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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-03-04

Nassauer'& Hipsh movedtheir
stock of good into the Moorehead
block No. 2, last Tuesday.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-03-04
FAYETTEVILLE PRODUCE
MARKET.

| FAYETTEVILLE PRODUCE
MARKET.
Corrected Weekly by T. J. Gray
& Son.
Cotton, middling, 111@113.
Wheat, high, 1.20@1.30.
Corn, weak, 40c.
Clover Seed, So.
New bacon-shoulders, 6@7 ,as
to quality; hams, 500, as to
quality; sides, Sc.
Lard, nominal, 10c.
Flour, $3,50@S4.
Honey 83c per lb.
Meal, 50@60c.
Potatoes-sweet, SCOTS cts. !;
Irish, 5O@75cts.
Butter, 12a@15c.
Chickens, l0@12c.
Eggs, dull, O4@f.
Apples, scarce and high.
Wheat Bran, 15c.
Sorghum, 20@25c, by the Dbl.
Wool, 35@55c.
Feathers, 40@45.
Hides-green, 7@Sc; dry flint,
13@15c; damaged and grubby,
8@10c.
Tallow, 4c.
Rags, 1@11c.
Scrap Iron, SOC pr 100 lbs.
Old Castings, 30c pr 100 lbs.
Beeswax, 1Sc.
Skins-as to quality, sheep, %
go; coon, 20a4O; skunk, 25@75.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-03-04
Wanted.

at Elk River Wooden Mills
1 600 lbs. Grease from sour meat.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-03-04
y Seeds!
Seeds !

Timotbg, Red Top, Orchard
Grass, Blue Grass, Red Clover
and Sapling Clover at
Jan 8-3m BAGLEY BROS.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-03-04

We are authorized to announce II. It.
HOLLAND, as candidate for Sheriff
of Lincoln county, at The next election.
We are authorized TO announce HEN
RY HENDERSON,, Esq, as candi-
dale for Trustee Of Lincoln county at the
next election.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-03-04
can a. tha yayettevills Book stoE!

for anything in our line, and If not in store
will If desired be ordered right away. We
are constantly ordering and receiving new
supplies. Just received lot Of French
Harps and AecordiOns.
irly 81 ". w. & r. PETTEy.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-03-04

3 miles west Of Blanche, at 81 to insure, at
&. F. LEATHERwOoDs,
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-03-04

Fayetteville Observer
Thursday, March 4, 1880.
Gan1i6a1fs

Election, Thursday, Assg. 8, so.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-03-04
GABRIEL.

/ mile south Of Blooms Hill, OH Swan Creek,
at SO to insure, at J. c. JoHssoN's.
A fine young Jack at the same place, at
IS to insure.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-03-04
JOHN BIRDsONG,

Ok miles north Of Mulberry Village, at
L. T. Packs.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-03-04
BOOKS AND STATIONERY,

and giving special attention 70 that branch
Of business in its various departments,
with our faculties in purchasing direct from
publishers and FIRST hand dealers, we can
supply the trade,
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-03-04

Under this head are ariH qire a notice
free Of all Horses and Jacks TOR which
bills are printed at The OBSERVER ONCE.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-11-25
The 81. Lawrence River

Really there Is not OH the face OF
the globe another such river rs the
st. Lawrence. Imagine u broad
river varying from three to ten miles
in width, fed by the great American
lakes, by water that in its passage has
deposited all its filth and dust, and
comes. after u tumble over the Mia.
CARA falls, as clear AZ crystal to its
final passage to the sea. Imagine
this superb stream finding its way
through labyrinth Of nearly 1900
islands, among which a man may sail
for days without ever crossing his
track, and not rod Of dead water
along it's shores, and with not even a
suspicion Of malaria In the atmOs-
phere above it. Imagine a summer
climate in which the days are never
hot and breezeless, and the nights are
always cool and bracing, and the
evenings are never so damp rs to
make it necessary to sit within doors,
and You have the conditions of sum.
mer life ut the Thousand islands.
This is my fourth summer here. and
my constantly growing love and ad.
miration of the region were never so
great as now, and ! am convinced
chat it Is destined to be the great
sanitarium of the seacOast population
Of tho country. There Is nothing
like it; there is nothing equals it. 1t
is well enough for the New Yorker
who Is bound TO his business to spend
u night and day at the seaside re-.
sorts Of easy access, but the families
that spend their summers out Of the
city will in the future come here
more and more, until these islands
will present one Of the busiest scenes
Of holiday life to be found on the
continent.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-11-25
Books.

