The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1880-06-03

rigidly enforced in Columbia, S. c. One
nan was fined $40 for delivering n
Sunday morning bottle of liquor that
he had sold the evening before.
New ORLEANS has a cork manutac.
tory employing fifteen men and turning
out $500 dozen corks per day, which
loes not even supply the local demand
The establishment is soon to be en-
laiged.
Two South Carolinians, who have
ben at law four years for the posss s,ion
of bull, ere still at it, The costs
exceed 81 900, exclusive of counsel ices,
and the bull is dead. 1t has been
stuffed, and is to be produced in court.
MRS. ROGERS and one Of her daugh.
tiers, of Buncombe, n c., made by their
own labor, during last season, from two
and half acres of land, 1854 worth f
tobacco. This amount was realized
after paying rent of one-third of the
crop.
The man at Luray, Va, who has
kissed nobody during his entire mar.
hood has conscientious scruples in he
matter. He became convinced in h
youth that kissing was wicked because
Christ was betrayed by kiss.
AT business meeting held last Sun
day in the First African Baptist Church
of Richmond, Va, attended by $500
people, the confusion being 50 great
that the Mayor sent large detachment
of police into the building to preserve
order.
CLARK MILLS, the sculptor, is seventy
wears old Until his fortieth year he
was a plasterer, and never had any idea
of becoming a sculptor. At the time he
undertook his first equestrian statue of
Jackson, he had never seen the General
nor an equestrian statue.
IT is stated that Mr.. Willis, now
living in Bradford County, Ga, is LOG
years old. He is able to walk to town,
some six miles, and also able to support
himself by his own labor. He has 1855
descendants in Georgia and thirty-two
in Florida.
In Middle Tennessee drunkard fled
to the woods while wild with dtliriWu
hemens, dug grave and was found n
it dead. His wife was rende ed frantic
by the sight and prayed that she might
die, too, when she was struck by light.
ming and killed.
RICHMOND has a University Club,
composed of graduates of that institu
ton, who are trying to aid in the IA sing
of funds to make available the fine teie'
scope, said tc be the best in America,
presented to their A ma Mater by Mr.
Mccormick, of Chicago.
The last grand jury of Telfair County,
Ga, recommended that their next Rep.
resentative and Senator use their infu.
ence securing the passage of bill by
the Legislature fixing The liquor license
in that county at S. 900 a year.
The Young Mems Library Associa
ton of Atlanta, Ga, received from all
sources during the year ended, Sc, 3i2.-
II. The increase in the number Of
volumes during the year was l,035. Miss
Emma Abbott is a paid-up life member
of the association.
FANNIE HUNTER and Macha phonp.
son, co'ored, who were convicted OF
burglary and sentenced 10 the peniten;
tiary for life at Anderson S. c., in the
fall of 1873, have been pard ned by The
Governor upon the recommendation OF
the Judge and numcrously-signed pc.
tjtlon.
MISS SARAH MARTIN, a Cherokee
giil, wrote letter to ths Evangelist, E.
L. Moody The lelte' was shown TO 8
wealthy friend of Mr.. Moody, who wa,
go well pleased with it that ne placed
81 900 at the disposal of Mr.. Moody fol
the continuation of Miss Martins edu
cation.
The Jolly murder is still the absorb
ing topic of interest at Decatur, ia
The general opinion in that section il
that Weaver was also con erned in tbt
murder of Victoria Norris, srd it il
probable that he will be indicted by
the next grand jury.
THE st. Lawrence Presbytery, il
connection with the Southern Presby'
terrain Church of Texas, has passed
resolutions condemning the use o
tobacco by ministers, and directing TIT
Committee on Education not to recon
mend any candidate for help in hi
education who uses it.
AT Newbern, N. c., J. L. Rheel
planted crop of peas on the LIST of Feb
ruary and finished gathering the produc
on the goth of April. He then cut tn
vines from forty-five acres, and cure
them for forage, and on the evening o
April 80 had the ground planted i
cotton.
The principal plank in the platforr
of the Rev. Jefferson Washington, co
ored, Independent candidate for Cor
gress in the Fifth Georgia District, i
thus stated by him: az am opposed t
having our children gobbled up by thes
medicated students, and Pm bound t
stop it."
AT Argents, Ark, an immense cotton.
seed oil mill is to be erected immedi
ately by Memphis and Little Rock cspi
talists. They will also erect powerful
cotton compress, the press costing $780,,
900, and having pressure of twenty
five hundred tons to the inch-capabl
of led ucing bale of cotton to six ant
q hail inches.
A GENTLEMAN passing q coloret