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THE WEEKLY CONST.ITUTlONi TUESDAY. JULY 10, 1883.
GEORGIA GOSSIP.
Ths Marietta paper mill la being overhauled and
HOOO worth of new and Improved machinery
placed therein.
Dooly Vindicator: Mr. William Muraelwhlte who
llraabout fen mile* northwest of TMeviUe. while
cutting oataon last Friday evening 15th, wa* bit by
a large rattlesnake He wa* oil on the leg.Just
above his shoe quarter, only one of ,h e»nekc*fanga
entering hi* leg. The sn*lce was immediately Wllea
and his head rut off and the cut end bound to u»e
hit place, this waadoneby Mr. Muaselwhitc him
aelt, hla mother being present eut off one or two
more niece* from near the snakes head and also
hound to the bit place, It 1* said that Mr. M. cat
about one pound of tobacco and drank one quart
of whisky. He la yet alive and * Improving very
faat. and It la thought by those that have seen him
ed by Mr. .
aUck, He had killed a large one a few day* previous
near the same place.
Tho Dooly Vindicator atatoa that the guard homo
at Vienna wa* entered by some roeana and Ander-
aou Lewi*, colored, who wa* placed In there on
anaplclon of being connected with tho theft of Mr*.
Bogers'a meat house, taken out, a rope tied to hi*
neck and suspended to a tree, about one hundred
yarda from the guard house. The negro nay*
was asked where tbo meat waa, and when
claimed to know nothing of it, he waa hung
fonr times apd the last time life was nearly extinct.
The marks around hi* neck and other cvidenc,
show he ha* been lu rough hand*. Tho people
Vienna condemn the act, and the mayor of
town offers 950 reward for tho parlies who did the
de.d. The town authorities will investigate the
matter to-day.
The recent rains In Dooly have greatly helped the
crop*.
Marietta Journal: Mr. Johnson Williams of this
county, has five children, whore combined wolg’ ‘
i* 1.200 pounds. Mr. Williams 1* one of thoolde
settlers of Cobh county, and ha* been to Marietta
many a time, but never put hi* foot Jioiide of tho
city park, In the * ' "‘ L u ““
posed the location _ -.
never put his foot inside of It, and he ha* kept hi*
word.
Wednesday noon it wa* reported that Albert Mor
ria, colored, of Cobb, bad shot his wife. Perrons
who visited tho house where tho shooting occurred
found tbo woman covered with blood, which Mowed
from a bullet hole in the face, on tho left aide and
near tho nasal organ, the ball doubtless ranging
upward. The woman was conscious, but had noth
ing to nay. Albert Morris, her husband, said ho
shot her with a pistol accidentally. It ia doubtful
whether she recover*.
Mr. Webster Colo, of Marietta, has a Durham cow
that haa given H00 gallon* of milk in eight months.
Walton News: Mr. Kobort Brand went hunting a
few day* Mure, and In a few hours killed flvo yellow-
hammers,three purtridage*, three squirrels and a
snake. The snake measured nearly seven feet in
length and was os large around as a man’s arm.
Irwtnton Appeal: Little IdusChambers, the eight*
year old son of Mr. Ira Chamber*, of Gordon, tin*
for the past several weeks bcou visiting relative* lu
our town. Saturday afternoon last, white playing
•round the lot with Jr - ” —‘— **“* *-—
an I tea serious mishap
that tho youngster* were using tho fonco to amuse
themselves, by walking and climbing on It, when
Idus lost his equilibrium and fell, striking the back
of bis head on a large sill, where ho lay bleeding
turd unconscious, until assistance could reach him,
when the unfortunate child wa* removed to the
home of Judge chambers, where ho receiv'd medi
cal attention. His injuries were severe, but at this
time he isa* well as could bocxpoctod from the ter
rible fall he received.
The Marietta Journal clnlm* tho school of tech-
nology for that place, if tho legislature should de
cide to establish ouo. Hay* tho Journal: “If tho
legislature should, after wise deliberation, conclude
to establish this school, we place Marietta'* claim*
forward as a healthy, convenient and well suited
place for Its location. And we hopo our legislator*
will give ua this desirable Institution, to take the
place of tho Georgia Military liistltuto, which the
devastating torch of war deprived u* of. Wo trust
our representative* will look after Marietta's inter
ests in this matter. 1
McDuffie Journal: Curtis Newsom, who killed tho
negro, Frank Woodall, surrendered himself to
bkeriff Spelr last week, and oti Monday, with tho
lada Bill Newsom and Kranx Jocham, had a pre
liminary trial before Judge Noal, of tho county
court. The lads were discharged, andAhirtUNew
I Is not one word of truth in the reporta circulated
against her. She simply left to visit friends in
Sparta, and as soon as she waa ahown the papers
containing the reports, like a true and virtuous
woman, sho came back to flatten the lie in the
teeth of her slanderers. Miss Lillie Is naturally in
dlgnant, and intends to trace her maligners and
seek redress. It affords us pleasure to set this young
girl right. Iler character I* without a blemish. We
only published the rumor* after they had been clr
culating on the streets for two days. Itgives us great
pleasure now to vindicate the character of Mis*
^Dublin Post: The villlanyof some lawyer* is only
equalled by their unprecedented cheek One of
tbo legal fraternity sought ua out yesterday to In
form us of the death of a prominent mau, living, at
he said, tlx utile* below the Urn. We made a note
of the fact, but when we thought the matter over
somewhat later we canto to the conclusion that it
would be a good idea to make a fow inquiries of
some one else before writing the obituary notice, *o
we hunted up Judge Duncan and asked him if ho
knew the deceased. He informed us that the man
bad been dead some forty year*. The conscience of
the man who gave u* tho Item i* supposed to have
been dead about thirty-four year*. He doc* net
look to be any older than that.
Dublin has been launching a new boat, the Wil
liam M. Wadley. Describing her, tho Post says:
A “chipper" little craft than the Wadley never
graced southern waters. She I* a model of symmet
rical beauty, and rldea upon the waters as graceful
ly a* a swan. In length she la 106 feet, 22 feet floor
and 4 feet hold. She ha* two engines, nine inches
in diameter, four feet stroke; boilers 18 feet long,
with five flue*. ' Capacity about four hundred
bale* of cotton. Khc was built from
a* flue timber as the states can produce, the beat
of workmen only were employed to do the work,
and they labored under the survcllanco of a veter
an who ha* made boat building a lifo long study,
flhe is named the William M. Wadley, In honor of
the late lamented president of the Central road.
