The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1879-12-18
blooded stock altogether 10 take the
places Of the common kind now raised.

= vas sentenced 70 the penitentiary for five
years.
Dublin (Ga) Gazette We learn that
there is not a sufficient quantity of labor
N the county 10 house the cotton crop of
he present year. and, furthermore, that
Ome farmers in various parts Of the
l,ounty have fesorted 10 very unfair
y means, and are actually going TO the
7 fields and hiring the laborers from their
employers.
I Educational progress is apparent in
\ many counties in South Carolina. In
4 Fairfield county many districts have petit
toned the right of local taxation, and
upon the expectation that these pc
titions will be granted, several graded
schools have already been established.
State and county courts were closed
in San Antonio, Texas, last week, in hon
or of the circus Families came from a
distance and camped near the city for
three days before the "big show" and,
when it came there had to be three OK
mn iions in ono day to satisfy the anx-
y 'isst1oeri.
he Mississippi Valley Cotton Plant
erS Association held its annual meeting
at Vicksburg this week. The president
in his opening address, said that if the
planters of the south would only raise
the feed consumed by their teams, it
would add to their wealth every year
SS2, 100000, which they now expcnd for
this item.
Dallas (Tex.) Herald: Two or three
years ago an enterprising lightning-rod
man, with prophecy in his soul and faith
in his heart, visited the Valley View
ueighborhood, in Cook, county, and rod
dcd every house at good figures, taking
notes therefor, payable when the railroad |
reached GAINESVILLE. 1t has reached |
GAINESVILLE and that agent wants his
money.
Little Rock (Ark.) Gazette: A COM
pany composed of ex-Senators Dorsey |
and Mcdonald and others have recently |
purchased silver mines in Colorado for
the sum of S7j0c00, and the purchase
money paid in cash. 1t is reported that |
both Of our ex-senators have recently
made enormous sums by lucky invest
ments in mining stocks.
Murireesboro (Tenn.) Free Press Mr..
J. NJ. Yearwood showed us on Tuesday
a red careless weed which grew on his
farm in this county, it being twelve feet
high, ten and three-quarter inches around
at the ground end, and had limbs upon
it that measured seven feet in length.
Mr.. Yearwood stated that it had seed
enough upon it to SOW ten-acre field.
Chattanooga (Tenn.) Times A farm
er of McMinn county was arrested Sat
urday by L. 5. revenue officer for sell
ing seyenty-fiye cents worth of tobacco
Of his own production. He was found
guilty and thrown into prison, where he
must remain until the Federal court con-
y1nes in Knoxville about a year hence.
will then be fined perhaps 800
Tonsiderapie ttcrest IL beiks mani \
fesaed in the South in regard to the man
lfacture of sugar from the sorghum
plant, which, with the new varieties of
plants, promise to be both practicable
md profitable. The interest has attained
uch proportions as to warrant the or
tanization of the Mississippi Valley
)ane Growers association, which will
lold its first annual meeting at st. Louis,
TO-, commencing on the Sd of Decem-
'er and continuing several days.
Shelby On. c. Aurora: The first
ase of corporal punishment in this
tate since 1866 occurred in this place !
lst Saturday. When General Holland. =
boy, was convicted of an assault up :
n the person of Julia McSwain, Judge
uXton informed his father that he d,
ould not pronounce sentence il he ,
ould thrash the boy in the presence of !
lie Sheriff. The boys father took him a
Ito the Sherifi's Office and executed the h
ntcncc of the court. j
GAINESVILLE (Tenn.) Tobacco Leaf For v
me time there has been doubt as to
neither the Owensboro and Nashville
ilroad would run by way of Spring
I'D, Tenn, that place not being in the
rhine by several miles. but the ques- b
On has now been settled on very favor II
'le terms to Springfield. The demand g.
AIDE upon that place for the diversion al
rs 5000. The committee appointed d.
raise the sum failed, and rendered the &c
mpany as bonus four acres of ground p
d fine brick depot building, which Ia
'lonel Cole accepted and now the h,
people can rejoice. fo
Richmond (Va.) State 1t is sad to 81
ink that the burning Of the Academic ~ ~
II at Hampton was the work of an in 81
ndiary black man. This institution is nc
pported by the government, the State =
d The people for the especial benefit of ~ ~
At race, and it was metricidal hand "a
NJ applied the torch. An appeal has "a
en- made 10 the country for money to W
build the hall and cover the loss, bv o. ..
n Armstrong, and we hope it will not e .
in vain. This is among our most use u u
institutions, and in the success of its Lu
rious experiments in. race culture and NJ
ciplire all have a deep interest. :.
'harleston 6. 60 News: The follow rel
/. Is about the present condition of the ch
p in this State: Weather for picking m,
October and November very favorable: ce
ne damage from the drouth, which or
ened the abundance IF the fruit; fol-
cunt picked in the upper section Of
State, seycnty'ive per cent. and in
lower and middle sect ons eighty 10
ETY. per cent; injury from rust, linz Al,
/; the total out-turn for the State, e. -