The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-02-07
SOUTHERN NEWS.

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Ga.
Sig Lutcher, the Frankfort, Kentucky,
brewer, Ia about u erect an leo mAnuhetofy
Vt = cost Of $4,000
The owners ofthe cotton factory ut liaw-
klnsyille, Ga, will soon have four Clement
attachments IN operation. WILLS
The South Carolina conference Of the
African Methodist Episcopal church will meet
At Marion on tho lith inst.
A citizen OF Virginia, j. Henry @, Waist
has just obtained patent for m electrical
switch-pln for railroads,
The colorcd pressman Of the Winchester,
(Ky.) Democrat, has received from the Gov
eminent 81 400 pension money.
A pig in the Virginia pcnltentlary plays
cards, having been taught by man who WAS
locked up for playing thrcc'card monte.
Tho fair ut Macon, Georgia, for the benefit
of the Macon Volunteers, was d decided
success, tho net receipts being nearly $4,000
The Pearl River oil mills, at Jackson, Mis-
sssppi, consume two hundred sacks Of cot
ton seed daily aud produce fifteen barrel Of
oil.
In the case known M the Harris case, IN
tho Union Circuit court Kentucky, (which has
lust closed, 5000 pages of dispositions were
lied.
Thomas Fulton, of Green county, Georgia,
has plantation Of 1900 acres, and has only
one hand on il, all the rest having left since
Christmas.
A policeman in New Orleans, while hand
lingG loaded pistol, let II fall TO the lloor
and was dangerously wounded in the right
shoulder and neck, IA
Coynelop. Kentucky bakers are indignant
because the City Council does not collect
license from Cincinnati bakers who send their
wagons across the river
Morgan county, kentucky, Is the birth
place Of four members Of the present Lcgls-
Mturc---D. d. Sublet, u, H. Day, j. w.
Perry and Frank Prater
General Robert Tooiobs has been elected
to deliver tho annual address before the liter
AIRY societies of the University Of Mississippi
at the June commencement.
Atlanta has fewer policemen now than she
Ind ten years ago Anew force will be
elected in April, ut which time there will be
ABOUT five hundred applicants for forty-tiye
places
The government has had the wooden posts
in Wilmington, North Carolina, on which
were stretched the wires Of the signal office
telegraph line, taken down and replaced with
iron ones.
The Air Line Railroad company is having
row of shade trees planted out on either
side of the track at all the stations along
the line from Atlanta, Georgin, to Charlotte
North Carolina.
James p. GAY, of Winchester, Kentucky
was attacked III his own yard after dark by
one Of his sons, who took him for burglar
and gave him dangerous blow on the head
with n brckbat.
The Mt. Sterling, Kentucky, Sentinel has
seen letter from man desiring to be APP
pointed enumerator of census which urged
NJ one of his qualifications that he had been
"in Bre6tco teechin schowl."
W. T. Cassells, prominent planter of
Ellenton, South Carolina, is preparing to
erect cotton factory on his farm. Besides
his cotton crop last year, he has just market.
ed ten thousand bushels of rice of his own
production.
A meeting of teachers in New Orleans has
memorialized the Legislature to appropriate
a sufficient sum Of money to cover the
amounts due the teachers of the State for
salaries for the months of November and De-
cember, 1879.
Mt. Sterling, Kentucky, Sentinel: The
woman with four little girls, who was helped
by our citizens, turns out to be fraud. She
victimiaed the people Of Carlisle and Elem
ingsburg, at which places she gave different
names and different stories.
The Republicans of Clark county, Ken
lucky. instructed their delegates to the Louis
vile convention to vote for Blaine and Ben.
Harrison as their choice for President and
Vice President. They instructed for Grant
and Harrison as second choice.
An attempt was made to assassinate col
ored minister in Savannah, Rev. John Mes
bit, who was fired at while occupying his
pulpit Tuesday night. A certain colored
individual ia suspected of the CRIME as it is
known that Nesbit had enemies.
Tobacco manufacturers and dealers in
Richmond, Va, are having a harvest just
now in specializing in tobacco brought to the
warehouses in wagons, ETC., most of which
sells ''for song" while just as good as that
arriving in hogsheads and other regulation
modes.
Little Rock Gazette: A German girl who
could not speak Arkansaw, was arrested for
stealing $500 worth of jewelry from Mrs.
Illings, who keeps boarding house near
the depot. The girl started in the direction
of Memphis and was captured by the police
while lettering among the suburban resi-
dences of Argenta.
Covington, Kentucky, Commonwealth
In the Circuit court Saturday, Elijah Yates
was declared an imbecile. He owns farm
of 200 acres, valued at $4,000, house and
lot worth $4,000, and notes amounting to
$1,000. He is eighty-three years of age and
a native of Virginia, but has resided in Ken
ton county since 1882,
Augusta, (Gs.) Chronicle: In view oftho
distress in ireland, there will be no dny cell
ebration or Grafton in Augusts on St. Pat
rick's day, this year, 1t being deemed better
to appropriate whatever fluids might have
been used for that purpose TO relieve the suf-
ferings of the Irish people.
Richmond Commonwealth: In many coun-
ties of West Virginia steps are being. taken
to organize wool-growcrs, and shcep-bresd-
era associations, the object being to encour-
age the raising of improved breeds of sheep
and to extend the raising Of wool and mutton.
and above all to secure better protection
against the ravages of dogs.