When fully completed she will cost about nine
thousand dollars, has been building for three
month* and three day*.
On the 28 th ot May, Mr. Iliggs, of Hlggston, had
the misfortune to lose his giubotisc, stables and
bam b7 fire. In and uuderiicatli tho giuhouiie
were about 150 bushels of oat*, a large quantity of
fodder, oat straw, a new gin, with foodcrand con
leneor attached, press, grls mill, one bale of cotton
aud a horsccart which were consumed. Over ICO
bushels of corn waa burned in his crib. Hi* steam
engine, which was a small upright one, was com
pletely ruined. Mr. H's loss la estimated at about
12,000. Tho fire was tho work of an incendiary.
The Washington Rifles leave Baudersvillo oti
Monday next for tho reunion of the old 1st Georgia
regiment at Gaiueaville on tho 4lh of July.
Kastman Times: Mr. Mathew Clarke, of Kastman
ontertaiued fifty three persons for dinner last Fri
day.
Cutbbcrt Enterprise: Thrco of our crack shots,
Messrs. McCrary. Mann and Guerry, went out bird-
lug Monday, aud lu a short time bagged 70 young
dovea.
Summerville Gazette: Within the lost six years
persons living in town have married. At thi* rate,
in a few year* there will bo a good many old bach
elors nml old maids In the pIaco. Who will make
the first move to escape this horrible fate?
Hamuel Wood*, living In this district, sent to our
office last Friday three stalk* of cotton from 2 to jfi
Inches high, large, well limbed and bearing from 'J
to 11 forma, witn two or three other* which might
have been forms, and then again they might have
been only leave*.
Marlon Argils: Robert Heard, colored,who chop-
lied a negro in the head with an ax several month;
ago at Tazewell, fell Iti the hands of Constable
released under n bond of 9300. Thu • evidence
indicates a strong case of self dcfouic.
There la said to bo an excellent crop of peachc*
In tho neighborhood of Gordon springs, Whitfield
county.
Crawford News: During tho late war a member
of tbo Gilmer Blues raptured u sword from au offi
cer lu the Thirty ninth MassachuMitts regiment and
gave It to Mr. 0. II. Witcher,of this county, who
carried it through tho war, and brought it heme
with him and plarcd It in the Masonic lodge at the
Glade whore. It lemaliied until recently, when Mr.
Witcher uollced tho following Inscription on the
hilt: “Lieutenant L. R. Tidd; presented to him by
his friends in Woburu." Mr W. wrote to the post
master at Woburn, making inquiries about
Lleutenaut Tidd, and received a letter
raying that he was alive and waa
now ashoemanufacturer 111 Woburn, and requested
him to forward the aword to him and be would pay
for all trouble and expense*. Lieutenant Tidd also
E ve Mr. Witcher a cordial invitation to visit his
wu. and that he would receive a warm welcome.
He stated that this wa* the first instance that he
knew of In bis section of a relic of tho late war being
offered to be returned to its owner anil that he
thoughtsuch acts of kindness would greatly tend to
allay the hitter feeling caused by tho late unpleas
antness. Tho aword wa* promptly forwarded to
Lleutenaut Tidd by express last Wednesday,
Covington 6tar; Mr lin V. Harris had tho mis
fortune to get his wheat and oats burned, on l**t
Thursday alteration. About 100 bushels of wheat
and 125 bushels nata were destroyed. The fire was
muaed liy a spark from the engine. The unglue aud
thresh belonged to the I’eek brothers, who are in
dustrious and worthy young men, and tho loss fall*
heavily upon them, as they at onco agreed to make
the low good to Mr. Uarri*.
The llawklnsvIUe News chronicles the Improve
ments uow going on In that city. It says: The two-
■lory brick building of J. It. McDuffie is a beauty.
The walls bavo been completed and tho carpenters
are at work on the imlde. The amusement hall
which Mr. McDuffie proposes to tlx up In the upper
story will be cdhvcuienily arraugedaud handaune-
ly furnished.
Mr. M. O’Brien l* preparing to lay tho foundation
of Schneider A Htaiowskl's nrlck building on Jack-
ton street This will be a beautiful house, HO by 30
feet, two stories lu height with a basement.
Mrs. Wm. Hamilton ha* decided to erect on Jack
sou street, next to J. 8. Willis’s store, a two story
brick building. Mr. J. C. Keel, the contractor, will
begin work lu a few days.
Brick have already been hauled aud tho grouud
has already been cleared off for the erectlou of a
haudsome building on Commerce street. Colonel
O. T. Latbrop, to whom the building will belong
when completed, broke up tho ground last week
preparatory for laying the foundation. This build
ing will contain three store*. The house will be
two stories lu height, eighty feet long and sixty-
seven feet in width.
The hay crop of Whitfield county 1* a fair aver*
age.
Muse Hinton, au old negro living near D. C. K.
lovr'i, Chattooga county, fell into the fire last
Thunday. When found he was so badly burned
that he died on Sunday.
The state board of dental examiners will meet tu
Atlanta on July :Mth.
Waynesboro Herald: Mr. 8. Brinson who lives near
Lawtonvllle, mid us that he bad not Bought any
lard for twcuty year*. The vilUanous compounds
made in the west will not poison auybo-ly at Uncle
Sim’s bouse.
Vice-President and General Manager M. II.
Smith, of the Loubvllle aud Nashville railroad,
and a number of Louisville and Pennsylvania cap-
taliats, are ia Birmingham. They came to look at
the mineral couutry aud left after a short stay in
town for the coal fields ou the Cahaba river.
KasUuan Times: Kastman was virited on Ibnday
by a terrific rain storm. Whether or uoi it was going
to be another cycloue was the knotty problem
forced at intervals upou our people.
We learn from Dr. Latimer, of 11 axle hurst, who
spent a (gw days tu our town last week, that Cap
tain Mayers, of Appling county, who was bitten by
a rattlesnake, is convalescing. The doctor thinks
this is a remarkable case, and has promised to give
the readers of the Times its history from a profes-
Moaol standpoint.
