The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-12-04
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An English clergyman recently com
mitted suicide on the Isle Of Wight by
sliding down a cliff 600 feet high.
Last week the tobacco manufacturers
Of Durham, N. c., bought internal reve-
nue. stamps to the amount Of Sl7, 4l9.6O.
Two hundred and Fifty persons left
Vermont in one day for settlement IN
the Western States, and the next day
party OF three hundred left Maine and
Canada for the same purpose.
The vein of Ignite recently discovered
near the tfteen.mile post from Augusta,
on the line OF the Georgia railroad, Is
said to be ten feet thick. 1t burns free
", and resembles camel coal.
1t is proposed to propagate sponges
on the Florida coast by cutting the live
sponges into small pieces, attaching
them to pieces of rock and sinking them
to proper depths in suitable places.
The entrails Of sheep are now used in
California for machine betting, in place
of hemp, which is said to be much less
durable. A three-fourth inch rope made
from it will bear strain OF seven tons.
There are in BRENNAN, Texas, two or
three tanned coyotes, a species OF wolf,
that are doing duty as doga. They play
with the dogs and seem to have the
same nature and instincts as the dogs.
OF the six hundred or more different
railroads in the country, only about
thirty make regular reports OF their
monthly earnings, and less than twenty
report their operating expenses and net
earnings,
Gen. Maceo, the leader Of the new
Cuban revolt, is colored man whose
life, if he is caught again, is forfeit to
the State, he having been paroled by
the Spanish authorities year or two
ago. His present force is estimated at
$500 men.
Cole Shelton, a colored boy, only
eight years old, has been tried in Bath
county, Kentucky, for striking Harriet
Miller, also colored, on the head with a
rock. The child was found guilty. This
is the first instance known where child
so young has been held to be criminally
responsible for his acts.
A new and singular means of inoendi-
arism is reported by the London Globe.
In the village of Poland cat was satu
rated with kerosene by an unknown par
ty, and set on fire; the unhappy animal
rushed furiously to and fro, spreading
fire all around, till it perished in flames,
together with number of buildings.
Another large mill, to manufacture
several varieties OF cotton cloth, Is pro-
iected at Augusta, Ga, and large sub
scriptions to the stock of the company
have already been made. Augusta prom
ises to become the Lowell of the South,
and its newspapers are enthusiastic over
its rapid development as a manufactur-
ing city.
A man was found in one of the streets
OF New York amusing himself by watch
ing the scramblings OF large crowd to
gain twenty-dollar gold pieces which he
strewed about. The police arrested and
searched him. finding on his person
mining stock certificates, bonds, checks
and currency amounting to more than a
quarter of million Of dollars.
The cotton receipts Of Atlanta, Geor
gia, fell of in 1878 about $4,000 bales
from those of 1877, and this year there
will be further decline of some 1000
bales. But what Georgia is losing In
cotton would seem to be made up to her
in rich minerals. A single blast recent
ly in the old Strickland mine in Forsyth
county exposed vein three feet in
width with the gold so thick that it
could be seen at distance of ten PAGES.
A renconter occurred on the Doth inst,
at Bloomington, Mo, between Lou Ga
hart aud John Boles, growing out of
Gahart having gone security for Boles,
who refused to pay the note when de.
manded. Gahart bought a pistol and
fred at Boles in the dining. groom OF the
hotel. Boles responded with his pistol.
The affair resulted in Boles being killed,
and Gahart 80 seriously wounded that
his life is in danger. John Shobe, who
attempted to interfere, was shot in the
arm, shattering the bone.
Experiments have been made at Gren.
oble and elsewhere in France with the
Lamarre fire-balls, an invention where
by besieged garrison can discover in
trenchments and batteries being raised
at night by the enemy. The ball in
question takes hre soon after issuing
from the cannon and burns for certain
time with great intensity, 80 that can
non can be directed at spot where the
enemy is revealed. A shell is attached,
which, exploding at uncertain intervals,
will deter soldiers from attempting to
e1tinguish the flames.
Pigs run atlarge in Kern county, CAL,
and becoming wild, know no owner
This dry year has made forage scarce.
Unusual collections have been noticed,
seemingly in council, and pigs in pairs
have been seen TO leave by different
routes, now supposed TO be prospecting
parties, because lately there is q general
in the direction Of Buena vI
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