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ON: TUESDAY, MARCH 20.1883.
NEWS OF GEORGIA.
man Burrow, ihe only witness that saw It. Tho
negro was mid to be a notorious b«d character, and
I hive no right to dispute the testimony of old man
« , . .T Ml f «r t .p I Dahloncga Signal: The mining Interest of ncor-
Howard, an employe at the sawmill of Mr. J. I | g steadily on the upward move There has
Reeves, near Lawtonville, in Burke county,
accidentally killed. One of the rubber bands
pulled in two while the machinery was under
headway and one end of the band ilew to one side
and struck Mr. Howard, who whs standing near
the boiler testing a water guage, and the blow
waa so severe that he died In a short time. Mr.
Howard was from Washington county. Mr. Reeves,
his employer, speaks lu the highest terms of the
character of the unfortunate young man. „.. r
i.Tbe Campbell County New* says that ofirTWWlr
tree standing near the old factory spring,
head of Jones’s mill pond, there is a perfect picture
of the outlines of a human face. A small knot or
gnarl forms the ear and eyes, while a well defined
line forms the facial features. Handing a few j«4C<*
ofTonccan see a perfect picture of a female head
and face. It is certainly a strange freak of nature.
Speaking of treep the Dooly Vindicator rnys there
stands in Vienna, on Mrs. Evorett’* lot, the monster
of the forest, a water oak. its trunk tucatiiring, at a
point three feet above the ground, sixteen feet in
circumference and at a point one fool from the root
or earth, It is twenty-one feet in circumference.
Tho huge trunk Is certainly eight feet in diameter
one way. It is perhaps the oldest tree in this sec
tion, butH appear* healthy and bids fair for many
years more of usefulness as a shade for man or beast
in the parching summer days to come.
Jackson is talking about organizing a military
company.
Mr. Thomas Bailey wnlkrd out in the edge of
Athens Hutiday evening and discovered two men
digging away in the side of a hill after a pot of gold
supposed to nave been burled there long ago by n
wealthy gentlemen who died somo years ago. Mr.
Bailey passed on without atferlaluiiig whether
they were successful or trot itt their search. Gantt,
of the Banner, Is watching the proceedings with
tercst.
Athens has more negro restaurants than any town
In Georgia.
Covington Star: Mr. ’Rcllu* Pitts caught about
.*100 mullet out of his fish pond, at Newborn, a few
days ago. I lor/ Is tiiMt for a morning’s era'll front
seen some very fine droves on Yellow river lands.
Itis true that few of our people toko any Interest
In sheep raising, as they are too busy with cotton
to raise cattle or hogs? much less to give any atten
tion to sheep and goats.
Cutbbert A [.peal: For many yean it h»* been tue
de lre of the senior editor of this paper to have
home which should furnWi the advantages both of
a town xnd a farm life His desire is realized,
few months since he purchased 2V)acr- * of land, a
good part lying within the northern llmltsof the
city, and hits Just completed a plain, but neatdwell
ing upon It. He Is now tningto tlnd out how good
he feels In having what ho wanted. Now he ear
raise chickens, hogs, corn, watermelons, cotton etc.
have a world of wood for only hauling it up. goii
fishing on his own land wlicnJie geuteady, and
. . still be closer to the square than when he lived on
t j, e AIRrty #f ludi s and gentlemen went down the • College street In the language of the Indian tribes
'’forgla road hunting yesterday. They had fine . entering the borders of Alabama, he is disposed to
cc' ssand returned with fifteen sparrows, four say. “Here we rest.” A cj clone may move him, but
1 birds and seventy nine robins, ttooln plea nothing el 1
been more purchases of mining property during
the past six months lu different parts of the upper
dfrirlet*, especially in the Dahlnnega district, than
ever before In the history of our mines. Last year
there were a great many slumps put tinder head*
w*y. but this comD g year there will be fully twice
as many. There are already In this vicinity one
hundred and twenty stamps which will be ready
for action by summer.
Athens Banner: There is a young man in Ath-
cn . a Ik. tit twenty years old and who is b Ixht and
well educated, who never heard of Alexander If.
Stephens and didn’t know tuat such a man was
will now lie Ho; order of the day.
Macon Graphic: Miss Katie Edwards, formerly of
Charleston K «;., and u sinter in-law of the Rev
iP-nJainiri Johnson, a few years ago rector of
church, and a young lady well-known iri Macon,
was married a short time since to Meiitcnaut fab
arils, of the I’rdtcd States army, IHib infantry, sta
tioned at Fort Assinnibolne, Montana territory.
Lieutenant Gn Gams'* command of 7f> men were
sent out a few weeks ago on an exploration tour,
and they returned in twenty-one days and every
one of the soldiers were frost bitten oil some part
of tho body. Lieutenant Unbent* had two toes.
fjalneiviUe Southern: \V«
an artificial fish pond?
Jackson Herald: Colonel Bud Klnnltvgham say
riiat ho planted four acres In cotton Iasi year am.
made five bales. He Is now repairing Ills old gin
house, and saya he is going to try it again.
Talbatton Standard: Mr. J. \V. Jones
brother John Jones, are among the most successful
the rates of 1,100 bushels of California yams, the
best hill yielding 32 pounds.
Augusta News: Quite a romantic bit of gossip has
been whispered to a very few ixumiiih Iii (toltimbla
during the last two or three days, but thu general
the Grand (tontral hotel. Him registered from An
r usla, hut her name need not he given. Pretty Knot.
I waa known that she had come t* the city to get
married, and had made the appointment for tli
ceremony here on account of some youthful sent,
ment connected with Columbia. The b Idcgroom,
a young Georgian, was expeced the next evening,
Preparations were made at the hotel for the
ceremony. A minister was lu attendance
and as the hour for the arrival of the Augusta train
drew near Ihe bride was In a state «.f nervous Imp-
E lncoM. The train mine, but it did not bring the
ridegroom to the expectant Indy at the hotel. It
bmught, however, a lottcr from him addrov-d in
a fair round hand. U|k»i reading this letter the
brldo was shocked li-yond measure. It conveyed
this Information from the bridegroom—who wmh-io
have-been—that he had concluded not to marry,
and had left for Texas. For this reason he con
not keep his appointment. The grief and slmme
the duped woman Is describ'd ns pitiful to witness.
Two mad dogs were killed in Jasper comity
day last week. They had bitten reveral other dogs
The Jackson News saya a certain fanner «d that
county has derided to put rings in thu noses of his
hogs and lot them run at largo in his com Helds.