•ayatht Athens Banner in its last Issue regardirg
the return heme of Misa Lewis: This young lady,
whom visit to relatives in Kparta, Ua., ocoarioned
ao much comment, rammed heme last evening to
thin place awaiting hi*
Dead river church, in Montgomery county, ha
history. Tho Eastman Times, speaking of old
Undo William Conner, tho eminent Baptist preach
of past years, makes mention of tho fact of his
planting a cherry treo in tho old “dead river’'
churchyard, in Montgomery county. This tree i*
more than a half century old, and 1* a monument
within itself. It will perpetuate his memory a*
long n* h kind Providence will permit It to stand,
Tho first ordinary of Montgomery county was
James D. Conner, son of this eminent divine. Well
do I remember seeing thi* old man dropping
out of his hat, barefooted, behind hi* negro Henry.
Ho was also a rank secessionist, and Ills blood sus
tained hi* convictions. Out qf a great many of his
off in the shock. Fences, water racks, cotton and
corn.on both upland and bottom land,were washed
down. He also lost about 20,000 pounds of clover
the damage to his crop being folly $400. His neigh
bors on the creek also suffered severely, but he was
unable to give full particulars of their loams.
A Jackson county negro claims to be the father
of 42 children.
The Daves’ Creek correspondent of the Cummlng
Clarion *ay*: There was some excitement created
In this section a few days ago by a woman, who waa
to all appearance* a skeleton w'lth the breath of
life In it, being brought to her mother’s, Mrs. Ma-
hugh, near Mr. L. D. King’s. She is said to have
been the wife of one John Henry Boss, who, reports
*ay, has badly treated her. Hhe has been badly
bcajcn and almost perished. The woman was the
scariest looking breathing creature we ever looked
upon. Khe died yesterday, and the coroner’s jury
was in RCMdon last night. There wav not sufficient
evidence to justify the Issuing of a warraut for
Bo**’* arrest.
Mr. Henry Boyett, of Ocean Pond, came to. his
death by lightning. He had gone out fishing in a
pond three-quarter* of a mile from his house. A
heavy cloud rose and Mr. B. evidently started out
of tho pond to seek shelter under a small pine. The
tree by which he was found lying hod been stricken
the current running down to about the height of
from the ground. It then evidently jum^d
from the tree and struck Mr. B. on the neck, singing
him down to hi* feet.
Mr. Harvey Brooks, of Mitchel county, Ls dead.
Camilla Clarion: Zack Arthur is a town granger,
and his example show* what thrift can do. He is
a busy clerk, and yet raise* all his meat at home
He has bought none for hi* family in five yeurs.
•ration ha* looked upon it. Her sister ln-.law.Misa
Martha Park, has a pair of spectacles over ^ hun
dred years old. They were the first her moibei
wore, and were given to her by a friend over nin ety
years old, and Miss P., thicks they were the first *he
ever wore. Why has not every family some keep’
rake that links it to the days of its ancestry?
Thomas J. Scarborough spent part of Saturday i n
Cochran, drinking freely. He started heme in the
evening, was thrown from his horse and instantly
killed.
The Douglasvilie Star says that there Is in that
county a family of three members, who, one day
last week, sat down to a dinner at which there were
one kind of meat, one of bread, butter, syrup, six
of vegetables and a de-ert. There was plenty of
evervthing and rorae left. This entire dinut r just
com the head of the family six cents.
Sumter Republican: A few days since we saw a
young woman of the dtrni monde. and her resem
blance to one we had known in the past, and who
had be: oine the victim of some base villain, caused
us to make inquiry concerning her as ►be passed us
by ou the street. Khe was the same, but, oh, how
she had changed in a few short years! We knew
her in her Innocent girlhood: how pitiful to see her
in hunk-gradation, with the tinker murk* of sin in
delibly stamped on her still cornel* face. Driven
from home by her unforgiving parents, with no
other refuge open for her. she traveled the same
road to degradation that thousands had goue before
her. She loved and was most foully deceived, but
devdttd son* nearly a dozen shouldered arms In
defense of tho country ho loved so well,
aud only one (Warren) returned Ic
his devoted family, the others having fallen vie
UtnN to tho enemy’s bullets. Thomas B. Conner,
who llvos Just under tho hill from Dead river
church, is at this time suffering from ago and its
infirmities. He is about eighty years ot ago, and
aud hi* brother, tho first ordinary of Montgomery
county, Joluod tho church late in llfo. Colonel J,
Conner, of Cartersvlllf, ia a son of old Uncle
Tommie Connor. Jimmie is a man of rich Imagi
nation, and stands wolt In his chosen profession
Dead river church received its dedication from a
lake which exteuds out from the Oconee river at a
point called Devil’s Elbow. This old river Is noted
tine fishing, ami It Is tho great Umber laudliig
that section of country.
ackson Argus: A negroi — -—
...owned In Mr. W. J. Evan’s carp pond on last
Sunday. Ho, with several other boys, were bath
ing anil striking the waters of a cold spring, was so
cramped that despite the efforts of those present he
was drowned.
Mr. J. T. Andrews, clerk Hancock superior court
gave one, A. J. Reynold*, a married man of that
county, a certificate of character. Armed with this
documeut, Mr. Reynolds won tho affecUons of Miss
Klxer, of Lexington, South Carolina. A brother of
the Injured lady, In writing for particulars, de
scribes the bigamist a* “having one disfigured oy<
which Is about 45 years old,and wears a heavy black
beard." Society ii stirred up by the development.
Five hundred dollars ha* been raised in ouo Da-
it linn lor tho erection of that public hall and
engine bouse.
Early Couuty News: Mr. Robert Joiner decided
week to “renew his >outh like the eagles,” and
hied him back to South Carolina, am! in a few day*
return* d. bringing with him a haudsome. sprightly
young wife, who b ever to bo the “darling of his
A reunion of the Twenty Third Georgia regiment
U agitated for the present year.
The Kastman Time* announces the birth of a
twelve pound baby, and calls for renewed sub-
ri pilous.
Washington Gasette: Wo learn there Is a great
deal of domestic infelicity among the colored popu
lation down lu the southeast corner of the couuty.
Throe women have run away from their hm-baml*
within about a week. One of the women runoff
with a “handsomer man,'' and over lu Caroliuafell
out with her new love aud shot hlut with his own
pistol, inflicting a slight wound lu the body. The
rdstol Bail struck a rib and glance*!.
