The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-11-27
SOt THEKN NEWS ITEMS.

stamps 10 the amount Ol li,fl" w.
One hundred and fifty tons of railroad
iron for the Florida Central railroad arrived
| in jacksonville Saturday, on the schooner
] Andrew Ncwbingcr, frem Philadelphia.
The net earnings of the Houston anc
Texas Central Railroad Company for Sep
tcmbcr were S2l2,S1S7S, an increase OF about
eight per cent, over the same month las
| year.
The bale of cotton donated for hC
benefit oi the orphans OF General Hoo a.
sold and rcsold seven times at Houston
| realizing $1,000. Then it was shipped tc
| Waco. IS .''
Memphis Ledger: The Legislature OF
Mississippi, Arkansas and Kentucky should
ot once be called to meet in special season tc
enact laws whereby Holly Springs, Forrest
CITY. Hopefield and Hickman may be severed
before next summer.
Augusta Chronicle: We are pleased
TO know that our honored and distinguished
Representative, Hon. Alex. Ii. Stephens, l:
in lair health, lie is now en- ioying the qniet
and rest of Liberty Hall. He has travelved
extensively North and West since the ad
| iournment of congress
San Antonio Herald: 1t is said the &
L. and S. \. Railway Company will appoint
an agent to proceed TO Germany to induce
emigration to the lands OF the company along
the railway, and that the position will be
offered to Judge \. Siemering, OF the Freio
Presse.
Hickory (N. c. Press: The Catawba
| Manufacturing Company, near Catawba Sta
tion, is now putting up 6fty-eighr new looms
\ in the factory. These, in addition to the
other machinery, will make fine display
| This company is now making sorae very fine
plaid goods. -,
Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser: The
\ planters of our statearc pursuing very wise
course since the dark days which followed
the close Of the war \ large number OF
them are buying good blooded cattle, and
will be present on the 10th OF next month at
the State fair with the money in hand ready
to make further purchases Of this kind. -.
Little Rock Gazette: Day before yes,
tcrday, mad dog bit seven persons on the
| Perkins place, about fifteen miles from this
city. The following named persons were
bitten. and came into town yesterday and
applied to DR.. Wigs drug store for treat
ment: Mr.. REYNOLDS, trading-boat merchant
a little girl, Sandy Walters, Sim Serdis and
| his wife and colored man and woman
names unknown.
Jackson (Tenn.) Tribune-Sm: Mr..
Robert Reaves shot and killed on Yesterday,
| near Met cClanahan's levee, q ri:able "stormy
| patrel," that had evidently been waited on
the wings of some storm current from the
! ocean to these inhospitable shores. 1t meas
ured four feet from tip to tip, its wings being
exceedingly long and beautiful. Its color
was bright gray, and the down on its neck
and breast as soft as a swans.
Monroe (Tenn.) Democrat: Large
quantities of soap-stone, brought here by
wagon from Murphy, y. c., is being shipped
| to Cincinnati. Two carloads have @beeii
shipped in the last two weeks. This stone IS
found in great abunda9ce in the mountains,
six miles above Murphy. 1t is worth about
$40 n ton. delivered on the car at this place,
and it costs about $50 to put 1t IN the car.
The stone is said to be of extra quality.
Chattanooga (Tcnn. Times: The pop
ulation of Chattanooga has increased IN two
years from H. ass to 12,S79, a gain of 1881.
well. Itwould double us in ten years. The
increase of whites has been 80, OF blacks
1908. The prcponderance OF increase f'the
latter is of itself an industrial straw OF value.
For. while we have added all these strong
hands to the workers, we have less idlerS
than ever before. , ~. -
Fort Smith (!Ark. Elevator: The pco-
pie of Little Rock contributed 200 or 800
pounds of hams and $3.50 or 5000 cash, and
sent train 10 within mile of Forrest City,
and made a deposit OF the hams and I'll the
money, and also lantern on top Of it. The
train moved back slowly, and as it went some
one came up to the hams and waved the
lantern as a signal of thanks, and the con.
ductor returned it in the same manner, and
continued his journey to Little Rock.
Montgomery Advertiser: The rains
we have had recently are unprecedented in
,hc history OF Alabama. September rains
and warm weather We have nearly every
year. but to have July weather on the 10Th
OF October, accompanied by April showers
is something so unusual thnt philosophers
are at a loss 10 account for it. The damage
done TO the crops by this strange and un-
natural weather is enormous. In many fields
the ground is white with cotton, beaten from
the stalks, while corn-fields are sadly wrecked
in many instances. The injury to the cotton
fields will curtail the crop considerably III
this section, and we very much fear that our
receipts will not show up as we had hoped
and expected they would.
Columbia (S. CO. Register: A practi-
cal test was made yesterday of the utility OF
the Georgia brown coal by DR.. Jackson. lie
took three or four of the Jumps which Prof.
Bibikov had sent him, broke them up and
made fire out of them in his stove. They
were easily kinded with little wood, when
first ignitcd burned with flame, but after
ward settled down to anice bed Of Goals.
The ashes produced was white. The stove
was one made for the purpose Of burning
anthracite coal. The burning produced
something of smell, but this could no doubt
be remedied by having stoves properly con.
structed, with a view to prevent the gas
coming into the room. The quantity Of
brown coal used was just enough to tll the
fire basket of the stove, and this quantity
continued to burn from o'clock a. M. till
after 12 m.
New Orleans Democrat: Some years
ago the expert of cedar from Louisiana was Il
large and popular trade. The war and its
consequences diverted the attention OF the
people from that branch of industry. and our
cedar trees were left TO grow III all their
natural luxuriancc. We are glad TO note
that the old trade in that article is about to
be rcopcned. The United States Consul at
| Hamburg, in his dispatch to the Department
of State, dated September -, 1879, reports
| the arrival Ola vessel laden with cedar wood,
| shipped from New Orleans. and cut on the
banks OF the Mississippi. This is believed to
be the first venture oi the kind. The Consul