The Hickman courier., 1878-07-19
CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.
Southern News.

Gen. Jno. B. Gordon has purchased
400 acres of land in Worth county, Ga
for sheep farm.
Over two and a quarter million pound
OF wool has been shipped this season fror
Corpus Christi, Texas.
Five thousand acres Of Texas land, o.
the Medina river, have been sold t
English capitalists for $11. 900.
Fifteen hundred pounds of hair
trimmed from horses at branding
was shipped from Beaumont, Texas, las
week. 1t is worth 1za cents per pour,
in New York.
"A new enemy to the potato has ap
Peared in Wes. Virginia 1t resembles
small grasshopper, snd destroys whole
patches in a single night by stinging tbs
pls1t near the ground,
Three of the largest tobacco factorie:
in Key West hsve closed, and the Cubans
employed in them are going back to
Havana. Cause, strike and interfer-
ence of United Stats revenue officers.
Joseph A. Leonard, a cotton-buying
swindler, for whom a reward of So, 900
was offered, has Just been captured in
San Antonio Texas. He hes vic
tiraized the pe@pse Of Fort worth 70
the amount OF $23 coo.
Brownwood Texas,) Banner: Mr.. Jas
G. Yates, from 80 bushels OF seed sown on
34 acres of land threshed 100 bushels of
good wheat. Mr. A. F. Grogran sowed Is
bushels of wheat On l3 acres OF land and
threshed, as the result of the same. 457
bushels, OF s traction over 80 bushels rer
acre.
Gen. Gordon has purchased nineteen
hundred and sixty acres of lsni in
Worth county, upon which be will place
la sc flock of sheep. He proposes to
show the Bostonisns that ne knew what
he was talking about when he told them
OF the profits of wool>growing in the
SOUTH atlanta Constitution.
Wheeling Intelligencer: The wheat
now being cut in Marshal county aver
ages from sixty TO sixty-four grains to the
head There is no doubt about the wheat
of this region being a superb crop. If
the hot weather of last week only con-
tinues we will probably have corn crop
that will match it.
The colored population ef Atlanta is
greatly excited over what they claim to
be divine revelation. One of their
number lately died, since which time
they say that they have been RECALLED
with visions of the heavenly hosts waving
flags and parading to the sounds of celes.
tial music. So carried away are they
with the idea that the last day is at
hand that, when one of them, dray-
man, was requested to haul load, he
replied I" it could not be dene, as de
kingdom was so nigh" The Constitu-
tion's reporter is very irreverent over
the subject, and doesn't hesitate to say
that he believes the Africo-Americans
are crszy.
Marshall (Texas) Herald: A fine race |
mare was stolen last week from Squire |
Grayson, a justice of the peace at Lodi, !
Marion county, and that gentleman, with
a party of fifteen citizsras, started IN, F,u--
suit. They struck the trail Immediately,
and fifteen miles northwest of Mount
Vernon, Titus county, came upon the
thieves. They showed fight ard battle
ensued. The thieves were beaten and /
four of their number killed, either by the
rope or the fatal bullet. Six horses were !
recaptured. Two of the thieves escaped |
with the stolen race mare and horse. |
Mr.. Grayson carried back with him the /
marks of three bullets; one through his 1
shirt and the others through each arm
pit.
The annual report of the Augusta,
(Ga } cotton factory for the fiscal year
ending June 10 exhibits prosperity al |
most exceptional in these days OF busi-
ness and industrisl depression. During |
that period 770 looms turned out IA, IT, |
337 yards of cloth. The mill consumed |
II ,819 bales of cotton at an average cost |
10, % cents per pound. The sales OF goods |
amounted to 1886. 033.41 The number
of operatives employed was $40, whole
wages amounted to $4,000, The mill
paid four dividends at two per cent. each,
paid off 5 z 900 of its bonded debt and
carried 5 % 40 to its surplus, increasing
that amount from 5 230, $50 to 5 256, ,020.
During the twenty years Of its existence
the Augusta factory has never failed to
pay a quarterly dividend, except on one
occasion.
The case OF Mrs. Rinker against the
Manhattan Life insurance company,
closed at Galveston in favor of the
plaintiff, establishes a new theory.
g The amount sued for was $4,000, and
upon this verdict depends $54, 900 in
other companies. The theory set forth
by the plaintiff il that Rinker did not
kill himself, but was murdered. 1t is
supposed Burgess planned the whole
scheme. formed the conspiracy for Rinker
to quit his wife and family, get Nor
mon divorce and then marry Miss Wal
ters, a. pretty young woman of yoluptu>
ous mould, and the daughter of a Gal
weston fashionsble milliner. Burgess
was man of the world, man on the
make, and not ssrupulous how he made
it.: Rinker was rich, the holder of
thousands of corporation money, confind-
ing, immoral, and man in every suited
for the machinations of Burgess and the
pretty Miss Walters" But the decision
of the jury was set aside and a new trial
granted.
Miscellaneous.
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