Moutestttna Record: tout Sunday afternoon, be
tween sundown and dark, a difficulty occurred on
the place of James Hunter, a few miles from Ogle-
ic remarks inane aoout i.ue> o*i*ou. m*
charge had been brought against her ihs
bow-legged, a phv steal luatformatlou In i
is no w ise rvfpotiMblo. They met at a wel
inst her that she
in which
well aud
.luarrel commenced. Bill picked up a beam
.. wood and fired at Kid the effects of the blow being
received by a well post. Sid. who had been clean
ing hU finger nails tan unusual prefortnauce for h
negro), opened the big blade of his knife and pro-
led to carve up his antagonist tu the most arris-
iu inner. Tho jugular vein on the left side of
nock was cut. lie was cut ou tho arm. Ken
drick* did not live but a fow moment* after receiv
ing the fatal wound. The verdict of the corouet s
jury was to the effect that Bill Kendricks came to
^l* death from a knife lu the hands of Sid Lowe.
Mr. David Wadktna, of Heard county, has 1,200
bushels of corn of last years crop yet to sell.
Campbell County News-Letter: When Sam
Brantley went to haul uphts wheat after It had been
threshed lost week found two sacks raiding. After
lo »kingfor some time, he fiually found them snug
ly hid away under the straw pile. He at once came
to the conclusion that some thief had hidden tin*
sacks there, expecting to come back after dark *n»l
t litem So he left the wheat where it was. and
er supper loaded up his pistol and slipped down
‘ ” *- **% prepared to
eu he came.
Alter waiting patient if all night to get a shot at
the thief, he learned that some of the town bo) a
had hldd- n his wheat for a joke, aud he was con
sequently as mad as a wet hen.
Cummlng Clarion: Over three hundred persons
have been buried at Sharon graveyard during the
post 15 jeare—quite a Urge number for a country
graveyard. Three persons were buried at this grate-
yard but week.
The Clarion says that Hon. A. J. Julian writca us
that on the uight of the 224 Inst, the most disastrous
rain storm fell that was ever known In his section.
bee h«t Mcuiea tnd ilicnot thtlr .Uaden. Thert 1 He let at lout US buiheU o! wbeet. wbU-b wubtd
Walter Taylor, of Thomasville, has paused the
necessary examination for admission into Wcet
Point
Hu inter Republican: Mr. G. W. McXeal, who sev
eral year* ago sold a good plantation for fifteen dol
lar* per acre, and then bought the II. K. Daniels
place for 82.60 per aero, 1* a happy man. He say*
that hi* land is old and worn out. yet hoi* going to
makoonc hundred and fifty bat.?* of cotton, and
between six and seven thousand bushels of corn,
and pea*, potatoes, meat, syrup, etc., enough to
make any man proud-and yet he don't feel proud,
nor doe* he think that ten thousand dollars would
be an inducement for him to sell out and leavo old
Humtcr.
P. D. fill], sexton of tho Americus cemetery, ii
paralyzed. Ho 1* sixty year* of age, and a brothor-
in-law of Rev. Clement A. Evans, of Atlanta.
Montezuma Record: During the waran inimenso
flag pole wa* hoisted in Oglethorpe near the public
well. In tho year 1867 or 1868 the polo wa* taken
down aud a small sprig of magnolia planted in the
hole. Tho tree now is 22 feet high. During the
month of May It wa* loaded down with flowers. A
magnolia branch of peace now takes the place of
the flag staff of war.
During a thunderstorm a barn filled with oats and
wheat, belonging to Mr.Ueorgo Wludhatn, who lives
ou tho line of Macon aud Taylor counties, was struck
by Ughtulug and burned. The lows is a severe one
to him.
Iu a difficulty between Goins and Boose Wooten,
near Fat Shoals, Butts county, one day last week
tho latter was seriously shot In the face. An old
grudge tho cause
Franklin Register: Miss Jcsmo Thomas, of Walton
county, has married her step brother Blakely Jar-
roll.
Romo Courier: Friday night a burly looking ne
gro mau attempted to btirgarlizu the store of L. M,
Johnson, of Forestvlllc. just »w Peace Watters, Mr.
i un.niim, jimirn 1 IT.I u ma'ifl, Olr.
J.’*clerk, was closing the More for the night. Mr,
Watters was about to bar tho door with a piece of
timber, when the nogto rau against aud forced the
door open. Watters struck him In the face with the
piece of tlmbor, knocking him back from tho door.
The burglar ran off before Mr. Watters could ascer
tain who he was.
(piitman Press: Jim Lambert, son of Mose Lam
bert. the well known carpenter of thi* place, was
siiot ala saw mill Wednesday lost. His recovery is
doubtful.
Rome Courier: Lust Thursday a negro boy aged
about twelve years, who was lu tho employ or Wm.
H. Grace, In Texas valley, of this county, was killed
by a mule. Mr, Grace had been plowing with the
luttlu and this boy came to call him to dinner. He
assisted In unhitched the mule
from the plow and Mr. Grace
told him to ridotho in trio to the lot and feed It. Mr.
POLITICAL NOTES.
a ve been saved to a good aud useful woman
hood. And her cate is only one m countless thou
sands.
Crawfordville Democrat: Little Herrie. one of the
twin son* of Mr. and Mrs. V. T. Allen, died at his
father’s home In thi* couuty at nine o’clock on the
morning of the 25th of June, aged three years. He
swallowed home dissolved potash ou the 2&ih of
Augustlast which produced a stricture in the throat
that caused hi* death.
Fort Galue* Tribune: Jack McGugan showed us
on yesterday a couple of very large and handsome
Brahma chicken*, weighing respectively I0>£ and
Ufi pounds, and they were not grown either. We
are glad to uotice that there are quite a number of
perrons in utid around tho city who take a delight
in handling and raising improved and fancy breeds
—"ltry.
bridge Democrat: One of the most <rjoyable
moonlight picnics we ever attended was one ou the
shore of Lake Douglas on Friday evening last. A
number of ladies and gentlemen—married and un
married—and quite a lot of children—repaired tc
the rendezvous about sunset, carrying basket* of
refreshment* and a lot of lemon* and ice, and
there enjoyed themselves for a few hours, iu social
convene and other Innocent amusements. The
table was spread in true gypsy style—on the green
sward'beneath fair Luna’s pule light—and with
out conventional restraints the meal wa* enjoyed,
a* only such may bo. The pleasure* of tho occasion
were enjoyed uutil nine o'clock, when the crowd
dispersed—each wishing for an early return of the
occasion. Let us have another “Gypsy Tea," say
wc; this time at the fair grouud*—a more eligible,
deslrablo aud convenient place,
Berrien News: Messrs. Walker A Griffin have re
cently purchased two turpentine farms. Tho first
wa* bought from Messrs. Hutton <b Turnerf com
prising three and a half crop*, or 85,000 boxes. The
second bought from Mess is. R. D. Turner A Co.,
comprising six crops, or 60,000 boxes, making a totnl
of nine and a half crops—U5,000 boxes. This make*
Messrs. Walker A Giltlln ono of the largest naval
stores firms lu the county. They are both thorough
going and energetic, aud If there is any money to
Pc made at the business their success 1* assured.
