National Republican., 1882-10-13
SOUTHERN NOTES.

Jacksonville, Fla, has six papers.
Texas has 1877 900 square miles destitute Of in
habitants
The largest single brick-yard in the United
States is at Atlanta.
The coal mines at Birmingham, Ala, are the
most extensive in the South.
over 1000 900 orange trees come into bearing in
Orange County, Fla, this year.
Experiments have proven that the Japanese
seedless persimmon will grow proliicay III Flor
ida.
DR.. John II. Moore, well. l.known physician of
Waterford, Va, has removed to Omaha, Neb., to
practice his profession.
A terrapin caught large white crane by the
foot recently near Wilmington. N. G., and, as the
crane could not fly, both were captured.
make good peanut crops There is nothing iu.
goober- GUS to the juvenile mind about this
Lightning struck an orange tree recently at st.
Augustine, Fla. This Is the first instance known
of the electric fluid injuriug the orange tree
The plentitude of the corn crop in the South Is
attested by the fact that it. is sold in Jackson
County, Ala, for 20 cents per bushel delivered.
factory firm in Georgia recently sold at At
lanta SlOOO0O in confederate bonds for $3.50. The
bonds had been lying in the safe for seventeen
years.
At least 10000 Of the citizens of New Orleans do
| not vote, and are rot even registered. How much
| of the bad government complained Of are these
| 10000 responsible for?
Griffin, Ga, has the largest peach orchard in tie
South, containing 5000 lrees and covering most
of 600 acres. On the same inrm are 900 grated
apple trees and 5000 pear trees.
| The recent floods ON the Concho River, Texas
caused the death of ll9 persons and $1,000 sheep.
| During September the foods destroyed 200 lives
and 5000 600 worth of property in the State.
Among the passengers on the Decatur (Ga) train
| recently was an old ncgress said by her son to be
| 10 years old. Her son, who accompanied her,
wa, Al years old and the youngest OF seventeen
| children.
A boy of l3 and his sister, aged 10 years, cult
Yated eight acres of cotton and ten OF corn this
| year near Shreveport, La and made good crops.
| They ure probably the youngest farmers in the
world. They did most OF their own work Oh the
| land.
Southern cotton mills now boast 1887 400
| spindles and that the consumption of cotton this
year will reach 400 900 bales or one-luarer OF the
| amount used North This fact is the more nor 'aulo
| because two years ago the amount of cotton manu-.
fnctured in the South was scarce worthy OF men
| ton.
The bodies of some of the victims of tho burning
| OF the steamer X, Il, Lee were buried in shallow
graves along the river bank for convenience in re-.
| moving them when desired. II III t-iamished dugS
| in the neighbOrhOod found and dug them out, aud
several We're hall devoured by the Drutes before the
| horror was discovered.
| The receipts of cotton Mt Wilmington, N c. for
| the week ending Saturday, October Z, footed up
5l06 bales as against l29 bales from DC tober IL
| october 10 of last year, decrease that week OF
2,023 bales. The receipts TOR the present crop year
foot up 14525 bales rs against l9O6l bal es TO DC.
tobcr 10, 1881, decrease this year of4 536 bales
| Henry Todd, who lives in Darien, is the wealth.
| est cOlOred man in GeoTgin. When O youth ms
master died and LEFT him his freedom When tile
coniederacy fell he lost twenty slaves and some
| confederate bonds Amer the war he continued
| farming operations and engaged in the lumber
business He Is now 60 years old and is worth
| 100000 in good Investments,