The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-01-24
NEWS SUMMARY.
SOUTH.
The Dispatch claims that Chatta
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has nearly 1900 inhabitants.
One hundred and seventy-fve emf
grafton tickets have been sold in Charlotte
during the past month.
The postofiice receipts at Savannah for
1877 were $47,27l 60, and the expenses $27,'
62S 80 showing a net income Of $lo,643 81.
The Vicksburg Herald says the people
Of Louisiana are in earnest about the pro.
posed railroad connection between that city
and Shreveport.
Chattanooga Times; Sixteen hundred
immigrants to Texas Travelled over the Ken.
nesaw route in December about half of
whom purchased their tickets in Atlanta.
One hundred and ten deeds of land
have been received by the auditor from
Craven county, North Carolina, for forfeiture
of state taxes. The sum due is but $72S.
Nashville American Most all the
gamblers are submitting their cases in the
criminal court and paying $5 fines and costs.
A saloon keeper was fined $5 for permitting
persons TO play cards in his house for the
drinks.
The Atlanta (Ga.) Constitutionalist
says Chicken fighting is getting to be so
common in the neighborhOod of Columbus,
thatboys 60 about with game cocks in sacks,
and gaffs sticking to the lapels of their
coats.
The Atlanta Constitution has inter-
viewed a stock man, who "thinks the calm
and meditative sheep il to be Georgia's res
generator" and that the Bermuda grass
beats the Kentucky bluegrass in several es-
sentlal particulars"
An encounter took place in Sumter
county, Florida, a few days ago, between
Reuben Marsh and Gus Caruthers. Caruthers
fired two shots from a gun, killing Marsh he
then rode about half mile, fell from his
horse, and expired.
Judge Sherman Page, Ex-Governor
Sherwood and A. L Meigs, of Minnesota,
are in Tennessee in search of information of
desirable location for settlement. They
intend to take a large colony down when
location can he determined upon.
The Charlotte On. O. Observer tells
OF u man who came to that place with wife
and fourteen children. He wanted to move
to Tennessee; the price of tickets was $52S;
he retired in disgust, and is now at his old
home.
There are l57 members in the Missis>
sippi legislature In the senate are two re.
pubicans, one cOlOred. In the house are
one white republican, two Independent col
ored republicans, two fusion colored republi.
cans and three cOlored democrats. A colOred
democrat was elected door.keeper of the
house.
The exports from the port of Norfolk
Tor the month of December aggregate ST.
SOO,I09 81. The number of vessels that
cleared fOr foreign ports amounted to 62, ,093.
The exports for the year amounted to $685.
1913 4S. The receipts of cotton at Norfolk
during the month of December amounted to
1885 bales.
Handsboro Miss Democrat: Mr.. j.
&. Clarke, the general manager OF the line
OF railroad leading from New Orleans to
Chicago, says the tide of immigration from
the west to the south is setting in in real
earnest He thinks thousands will seek
homes during the coming year. All who
come are welcome.
New Orleans Times: The postmaster
OF fernando was garroted and robbed on the
night of the Goth ult., while he was on his
way from the pOstoffice to his home. Three
white men were the assalants, and they got
from him $500 in government money and
personal funds. No clew to the identity of
the robbers has been ascertained
Steamers and RATS now pass through
Reuben's cut, on the Ocmulgee, hitherto the
IIlOSJ ulluCuIb puTJ VI tIlt Navigation DtJWee.l
Daren and IIawkinsville. The opening of
this cut was recently effected by the United
States government, and adds much to the
prosperity of middle and southwestern
Georgia, which is thus brought near to mar.
ket by cheap communication.
Vicksburg Herald: Some time during
the last week Of December there was received |
at the United States treasury, Washington |
city, from Vicksburg, an old tin box, which |
had been buried in the ground number of
years by the owner, and lately exhumed by |
him, containing twenty thousand dol
lars in the first issue of the government
greenbacks and national bank notes. The
money had become so rusted by contact with
the box and affected by mildew US to be in
great danger oil dropping to pieces, and was
consequently forwarded to the United States
treasury for redemption. The exchange for
good money has been made.
Daily Arkansas Gazette: Abont $50
O'Clock Thursday morning, James Cooper,
merchant of Malvern, shot and mortally
wounded Neal Gillis, well known citizen
and desperate character Of Hot Springs
county. Gills mad been in town for twenty
four hours, had defied and bulldozed the
civil authorities, and had threatened the life
OF Cooper, who, seeing him coming up the
hill, as though approaching his store to carry
out his purpose, stepped out and fired into
Gillis' person the contents OF two double
barreed shotguns, of which fully twenty
buckshot entered his head, body and legs,
infictng wounds from which he died in
about three hours.
New Orleans Democrat on "Jackson
day:" The invading army which had adj
vanced into the very heart of the republic,
had burned the capital, desecrated the ma
tional monuments, chased the timorous
president into some remote hiding place, and
scattered, like sheep before wolves, the vast
horde of his militiamen quadrupling in
number the invaders, was here met on the
field by the youth and men of Louisiana,
Mississippi, Tennessee and Kentucky, and
driven back with shame and slaughter to
their ships. In less than two months from
their appearance off our Shores an army
composed Of the veterans who had conquered
the great Napoleon and his cohorts, an army
OF twelve thousand OF the picked veterans OF
the great peninsular war, who had won the
brightest of all the laurels woI by the British
army, an army conducted tbither by the
greatest squadron ever sent forth by that
great naval power, squadron stronger than,
and composed OF the very ships of, the fleet
which had annihilated the French navy at
Trafalgar.