Mr. K. D. Turner has purchased a new still and will
enter the business ou a big scale.
Emanuel Iternlzer: Alfred G. Inman was born
and raised in Burke couuty, as was also the woman,
his wife, who, It is said, whs killed by him. We do
not suppose old friend 8'rilivan, of the Waynesboro
reputation.
Mr. Wash Smith is said to have the hundsomer)
house in Mouroc.
Consumption ls increasing among the negroes in
this state. “Too much night meeting" 1* there*-
assigned therefor by tho Walton News.
Laborcrsgct a dollar a day on tho road between
Monroe and Jug Tavern.
Hay* the Walton News: Carrying a pistol con
cealed cost a negro 945 in tho county court lo#t
Saturday.
Walton News: A striko occurred among the rail
road hands of Mr. II D. Jackson, near Jug Tavern
Pxxsiox Commissioner Dudley is a possible
republican candidate for governor of Indiana.
Postmaster Pearson, of New York, isn’t at
I aU alarmed by the stalwart talk about removing
Jifjn. He doesn't scare.
Chester A. Abtuub, of New York, lor pres
ident, and Robert Lincoln, of Illinois, for vice-pres
ident fa the Chicago Tribune’s ticket.
Ex-Governor Smyth .thinks that in 1884
Arthur will be ihe first choice and Edmunds the
second of the New Hampshire republicans
The Continent dismisses Senator Edmunds
from the list of republican presidential candidates
because he is “too old," and finally narrows the
choice to General Sherman and Hecretary Lincoln,
Ex-Governor Porter, of Tennessee, says
the delegation from his state is solid for Carlisle for
speaker. The only one, so far as we know, said to
be doubtful, has been General George G. Dibrell,
of the third district.
To-day is the 177th day of the Massachu
setts legislative session, and there are no definite
signs of an adjournment. The session will be the
longest on record that of 1874, the longest hitherto,
ending with the 175th day.
Secretary Chandler is willingto be United
States senator from New Hampshire. We never
doubted the fact, but the secretary now admits it to
an interviewer. But William professes to think
there is no chance for him.
Joe Blackburn says that Judge Hoadly will
carry Ohio by 20,000 majority, and be the next
democratic candidate for president. He thinks
Governor Cleveland, of New York, will have the
second place. He Is aho certain that the republican
candidate will be David Davis.
Judges J. A. P. Camp'dell, U. H. Chalmersl
and J. E. Cooper, of the supremo court of Missis
sippi, have signed a paper denying each for himself
that one of them applied to a high railroad otlicia
for a pass for himself aud family to maku a jaunt
north, ai asserted by a newspaper of that state.
The Minnesota republicans renominated
yesterday Governor L. F. Hubbard. A contest be
tween tho friend* and enemies of ex-Heuator Win-
dom over the presidency of the convention resulted
in his defeat by % to 140.
Tiie first examinations in New England un
der the civil-service law were held in Provideuco
on Tuesday. Six of the positions competed for
in the departments at Washington. Tho first civil-
service examination In Detroit, under the new law,
took place ou Tuesday, Judge l'homan presiding.
Several girls were among the candidates.
Cardinal Jacoiiini, the present papal sec
retary of state, is thought to be ambitious to suc
ceed to the pontlficial chair, when, in the future,
death shall call Leo XUIaway, aud, accordingly,
is believed that he will soon resign his office, in or
der that nothing in his official life shall militate
against bis chances of election. Tho quidnuncs of
Italy also connect the name of Cardinal Cz ickl,
lately nuncio at Paris, with the stato secretaryship
as Jacobini’s successor.
Senator Hollins’s chances for re-election
grow less every day. By some it is thought that
General Mum'.on will be chosen this week. This
could be accomplhhed by a uuion of the democrats
ALL THROUGH DIXIE.
Florida.
Orlando, Florida, has an opera bouse.
A cluster of 26 pineapples is on exhibition
at Pensacola, Florida.
Key West, Fla., with a population of 10,000,
has no regular banking Institution.
A turnip is growing in St. Augustine, Flor
ida, that measures 2 l 1 feet In circumference.
An Orange Ridge, Florida, correspondent
states that he haa known six turtles to turn out 900
eggs in one uight.
A Florida man has grown a radish that
was over two fcetloug, eighteen inches in diameter
and weighed fifteen pounds.
One orange grower in Alachua county, Fla.,
has netted about ten ^thousand dollars on cucum
bers this seaeon. He is now marketing the crop of
tomatoes off of one hundred and thirty acres.
The PanarofTkee Tomahawk, of Florida,
says Mr. D. R. Towns has an orange tree which
measures flvo feet six incites in circumference one
foot from the ground, aud bore lu.OC-O oranges last
season.
Mrs. A. S. Branch, of Sumter county, Flor
ida, has orange trees in her yard twenty-one years
old, that will measure from five to six feet in circum
ference. each bearing annually several thousand
fails to discover any such plau on foot, au<
democrats are likely to Adhere to their plan of vot
ing steadily for Harry Bingham, oeerutary Cnand
ler is hardly u possible contingency, a* the anti
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.
last Monday. Eighteen threw down their tools ami
left because they could not get their pay every Sat
urday night. The railroad only pays onco ~
month.
Last Tuesday, whilo several negro women were
washing in Mouroc, one of them sat her baby
down near by. when au old sow came up and
caught the child by the arm aud dragged it off
<!«■ «>“ huu! «. *>nt *" bo happened to I some fifty yard. Iioforo ft could tie rwcued. The
look bHck the boy sviia piiHilnK from tho mule M bacq women .creamed, niid batting stick, went flying
^n l lnfi?..Ai Iff’.■.‘TaW* i.Vi 1 .".i pol i u i.i , id kb ru,| gb the air. The child wu not badly him, but
Plill c kicked him In tne Jower part of the stomaoft£*soared out of teu years’growth.
killing him Instantly.
