The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-07-28
LATES,r { NEWS.
SOUTH AND WEST.

Andy Burrows, of Walker county,
| Georgia, was recently killed by Lightning.
S. d. Linton, of Greene county, Geor-
] gia, raises one hundred bushels of oats per
acre.
The market at Houston, Texas, re-
Gently destroyed by fire was valued at one
hundred thousand dollars.
A telegram from San Francisco reports
a general panic in mining stocks, and several
failures among brokers.
Edward E. Hale, was shot and killed
last Saturday by Henry Shredder, at Mack
vile, on the Sunhower river, Mississippi.
The recent food in the Brazos river
destroyed large amount of property in tho
counties of Palo Pinto, Stephens and Shack
leford, Texas.
Lieutehants Hogden and Mcintosh,
killed in the Custer fight with the Indians,
were both young and promising Georgians,
recent graduates of West Point, and still
beardless boys.
Crop reports from two hundred and
thirty-eight points in Ohio, 1hdiara, Illinois,
Ke ltucky and Tenne ssee, show that the sea-
son thus far has been very propitiobs for
growing most kinds of grain, but Just as har-
vest approaches there is threatened disaster
from continued rains From all points, ex-
cept Tennessee and southern Kentucky,
fears of destruction of a portion of the
crops from this cause are entertained As
the crops now stand, wheat promises yield
of twO-thirds; oats less than an average crop !;
corn an unusually large crop; hay in abun,
dance, but rank and weedy. Wheat is suf
fering considerably from the ravages of the
weevil.
The riot at Hamburg, South Carolina,
terminated disaatrously to the colored mil.
tIa who set the law at defiance. A piece of
'llery was turned loose at the brick
house in which they were barricaded, re-
sulting in the death eff six, and wounding of
three. The negroes abandoned the house,
and took refuge in cellars and outhouses.
Fifteen were captured. The unfortunate
affair is deplored by all good citizens of both
races, and there is deep regret that better
counsel did not prevail. Crowds of people
from Augusta visited Hamburg. Whites
and blacks intermingled freely. There were
no threats, but deep regrets that blood had
been shed and lives lost. No further trouble
is anticipated.
Returns from the various grain pro-
ducing counties in California, which appear
in detail in the San Francisco Bulletin, are
of the most encouraging nature. The uni
versal testimony TroA San Diego to SiskiyOu
is that the rainfall last winter was abundant.
A few Of the coast counties have had too
much rain for successful grain culture, but
these counties do not figure in the aggregate
outturn of grain. The spring weather was
Just as favorable. There were none of the
blighting northers to parch the soil and
wither the tender wheat plants, All the
wheat counties have also enjoyed remarla-
bic freedom from rust. The west side of the
San Joaquin valley yields good crop this sea-
son, the first in many years. The barley
crop this year is unusually large, and the
surplus for export will be considerably
greater than ever before. The total acreage
of wheat is placed at 100000 acres; yield
24,776,OO0 centals, of which 1902, 900 is for
market, and of this amount there will probH-
bly, be 1885, 900 centals for export. The
total acreage of barley is $4,000 acres; yield
1OO66, 900 centals, of which 100000 will
probably be placed ON the market; surplus
for export about 100000.