The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-09-06
NEWS SUMMARY.


"""Sp ing III the Guy.
The new water.works companyot New
Orleans mas about procured its necessary
subscription Of 100000.
Syrup made from watcrmeons is
'cking the paIates of the people of Match cz,
Mississippi
1t 3 the intention of the naval authori-
Lies To arm all of our hest vessels with rined
ordnance rs fast as it can be made.
An alligator, fourteen feet in length,
which was killed near Pensacola, F,a, is the
sensation there,
A fruit canning establishment on a
large scale will soou go into operation in
CulIam, Alabama
The land assessments of Tom Green
county, Texas, shows the largest in the
stase-a,OO0OOO acres,
This is memorable year in Texas, on
account Of the absence Of crcuscs, kept away
'Ay thc high tax.
y Galveston, Texas hotel has in its
employ as porter a man who was at one time
'ne pOSSeSSOf Ot H2OO,OOO.
The "Alabama " Town and Land Asso.
citation of Chicago" ha; bought 100000 acres
OF land in Cullmon county, Alabama
Hide dealers in Galveston county,
Texas, are indignant that they have to sub,
mt to the present inspection Of hides, which
costs ten cents each,
The brandy crop in North Carolina in
simply immense. Over three hundred dis.
llIenes are registered in the division of the
collectors departments around Statewide.
The shops OF The Virginia Midland
railroad have been removed from Lynchburg
60 Charlottesville. The removal takes away
forty families connected with the road,
The oflice.seekers of Jacks county,
Texas, have sent petition to Justice Jam es
Perrett, asking him to resign on account of
old age.
The Alamo property at San Antonio,
Texas, is offered for sale at $1,000 The
S'a'esman thinks the historic spot should
"e owned by the state.
IN boring for cOpperin Sherman, Texas,
Il peculiar formation at a depth of thirty.sx
feet has been struck, which resists the best
tempered drills.
Talbotton, Ga, is getting to he
drcd'fruit center. One firm in that village
paid out in one day four hundred dollars
for dried fruit
In the town Of Waysville, Ala, Mr..
sliram Hutton lost his life trying to rescue
ms son lrrm TIE poisoned air of a well.
rather and son were ifeless when taken out.
Ihe new city bonds of Memphis, Tenn,
which are issued in exchange for the old,
will relieve the city of much debt. Creditors
are expected to give two for one.
The Tennessee historical society intend
to make a display of its effects for the bene-
1T of the American association for the ad-
vancement Of sciences, which shortly meets
at Nashville.
There is a cOcOonery in Raleigh, North
Carolina and it is claimed that the climate
of that state is well adapted to the growth
OF the silk worm, indeed superior to that of
many siIk.growing states.
The refrigerator enterprise in Denison,
Teyas, is now under full headway. About
fGyty beeves are killed daily and stored in
the refrigerator. About twelve persons are
kept employed by this enterprise.
Chief Engineer Morris, of the Nash
vile and Chattanooga railroad, has approved
and received the extension of the Jasper
branch road to Victoria, and regular trains
will soon be run between that place and
Bridgeport,
The total amount Of state taxes in
Tennessee for schools per annum is S55OOOO.
The counties levy tax aggregating $i5O,OOO,
making the total amount OF taxes collected
for school purposes 100000.
The Charleston News and Courier says
that Governor Hampton did not borrow
money for the state on his visit to New York,
hut obtained all that was needed within the
limits of the state and could have borrowed
three times as much more.
The New Orleans Democrat says that
a stalk Of Egyptian cane, in Assumption
parish, grew twenty.one inches in seventeen
days. the past few weeks. One could almost
see it growing. This is the cane imported a
few years ago by Mr.. Lapice.
The lessees and hands on linwOod
plantation, near Natchez, Miss, have organ
lied vigilance committee, composed OF
colored people, for the purpose OF suppress
ing crime. This committee has already
arrested and lodged in the Natche2 Jail two
prisoners charged with cattle stealing.
The break in the levee which carries
off fve-sixths of the water into Tones bayou,
thereby rendering the Red river unnavigable,
is exciting attention in New Orleans. Gov.
Nichols has not yet decided whether he can
legally devote any money on hand to the
remedy needed.
A waste paper man, Davis, has been
arrested in New Orleans for the sale Of
washed internal revenue stamps. His pro-
cess has not been discovered and is per
picking the government agent. The color
OF the stamp is not changed, and they look
as good as new.
In San Antonio, Texas. G.. j. Woodson,
formerly of Montgomery, was killed by sam
Lumpkin. Woodson killed a brother oI
Lumpkin's in Chattanooga last March and
fled to Texas, where he was tracked by the
murdered mans brother with the above
fatal result.
In accordance with the act of the last
legislature, the levee board of the Nicksburs
district has ordered its collector to asses'
and collect three dollars a bale ON coitor
shipped from the levee district on and afte
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