Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-01-27
NEWS SUMMARY.
THE SOUTH.

Columbus, Ga.
lho peanut crop OF Tennessee is 800
bnshels
Texas has only two WOODEN mills to
! up the wool from her 100000 sheep
The ice on the James river was twelve
has, the thickest for twenty years.
The hog crop of south Alabama is
lgier than it has been ior fifteen years.
The town of Oatmeal is near Back.
ne valley, Texas.
IA bill to remove the disabilities of
se persons incurred under the ant.duel.
laws is before the Virginia legislature.
The mammoth sponge that was found
Florida is twelve feet lin circumference,
d weighs nineteen pounds,
1t is calculated that the protestant
urchcs of Memphis will seat ten thousand
pple.
IA New York company has established
,nneryat Chattanooga, and proposes to
pend S250,O0O,
SIr. Burke, of Benham, Texas, recover,
$4,000 from the Texas Central railroad for
oxen arm, at Chappell Hill.
The Rome iron company, Chattanooga,
nm, works five hundred and eighty.fye
nds, and turns out six hundred and FIVE
as Of rails per week.
A colored woman, of Bellton, Va, left
nineteen-month-old-child alone in the
bin, and an old sow entered and ate itup,
except an arm and the head.
The property suit of Mrs, Myra Clark
ins, that has been ia court for more than
ty years came up for trial before Judge
llings, in the United States circuit court
New Orleans, last Monday,
The following bill concerning the uni.
fsity of Virgi MIA has been reported to the
,islature Of the state. Each professor
all receive q stated salary not exceeding
600, and also such additional compensa.
IN out Of the fees as the visitors may from
ne to time direct. He shall also have az.
med 10 him by the board one Of the payil.
IS Of the university, or other suitable res.
ence Tor co mmutatlon therefor, and such
her accommodation az the said board may
escribe.
Charleston News and Courier The
ssOls in this harbor on Saturday last were
out eighty-hye in number, Of which three
ere steamships, eight ships, fity-one barks,
elye brigs and schooners. Twenty-Five
IRE under the flag Of the United States
irty.one OF Great Britain, fifteen Of Nor,
by, eight of Spain, five of Germany, two
Russia and one of Sweden. Twenty were
aiding for Liverpool, seven for the cont
mt four for Hayre, four for Barcelona
70 for the United Kingdom, one for Amster.
I'm, and the balance for domestic ports.
The southern aud western immigra
bn society will hold its second annual con
ntlon at Little Rcok, Ark, commencing
Thursday, March /, 1877. The following
ates are entitled to presentations Louis
ma, Texas, Alabama, George, Florida, Mis-
ssippi Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky
issouri, Iowa Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana
hio, Kansas, Minnesota and Nebraska.
Lampass ( Texas Dispatch: We Learn
ON every quarter Of our county, and til,
me may be said of all the adjacent coun
es, that very much larger crop of corn
btt9n and small grains viii will be planteC
lis year than ever before. The old settler
ave added largely to their fields, improved
eir fences and houses, and added many
bmfOrts and conveniences TO their houses
some localities half dozen new settle
ents may be seen at one view, where ,
earago, no sign OF improycm ent had beeI
ade.
The Southern Methodist publishin.
use, at Nashville, Is said to be in fnancia
lstTess. The Nashville Banner, Of the 10th
lys Of the concern, tnat the bishops ant
ook committee have decided TO cut dow
tlaIies, collect old debts, urge cash sales, ex
End no credit, and issue 100000 worth o
even per cent. bonds, running twenty years
Tlth The privilege Of redemption in thre
ears, secured by mortgage on the property
rith the first 100000 sold, take up the oil
nortgage and reduce the interest, and sci
much Of the rect as may he necessary
Vitht the general collections and other avai
bic means, pay oil the floating debt. Tn
ouse will thus he relieved and putagain o
he hish road OF prosperity and usefulnes,
New Orleans Register; Capt. Cow
ems arrival in this city, as the represent,
We Of a reliable company organized i
lenphis to open and develop the Barrat;
aroute to the sea, marks the beginning {
new era IN this important enterprise,
llIls before congress to grant the necessar
raaehses to enable the company to do tn
orr tasks no money from the govern
lenk 1t does not interfere with any in
rovements at the mouth of the river. 1t
q enterprise that stands on its own merit
nd can succeed without breaking up an
lval enterprise, or receiving any subsid
rom the government. II this enterpris
meets with any opposition we propose I
Veep an eye on the spectators who ara
themselves against what we consider tn
nostlmportant improvement in the gre,
alley-the opening of the Mississippi riv,
. the sea.
THE VYEST