The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-05-24
NEWS SUMMARY.
THE NaDulT n.

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is as good corn state as Illinois.
All the crops on Bolivar peninsular
Texas, were cut down by the recent hail
storm.
A house cat, which had been bitten by
skunk, dcl of hydrophobia in Hamilton
county, Texas.
The new narrOw.gauge road at Calves.
ton has brought $4,000 cubic yards of soil
into that city
Three men were found hanging TO a
tree near Sherman Texas, the other morn.
ing, with large card on them bearing the
words: "Cattle thieves. Such is lifc."
The state Of Florida owns much of its
vacant land, and is disposing of it to actual
settlers, while millions of acres belong to
the general government, and can lie bought
and settled under the homestead act, like
western lands.
a Shackelford county Texas, CORE
spondent says: This is the headquarters for
the buffalo hunters. There have been II, 600
hides shipped from this place, and there are
about 10000 yet to be shipped.
A lady teacher out among the Creek
Indians writes: Have fourishing school,
numb cring thirty.two pupils. Am highly
pleased with my school and neighborhood,
The people are all kind and bospitable.
They meet soon to organize Sabbath,
school met last Sunday, made collection
for the purpose of purchasing books
Raleigh On. O. observer; The pro-
ject OF erecting n large cotton factory, which
from time TO time has agitated the people of
Charlotte, has suddenly received an impetus
which is gratifying in the extreme to those
Who have advocated it so strenuOusly, and
to the many who now see the urgent need
for such an enterprise,
Texas iuries have gone into the capital
punishment business, and their work il
being sustained by the court of appeals. If
the frontier lawessncss doesn't cease there
will be II large amount Of neck.breaking in
Texas, and q cOrrespOndinglv great amount
of convictions for life, for ninety.nine years,
fifty years, etc.
The punishment in Tennessee for
horse stealing, robbery or larceny from the
person, house or bridge-burning, house.
breaking to commit larceny or robbery, was
so severe that the act was repealed by the
last legislature. But the act repeating did
not restore the old law, and, AS no new one
was enacted, the state of Tennessee is to.
day without law against or punishment for
those crimes.
New Orleans Democrat: We are in
formed that the citizens of GaIspols, Ohio
have taken the subject of the Barataria ship
canal into such serious consideration that
they have pettioned congress to rive a
national character OF the corporation. One
hundred and thlrty-scven of the foremost
business men and largest capitalists of that
place have affixed their signatures to the
memorial.
The Galveston News says of the lessces
Of the Texas convicts: The executive re.
qures them to observe the laws, feed and
cloth the prisoners well, and to pay to the
state at the rate of 100000 per annum; and
they further guarantee that the state shall
not have to use one dollar of the $4,000 ap
propriated by the legislature for the purpose
OF resumption, and placed at the disposal
and discretion of the government
Edward Atkinson, a prominent Bosto.
nian, says: The first need Of the south in
order to develop the cotton-producing re-.
sources is additional money. To this 1t
claims to be fairly entitled. Give us our
fair pro rdtU of national currency and the
hrststep in southern material reconstruction
will have been wisely taken. Our second
need so far rs the cotton interest is con-
ccrncd is the removal Of all duties from cot
ton manufacturing machinery. This will
enable MS to get spinning machinery as well
as other kinds from Europe of the most i'm.
proved quality and at the cheapest price
american cotton machinery is better than
the European articles. In that case Ameri.
can machinery can compete in the open
market honestly for the home trade.