In the best books, great mon talk
to us, give us their most precious
thoughts, and pour their souls into
ours. God be thanked for books
They are the voices Of the distant
and the dead, and make us heirs of
the spiritual life Of past ages. Books
are tho true Jewellers. They give to
all who will faithfully use them, the
society, the spiritual presence Of the
best and greatest OF our race. No
matter how poor am--no matter
though the prosperous Of my own
time will not enter my obscure dwell
ing--if the sacred writers will enter
and take up their abode under my
roof---if Milton will cross my thres.
hold, and sing to me of paradise and
Shakespeare, to open to me the worlds
Of imagination, and the workings of
the human heart; and Franklin, to
enrich me with his practical wisdom
I shall not pine for want Of intellec.
tual companionship; and l may be.
come u cultivated man, though ex.
cluded. from what Is called the best
society in the place where live
Charming.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-11-25
Two Women.

A case of female heroism which re.
suited in saving many lives and valn-
able property has just come to light.
At the little station of Carbon, near
Macon, on the Hannibal & st Joseph
Railroad, last Saturday night, some
train wIeckers opened the switch and
rolled on the main track flat car
loaded with bridge timber, the inten.
ton being to ditch tho passenger
train due in few minutes later.
The fends then went away. Two
ladies', Mrs. Maggie and Mrs. Rowe by
name, who live at the station, hap.
pened to see the car standing on the
track and instantly divining the situa.
ton they took u lighted lamp from the
house and made their way to the
track to warn the fast approaching
train Of its danger. The wind blew
In ftful gusts and every moment
threatened to extinguish their feeble
light, but to avoid this which
would render them pOwerless
to prevent that awful frighftul
fate that seemed to await the train
with its precious load of living freight
one of the brave women held her
hand over the chimney Of the lamp
until it was burnt and blistered.
The Engineer saw the beacon, inter.
peted its meaning and stopped the
train few feet from the ponder0us
obstacle, which was soon removed
and the train passed on. The drowsy
passengers never new the peril and
slept as sound as il in their own beds
at home. The railroad company how.
ever, will probably reward the hero.
ines for their noble work.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-11-25

Eastern papers are complaining
that "farmers in the West are hoard.
ing gold and silver" that "money
sent from the seaboard does not re.
turn East" The facts are that our
Western farmers feel as though they
could take as good care of their money
rs to send it to Eastern bankers.
They are waddling around with their
pockets full. They intend to pay
1.-THE last mortgage on the old farm"
buy Betsy a new bonnet, and have a
good time generally. Their Is money
enough in the East. If every old
farmer fills his stocking after paying
his debts, and subscribing for his
paper, 1t Is all right.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-11-25
A Discovery About Corn.

An exchange tells of a man who
plants, two or three weeks after the
crop Is planted, q new hill Of corn
every fifteenth row each way. And
this is the reason: II the weather
becomes dry after the filling time, the
silk and tassels become both dry and
dead. In this condition II 1t should
become seasonable, the silk revives
and renews its growth, but the tassels
do not recover. Then, for want OF
pollen. the new silk is unable to fill
the Office for which it was designed.
The pollen from the replanted corn Is
then ready to supply pollen, and the
filling is completed. He says nearly
all the abortive ears, so common In
corn crops, are caused by the want OF
pollen, and he has known ears 10
double their siss In this nlling.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-11-25
Interesting Figures.

Ninevah was fourteen miles long,
eight miles wide aud and forty-six
miles round, with a wall thick enough
for three chariots abreast. Babylon
was fifty miles within the walls,
which were seventy-fivc feet thick
and 100 feet high, with one hundred
brazen gates. The temple Of Diana,
at Ephesus, was 425 feet long, 225
feet wide, with l27 columns sixty
feet high, each one to the gift Of Il
king it was 100 years in building.
The large pyramid was 4Sl feet in
height, and eighty one feet on the
sides. The base covers eleven acres.
The stones are sixty feet in length,
and the layers are POS. 1t employed
$50, 900 men in building. The Lady,
rith, in Egypt, contains 300 cham
beers and twelve halls. Thebes, in
Egypt, presents ruins twenty-seven
miles round, and contained 100000
900 citizens and 100000 slaves. The
temple of DelphOs was so rich in
decorations that it was plundered Of
$50, 000,0 900, and the Emperor Nero
carried away from it 200 statutes.
The walls Of Rome were thirteen
miles round.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-11-25
Winter.

