American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-11-29
SOUTHERN GiEANINGs.

The Bishops of the Methodist Cnurch.
at their recent meeting, adopted the follow
ing plan OF visitation for the spring Of 1880,
in the States named. Arkansas Conference,
at lausseiivtilr, FEB. 4, Bishop Merrill; Ken
lucky Conferences, at panville; March
"A, Bishop Haven't Eexinstc,. Con-
terenss. :. Paris, Ky, March 81,
Bishop Haven; Little Rock Confer
ence, Jacksonport, Ark, Feb. II, Bishop
Merrill; Louisiana Corferei;ce. at New Or
leans. Jan. III BlAh5p Harris; Mississippi
Conference, at Macon, Jan. Z, Bishop Har-
ris; North Carolina Conferences, at High
Point, n. c., Feb. 4, Bishop Simpson; South
Carolina Conference, at Charleston, Jan. II,
Bishop Simpson; Virginia Conference, at
Norfolk, March Q, Bishop Merrill.
Five prisoners In the Jail at Dallas,
fcxAs, oh the evening OF the 18th, over
powered the guards, seized two revolvers
and escaped to Tripity bottom. The Jailer.
Dean, as soon ~ the a.asri was given, fol-
iossea the prisoners, and u running fire was
kept up between them when they were finally
recaptured.
About $50, nexress FROM the adjacent
country ssrfsed at Longview, Texas. recent
u, en- route for the happy land Of Kansas.
On being told the price of railroad tickets,
they found themselves minus the requisite
amount TO proceed further, and they there
fore settled down In camp isar town. appar-
emily In Father destitute circumstances. 1t
Is said many OF them left comfortable homes.
Many others are reported to follow One Of
them feiis aske,l through what source they
had learned so much about Kansas, replied,
"from dat book y that had been sent to them.
The planters of St. Landry Parish, La,
are realizing from one and half to more
than two hogsheads of sugar to the acre on
their crop, and are happysh proportion, rs
this heavy yield was quite unexpected to the
most Of them,
THE steamer u w. Pierce; en- route from
Shawnee Village to Memphis, on the 18th, in
making the crossing at Foselman's, struck
the wreck OF the Nihneuia, which penetrated
her hull forward and raked her to her boil
ers, turning over the same, the hull hanging
on the obstruction. She will prove a total
loss, with the exception of part'of her ma
chinerys
lThs boiler Of "A engine attached to
riatsFial tEs.s;..; On the Greenville and Column
bia Railroad, exploded near Bolton, on the
nth, and instantly killed the engineer, fire.
man and another man.
Miss Annie Hon, who shot Chas. Schurer
at Newport, KY, on the 14th because he
would not marry her, has been discharged
accordance with the popular verdict that she
served him right.
Considerable !. excitement has been
caused by the reported discovery Of gold at
Magnet Springs, Is miles south Of Hot
Springs, Ark.
Tho receipts Of cotton at Memphis on
the 18th were s,627 bales, the largest humber
ever received there iii single day:
Samuel Aimes Of Chillicothe, Mo-, manager
of the Globe Comedy Company, was thrown
from his carriage at Milledgeville, Ga, on the
18th. and instantly killed.
The charter of the Texas Trunk Railroad
Company has been fled in the County Clerks
Office at Dallas. The following are the OFF,
GERS 9f the company: Josiah 3; Graves:
President; w. L. Cabell, vice-President;
Malcolm Henderson, Treasurer; d. A. Rob-
ihson, Secretary. The proposed road COM
mences at Dallas and runs thence SOUTH
wardly to the gulf coast at or near Saline
Pass, with a branch road from some point on
the main line in the county Uf Angelina or
Tyler to run through the counties of Jasper
md Newton to the boundary line between
Texas and Louisiana, in all a distance Of
about $50 miles. This road Will give Dallas
and North Texas another outlet to the sea
and another connection to New Orleans, and
open up the unrivaled timber country of
Southeast Texas. Engineers will commence
surveying the route in q short time.
Says the Atlanta Consultation: The
profits Of the current crop Of cotton should
be put into spindlcs in the country, and into
both spindles and looms in the Southern
cities. The indications now are that the net
~
II half this amount could be put into facto-
of the Westminster pattern
we would soon be able to strike on the COM
We are now bond servants of the capitalists
Of the North, and yarn mills are our surest
and best hope.
The four story furniture warehouse of
B. r. Davis & Bro, and three other large
brick buildings on the north side Of the
Strand, Galveston, Texas, burned on the
night of the 18th. Davis, Andrews & Bro,
and C. 8. Mitchell g. Co., are the principal
losers. Estimated loss, S15O,00O; insurance,
about 500, 700.
The heaviest fall of snow that has been
known for years occurred throughout East
ern Georgia on the 18th.
Deans store, in Burlescn County, Tex
a., WIS taken possession of on the 21st by
three robbers aud about So 900 in cash OBJ
tanned from the proprietor. While the rob-
bers were at work, two young men named
Sauls came along, and finding the store
locked they knocked to obtain admission.
When the door was opened they unexpcct-
edly found themselves confronted with .
small arseral of guns and pistols. backed up
by the three robbers, who ordered them to
hand over all the property in their posses
sion. They had no vaIuables, however, ex-
cepting nm old silver watch, and this they
were permitted to retain. This same gang
Of robbers has been operating for some time
In and about Burleson County.
The Dallas Crexas) Herald says that
about there receive on ar average
80 more per bale for their cotton this year
than they did last, and say that the cost of
production has been no greater.
"A stock company has been organized at
Fort Worth, Texas, with cash capital Of
$50, eco, to put up cotton factory for spin
ming the yarn from the seed cotton.
The Falls City Steam Bakery, on Guth-
RE Street, Louisville, KY, together with
several adjoining buildings, was burned on
the 21st. Total loss about $53,200; insur-
ance. $4,000.
An Uncompleted Education.