The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-06-17
SOUTHERN NEWS ITEMS.

/ Montgomery, Ala, is to have street
railroad. s. gr.t.'- it.'-- .r is-
Farm laborers command 81 80 per
day in Texas.
The races at San Antonio, Texas,
were failure. ''
The CharIeston artesian well is to be
sold at auction. p go et-a Oh o..
The smallpox prevails TO an alarm
ing extent in Mobile. 1t is chiefly con-
fined to the negro population,
Batesville, Arkansas, with popula-
ton Of 1900, has only one physician,
whose practice extends fifty miles.
4, The Texas Legislature has appropri-
ated SIC, 600 for the removal of the re-
mains of General Sam. Houston to In
dependence.
Measles in Tensas parish, La, has
assumed a dangerous type. Quite a
number Of deaths have occurred among
both whites and blacks.
DIR. G. B. Barry, of Mobile, has grown
q pineapple that exceeds in size and
fragrance any that has ever been i'm
ported from the West Indies.
. Thomas Leonard, the defaulting
County Trustee, who recently escaped
from Jail at Memphis, is said to be in
Helena, Ark. A large reward is offer
ed for his arrest
A darkey named Bill Hicks was ar
rested In Memphis, on Wednesday last,
charged with being a party to the as
sassination of Gen. Hindman, at Hele-
ma, Arkansas, two years ago.
The Richmond artist, Elder, has re-
ceived from England an order for bat
tie piece, which will cost $1,000 His
fame has crossed the waters, and is
bringing back profit to him.
Rockport and Fulton are two of the
most thriving towns in Texas, embrac-
ing one thousand inhabitants and six
beef-packing establishments, which last
year slaughtered q, 200 head of cattle.
The late rains in North Carolina have
been attended with disastrous conse-
quences in Wake county. Nearly, if
not all, the bridges ON Neuse river have
been washed away, and many crops
destroyed.
i VIM. III. Puryear was killed in Ath-
ems, Ga, a few days ago, by his son-in-
law, VIM. III. Jones. Puryear had
been drinking and abusing his family
as we'll as Mrs. Jones. Jones was not
committed. -.t
The Macon (Ga.) Council, at it's last
melting, appointed a committee Of five
to confer with parties in reference to
the organization of a Board of Directors
in establishing the Macon Canal and
Water-works.
The cOlored squatters ON Smiths
farm. In the county of Elizabeth city,
Va, have removed to the land set apart
for them by Gen. b. f. Butler. In the
language Of Senator Lyons, who repre-
sents the nomadio people, all is serene
down there.
The Columbus (Miss.) Index ssys:
]" The crops, 30 far as we can hear, are
fiourishing in Lowndes and contiguous
counties. There is not as much corn
planted as there should have been, but
more, We believe, than last year. Cot
ton is doing well.
II Savannah is to have a musical con-
servatory, where all departments Of
the art, vocal, piano, organ, orchestral
and band instruments, theory and as-
thetics, will be taught i'm classes, ON the
plan which has already proved so emf
fently successful in Europe and our
country. ' 7Hr' "s
y In Fayettee county, Ala, on or near
the line of the Ely ton and Aberdeen
railroad, there is bed Of stone slabs,
many Of which are ten feet square and
varying from two to ten inches in
thickness. These stones are as smooth
as if dressed by mason, and are ready
for use without further dressing.
The proposition to build railroad
bridge across the Alabama river, at
Selma, is defeated. Selma gives large
majority i'm favor Of the proposition to
loan the county's credit for the purpose
but the county voted differently. By
this bridge it was proposed to give
Memphis unbroken, uninterrupted ac-
cess to Pensacola.
=, The City Council Of Iynchburg, Va,
after several Intellectual attempts to get
q quorum of its members together, fin
ally, on Monday last, after meeting and
finding that they only lacked one Of
quorum, adjourned to the residence of
Mr.. Boisseau, President of the Council,
who was sick i'm bed, and held their
meeting In Mr.. BIS bed-chainber, he
presiding. l.-.f rfs
4 Two young Marylanders advertise
that they want permanent situations
as sons-in.law in some respectful fam