The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-03-25
war of 1Sl2,-RichmOnd Commonwealth

| AN iIdlldn woman IN New Orleans
becoming tired of her husband and
child, stole So 500 of her husband,
money and eloped with mulatto
They were found living together in
style in another part of the city, and
have been arrested on the charge Of rob
berry. -....
The Legislature of Louisiana is con
sidcring the question of rebuilding til,
old Capitol structure at Baton Rouge, tc
be used for State purposes. A ioin'
committee appointed to report on thi.
subject is of the opinion that it will re.
quire SlS7 900 TO place the building in
proper condition TO be again used as
capitol.
IHE Auditor OF Public Accounts O
Virginia, in response to a resolution o.
the House of Delegates, has submitted a
report to that body giving the standing
and the condition Of the accounts O
County and City Trcasurers of the State
The report shows the delinquency dur
ing the past eight years to be owe,
1891 900.
Col OCTAvlUS Fl. GApsDEN died OF
pneumonia at his residence in Jefferson
County, Fla. on the 18th inst, in the
seventy-first year of his age. lie was
the youngest and last of the eight sons
of Gen. Christopher Gadsden of Revolu.
tionary fame, all of whom held high
and honorable positions in life -CAqrlcs.
ton IS. C) Mews
NEAR Columbus Ga, is the home of
man named Walker, now ninety-Gye
years of age, who has not been known to
wear pair of boots or shoes for nearly
foty years. One day last week he was
thought dead, and was dressed and laid
in the coffin, when he revived and
demanded an explanation of this strange
treatment.
MONTGOMERY (Ala) Adreriscr: 1t
has been discovered that the climate of
California, Northern Georgia and Ala.
bama is just suited to the cultivation Of
the Cinchona tree, from which quinine
is made, and it is proposed to introduce
the cultivation of these trees in this
country, so as to save the expense in
Cured in sending to South America for
Peruvian bark.
A COMPANY has been formed for the
manufac urc of salt in Sumner County,
from well on the Scottsville Turnpike,
northeast of Gallatin, which, it is
said will yield from twenty-five to forty
barrels every twcnty.four hours. Other
wells are to be sunk, and the necessary
furnace erected NdshvWe Ame,ican.
The Clarksvillc Tobacco Lcqfsays that
a representative of one of the largest
lumber firms in the United States, 10.
located at Chicago, is looking fora loca-
tion in the South suitable for saw-mills
In company with Col. Killebrcw, State
Commissioner of Agriculture and Minis,
he has spent considerable time in pros
pecing in the vicinity Of DanviIe and
Nashville, Tenn.
THERE is an iron boom in Southwest
Virginia. The Brown Hin Furnace, of
Wythe County, will go into blast in
few days under the lease of the Mcssrs.
Hendricks Bros, of New York. They
have also bought the zinc property in
that county, and contemplate erecting
works in the spring. The Lobdell
Car Wheel Company are preparing to
put the Walton and Paine furnaces in
blast at once. Messrs. Graham, Robin
son aud McGayock will have their three
furnaces in blast in March. A party
of capitalists from the North are pros,
pecting for the location of two ten-ton
charcoal furnaces. The owners of the
Radford Works, Pulaski, some of whom
are Pennsylvanians, are having their
furnace put in order, and will have it
in blast as soon as practicable.