The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1882-01-20

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absolutely nauseeus.
Memphis Appeal; Mrs. Erwin, who i
mentioned as the Southern Florenc,
| Nightingale" died at Huntsville, Ala.
recently. During the war she had hos
pitfalls wherever the army of the Tennes
see could be reached, and after the wal
she established an asylum for the orphan.
of Confederate soldiers
It is reported that the Woodwards
the great nail manufacturers of Wheel
ing, West Virginia, are arranging il
come to Birmingham, Ala, where in CO
partnershipwith Mr. DeBardeleben, they
propose to enter largely into the manu-
facture Of nails and other irons.
There are 1000 Indians yet in the
Everglades Of Florida. They speak theil
own language, but by frequent inter.
course with the white people at the trad.
ing posts, on Lake 0keechohee, have be.
come civilized. They are friendly and
honest in their dealings with the whites.
The extent Of the manufacture OF
pure olive oil' from cotton seed is in
dicated by export statistics from New
Orleans OF 100000 gallons shipped
thence during 1S79-SO, eighly-eight per
cent was sent to the Mediterranean and
French ports, and one shalt Of this
amount to Italy.
Phillips, Marshall & Co. Of London,
have purchased 100000 acres Of land
from the state Of Mississippi The lands
lie mostly in the Yazoo delta, and com
prise come of the richest cotton and
timber land in the South. 1t is the in
tention to improve, cultivate and colo.
nize these lands.
Hon. J. F. Cunningham of Fulton,
Ark, has invented cotton-picking ma.
chine that pulls off the cotton bolls,
limbs and leaf, and then separates them.
The horse and wagon pass over the rows
that have been picked and the machine
gathers on the side. He says that by
attaching the separator to the gin power
he can pick two rows as fast as the team
can move.
Atlanta Constitution The cost Of the
Exposition was $3.50, 900, of which $780,
900 in round figures We're put in build
ings and improvements ard the balance
paid out for running expenses, printing,
etc. The receipts were from S220,000 to
$3.50, 900, of which $4,000 came from
stock, $4,000 from privileges, $4,000
fr,m entry fees, $4,000 from gate re-
ceipts, and $4,000 from miscellaneous
resources.
Eastman (Ga, } Times L. l.. Burch,
Of Telfair county, killed bald eagle
last week which measured eight feet
from tip to tip Of lis wings. One Of the
! feet was sent TO this office, and the claws
from point to point measured eight and
one-third inches This monstrous bird
had grown sheep down when Mr.. Burch
discovered it, and forced him to relax
his hold by sending rifle ball through
his eagleship,
Durham Recorder: The farmers in
Eastern Carolina seem to be tardy in fin.
ishing up the years crop, hence il is al
most impossible to employ man to drive
deer. Sport in this line, however, is
fine. Deer are abundant, SO mech SO
that migratory sportsmen believe them
to be more numerous in the everglade
counties Of Fender, Jones, Onslow, Cra-
ven, Pamlico and Carteret than in any
part of the South,
The Dempsey family and the Norri,
family, of Cherokee county, Ala, have
long been enemies. The older members
have spent life time in continued bick-
erings, and have wearied of it. But the
boys have taken up the cudgel, and here
is the result: Last week two of the
Dempsey boys and two of the Norris
met to fight it out Both Of the Norris
boys were stabbed, the younger mortally.
The families stand high in the commu-
nifty, and great excitement has grown
out of the difficulty.
Jacksonville (Fla.,) Union; During
the month of December there were g.
100000 feet of yellow pine lumber
shipped from this port, against 8, 91s, Coo
feet for same month last year, an increase
last month Of 2,sS2,OOO feet over the
amonnt shipped during the same month
in 1880. The above does not include
lumber shipped north via Fernandina,
over the Fernandina and Jacksonville