The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-01-27
OUR SOUTH ATLANTIC NEIGHBoRs.
Georgia..

ScOrSIHs
Athens wants steam fire engine.
The Atlanta Sun says that no city In tRe
world needs sidewalks as bad as Atlanta.
There is an organized band OF burglars II
Forsyth.
Atlanta is 10 have manufacturing asso
citation.
Columbus.
1t is rumored in Columbus that another
large factory will be erected there this sum
mer upon The elite OF the old Palace MINIS.
-Marion Bethune, OF Talbot County, IN
tends TO contest the seat of Colonel Henry B
Harris, the member elect to the Forty-thirc
Congress, from the Fourth District, In Georgia
washington County produces annually
over twenty five thousand bales OF cotton
The largest cotton producing county IN Inc
State.
Mrs. Francis L. Barlow, the mother o.
General Barlow who fell at Manassas, died IL
Chattanooga, on the 18th Instant, aged eighty
years.
The Savannah papers announce the death
of Mr.. Francis Wilson, who has for many
wears filed the position OF cotton registry
Clerk at the Central Railroad.
A youpg man named William 8. Daven
port was Knocked offa freight train on The
Macon and Western Railroad Wednesday
morning and instantly Killed, his body being
MIR. Philip Riley, OF Nottlnghamshire
ENGLAND. after q three months inspection ol
The gold mines In Cherokee, has returned tc
England with the intention OF organizing
cOmpany, with capital of 5000, 900, 10 develop
the veins already opened and to prospect fol
more.
Fannie Fern, Captain Troll, while towing
four barges from the shell banks, exploded al
yotlo hQl0u IunRnnnpillo
camsinr the death of three men-George
willy. The pilot; Henry Robinson, fireman,
and q roupp man named Alonzo Garvln. The
engineer. Mr.. Thomas Keller, as by miracle,
eseanad with only very slight Injuries. It Ia
believed that crack In one OF the boiler
mates caused the disaster. The Fanny Fern
was blown to pieces aud sank Instantly, and
one of the lighters was considerably injured.
North Carolina.
-Yanceyyille is doing lively tobacco trade,
Smallpox no longer exists IN Harnett.'
Revenue officers are seizinG whlsSey in
CASTOR County.
Quite number OF eagles nave been recent
'NTbere the e. is M some talk about having bank of
WSixty-Ave negroes left Greensboro for
Georgia. last week, to work on railroads.
The Seamen's Home at Wilmington is to be
remodelled and improved.
-Tne concert to be given at Wilmington in
aid OF the jewish Synagogue will come off Oh
the 30th instant.
Some of the farmers in Grange and Cas-
we'll ale going to put in half crop of cotton
this year.
"A fat loaded with twelve thousand bricks
was swamped near the mouth of Smiths Greek
A bill has been introduced in the Legisla-
ture to incorporate the Richmond Building and
Improvement Company with capital stock o1
500, 900. ,,,.,
Tuesday night last, at house which Cnsar's
wifo Vould not have visited, and lighted
kerosene lamp was hurled by ono Of the belig-
eIents NJ the head Of another.
Governor Caldwell proposes that the State
Of North Carolina shall issue bonds to the
amount of s15,OOO,O 900, having forty years te
run. with interest ut the rate Of four per cent
DEF m annum for the first FIVE years and five pei
cent. afterwards.
Florida.
DIR. Miles Nash, an old citizen Of Tallahas
see, is dead.
The Gainesville New Era says: "We learr
with much pleasure tina; at q meeting of the
trustees Of the State Agricultural College, heIt
recently at Tallahassee, it was unanlmousl!
decided to locate the institution at this place.