The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1880-11-25

river on either side was mass of hui
manity. His meetings are the events of
the season. "'
The hotei-keepers of New Orleans,
who have decided to employ white girls
as walters, say they have no trouble in
securing them, and say that respectable
families apply almost daily for places
for their daughters. The girls like the
work and give satisfastion, both to en-
ployers and their guests.
The Columbus Enquirer-Sun says that
in the list of applicants for legislative
appointments in Georgia are found the
names of leading lawyers-mcn of years
standing at the bar. This shows that
the legal business Of that State must
be at very low ebb, and as a rule is not
remunerative
Three crazy persons. two negro women
and white man, all Of Newman, Ga,
passed through Macon Thursday, on their
way to the asylum at Milicdgeyille.
Singular to say, all three went crazy
through jealousy, The negro women on
account of the infdelity of their hus-
bands, and the white man from the same
on the part of his wife.
The Knoxville City Council now has
pending before it an ordinance providing
that manufactures hereafter established
i'll Knoxville with capital Of SIS, 600 or
more shall be relieved of taxation for
fifteen years. Atlanta, Chattanooga and
other Southern cities long ago adopted
this policy, and now have their reward
in extensive and paying manufactures
of various kinds
Judge William Cothran was on his
way to Lexington, Miss, to hold Circuit
Court, when he was suddenly taken sick
ut Winona and died in few hours. He
was seventy-five years old, and had been
Circuit Judge six years before the war;
He was elected by the people since the
war and was removed by Governor
Ames. He was appointed in 1876 by
Governor Stone for six years. q
The New Orleans Picayune has some
statistics showing that before the civil
war the South had more taxable property
on her rolls than New England and tie
Middle States combined. After the con-
test and five years of peace, she had sunk
$500, 100000 below the New England
States alone. In 1860 forty per cent. of
all the real and personal property as
sessed in the United States was in the
Southern States, while now they have
only 'ourtcen per cent.
Some English capitalists own 100000
acres Of land in Alabama, on the line of
the Alabama Great Southern railroad
which are very rich in timber and min
erals and which they intend developing
For the present chief attention will be
given to developing the mineral resources
of those lands, which are almost bound
less, but the farming interests will not
be neglected. Arrangements are now
making to induce immigration of En-
lish farmers and at an early day num-
ber will probably settle on the lands.
Dellville (Tex.) Times: w. r. Crump,
near his plantation ON the Brazos river,
last week discovered an alligator on the
b"nk, some distance from the water. On
riding up quite close it reared up to at
tack him, when he dcxtrously threw a
strong rope over its head, and wheeling
his horse rode quickly off. The allga-
tor followed 50 rapidly that it were fully
a hundred yards before he succeeded in
lightning the rope around his neck. AT
ter desperate struggle Mr.. Crump sue
ceeded in dragging his prize home, where
he dispatched it at his leisure. 1t
measured over ten feet.