The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1881-05-27
NEWS GLEANINGS.

AT the Norfolk navy-yard five war
ships are repairing.
The Savannah News regards tea cult
ure in Georgia as an assured success.
The Leesburg (Fla) Advance learns
that a wooden railway will be built from
Leesburg to Lake Harris and Griffin for
the transportation Of goods
The Sugar Planter reports that sew
eral planters in West Baton Rouge, La,
are to give the sorgum cane fair trial
this season, and if results are satisfac-
tory to plant extensively another year.
The Columbus (GaJ Enquirer-Sun
says that the woods are alive with To-
Gusts around Griffin. They are of the
same kind as those there fourteen years
ago, and farmers fear for their wheat
crop.
The rector at St. Johns Episcopal
church at Montgomery, Ala, has bap-
tized 502 persons in twelve years The
amount Of money contributed by the
parish for all purposes during the past
twelve years, including the support OF
the church, is SlO9,77s.
There is peach tree, now growing
in Jasper county, Ga, on the plantation
of B. II. Ezell, near Erickson, the seed
Of which was planted by Mr.. Ezelps
father in 1909 The tree was transplant
ed in 1911. It is now growing fruit the
Macon (Ga.) Telegraph reports. Mr..
Ezell is now in his eighty-seeond year.
The Raleigh IN. o. News Observer
reports that Governor Jarvis, Lieutenant
Governor Robinson, and others, who re-
Gently visited the eastern part of the
State, saw two fish hauls at Mr.. Cape.
harPs fishery at Avoca, one Of 170, 900
herring in the morning. and another of
125,000 in the evening. The warp Of
tho sein was $500 yards in length, and
it was hauled in by steam.
One of the most remarkable instances
of self-sacrafce and perseverance il
that Of the Beal street colored Baptist
church at Memphis, which. out Of the
very small daily earnings of its pooi
members, has contributed since 1867
$4,000 to buy ground and build ant
pay for its fine church edifce. Abou
$4,000 more is requisite to complete
the interior of the upper part of tn,
building.
The Mayor and board of aldermen
have revoked and cancelled every licens,
to sell wines, spirituous or malt liquors
or any Intoxicating liquors within tn,
limits of the city Of Charlotte, N. G
The keeping of such beverages for sal,
is declared a nuisance, and in thi
declaration branded fruits and alco
holic liquors are included.
Mississippi has total population 0
1,131, ,592, of which 479,97l are whit
and 652,22l are colored. There ar
seventy-four counties in the State, O
which thirty-eight contain more cslore
than white population. and thirty-si
more white than colored. The colore
majority is 172,850. In Issaquen
county the whites number S24 and tn
colored persons 9,177 In Washingto
county the whites number 8, ,474 and til
colored persons 81 ,S91.
Contracts have been made by the Lt
cal Board Of Swamp Land Commission
ers for the parishes Of Lafourche an
Terrabonne, for the construction Of tw
canals, to be completed within one yea
The New Orleans States says that tn
will open to cultivation or other usefI
purposes and render conveniently acce
sible large area Of heretofore usele
lands within easy distance from Ne
I Orleans.
|, Spartanburg, S. c., news in Charlie
! ton News and Courier; The longe
cotton row in the county, or in Il
t State, perhaps, was laid off by Mr..
i b. Huff, who works land Of J. H. Mer
: gomery, Esq, two miles north Of tow
t 1t is 9O,760 yards long and the ROY
!. being three and half feet wide, Ii
: row contains fraction over two al
i one-third acres. Its length is lit
i more than five and half miles.
would require about six hours to n
> round this one row of cotton.
# The Bullock (Ga.) Banner hears Of
v man who is taking his all on cotton.
i has waved the homestead, and is givi
d mortgages on all that he has on the
e coming crop, in order to get guano, &C
e and meat. The Banner asks: "St
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