Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-06-22
S0UTNERN NEWS ITrWs.

Florida wants q new stata constitu-
tior
Tie mooushinara 81. New Orleans run
vinegar factories
The Tennessee wheat crop is proving
Better than was hoped,
Wheat harvest began in Texas iusy
three weeks earlier than usual.
A father in Brem)nd, Tex, has been
fined SlOJ for beating his daughter
Memphis reioices chat her customl0use
will be built of feuuc csec marble af,r,N
Tho sugar crop in Louisiana is re.
ported fifteen per cent. better than last year.
Tao state auditor OF Virginia reports
satisfactory returns from the Monstt register
The New Orleans Times t3yoc he
ilea Of ii national press convention at Louis,
Vile,
Recruiting orthaarmy ofthe Mexican
reyolutionss is going on in San Antonio,
Texas.
A, McGsheo, assistant postmaster at
Scale, Ala, has been arrested for riding
money letters.
It's e.timated that North Caroline has
spent tl0COO0gO in fencing in $2.O0l0J0
worth Of stock
II have NJ patent arrangement for
saving souls, VI Rev, J. b. Hawthorne, OF
Montgomery, Ala.
Lemons. sixteen inches in diameter,
grow abundantIy in the mild neighborhood
Of Galveston, Texas
Ladies OF Tarrant county Texas, have
passed resolutions and sent them to Gov
Colquitt, asking that Mrs, Sotharn be par
doned.
A feature of Atlanta's celebration Of
the Fourth of July will be q trottiug race
between Kemble Jackson and Storm, TWO
noted Georgia flyers
Dallas (Gexas) Herald: Judge Han
cock is Of the opinion that the next census
will show population OF three million in
Texas. This would place the state third in
population in the United States.
San Antonio (Tex } Herald The
savings bank Of Dallas, Just before it broke,
sold drafts ON New York, not having a dol- |
lar in that city to meet them, for which its |
officers ought to be sent to the penten AIRY, |
The Waco (Texas) banks have com
menced discodnting Mexican silver as fol |
lows: Dollars are taken at ninety cents ; |
halves nt fOrty cGats, and quarters attTenty |
cents. This rate has been adopted in most
Texas cities,
San Antonio Herald The generosity,
the sense of right, inherent in the people Of
the United States, would force congress to
compensate Texas for performing duty that
devolves upon congress, but which it heart
esSy refuses to do. But even granting that
such would not be the case, every principle
of equity and justice gives the people OF
western Texas the right to demand Of the
state protection for life and security in the
enjoyment of their property. They demand
and expect ii, aud il justice be not fled to
british beasts they will get it.
Atlanta Sunny South: We know
daughters, whose snuff bottles are concealed
in their rooms, where they use the contents
without the knowledge Of their
parents We have seen, at boarding Schools
rirls 90 into MYSTERIES when deprived tOr
day or two of their snuff, aud Borrow tobacco
from the servants as a substitute until they
could obtain their usual stimulsnt of Scotch
or Macaboy; and we are well acquainted
with three ssters-beautiful young rirls
were il not for the salow hue furnishing
their complexions--whO are atpresent under
medical treatment for arrangement OF the
nervous system and digestive organs arising
from their constant use OF snuf
BIZ Arp in the Atlanta Constitution:
Jesse with gittin' Otiis-the best way is the
old wav. II may be, however, that Provi'
dence does raise up q man as an instrument
to reform society, but the instrument is very
likely to think he is doin' il all on HIS own
hook. and he'll keep on ref0rmin' til the
millennium ifthe people will let him. ] think
IL would be well for him to report progress
and maybe the good Lord would
let his servant depart in peace. But you let
n fellow git a taste of Washington and 1t
does look onpossble to even get HIM sway
from there, al will stand for reelection"
OF course he will but it does seem to me
that il had held q rOtaten office rieht
straight along for forty years | would hunt
the shade OF Liberty hall and quit.
Galveston News, 9TH The citizens of
Huntsville assembled the courthouse q lew
1ays ago and passed resolutions to the euect
that all ex e0nvcts not making an honest
living should leave the town IN tWen,yiour
hours, and have succeeded in fnnnlnS the
majority of them out of town. But col
Dred preacher, teaching school some i've
miles in the country, came in tonight and
REPORTS that he saw several ex.convlcts out
on the road, and they gave HIM to under
stand that they intended to have satisfaction
mt Of the people of Huntsville before leav'
ing and it is now the general impression
lhat they will attempt to burn the town to-
night. The people are arming themselves
md will be ready to give them warm re"
,enton should they attempt to carry their
threat into execution. The colored people
are taking sides with the citizens and are
pobly assisting in getting rid Of this bad
plemeat of the town and county.
MISCELLANEOUS. ,
Switzerland is suffering greatly from I
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