Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-03-25
Condensed News.

l1dcoNu q YIN lIuiSOtJ NOuS"tAOi1
law.
The New York Herald Irish
relief fund has about reached
100000.
Tt is reported that the wheat
in Bradley county, Tenn.J is af-
fected with rust. b93l h
There are three million unmar-
ried men in this country, not in
Guiding the divorced.
The population of Nashville
proper was 1856 in 1870; at
present is about 10000.
Gov. Marks delivered an adj
dress at the banquet given by
the people Of Cincinnati last
Thursday.
Ex-Governor JAS. d. Porter
has been elected President of the
Nashville, Chattanooga and St,
Louis Railroad.
VIM. S. Smith, shot and killed
himself in New York last Satur.
day. There are one or two of the
Smith family left yet.
An old negro woman in JEFF
fersonyille, Ind, is 107 years old
She enjoys good health and bids
fair to live many years.
The Kentucky House of Rep.
rescntatives have passed a bill
apprppriating $150,000to estab
lish a branch penitentiary.
The citizens Of Nashville wan
an appropriation of $4,000 iron
County Court of Davidson com
ty to aid in building a fire.
bridge.
Reports from various countie
in Virginia say the wheat crop
which at one time promised q to
tai failure, now gives evidenc'
of an average yield. r
A cast. iron kettle which wa
brought to America by JOIN
Mason in 1920 on the Mayfiowel
has been forwarded to Nashville
for exhibition at the Centennial
/ Rev. j. d. Barbee, pastor Of
the Methodist church, at Clarks
willie, was presented with a fin
gold watch and a handsome sill
Iguurd by his congregation, las
lwcck.
The Alabama Grand Lodge O.
knights OF Pythias will cohven
at birmingham April ID. TIL
Birmingham lodge is maxim,
preparations to entertain then
\ grandly. ,,.t, r,sa s,,i r
4 A boy IL years old married.
woman of 10 in Jasper. Ala, blu
his,palents captured him imme
diateIy after the ceremony. Th
bride was wealthy, and the hus
band claimed to know what h
was about. l1 efiHhtit 't :
At a church sociable in An
gusta, Maine, the other evenin
| five young ladies were sold q
auction at prices ranging frol
thirty cents to 50. And som
of them were considered prett
: well sold even at these figures.
The body of a white baby wa
found last week at Chattanoog
in a creek. 1t was much decon
posed. The age of the child wa
thought from its appearance
be about two months. 1t is SUI
!, posed to have been murdered.
The 1880 shares held by IL
city of Charleston in the Men
phis g. Charleston Railroad hay
been purchased by Newell, Dun
can & Co., of Nashville, at Sc
, cents. 1t is understood the pu
! chase is made for a New Yor
i, firm. fHa
The capital employed i'll Il
: manufacture of WOODEN goods
t this country is estimated to |
+ in the neighborhcod Of $500
, 100000, while the value Of Il
!. manufactured articles is state
to be not less than 1888, 100000
This immense interest, moreovc
gives employment directly al
/, indirectly, to nearly 2CO,OO0pe
SONS. .oH
When Walker Kilgore le
the Jail at Mexico, Mo-, to go
the scaffold, Nat Faucet, WI
was soon to be hanged with
companion, said earnestl.
|, "Walker, intercede with the A
mighty for Muldrow and M
and for our sakes do all yc
!, can in heaven for U.S." hi
! gore promised. %
c A Whited Sepulchre.