The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-02-07
NEWS SUMMARY.
SOUTIH.

The severe weather north is sending
swarms Of people to Florida.
Am Indian paper wants all the pistols
In the Indian territory broken.
The Mofett bell punch in Fredericks-
burg yielded in three months $l,75i
The greenbackers of Tennessee hold a
state convention in Nashville February IS
Mississippi legislators are required to
furnish their own newspapers and stationery
New Orleans, Mobile and Memphis
are making extensive preparations for Mardi
Uras
Three persons died of smallpox and
nineteen OF consumption in New Orleans
last week,
Not a,miIe OF railroad was built dur
ing the past year in Georgia, Mississippi or
Arkansas.
A man was sentenced in Nashville to
three years in the penitentary for stealing
three boxes OF pepper.
The bishop of the African Methodist
church of Louisiana warns the negroes against
the Liberan government.
A sale of good farming land was made
in Stafford county, Va, few days ago at
less than one dollar an acre.
There is one member Of the Virginia
legislature who boasts that he has voted
against every bill in the body.
The Virginia Legislature proposes to
make silver legal tender in that state.
West Virginia has such law,
Every member (l20) in the lower house
of the Mississippi legislature voted in favor
OF congress remonetizing silver
A negro, the only one that has ever
applied, was admitted to the bar at Mont.
gomery, Alabama, few days ago.
Waco (Tex) Patron: Wheat is re-
ported to be doing well in every part of the
state. A large spring crop will be sown.
The gold yield of Georgia is now half
million year, and the Atlanta Constitu>
tion thinks it may be carried to that amount
per month.
The convention of mayors of the
southern seaboard cities, called to meet in
Jacksonville, February 9, has been post
poned until February II.
Charleston, s. c., is full of foolish ne
groes waiting for the I.iberian ship. They
say one thousand from about Selma, Ala,
will go between this and May.
Ono-third of the Mofleit registers in
Virginia show that $751; 81 were collected
in December. This would give about six
hundred thousand dollars annually.
Atlanta. during the past gwo weeks,
,, nj " oT I'" D,iJ ohnVt ,'o hr,In nTts
Jav for distribution in other narts of The
state.
The rubernotoriaI succession is ha;no
,,;.a,,ns6d l., 1Taxns cn,, u,hha.J uas
w w Ia,a Hon + w Thrnol nortoIu V" amI
t,doa narin,o ara tba noel ,,ro,',i,,amt ",,'
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Atlanta Constitution The sheep fever
is taking hold in Atlanta 1t almost threat
ems to drive the money question out of dis
cussion. Georgia will be the great sheep
state of the future.
Judpe BAXTER imnosed fines amount-
inc to I,vo rbonsonJ four bund,ed IolIars
mpon me " pcrsons found puiItv bv tbe Tinted
States circuit court at Knoxville, last week,
of violating the revenue laws.
The NIevicsn authorities ot piedras
Ne,ras bava dc,;vcrsI the murde rer Cordona
az the An,orioan of;cers on tb;s .;do Of the
S;o VI" Granda much ~ tbn disomSt Of tbe
Wovcans wbo tbrnatcn rescue
,n-, ,N,c., :,
road we're we're 'I buit % in Tennessea @ ne' in in 1S77
,uontv ,one and three nnarter milo, lin ~
dote Tennessoe has az miles of -ailrp,d
rive hundred miles are projected. bnt if is
- nrcs' i'm of time whether ibev will he mt
in oneration.
rp,,s,.aa..o lr,a \po,.;o.. Nouo
.o,'aa a'"" aro ~" M IN nvsrv Jiractie5n
=, nsanne carnty and Tho connties absent
Wone of the oroves suf,ereJ material damage
INV Tho late cold wcntber sbowin~ thc n1.
doubted value of water nrotection. which
The numerous skes in that vicinity afford,
Collector Woodcock of the, Nashville
,;a,s;nt Las rooan,I,, ] broI on rn .bnnt fortv
moonshine distilleries, and Commissioner
Raum has written him letter, stating that
any support, either in money or forces,
required for the purpose of suppressng il
licit distileries, will be promptly furnished
upon application.
crrxor+ So,thor, ;tor. Tromne ara
,rmoraua ;n iii. loaa,;tv ni,stv.nine bnn.
dredtbs of the scum of northern low life,
and all of them thieves (for an honest man,
though foot traveller in search of work, is
not tramp, and we advise our citizens to
keep their doors locked and their muskets
loaded and always shoot low.
Tho IIor,,o,, Tolo.ro,L sors of tho
I'll lne iiouss1n neiesi"pn say VI ,ho ' FL
Paso riot: 1t will be work OF patriotism
that is, they will have to pay their own bill
and take short ride of at least 700 miles
there and zoo back, with large portion of
the way actively cultivated with scap.raisers,
II n Co,,;,t 3, MD. o.,oot for tho
.i, w. oeo1isS 20 uni o%;,, ~ ITn;on W. oomn.
nurTel VI woinan anu onliu IN MN so1., ra.
Gently found. He married the woman, q
widow with one child, about the lst OF last
April, and is supposed to have murdered
them both the day after the marriage
Lynching is feared.
Some confederate bonds and notes
asscrs Of the bankrupt Bank of North Caro-
lima, were sold by anction in Raleigh recent
% Cne ' nan avu ~ y,;d '. sG n !" for si9o o0O o
tr.a,ury noto, All "a An for SIOO OOO In