He says It Is chcapor than fencing them In.
Mr. Blisha Durden, of Walton county, Is said to
boonohundrod and two years old. Ho picked
bale of cotton In his centennial year. He Is still
quite halo fur ono of his ago.
M«con Telegraph: Yesterday morning tho father
of Ruby Lake, the girl who shot herself some time
ago and who lias been at the hospital fur some time,
took tho unfortunato girl home. He did not hear
of the shooting until a fow days ago, and then he
came right on. lie llvea near Atlanta. Tho g’ *
not Entirely well, ami since shu Ims been a
hospital slio has contracted, the habit of eating
phi no. which I* doing her nioro Injury than the
wound.
Covington 8tar: A friend who lives on Alcova
river tells us how lie lost ills appetite for strong
drink, and m the temperance question Is alive In
the land wo dive his experience Hoveral years ago
ho ruins to town with his every day clothes on ami
noticed that a majority of tho men ho met wen*
lietter dressed than himself. Tills emlsirawed him
to such an extent that he got under the iitlliiriicc
Uquor, and purchasing a quart of h lockadc cor
he left tor home fully determined to return to town
Utat (right rlggtd on tin a six ty dollar suit that lie
had In his trunk. He pUcd his new linen “mu
dertcar" on tho twek of a chair, disrobed and pro
ceeded hurriedly to take a bath. There wa
no Are In tho room an I the weathe
had turned off very cold, mi he (‘on
ended to fake another big drink to warm up. Aftei
the bath ho staggered over the door ami finally got
his linen rliirt hung fast over hlshcad. when lie ran
against tho bed p-wt and fell to tin* llo.tr in a dead
faliiL llo remained in this condition all night,
and the next morning _ ... ...... „„ „
In, and after building a Hr*and rubbing our Alcova
friend for live hours he wa. able to tit up. ami from
trust evening to the present time Itq Iras looked not
upon the wine when it was red. From his general
appearance wo should Judge he quit off taking a
bat It nt ihe same lime he Uhuvmiiiucd getting
drunk.
Covington Hlar: A little child of Tapers Belcher
colored, living on Mr. Joe Six's platv.seveml miles
• nub of Covington, was choked to death a few days
ago. We have not learned the partieulsrs as to how
itoocurrrd.
The Monroe Advertiser says there is a sturdy, In
telligent enterprising set of young farmers now
hsrlnolug to lake charge of affairs lu that
county.
Covington 8tar: Tho dwelllvg house of a colored
mail named Frank Garner, living on Mr. Nlgntan'i
place. In Uie brick store m-iglilHtrhood.was distroy
ed by tire one day last week, and his little child,
aged about four years, wa* burned to death in it. It
seems that Garner ami his wire wcic out In the
Held at work, and had left their two little chi dren
In the house. They discovered the hon-e on lire,
and hastened toll with «*l |N»ssihU* speed, but lire
lire had got too much headway to Ire evpnguHied,
1 ha lounger of the child rut msnsged to get out,
but the eldest Wiaro tadly frkhn m-.i It could u%»i
get out and was burned to death. Its father mw it
Hear the wludow and, reaching In, lifted it out, but
It was already dead. He was severely burned in
getting It out. Nothing was saved from the lire,
but everything he had was destroyed.
The Bartlesville Gazette's KtewarUitlurorrcspoml-
cut gives the follow lug account of tho killing of Jer
ry Collier by J. Q. A. Barrow:
The coroner's Jury* was com posed of J. W. Powell,
foreman: J. T. Lowe, T.Jones, W. H Graham, J.
L. Allen and C. O. Canifax. After hsaring the evl»
deuce the jury rendered this vent lot: "Thalthed*
crav'd, Jerry Collier, colored, met his death from
two pi tol shot wounds One in the mouth, theoth
cr In the bark, tlrvd by the hand of John Qulney A.
Barrow. ’ Now to the origin of the difficulty. It
appear* that old man Barrow had enter*! into a con
traet with Jerry (tolIter to run a crop. Mr. Harrow to
furnish the Undsial stock and Jerrvaud his family
to do the work. Jerry refused to carry out the con
tract and Mr. Harrow wished to g< t rid of him. He
repeatedly reminded Jerry that he was false to his
con tract, and at otic time Jerry picked up a rock
told
Si’.fn-t
»lr. . lWrn,w th.l b» ,11 n l w.nl
..i . “< ht * i*»: that be
•tl.ln't Lkn ut 4-tn poor «Mte tnub InUlk tet
him and outer him. Mr. lUrmw put his hand In
his pockat as for his knife and told Jerry if be threw
that rack that he would cut Min open. Jerry put
down the rock and told Mr. Barrow that he would
(caveat dinner, give up the house that he might
put in more hands Tula sail*tied Mr. Barrow, but
Jerry did not leave, and sUtl remained In the house
but done no work tor Mr. Barrow. Mr. Harrow
went again an 1 again to him to vacate his premise'*
• K ** he might hare room (or more* ten-
rd and
d man.
to get a
that
ants. Jerry stilt refuse.
abused and inrvatctted violence t<
Mr. Harrow then went to Justice J. T. L
warrant, but not liiidlug him to- went
then went to Mr. Bill Bitot's to hunt sr
being near hts*on John, he went to
lie
ae hands;
told hint how Jerry had’abused ’him "and tl?at*ne
Could not get Jerry out of hi* bom*; he then left
‘ back home. That evening his son John
against one of principals to . .
h-H-blng lu one tho denarlincuis. Among the
pleas for non payment is the discovery that the
iHcty’s religious predilection are Roman Catholic.
M’n bad thought that the days of intolerance for
redlglon’s sake had very nearly passed la this
•untry.fi s;»erbtlly Htnoiig the people competent to
•neb w hont) nnd that the little remnant of ancient
pluehb.'ek blue Jaw dictation as to wlrat tin* ba
ntu ml id shall believe or dhoover was entirely
onflncd to a few of the oldest mem hers of the least
tillglitettcd ehurchcs.
Campbell County News: Mr. H. I* Christopher
recently killed C# rata in u space eight feet square,
and let onu hundred gel away. »
Irwin ton Southerner: Henry I’hiUlps, colored,
kllb-d a mad d- g in Commissioner swamp one day
last week. Mad tings are now frequently found
near here and it is goor.-byod g whenever a mud
ono tacklca another Ye reporter !•» wilUug bi take
other la-opb- s word for Hit* ubove luforniatloii, and
will not any.
