sold
for less than fifty cents ON the
dollar. Memphis must construct
sewers and streets (the latter be-
ing now impossible) for the pro-
lection Of life and prevent the
reappearance of the yellow fever,
and this could not be done when
hungry creditors were absorbing
the last cent collected,
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-02-06
Resolutions adopted by the NJ. 4.
Sabbath School.

H'hereas, our Sabbath School
has been deeply grieved by the
death Of Miss MoLLIE E. HAYES,
be it
Resolued, That although her
personal presence is denied us
and we miss her cheerful counte-
nance which no longer enlivens
our gatherings, the influence of
her example shall be felt whilst
memory holds her own," and by
her departure only, can we meas
Te the richness Of the hours love
made SO sweet; SO short! SO
sweet and the portals of Heaven
have closed,
For the years that fall like molten lead
On the hearts this side of the sea,
VIII pass like the light OF beauii I'll dream
Our dear one DER thee"
Resotred, That we tender Or
warmest sympathies to the be-
reayed family and bid them re-
member, life's battle is ended,
life's crown is won for the loved
one and she is now treading the
mystic road that leads to the
beautiful city whose builders
and maker is God; for
.'As Jesus died and rose again ..s
Victorious from the dead,
So His disciples rise and reign
With their triumphant Head.h
Res0lued, That copyof these
resolutions be be sent to the fam
lily, and also to the Nashville
Christian Adrocate and to our
town papers for publication. n,
Mrs. Mag. Afford.
Miss MoLLIE FULTON.
i" EMMA WHITAKER.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-02-06
Tennessee Railroads.

NASHVILLE, Feb. Limited
States Marshal Wheat to-day
served on all railroads here a no
Itice7 to appear IN the United
States Circuit Court to answer
a bill fled by the holders of the
Tennessee bonds. Stocks on all
roads at this point have fallen
heavily in the last week, some
as much as twelve or fifteen cents.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-02-06

COLUMBIA, Jan. 30.-A Meth
odist preacher by the name of
Knox was arrested near Sowell's
mills, four miles east of here, this
morning, for an attempt at a rape
ON the person of Mrs. Lutse, of
Lawrence county. Knox is said
to be a Northern man and has
been preaching at Waynesboro
and vicinity for some time. Mrs.
Lutse is a widowed daughter of
Mrs. Rippcy and lived at the old
Rippey stand on the Waynes-
boro road. Knox was taken
back to Lawrence county, where
his trial was held resulting in his
discharge.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-02-06
Tributes of Respect.
Resolutions adopted by the y.F.'r.

Whereas, it has pleased our
Heavenly Father, in whose hands
are the issues of life, To remove
from our midst our beloved SIS
ter Noble E. HAYES, it be-
comes us reverently to submit to
the decree of his Almighty prov
|idence, knowing that .He does
not willingly affiict nor grieve
the children of men.
.Iherefore be 1t Resoleed, That
in the death of our sister, our or
der has lost a faithful and below
ed member, and the cause of tenn
perance an efficient worker and
a jealous advocate, one indeed,
whose hand was ever ready to
raise the fallen, and whose voice
was always responsive to the
calls of fallen humanity.
Resolred End, That we tender
to the family of the deceased
our sincere sympathy in this
their great bereavement, assuring
them that our sister, though
.1ost to sight is to meln'ry dear. "
ResOlred 3rd, That we wear
the usual badge of mourning and
the gavel Of the W-P. be drap-
ed in mourning for 80 days, and
a copy of the foregoing .resolu-
tons be furnished the F'AYETTE-
VILE OBSERVER for publication
with the request that the Hunts
vile and Athens, Alabama, pa
.pers copy; also a copy be pre-
sented to the family.
Miss JENNIE GoRDoN. | -
/" JENNIE DAVIDSON. &
L. j. BRUCE. !
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-02-06

IL Gov. Marks has only one
leg. State Treasurer Polk has
only one, and Col. Gaines, Comp
trolIer, has but one arm. They
are good officers if there is not a
whole man in the lot.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-02-06
TH7The witnesses before tho

