The Russellville Democrat., 1877-03-29
NEWS SUMMARY.
THE SOUTH.


 been committed in vicksburg of late.
 The African colonization fever has broken out among the Augusta, Ga., colored citizens.
 The fire at Newberry, Georgia, in which Pools hotel and twenty other build. ipgs were burned, amounted to $15O,0O0
 Shall the bureau of agriculture, sta. tistics and mines be abolished is becoming question in Tennessee.
 The total indebtedness of the south ern states, us estimated by the committee on adjustment, IS about $20O,O00, ,O00, that of Virginia alone amounting to $35,000,000.
 Georgia's most expensive luxury is her last legislature. Over one hundred thousand dollars vanished from the treasury at the last session The clerical force in the house is said to have been paid $11.160.
 As an evidence of returning confidence in the honesty of democratic rule in Florida, the fact may be stated that persons of char. acter and wealth abroad are looking to Florida for settlement and investment of capital.
 Under the new incorporation act of Florida, no city or town can levy tax greater than one per cent. for general pur- poses, and an additional tax to meet in terest and provide for sinking fund to meet princi. pal at maturity.
 Mitch. Pearson, of Bedford county, Tenn., who has been before the courts for twelve years for murder, and who has been sentenced to death, &c., has finally been sent to the penitentiary for ten years.
 In twenty-one Louisiana parishes heard from the yield of sugar in 1876 is 20,600 hogsheads, more than the yield of 1875. The crop of 1876, estimated on this basis, will be 10000 hogsheads, against 10000 hogsheads in 1875, in round numbers
 Mobile (Ala.) Register: Farmers in form 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. It has not happen ed more than once before within the mem. ory of man.
 The "Thieves' Own association" is the name of new society in New Orleans, which is composed entirely of colored females. The object of the society IS to hire out as servants and disappear suddenly with such "unconsidered trihes" as they conven- iently can.
 The average price of land in a few counties in northwestern Georgia, where they raise grain and hay, is as follows: Bur. tow county, per acre, s7.30; Chattooga, $6,s2; Polk, $6.98. The average price in southern Georgia, the best cotton region in the state: Dooly county, per acre, $274; Lee,$2.e9; Macon, $2.s6; Randolph, $2.S4.
 A Florida correspondent of the Pc. tersburg (va.) Index and Appeal says there is lemon tree of one hundred and five feet in circumference at the top. Upwards of 10000 lemons were taken off that single tree few days ago, and it is estimated by com. petent judges that there were still 20,0O) lemons remaining on the same tree. It is credtabiy stated that the average lemon tree will bear from 2,500 to 5000 lemons.
 The boundary-line question between the states of Virginia and Tennessee, which was thought to have been settled in 1903, has recently been brought up in the legislature of the former state, under an act of the legislature of 1872, giving the gov ernor authority te select committee to con- fer with a like committee from Tennessee to take up the matter and locate the line, but Tennessee positively refused to touch the matter at the time of the act of 1872.
 Acts for the removal of the political disabilities of the following persons were signed by President Grant: John M. Haden, of Texas; Theophilus H. Holmes, of North Carolina; P. J. Quattlebaum, of Georgia i; w. F. Darlington, of Virginia; William But Ter, of South Carolina; R. G. Gatlin, of Ar kansas; s. P. Moore, NJ. D., of Virginia; D. H. Hill, of North Carolina; NJ. l.. Bonham, of South Carolina; John s. Marmaduke, J. L. M, Curry, of Virginia; Catesby R. Jones, of Alabama; Wade II. Globes, of South Carolina, and Wm. R. Jones, of Texas. Savannah (Ga.) News, 18th: The Central railroad company have transported during the past thirty days, from Savannah alone, over 270000 bags of commercial fer tilizers. Inthe transportation of this stuff 2,70O cars have been required, and allowing twenty cars to the train, at least one hun. dred and thirty-fve trains, or five trains per day, were necessary for this work. These fertilizers are landed from the vessel (which bring them from northern ports) at the Central railroad company's wharf, and are hardly cold before they are moving rapidly to the interior to either make or break some farmer.