The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-12-04

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of oil cake and 1,0S0 pieces slaves. This
is the largest cargo Of cotton ever ex-
ported on any one vessel from this port.
One of the brightest young lawyers in
Arkansas, J. P. Woods, Of johnson
county, has been sentenced to the peni-
tentiary for stealing pistol. The pis-
tol was taken while he was drunk, but
the worst feature in the case was that
Woods did not tell that he had the pis-
tol after he became sober.
Charleston News: The United States
Government employees are removing
10000 tons of granite from the quarries
near Columbia to Wilmington n. c., to
be used upon the public works in that
harbor. 1t is greatly to be regretted
that this stone can not be used upon the
Charleston jetties simply because there
is no communication by railroad to the
waters edge.
Pulaski Tenn.) Citizen: The sur
plus agricultural products of Giles coun-
ty this year will reachi 81 100000 as
follows: Wheat, 100000; cotton, $780,
600; mules, hogs and beef, 5000, 900,
This, with population of $4,000, gives
us nearly $500 cash per capital for every
man, woman and child, black and white
in the county. Certainly there is life
in the old land yet. . ..'
One of the unsung heroes of the Mem
phis plague is John Walsh, an undertak-
er there, who has remained pluckiiy at
his post for two years. AT times he has
been left absolutely without assistance
and at times he has buried $50 bodies in
one.day. Z AZ "a" 80, , & -. ".i.
A young lady, Miss Caledonia Linton,
Texas, residing on Cottonwood Creek,
while walking in the woods met a large
alligator. Shegot rope, tiedit around
the alligator's neck and dragged it two
miles to her home. The brute came
near striking her several times. ~
The Georgia goldmines yield 81, 100000
year. The Magruder mine, just in the
edge of Lincoln county, is worked day
and night, and yields 100 pennyweights
of gold per hour, or $500 day, and the
Georgia papers think that their State
will eventually rival Colorado's mineral
richness.
Memphis Ledger: To be collared by
an official and charged S1025 every time
he comes here, makes a commercial tour
ist roar, and some get off in a hurry.
Four came in few nights since, and up
on seeing how it was, they never un-
packed, and the next train carried them
out of town.
A house near Windsor, S. c., occupied
by two trifing women. each tthermOther
of several children, was burned the 9TH
er night, and three little children per-
ished. The women are strongly suspect
ed of having started the fire. One of the
women was once before imprisoned for a
similar crime. = z
Chattanooga (Tenn.) Times . l.. F.
johnson met singularly sad and tragi-
cal death at Washington and Lee Col
lege, Va, last Saturday. He and an in
innate friend named Poigner were play
ing croquet when they began quarreling,
and Poigner struck johnson lightly on
the back of the head with croquct NAL
let. johnson died few hours after.
The grief of his brothers and of his unfor-
tunate slayer was heartrendering. Poig-
ner is in Jail.
Master Joseph Brand, son of Mr.. E.
NJ. Brand, of Logansville, La, was the
victim of q most shocking accident at
his fathers gin in that place on Tuesday
of last week. While putting some tur-
pentine upon the band leading from the
steam engine to the gin, to prevent its
slipping, his left arm was caught and so
torn and mangled that it necessitated the
amputation of the limb near the shoul-
der. The lad suffered most excrucia-
tingly and died shortly afterwards.
Brownsville (Tenn.) States: Last
spring, colorcd man in this county
rented place and planted little crop.
He had but one mule, and that turned up
its legs and died just rs the cotton com
menced coming up. In sore trouble he
applied to his merchant for advice and
help. A mule was bought for sixty-five
dollars and the crop was faithfully
worked, gathered and sold. The colored
man has paid his rent-one hundred dol
lars-paid FOR his summers supplies, paid
for his mule and has about three hundred
dollars left. 80
Memphis sLedger: It is rumored that
there is to be no Mardi-G Gras display here
next'spring, and it is also current that
the. pageant, at one time intended by the
Memphi for the 10th of February next,
has been sold, and that it paraded the
streets of St. Louis few weeks ago un-
der the auspices of the Vailed Prophets.
Col. VIM. Fl. Caruthers, prominent
citizen of Virginia, died in Nottoway
county, on the 18th of October, at the
age of eighty-three years. Though gen.
tleman of thorough education and fine
address, and qualified for a brilliant law
yer, he devoted his life principally to
agricultural pursuits. During the late
civil war he filled the place of major in
a Virginia regiment.
MaysviIle (Ky.) Republican: Last
Saturday an aged and decrepit woman,
carrying upon her back an idiotic child,
about ten years old, passed through this
city on her way to Kansas City, where
she expects to join her husband, who
left her for that place years ago. She
was an object of pity and commiseration
rs she trudgcd along with her burden
upon her back, on her long and weary
tramp, depending upon the charity of
strangers for 4 subsistence. She said she