The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-04-04
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS

German emigrants are heating at
Florence, Ala.
Sore throat is extensively prevail |
ing in Selma.
Meninitis is prevailing in Dodge
county, Ga.
Shad are plentiful in Newbern
On. c. at 80 cents q pair.
An interesting revival of religion
is in progress at Wake Forest Col
lege, N. G.
Horse-racing is all the 90 il
Columbia IS. c. just now.
There are at present between four
and FIVE hundred visitors in Aiken,
s. G.
1t is said that property can be
bought quite cheap at and about
Eutaw, Ala.
Citizens of Eufaula have taken
nearly one hundred shares in the
Southeast Alabama Agricultural and
Mechanical Association.
John M. Gross has been confirm
ed by the Senate as Register of the
Land Office at Huntsville.
There are several cases OF scarlet
fever in Augusta,
Mr.. O. G. Gurley has become
connected with the Brainbridge
GA Sun as associate editor.
David Pully, aged 1l3 years, died
in Wayne county two weeks ago.
The Mississippi Medical Associa-
ton holds it's next meeting at Holy
Springs, April Sd, 1872.
The Medical Association Of the
State of Alabama meets at Hunts
vile on the Goth instant.
Birmingham is to have q theatre
built on the most approved style
She has already organized q regular
Board OF Trade, al Of which is told
US by the Sun.
A Baptist minister, named Will.
liam Simmons, who resided in
Sewer county, East Tennessee, re.
Gently took poison through mistake
surprising it was wine. He died
in a few minutes after.
A band of counterfeiters, captur.
ed near Charlotte with about $4,000
spurious currency on their persons
have been committed to Wake coun
ty jail.
Georgia has but one lady edito
Mrs. Aargie P. Mosely, of Nose
ly's Weekly, published in Rome.
George Lee, colored, a native o
Worcester, Mass, has been electe'
Judge of the Superior Court O
Charleston.
1t is reported that there is a larg
and most indolent negro p~opulatio
t at Vicksburg. With hundreds {
lazy, able-bodied men lying aroun
} out Of employment, the planters o,
yet forced to the necessity of sent
ing to other States for their hand
J The Wheat throughout Nor
}, Georgia and Alabama IS unusual
small for the time of year, yet the
q is a good stand. The SHOWS a
N freezes have put the ground in {
cellent condition, and there is
= largo crop.
ir The cyclone recently reported
Jacksonville extended over a go
portion of Florida, doing consider
Bile damage to timber and fencir
The wind was acc)mpanied by
perfect deluge of rain, and on ma
farms corn will havoto be replant
in consequence.
The Brennan (Texas) Bann
say that q largo panther recent
c entered q house near Fort Grifi
: seized q child sitting on the flo
n and attempted to carry it of. Nv
men, who happened to be near
hand, rescued the child, which W
y not seriously injured.
s The first coal was discovered
Virginia sometime about the We
r 100, by q party of emigrees wi
" settled on a grant of land ne
O Richmond. The event is thus chroI
cled in an old history: zone
st these, French, being a fowling, sh
d a fowl in the (James) river, up'
Is which his dog went down the bal
to bring it to his master; but t
bank was SO high and steep that
2, could not get up again. Hereupe
i tho FIenchman went down to he
10 his dog up, and breaking the mou
4 1,rn,i 1cc1dentdUu Uith has feet, ne u