The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-03-23
SOUTHERN NEWS.

The new schooner Wade Hampton,
seventy-six tons burden, was launched
at Charleston on he 10th
During the excessively cold and
sleety weather the hawks destroyed
each other to great extent in Flint
River valley, Georgia.
Colonel W. r. Thompson, author of
Major Jones Courtship "a book Of
twenty-five years ago-and editor of the
Savannah News, has gone to Florida for
his health.
Nashville Banner A barge contain.
ing 2,023 barrels of salt for Nashville
was sunk at Flint Island this week by
striking submerged log while being
towed by the Little Condor
The bill intr, duce into the Senate
of Tennessee repeating the ten per
cent, interest law has passed both
houses of the legislature, and only waits
the governors signature to become a
law.
john s Magill, for many years a
leading citizens of Frederick county,
Va, died on Sunday. He was n era du.
ate of William and Mary college, and
for several sessions a member Of the
legislature,
The Tennessee legislature has passed
bill to grant to chancery and circuit
courts concurrent jurisdiction, except
in suits for injury to person, propert Y
or character, involving unliquidated
damages,
Two men in Thomas county, Ca,
were after some wild turkeys, unaware
of each others persuits. One saw, as
be thought, a turkey in the bushes,
and fired 1t proved to be the other
man. He was killed.
Raleigh On, CO. Observer The coin
ing of $40 gold pieces with the new dies
has begun at the United States mints
The coin is said to be much handsomer
than that cast in the old dies, but its
weight makes it very announcement and
cumbersome.
Savannah News: Mr.. O. H. Green
of Atlanta, died suddenly in that city
on Saturday evening last He was the
son of Dr. j. Mercer Green, OF Macon
and nephew Of DR.. Green, suporin
tendent OF the lunatic asylum. His lit,
was insured for SOS, 100
We find the following in the Heleni
World of the Nth: "The Grange news
paper at Little Rock is not so near tn
high road to permanent success as /
was some time ago-cause, too mucl
war upon the Democratic party, t.
which the Granger element Of the Stat
adheres."
In twenty-one Louisiana parishe
heard from, the yield of sugar in 1876
10000 hogsheads more than the yiel
of 1875 The crop of 1876 estimate
on this basis, will be 10000 hogshead'
against 100000 hogsheads in 1879, i
round numbers.
Mobile (Alabama) Register: Farmer
inform us that there is no doubt that
great deal of the fruit in North Alabama
both north and south OF the Tennessee
river, has been killed in the bud. 1t ha
not happened more than once beior
within the memory of man.
Richmond (Virginia) Enquirer At
me citing of the old First Regiment Al
ISOLATION last night, the members Tough
the battle of Bull Run over The dis
cussion was interesting, but reveale
the fact, often before noted, that no tw
persons ever can or do give the sam
account of battle.
Girls, here is the Acanthus, the yer
thing you should have, 1t is an ele
CANT, twenty column monthly iourna
"deyoted to the good the beautiful am
the true" and owned and edited b
Miss Annie Maria Barnes, Atlanta
Georgia. 1t is a gem, and only cost
seventy,fye cents for a whole year,
Vicksburg Herald Memphis, in
very short time, carried her cotton re
ceipts from very insignificant fgur
up to half million bales, by support
ing her local packets. Vicksburg is tn
center of n great cottonproducins re
gion, yet she permits the staple to see
other markets for want Of local trans
port facilities
The soldiers at the United States a
senal Summewille, Georgia. had a pc
monkey 1t concluded to fire salut
, with one of the cannons and touche
fire to the fuse of loaded one
didn't 60 off Immediately and he IA
and peeped into the mouth to see wha
was the matter. At this iuncture
went otl-so did the monkey.