The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-21
OTHER SOUTHERN STATES.


OTHER SOUTHERN STATES.
ralstka, Florida. is shipping oranges direct
To England.
There are now ito0 conviets In tho North
Carolina nnnitaMtiary.
The past season North Carolina made BE-
nnW.naO t0Hnda 1T tobacco.
Strawberries are aellng st twenty five cents
per quart IN 1T. Augustine
The Middle Georgia Military and Agreul-
tural College, has ale students.
The Faat Alabama nnd Cincinnati railroad
Ia to be sold Arfll sat opelika.
Tho military fever ls raging iD most of the
counties nf Southern Georgia.
Ice men at Little Rock are filling their
houses with ice eighteen inches thick
A number Of farmers are snecesssullv cul-
tlvating upland rice ~ Monroe county. "a.
Rich gold mines have been discovered on
the Brush Greek lands, Montgomery county.
Tenn.
Near Hampton, Va. very large eagle
was killed hy lightning during thunder
storm.
Thirty families In one district IN I'radley
county. tennessee viii aorn leave Tor Ar
kausas.
Only eleven miles NJ the Greenwood and
| Augusta tSouth Carollnal Railroad remain to
| be completed.
The growing wheat crop around Lrudon.
| Tenn, la suffering with the Uesstan fly and
| worm THE winter.
| Gha,laeton people complain of tho lack Ut
| facilities for daily and weekly recreation end
| want a public garden
| In nearly all Of the upper counties ~ South
Carolina complaint is made that the ily CON
tlnuee to destroy the wheat.
| Capt Paul Boyton ts now giving aquatic
exhibitions at thu III ffarnnt points throughout
Southern and Eastern Florida.
Near Valdosta, Ca, ]. q. Jones killed five
wild turkey gobhlefs at one shot. Their ag-
| gregate weight WAS ninety I've pounds.
| The annual profits nf tho South Carolina
cotton factories are from II to &c per cent.
len Thousand persons are supported ny them.
| III Franklin county Ky. u eulnretl woman.
| auhjrct To fits fell In the snow aud fruza to
death She was miaslDg a week before found.
The statement Il golug the rounds that an
eighteen year old white boy IN Jasper county,
On. Ia legally married To a woman seventy
one years OF age.
Georgia will hold no State fair this year,
On account of the alertior tn he hold In the
autumn and the consequent distraction OF the
minds vt the people
Little Rock Democrat About a dozen OF
over most ente'ptaing business men ere ar-
ranging to organize 4 genuine Miatick krewe
to take charge of and run all the Mardt Gras
collections hereafter
The South Carolina factories have 81. AGO
eptndea, with 1919 looms. They produce
N lo1 .a3a yards VI cloth and ti.isa pounds ~
warn each full working day. aud consume for
each such day 54,n42 pounds 81 raw cotton.
Macon. Ga. /, Infested with swarm OF
tramps who seem to he n regularly organ
zel band They have attempted 70 enter
several hoaes by force. and on Friday q lady
was knocked down IN her own hnuaa while
trying 10 prevent thu entrance Of some "
these vaHahpntla.
The people " Brunswick. Ga,. arc aroused
and are Indignant over tho failure OF the eale
of the Macon and Brunswick Railroad The
mayor aud council NJ the city joined In r.'-
quest to Gov. Colaultt To reconsider his ac-
, ton and eign the warranty deed to the Macon
anh brunswick road. nr coll al extra session
of the Legislature.
The heavy rains among the mountains nf
Tennessee did considerable damage to the
Cincinnati Southern Railroad by causing
landali,irs. Hundreds 1T thousands at dollars
will 10 required after this road Is turned over
e. the carrier company for compilation and
maintenance, to put It IN complete and per
manent running condition.
A lady In I,nwnos county, Ala. who had
been wealthy, but IA now poor. clipped he,
magnificent hair and gave II TO the yellow
: fever sufferers. II realiznh q large sum, anf
the winner, a Northern lady, aent the hail
back 10 the donor Since then tho lady has
gIv"n the hair ~ tlo Hood fund, and IL was
, rallied In Montgomery for $40.
Tie colored people Of Garrard county. Ky.
arc very much exercised In regard to a letter
, received by one of their number from some
medical students in louisville. offering <
each for tho bodies of the Idle negroes on thu
,, atreeta. Many Of the ignorant negroes think
that this man IA In a conspiracy With the med
ieal college, and that their safety will be In
: creased hy putting him out Of the way.
ColumhatS O. RCgiat, The COMMISSIONS
Of Agriculture has received reports Informing
him Of the existence of asbestos III several 81
ralitca of tho State. and some spacimenl
have been sent to Kim. He tested thom In thu
fire and found that the fibrcs. even when sepa
, rated from each other. would stand a white
/ heat llalntpnda. aa soon a. possible, TO sent
: ont an agent and have tho deposits inspected
with view of asce,taining their exact quail
~ and theT probable extent and value
Tho richest youthful hoireas Of the day IN
England IL May Maynard. granddaughter q
Ntsco,nt Maynard. She has f2n 900 a year II
= land, AMI large accommodations Ut money.
y Maa Mavnarti made her debut Mt magnli-
q cent ball AT her scat in EssnX last month.
A family Of eight PERSONS were recent,
found murdered near Barcelona "A rich land
, owner Fulgnn1ip A. Eercn5uana. had III his
services workman named Manuel who or
arriving at tho house FOR his days work, he
, fore da Wight. found the doors open his wifi
I and n maid servant dead In their beds. m,
tho master and miatrnss OF tho house. AM
their three daughters. aged nineteen. seven
n teNn and fifteen, and u son. aged nine. All like
+ wiso murdered. Another daughter. aged five
waa sleeping quietly beside II murdered sister