The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-08-08

beloved and struck for the land dragging
the alligator with him. Attracted by the
blood and the noise, other alligators came to
the attack, and as the OK tossed them in the
air with his horns, he incautiously backed
| into the water when huge alligator seized
| him by the nose and drowned him.
The late heavy and protracted rains
have very materially damaged the cotton
crop in the northern portion of Texas. In
many places the farmers have been unable
TO work their crops for two weeks, and the
weeds and grass have almost taken the crop
in some OF the counties, In the southern
portion OF the state the prospects are more
hopeful, and in many localities unprecedent
ed crops will be gathered.
The weed known as the common beg.
gars lice is said to be wonderful product,
and is being cultivated successfully in parts
of Florida aud southwest Georgia. Poor
lands are made rich, and deserted lands i'm.
proved by It's culture thereon. 1t takes the
place of clover; is fine producer of milk,
stock fattens rapidly on it, it is palatable
and nutrious, makes fine forage, and can
be cut as often as three times per season.
Fort Smith, (Ark.) Herald: Two
young men, Ferdinand Griff and Patrick
~ isViiiy lVlb olb hlOhuuy iOi
Benedictine monastery, at the POttawatN
tonic Mission, in the Indian territory, to
become members of that order, and devote
their lives to the civilization and spiritual
advancement of the Indian tribes. Mr..
Grifl walked from New York to this place in
order to Join the Benedictine order.
Hampton, (Va.) Monitor: On Wednes-
day last white girl, about fourteen years of
~, al hafn.a Iuutina IA. haa
Of Mill Creek, charged with stealing pair
of shoes. Being found guilty, the justice
allowed her to choose between receiving fit.
teen lashes or going to Jail for thirty days,
The mother of the girl insisted tnat she
should receive the whipping, which was
accordingly administered by colored
constable.
Newbern IN. O. Nut Shell: The
hands on the A. and n. C. railroad yester.
day, in moving pile of lumber, discovered
a den of snakes and commenced the work
Of destruction. After beaboring the snakes
for some time with sticks and MISSILES they
counted up the dead bodies, and found that
they had annihilated twentyone horn snakes
(the longest one measuring six feet and the
shortest one five feet, one black snake and
one king snake.
GOliad (Tex.) Guard: We heard a
farmer say the other day that he would en-.
gage $4,000 bushels of corn, to be delivered
in the city at twenty-five cents per bushel.
This shows the abundant crop that has been
raised in the county the presentyear. While
corn can be raised at such figures and cattle
at such low prices, the great northwest may
soon see their main industry gradually leave
them to be transferred to southwest Texas
that of fattening cattle for market.
Lake City Reporter At the planta'
ton Of Mr.. Turner, near Lake City, Fla, n
most singular scene occurred, the charming
of a thirteen.foot alligator by rattle snake.
The snake first saw the alligator, and with
his rattles attracted the latter's attention.
Then began the charming process, which
lasted fully half an hour. The alligator at
first turned his head once or twice, but was
Immediately called to order by the rattles
of the snake, Toward the end of the half
hour, with fixed eyes, the alligator moved
slowly toward his terrible enemy until
within striking distance, when the snake
curled himself more compactly, and with all
the strength he could muster, struck the al.
ligator. For a moment the alligator shook
tremulously, and then, as if by magic, made
a semi.circling backward movement pecu-
liar to the species, and brought his tail
down upon the snake with fatal effect.