The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-02-16
NEWS SUMMARY.


70 Nc iso,bis vsias N the property u
Hurtb eaf5iint
" o. Wirthaa. of Carrie. fa.. bas
lsased several I'll wells IN Overon eoaaty
Tennessee, nod will immediately b.iae work
tn enormous sheep mnehe II 10000
acres, hss j1si been surveyed IN Nenafd
couniy, Tetns, Tor w. E Carlin late n
Paris, Tenn.
Capt w. =. Lyle, who commanded
biockadesmnnef between Texas and foreign
ports, daring the late war died,at Dallas on
the 2sth. ffe was q native Of London, Eng.
land, aud had made a number Of voyages 60
the East indies.
!lowes' circus was sold by the sheriff
10 Augusta, the Both ut, and everything was
bought by the claimants, the amount Of the
claim being bid. The den Of tigers brought
$4,000 the five elephants, $4,000 the hyenas
$1,000, etc.
The woman's christian association OF
Memphis issues q warning and appeal to the
mothers Of that city not to allow their chill
dren to join in with the maskers on the &C.
casion Of the coming Mardi Gras, either in
the scenes upon the streets or at the ball.
rooms. they claim that these indulgencies
are sources of sin and shame.
The Richmond Dispatch, in speaking
Of the state debt of Virginia, humorously
says; The case is a knotty one, and the
fiuanciers will find ii hard Of solution. The
state will now rapidly improve, and the rev.
enue sources will be multiplied. But she
has a remedy now Mt hand. She knows that
brandy-burnt or not-can save her. A
iquir tax can make the state easy now, and
put her in a fine condition for further aid
from future prosperity. Put all the drinkers
of liquor at the wheels of government and
they will be promptly and triumphantly
lifted out of the mire. If the 6nanciers ,
should succeed in finding out chow to do /
it." the state will be happy enough; but if it /
should not find out this important secret, we :.
can at least rally to the public support and d
drink the state out OF embarrassment +
Florida Union: For the past few F
years the mania for Florida oranges has been W
so great that it was impossible to supply the h,
steadily increasing demand at anything like
reasonable prices. In all northern and ~
western markets good, and even fabulous, W,
prices have been obtained for this golden to
fruit of Florida, while other oranges have or
sold at fair to nominal prices. This heavy in,
and good sale of the Florida orange Pa
have created considerable enthusiasm and a 81
spirit of speculation in the minds of a host ro
of fruit merchants, who this year have spec co
extensively, and TO their sorrow, on an
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the value of their contracted crops to ce
an unknown extent, making their ventures
very unreliable and subject to heavy loss, w
rs irozen fruit is spOngy, unstable, unfit ny
both to eat and ship, and it easily rots. h;
NhlIe these facts are no great drawback to f.
uture orange culture, yet this years prices n
will inevitably affect prices OF succeeding /.
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The North Carolina cotton product of pa
he past year was estimated at 250,0o0 bales, tr'
Worth probably more than $4,000 900. This Sc
epresents but a small fraction of the capac. &C
" of the state, in this direction, under a he
etter system of cultivation than now ex- &C
It's. To accomplish this result, efforts are n'
eing made to induce the legislature to pass =,
law providing for the establishment of ag. CT
colleges. The great and little la
swamps embrace about 3,000,0 600 acres ~
{ the richest land of the state, a large por- isl
.on OF which, by a moderate outlay for CO
raining, could be made equal to the most W
Grille of Louisiana. These lands belong VI
hiefy to the literary or educational fund, 81
mt are of no present value to it. Gov tn
'ance is DESTROYS of having them drained lie
nd utilized, and Will favor any reasonable ps
neasure TO that END. pr
The mineral of North Caro- at
ina can scarcely be ov~erestimated. Rich II,
veins of iron, coal, copper lead, zinc, mica OF
nd nickel are found in many counties. 70
Sold and silver also abound, and their pro-
iuction is a source of livelihood to hun in
lreds, and Of marked wealth to many peo- pc
though the workers are mainly negroes, CO.
md their procet ses for obtaining The pre- aft
'iOus metals crude beyond description. A M
yell-known English mineralogist, who has riv
lad over twenty-five years experience in eft
mining in South America, Mexico, Go
california, Nevada and Colorado, SAYS tina, ia
leither of the countries nor states named sin
I'LL compare, in precious metals, with North du,
He has recently made large pur. wa
.hases of mineral lands on Deep river, and no'
5 actively working them, the ore being -
Iand-dressed and shipped to Europe for re. Isl
.uctiOn. r.