The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-08-16
CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.
Southern News.

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Thieves broke into the Jacksonville
(Fla.) Jail and stole lot OF bacon.
Over one hundred mustang ponies
were landed at Wilmington, n. Q. last
week.
Tho ice factory in Knoxville is turn
ing out seven tons per day at one cent
per pound.
The cotton caterpillar is putting in sn
appearance in various parts of Alabama
Louisiana and Texas.
Some of TIE Texas papers say it took
I,5O0 delegates five days to nominate d
man the people didn't want.
A cotton mill with ten thousand spin
dies and employing two hundred hands
will begin operations in Vanclnse, S. O.,
in October.
The New Orleans Times advises the
Crescent City people to lay in a supply
OF Ice while tits only $50 ton, as next
week it may be 800 ton.
The Raleigh Negs says this years
ruit Gro. isv, inre fior, and il is prob
able TIA. North IA. lima will never
aga,I see the equal of that Of 1877.
Page (Va.) Courier: There is man
living in Shenandoah county. who last
year paid fourteen dollars dog tax and
but seventy-five cents on all his other ef-
ects, the collector not being able TO col
lect his capitation tax.
The colored race may be DYING out in
the south, but it is evidently fourishing
m Berrien county, Ga. The eSews SAYS
that in Alapaha the white population is
rapidly decreasing, while he-colored in
habitants are on the increase.
Montgomery Advertiser: Five sleep
ers containing refugees from New Or
Orleans passed through the city last
night. They are fleeing from the hor-
rors of ''yellow Jack" but this large
number Indicates there is a considerable
exodus from the Crescent city.
Dallas (Texas) Commercial: The
wheat throughout the country is much
better than was anticipated, but the price
offered is 50 small that farmers are quite
blue 1t is not enough to pay them for
the raising. Gotten is looking well
everywhere. Cotton and corn will be
IN abundance il the southern portion of
fhs state.
Montgomery Advertiser: A negro
was bitten by dog yesterday, in sew
eral places, and the foolish mother, act
ing on the principle that "the hair of
the dog is good for the bite" proceeded
at once to fill the wounds with the dogs
hair. DR.. Blue was summoned, and
after an hours work succeeded in having
the hair taken out and other remedies
pplied.
Savannah has had sad and sufficient
experience in the yellow fever business,
and is determined not to have it again
if proper care and caution can prevent
II. The sanitary condition of the city |
is represented as excellent The quar-
antine regulations are more rigidly en-
Forced than ever before. An improved |
SpparaUus is used for fumigating vessels |
'ron injected ports.
New Orleans Democrat: Crops are re.
ported good throughout the State. The
corn crop in every portion of the State
IS excellent, and one of the fne,t ever
made. Rice also is in splendid condi-
ion, and an extraordinarily large crop is
promised. In the sugar region the cane
8 everywhere reported several weeks
head Of last year. The weather has ge-
leralIy been good for cane, although
little rain is now desirable. Cotton is
he only crop not in promising condi-
ion.
From the fourth agricultural report
or Georgia, we learn that from Barlow
-nunVy there were shipped last year
,25.000 pounds of dried apples and
leacnes; rom Macon county, 150, 600;
rom Sumter and adjacent counties, 306,-
100 pounds; from Monroe 40O,0 900 and
rom Upson 100, 900 pounds. Many other
lounues give smaller, but respectable
aturns. The report says that reliable
,entIemen states that his net proceeds
rom the shipment Of peaches amounted
o nearly $4,000.