The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-03-12

England paid $12,5000O0 for foreign
eggs in 1878.
1t is found that Florida jute viii do ia
make bagging of.
Wheat is being shipped from jackson,
Mich, to Baltimore.
Wild turkeys are being freely trapped
in Worth County, Ga.
They are planting corn in the sunny
fields of Pike County, Ala.
A species of wild tobacco is found
growing as far north as New York.
Granville County, N. c., is very pros
porous, and attributes it to tobacco.
The early wheat is said to be looking
very fine in Fleming County and the
prospect flattering. Late wheat is not
doing SO well.
Lake Thrasymene, on the banks Of
which Hannibal fought the old Romans,
has been entirely frozen over for the first
time in this century.s
America imported from Europe last
year 29,642, 1886 gallons of wine, an in.
crease over the Importation OF 1878 OF
nearly 100000 gallons.
Sir G. w. Oakley, of Trittenden, Eng
land, takes the prize for monster cucum.
bers He has raised one five feet in length
an6a foot in diameter.
Maysville Bulletin: The fruit prospect
in this neighborhood is not so bad after
all. Providing there are no severe frosts
we may expect fine yield Of every
thing.
Maysville (Ky.) Bulletin: James NAL
ley, of Murphysville, lately sold his crop
of Z, 900 pounds of tobacco to Mr.. John
Chambers, Of Washington, for $13 30
all around. This crop is said to- be the
best grown in this eouny.
Selma (Ala.) Times: The weather SO
warm has called the gentle snake from
his winter quarters. The first one was
visible yesterday. To kill the first snake
seen in the spring indicates triumph over
all your foes for that year.
Russellville (Ky.) Messenger. The
peach trees are beginning to bud out in
several localities in town, and it is hoped
that good fruit crop may be had this
year. 1t has been four OF five years now
since the fruit crop has been success in
Southern Kentucky.
In the yard of Mayor Love, of Quincy
Fla, may be seen curiosity. 1t is an
orange tree with four crops-the fully
matured orange, crop just turning
another about half grown and yet anotb'
er about the size of a large marble, and
now the tree is blooming.
The soldiers at Camp Douglas, Idaho
have as pet yearling deer with good
ear for music. When the Fourteenth
Regiment is on parade, "Gen. Custer, u
which is the animals name, marches
proudly in front of the drum major
with head erect and lofty steps, keeping
excellent time to the music of the band
Never before in the annals of Winston
N. G., as a tobacco market, has there beer
such a quantity of the weed brought here
dS ulltI6 Was ldnU Ntchs Liz OlucS
tobacco men say they have seen moth
ing like it before 1t is estimated thai
nearly two millions of dollars have beer
paid out to our farmers for "the leaf
since the first of the year. That is the
way we do business up here.
Madison (Ga. Madisonian: Our farm.
ers seem to be in good spirits. We con
versed with a number this week from
different parts of the County. They say
that their colored laborers are working
we'll and contentedty; that their land
are rapidly being put in splendid condi
ton; that the small grain crops lool
we'll, and with the smiles of Providence
they expect to make splendid crops thi
year. ..
Knoxville (Tenn.) Dispatch: PEI
haps at no time in our history has tn
growing wheat crop looked more promis
ing than now. We draw our conclu
sions from actual observation. In. pass
ing from Knoxville to Strawberry Plains
on Saturday last, we saw number Q
wheat fields and we unhesitatingly sa
that we never saw finer looking wheat a
this season of the year. 1t looks NOR
promising than it usually does in tn
middle Of April or the first Of May.
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