Quitman Freo Press: Dentil* Williams, the negro
L'sperado who shot Mr. Alderman Roberts soint
..me since. In tho upper part of this county, and foi
whom u reward has been offered by tho governor,
waa captured by Sheriff McNeil and Mr. Mitchell
Hr ice, at Olustce, Fla., oil Wednesday last, and is
~>W Hi jail here. Tho shooting of Mr. Roberts was
most dastardly crime, tho negro calling him
out of tho limiK'j for the purpose, pretending that
ho had business with him. Mr. Roberts has
partially recovered from the wouuds, but is a crip
ple for life.
Governor McDaniel's grandmother was a siatcrof
Captain II. K. Halllday, of Lumpkin.
One of tho first things the Intelligent legislator
does on 111* arrival lu Atlanta is to call at The Con
KTttUTioN office aud report hi* neighborhood. Dr.
Mobley, of Vteuua, Dooly countv, is looking well
and says Dial In his county the wheat aud oat crop
Is small, that corn aud cotton promise good yield,
that May was a very dry mouth, but tho present
(casoiis are very favorable. With him came In
Kcntleiuau from the other cud of the state, Hon.
James M. Bishop, of Dawsouville, Dawson county.
Hu says that corn and oats were never bettor, that
thu wheat crop is a failure, and that tne rains are
scONonable. A good deal of sickness exists in Daw-
sou, such as scarlctina aud othor fevers, and that
mad dogs are rife. The gold excitement is high,
and great .'reparation* are in progress for mining,
aud to crown all, Tux Constitution is regarded as
the pai»cr for the li^us.
Lumpkin Independent: On Wednesday uight
Bailiff holder arrested aud lodged iu jail a uegto
who ts charged witn shooting anoiher negro in Ala
bama some ilmo ago. The prisoner admits doing
tho shouting, and claim* in justification that thu
other negro cursed his wife aud then assaulted
him with a shot gnu and an ax. Thi* seem* to be
lovocatiou cuough to make a mau shoot or run
Tuesday, and had the old original “thberriian’i
tneiu, they had enough flsh for dlu tier. The other*
rc|H»rted with the mural big tl»lt yarn. On last Fri
day Deputy Hberiff Henry Ward brought to this
on Her husband. *rom what we cau learn, this
couple have lived very di.vtgieeably together since
their marriage: Mrs. llcnslee has two children, a
little girl six year* old and a little boy seven. It b
►aid th at tears could be seen in Jailer Clark’s eye*
f* the little ones bid mama good-by, as they tore
themselves asunder.
Mrs. Castcii*, the aged stepmother of Mr. Charles
’astens, died at her homo a few miles fr m the city
lu Russell county, Ala., Sunday evening. The Co
lumbus Times says: She has been an invalid for a
number of years and a few days ago she fell down
the steps of her residence sustaining such iujuriea
to cause her death. Khe was a true Chnstiau.
Columbus Times: Yesterday evening a party of
thlrieeu repaired to the grain fields of Mr. k. u.
Oneal, and after expending a magazine of amur.l
lion, bagged one hundred ami twenty. The spoil
b said to be tine ami several of the party return to
the field this morning. The following gentlemen
were iu the party: colonel Robert Ledriuger, E. 8.
IUnks, Colonel Kamuel Everhart, J. H. Brooks, Col-
ouel T. W. Grimes, J. C. Audrew-, James J.Whittle.
". 8. Snyder.
Lumpkin Independent: On Sunday night last.
►ide of hb dwelling, which trouts to the east, when
the bolt struck. The weatheiboardiug and ceiling
was k uocked off aud a Brace to the chimney broken,
making a largo hole In the hou«e. Mr. Hawes had
J»ra; rolled over when the pieces of plankaud debris
wa* burled against the bed, striking the spot he
had just vacated. He wa* covered with soot and
ashes Hem the chimney and received a terrible
►hock himself. In fact the shock was so severe that
he called lustily for hi* wife aud expressed the
opto ton that he bad Been struck. His escape from
uutaul death was miraculous.
Qultmau l’re.-s: Sheriff McNeil and hi* deputy,
Jehu Ltgou, had a lively encounter lastThumlay
night with Charley Kcrse, the crazy negro who is
confiued iu jail here. It took their united effort* to
overcome him. Ltgou was bitten oti the arm by
the negro, aud fear* are entertained that he will be
a raving man lnewHut. It wtli be best to keep out of
hb reach for a few day* anyhow.
Corner* Solid South: Mr. John Park, of Henry
coumy, ha* a curiosity in the way of an antiquated
ug. itlsuot a “Utile brown jug.” but a Mg brown
ug holding five gallon*. Ub anywhere from a hun
dred and twenty-five yeanold and ug^andb now
Waynesboro Citizen: Mr. Wm. 1 layman of the
COili district, went to plowing on Monday morning,
aud plowing only one round, drove his mule Into
tho corner of tho fence and left him for a short time.
Thu mulo commenced picking tho weed* in hi*
reach, and was bitten on tho uoso by a snake about
three feet long, known as tho water-rattle. The
mule died iu ton minutes.
On last Saturday there was a reunion of tho fam
ily of Hon. M. J. Carswell, of Hepzibah, at which
there were present nineteen children and grand
children, aud with Mr. and Mrs. Carswell, making
twenty-one in all. The Waynesboro Citizen rays
there wore from Burko county, Dr. A. W. Carswell
aud W. H. Ballard, with their families: from Irwiu
county, Messrs H. F. aud W. J. Carswell; from Ful
ton county, Mr. James K. Carswell; from Jefferson
county, Mr. David llolmeaand family, aud the im
mediate family in Richmond. The affair was most
enjoyable, and each one appreciated the mcotiug,
Mr. Carswell is a member of tho board of education
of the couuty, aud ouo of tho solid and most promi
nent citizens of Richmond county.
Tho Georgia extension into Athens cost the road
over 930,000, a distance of ono and one eighth
miles.
nesboro Citizen: A day c
f very fine Irish pota-
ichhohad dug from tivo*hort rows acres*
a square in hb garden, aft- r hh family had used all
they wanted during the season. Mr. Ii. llaesler will
take twenty-four barrel* from his patch, the pro
duct of about a half a barrel of seed. Mr. W. C,
Paris brought to town to-day ten barrel* of rncr
chautable Irish potatoes, the product of a half bar
rel of seed, for shipmeut, leaving at least two bar
rels of small potatoes at home. We mention these
Instances to show that our truck farmers, who com
plain of failure, that they must be wrong some
where themselves and to encourage them to “pick
their flint*"—try agau.