Tho wintery west extends his blast.
And hail and rain docs blow;
Or tho stormy north sends driving forth
Tho binding sloet and snow:
While. tumbling brown, tho burn comos down,
Aud roars frac bank 10 brne;
Aud bird and beast In covert rest,
And pass the hcariless duy.
''Thc sweeping blast, tho sky o'croast,"
The JOyless winter day,
Lot Others foar, to me moro dear
Than all tho pride Of May:
The tempcst's howl, 1t soothes my soul.
My gricfs 10 seems to Join;
The lcaflcss trees my fancy please.
Their fate resembles minel
Thou Power Supreme, whose mighty scheme
These woes Of mine fulhl,
Hero firm rest-they must be best,
Because they arc They will!
Then all want, ooh! do Thou grant
This one request of mineo
Since To enjoy Thou dost deny,
Assist mo To resign, -Burns
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-11-25
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The Union Stock Yards at Chicago

are the most extensive of any in
America, II not In the whole world.
In recent visit the writer found
much to the interest and instruct,
and little that was amusing. The
ease, rapidity, neatness, and we may
add humaneness, with which the
work was done, made us quite in love
with wholesale slaughter. The yards
occupy $50 acres, and will accommo.
date l0, 900 cattle, l20, 900 hogs, and a
large number Of sheep and horses.
Fifteen hundred Car loads of stock
can be unloaded, put in pens. fed and
cared for in single day. Those who
have not visited the Union Stock
Yards, and have an opportunity
should not fail to improve 1t, and see
the work dons.--Amsrisa't Agrisnl
tU9tUt. 49,.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-11-25

Bradstreet's revised estimate Of
the wheat yield of the United States
for the current year places the total
product at over four hundred and
fifty.fve million bushels. The sur.
plus for export is estimated at hun.
dred and ninety million bushels.
Among the countries which will re.
quire the largest importatiOns to
supply the needs of Great Britain is
put down for hundred and twenty
million bushels. France for forty
two million bushels. Germany twenty
millions. The total surplus product
of the wheat.exporting nations is
reckoned at 254, 750, 900 bushels, and
the deficit of the countries which
must import at 227, 100000, leaving
an apparent surplus over the demand
of twenty-seven million bushels.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-11-25
A Black Hills incident.
ny J. ". RILEY

nj We nlAhus
A lite, warty, dried.up sort
Olookin' chap at hadn't ort
A ben a.laiu' round no bar,
With gents like Us a-drinktn' tssr
And that idse occurred 20 ne
The livtn' mint at see
The little cuss elbOwin' III
To huInor his bes6tttn' ain.
There'e nothin' small In me all,
But when hear the rooster call
For shugar and spoon, says:
Jest got In FROM the States, guess
He never 'peared % II he heered.
Elut stood there Wipin' Nv his heard,
And smilin 70 hissef a. II
I'd been argivin' him sti0.
And I-says-I, a-edgin' by
Tho batam, and argazin' high
Above hts plug-says ]. ~ knOwed
A little Teller onot NJ blowed
"Around like you, and tuck his drinks
Wife shugar inland his folks thinks
Hos dead nOw--'cause we boxed and sent
Tho scraps back TO the settlement !"
The boys tell me, at got To SEQ
The feller knock my gun, at no
Jest 'peared to come on tOinted-like
AfOre no over struck strike
And I'll admit, the way he fit
Wuz dazzlin'-What 500 Nv hit:
And squarin' things up fair and hns.
Says ]. "A little 'shug' In mine
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-11-25

