The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-07-28
SOUTHERN NEWS.

THE recent census taken in Dallas. Texas,
places the population at sixteen thousand.
THE farmers throughout western Texas
crying too much rain"
ACCORDING TO the mayors report, the
debt of Memphis is now, in round numbers,
$5,700,O0J.
THE Little Rock and Fort Smith railroad
WIS completed TO Fort Smith, Arkansas, last
week.
robbed of over seven hundred dollars one
night last week.
GEORGIA planters are engaged in shipping
watermelons to the north now, fer which they
are receiving good prices.
1T is stated that within radius of fifty
miles around Augusta, Ca, the crops are
finer than they have been for fifteen years.
ELEVEN tons of cucumbers for northern di-
gestion were shipped from Jacksonville, Fla,
few days ago.
AN attempt was made last week to fire
the city of st. Augustine, Fla, by kerosene
oil and rags.
LAST week Moses Green, of Epson coun-
", Georgia. shot and killed another ne
gro named Tom White.
ONE night last week, ]. Shoemaker,
living near Dallas, Texas, was assassinated
by unknown parties.
A FEW days ago man slapped Mrs.
Carolina and was killed by her husband.
]. w. MONTGOMERY, of Llano county,
Texas, was shot and killed recently by one
of his cattle hands.
J. III. HENDERSON was knocked dead by
man named Mckenzie, at Mexis, Texas.
last week.
A LARGE number of Cubans recently ar
rived in Jacksonville, Fla, for the purpose
of engaging in the manufacture of cigars.
eounfv ArE Of wi OcoaoIa
is the county seat, owes less than $4,000,
and its assessed property sums up in the
millions.
THE U. S troops lately stationed at Hum
boldt, Tenn, have been removed to Nash
vile, and the post at the former place
abandoned.
TENNESSEE has forty cotton mills. employ
ing fifty six thousand three hundred anC
ff,y-eight sPindles and consuming fourteen
thousand four hundred and ffty-three bale!
of cotton.
The military coat made by the late
Andrew johnson for Brigade Major ROber
III. Hynds, many years ago, has been pre-
seuted to the Tennessee historical society
The coat in its make up and appendages, il
antique and curious.
SAMUEL CHASE, II colored preacher ant
ward of the nation, was shot in the shin tn
other night, near the town of Washington
Texas, simply for collecting his tithes iron
the eornfield on the Jackson plantation with
out asking leave.
TIE Charleston, S. c. bank robber, Wi
liam Fortune, who robbed the Grst nationa
band of three thousand dollars, and tn
peoples national bank of four thousand seV
en- hundred dollars, on the 10th of last May
was arrested and lodged in Jail at Hender
sonville. n. c., last Wednesday.
An aged couple, Mr.. and Mrs John I
Peoples, live ia Barnwell $. c. They wer
born IN Gloucester county the jaime
river, IN Virginia. Mr. Peoples is I2I year
old, and his wife 1913. This IS perhaps tn
oldest living couple in the United States. Nj
Peoples Is machinest by trade.
LAST week a cadet, who had bee
charged by some of his fellow-eadets at tn
Virginia military institute with some Grim,
was about leaving Lexington for hIs home
mob of cadets gathered around the stag,
took him OH the seat, stripped him of h
uniform. which they replaced with citizen
cl"'hes, and then, after shaving one side
his head, permitted him to take passage o
the stage.
The crop prospects, as reported by tn
Mckilop Sprague company, New York,
date July l, are follows: The repori
from Boone, Cross, Pope and Iawrene
counties, Arkansas are less favorable tina
those from the other counties. Complaint
made that wheat is not yielding rs much ne
acre as the average of previous years, an
that, In some places, the growing cotton doc
very good, and on the whole, the prospect
are very fair. The twelve counties report
increased area under cultivation, but the il
crease wholly in grain. Wheat has bee
generally harvested, the yield below an ave
age, but the quality superior, and the il
creased area more than covers the defcieuc-
Condition Of corn and cotton is very GOO
and prospects for a full average crop rattle
better han usual at this season. Oats n,
an ave age, Good apple crop, but otht
fruits e a fp;lure. In Kansas the whel
harvest IS well advanced, four-fifths of it b
ing IN shock. The condition is excellent an
the promise IS that the crop will be great
aooVe an average IN quality and quantit
Corn Is IN every instance reported in goo
condition. and promising full crop. Thu
FAR the weather has been very favorable
flax, hemp and grass are all in good eond
fion and likely to yield large crops. The az
ricultural interests of the state were never i
more prosperous condition at this seaSo
OF the year In only one county have W
any complaint, and that is the wor m Is il
Juring some wheat slightly, but not dom
any general damage" All the reports iron
Texas concur IN representing the wheat GRO
as good, and above an average in quantity
though the yield per acre is not as good a
last year. Corn and cotton are in good cor
dition, and with favorable weather will We'll
above an average. Oats pretty near a full
crop. In Florida corn is very good COttol
thus far looks well, but it is too early to Civ
an opinion respecting either quantity or dual
lty. The land in Florida west of the Chloe
tawhatchee river, is very poor This yea
many are turning their attention to the cul
tivation OF oranges, for which the climate
well adapted 1t will, however, be severa
years before crop for export will be made