MeDufllu Journal: Tills neighborhood is tdessed
with retuMtls. There are three in one mile
oilier, Tire one nearest me Is taught by MKs WIllJo
Hudson, who la doing good and etllelent service.
We also have a prewpeious Sabbuth school conduct
cd by Mr. Mlirraue. assisted by Mrs. Wise, which is
accomplishing much good.
A party of llatvkltiHVlIle gentlemen went over to
Mr John L. Rohnimou’a plantation last Thursday
to shont doves. The News rays they returned home
thu rame evening, having had excellent luck and
lots nt fun. They brought back oue hundred and
ninety-six doves. From the following list it will
lor seeii that Joe McCortnh k was the champion shot
of the day, while L’olonel 8tiles was next best: F
If. Bozeman, 13: W. W. Letnaii, 20 A.T, Omitting-
ham, 11; W. O. Belts, 12: J. It. McDuffie, 12; 0.1».
Brown, 27. J. L. Bohannon, 27; 8. V Stiles, 2X; J.
C. McCormick, 1C.
nioesvlllc Gazetlc: Tho dogs made a raid on Mr.
D. M. II. Hheppaid’s sheep last Friday night, ami
succeeded in slaughtering four. Well, haven’t
tlogs some rights winch sheep are hound to respect?
and if thcrlieep nttemM* to Idle (lie dogs, are not
thu dogs Justifiable In biting the sheep? It is but a
poor dog that wont hire back. Am the lawyers say,
it is a clear cose of ovicide.,
Irwin ton Houtherner: Tin* young girl* of our
town are “inking on somewhat of the n-dhctlc,"
and Ntroll off to the “wild woodh" to pluck violet*
and other early spring flower*.
llawklnsvIHc News: Aaron Lowe has some edu-
a'cd cliickens Among their until* rolls accotn-
.•ilsiirncnts Is lire Migm-lty displayed in catdiing
Jack worms Tue fowl* have been ‘aught to take
pine straws in their bills, run them in tho holes
oirniM live, and then keep very quiet
•ks move the straws. When tills l* done
is, with great dexterity, snatch flu
straws from the holes, and, nine tliuoi out o; tell,
they catch tho Jacks. Tom Jordon saya it’s a real
them fishing for Jacks in this tnaiuie
r County News: Tho body •( Jai.._
Rountree, the negro who was drowned in the Oat*
talioorh' e some four oi live weeks since, was found,
last Week, hiii g ton snsg, about -I inlien below
whole In* was drowned. '1 lie coroner was notified,
and summoning a jury, an inquest wax held over
the body.
The Irwluton Southcriior says that on Saturday
night last, a dktrcs-dng accident occurred at tho
Wilkinson county poorhotise. For tome time
thqye has beea an > Inmate of this institution, an
aged colored man by tho nlfuo of Lewis Mape.
A'ldo from his decrepit and feeble condition,
caused by old age, he was also of a wandering
inlnd, and nt times so completely off’aa to rondcr
him Irresponsible for any action or deed. During
ono of these s|adls on Saturday night last, It ap
pears he fell in the fire, and was Utterly burned to
death before help co.ild reach him. There*
small negro boy In thu house at tho time, but lie
was uuntie to get the old mail out of the lire,
and before he could get a<oistaiicc (ho lire had done
l(a work. -
Sumter Republican: A very lean attachment
in the shape ami skin of a mule came up with his
There arc over fifty towns and villages within
twenty five miles of Galnekvlllo.
Ferry Journal: 'Vc regret to learn that the dwel
ling house and smoke house of Mr. J. W. Autumn,
of the upper lifih district, was onsumed by tiro last
.Sunday morning The fire was supposed to be the
work of «n Incendiary, and waa burning briskly
when the family awoke. Nothing from ‘he dwel
ling w as saved, some members of tho family saving
only the clothe* In which they slept A am all amount
of meat was saved from the smoke house. The loos
Is a heavy one for Mr. Aultman to bear. He was
known to be a hard-working farmer, and the sym
pathy of the neighbor*>hould be shown in a sub
stantial manner.
.Not long since a mad dog came into our midst,
and was much dreaded by all who heard of him
d-d In biting a line mule belonging
show any signs of hydrophobia yet Ufa mulesiilp
Is now with the past.
There Isa thriving school in operation nt Echo
con nee, in Uoii.-toti county, with more than sixty
pupils in attendance. Mr. <». W. Huff la tho teacher.
The peach crop lu Houston has been injured,
lire Perry Journal says the firstcasetor violating
the liquor prohibition law in Houston coin
te county court on thV23d ult. Phil
lip WfiKfleld, colored, waa charged with selling
whisky, and upon conviction was scn’enccd to pay
fine of f-V), or to work on the chalngang twelve
months. He paid the fine. Whitfield lives in the
cas ern portion of the county, and about two years
ago or more he paid a fine of 520 fgFielilng whisky
without license.
A eorresponden^recently quoted General Toombs
os saying that “Washington was the only finished
town in the state." The Gazette says that In the
last five years there have been created in Washing
ton three new churches (one of them colored), one
large handsome orphanage, eight residences, some
of which would ornament any city, one large brick
steam mill, one warehouse, one large carriage shop,
and perhaps other improvements that we do not
call to mind. All of thli In the face of the fact
that town loin are exceedingly high, telling for ns
nint h us onu and two thousand dollars per acre,
whenever sold. Besides these facia, the paint brush
Is used more freely In Washington than any town
wo ever saw, giving it every cvideuce of growth
and prosperity.
Athena Banner: Ono of tho best shots in Athens
Is a young lady just sweet sixteen.
Gainesville has fifty widows.
Monroe Advertiser: The idea of those Mass*-
hnictts and Ib laware men settling in our county
is gladly received by such of our people
caught a grey fox near Rev. W. If. Daniel’s. Sup-
pose they fried all the fUh. We are not sure these
gentlemen are all fanners, but, if any of them are
not. Major Jones is farmer enough for all. Mr. i).
E. < ato, of Heard, ac ompat led the party.
Cherokee Advance: If you will keep a pet fox
about he house, chickens will not die with cholera.
McIntosh county is now supplied with a splendid
new academy. Now for an excellent teacher.
Augusta News: We are Informed by Mr. M. Hy-
ams. the great real estate agent, that a delegation
of English capitalists are on their way from Lon
don to personally Inspect large tracts of land In
Clinch and Echols counties. In lower Georgia, and
advertised by Mr HyamsforfmmL’Mtlon purposes.