A negro named Jim Jackson was drowned in a
pond iu Butts county lost Sunday.
Mr. sterling Jenkins, cf Talbot county, has twen
ty-five acres of cotton that bover waixt high aud is
full of growu bolhi and blo3ins. ThU is certainly
flue cotton, and Mr. Jenkins does not thluk that
even Furman has anything that will beat it.
Covington Star: We have always been opposed to
female commencements. The appearauce of young
ladle* upon the stage, and tite reading of composi
tions before an audience, ban ordeal mat ought to
spared them. It U entirely at variance with the
....bits, tustiucts or sphere of woman. We do not
believe the public scuUmcut approves it. Iu fact,
we think female commencements must go.
Gainesville Southron: Wc are sorry to learn thas
•The People’s Mutual Relief Association" of At-
lauta is “busted" or rather can’t pay their liabili
ties without busting their policy holders. The
legislature should look sharply into all of these
mutual life insurance concerns, aud see that they
dou’t do business tu Georgia oul2 50 cam capital
and a nice lot of office furniture, when the people’*
rnouey is to be Involved to thu amount of many
thousands.
Columbus Sun: A day or two ago Mr. J. Q.
Brown, who lives a short distance above tbe city,
killed a snake and threw it out in front of his gate.
II b chicken* afterward ate of the snake aud seven
of them died on the spot.
©liver H. Bond, postmaster at AUandale, Banks
county, Is iu Hall couuty jail, charged with cm-
buzzing 912*5.12-
Gainesville Southron: At last our mines, which
„e have always coub**.ded are among the best in
the state, have aroused through their own mem*
the miners and prospector* curioutity and iuvesti-
Ration. Wlthiu the past three mouths various
mines have been quietly prospected with astoabh-
lac results; ores hare been uncovered that assay
from I lo to 9300 per ton lu gold, besides many of
them are rich In stiver and galena. If they should
continue to grow richer as they go down, as b
usually the case, before mauy months the Currahee*
Men*,.. Mundy,
George W. Cable is an honorary master of
arts of Yale college.
Sam Sloan, the New York railroad manager,
Is an enthusiastic horticulturist.
Rear Admiral Sands, retired, died in
Washington Sunday. Aged seventy-two.
Mr. Disston’s collection of Florida woods
has been sent to tho Louisvillo exposition,
Mrs. Catharine Chase, formerly Mrs,
Sprague, hosgouo to Europe for the summer.
Mr. Beecher has entered into contract to
deliver eight lectures in Texas next September.
M. C. Butler, Jr., son of the senator from
South Carolina, has beeu appointed a cadet ut West
Point.
Fere Hyacinths desires to visit America
again, but just uow important work in Europe pro-
vents him.
General H. W. Slocum has taken the un-
oxpired lease of General Sherman’* home in Wash
ington,
President Arthur’s son is known at Prince
ton college as the •‘lion dude" andas “the precious
thing."
Hrnry Fielding Dickens, youngest son of
Charles Dickctn, has been appointed to tho record-
ership of Deal.
Miss Carrie Astor, the richest heiress of
the name, ls said to bo plaiu, pale, petite, perfectly
polito aud polyglot.
Mrs. William Gammkll, wife of a Brown
university professor, is tho largest taxpayer in New
port. Sho b assessed at 9IC2,000,
Lord Randolph Churchill now lias his
house in Londou lighted throughout by electricity,
supplied by a small go* engine iu tho collar.
Du. Rufus Gilhert, the projector and in-
auguratorof the elevated railway system, is now a
consulting engineer on the New Y’ork road
James R. Keene, the great speculator,weighs
a trifle overono hundred pouuds. He ts sallow and
melancholy looking, lid 1* forty-live years old,
The lord mayor of Dublin gave a banquet
last nignt to Seuator Jones, of Florida. Messrs.
Parnell, Sexton, T. O'Connor aud Healey were
present.
Ex-Governor Leland Stanford, of Califor
nia, docs not look like a man who eu joy* his mil •
lions. He has a strong stem face, of Kloomy cast,
and never smiles or shows Interest.
The widow of Dr. Glenu, the great Califor
nia farmer, will realize this year 9700,060 from the
grain crop. Now is the time for the enterprising
young man in March of a partner to gq west.
Edward Lasker has his brother and two
nephews with him in hb travels. After visiting the
eastern watering places, they will go iu succession
to the manufacturing towns and large cities.
Queen Victoria does not indulge in the
affectaUonof pretending not to read the newspa
pers. Khe takes a morning and an evening daily
and several weeklies. She b fond cf novels, too.
Baron Erlanukr, the head of the great
French financial syndicate, wss bom a Jew, but be
came a Protestant when hem trrl -«i Lafitte’s daugh
ter and a Catholic wheu he married Miss Slidell.
Mr. J. C. Hartshorn, of Providence, R. I.,
b visiting Richmond, Va., to perfect arrangements
for the erection, at hb own expense, of a building
to cost 120,000, to be used as a school for colored
girls.
Bishop Magee, the most eloquent speaker
iu the house of commons, the Irish bbhop of An
EuglUh see, will not permit any stagnation in Pe
terborough. He has established a Protestant sister
hood, who uke vows and wear a conventual habit.
In addition to growing bald-headed Sena
tor Voorhees has recently acquired the habit of
taking snuff. He carries a neat ebony box in hb
trourers pocket, from which he takes a pinch of
old rappee every ten or fifteen minute*. The
„ Vi Klrodi Thompson aud
many others In thb county will cause a very
lively flutter among our neighbors of I.umpkin
and other upper counties, who have believed all
along that old hall haa nothing but a few broken
fragments of veins strayed off from their main
one*. Not only will they be astonished, but the
whole minlug world will be surprised to Irani the
real extent of the mineral fields of upper Georgia.
Thi* 1* no blowing to near ourselves talk. Lvtry-
iking we Intimate will be verified lu our humble
judgment wlthiu the next two years, aud hundreds
of statu pa. crushers, furnace* and other methods of
extracting the metals from our ores will be in full
blast all over the county. The waters of the Chat
tahoochee can easily be forced up into reservoir*
on top of the river MU*, and the whole county
flooded with an endlc** supply of water for mining
purpose*. File thb paper away and see if we are
anything of« prophet, or a good gucracr on coming
w urn iwi-nif-oic jwnum *u<i ui». »u«*» u
Uie turnil. onto IhirUgcutnltou. TM filth g«&- CTeaw -
dignity
Miss Agnes Beckwith, tbe champion Eng
lish swimmer, i*dally raking a ten-mile swim In
the oceau, starting from Rjckawsy pier. On Sat
urday next she will start from Kandy Hook, and
expect* to reach Rockaway at 2 o'clock la the after
noon, the dbtance being twenty miles. Her broth
er and Captain Manly, the swimming pilot, wiU ac
company her in a yawl-boat.
