The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-03-27
SOUTHERN NEWS.

The fall-planted cane in st. Mary'l
parish, La, is in good condition.
Ripe strawberries have made their ap
ance in Henry county, Alabama.
Beef cured in Texas is being imported
into Mobile, Alabama.
Up to the present date 69O2 bales O
cotton have been shipped from Crysta
Springs, Miss, this season.
Half of the peach crop in Hardemar
county, Tennessee, has been killed by
the csld weather.
Anegro highwayman, dressed in wo'
mans clothing, has been operating ex'
tensiVely in Macon, Ga.
Hon. Joshua Hill denies sending q
dispatch urging the Georgia Legisla'
ture to adopt the fifteenth amendment
In Sewer county, Tennessee, last
week, Mrs. Bales, widow lady, was
robbeErof $3.50, and her hou e set on fire
in broad day light by an unknown man
The Treasurer of Noyes' Crescent City
circus was robbed of $500 in coin il
Brenham, Texas, a few days ago, by
some of the attaches of the company.
The stockholders of the Macon and
Western railroad will meet in Macon
Georgia, on the 9th, for the purpose Of
acting upon the amendment of their
charter, passed by the Legislature just
adjourned.
Agentleman named Clark was burned
to death in his dwelling, near Purdy,
Tennessee, last week. The house took
fire and he made his way ont, but re,
turned to secure $500 which he had for
gotten, and perished i'll the flames.
Messrs. David Landreth g. Son, the
well known seedsmen of Philadelphia,
some time since rented farm near
Goldsboro, North Carolina, and are now
busily engaged in preparations for a
heavy crop of early vegetables.
The Mississippi papers contain the
announcement of the death of Colonel
James Deane, prominent man in that
State. Colonel Deane was a native OF
South Carolina, and emigrated to Mis-
sissippi some thirty years ago.
A rich vein of coal has been discover,
ed on the farm of Mr.. Isenberg, about
six miles north of Rogersville, in Haw-
kins county, Tennessee. The coal is
found about fourteen feet below the
surface, and is said to be of an excellent
quality.
Gen. Mason, commanding at San An.
tonic, Texas, has issued an order requir,
ing merchants to take bills of sale de.
scriptive of hides bought by them. This
is for the detection of cattle and hide
thieves.
In the Goodman, Miss, burying-
ground, surrounded by an iron railing,
is a grave, at the head of which is Il
simple shaft Of white marble, bearing
the following eccentric inscription :
Here lies Jack Shilcut, an old bache-
lor."
The Franklin, La, Banner says: "TLe
prairie chickens from the prairies west
are working toward the Teche. Num-
bers have been killed Ill the last year
where they have not been seen before
for twenty-five years.
The editor of the Demopolis (Ala.)
Ne,U Era, who some time since branded
one Pierce Burton, editor of the Southern
Republican, a. being skunk of infamy
and liar, has since slapped the said
Burton's jaws on the streets of Demopo-
lis.
Last Friday, at Independence, Mo, a
shooting affray took place between No
BILE Thomas and his son George, and
Hiram Lee, in which Geo. Thomas was
killed and Lee severely wounded. A
feud has existed between the families
for several years.
In Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, few
days ago, Jas. W. Wood, Deputy Sheriff,
attempted to arrest two brothers, Jack
and Franklin Rodgers, for shooting
with intent to kill, and while reading
the warrant to them, Franklin Rogers
shot and killed him, and then proceed
ed short distance down the road and
cut his own throat with Il pocket knife.