The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-04-18
SOUTHERN NEWS ITEMS.

lHeTc arc IWeuty-siA aCIlNo Soiu hiiheo
in Georgia.
Only two life insurance companies are
authorized to take risks in Texas
Memphis contains fifty. light churches,
twenty.four of which belong to the colored
people.
The New Orleans cotton exchange has
determined to be properly represented at
the Paris expos ton.
Two old women were recently fogged
in the public plaza Of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico,
on a charge Of being witches.
Can't. Eads is OF the opinion that he
can obtain twenty.four feet of water on the
bar of the st. Johns river, Florida.
1t is proposed by the South Carolina
agricultural society to plant the low coast
islands in wheat, as the rice crop is failure
there.
Major Sidney Pitts, who was killed
in East,ille, Va, the 2Sth ult, by Alfred
Thorn, was a nephew of Senator Dennis, OF
Maryland.
South Carolina supplies nearly hall
the rice produced in the country. Georgia
is next, or seven million pounds ahead of
Louisiana. Nearly all the rice comes from
these three states.
In order to relieve Vicksburg of some
of her Indebtedness, sixteen citizens have
stepped forward and loaned her two thou.
sand dollars each. They are guaranteed y
per cent. interest
There is q prospect of large emigra-
ton of english people, discouraged by stag
nation in business, resulting from strikes,
etc to the mineral and agricultural lands of
Alabama, following the investment OF Eng
lsh capital in the railroads of that state.
San Antonio correspondence Galveston
News: Tomorrow $4,000 pounds OF copper
will arrive here on train from Las Cruces,
New Mexico. 1t goes to Baltimore, the great
copper mart of the United States, via Gal.
weston. This is the first consignment of the
kind since the war.
Rev. Mr.. Rankin, of the American
bible society, proposes that if every man in
Texas who carries pistol or other deadly
weapon will lay them aside, he will replace
them with bibles free of charge. He guar~
antees that the change will put an end to the
fearful crime of murder.
A Pennsylvania capitalist recently
purchased twenty thousand dollars worth
OF Georgia railroad bonds, whereupon the
Augusta Chronicle remarks: "This is an
indication of the scarcity of good securities
at the north, and shows that northern capi~
tai is seeking investment in this section.
Reidsville IN. C.) Times: A young
man the other day had his arm badly hurt
with cyanide of potash he was having
negative taken of his sweetheart on his arm.
L. 4 Al.
potash struck in, and his arm began swelling
az if from snake bite. He made narrow
escape
Chattanooga Times: Yesterday after
noon Mormon preacher from Salt Lake
City, accompanied by missionary sister of
the same faith, went down the Western and
Atlantic railroad to labor for converts in
southern Georgia and Florida. The gallant
orator told this reporter that over fifty were
there awaiting his arrival to be escorted to
the home of the latter day saints.
Dallas (Texas) Herald: The San
Antonio Express estimates the spring cattle
drive, in round numbers at two hundred and
eighty.three thousand nine hundred mead.
No bad business ior Iexas at mat. Ihls, at
the low estimate OF ten aoiIars head, wouid
give us nearly three mlliiohs Oh dollars ior
cattle alone, driVen 10 hahsas, not computing
those shipPed out Dy raii anu steamship
corot,r Jan,ar sent tb;a aent;ment to
.es S0 rora;a .nn ~ p.,t,;oI,s lay. tsrt y
huSuoId, U;n Io,o tLa Ill IL
yPioaa Iii .hn roonIa h;a fo;th LIZ a,. ,,,o
l1en' a1as - hi him so cold ss will not nroJnce a
shamrock; no soil so barren as will not grow
u shille!ah; Foremost al nghs, irolc, or
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