The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1881-08-12
MAGNOLIA, MISS.
NEWS oLEaNlHns.

NEWS GLEANlNGS.
Extensive smuggling is going on along
the Rio:Gfapde VI sd
ft' A Marietta, Georgia. boy has Il collec-
tion of 800 birds eggs, .+..s
There are tRirty-two colored Baptist
churches in the District Of Columbia,
sssni Augusta, Georgia will have first
~ class theater.
. OF the forty Generals furnished NV
Ea ieSas to the COnfederacy thirty are
4 dead. saAl
o..t The negroes. of.Wilkes county pay
taxes on 5000 acres Of land, and $l2-
l 900 worth Of stock
'ts2s Cedar Key and Ocala, Florida, are
said to be outstripping any towns in the
s4a State in growth and enterprise
Alexandria, Virginia has loaded d
bark with grain direct for Europe, and
sees herself invested withsa halo Of COM
, mencial glory accordingly. raas
Blind Tom said when atlhis home
III ia Georgia, 70 Femaint alones with his
r.. piano and play day and night, He
plays about 1000 pieces byeab and picks
~ up newones every day,
III E Paul Viallou, Of Bayou Goula, La,
g has 800 stand Of pure italian bees. He
raises and sells many barrels Of honey
at from seyenty-iye cents to ninety
iaso9 cents per gallon.
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.i. Inc colored people Of Nashville have
formed society for the suppression Of
inlscegenation It is said that the society
mas 50 far caused the arrest Of eight per-
sons Charged with this oifense.
Hannah Faust, said to be III years
old, died in Columbia, S. O., X GENTLY.
'Asi she was born. faw miles above that CITY.
Her daughter, said to be near ninety,
si lives IN Columbia also.
Vicksburg is justly indignant at the
suspending by the National Board Of
Health Of the inspection station at the
s Point The station is protection not
only to Vickshurg but the whole Missis-
sippi Valley.
1t is said the2e is not mechanic or
workman in Macon wbaisidle for want
OF employment The rush Of improve
,.as ments and the demand for builders and
~ building material have never before been
equsled in that city
Gold is found in Georgia in thirty-six
counties, silver in three copper in thir-
teen, iron in forty-three, diamonds in
twenty-six, whisky in all Of them, and
the last gets away with all the rest
The Mormon excitement is now abat-
ing abit in Western Coosa, Ala. New
missionaries are daily expected, and
's converts to the polygamous creed are
daily adding their names to the brutaIiz-
ss, ing muster-roll.
a gator weighing 800 pounds, was
scaught in PatauIa creek, Georgia, the
other day, which contained "a rock
weighing several pounds, large soft
shell turtle andsa beaver weighing fifty
+ OF sixty pounds. The beaver was whole
g...s except that one leg was missing" y
The pastors of all the churches in AL
oany, Georgia, without previous under
WIS., Standing, prayed for rain last Sunday,
ana writer iI the News says hardly
s,s,. nad Their benedictions been pronounced
Wnen little cloud gathered over the
"a sweltoring city, others gathered to it, and
9 aretresaing plentiful shower descended.
81 little girl named Malcomb, living in
~ { inc neighbo rhood of Doe Hill, Virginia
went out to the woods to play, accom-
panied by her dog, one day last week,
li9 when she suddenly came upon num-
s Der Of wild turkeys. The dog gave
enase aud, in the alright, very large
9ts gopoler perched upon fence The lit
WIZ s'e heroine seized it from below, dragged
% the ground and bore it home in
triumph The turkey weighed about
t.A twenty pounds. az sm
In Walker county Alabama, is nat
ssis pral bridge said to rival that of Vir-
.ssts glnia, II IS IN the sandstone called
miilstone grit which underlies the cora
asis .oFnatlon It spans about 120 feet aud
ss US height is about seventy feet. A small
Dnuge connects it with the bluff beyond.
nehnesof stratifcation Of the sandstone
give the structure the appearance q
!, having been artifcially built up with
massive blocks II is in the midst of 4
region Of wild and romantic beauty