The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-03-30
LATEST NEWS.
SOUTH AND WEST.

| ,000,0 600 acres of the wild lands of GeO'gia.
DR.. w. f. Southern, well-known
dentist of Memphis, died on the 18th instant
of hemorrhage.
Cincinnati has voted in favor of issuing
$6,O0O0OO in bonds in addition to SlO,OOO,OOO
already issued to construct the Cincinnati
Southern railway.
Gen. Gideon Pillows property was
sold at bankrupt sale in Memphis, and pur-
chased by gentlemen who promptly pre-
sented it to Mrs. Pillow
The last rail on the Scioto Valley rail
road, between Columbus, Ohio, and Circle
vile, was laid last week, thus completing one
link Of this important enterprise.
On Thursday, 10th inst, the United
erty belonging to the Vicksburg and Nash.
vile railroad, at Okolona, Miss, including
the iron laid down on the road.
The tornado which swept through part
of the northwest last Friday afternoon was
very disastrous in its effects, involving not
only great destruction Of property, but the
killing and manning Of twenty or thirty per.
sons.
1t is stated that since the opening of
the cotton mills at Wesson, Miss, the town
has doubled its population. Twenty five
hundred bales Of cotton and 225,0OO pounds
of wool have been purchased by the factory
this season.
A premium of one thousand dollars
will be paid by forty members of the Mem.
phis cotton exchange to the producer Of the
best bale Of cotton from Tennessee, Missis-
sppi, or Alabama to be exhibited Mt Phila-
delphi, in July next. Memphis cotton bales
have already taken prizes at the principal
worlds fairs.
The firm of Woods, Yeatman q Co.,
owners of the Cumberland iron works, and
Stewart & Co., Of Tennessee, have suspended,
Liabilities, about S250,OOO. It is supposed
their assets will probably cover their liabili-
ties A large portion of the debt is owed at
Nashville, and other principal creditors are
in Cincinnati Louisville ana st. Louis,
Capt. j. b. Eads states that the twenty
feet depth has now been carried down one
mile and a quarter from the upper end of
the works. and the channel is cutting out
rapidly. Where the Matte II. Atwood
grounded on the ith, drawing thirteen and
half feet, there is now sixteen and half feet
of water. Capt. Eads is confident that before
the end of the month he will have more water
between the jetties than there is at south
west pass
The latest intelligence from Hazel
Green, Wis, reports these facts: The storm
struck the village between four and five
o'clock in the afternoon on the west side,
sweeping through the entire village and
evelng to the ground some twenty five
buildings and killing outright some eight
persons, besides seriously wounding some
twelve or more others. The carnage is re-
ported as terrible. The hurricane was sue
cecded by n deluge of rain and hail, The
village of Hazel Green mas a population Of
probably one thousand inhabitants. 1t is
situated twelve miles directly east of Du.
bupue. It is almost wholly a mining village,
and is situated in the very heart Of the best
Wisconsin lead diggings.
The southern freight railroad rates have
been still further reduced, in consequences of
the continued conflict between tie Virginia
and Tennessee Air Line Of railroad and the
const line of steamers. First. second and
third class freight to Atlanta, twenty five
cents per hundred pounds; fourth and fifth
class, twenty cents. The rates to Selma and
Montgomery have been reduced to twenty
cents per hundred pounds for first, second
and third-class, and twenty-five cents for
fourth and fifth.classes. These three places
are to be made the distributing points for
freight destined to Mobile, New Orleans,
Eufaula, etc, and all intermediate points,
and the rates will therefore be reduced to
corresponding ratio for all those places
Capt. J. NJ. Beck, a retired lawyer OF
Mount Sterling, KY, and gentleman well
known for reliability, arrived in Louisville
last week, with specimens Of the flesh which
fell last Friday in Bath county. The flesh
covered two acres Of ground, and resembled
mutton, and left traces Of blood on trees and
fences which were touched by the falling
fakes. Chickens and hogs devoured it with
evident relish. The heavens were clear and
the sun shone, and only floating clouds were
visiDle at the time-two p. m, March 3rd.
| Quantities Of flesh have been preserved.
That brought to Louisville was given to Prof
Lawrence Smith, well.known scientist, who
saws it is no doubt animal flesh. He pur-
poses making further examinations soon.
Hundreds of people are willing to attest with
affidavits to the truthfulness of the entire
| matter.