Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-04-29
Condensed News.

Inc N aSnNlile races Openeu
last Saturday. 98 A3ai2ai
Gallatin, Tenn, had a twenty
thousand dollar fire ON the 21st.
Last Friday Nashville entered
upon the second century of her
existence. &asbeia 90 gt9.tf
The dwelling Of Col. John I'll.
Savage, III Coffee county, was
destroyed by fire ON the 10th.
The number of flags displayed
in Nashville, Saturday, was es-
timated at from 100000 to $780,
600.
The Presbyterian church at
Decherd, Franklin, county, was
blown down last Sunday even
ing. 1t is a comlete wreck. -
Col. John f. House will de-
liver the Grafton at, the nnyeiling
of the jackson statue, on the
Goth of May. fo9 SID r4rad
Boyd, the noted diver, jumped
from the suspension bridges in
Nashville, Saturday. He re-
ceived $15 for the leap. R9wolipi
Hon. Connally F. Trigg, U. S.
district Judge, died at his resi-
dence in Bristol, East Tennessee,
Sunday morning, Of paralysis.
The Oregon Republican State
Convention instructed their dele
gates to use all honorable means
to procure Blaine's nomination
at Cincinnati. s ag
1t is said that there are one
thousand bills awaiting the ac-
ton of Congress. 1t is proba-
bic that Congress will not adj
jouin before the first of July.
Over three hundred families
have been made utterly destitute
by forest fires IN New Jersey.
The berry industry is gone. The
loss in the Southern part of Ocean
County is SIS, 900. ~
The town of Macon, Miss,
was blown away on Sunday
night. % persons killed and a.
bout so wounded. The same
time Paint Rock, Ala, was des-
troyed, with serious loss of life.
The A. O. U. W., Of Nash
vile, has established headquar-
tiers ON Church street, opposite
the Maxwell House, where menu
beers of the Order visiting the
Exposition will be entertained.
Edward Nugent and Henry j.
Redemcir were hanged in the
Jail yard at ST. Louis, Friday.
Nugent for the murder of his
wife, and Redemeir for the muir
of an old man, Franz Vossc.
Reports from over the State
report the fruit, particularly pea
ches, seriously damaged by the
recent unreasonable freezes.
Wheat is generally uninjured !;
or, at least, no injury has been
noticed. ne
On Tuesday, of last week, a
horrible tragedy occurred i'm
Knoxville. Yell Eckle, while in
toxicated, hit his mother on the
head with a bed slat, instantly
killing her. Eckle was mistreat-
ing his wife when his mother re-
proved and slapped him, which
caused him to strike her. q
Last week we noticed, brief
ly, a tornado that swept through
Missouri on Sunday. Marsh
field, a town of 800 inbab-.
itants, had 100 killed and 200
wounded. Of 200 houses, only
20 are left standing. The storm
was half a mile wide and passed
through Arkansas into Texas,
destroying and blowing away
everything in its path.
The Masonic fraternity Of
Nashville have arranged a room
opposite the Maxwell House, on
Church street, to be used as Ma
sonic headquarters during the
Centennial. There viii be menu
bers of the Committee in atten-I
dance at all times to give any in
formation desired; the neMspa-
pers from all parts of the coun-
try will be on file, conveniences
for correspondence; telephone
connection with all parts of the
city; in short, it is the aim to
make it a place where every Ma
son can freely enter, with his
family if desirable, and find eve-
ry convenience or get any infor-
nation he desires. h ms|