TTThe witnesses before the
Potter Investigating Committee
arc a queer lot. Every once in
while one turns mp and de-
+clares that he has pcrjured him.
self, aud then proceeds TO tell
what he PROCESSES to be the truth.
The most remarkable thing a
bout il is that none of these self
accusing rascals arc ever ar
Taigncd before the courts for
false swearing.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-02-06

n On Thursday last the
Legislature elected Mrs. Sophie
X, Hatton State Librarian. A
mong the candidates were Mrs.
Addie Farqaharson and Mrs.
James r. Bright, formerly of
this place, and Dr, i. J.. Drake,
The last ballot stood-slrs. Hat
ton. 63; Mrs. Hunter 81; DIR.
Drake, 4.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-02-06

Preserve your Baby's health by prompt
administering DR.. Bulls Baby syrup for
the disease Of early childhood. Price IS
cents bottle. 1865
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-02-06

There was a watermelon par
ty in Henry County, Ala, on
the 5th ult.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-02-06
ABOVE ALL!

4 NEVER want 10 cheat or deeraud the
u afflicted, therefore Ia my many favorable
reports lind SOME ftree cases Of old chron-
ic rheumatism, where my LinimeDt has
fail Il to do any good. Now, | will say TO
all that has been drawn down for ten or
FIFTEEN years with rheumatism need not ex-
pect cure; though give ten dollars to the
proprietor Of n y linimcnt that W II cure
any case o. rheumatism after giving mine a
trial and il fills II, as well as eve vt ling
els, has us failin. s. aud am not disposed
70 keep its faiIings hidden in order 10 get
unjust money. From my Own experience,
IL i a certain and perfect cure for Pheuma-
tism. only IN the above described cas-. :.
Sprains, bruises, nervous pains, contracted
muscles. weak hack aud breast kidney
complaint, bnrDs. swelling, c0fns by apply
Ing two or three days wetting 10 the sock
over the corn. neuralgia, toothache where
there is a nerve exposed, Graphing the
tooth fall OF cotton thoroughly wet with
tie Imminent. 1t is a specific Tor diseases
of horses and animals, fstula, sweeney
and poll evil in the primary sisg & big head.
Big jaw and big should r IN any stage
Whatever, hollow horn as well as the bal
ance. 1t never fails. Fair warning to ALL
Your choice, buy or suffer. Only Fifty
Cents per Bottle. Can be had at
Smith & Miles, Fayetteville, Rawls or
Montgomery, Pleasant Yillsge, Rawls &
Grifis or Byefs, Blanche, MerTyville, Pu-
laski, simmons Store, Alabama.
~ J.L MADDOX,
Sole Proprietor and Manufacturer.
Blanche, Lincoln County, Tenn.
r. ian le-8nt W. f-aIf8 ~FIls
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-02-06

Florida's orange crop was not
damaged by the cold.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-02-06

II is, without a doubt, the best Liver Med
icine in the world. There isn't the slight
est doubt about that fact. II has been tried
sufficiently in this country 10 have no Tur-
Their doubts abont IFS curing Dyspepsia, Liy-
er Complaint, hi ious Attacks, Costiveness,
Sick Headache, Crsmp Cole, Heartburn.
Jaundicc, Rush Of Blood to the Head, Sick
Stomach, all female weakness, and gem
eral family Medicine. Fur all diseases aris-
ing from disorjefed Liver or Stomach.
il has no equal. DR.. Powell's LIVER MeAi-
cine will regulate every disorder of the
Liver a9d stomach 1t is tn, cheapest
Medicine now IN our country; il is pure
and fresh, has been bnf few weeks since
ii was compounded. All | ask is for the
people to give II a fair trial. IL IL fails to
do what ! say il will ron can have your
money back. Go TO yining & Stances, in
Fayetteyiliesjf ron want 20 find fbe gen
uine Powtli's Medicine. Allison & Go, at
Mulberry, have il for sale. HiI-s & Holt at
LynehbuFg, kerp it for sale. To find II al
Oak Hill 60 to IT.. L. Moore. At Shelby
vile, j. C WardIaw e. Co haSethe genuine.
In fact, il is for sale everywhere, at a1.OO
per box Beware Of counterfeits-such IS
the cassin. The emily genuine PowelI's
Medicine is put up By y. Z. INGLE,
march z. Mulberry. Tenn
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-02-06
DAullnVhs OtOTes Albania,
IL. MADDOX