The information comes to u* that a wile is absolute
ly certain. if the land comes up to its description,
and of this we are*o‘»nred, for it is some of th-r neat
of the ll-ie belts of unoccupied land lu the state.
Thesaleof this land will bring money and Immi
grants to Georgia, and will do the state and the
buyers as well as the sellers and agents a world of
good. Let them come on and let Immigration au«f
the occupation of the broad acres of Georgia be en
ouraged In every possible way.
Dahlonega Signal: The most loathesome and
abominable sight ttu-t has ever exhibited tself in
our town is to be seen on Auraria street near our
cemetery. One sign near the gate of the “cliy of
the dead,” where sleep the dear ones of almo
every family in our town, are these words, on or
side. “First Saloon:" on the other, "LastChance,
liow can any man stand behind-ho counter an
deal out liquor to destroy the lives of men, and the
monument* of others standing Just before his don
POLITICAL NOTES.
In-aid express themselves.
Athena Banner: Mrs. Cherry, an old whito
woman who has for a long time boon n mendicant
._ ... yesterday sent to Augusta, wire
* fully able to nippport her. There
head doing Us Ik*sI to lengthen .its neck, behind a
wagon on which were* two bale* of cotton atnl two
lull. The cotton was evidently intended for sale,
tit lire presumption the mule waa to la* sent to the
•wpltalonuilrmafv. Then* wa* no «»atr on ilia
place lie spent tho fall and winter or else great tu
humanity.
The Irwitrioti Houtherner »aya that not long since
a|nvgro here was playing with a Utile pistol—that of
nurse wa* not loaded—and tho pistol did not know
any better than to go off. The negro left for Mil-
ledfcvlllo, and we learn that there wa* a funeral
procession from bis house, and ho was tiding in
front. The next we hoar of this Mine little pistol
is where* It s in the hand of another negro wh
another "colored individuality” and
the drawer now pineth lu the county Jail. All oi
till* happened while winter still liugcreth in thels|i
of spring.
PaiilcUtillc Monitor: On Tuesday evening the
cliixcii* of fbtiiiclsvllle were* thrown into luieitse
ut t>y tho report that a white man had
cd by a negro boy, about half a mile from
town. Tho facts are, ns near a* we can ga'hcr
nit a German blacksmith named Butler.
h living ut Mr. Jeff trulls started out of
iider the Influence of whrekv. and saw
hreo or four small nearer b«.ys, and took after them
..row ran Into a hoim*. and
Ihe oldest one, a bey 12 or IN years old, got mi old
inn ami tlrvd at Duller, the shot taking vff. et just
’ r the heart. I ho hoy who did the shooting,
. >ii of ham lllll. called "Bud". After firing
the fatal shot he left, but was raptured ttcdm-»
da? morning atnl placed in jail, together with tho
smaller bo)a who wi re* with him There was no
inqtlttt. Judge I’ottle has inf derided it umieco-
" ■’"T ha* been living in the county a out
id leave* a wife, but no children, we
understand.
A tom t a dozen town gunners wont on a snipe
hunt Friday in Newton.
New cottages continue to be erected In Covington
Babbit* are harking the fruit tree.* In some por
tion* of the state.
CATn««»ville Holder: On the lethargic waters of
.re A11* nan a. in Irwin county and near Irwin-
villa*. t» the historic and memorable camping ground
of the c«c*piug president of the Coil federate State*
Here he was encompassed by his purauet* under
the fIMMXto reward offered by the triumphant Dull
ed State*. Two haltalio.i* or regiment* of union
soldier* came no near him In opposite direction*,
d each was ignorant of the proximity of thcoth
atnl cx|*vtiug resistance begun a fudladc, and
tho skirmishing lasted for sours time, when the
discovery wa* tirade that the union
tioop* were firing into each other, of course it
upped, and the great sought for, wa* captured
lo held in d ‘ “
durance vile. Mr. l»*vU. had he ku<
raped .
* awn the stream, unless *
miscreant natlv- .
live who valued dural* more than honor, bad
le»! the blood hound*. Hut to the event, whi h
singular. The apple tree under which General
mrrvndered wo* cut up Into chunk* and
scattered as mementoes over the globe, the three
—pine tree*—under which the historic Jvffer-
Pavl* surrendered in Irwin county, were
stricken by one 1**11 *>( lightning lad year and 'hlv-
ere**) into smilher*.
A* if it raved such shame to set*,"
.. that the memory of so *ll«grac*'ful an event
should be perpetuated by green and growing m»>n-
** vner of thuoe diouambd ami
ill galhtr up the debri* ami
t» he can sell out at a hand
an will shake hand* with the
freely w ith hi* views of what
sire ha* refativ rrr .
oral other pioft-ssioiml btvgira in A the.,
that some provision should be mad*; of, gs they are
very antiovlug. Our county Ira* n well kept poor-
h- use, and there i* no excuse for those people lug
ging on lire streets.
Dalton citlzon: There is a dog up at Red Clay
that nbev* all oral command.* of hi* in 1st res.*, runs
iielghtorrhood errand*, goes to tho postofflre, etc ,
only carrying a note to make his want* known.
James A. Hooper, near Dalton, has a chicken with
fully developed legs. The advantage this'
'll ha*«verotne~’ ~ "
. . lddle leg and tci
of the ordinary kind.
The LaGrange Rct*ortcr says that the old Tarver
Mansion, opposite the Houtiicra female college,was
late.
TlidmasvUle Times: The yellow pine belt of
reutht-rri Georgia is, perhaps, the largest and finest
body of unbroken, primitive yellow pine lumber
in existence, it sweeps across this enrire end of
the state, reaching inland from the const, about
four hundred miles. In view of tho fact that this
altirtble timber is being rapidly depleted else-
riiere, It h-riroovc* owners of unimproved pine
and* in tills section to properly appreciate the
importance ami value of their possessions.
Already speculator* and mill men
are viewing out the land We would not. nor do
not. advise owners of such laud* to put fictitious
values upon them. Their actual value, under the
cirrumvtatices. howevc-r, ar • far above what they
have been held at. ft is bad policy to run men off
y too h! h prices, who seek investments in the
outh. and yet property owners are entitled to full
allies for their real estate. This, we l*olieve, they
generally get for improved property in town and
"sountry, but unimproved pine lands are more val
uable than many (oppose them to be.
The Rome Bulletin Is engaged in a battle of pro
gress, It rightly holds that people with children to
lucate,especially the mechanic,the artisan and the
ran with limited mefrtis, will not settle in a town
where education Is the dear article It Is in Rome.
