The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1860-08-02
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49,
\ very pretty and quite clover girl Of
fourteen ran away from New Haven,
Conn, will, an cX.circus rider, last
week; but returned the next day dis.
gustcd with her lover,
The crops in the central part Of Won 8
Island have suffered much from the
drought, especially in the vicinity OF
Farmingdulc, where the hay will not
yield on an average Il two.thirds crop
The hog cholera is said TO hc raging
fatally in Henry county, Indiana One
farmer has already lost sixty hogs, and
many others more or less,
In Bedford county, Tenn, the other
day, Charles Harris fired ten balls from
a rifle into Il small appl" troo, at " dis
lance of30o yards.
Benjamin Parsley and his son were
murdered and robbed Of $500, on the
night Of the 18th inst, while passing
through It forest near Pensacola Flor
ida
DWtIcria IL said to have made its APP
pcaruncc in several OF the northern
counties Of Texas, and a number OF
deaths have occurred from he disease,
In Carroll County, Ark, a few days
ago, Il hawk tore out the eyes Ola boy
who had captured it in the act Of carry
ing of Il chicken.
In ten years hence, no doubt, capital
punishment will be abolished through,
out the United States.
Fifty men have committed suicide il
Arkansu in the last three months.
A new paper, called the Syracuse
Daily Union, has been started at SYRIA
cusc, New York. It's devoted to Doug
las and Johnson.
Five hrndrcd Democrats Of Yer
mont, representing every county il
the State, have signed Il call for Il Brcck
in idgc and Lane State Convention.
Pat was helping NJ. Blank to get {
safe in his office Que day, and not beng
acquainted with the article, inquired
what It was for? go prevent pay ers
and other articles which are placed in
it firm being burnt, in case Of fire, said
Mr. b. Ansure, will nothing iyor burn
that Is pat in hat thing" NO well
then, yer honor, yo'd better be aitcl
gcttin in that same whin yc die Mr.
Blank Wiltcd'
GaribaIdi recently madca briofspoccl
to his soldiers at PalArmo. He said hC
intended to raise an army OF 200, OOC
men, TO march upon Naples, and t.
consummatc the independence Of tn,
Two Societies.
A Michigan editor travelling through
Oakland, Wayne, and Gcncaoc coun
lies, says the wheat crop and the Re
publican vote will be unusually large
next harvest.
The New Orleans crescent says Lou
isanu can be carried for Bell and Everett
with ease.
The San Antonio LcIgH, of the l7tI
says;
We regret to learn through, Il letter
from San Saba that there is no hope o
Il crop in that section this ScasOn-mI,
besides there is no grass in the county
The farmers are quite dlsplrItcd, anc
many of them speak Of leaving. Tn,
prospects are gloomy enough, certainly
We arc atrid there will also be mucl
distress among the farmers in thi
ncighborhood.
New ORLEANS POSr OFFICE-Th,
New York Tribunc's Washington cor
respondent says that the books of Tia,
Department show the dcialcations n
the New Orleans post-otlice to be $50,
900
BELL AND EvERErr.-The Bell anc
Evcrctts' Meeting at Baltimore on TIL,
18th, is represented to have been ;
large and enthusiastic affair.
EDITORIAL CHANGE AND SUDDEN DEATH
R. II. Tucker, Esq, sold out the Ma
polcOu (Ark) Planter several days ago
to Mr.. VIM. Higgins, and the latter
gentleman had scarcely written his sal
utatory, when he was taken i'll and died
very suddenly. His salutatory and
obituary appeared in the same paper.
DEATH OF JOSEPH GALES.
The telegraph sends far and wide the
sad tidilgs ofthe death of Joseph Gales,
Senior Editor Of the National Intelligent
Ger. lie died, as lie had IlVcd, universal
~ respected and beloved by all who
knew him-and he died "full Of years
and full of honOrs." lie was an orna.
ment to his profession, and II bright OK.
ample for every journalist. Mr.. Gales
was in the nth ycarof his age.
RAIYs.-Sincc our last issue, Tsays the
Athens Glenn Hcrdldl this section has
been blessed with refreshing rains, and
parchcd and withcrcd vegetation is
maniicsting it, thankiulness in an offJrt
to renew a healthy andthrifty existence.
From appearances the blessing covered
a large extent of country.