The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-01-03
NEWS SUMMARY.
MOUTH.


smashes and thunderbolt cocktails.
The telescope to be presented to the
Washington Lee university by Mr.. l.. j. Nc
Cormick, is the largest in the world.
Culpeper, Va, IL out of debt, and the
town council have reduced the assessment
from fifty TO twenty-five cents on the hundred
dollars.
Miss Julia M. Jones, of jackson Tenn,
carried of the first prize offered by tfePhila.
delphia Saturday Night for the best original
short story.
Jesse Martin was sentenced at Waco,
Texas, twenty years in the penitentary last
week on conviction of numbering Jonathan
Douglass near that place.
New Orleans Times: Lieut., Flipper-
the famous colored West Point cadet-passed
through Tie city on Friday morning, en- route
to Fort Choncho, Texas, his future post of
military duty.
Mr.. Witten, the member of the house
Of delegates from Tazswel county, Va, is
only forty three years old, but is the father
OF sixteen children, his wife having had five
pairs of twins.
Bills have been introduced in the Vir-
ginia general assembly which exempt from
taxation a certain amount OF capital invested
in manufacturing and mining enterprises, and
another bill exemptng mortgaged lands.
The San Marcos (Tex) Free Pres
says half q million of dollars at least will be
distributed in Texas n, back pny to the army
and support Of military posts AMI erection
of government buildings. This will Iesult in
II decided mitigation Of the money famine,
especially to western Texas.
John and Wm. Skein, Jake Kelly and
VIM. Desneur, four white Arkansas alleged
murderers, escaped from Eldorado, Union
county, jail recently, in which they were in.
carccraled to await trial. The jury at their
first trial failed TO agree, and the four men
were remanded back to jail.
Sherman (Tex.) Register: About
seven hundred bales OF cotton were on the
square Yesterday. This was the largest num-
ber for any day during the present season.
The number has generally varied from three
hundred to six hundred bales Seven huns
dred bales of cotton represent cash value OF
over $4,000.
Savannah (Ga.) News; AS advertised,
the wild lands in Gimcr county were sold
last Tuesday, and iaige crowd was in at
tendance. Three thousand and forty acres
were sold, ranging from three to twenty.six
dollars a lot, the total amount paid being
1898. 10 one hundred and sixty acres ofland
for three dollars,
The jury in the Nicrosi Sharp case, at
Montgomery, Ala, were unable to agree on
verdict They could not determine whether
the note found on her person expressing
willingness to die with her lover, WAS written
by her or not Ii still remains uncertain
whether she was murdered by her lover,whO
was found dead by her side.
New Orleans Times The British ship
Rock Terrace, Capt. Fletcher, will sail from
this port for Liverpool the fore part of this
week, with 6,l50 bales of cotton, weighing
3,O0l,265 pounds, and 5000 pieces slaves.
Her net tonnage is ,592 tons. This is the
largest cargo of cotton carried by any sail
ing vessel from this port since the war.
There are three successful irrigation
works in San Saba, Tex, }. w. Flemings
farm, of about three hundred and fifty acres,
has been irrigated for several years, and, large
as il may seem, he has made over 81 ,ON per
acre on FL Paso onions. They grow in one year,
from the seed, larger than the largest coffee.
cup, and are in all respects equal to those
raised Mt FL FasO.
Norfolk vi ginian: The amount due
the state on alcoholic liquors is S99l.l6, and
the sum due on malt liquors S236.2O, the
total tax for the month being $l,2273G. This
is not by any means a satisfactory result, rs
the returns exceed by only about $500 those
of October last, during which month the
law was openly disregarded by number of
liquor dealers.
Waco (Tex. Examiner: Dr. b. Graves
the druggist paid Mr. Weir, of Brown county,
$3.50 for II stone, reputed to be yeritabe
mad stone, MIR. Weir, we are told, found the
stone in the stomach Of deer in Arizona
several years ago, and we are further told
that it never fails to extraci the poison of
mad dogs, snakes, tarantulas and other
venOmOus animals
N. @ Democrat: Last evening there
was meeting of the Continental Benevolent
association to contider the purchase made by
Capt. John &. Fleming of the sword pre-.
scnted by the state OF Louisiana to the hero
of COntreras, in the Mexican campaign. This
beautiful weapon is of rare workmanship, of
the Romln pattern. The grip is formed OF
two gladiltors wrestling in heavy relief,
whilst the blade is OF the finest steel. As u
relic and souvenir 1t is AS richly wrought n
weapon as has been seen for many day. On
Saturday evening this sword will be presented
by the Benevolent association to the COnti-
mental guards, company A.
Concord On. e. Sun: Judge Watts
delivered his lecture in the court house on
Monday night, on bugs. lie picked up oil
kinds of bugs, and gave them clear and
complete analysis; told what they were
made of and showed the medicine he had TO
make them back into nothing. The Judge
has made this branch of nature his study,
and his lecture was said to be very instruc.
tive Snd interesting. He intends to estab
lish manufnctOry for manufacturing his
bug extermnator in Charlotte, and intends
to make something ont of it. The agricul-
tural bureau at Washington has made an
engagement with him for course of lee.
lures.
Warrenton (N. C.) Gazette: Some
strange tales are told about the recent
freshet. Old Gholer, the ferryman at Tay.
Iot's ferry, was in his house drunk and
asleep,when he was awakened by something,
and found that his house was being carried
down the stream by the water. He crawled
out Of the top and "lodged in tree" and
WAS subsequently rescued. Mr.. C. II. Pear
son had pen, containing four stacks of fod-
der, taken up and car ried about two hundred
yards without injury 10 the fodder. A re.
liable man saw a stack Of oats going down
the river bearing COW, which was standing
on the oats eating away as II nothing was
the matter.
FOREIGN INrELLI GENCE.