This fact has been proven time and time again
during the past five year.*, says the Bulletin. Men
have conic to Rome, looked around, measured the
lay of the land, and gone away again. Why, do
younsk? Because they could go to Atlauata.
Augusta, or to Americus. live just aa well and
easily a* they could here, and there they could
find public schools, Besides this, in the past
five years Rome has lost five hundred
more of her citizens who have
actually pulled up stakes and gone to other
cities, and all because, although educational ad
vantages are exceptional here, it costs so much,
With public school*. Rome in five years hence
won’t know herself, property will advauco lu price,
new citizens will come pouring in,and the business
and general prosperity of the city will receive such
i »vast impetus that old citizens will not recognize a
1 single old landmark of this season of old fogyism
and musty notions. To cite one instance of the
kind: Americus, before she had her public schools,
was fiat, dead. Property was worth nomitiully
nothing. Major Blanco, of L’cdartown, ownei
property there for which he had paid ffi.000.
short time before the public school t were intro
duced there he sold It for $2,000, and wax very glad
to get rid of it for that price. That property
is now worth close to $10,000.
Valdosta Times: llou. uJohn C. Nlcholls is tho
father of anew, aud we believe the first boy,
Covington Star: Mr. John I.liid»ay, otic of the
oldest citizens ut our county, died at hia home on
last Sunday night, aged about years For many
years Mr. Lindsay ha* suffered with excessive obe
sity, and miuM probably have weighed four hun
dred pounds aithe time of hi* death. Hometime
ago his eyesight became impaired, and he was ren
dered almost helpless in consequence. He lived n
quiet llfo, was a good citizen, and leave* a family
ami many friends to mouru his death. He
buried yesterday.
The Monroe county grand Jury, in Its recent pre-
Kdmusm is cordially hated by the lobby in
Washington.
Tub expenses of the civil service comm is
sion will be $r>,000 a year.
Mr. OLAPSTOXEjthinks he is not dead enough
to be buried in the house of lord*.
Women are now eligible for certain posi
tions on the Belgian state railroads.
Bevebi.y Tinker is said to be preparing a
volume of personal reminiscences, to be published
soon.
Cablihlf.’s friends now claim that he has
all the southern states’ delegations pledged tor him
except one.
“Butler, the Bouncer,” i.« the expressive
way In which a Heston paper alludes to the gov
ernorof Ma sAr-husetts.
For distinguished victories on the tented
field the prince of Wales has been made a field mar
shal of the German empire.
“It helped the rich and oppressed the
poor," 1* the verdict of the Independent republican
press on the forty-seventh congrew.
The reduction in postage will injure the
postal card business unless congress, next winter,
should decide to sell them two for a cent.
General P. H. Sheridan, is understood to
have written nn account of the surrender of Gen
eral Lee, which will soon be given to the public.
President - Arthur made more political
appointment* during the winter than any other
president has ever dune in tlte sume length of time
rince the war.
K.\ Senator Taror was the only man in the
reuatowho could boast of having two living wlv
and ihit he had been twice divorced from one
them and twice married to the other.
It is the opinion of Sam Bxtidall that the
tariff will not be disturbed again tor ten years, at
least. Mr. Carlisle, on the other hand, expects the
:xt house to tackle the matter all over again.
The New Jersey assembly, after a sharp
cont< *t and by a majority of three votes, has passed
bill com polling all telegraph and telephone wire*
in Jersey b'itynnd Newark to i>c put underground
within two years.
The Maine legislature is winding up its
first biennial resriou, which will not be ten days
longer than the average annual sessions. The mis
cellaneous business does not appear to have been
much greater than when aea-ioiis were held every
all through dixie.
Tha S'
he »«atk aa4 U* t'alkt-
9 have
In tho vicinity of Nacoochcc will resume operation
in the spring.
Walker county has the oldest groom in the state,
Robert Anderson of the Cove, who married Mb
Jemima Catlett a few day* ago, was in town last
week. He 1* 87, but carries his ago well, whllo his
bride is 23.
Jonesboro News: Mr. W. IT. Crawford has bought
and will plant 1200 grape vines on hi* place mar
thl* town. Good!
Allien* Batmer: The little boys around town
are killing tlioiiMiml* of rnbbiti*.
Hvlvatiln Telephone: The old h'>r*e known
the first framed structuie erected In LaGrange. It
wiu formerly occupied by Mrs. Tarver, the mother
of the distinguished Walter T. Colquitt, and grand
mother of tho present Senator Colquitt. » » . , ,,
8cm.l ol(h, minitiK comp.ufc.ol Wig, count*
, tho vicinity of Nacoochcc will nm& upcnUon V 100 '** T *' cm “ U 'S«
ring them
_ um* profit
to | Idea that chime* In
w hen i* appropriate.
Every
and we_
came to LU house and both went to J....
•ee if they could not induce him to leav
mev got there Jerry came out w ith hi* ax , w
•ml commenced curricg and atnl abu»ing them | Tbe Covington Enterprise learu* that General
nearer haw »utd split them ope a with hi* ax. n« | mamad against his w 111.
•tart* d to • ilt hi* word* by artiou, and a* be did to j Tbe Eliterpttie rays that whll* some people may
^ n 1 r«'i?u o .^:r‘t , ?'ih?stk!- & te; m "r 1 " N r uu T atj ' l v b ‘
ran and fell dead This is the statement oi old ! »i»**ke, for within the past few weeks we have
lied yesterday morning from
►taggers. Hu bad acquired some notoriety from thu
fad of Ills having been Mild, at public rah*, for M,
ami oil account of a lengthy iltigatiou which has
to'un In progress, and i*still iwnuing, regarding tho
Utie to him.
The Telephone says: "Garden gas*" Is begin,
nlng to tenke its appearance on the dinner table* in
this Derg.
Washington Gaz tie: Rev. m Joseph Hhtnk, who
. which the slide occurred the river bank I* about
twenty feet above low wn.er mark. A body of
carih one hundred and fifty feet long and forty
uni Wilke* Into Mciuimc
. Into tho river and changt-tl
Hie current entirely. The most of thisslldcislnbioi
now, and Hie entire river is on thl* ride of it,
whereas it wa* formerly on thu other side. This
slide parted from a field Hint wa* planted in co
last year,and took off twelve corn rows atnl eight .
loti good sired trees,onu ot these tree.* measuring
two feet tu diameter
standing erect, tint Hu-) nn- m .wuuiimu county.
