The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-02-01
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

hold their National Convention II
Philadelphia,
Wild geese are so plenty in Oregon
that farmers have to hire boys L
brighten them Off their wheat fields
Oregon is endeavoring to entic'
immigration by announcing tn
discovery Of magnesia mountain.
The Sultan Of Turkey is urging thu
improvement of the railways ant
river navigation in his empire.
A machine to eXtinguish fires ha
been invented by a woman in st
Louis.
The British Museum has on anvil
which, it is said, belonged to II o
the Pharaohs.
The State Of Texas could supper
the present population of the entir,
Union, it raises such bountiful crops
Mrs. Colt, of Hartford, is about t
build a school for the children of thu
working people in the Colt Arm!
Factory, at a cost Of $50 900.
There is q cat in Davicss county
Indiana, which has the chills anC
fever as regularly as any of tn res
of the family.
The part Of the Column Vendom'
which cOmmemOratCd the victories
over the Prussians cannot be found
The first carriage that ever appear
ed in the Yosemite Valley, appeared
thereslast summer.
Texas complains that thousands Of
her cattle are dying in consequence
of the severely cold weather.
An acre Of land in Gadsden county
Fla, planted in scuppernong vines,
yields 1000 gallons of wine.
Work is progressing on the Mem
phis and Raleigh uarrow-guagc rail
road. The line will be open for travel
by the 4th of July next.
Beef was distributed to the poor OF
st. Augustine, Fla, on New Years
Day, free. 1t was given by one OF
the charitable citizens Of that place.
The Jaggars coal mine, on Dry
creek, in Fayette county, Ala, Is 70
feet thick and several miles long
covering thousands and thousands OF
acres.
Grand Jury duty in Arizona is
rather mOnOtOnOus. Out of Ill in
dictments recently found, all butthree
We're for murder.
News direct from the Northern Pa
citic says that work will be continued
on the grade west of the Red River
during the entire winter.
Thirty applications have been
made by veterans Of 1872 residing in
Minnesota for the pension of S. q
month, under the act passed last
winter.
The Fort Scott M0nitor says Sena-
tor Sprague, Of Rhode Island, will
buy a stock farm in Kansas, and is
also thinking of building q cotton
factory.
The Kansas Pacific Railroad Com
pany propose to build a branch road
to Fort Lyon, in Southern Colorado,
to head or the Rio Grande south
from Denver.
The Lake Superior ond Mississippi
Railroad has conveyed to Duluth the
past season, for shipment to Eastern
martS, 100 1000 barrels of flour
One thousand bushels Of potatoes
was the reward John Barber, of Paci-
tic City, received for the cultivation
of two acres Of ground.
\ w%cll-known author says that
nothing battles curiosity, Guides pur-
suit, and generally mystiiics the hui
man Intelligence like the plain, sim
pie ana unvaruished truth.
King William, of the Netherlands,
is charged with having sold most OF
the valuable paintings in the Royal
Gallery at the Hague, and with hay
ing substituted for them inferior
The Southern Minnesota Railroad
is about to introduce the
OF peat rs fuel Tor its locomotives
in sections where timber is scarce.
\ coal vein has been recently dis
covered on SIuaw Creek, near Boone,
is equal apparently to the best
found in that part 0lthe State Of Iowa.
The London Morning Post will
soon celebrate its one huldredth an
liversary, having been established in
I772. samuel Taylor COlcridge was
n time its editor, and Southey
md Lamb contributors.
Work ON the railroad bridge owe
he Missouri River at Council Bluffs
vas begun on the Iowa side last
week. Hitherto it has been progress
ng from the Nebraska side alone.
The collection of modern paintings
Drmerly belonging to Mr.. Alexander
OF Chicago. and Recently sold
New York by George \ Leavitt x
Melted Il grand total of $91 900.
4 consignment % seven thousand |
llted Kangaroo skins was received in
an Francisco several months since
ON Australia, and purchased by
who propose to convert them
Ito leather. The skins are now be-
~ tanned.
y negro imprisoned in the Madison
'unty ALA Jail, prefers remaining
l the Jail, and being supported at
State expense, rather than work
4 a farm of Il gentleman who pro-
oSed to pay all expenses, stand his
Ond, etc.
The Wilminton IN. C.) Star is
'spOnSible for the statement that a
Nv, belonging to n gentleman neal
city, gave birth a few days ago
seyenty-siX calves. Only one sur
ved-the others. though small and
'rfectly formed, being sIill-born.
The Lcavenworth, Lawrence and
alvestOn railroad, in Texas, offers to
g farmers whose lands its road
osses to supply them with Usage
plants To fence the line, and to
" them thirty-iive cents per rod
+ setting, cultivating and trimming
when it has become a good fence.
ME-. MCAFTE, Superintendent Of
e Experimental Farm of the Uni
rsi.y Of Wisconsin, SAYS that for