The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1881-06-03
NEWS GLEANINGs.

AN-Atts'3 AAti i'A 2 AlAh.
Fishermen recently from the gulf
stream report having seen schools Of
Spanish maekerel which were unprece.
dented in number.
Maine capitalists have formed com
pany, with stock fixed 1t S200,0o0,
bought property opposite the City Hall
at Hot Springs, Ark, and will erect
mammoth hotel.
Haynesville (Ala.l Examiner; We
notice the millions of locusts all over
this section Of the county They eat
the leaves Of trees grass, etc, but have
not bothered the crops rs yet,
The late pr. Henry Hull, who was
born il Wilkes ceunty Ga, IN 1898,
and died May 10, 1881, was professor Of
mathematics and astronomy ii the State
University at Athens, Ga, 1S29-ls46
He was associated With General Andrew
jackson III concluding the treaty with
the Cherokee Indians.
Certain colored military companies
have applied for admission into the
State militia Of Louisiana. These or
ganizaton will be mustered in when
properly perfected and uniformed, if
they pass inspection. The New Orleans
States says that one Of these companies,
the Attacks Guards, called after the first
colored man killed on the battle field
during the civil war, has existed, in an
independent condition, for some time,
and bears fair character for instruc-
tion and dicipline.
Dr. w. 9. Capcheart, who owns two
f sheries on Albcmarle sound, in North
Carolina, told Herald reporter that he
thought The spawning ground Of the
striped bass Or rock fish has been found.
RI it can be definitely located he thinks
that the results will be beyond comput
tation, and the rock will rapidly become
the most important fish il Southern
waters.
Anderson Is. % Intelligencer; There
is some tai kin fact, a strong probabil-
ity-that an effort will be made in An
derson this summer 70 elect adry ticket,
and III view of this movement VIC are
informed that the wholesale liquor deal
ers residing outside Of the State have,
by their statesmen, promised to contri
butte from two 70 six barrels Of whisky
towards controlling the vote in favor Of
4 continuance Of license. X We
will not submit 20 outside interference
in our municipal elections, and those
engaged in the liquor business, ei.hel
within or without the town, had bette
not undertake to control those elections
by contributions Of free whisky b.
parties outside Of the State.
Hawkinsyille (Ga.) Dispat ch; i
Dodge county last week the editor 2
th is paper talked with the tax receive
Of that county. He gave us figure
showing that the taxable property 9
that county had increased III 1880 owe
1879 to the amount Of over $llS,000, 2
about twenty per cent, On saturda
, last the late tax receiver Of PulasE
county Informed US that the taxabl
property Of this county had increase
. during the last four years nearly ha
3 million dollars, Or from Sl,l25,Oo0
4 Sl,l60,009 III Telfair county the j
: crease il one year was about Sl50,OO
o and III Coffee county the increase W
!, about $4,000,
d Minden, La, correspondence New Q
Il leans Democrat: Webster parish
d noted for an abundance of fish al
game. Hundreds, we might say thou
4 ands Of persons, make it convenient
o spend few days during the spring
1t summer on the banks Of the Dorche
s. catching fish. The bayou is at the
+, seasons literally filled with cat, bufal
trout, black and striped bass, white
" speckled perch, red perch and goge
y eye, pike, gar, turtle, etc. Deer wi
turkey, etc. are so numerous in the FL
.. west Of the Dorchete, as TO serious
annoy farmers. in the winter seas
ID an immense number Of wild fowl I
found in Lake Briteneau-the variC
r kinds of duck, brant, geese and oc
m sionally swan. The parish is indee'
N hunters paradise.
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