The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1870-06-17
SOUTHERN NEWS ITEMS.

Montgomery, Ala, is to have street
railroad.
Farm labOrers command 81 SO per
day in Texas.
The races. at San Antonio, Texas,
were a failure.
The Charleston artesian well is to be
sold at auction. ..
The smallpox prevails to an alarm
ing extent in Mobile. 1t is chiefly con-
| fined to the negro population.
The Texas Legislature has apprOpri-
ated SO, 0O0 for the removal of the re-
mains of General Sam. Houston to In
dependence.
Measles in Tensas parish, La, has
assumed n dangerous type. Quite a
number Of deaths have occurred among
both whites and blacks.
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-
IA, Arkansas, two years ago.
The Richmond artist, Elder, has re-
ceived from England an order for bat
tie piece, which Will cost s., 600. His
fame has crossed the waters, and is
bringing back profit to Linn. E
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 20, 600 head of cattle.
VIM. H. Puryear was killed in Ath-
ems, Ga, q few days ago, by his sOn-in-
law, VIM. II. Jones. Puryear had
been drinking and abusing his family
as well as Mrs. Jones. Jones was not
committed.
The Macon (Ga.) Council, at its 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 coIored squatters on Smiths
farm. in the county of Elizabeth city,
Va, have removed to the land set apart
for them by Gen. 3. T. Butler. In the
language Of Senator Lyons, who repre-
sents the nOmadic people, all is serene
down there. -.E
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% The crops, so 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.
Savannah is to have a musical con
servatory, where all departments OF
the art, vocal, piano, organ, orchestral
and band instruments, theory and Ges-
thetfcs, will be taught i'll classes, on the
DIan which has already proved so emf
nently successful in Europe and our
country. '.
In Fayettee county, Ala, on or near
the line Of the Ely ton and Aberdeen
railroad, there is n 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 a mason, and are ready
for use without further dressing.
The proposition to build a railroad
bridge across the Alabama river, at
Selma, is defeated. Selma gives a large
majority in 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 unbrokcn, uninterrupted ac-
/ cess to Pensacola.
The City Council Of Lynchburg, Va,
! after several Intellectual attempts to get
/ a quorum of it's members together, fin
! ally, on Monday last, after meeting ana
! finding that they only lacked one of 6
! quorum, adjourned 10 the residence O
/ Mr.. BOisseau, President of the Council
/ who was sick i'm bed, and held theil
meeting In Mr.. BPS bed-chalnber, ht