Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-06-24
DOWN SOUTH.

The army worm has made its appearance
on plantations near Msnroe, La.
The Tuscaloosa Times of last week re-
ports disastrous drouth in that vicinity.
Bib county, Georgia, OF which Macon is
the capital, had splendid fair last week
1t is reported that the genuine rubber
tree is found on the st. Johns river, in
Florida.
The West Aldbdnidl is reliably informed
that man in that section recently killed
four deer at one shot
Charlton is an epidemic among the
stock in rs rer louisiana, and occasions a
good deal of anxiety.
The 'TlaXcala Flax Company" is an or
ganiZation with $1,000 capital, for the pro-
motion of fax in the State of Tlaxcala.
The German Catholics Of New Orleans
commemorated tine 18th anniversary of the
election of Plus ~. with a pyrOtechnie
display.
The arrival in Atlanta Of a score or two
Of Southern girls from the female collegs
of Stanton, Va, is thus stated by the
Constitution:
The Baton Rouge AdrOcdte notes the
empaneling of grand jury with an intelli-
gent foreman in that city, and expects the
AONNllf VI oOiAAC NLoNi0A lANoCA4NAhS
One of the residents ri The st. Johns
ritef has received an offer FROM Barnum of
bne thousand dollars for a live alligator
twenty feet long.
A little boy named Christopher, aged
five years, was run over and killed by train
on the Alabama and Chattanooga Rail-
road last week.
Capt Walter ). Gordon is spoken of as a
candidate for Congress from the Third Dis
trict of Alabama. He is younger brother
of Senator Gordon, of Georgia.
Farmers in louisiana, after all their mis-
fortunes, are gnreralle hOieIul OF a mode
tatel5 good crop, both OF cotton and corn.
Along the rivers they follow the reCediug
waters with their planting.
Canton. Miss. reports fatal experience
with coal oil. The Citizen describes it as
follows: A negro woman got up eatly one
morning lately to kfndle FIRE, but the
wood not burning as rapidly as she de-
sired, she poured oil upon the embers flOm
a can, which exploded, igniting her cloth
| ing, and burned her so severely as to cause
death in a few hours.
In conversation Gov. SInith said the two
roads Of which the State of Georgia has
| taken charge for failure to meet the inter-
est on bonds-the Macon and Brunswick
and the North and South RailrOads-are
making expenses. He has hopes he will
| be able to cell them both Iie2t winter.
The Tdllddegd Mountain Home says:
| So far not a sack of Western corn has been
purchased in Talladega this year, and the
| indications are that none will be, for sew
| eral farmers that we know of have corn for
sale at 50 cents per bushel, and our obser-
vation is limited. The Quantity for sale in
this market is probably very large.
An Athens, Ga, man has IaiSed crop
| Of wheat on ten acres that is estimated TO
be worth six hundred dollars. This is a
more robust showing than cotton can make:
| Mr.. Phiniyy, Of athens, ga, has sold over
seventy dollars worth of oats from crop
grown on an acre and a quarter.
The Savannah NelcS says that man by
the name of A. j. Buchanan, alias A. j.
Harper, from 0kalona, Miss, committed
suicide IT the Boarding house Of Mrs. Saw
yer, last week, bY shooting himself in the
| head. He was charged with having killed
a man in Mobile last April, and became so
fearful of detection that he took his own
life.
"Col. J. r. Wallace and his fair cargo Of
Young ladies from StauntOn, Va, reached
here last night. Some ten or fifteen per-
sons went up on the six O'Clock train to
meet them. Among those going up was a
| delegation of the Governors Guards, who
were detailed on account of their fierce
mustache and personal attractions. a
| hundred and fifty or two hundred persons
assembled at the Union Passenger depot
to welcome home again the school girls,
who were found 60 have with them trunk
| full of medals"
Among the copies of Shakespeare's works
in the State Library of Virginia, is one OF
the famous first folio, 1923. The frontis'
piece is enbellished with likeness Of the
| Bard of Avon, and is inscribed, "Mr. VIII
liam Shakespeare's comedies, histories aud
tragedies. Published according to the
| Three Original Copies. London, printed
nv Isaac Jaggard and Ed Blunt, 1923. .
| This edition is dedicated ''To the most no
HE ard incompatible paire Of brethren,
william Earle of Pembroke, etc, Lord
Cbamberlaine to the Kings most excellent
Majesty. and Philip Earle of Montgomery,
etc gentleman of His Majesties Bed
| Chamber. Both Knights of the most no
HE order of the Garter, and our singular
good Lotis,"
/ fln9 D0nOtN A-ntcc.l Qua At~o 80
ING: Moses Gregory, colored, was Or0ughs
into town on last Sunday by three eoloreG
men, and delivered up to the Sheriiii
charged with having killed his own daugh-
| tor, a girl about twelve years old, on Sat
| ur,lay night. After hearing, Ee was com
mitted without bail to the next term OF the
Circuit Govt. Gregory says he nad J!lst
| come 10 tn house, and as he was entering
the ward. in attempting to draw MS Plslo1 !
| from his belt it was accidentally nTeu anu
killed his daughter. 1t IS ruIhoreG, NOV
ever. that he was attempting 10 XII HIS
wife. and missing her, killed the girl.
The birmingham Iron Age CASTS tue
farming horoscope in this manner Slnce
our last issue abundant rains have fallen
over the country and the crops have grown
prodigiously. The grass, too, has kept up
amazingly well, and the farmers are push
ed for labor to subdue 1t. An Immense
crop of oats has been harvested in SOuth
Alabama and a very fine wheat crop III
| North Alabama. Cotton has got into me
condition, and every small crop is promls-
ing. The outflow of money fol bread
stIIfs NAV now cease, and the vast number
of cattle and hogs now growing WILL II
another year, supply our tables with meal
What shall be said of such an inferna
proceeding as that reported by the COuihg
ION (Gd.( Enterprise as follows: "Abou
two weeks ago the house of MIR. II. L
Stanton was robbed of 4 thousand dollar
I'm gold. Suspicion fell upon n colOre'
man named Simon, who had hitherto
borne a good reputation for honesty. ID
was arrested last Saturday night
and while the officers Of the Law
were carrying him to house Tor sale
keeping, a band Of fifteen men SUI
| rounded them and took Simon from thel