Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-03-16
SOUTHERN NEWS ITEMS,

SOUTHERN NEWS ITEMS.
The university of Nashville and the
Vanderbilt university graduated ninety doc.
tors.
A Putnam county, Tenn, moonshiner
told reporter of the Nashville American
that there were two hundred illicit distiller.
les in that county alone, and that he had
made twenty-five dollars week at the busi,
eSs
A statue of Major. General William
Henry Talbot Walker, who fell in the bloody
battle Of Atlanta, July p, 1854, will adorn
one of the columns of the confederate monu.
ment which will be erected in the city of
Augusta at an early day
The Mississippi legislature has enacted
a law to hx the penalty in cases OF rape
This law makes the punishment of rape the
same as is now provided by law in cases of
murder which is death or imprisonment in
the penitentiory for life, at the d,scretion of
the jury.
Col. W, II. McCardie haA been named
to collect and preserve the records of the
late war, as far as the state, of Mississipni is
concerned, bill to that effect having passed
the state senate. He is to be allowed SIn0
per month for his Services and tVseive
months to do the work,
The supreme court of Georgia decided
the other day, in the case of McDade VS.. the
Georgia railroad company, that the employe
Of railroad company who receives a nhvsi.
cal injury, PARTLY by his own fault or partly
by the iaulBOf other servants or employees Of
the compaHY cannot recover.
The Internal revenue officers in the
second Tennessee disttict, during their raid
upon THE mconshiners, succeeded in DESTROY.
ing 20 illicit distilleries, seizing II copper
stills. 10000 gallons of beer, $50 gallons If
singliHgs, 100 gallons of whisky, q bushels
Of meal 10 bushels ct corr and a lot of meal.
Sayannrh News: Madison county
boastb OF wonderful natural production in
the shape of horned rooster the property
of Mr.. ferguson. The owner exhibited him
at Athens recently and pitted him against
one OF the city games of that place, and, In.
stead of spurring, he butted his antagonist
ont Of, the ring and gained the day, Send
him to Paris.
About four hundred German immi.
Aihhftos WIN lutll wives anu lhilllllHS, nave
JUST arrived in Taylor county, Texas, from
Ohio. They have bought an even hundred
Thousand acres of land at dollar and a half
arl acre, cash down, and have IN abundance
Of capital and improved agricultural impe.
rhents with which to commence farming
operations at once.
The Tampa (Florida) Guardian says ::
4 sweet seeding orange tree in the grove o.
Mrs. Peterson, at Spring Hill, fernando
county, bore two genuine lemons in a crop
Of oranges this season. There was no lemon
graft in connection with this lusus nature,
which must have resulted from the fecunda.
ton of the ORANGE blooms with the pollen
from those Of the lemon.
Nashville American The following
shows the humber OF immiolants who cane
into Tennessee during the month OF rebru.
ary, es reported by Commissioner Killebrew:
From Ohio, 81; Indiana, AZ; Michigan, 40
Wisconsin, 80; New York, % Pennsylvania,
49, Minnesota, 81; Iowa, II; Illinois, 81
Canada, 1 Ireland, / making a totIl of 279.
About one.third of this number settled in
Lawrence county, and it is expected 200
more will reach here this monts Of early in
April.
The legislature of Georgia, at its last
session, passed an act requiring all insurance
companies doing business in the state to de.
pOsit with the state treasurer, upon the
expiration Of their certificates, $4,000 in
United States or state OF Georgia bonds.
This was done for the protection of policy
holders. The certificates all expired on the
LIST instant, and no insurance company can
now carry on business in this state unless it
has deposited bonds with the treasurer in
compliance with the law
An essay was read before the Georgia
agricultural society on tea culture in that
state. The Atlanta Constitution remarks
thereon: The tea raised here and carefully
prepared is superior to any imported. There
were others present who confirmed all that
the doctor said in reference to the excellence
of the tes raised here. The essay concluded
with the assertion that tea could be raised
prohtably in this climate. The commissioner
of agriculture has recently purchased from
Mrs. Screven, of Liberty county, $1,000 young
tea plants for gratuitous distribution in the
United States
Columbus (Ga) Enquirer,Sun; PEN
sacola seems to be at the mercy OF the
Mobile and Montgomery railroad mon.
opoly, and the opposition of that road
has prevented the putting on OF a line
of steamers between TINT port and Cuba
for the expectation of grain and other
produce. A few weeks ago the gems
eral southern manager Of the Pullman pal
ace car company was in that city, with
view Of putting on a through sleeper between
Louisville and Pensacola, and every arrange
ment to consummate this convenience was
made, when the Mobile and Montgomery
railroad stepped in and put veto upon the
arrangement.
Little Rock Gazette As there is
question as to the right of planters who desire
10 supply their employees with manufactured
tobacco for their own personal use and ac-
cOmmodatiOn, we have taken pains, in the
interest of our readers through the internal
revenue Office of this place, to get decision
direct from Revenue Commissioner Raum
upon this matter specifically The decision
obtained by us is as follows: "a farmer or
planter who simply supplies his employees
with what manufactured tobacco they need
for their own personal use and for their
special accommodation, and not with view
to gain or profit to himself, is not regarded
as engaged in the business of selling manu-,
factured tobacco and would not be required
TO nav special tax for thus supplying his
hired lab0rers with tobacco"
There is but little doubt that the citi.
zens of Jacksonville will secure the large
expertuess of Captain Eads in looking after
the Improvement of the St. Johns bar. One
thousand dollars have been voted to pay the
captain's expenses, and Representative Fin
Law. in communication to the Jacksonville
Sun and Press, says: "My only purpose is
to urge with the greatest earnestness imme'
diate and energetic action on the part OF the
CITY authorities and citizens OF Jacksonville,
and Of the state, and the prompt acceptance
of Captain Eads' offer. II his report should
be favorable, it will be Of incalculable ad-
vantage to the city and the state. If 1t
should be adverse, we shall then know that
we cannot make the river do its own work,
and that We may only hope to get an inN
adequate depth of water over the bar at the
cost of perpetual dredging"
Ths New Orleans Times commenting
on Gustaye Labutat, the wife murderer
His account of the tragedy, however, is tulI
of certain picturesqueness. then told
her" he saws, "your fate is sealed, but will
give you time to pray; and, God bless her,
she did pray. After she had prayed l put
nv arm around her waist and, taking the
knife from my pocket, stuck 1t to the NIT
in her stomach. thought the first blow
had killed her, but on finding she was not
dead, picked her up, kissed her, and said /;
God bless, you, | love you; you are not
dead; pray again, because | am going to
finish YOU She placed her arms around
my neck and said, 'Gustave, l love you
Oh, God it was the happiest moment of my
life ! saw she was suffering, and, as could
NOT stand and see her suffer, | took the knife