Senator Conger says that at a recent meet
ing of Ferry's creditors it wav found that many of
his debt* were secure! to four times their value.
Au adjustment was then made, and all the credit
ors gave an extension cf three years. The ex-sena
tor’s brother rays the Utah mine b clearing {30,000
_ month. This will coon p’ace the firm on folid
I -round. The ex senator b in Europe. Had;he not
eft when be did he would probably have died
rom the great nervous strain under which he was
laboring. lie ii now rapidly regaining hb health
annually. These trees have uever received any at
tention or culture.
HiMissippl.
The crops of Mississippi are reported as be
ing very flue.
Aberdeen, Mississippi, is to be lighted by
ga* atari early day.
Governor Lowry is to deliver the fourth of
July oration at Meridian. Miss.
The Mississippi Baptist state convention
will meet at Crystal springs July 9th.
Jones county, Mississippi, has produced a
a beat measuring twenty one inches in circumfer
ence.
About 2,500 gallons of dewberries are being
picked every week in the neighborhood ofTyuer’s
station.
The Yazoo. Mississippi, city oil works have
ginned 250 bales of cotton from the lint left on tho
seed sold them.
Within eighteen months 650 miles of rail
road have been under construction in Mississippi,
over 920,000,000 being Invested. During the fifteen
•gears previous only seventy-nine miles of road were
Alabntnn.
The population of Montgomery, Alabama
U 23,000.
Two new coal mines are to be opened soon
near Birmingham, Ala.
In Birmingham, Alabama, there are eigh
teen store houses going up.
The mills at Gadsden, Ala., arc shipping
big lob of lumber to Canada.
A lot in Birmingham, Alabama, 125 feet
square recently sold for 920,900.
The mineral paint fuctory at Gadsden, Ala
bama, is ruuning uight aud day.
The population of Montgomery, Ala., in
cluding the suburbs, is about 23,900.
A gas company has been organized at Eu-
faula, Ala., with a paid up capital of 920.000.
Cotton caterpillars around Selma, Alabama,
are becoming so numerous as to causo considerable
uneasiness among tho farmers.
Charlotte Donaldson and Charity McKin
ney, two colored ceutcnnarian9, died in Abbevillo
Inst week. Tho former was 10S years old and tho
latter 110.
Local option men in Alabama,below Rome,
havo taken steps to prevent the express company
from transporting whisky iu jug* from Romo to in
dividuals living in the counties where tho local op-
tiou laws are iu force.
Dk. Charles Mohr, of Mobile, Alabama, is
making a collection of forest producb in
state lu behalf of tbe LoufsviHu
and Nashville road for exhibition at
Louisville, lie ha* considerably over one hundred
specimens. Ho found on an acre lu Blount county
six whlteoak tree*, each one not less than four ana
one-half feet lu diameter and from eighty to oue
hundred feet in height. Ho finds also 130 difl'ureut
varieties of grasses.
Kentucky.
The surviving members of General John H
Morgan’s cavalry are to have a reunion at Lexing
ton, Ky., on July 24th, 25th and 2Gth.
Ralph Siiaw, aged fourteen years, made the
trip from Loxlugton to Shelbyville, Kentucky, fifty-
ono miles, on a bicycle in seven hours.
A. 8. 8iiklton, of Logan county, Kentucky,
has taken 138 pouuds of honey from one stand of
bees this season, They were the Italian insects.
The product of Kentucky whisky for the
year closing June 80 will bo about one-fourth oa
much as last year. Tho amount manufactured in
Kentucky during tho year will aggregate about
,000,000 gallons.
Tennessee.
Chattanooga is to have free mail delivery
August.
Silver has b'-cn discovered near Montvale
spring*, Tcnue*see.
The grain crop of many counties in Texas
tho best ever retired.
The Chattanooga papers claim for that town
populatiou of 20,000.
Tiierk were 309 students at the University
fenuossco during the year just closed.
In Columbia, Tennessee, a company has
«n formed for the manufacture of hosiery and
net goods, which will employ about thirty young
girl*.
The society for the prevention of cruelty to
auimalsin Memphis is attempting to prevent the
poisoning of turay dog*. Think ’Us best to drown
them.
The wheat crop of East Tennessee is very
fine. Mr. E. S. Ripley, of Greeuc county, has oue
fifty aero field which will produce about 1,500
bushels of wheat.
In Crockett couuty, Tennessee, there have
been plau ted this season 50,000 pear trees, 100,000
pple trees, 200,000 peach trees, 400,000 plum trees,
and 500 additional acres pUntcd iu strawberries.
An Italian fruit vendor, who a few years
ago started business in Nashville by opening a pea
nut stand, is now one of the moueyed men of that
city. Ho is one of tbe stockholders in tho new
bank which will be opened iu September, having
subscribed 917,500.
Tcxira.
San Antonio, Texas, claims a population of
30,100.
The cattle drove from Texas this season
already reaches 200,000 head.
New Orleans sportsmen ore already begin
ning to bid for horses (both trotter* aud runners) to
be brought there next winter.
The ranchmen of western Texas are lament
ing the scarcity of water and the parched condition
of the grass. Stock is suffering.
Probably the biggest cattle transaction of
the age ts the purchase just concluded in central
Kentucky of 1.100 high-grade and shorthorn bulls
for the Improvement of the 100,000 Texas cattle on
the 500,000 acre tract of the Frauklln laud aud cattle
compauy. located tn the Texas Panhandle. The
company Is an EugiUh syndicate.
Virginia.
Wheat harvesting is going on in the valley
of Virginia. The crop will be unusually Urge.
Buckingham county will raise a millleu bushels.
A writer in the Richmond, Vo., State
claims to be relUbly informed that not a single
patent has ever been issued from the patent office to
a negro.
The Virginia military institute, at Lexing
ton, ha* turned out 1,241 graduates, of whom 200
were killed in battle,475 have beccme pro
fessors, 135 mining sad civil engineers. 120 mer-
coast*. 91 farmers, 50 physicians, 30 cUrgymta and
19 bankers.