The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-08-11
soUTHERy NEWS.


AT least two-thirds of Georgia's melons
are never marketed
SIX deaths from snake-bites IN the iAs'
year in Calhoun county, Ala
Mrs. HoNSIGAN, Of Barnesviile' "@'' ""9
killed by lightning on the 2Ist'
THE gold excitement in northern ueoisi"
is at fever heat
IlYsENrERY prevails almost as an ep
in middle Georgia
ONE hundred thousand young shad nave
been planted in the Alabama river at Moh'-
omery.
THE cremationists of South Carolina
scored big vietoryslast week by cInderating
the remains of man named Berry
RICE culture in Louisiana employs oO,OoO
people, on 1000 plantations, produces crop
worth So ,OOO, 900, and develops business 10
the extent of 100000.
HURING storm few days ago in Greene
county. Ca, lightning struck IN n cotton
patch on Mr.. R. II. Baugh's farm ana Kiiieo
about half acre of cotton.
ON Friday the erection of three hundred
and sixty head-sto..es at the graves OF con-
federate soldiers in the Montgomery Gene
terry was completed.
THE democratic state convention of Ten
nessee will meet in Nashville, August q TO
nominate a candidate for governor. ADe
present incumbent, Jas. ID. Porter, appears
to be the choice of the party.
MARIETTA (Ga.) Journal: The innumer-
able crasshoppers in this country are clear
ing the corn and cotton, leaving the stalks
barren of leaves. Our farmers nave the
"blues" considerably.
JOHN KELLErr, a planter of Laurens
county, S. c., while on his way, Wednesday
morning, to his plantation, and when at a
point ten miles from Laurens courthouse,
was killed. The unknown assassins escaped.
1T is reported that Gen. Jas. E. Slaughter,
late of the confederate army. and now a
izen of Florida, is to supersede Col. NJ
D. Wickersham, late of the federal army
and now citizen of Alabama, as postmas
ter at Mobile.
A SOUTH CAROLINA man, who has watched
the matter, says that three fourths of the
duels that have been fought or arranged fol
in the south since the war were abou
females, and that most of the combatant'
had the title OF major"
PETERSBURG Cva.) Post: The belief i,
gaining ground that the tobacco crop for the
present year, at least in this state, will be
failure consequently the price is well main
tanned, and those who did not hurriedly force
their crops into market reaping the ben
eft of the enhanced valuation.
GEN. Jos. E. JOHNSTON, w. w. Coreoran
Henry II Mathews, AltAdQutF IL. H. stuart
and Judge A. 3. Cochran are at the Green
brisr White Sulphur Springs, West Yir
ginia. Walking is Gen. Johnston's hobby
and he scores many miles every day. Hi.
hair is now white, but his step IS as elastic
ana firm as IN wartime.
MACON (Ga.) Chronicle and Sentinel
- We are very much afraid the people OF GeOr
gia will have to pass by the fruit season with
out the usual delightful peaches-the mos
delicious of all the fruits. Old Jack FrOs
played sad havoc with the buds and bios
SONS last winter, and did his work mos
thoroughly.
JACKSONVILLE (Fla.l Union: Many per
Sons at the north have heard and read ex
a5gerated accounts Of the ease and cheap
ness of living in this climate, and are com
ing here without any meaus % support be
yond their daily earnings. Such ought Ia
be advised that they had better remain
where they are unless certain of situations
beforehand
Il an article on the big cotton factory
DON to be opened in that city, the Atlanta
Ga.) COnstituuOnalist SAYS: The buildings
are ALI prepared of sufficient capacity fol
81 500 7spindles and five hundred looms
The machinery already contracted for i
10000 spindles and two hundred looms
which viii employ 225 persons to work them
By the present system of machinery il does
not require near as many hands To work
10000 spindles formerly. The arrange.
ment Of the machinery is such that the work
can be done very economically.