The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-01-26
NEWS SUMMARY.


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The peanut crop n Tsnasv~o il 300
FG tasbsis
Tssas hes aHi5 i~0 wsoien mills io
Fsft W me ssal from bss Hfoo6oo sheep
The lee % The JAMES river VS. twelve
inches, tbe miessst iaf twenty years.
The hog crop o. south Aabsma l.
heavier ftan II has been fsr eileen yssrs
The town 81 Oatmeal IL near Back.
bone valley, Tstsa.
The mammoth sponge that vas found
10 Florids IL twelve feet ia eircamfsrence
and weighs nineteen pouads.
IL Is calculated that tho protestant
churches o. Memphis will seat ten thousand
people.
Mr. Burke, Of Benhsm, Texas, recover.
ed 5000 from The Texas Central railroad Tor
broken arm, at ChsppeTl Hill.
The Rome iron company, Chattanooga,
Tenn, works five huadred and eighty.hve
bands, and turns out sir hundred asd five
tons OF rails per week.
a colored woman, OF Bolton. Va, left
her nineteen-month.old. chlld alone IN the
cabin, and an Old SOW entered and ate It up,
ail except an arm and The head.
The property suit Of Mrs.. Myra Clark
Gains, that has been Ia court for more than
forty years came up for trial before Judge
Billings, in the United States circuit court
at New Orleans, last Monday.
The American ship Queenstown, sailed
from Charleston for Liverpool with 5000
bales of compressed upland cotton. II Is
said to be the largest single export of cotton
ever made from that city.
This curious law ia in force in Texas
concerning the sale of hides. Every person
who shall purchase any hides of cattle shall,
at the time OF purchasing the same, obtain
from he owner thereof or flom his legally
authorized agent, a bill of sale in writing,
certified to by the Inspector or any officer
authorized TO take Acknowledgements, which
bill of sale shall recIte in full the marks end
brands of each hide, the weight thereof, and
whether the same is dry or green.
The following bill concerning the uni
versity of Virgi Hia has been repoits ID to the
legislature of the state. Each professor
shall receive a stated salary not exceeding
81 900, and also such additional compensa.
ton out of the fees as the visitors may from
time to time direct. He shall also have as.
signed 10 him by the board one of the pavil. !
ions OF the university, or other suitable res.
idence Cor co.. mutatleH therefor, and such
Other accommodation as the said board may
prescribe.
Lampass Texas Dispatch We learn
from every quarter Of our county, and the
same may be said Of all the adjacent coun-
ties, that a very much larger crop of corn,
cotton and small grains will will be planted
this year than ever before. The old settlers
have added largely to their fields, improved
their fences and houses, and added many
comforts and c~Onveniences TO their houses.
In some localities half a dozen new settle.
ments may be seen at one view, where 8
year ago, no sign of improvem ent had been
made.
Charleston News and Courier: The
vessels in this harbor on Saturday last were
about eighty-fve In number, of which three
were steamships, eight ships, ~6fty-oRe barks,
twelve brigs and schooners. TWENTY-FIVE
were under the has Of the United States,
thlrty-one of Great Britain, fifteen of Nor.
way, eight OF Spain, i've of Germany, two
OF Russia and one of Sweden. Twenty we're
loading for Liverpool, seven for the cont.
nent, four for Hsvre, four for Barcelona
for the United Kingdoms one for Amster.
dam, and the balance for domestic ports.
The Southern Methodist publishing
house, at Nashville, is said to be In financial
The Nashville Banner, Of the 18th.
says of the concern, that the bishops and s
book committee have decided to cut down (
collect old debts, urge cash sales, ex. q
END no credit, and issue $500 900 worth of !
seven Per cent. bonds, running twenty Years a
with the privilege OF redemption in three Il
'ears, secured by mortgage on the property: :
"ith the first 100000 cold, take up the old r
and reduce the interest, and sell
10 much OF the rest as may be necessary.
With the general collections and other avail. p
ole means, pay of the floating DEBT. The "
loHse VIII thus be relieved and put again on y,
be high ro'd Of prosperity and usefulness. u