The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-11-30
CONVERSATIONS OF NEWS.
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The PaIatakl Fla.) Herald says Great
preparations are being made for this ship.
mcnt OF oranges, and the prospect is that the
crop will be greatly in excess OF what 1t was
last year The unusual increase of the orange
crop is getting to be considerable item in
our commerce, and the future, if crowned
with success, will make this section of Fori.
da not only prosperous, but rich in her re.
sources.
Chattanooga Commercial: Work on
the piers for the Tennessee river bridge of
the Cincinnati southern railway has been
completed under water. There are now
about three hundred men at work on the
bridge, and it is progressing as well as could
be expected under the circumstances.
Savannah News In the closing days
of the deadIy,pestilen which has decimated
our city, we are called upon to chronicle the
death of one of Sayannah's brightest medical
intellccts, the beloved physician and worthy
citizen, Juriah IIariss.
The sheriff cold Dan CastelO's circus
at Columbus, Georgia, a few days ago. to pay
actors salaries. Property worth 81 600 OF
$4,000 only brought about 81 200.
The fire in Savannah, Ga, on the 18th,
destroyed one thousand eight hundred bales
of cotton burned, and some two hun.
dred and fifty bales damaged. Thirty.eight
cars were destroyed, twenty barrels of whis
ky, and large quantity of bacon, lumber
fertilizers, cotton ties and buckles The
railroad officials can not give positive figures,
yet most Of the cotton burned was through
cotton.
The net profits Of the state peniten-
tiary Of Alabama, for the week ending Sep.
tembcr 80, 1876, we're $3.50, ,SSG.40.
In consequence of the suffering condi-
ton OF the people of Brunswick, Gov. Smith
has ordered the tax collector to suspend the
collection of the state tax for 1876.
Dallas, Texas, has received so far 400,.
600 bushels of wheat
Geo. Page, late deputy U, 5. marshal
at FL Worth, Texas, was killed few days
ago by couple of thieves he was trying to
arrest.
New Orleans merchants are already
congratuating each other on the prospect
Of the revival of their business interests by
the success Of the South Pass iettes.
A number of well known estates in the
James river section of Virginia has been
sold lately to northern and western capital.
lists. The "grOvc," near the historic James.
town, brought $50 per acre; "aiina," Aikens'
landing, $4,000 Rulins homestead, near
port Wulthall, $4,000; the beautiful "El-
lcrsic," in Chesterfield county, $4,000, and
an elegant possession just above Aikens'
landing, on the river, $4,000.
The vital statistics of Charleston are
attracting good deal of scientific attention
in other parts Of the country. According to
the census the colorcd population Of Char
lesion exceeds the white by only ten per
cent, and yet the deaths stands as follows
for the year ending June 80, 1876: Whites,
824; coorcd, 1910. OF the colored there
were 400 deaths under one year, while the
whites under one year were only $50. In
Richmond, Virginia. during the week ending
Saturday, July 18th, there died eleven whites
and twenty-onc blacks. The ratio of popu
lation is Al 400 whites and 81 100 blacks.
The death rate thus is thirteen in a thou
sand for the whites and twenty-eight for the
blacks. A Richmond exchange says that
the summer is more fatal, proportionately
to the whites than the blacks, which would
make the above difference more strongly
marked for the whole year. In the country
districts it is probably not so bad The
filthy habits of the blacks cause the most Of
the mischief.
Nashville American: A fatal difficulty
occurred at Biz Spring academy, Wilson coun
ty Sunday morning. 1t appears that on last
Fridaya student named Nicholas made some
numerous remarks concerning the OratOrcal
style of young man named Cunningham
From bandying words, Sunday morning, they
became involved in a quarrel, in which the
lie was passed, and ending in Cunningham's
shooting youn. Nicholas twice, killing him
almost instantly. Cunningham immediately
left for parts unknown. Both were students
at Big Spring academy. Cunningham was
only twenty years old.
Certain cottOn-grOwers of Alabama are
Just now trying the experiment of sending
unginned cotton to England. The cotton is
first dried and then pressed into bales, as in
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and thus sent to market, seed and all. The
object is to get the English market for the
seed and waste, as well as the clean cotton.
II is stated that the cotton mills in
Tennessee number forty, and employ fifty
six thousand thee hundred and forty.eight
spindles. The mills consume fourteen thou.
sand three hundred bales Of cotton annually.
The best oranges sell in Florida for 50
per hundred, delivered on the steamers.
Searcy (Ark.) Record: The Cobbitos
are very persistent in their faith, so far as
their religion is concerned. We have refer.
ence to those in jail: they claim that the
two which met death at the time Of their
arrest continually visit them, ana charge
them of the all importantfact Of holding out
faithfully, and though there is strong prob
ability of their terminating their present eX'
istence dangling at the enl OF rope, they
freely admit that they would not deny their
religion, saying that death is by far sweeter
than the denying the teachings OF the
bible" They claim no instructor but the
"Bock Of Books" and though death may be
staring them in the face, they will hold out
faithfully to the end. Such is the religion
OF the so called CObbites-the heinOus, dia
boiical ,nurderers of an innocent man-Carl