The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-11-09
CONVERSATIONS OF NEWS.
THE SOUTII.

The convention of general ticket
agents OF the northwestern and southern rail.
roads met at the Gait house, 81, Louis, last
week, for the consideration Of business to
Florida, and the winter resorts of the south.
The same system of round trip tickets in ef,
feet last year was adopted for the coming
season also the system of tourist tickets.
taking in the principal points south at re-.
duced rates.
A New Orleans dispatch says: Our
last yellow fever patient is up and out, and
the fever is now wholly ut On end There
have been seventy.(our cases reported this
year. of these about tVl turned out not to
be really yellow fevez. The deaths have
been something over '.weuty.
The falling Of in values has been
greater in South carolina than in any other
southern state. In 1860 the property valua-
ton was S4gJ 100000. This year it is about
sloo'ooo 900. The tax levy was $500,0OO in
lSoo' In 1878 it was $2,7OO,0OO. The cx.
Pehses OF the legislature were $4,000 in
1860. In 1878 they were $29l 100000.
In the competitive drill at Memphis
pn Friday between the Porter Rifles of Nash.
vile and ChckNSaw Guards, of Memphis,
the latter company were the winners Of the
prize, sword and belt, after u very close con.
test
An important decision by which the
,nlilit, Of la al,
OF j, Smith is established, has been decided
by the dismissal of the suit brought by the
attorney.general Of Kentucky, to declare it
exhausted.
Registration Of voters in st. Louis,
was finished on Saturday. The total mum.
Der registered is not yet aBcertained, but it
will be between $1,000 and 10000, some T..
900 to $4,000 more than at any previous reg.
istrations. The number of polling places
also have been largely increased, which will
greatly facilitate the voting and the count.
ing Of votes.
Inc amateur sportsmen Of Tennessee
Hnd their visitors from Canada, st. Louis,
Chicago, Kentucky, Michigan, Arkansas,
Mississippi and many other localities, will
hold grand competitive field trial of ma
tive and imported pointers and settlers, on
the Inge estates bordering the Memphis and
Charleston railroad, ten miles east Of Mem.
rhiS on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday,
November l3uh, 18th and 18TH The panta.
tons have been fully stocked with quail,
and carefully preserved and the finest sport
is assured. Several settlers will run that cost
Sc several hundred dollars oacn and one that
cost one thousand dollors Rob Roy, the
property Of Mr., Arnold Burgess Following
this will be three days trap.shooting at wild
pigeons, already secured; and the worlds
champion wing shot, Captain A. Fl. Bogar.
DIS, will participate. Reduced railroad and
hotel rates have been secured, and there
will be no railroad charges an dogs. All
who are fond of the gun and the field
should attend. The premiums in the various
events amount to four thousand dollars,
with several very elegant gold and silver
sets added. The shooting will occur at Her.
hando trotting park
Three clergymen travelling on horse
back in Pope county, Ark, recently, were
shot at by parties lying in ambush. One of
the ministers was killed outright and the
other two badly wounded.
The state grange fair closed at Mont
gomcry, Ala, on the 18th. 1t was a perfect
success and represented by exhibitors from
twenty different states.
Cadet midshipman Homer G. Pound
stone, OF Virginia, convicted of hazing, has
been dismissed from tile Naval academy, at
Annapolis Md. Cadet midshipmen F. a.
Woodworth, Of California, and X. W.
BARCLAY, OF Wisconsin, are under arrest for
ha;iDg, and await trial by ceurtmartial.