The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-04-20
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The immense shower of flies which fell
on the snow OC Ontario last month is sup
posed to have originated in the same way
as The Kentucky fall Of meat, These
flies are said to be about three times as
large as the ordinary mosquitoes, and are
thought to have been waited from the
West Indies 1t is probably the first
time that Iolus ever undertook to
whistle Shoe Fly
FROM the effects of the sultan's pccu-
liar financial policy, the Turkish treasury
has been 50 thoroughly exhausted that
the government has not been able even
10 furnish Hospital supplies for the troops
operating against the rebels in llcrzegp.
vinia, The mortality in consequence has
been terrific. A surgeon in the service
reports that the losses of the force in the
field, mainly from disease impericctly
treated, have not been less than 10000
men.
THE people Of Georgia do not believe
IN newspaper quarrels, The grand jury
oi Folk county, at its recent session,
mode the following report to the court
after returning several indictments:
We also feel it our duty to censure the
course and conduct of our two newspa-
pers toward each other, and urgently re.
quest the two editors to cease wrangIng
about themselves and branch off into
agricultural articles, or others that will
tend to develop the interests and welfare
of our country"
The religious press of Europe are re-
yoicing over news that the Turks have
permitted the Christians to place bells in
the church of the Holy Sepulchrca at Jcru-
salem, recalling the fact that no bells
have been heard in that church since the
great Saiadin entered the city in llS7.
For several centuries past the use of
church 5ellshas been prescribed through
out the Ottoman empire, on the ground
that they afforded an easy means of arous.
ing and exciting the people for rcvolu-
tlonary purposes.
Cor. JOHN II. STONE, the newly
elected governor Of Mississippi, was
born in Henderson county, Tennessee.
When the war broke out he was living
at luka, Mississippi, and went from that
place IS captain of the Iuka Guards. lie
distinguished himself at the first battle
of Manassas, became colonel of thesecOnd
Mississippi regiment, and served with it
throughout the Virginia campaigns.
After the war he was chosen treasurer of
Tishomingo county, and was subsequent
ly elected state senator, which position
he has held for six years,
THE London Times has an editorial
ON the subject of the adventures of
the survivors of the emigrant ship
Strathmore, which concludes as follows
"The vessel which at length arrived to
rescue them was United States whaler,
ON her course to the South Sea fisheries.
Her captain, we are told, gave up the
chance of the vessels profit for the sake
ofthepoor creaturcShc found at Crozett's,
and who needed an amount of care they
could not have received if he had taken
them with him. We are sure the Eng
lish nation will Judge as it deserves the
sacrifice to which Capt. Clifford sub.
mittcd, and will not fail to do honor
and something more than bare honor, tc
the deed and to the man."
A REMARKABLE case was decided in
the New York supreme court recently
Josephine Ash brought suit, through hel
Guardian, against Henry Astor, one o
the well known Astor family, for $50, ,0Ot
damages for assault, alleging that, il
1869, Astor violently pushed plaintiff
then only four years old, from a chair
causing such internal injuries as to Grip
pie her for life. Her father testified tina
the girls backbone was around her hips
and that she was compelled to go aroun'
the house on all fours; and that she i
now unable to walk or care for herself il
any way; and that Mr.. Astor made hin
promise not to tell anybody, saying h
would put $4,000 in the bank for tn
child, which he never did. The jur
found verdict for plaintiff for the fu
amount claimed, and the court addc
81 900 for costs.