Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-02-23
SOUTHERN NEWS ITEMS.

The salary of the goyernorof Louisiana
is $4,000, and the proposed amendment opIy
cuts it down to $1,000,
There are one hundred and fifty.one
Williamses in Augusta, Ga. according to the
new directory Of the city.
The net earnings of the Eagle and
Phenx manufacturing company at Column
bus, Ga, last year were Sl50l98.
The supreme court OF Tennessee de,
cided last Saturday that the state cannot be
sued by her citizens through her officers.
A Nashville lady deposited one hun.
dred dollars in Philadelphia bank twenty.
seven years ago, and on Monday received
therelrom l327
Murphys are making things lively in
Wheeling, Nashville, Montgomery and Little
Rock, Southward the star Of temperance
hold its way, as it were.
The special joint committee of the
Virginia legislature on the revision of the
criminal laws recommend the whipping.post
for petit larceny and other small oflenses.
Charlotte On. O. Observer; The min.
ing outlook is very promising and those who
have labored so hard for the development Of
the mineral resources of this section are
much encouraged.
The New Orleans Democrat il hand
ling the Louisiana State lottery without
gloves, and promises to furnish the proof of
some damaging charges if the legislature
will appoint an investigating committee.
Messrs. Nash & Weisser, of Fulton,
Texas, killed fifteen thousand beeyes the
past season, and successfully canned two
million of two.pound cans Of beef, besides
thousands Of can, Of turtle, tongues, soups,
etc.
The Atlanta cotton factory question is
not yet definitely settled, and counsel for the
Lowell machine shop will take the case to
the supreme court. Meanwhile the directors
Of the cotton factory viii deposit the re.
quired bond and 60 ahead with the work.
Richmond Enqairer Philip Hellrich,
convicted of failing to registera glass of beer
sold, appeared before Juigon Yesterday, paid
the fine and costs, amounting to $i9.30, in |
accordance with the finding of the court, the
supreme court having affirmed its action.
The supreme court of Virginia has
decided that the Modett LAWS constitutional. |
There is not the slightest probability tnat
the Legislature will repeal the law, as from
the returns already made the auditor Of
public accounts is Of the opinion that it will |
produce not less than S525,0.O
Texas is overrun with tramps, and
the Dallas Commercial offers this advice
Don't feed the tramps. If they ask for a J
meal send them to the wOOd>pile and make /
them earn it. II they won't do that theYgre
not very hungry. A rigid determination on
the part OF the people not to feed those who
won't work will cure the trdmping business
sooner than anything else.
Columbus GA Enquirer Since Au'
gust 81, to date, the Eagle and Phenix man'
ufacturing company have ginned 3i6 bales
of cotton, against sos the same time last year,
This cotton was brought to the factoryin in the |
seed as gathered from the field. This is
one of the great advantages possessed by
southern mills. The net earnings for the
past year were over one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars.
Louisiana Sugar Bowl! We are glad
to see tina, the canvass OF the different sugar
parishes is fully verifying our estimate that
The loss from the freeze would not exceed 20
per cent. Mr.. William Robertson, who has
recently visited all the sugar plantations IN
St. Mary, iberia, st. Martin Lafayette and
Vermillion, has found that in the parishes
named the crop is only about twenty per
cent shorter than that Of 1876, and the
Uouma Courier reports the crop OF Ter:e> !
bonne as being 10000 hogsheads against l2,'
331 in 1876.
One hundred and nine shares of the
capital stock of the Southern Express COM
panv sold at Augusta at prices ranging from
FIVE dollars to eleven hundred dollars per
share. The stock belonged to the Mississippi
Central railroad, which is now bankrupt
This road held two hundred shares in the
Southern Express, which was sold as part
of its effects to satisfy claims of the express
company against the road. The first few
shares were bid off at five dollars per share
of one hundred dollars, but before the sale
closed one share was bought for l,2O9.
Wilmington IN. C.) Star: There
are three brothers residing in the kaintuck
section in Pender county, formerly new
Hanover, of the name of Prdgen, who have
either forty.nine or fifty children, two OF
them having seventeen each aud the thlrd
either fifteen or sixteen, our informant IS
nnt nositiye which. These brothers live
within a radius of mile OF each other, ana
also within sight of each other. The gentle
man alluded to says that he was at a partyCr
hall in that neighbOrbood on one occasion,
and was introduced during the evening 10
thirty Miss Pridgens, all children OF the three
brothers named.
Charlotte IN. C.) Observer Stephen
McCorkle addressed the colored peopls at
the courthouse yesterday afternoon, IN auVo'
caaV of the restoration OF the WhlPplhS'Post,
Quite a number Of colored people gatheleS
about the door before the hour appointed,
but there was some reluctance on the pars Vi
many of them about going in. Inc speaker
came out on the steps ard urged 'nsUi @ W
enter and hear what he had 10 say Mne1
other arguments had failed, he procia'meu
rom his elevated position that honest men
were not afraid of the whipplng>post oome
of the doubling laughed at TINS lltue imPuiI
tation at FIRST, but finally it, or some otnet 1i
the appeals, brought them In, ana the speak
er addressed pretty iair house,
Petersburg Index Richmond letter
Tho statistics Of the operations OF the Money
reeister in RichmOnu, for four ana hall
montbs have Just been published FROM
,ha middle of September to the first OF req,
rusry S the people of Richmond took x, lSS,6oS y
aIooIo olic and 7O6,676 malt drinks. Ihat was
SSS what was reported by registers. l think tnat
wa%S ,So nav safely rely upon the current belief
W. w. ~" one third more are taken by persons
u"", ~ bonpht % in large quantities for home Inse,
W " 70 y onIv UJT sold by dealers who neglected or
aaop amu ~" ~ turn the crank According to the
oSiS"l c%fSG. figures we take four million Srlaks
olnoo%l nronrnm, According to my theory 6,S5O,'
PSr poo ! believe we have ten thousand voters,
yyU TSs allowance per annum is 4OS drinks s,e per
voter l or, il the population is seventy ,nou mou
sand. 70 drinks per annum Tor every H""'
woman and child.