National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-06-17
SOUTHERN NOTES.

Atlanta (Ga) has colored detective.
Madison, Ca, will soon have Il cotton seed oil
mill.
Sixteen deaths from smallpox in New Orleans
last week.
A turtle canning company Is being organized at
Cedar Keys, Fla.
Tho Georgia Railroad bridge at Athens will be
the highest in the state.
Humphreys County Tenn, has upwards of
twenty steam saw. mills
Gas-works arI being erected at Birmingham
Ala, and will soon be in operation.
About a mile of tho canal through .Cuyler's
Swamp, near savannah, Ga. has been finished.
The Boyd County (Ky.) grant Jury returned 2l9
indictments at the session of the circuit court just
closed
Hopklnsvillc KY, wants paper mill estab.
month.
The Mexican, National Railway is completed to
yilladama, Mexico, which is ITO miles west of the
Rio Gande.
In Nottaway, Amelia, Dlnwiddic, and Bruins
wick Counties spring oats are reported failure
Winter oats are doing well.
The Porter Guards, of Memphis, Tenn, have de-
cided not to take part in the competitive drill at
indianapolis Ind, next month.
A twelve,year.old girl in Johnston County
North Carolina, Is said to be the mother of two
children, born at different times
Wythe and Pulaski Counties, Virginia, now
have fifteen blast furnaces engaged in the manu-
inclure of cold blast charcoal iron.
The Burns (Tcnn) Light Artillery, of Nash
Vile, propose to visit indianapolis, Ind, TO
take part in the competitive drill In July.
Mount Sterling, KY, on the 10th instant elected
for the first time Republican %. b. Miller city
judge over Ray McKee, Democrat, by one ma.
jority.
The following ,postmastcrs have been COM
missioned: Mrs, Mary Ann Bowman, Bonbrook;
Samuel NJ; Harvey, Cremona; Albert G. Rider,
Chatham Hill.
The indications are that not only will tho wheat
corn, and cotton crops of Texas be excellent this
year, but that the irutProp will surpass any ever
had before in the State.
Mr.. II. d. Whitcomb, for some time engineer of
| the James River Improvements Mt Richmond, has
| resigned. Captlin Cunningham has been up.
| pointed to succeed him.
Filtysix, indictments for unlawful gaming were
found by the grand jury that recently sat Mt Dam
vlle and the writs have been issued returnable at
| the July term of the court.
The $50 medal offered by the Temperance Coun-
University of Virginia, has been awarded to George
| A. Crutchfeld, of Dallas, Texas.
william II, RulIner,. LID, late superintendent
of public instruction in Virginia, has accepted
position as lecturer on field geology and CONNER
cial mineraogy ut Roanoke College.
% ry E Hn TUESDAY dnigMt thieves
heavy iron safe, and were engaged In opening IL
when the arrival of persons drove them away.
| James Coleman, the young colOred man of Rich
mond, who GAINED to have been struck dumb for
lying, bus found his power of speech. Electricity,
applied by Drs Tabb and w. A. Lee, helped him.
The Virginia State regatta, to be held at Frcder-
icksburg July 4, promises to We one of great in
terest. The Richmond, Fredericksburg and Po-
tomnc Railroad Will run special train for the &C.
cAsiOn,
The Northeastern (GaO railroad ex ension will
be mploted to Turnersville, four miles from
Tnlulah Falls, on Thursday, June %, and ON that
day trains viii commence running regularly to
that station.
At meeting of the central committee of tho
Coalition party composed of Repub leans and Re,
stRut, Captain John S. VIE was Endorsed without
a dissenting vote for Congressman large.
The Wilmington IN, C,l Star in speaking Of the
a M & I'm f.fg a. not
ton for the crop year up to daio foot mp 1856 6iS
bales as against M 25S bales up to June l3 1881,
showing an increase in favor 1882 of Is 305 bales.
Judge Mann, of Petersburg Va, has refu ed to
gnntn new count in the municipal contested clec
ton cases lately brought before him. This leaves
the new council standing rs follows; DouTbOns o 4;
strpightout ReadjusIers 10; independent Read .
iusters, 2.
A large and enthusiastic meeting of Republicans
and Readjnsters was held Mt the Little Mill in
Sussex County, on the 10th instant at which reso.
lntlonS were adouted pledging their support to the
Liberal party, Of Virginia and Endorsing the ma,
tional administration, Senator Malone, and Hon.
s. G. Harrison, member OF the assembly.
Mrs, A. b. Lewis, Of Charlotte, N. C., has the
99% patent ETSRe sd ~ k d GSSgs ~ TO her
Charlotte. The document is on parchment, in a
Perfect state b of dated august 49,
Governor and Commander in Chief OF the Colony
An attempt was made on Monday TO open the
sale ~ the office OF the United States marshal
nj Richmond for the purp SO OF examining It's
contents owing to the recent reports OF shOttness
Of the accounts in the settlement OF the late mar.
shall. The attempt proved failure, ana was re-
ported TO the Department. with request for in.
structlons.
The Central Virginia Iron Company has resolved
to build furnaces and commence operations on n
very extensive scale at the Riyerville mines, In
Amherst County several miles below LyuGhburg.
The company Is composed Of u number Of Penn {.
sylyania, New York, and Virginia capitalists and
an immense amount Of money has ulieady been
expended In developing the property
The Rome (Ga.) BailetiR tells the following
| uRnmlnQ a
young lady In Rome started out shopping, While
putting on her hat she thought II felt rather heavy
but, not noticing anything, put IL on her head,
On her return she asked her sister 10 take oil her
hat that she thought something was on ii. Her sis
ter took OF her hat, and while doug so came very
near being bitten by q snake. Tue lady had worn
the snake around with her all the tune, being, OF
course, unconscious Of lis presence