The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1881-08-05
NEWS GLEANINCS.

nineteen barrels of beer,
There are ffty,six cotton seed oi
milss ia the United States Georgia has
only one.
Another squad of Cherokee Indians
are soon to leave London, Tennessee, for
the Indian Nation,
Many now claim that iron can be
made cheaper at Birmingham, Alabama.
than anywhere in the United States.
OF Florida towns the census Of Lake
City is 1879; Layilla, 1913; Jackson.
vile, 7,64S; Pensacola, 5,S45; Tallahas
see, 2,4s4 Fernandina, 2,562 and Pa
latka., 1,616.gs ~
3stf Nine incorporated companies ard in
dividuals are engaged in phosphate
mining in the nayigable streams Of South
Carolina.
The great temperance petition pre-
sented to the Georgia Legislature the
other day was 600 feet long and con
tanned 10000 signatures 1t was greet
ed.with applause.
The Steamship Setninole, amonp other
freight from Savarlna 70 Boston. 4 few
days since, CARR ed 10000 watermeIons.
One Of the officers Of the southern
Express Company says that the pay roll
ol inc Company for Georgia alone is
$4,000 per month.
The Augusta Sewerage and Water
Supply party carried their ticket at the
recent election, and city bonds will be
lssuea to raise the money and begin the
work.
The, Buckingham (va.) gold mines
are panning1 out 4 such marvellous
amounts Of the auriferous metal, that
Z II the news gets abroad they will have
"a rush Of gold hunters bither equal to
t that Of California in 1S4S.
A moccasin residing in Henry ounty,
~ 4 Alabama, bit Mr.. Roberts son on the
foot, in Hollands mill-pond, six or
eight feet under water, recently. He
mad no whisky or any other antidote,
and yet he experienced but little injury
from the reptiles fangs. Query. Is the
bite of..a snake under water poisonous
Further figures Of the Alabama cen,
sYs show that sEufaula has 1886 people;
Union Springs, 1862; Greenville, 2,471;
i Tsllassee, j, 1872; 0pelika, S,245; Auburn,
l,l6l; Girard, 1924; Mobile, 29,192
Il. Montgomery, 1918, and Tuscaloosa,
a#a 2Ol7 ss
,as Mr.. R, NJ. San dys, a Louisiana sugar.
maker, is putting up permanent works
atSterling, ILL.,. 13Ox4O feet ground di
menslons, walls twenty five feet high
built Of stone at total estimated cost
OF $4,000; capacity, 300 tons Of cane
per day. Mr.. W. C.aClement is alsC
putting up alarge mill at the same place
.rt4 Tecumseh Furnace, of Tecumseh, Ala
bama entered on its seventh year oi
blast on the 10Th of June, on one hearth
without blowing out. The furnace il
making twenty tons Of iron per day o.
ITO bushels of charcoal, The furnac,
Is sixty by twelve, and uses brown hem
attic ore.
Senator JONES' Of Florida, recentl,
received a letter informing him of tn,
death Of his only sister, Mrs. Margare
f9 powd, Of Galveston, Texas This is tn
thlrd death thaj has occurred in the Sen
As ator's family within a few months. III
iest his wifelast fall, since then grow
son'cf his diedi Washington, and no,
ne gets news of his sisters DEATH
During a trial for assault in Arka nsai
aclub, a rock, a rail, an an ax-handlt
knife and a shotgun were exhibite
as the Instruments with .whic
the deed was done. 1t Wa
also shown that the assault
ed man defended himself with a r,
I'll Felver, scythe a pitchfork, chisel,
hand-saw fail and a cross dog. The
the jury decided that they'd have give
nYe dollars apiece to have seen the figh
sss A'curieus decision was recently mao
10 lna'tFial justices court in Abbeville, 1
Y, The cause under consideration vi
.- tpe right of a wife to enter into con
's2as tract 70 labor against thewilI Of h,
Il. husband. The husband had brougl
suit for the setting aside Of the contrac
mt the justice decided that the woms
q ss naa tue right to make all the contrac
ahe chose whether Of property or
personal nature.a Thehusband was tn,
~ ss.s sentenced y % pay fine Of $25 anascas
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