One flax mill, located at Dixon, III.
consumes daily, on an average, as
much flax straw as is produced on
twenty.four acres. Reckoning 800
working days to the year, this con-
sumption amounts to the product of
1900 acres per annum. Such a
demand must greatly assist to diver.
sify agriculture in the country where
the mill is situated. If the duties on
jute and jute butts were sufficiently
protective of an American flax Gull
ture, there would be room for hun
dreds of flax mills all over the West,
and the farmers would be very much
benefited. Just now flax is grown in
whole districts exclusively for the
seed, which finds a market among the
linseed.oil manufacturers, while the
straw is burned in the field as a use.
less incumbrance. With the multi.
plication of flax mills this waste would
cease, Not only would there spring
up q profitable demand for the fiber,
but a larger area would be cultivated
in flax; and through the consequent
larger production Of seed would cause
it's price to decline, yet the aggregate
Of the farmers pecuniary reward
would he increased through the com.
mercial value conferred upon the now
worthless straw. BY the greater
cheapness of the seed, cost in pro.
ducing linseed oil would he reduced,
so that this widely used article would
become permanently cheaper, and
with the articles into which 1t enters
as paints, printing ink, and so on
besides which new impulse might
be given to the expectation of the oil
This is one of the points where the
tariff directly and visibly touches
vitality the interests of farmers. Our
flax industry is yet in the lowest
stages of development. A proper
readjustment of the duties on for
eign fibers would greatly stimulate
and expand this industry. Those
who till the soil should demand tha'
their Representatives took faithful!
after this matter in Congress.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-11-25

The cheering intelligence comes
from the Northwestern frontier that
Sitting Bull and his nine hundred
savages are getting ready to "surren.
der"-that Is, to come out Of Canada
into this country to be fed during the
winter at government expense. Al.
ready notification is sent to Washing.
ton that If the savages surrender"
supply of provisions will be re.
qnired. With good feeding during
the winter, Sitting Bull and his braves
will be in frisky condition to 60 scalp
hunting in the spring. Inter Ocean.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-11-25

The Treasury Department yesrsr.
day instructed the Assistant Treasur.
or at New York to reject all offers to
sell the per cents falling due the
last day of December. The secretary
refused to pay the prices asked, fix.
ing 1881 as the limit which the do.
partment would offer.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-11-25

The census of the United States
will be complete as soon rs the re.
count demanded by dissatisfied or
disappointed citizens of Peoria and
Fort Wayne is finished. The com.
pilaton of figures for the entire
country will be completed about the
middle of next month.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-11-25

General Conway communicates the
information that 700, 900 acres of land
have been purchased in New Mexico
by a company of Northern men, who
design Offering it on easy terms to
colored families who wish to emf.
crate from the South.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-11-25

Half dozen movements are on
foot to reorganize the Democratic
party In New York. One Of them Is
headed by General Badly Smith and
Fred Conkling, the brother of Roscoe
Csnkling.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-11-25

The latest thing in dances Is called
the "raquet," and is neither wall
nor u polka, though the best parts Of
both are preserved. The music
strikes up with crash, as though Il
new volcano had broken out, and the
girl will cling tightly, as though
frightened, II she understands the
dance, and the young man will reas.
sure her by gentle pressure, if he
understands the dance or knows any.
thing ut all. At the second crash
they dodge, as though some one had
thrown blacksmith shop at them,
and they start in. They begin by
initiating the struggle for life, repre-.
senting the person who Is drowning,
but at each crash Of the symbols and
base drum they dodge and scoot to
one side, they dart back again, jam
each other sideways, and then as the
crashes of music become more ter.
rife and deafening they try to drive
each othor through the floor by main
strength, get desperate and claw and
tear and pull, and all at once they go
raving mad with hydrOphobia and de.
lirium tremens, and gnash their teeth
and rave and suffer the most terrible
aSony-and all Is over. 1t Is a short
dance, as the design Is amusement
and not murder. But short as it Is
it Is said to be very sweet.-N Y.
World.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-11-25
How 10 Dress q Turkey.

