The Hickman courier., 1876-11-03
so OUTHERN NEUS.


DIPHTHERIA is fearfully fatal among ;he
children Of Rock Hill, s. {.
a COCoANUT tree in Florida has a hun
dred nuts on it.
THE Savannah Benevolent Association had
received up to the 18th, SSS, ,6O31S.
ADAM CURRRLUCK, OF Concord, Va,
went through the war Of 1912 TO be killed
the other day by tall from his horse.
The total loss by the fire in Houston, Texas,
Is S3JS,2JO; insurance S2I9, 100 The burnt
district win be Immediately rebuilt with
liner and better class of buildings.
IL the legislature elect Of Georgia there is
but one republican in the senate, while in
the house there are but six, three of them
being negroes.
A BRUNSWICK mother gave birth 10 q
child and died two hours after with yellow
fever. The child was taken with black
vomit, but, strange to say, recovered.
AN Atlanta girl carried out the theory oi
"squattei sovereignty" by sitting on her
lovers hat and keeping him three hours
over tiH3e.
THERE are twelve mites of street railway
in Atlanta. The company owes not a dollar,
has 100000 worth OF property and the iu-
yestment pays ten per cent.
oN Monday night the warehouse at White
hall station, Savannah and Charleston rail
road, together with its contents consisting
q
stroyed by FIRE. 1t was che work oI iucen-
diaries
Now that the terrible plague is about at
an end the Savannah News suggest that free
passes TO the centennial be furnished 10 the
overworkcd and weary physicians who have
so nobly stood to their posts during the past
two months.
Az authorized agent of the English Good
Templars, the Rev. H. ". Parsons, Will soon
Ia.
the purpose OF organizing Good Templar
lodges among the colored people, who are
excluded from the order by the white Good
Templars on account Of color.
Ara recent meeting of the Alabama Bap-
tist association, Rev. Boardman Hawthorn
arose after a sermon on foreign missions aud
said he wished to contribute $40 gold piece
which he had Just received for marrying
couple ten er twelve wears ago, and il there
were any others indebted to him for similar
services he wanted them 10 pay up that il
might 60 the same way.
NEW ORLEANS Democrat: Several bodies
have been recovered from the wreck of the
steamer southern Belle: George Thompson,
the first steward of the boat: Auguste Davis
hall-teuder, Jim, pantry boy; and a soldier
named Ryan were identified. The bodies of
+ J. D. Lyon. A. g. Griilith. 4. Frank, and
SIR. I1ugdeau, all of whom went aboard At
Port Hudson, and that of Nh Won Phul have
not been found
NASHVILLE Banner. prominent gentle
man. representing several English capitalists,
has written To the bureau Of agriculture, sta
tistics and mines, asking whether or not there
. are 100000 acres of coal lands in Tennessee
for sale. ami if So TO inform him at once, IN
order that the transfer can be made. An-
other wealthy Eu.li~hman has sent cable
gram for copy OF the Resources OF Ten
ncs-ee,' as he desire, 20 invest in iron lands
here.
GEORGE ~Noor, white, and Isaac Howell
cOlored, were killed, and Ben Ford. colored
fatally injured. by the explosion of four boil
ers Wednesday 40 Carbon lill coal mines oi
the Goochland company, fourteen miles from
F Richmond. The cause Of the accident was
carele>sne~s in allowing the water in the
boilers 20 become exhausted and then turn
ing an a stream OF cold water There were
thirteen boilers about the mines. Severa!
buildings i'm the vicinity were wrecked. No
one IN the mines was hurt.
CHARLESTON journal of Commerce. Me-
r. a.. D0ugherty has left az this office q clear
glass bottle, picked up on Foley island
beach October b. The bottle was tightly
sealed, and contained paper written iu the
Norwegian language, OF which the following
Is the translation No. /, more bottles fol
lows. This bottle is thrown overheard lati
tuic % 76' north, longitude 1g- 4O' west
from the swedish ship Hebe." belonging t.
Gefe, on her passage from liumacai Porto
Rico. TO England, 3Oth May, 1870. VI. Ny
berg. Nj well. II anybody picks mp this
botAe please publish when and where
found