Sole Proprietor and Manufacturer.
Blanche, Lincoln County, Tenn.
ianIe-3n. H& EtD -''4
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-06-03
TELEGRAPHIC,

Rome, June 2.-Thirty new craters have
opened in 1Etna They cover several square
miles and all pour forth lava. The eruption
of Vesuvius is also increasing.
Pottsville, Pa, June 2.-Yesterday morn
ing an explosion of fre-damp occurred in the
Glendom colliery, Mahoney County, instantly
killing a boy named Joseph Nooker, and
seriously burning five others.
Pittsburg, Pa, June 2.-The iron manu-
facturers having refused to sign the sliding
scale paying puddlers S. per ton for pudding,
all the mills in this city with one exception
are closed to-day.
Louisville, June 2.-The lottery war seems
to have closed, as the ninth drawing of the
Commonwealth Distribution Company, whose
validity the courts decided recently, took
place yesterday without interruption. The
Capital prize, $4,000 was drawn by ticket
No 1922. Ticket No. 3, 700 drew $4,000,
and number 80, 267 drew So, 1000.
Ottumwa, Iowa, June 1.-General James
Shields, late United States Senator from
past 10 o'clock last evening. On Sunday he
had appeared in his usual health, ate hearty
supper at o'clock and wrote several letters,
but Just before retiring he complained of a
pain in his chest and soon after said to his
niece that he was dying, and in thirty minutes
expired, sitting in his chair, remaining con-
scous to the last He lectured in this city on
Wednesday evening last, and had remained
here visiting relatives His remains leave
here for his home in Carrolton, No, this
evening.
Phoenix, A. T., June This afternoon
about o'clock Mexican well mounted and
armed with an old cavalry saber four feet long,
rode madly through the main street slashing
right and left, very badly wounding three
men. To-day was holiday on all the farms,
and all the men on the ranches are in town.
A horse race down the main street had just
ended, and crowd to the number of 200
gathered in the street to talk of the result.
The Mexican, who is said to be ayenging the
killing of his brother while engaged in stage
robbery below Tucson some time ago, selected
the moment when the largest crowd was
gathered, and taking stretch of a 1000
yards, got under Roadway, dashing into the
crowd with the above result Officers imme-
dlately started in pursuit. The Mexican
stands good chance of escaping, having
good horse. The wounded are doing we'll.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-06-03

GREAT SALT LAKE RISING. clarence King,
in his late report of observations in the Great
Salt Lake Basin says: "The we'll know n fact
that the surface of Great Salt Lake is rising
it has risen eleven feet since 1867-has been
generally ascribed to the cultivation of the
surrounding region" Mr.. King shows this
to be wrong inference, for similar increase
has affected all the lakes of the Great Basin
He shows partly from observations connected
with the growth of trees on the Sierra, that
this is due to a cimetic oscillation that began
about 1860, and which was the first of its
kind and extent that has occurred within at
least $50 years. This question of oscillation
of climate is full of Importance to the popula-
tions that are pouring into the regions of the
great plains during the present moist extreme.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-06-03
MISCELLAN EOUS.

Dr. Pierre Adolphe Plorry, the eminent
French medical writer, is dead.
The Leadville Mining Company, of Colorado
has declared a dividend of one per cent.
amounting to $4,000, payable June eth.
This will make S57 900 disbursed in dividends
France is greater wheat producing country
than the United States.
The exported fruits, dried, green and
canned, in 1873, amounted to 81, AT 900.
In 80 years the silk industries of France ad-
vanced from 10000 to $3.50, 100000.
There were $4,000, OO4 gallons of petro-
leum produced in the United States last year.
The export of butter and cheese from the
United States in 1877, amounted to S18, 033,-
900.
More than one-half of the population of the
United States are directly engaged in agricul-
ture.
A pretty belt is formed by wide watered
ribbon passed around the waist, with one very
long fiat loop and two longer ends hanging
directly down the front.
A California lion, measuring ten feet from
tip to tip, was shot near Duncan's Mills, So
noma county, recently.
n. L. Squires was convicted, on the 3Oth,
of the murder, in the first degree, of Perley
Dunlap, at Colusa.
Much snow is lying on Summit, c. P R.
R. and the road to Soda Springs will not be
open before July LIST.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-06-03
WHY GRANT is NEEDED.