There Is much practical wisdom
among the poultry men, that does not
get into the papers or books. A tur-
key raiser who prides himself on
sending to market the handsomest lot
Of turkeys in his town, for the
Christmas market, tells us how he
dresses his birds. The turkeys are
fed as usual the night before butcher.
ing, and in the morning are driven in
upon the barn floor, as sooE as they
come from the rOost, and are made
secure. Their crops are empty, and
they can be caught rs they are wanted.
Make slip moose Of strong cord for
each turkey, in an adjoining stable or
shed, put the turkeys legs into the
moose, and with small pointed knife
stick the bird as near the head as
possible. As soon as the bird is dead
strip off the feathers, pinfeathers and
all. Cut the neck off as near the
head as possible, remove the wings
and draw the entrails, before taking
the bird down. The turkey is hung
up alive, and taken down ready for
market. Lay the bird or the breast
nr side, upon clean board to cool.
Turkeys should be carefully handled
in dressing, to avoid breaking the
skin. for it rubs off very easily when
they are warm. Remove all the pin
feathers and pack the birds when sent
to market, in clean straw, so that
there will he no marks of blood upon
them. Handsome, clean dressing
will add cent per pound, and often
mere, to the market price OF all kinds
Of poultry.-American Agriculturist
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-11-25

laugh at him, and II when her happy
Thanksgiving was over, she smiled a
little, thinking Of it all, behind that
smile, deep in her heart, lay as warm
and forgiv!ng an affection as ever
blessed "A husband.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-11-25

Some bad Indians seem hungry for
scalps; but the probability Is they will
wait for spring crop. The hair 10
always better after cold snap.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-11-25
MANKATo FREE PRESS.

PUBLISHED THURSDAY MORNING,
ny
WoODARD & Foss.
CITY HALL DCLDING-FIRsT FLOOR.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-08-04
A Chapter on Counterfeit
Notes.

Washington, 3.-Mr. Cssilear, super
intendent of engraving in the bureau OF
engraving and printing, and one of the
most sccempli, he'd experts in the detec-
ton Of counterfeit bank notes, thinks q
new design for national bank notes
ought to be adopted. The old designs
have been in use many years, and every
denomination, except the 81 notes and
the $1,000 notes, has been counterfeited.
Large amounts of counterfeit national
bank notes are probably in circulation
now, the existence of which is unsus-
pected.
The fact that the design for any de-
nomination Of national bank notes is the
same for all banks, with the exception of
the name of the bank, renders the task of
the counterleiter comparatively easy.
After having made his plato, he can
throw out his notes as long as be finds q
market for them, then when they be-
come advertised as counterfeite, he can
change the name of bis bank and go on
with his printing from the old plate. By
a device adopted at the bureau of en-
craving and printing new plates may be
made with the charter numbers of the
respective national banks forming as
SouSpiSuOGS pOillOA VI tne RcueEal ue-
sign that it would be easier to make q
new plate than TO change the old one.
As an evidence Of the perfection which
the counterfeiters sometimes attain, it
may be said that an official of the Revere
bank in Boston, upon receiving back
from the treasury department a 500
counterfeit of its own note, wrote O sharp
letter criticizing the treasury practices,
and declaring that the bank was ready
to receive all such notes, and that its
officers recognized the signatures upon
the returned note as their own.
Only two denominations of the green
backs printed at the bureau of engraving
and printing have ever been counter
feited, while all denominations of those
printed from plates made by private
companies have been counterfeited.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-08-04
Brush with Yictorio.

Denver, Col 2.-The T1f6une's
Santa Fe special: News from ElPaso
states that Col. B. II. Grierson had q
fight with Victorio's band of hostile
Indians, about 100 strong, who attempted
10 pass north into Texas on the Both
inst between Fsrt Quittman and Eagle
Springs. He was encamped on the trail
with q small party aud believing the
Indians would make bresk through the
lines had sent the night before for rein
forcements to Fort Quittmsn and Esgle
Springs. At 4 am, on the S0tb,
Lieute naut Finley and thirteen men of
the L, nth Cavalry arrived and he i'm
mediately set to work terrifying his !. Isl
ton. About 9 am. the Indians ap-
preached in farce and attacked the camp,
but we're repulsed; az IL SIM.
Captain Gielle, with two companies
arrived, upon which q sharp en-
gagement took place between the
troops and the Indians, which lasted
about three hours. Lieutenant ColladAy
was wounded, one soldier and eight
horses were killed. At ppm. Captain
Nolan's command arrived at tho scene Of
action from Fort Quittmen. On the
approach of these troops the Indians fed
rapidly down the Rio Grande. Col
Grierson is of the opinion that the Indians
will try to cross betTeen VanHorn and
Eagle Mountains, and is disposing his
troops to intercept them. Mexican
troops are following the Indians trail on
the other side of the Rio Grande, but
have not been able 10 come up with
them since the 23d inst.