The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1869-04-08
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The number of the 18th ult., closed
the career of the Holmesville indepen.
lent.
During the last cotton season Sep.
TENDER l, 1867, to August 81, 1868.
there were 1855 bales of cotton ship.
,,ed from Natchez. THIS year to March
|, there have been 1l.460 bales shipped
and there are now in store in that city.
1874 bales.
Horse stealing seems to have be-
,.ome quite an epidemic in DeSot.
county. The scamps who are engaged
N the business find a ready market for
their stolen stock in Memphis.
Rich specimens Of iron ore found
in Newton county. have been brought
to the office OF the Meridian Gazette.
1t is said the ore exists in large quaint
ties, and steps are being taken to test
is value. Bituminous coal has also
been found about seven miles from
Meridian, and the same paper says it
is to be found there in almost exhaus-
tible quantities. 1t believes ''ile" could
be struck and fortunes made for some.
body in that community.
The Vicksburg Times learns from
Col. VIM. II. McCardle, that his ar.
rangements are about completed for
the puso." ton Of new paper in that
that %cit,,;u.o lie called the Daily Forum.
the first ihgnber which will appear on
Thursday Ahe 18th of August next.
The Forum will also be issued weekly
AS we'll as daily.
The persc' who were bitten a short
time ago by a mad dog in the vicinity
of Dallas, and went to Marshal county
for the purpose o fhaving Mr.. Milam's
celebrated mad stone applied to their
wounds, have returned. The stone was
applied successfully and they arc be.
lieved to be out of danger. 1t adhered
to n of the parties, a little child
which was badly bitten, eighteen hours
and to another, only slightly wounded,
eight hours.
Mr.. J. b. Strallan, of Kinds county,
sold the past season $4,000 worth OF
from five acres the expenses be-
ing only $3.50.
The Vicksburg Herald speaks of
wine made from figs, and says a gentle
man in Warren county, has used this
in preference to any other, in
the manufacture Of vinegar.
Coolie LabOr.-The Yazoo Banner
Of the 10Th, advocates the iEtroduc-
ton of the coolie labor, from Califor-
MIA, for plantation and farm purposes.
The present laboring force will de-
in numbers and efficiency, it
and our people should endeav
or to anticipate the results IF the pres
ent tendency Of things, by utilizing the
labor Of the CLinaman. 1t notes the
of u number in West Tennessee
where they are attempting the cultiva
lion Of the tea plant.
Vicksburg ami Shreveport Railroad.
Says the Vicksburg Herald OF the oath :
There are four breaks in the Vlcksburs
and Shreveport Railroad, which can
ne bridged in the ensuing six months,
We are informed. In one month more
he road for the distance of eighteen
niles from this place, will he in run
order, when the whistle OF the iron
lOrse can be heard again on the oppo.
lite shore. Trains will then be placed
the gaps, and with the excep !
ion OF the ferry crossings, Shreveport
he reached entirely BY rail.
Agricultural. Farming arrange
nents in Alnite county, have been great. =,
y interfered with BY the rains aud cold
Weather.
Planters are greatly behind in Lafay.
tie county in their preparations for u
;rop. All the peach blooms have
zen destroyed, and the ground has .
zen too vet to pillow. I
But little corn has yet been planted /
d Yazoo county, the wet and cold
FEATHER rctarding field o. 'erations. The
I'D weather has continued almost with. .
ut interinissi0n for two months.
The Canton Citizen March 20, says {
bat the corn crop 10 not half planted {
ct. In that county, and scarcely . seed
( cotton IL in De ground. 1t adds thstI
big corn aud meat crop Il the chine
nd spare ribs 81 success and indepen- ,
ence-the wise c0en aud oil OF our :
Fospsrity. =
TIE pay s. Loais Caas1ta, q ,he
oh has the following: Ia
There ssvesy prospect ofaa sbpn.
sdt oSsusS crop this season. Thsf
'sss ,ass loadsd With innumesaldsf(
loons, add - the season y 20 far ~ I
apesd thss asotter killing ftUss i'll.
as11y totsDos66o II, ~ nay ssssly !.
1880 sxtssoedipasy oraass has. :
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