Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1880-01-29
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Georgia. % 'e l'i'i' .'--' "a 'i'''74'h'
There are 1000 Indians living m
Mississippi. lTt9 na9iidu4el sai
Arkansas ranks next,to Texas as
cotton producing State, 9mald
Planters are still picking cottohini
some parts OF Louisiana. .sfss
One hundred thousand strangers
are expected in New Orleans during,
Mardi Gras. -.
The village Of Yadkin College. NJ
c., has fifteen ministers within its
corporate limits 10 i-,l ~ mo1T
The wheat fields throughout Nor-b
thern Texas are in a hourishing COM
dition since the recent rain. .oer b,t
A bale of cotton was ratified off, at
San Antonia, Texas, for The Hood re-.
lief fund, and brought S242.56. "'isA
The annual meeting Of the State
Grange Of South Carolina will be
held at Charleston, on the 3rd of Feb-f
uary. ls rt. ,aal..O edy
Texas has 1000 schools, and her.
school fund is apportioned equallyL
among the children Of scholastic age,fs
regardles Of color. rd
The only VOW that a young lady
in Marion county, Fla, made on the
opening Of the new year was that be- =
fore the year ended she would get
married by iingo. So .9aia!d 81 9a
W. S. Thomas, who resides neer -
Elizabethton, Tenn, has two sons, ole
thirteen years old and weighing 351
pounds, and the other seven years old |
and weighing 173 pounds. q ~ ora u
Gen. Grant is the first exp President
who has visited the upper part of J
South Carolina since Washington
passed through in his private carriage
III the year 1871.
A German woman, giving her name r
as Catherine Schurz, is preaching the
doctrines of the Adventists in Arllan-
sas. She breaches in the opemmr, il }
better accommodations can not be Sc
cured.
Atlanta Constitution: The differ
enc&betIeen the horse and The mule
.marketin this city is just this. a.
drover can get any prlce that he may
nsl6 for Is gtAmule. whereas q 4hnrsa..
has to be sold at any price that he
may bring.
J. r. Holloway. cf Marion county,
Tenn, grew 1900 bushels Of peanuts
last year, and considered it q very
profitable crop. Everything about
theipeanut can be utilized. The
vines and leaves make II most ex-
cellent fodder, and are eaten BY all
kinds Of cattle with evident relHh. Ih.
The fourth annual meeting df the
Tennessee Stock breeders.Ass0ciation
is To be held in Nashville on Tuesday, \.
The 10th of FebuarY. This associa-
ton is composed of the principle
stock raisers of the State. W.
Shields, of Granger county, is Press
idcnt. s.. -a.,gt a~.uieI s,r
The New Orleans Times estimates q
that at least two-thirds of the. avail
able lands of Louisiana are lying idle,
or rather, have never been brought
! into cultivation. Thele9jsture now ii
in session will be strongly hrged to-,
adopt some liberal prossion for the.
encouragement of Immigration. -
Petersburg Va, Index Appeal: A.
few days since very remarkable in
cident occurred in one Of the most J
respected families of Smray county.
The incident referred to is the birth
of child who hss only one eye and
one year, both of which are on the
right side. The little prodigy is in
the enjoyment Of the best health. uH
LittlaIRock Ark, Gaaett: "Hure
tah 9 ~ is taking possession of a
great many fine farms Of the Arkan-
sas river bottom. This botanical
specimeq.on account Of the lives
lost in trying to killit, is called eter- {
nifty weed. The negroes entertain
superstition that the seeds are sown
by the devil.
New Orleans Picayune: IN More
house parish tbereliyes noble young :,
American, thirtoen years of age, who
went to school during the year, and
in the intervals ofleisure. cultivated uC
one acrsof land, doing aHpthe work
himself He raised and picked 669
pounds of cotton, and sold the whole
in one bale for something like $40. so
Lord Derby comedies that,Ameri-a
can competition j. not to be Agility
spoken Of, butmtimates, thatif VIC,
would only face Great BritimiDthe.
open9nd not fight irtrenched behind
a protective tariff, we might b her,
most Nformidable rival.p5 This sug-~
! gestion is about las disinterest@ as
I that Of the tailless fox. but English,
farmers at least will admit that
American competition is now, brisk
enough for them. : ,,eisac~g % sayg,
| A shocking murder was committed,,
at Charlotte, n, G., Thursday, Squire,
| Darlington sent his twelve-years old !
son into q deld to watch. some COWS,
but the boy left his post and went TO
playing, For the offense the father
caught him, and; after stripping him
Of clothing, took him to the woods
and actually hlyed him aliva| / He
left the dead body nalssdin the woods.