Thu I* certainty a very remarkable laud slide tor
till* part of the country. Mr.Hhauk rays he ha«>.cn
a iimiriicr of land slide* on Little river, hut never
before one equal to this. He say* that they sntm •
limes mike a loud rumbling uoKraiidcanbithcu d
>ra long dlstam-e.
Thu Meriwether Vindicator says that there arc
rcr 120 children in the Greenville school* at prur-
cut. We have twenty, while there are* reported
iver 100 at the academy. Mrs. Adam*, Mr*.
Vavy, and Mr*. Rivers, have each a good music
las*.
The grand jury of Chatham county found 112 in
dictments against men ot Savannah lor gambling.
That look* like )m>iueM for Ihe court*, fun tor the
gambler* and money for the solicitor general.
The city aisessora of Macon, made their report to
the city council last night, showing that the taxa
ble property in the illy for the year 1**1 i* tS,2v».\-
The amount for lari year was 17,003,357. The
Increase comes from iMpruvenu'nts.and not in any
rai»e of assewnneut.
Thotnasville Tim»»: The family of the Rev. D. 8.
T. Douglas, and their many friend*, were pained
and shocked to ’earn the other day that Mr. C. E.
Dougin*, a son of Mr. and Mr*. Douglas, living
ket, Tcxa*. ws» accidentally sl ot and killed
a ted near Mr Douglas. When the pert- .
Ionh! about 12 o’clock, the audience rose to
depart. In doing so a t'l»r.l dropped from the
sheriff'* pocket and tlrvd. The trail took effect in
Mr Douglas *groin, ranging bark toward the spine.
Immediate medical »M wa* si hand, but tbe shot
proved fatal. Mr. Douglas dying withtn about four
hour* after l*cing shot. Tbt young man *peM
i he t
The peach tree* in Catoosa arc mini: g cut in
full bloom.
H*u*y County NVeeklv: Mr. W. I\ Xnrraan’t dog
went mad la*t Monday and btt Mb* I’ony Tyler «a
Youug lady living in the ueighbo homli severely
on the shoulder a d neck. The infuriated brute
wa* pursued and finally killed by Mr. Jo. k Htand-
are! near Sandy Ridge.
West i’oint Enterprise: Dr. J. T. Dobbin* caught
fourteen mice in oue small trap, one nigh*, recently,
ulthough it was not • very good time n.r carcbing
mice either. The doctor ought to imtiort a Celestial
or two and make them hi* beucticiarirs in that
liue.
Franklin New* - Major J. F. Jones, Mr. J. If. Co
vin sod Colonel W. W. Cato and hU smi Walter
and Joshua, all of I roup county, were up at the
lake lost week to try their luck In Heard county's
natural tloh pond. Thvlr programme included a
fox hunt with a track of thirteen hound*. They
to vote, and yet they have voted at any election
wheu they chose to do so without challenge or ques
tlon. So great ho* been the zeal of candidates and
their friends, in elections, that no respect has been
paid to tho law which makes payment of taxes a
prerequisite to voting. This is no light matter, al
though it may be treated lightly. The end In not
dinicult to see. illegal suffrage, like debauched
suffrage, will be sure to result, In due time,
in Incompetent aud corrupt officer*. Our
people hail a taste of something of this sort, not
many )cars ago. If a repetition come*, it will come
by our consent and convauieucc—instead of being
forced upon us ugilnst our will—and tor that
sou it will be imnicatiurably worse torus. Wheu
we fell before, it was from outride attack: if
fall again, In the way just suggested it will be a
surrender to internal corruption—as wo will haze
shorn ourselves of strength; and who can say what
the end will be? We owe it to our country and to
everything dear that it contains, to rave it from the
evils of illcgul suffrage.
Valdosta Times: Old I'nclo Billy Chnrltoti
whose house burned (lowu a short time since died
on Monday last, lie lived by himself and has
Ueti crazy rince the loo* of all he owuol. Poor
old Uncle Billy wa* a faithful, hard working old
colored man. Pity there were* not more like him.
Mr. William Burch tells us tha
which together have sixty six
' mow while, while
Dublin (
he ha* clc*
pigs, and of Hint numb
the rvmai;;ing number are solid block
There I* in the Laurens county treasury, after the
court expenses being paid, over two thousand dol
lar*.
Albany News: There is a little rotnMice or hi-
lory connected with the visit tothls city of Miss
Rlandie Untliff. metitlou of which lias previously
been made In thl* paper, 'the story,as told us. is to
thDefitct: About two year*shoe.Mr. Ragan Cutliff.
a mcssigo a* it tiariicd along the wire* announcing
the marriage of a couple in Mueveport, La. The
name of one of the contracting panic.*
wa* t’ulllff. and it at once nrrcsttd
the attention of Mr. Kagan Cutliff. Tue name he-
»umiMiai, together with a v-gtte remember-
that an old uncle had t one time emigrated
somewhere, determined Mr. Cutliff' to open corres
pondence with the family, which he did. The re
sult wa* that he discovered relations of whom he
had no knowledge. Miss Cutliff I* now visiting
her newly discovered relative* in thl* city—the
8umtcr Republican: On Thursday lost a Urge
four horse wagon drove up in front of Toole.
McGarreh A Tondee’* warehi ~ *
shipping off cotti
aud. instead of
.. ..... bales, begun to fill up large
sugar hogshead* w ith corn lu tho shuck, bnmgui
A Carson, Nevada, dispatch says that it i«
rumored in political circles that Senator Fair will
resign on account of i 1 health. Governor Adam*
will then resign, and Lieutenant Governor Laugh
ton will succeed him uud appoiut Governor Ad
ams I?. .8. senator.
Of the thirty-five new districts created by re-
apportionment act of 1882. the democrats carried :1 iff
Arkansas, 2 in California, 1 lu Georgia, 2 it* Iowa
1 In Ma SAchilsctU, 2 in Michigan, 1 in Missouri, l
In New (fork, tin Ohio, l lit PenraylvanU, 4 in
Texas, and 1 lit Wisconsin—total, FJ The repub
licans carried: -i in Kansas. 1 in Kentucxy, 2 in
Minnesota, 2 in Nebraska, I in North Carolina. 1 in
(South Carolina, and 1 in West Virginia—total, 12.
The independents carried: l iri Illinois. 1 in Mis
*l*ripi»i,mid one in Texas—total. 3. Tho Mahon
ius: tin Virginia Tin-state.* of Maine, New Harnp.
shire and Vermont each lost ono member by tho
reapportiot ment, making the net number of new
members 32. The republic »tis Io*t one im-mber of
each of the state* of New Hampshire aud Vermont.