The New York Commercial Advertiser in
discussing the reasons for the general wish to
reinstate Grant in the White House, makes
use of the following logical deductions. cit
is the nature of man to side with the strong.
The influences which draw men are not the
gentler or more loving qualities. 1t is GER
tain that the healthy process of keeping the
body polite on quiet regimen and letting it
grow is not the prescription that suits our
people. If it were so Hayes would be the
man at the front, and not Grant. The more
amiable and quiet virtues will not impress
themselves upon the people. They must be
painted in some stronger colors. The YER
million tints and the great lines of the grand
and heroic are necessary to imprint the ilnagi-
nation with their characters. Men, to be
popular, must be known, and character like
Grants is known and felt, and here lies the
secret of the uprising of the people in his
favor for the Presidency. The man of the
nation is but an ideal Grant is that man.
It is time that these hidebound fossils learned
wisdom"
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-06-03

Herald contains the following relative to the
garroting of former Carsonite:
Last Thursday Jesus Lara and George
Adams, the young men who garroted Mr.. NJ.
j. Ashmore at his gate on the evening of the
18th of March last, were brought into the
County Court, and after review of the case
by Judge Payne, he sentenced them to the
State Prison for ten years. Lara is a Califor-
MAN aged about q years, and Adams is a tar
fiat hoodlum who does not appear to be more
than % years old.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-06-03

We congratulate the Eureka Sentinel upon
its entrance upon its seventeenth volume. 1t
claims that 90 1t never told lie, public or pri-
vate, in its life 1t never will under the pres
ent management. Its religion is to treat all
men and all interests alike" This is proud
boast, and one that we wish more newspapers,
and men, and women, could lay claim to.
Then might We fondly anticipate the Millen-
MUM
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-06-03

TIE following racers owned by E. ]. Bald
win left Sacramento for the East on Sunday
Mollie McCarty, Glenita, Experiment and
Clara D. The trotter Sam Purdy, owned by
j. R. Keene, left for the East on Saturday.
All of the above are noted racers with good
records, and are entered in races to take place
in the East this summer.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-06-03

HUssEY ELEcTION.-At the annual meeting
of the Hussey Mining Company, held ON the
9th inst, the following Trustees were elected
to serve for the ensuing year. F. F. Coffin,
F. M. Smith, j. W. Hussey, John E. Dixon,
FL. G. Strain, S. T. McGroghegan, P Kitz
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-06-03

men from various parts of Idaho are pouring
into Yankee Fork, and the crowd increases
daily. A specimen of ore from the Norton
minein that district was worked at Idaho City
which weighed just = ounces and yielded
worth about $40, 900 per ton.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-06-03

THE Council of State of the canton of Uri.
Switzerland, has submitted to the Great
Council a law visiting wilful murder and in
cendiarism, resulting in loss of life, with pun
ishment of death, the executions to be private.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-06-03

A little boy once called out to his father,
who had mounted his horse for journey
"Good-bye, papa; L love you thirty miles
long" A little sister quickly added: Good
bye, dear papa; you will never ride to the end
of nv love"
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-06-03

THE BoDIE TwENTY-FoUR HOUR WALK
Mrs. Tourtilott finished her walk of twenty
four consecutive hours without food or rest
at Bodie, successfully. The distance covered
was one hundred and nine miles and twenty
four laps. The exhibition was not financial
success.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-06-03

Bishop CARRIGAN, of Newark, New Jersey,
declined to allow the Ancient Order of Hi
bernians to participate in parade of the
German Catholic Society at that place yester-
terday. He says that the Hibernians are not
recognized as a church society