Ihe democratic gain of members was 1 in
Arkansas, l In California, 2 in Connecticut, 1 in
GcorgU, 2 in Illinois. I in Indiana, 2 in Iowa, 2 in
Massachusetts, <» in Michigan, 7 iu Missouri, 8 in
New York, 8 in Ohio, 4 in Pennsylvania, 1 in youth
Carolina, l in Tennessee,f> in Texas and 4 In Win-
eor.rin—total T»2. The democratic loss of members
was 1 in Florida, i in Maryland, 1 in Mississippi, 2
iu North Carolinautid 1 in Virginia- tot-.D*; leaving
tbe net democratic gain
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.
from the neighborhood of Rev. Wm. Merritt, iu the
southeast corner of Marion and of Mr. B. K. Hart.
The corn wa* bought at flftv ceuts at the crib, ami
la cents a bushel paid lor delivery, sixty five cent*
a bushel—at) pound* in tlte shuck cotistltutirg a
commercial bushel. If every wagon that come*
here empty after cuauo were loaded w ith forty-five
or fifty bushels of com in the shuck, what a burden
of taxes would be lifted from the shoulder* of the
guano buyer*.
The Brunswick Appeal *ay* that Mr. R. s. Hea-
drv, of Liberty county, has become convinced of
the profit of a hen farm in Liberty county. He is
buying up all the hen* U the county. Right there
is where he will make hi* mistake. The finer the
ock, the more he will realize. Let him get finer
ock than the average chicken.
Araerieu* Recorder On la«t Thuraday, a day of
xcetwve rain and cold In thl* city, a w ldeepread
feeling of svmtrathy was expressed for the condi
tion of our soldier U^y*. who. that day. were In at
tendance upon the obsequies of Governor *t«*phen*
lu Atlanta hut it was a sympathy badly directed,
for lost Thurd*) tu Atlanta wa* a day of suushlne.
and we alotto were the sutTcrer*. The old adage
that “sympathy begin* at home," b a good one ap
plied to thl* case.
Jriftin Sun: Mr. John Higgins, of Jackson, died
of cancer at hi* home on the first Instant. Mr. Hig
gins wa* seventy-seven rear* of age. wa* the father
of Mr. tdiver Higgins, of Bartlesville. Mrs. H. M.
Byars, of Jack*o:i. and Mr. Jame* Hi-.'gln*. of La
Grange, and had been a useful member of Georgia
society. Hi* fellow citizen* have often honored him
w ith position* of honor Aud trust, and never waa
their conti fence misplaced. HI* Buffering tor the
last few months was an awful afiUcUon. bathe bore
It almost without a murmur, aud reri^md himself
to his fate.
Mr. Arthur expect* to visit Florida this
month.
The whole of Gamhetta , s estate will not rc
alizc more limn $$0,000.
The Oompte do Chnmbord has been pur
charing extensive cstatci in Galicia.
Mrh. Langtry has added Galatea to her re-
pettory,aod will shortly appear4a that chaipcter.
Mr. Lowkkl bad 200 calls at tbe public re
ception which he gave on Washington** birthday
in London.
Judok Thurman makes the largest property
return In Columbus, Ohio, "for the reason,” say
the Marlon Mirror, "that he is an honest man.”
Miss Mildred Lkk, daughter of tho late
General Robert E. Lee, who has been spending tho
winter in (Yashlngtoti, left lost week tor Charleston,
8. C.
A Pm la deluii i a rector, preaching on u
salary of 91 -'»,000. bit.* been elected bishop of Indiana
with a salary of $::,000. Luckily his father is a Bal
tiraoroba ker.
Mins Zkrelda Garrison, the heroine of tho
St. Louis abduction cazc about two months ago, ha*
escajttd from the convent where she wa* confined
and it is not known where *hc now is.
Mrs. General J. B. Lewis, who is recover
ing from a severe bronchial attack, will leave the
city this evening to spend a month In Florida. She
will be accompanied by General lewis.
Stu Moses MoKTRVtORK, the noted philan
thropist of England, will be a century old next
car. There Isa movement on foot among the He
brew* of New York, to present him with a centen
nial gift of some kind.
Jay Gould, with his wife and family.statt-
ed hot night on a pleasure trip totherouth. He
will be absent probably two or three week*. Dur
ing hi* vacation lie will viait Florida, where hi*
’jest sou, George J. Gould, is at present.
It is said that the priest who officiated at
the Tabor marriage ceremony has sent back to the
groom the fee of $203 received for performing the
ceremony, which Ihe reverend father now declares
no marriage ceremony at all.
Judge Hilton has ordered the Stewart dry
good* deparment to be painted green. Wnen com
pleted, the building will be the largeskgrccn palace
In the world, but the foot will probably not be con
soling to those who prefer the original shade of
while.
Tm: latest story about Senator Tabor is
that he urged Senator David Dari*, when congress
adjourned, to hurry up hi* wedding, U he really
to be married, or to get married anyhow, and
make with him (Tabor) a joint bridal tour acrosa
the continent la a special ear, truly palatial lit all
It* equipments; and he added, h* a final and Irre-
ilriiblc argument: “We’ll make Rome howl, and
the whole show shan’t c<rat you a cent."
Mr. Joux \V. Forney writes iu Progress:
"A biography of Mr. Stephens, written by the late
Mr. Forney, and which It was well understood wa*
to be published In Trie Frew a- hls obituary after
his death, wa* several time* read and corrected up
to date by ’the great commoner’ himself. The arti
cle wa.* iu type for mouth* and the proof* made
frequent trip* to and from Washington. The lari
time the** .reached the office of The Frc**, ou the
blank space at the closed the article wo* written
in Mr. Stephen*’*own baud: ’Thl* I*my last.’"
Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, in a letter
to Mr. Howard t arroll.of New York,written shortly
before he set out on hi* last faul Journey to Savan
nah, stated that the geutlemcu who aided him
with fund* to get an education to go through col
lege were Messrs. Mill* and Williams, connected
with the Sunday school that be attended, and
Alexander Hamilton Webster, a minister of the
PreabjterUn faith, whose memory Mr. Stephens
said he cherished and after whomihe called him
self Hamilton. After bl* graduation Mr. Stephens
took care to return to hi* good friends the money
which they had advanced to him.
The president’s cider slater, Mrs. Haynes-
worth, of Albany, l* now vlriting the wbtte houre.
Mrs. Craig Wadsworth, the widow whom the presi
dent called upon Uri winter, and really «*M pay
*ome trfilfcg attention* to, l* ill In Fart* at the
house of U V. Motion. One woman in towu.who.*e
curiosity about tbe president really preyed upon
her. took an early opportunity after hearing of Mm.
Wadsworth’s lilt.t«» to tell President Arthur of it.
“I couldn't make him say a word," she said vicious
ly. ***o I kept on telling him she was more and
more 111 until 1 brought her to the verge of tha
The oal WU|J Ul 1 HUUlJafce, last year was
a very profitable one, and many of the farmers will
try to improve on it this year.
In some sections of Tennessee the farmers
intend to plow up their wheat, as it kasbeen ruined
by the He*-lan fly. They will plant corn aud po
tatoes Instead.
Large quantities of East Tennessee marble
are being thipped to Boston.
Tue East Tennessee farmers convention will
meet in Knoxville, 22nd of May.
Six hundred dozen eggs were shipped from
Aspen IUU, Giles county, Tenn., last week.
Wheat looks promising iu Tennessee.
Sheluyvjlle, Tennessee, is to liuve a
woolen mill.
Corn planting is going on in Haywood
county, Tennessee,
Chattanooga, Trsk.,U contemplating the
possibility of an elegant new opera house.
The richest stake ever run for in America,
a* the Peyton stokes, four mile heats, rua at
Nashville, Oct. 10,1813. aud wa* worth 910,000.
Alnbnmn.
During the last year eighty-six car loads of
cattle were shipped frem Baldwin, Alabama, to the
Mobile market.
Burglaries are becoming very fashionable
in north and east Alabama.
The Alabama State Dental association
meets iu Montgomery, 20th of April.
The Alabama State Sportsmen’s association
will have a grand sportsmen's tournament in May.
Many farmers have already planted corn
and are engaged iu planting cotton, around Mont
gomery. Alubtuua.
Selma’s, Ala., cotton receipts to-day .arc be*
yond ItO,OOO biiles.
Bikmii.gham, Alabama, will soon have a
street railway, fcealed bid* are arited for for con
struction.
An agricultural and horticultural fair will
beheld in Mobile, Alabama, May Land will con
tinue four day*.
Chickens are selling at forty cents a piece,
and fresh butter forty cents per pound In Birming
ham, Alabama.
(Sixty cottages are being built at Anniston,
Alabama, to accommodate the workmen ot Noble
ik lire's Iron work*.
Twenty-three miles of the Georgia Pacific
railroad have been graded between Anniston and
Birmingham.
LOIllMfHIItt.
Grf.f.n corn nt fabulous prices is in market
in Nov Orle&nf.
Gnats are already getting in their work in
mu pari* of Louisiana.
Gold weather has recently’ killed a good
many ca’.tlc in Louisiana.
There are forty colored Baptist churches
iu New Orleans, with a membership of 7,000.
New Orleans Democrat: "What tho Atlan
ta cotton exposition did tor the south, and we are
now realizing tho fact that It brought millions of
dollars here, ami that to it i* largely due the invest-
mutt vf UA.ooU.OO-J iu southern cutum mills alone.
JfiKNlNMlppl.
A castor oil farm has been started at Bay
St. Louis, Mississippi.
In Webster county, Miss., the public*schools
are open eight mouths iu the year.
The annual session of the Mississippi state
medical association will t>e held In Meridian April
4th to 7th.
Several tine specimens of salmon trout
have been token from the Tomblgbee, lu Mtaisslp-
pi, this season.
Over 3,000 head of cattle were shipped from
Baldwin, Mississippi, during the year 18*2.
Tub bored well project at Meridian, Missis
sippi, has tteen abandoned, after a good deal of.
money ha* been spent. ‘
Jackson and Grenada,' Mlssisssppl, are 7
connected by telcphouo aud messages readily pa**
over the line between the two place*, a distance of
10) miles.
Texan.
Tiib press gang of Texas, will meet in Dal
las 10th of May.
Mr. William Bush, of Coraicaua, Texas,
recently buried his wife and four children in tfie
same grave. They all died of measles, within two
day* of each other.
Virginia.
The smallpox Ira* about disappeared from
Nouthwcst Virginia.
Orange county, Virgiuia, shipped a million
of hoop poles last year.
Or the five daily papers published in Kick-
moiid, Virgiuia, two are issued in the Gcrmau lan
guage.
A thirteen months old child in Carroll
county, Virginia, died from thecfiectsof swallowing
u copper cent.
Uoiikrt Neville, of Loudon county, Vir
ginia, has recently purchased three Kaglhh draugh
horses tor 17,300.
There are ten daily papers printed in
Virginia, five in Richmond.
An Fastem Shore Virginia man to expects
market about 1/)C0 spring chickens this seasott.
Accomac county, Va., is shipping kale and
spinach crop*, which have not been grown there to
anyextrnt before.
Tub wheat prospect In Virginia is good so
farts heard from.
Mu. Joux Tucker, of Amherst, Virginia,
Ira* a white rat with red eyes.
Kentucky.
Lexington, Kentucky, ha* 10,000 horses.
The game law of Kentucky went into effect
March 1*L
There are fourteen hundred postoffices In
Kentucky.
A Ms rush county. Kentucky, man takes his
nickels out ot avacketbook he hat tu-ed for fifty-
five yuan.
Two aged men, respectively seventy-two and
seventy five yean, took out marriage licences In
Adair county, Ky„ a few day* ago.
ArknnMiM.
A n.vrT of 400 waiuut logs out of the Ar
kansas river passed Arkanzas City Bunday to New
>r!tans to be shipped to Boston.
^Colonel Tom Patterson, of Greene county,
Ark., has a beautiful coat composed of eighty coon
skin*.
Month ('nrollua.
A United State* commissioner in one of
the upper countie* of South Carolina. Max held hi*
ofilce for slxteeu year*, and bo* never had a esse.
Florida.
Parties are engaging in silk culture in Levy
county, Florida.
The prospect for the orange and lemon crop
In Putnam county, Florida, i* raid to be excellent.
Fre*!! string bsans are now being shipped
from Florida.
Tub arrivals at Jacksonville, Florida, last
week were2,318.
Florida will ship twice as many vegetables
this year ts she did Use
Judging fr«m the present prospects, the
crops of Florida the coming season will be extreme
ly large.
Mb. DeBary, of Knterprise, Florida, has
spread muriia under many of hi* orange trees to
collect the orange blossom when they fall. Ho
will make perfumery out of them.
Mr. G. Van Dorro, at St. Augustine. Flor
ida, oa* commenced the grape culture with flatter
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