The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1882-03-24
NEWS GLEkNIEGS.

There are 1000 Indians in the ever
glades Of Florida.
Mr. Blackstock, Of Jefferson, Ga, has
nineteen children.
There are 100000 lying idle in the
Alabama State Treasury.
The theological seminary for colored
people near Natchez, Miss, has 1856 stu
dents.
Eight coons and thirteen 'possums
we're caught in one tree in Dyer county,
Tenn, last week.
In Tensas and Madison parishes, La,
buffalo gnata are killing the horses and
mules to an alarming extent
The Ordinary Of Sumter county, Ga,
announces that lie will issue no more
license to sell liquor in that county.
Pensacola, Fla, has rejected the ap
plication Of the Pensacola and Atlanta
road TO erect shors within the city linn
its.
A company has been formed in Griffin,
Ga, for the manufacture of the Brook
automatic car coupler. The capital
stock is placed at $4,000.
A strawberry raiser in Chattanooga
says the prospects for tho coming crop
are excellent. He expects TO raise 80
900 pounds on a nine acre patch.
Crawfshing is favorite pastime with
some Of the youngsters about Selma.
who catch hundreds of them in ditches
and ponds on the outskirts Of the CITY.
In the internal revenue district in
which Nashville is situated, composed
ofeight counties, there is not single
distillery. Applications for the Collect-
orship are altogether scarce.
Atlanta Cons titution; Mr.. o. O. Gill.
Of New York. has carried 1000 tea
plants from the Heno tea gardens Bal
tlmore, to Enterprise, Fla, where he
intends to experiment. in tea culture.
Tourists are 50 besieged by the hotel
runners of jacksonville, Fla, that VIC
lent means have to be resortcd to to get
rid Of them. A man last week pulled
ms pistol on the bowling mob for Pre-
lection.
There is colored boy in Accommac
county, Va, who is six feet eight inches
nigh, weight 2S4 pounds and wears six
'sen-ineh shoe. His principal diet is
sweet potatoes, Of which lie can eat a
peck alta time.
one Of the industries Of the noun
talns Of Western North Carolina and
East Tennessee is the collection Of Wv
r1o's which are shipped to Philadel.
Pnla and Boston to be made into door.
Knobs and bowles for pipes,
While Mis- Addie Tenain, Young
iaay Of jackson, Tenn, was crossing the
rallroad her dress caught on the track
winch threw her down. just at that
''ine a train came along and passed over
nsr ankles, mangling them in a terrible
to live - noi
the five daughters Of Robert Curry.
y augusta county, Virginia, are still
swing and in excellent health. Their
names and ages are: Annie Mcdowell
aSed elghty-eight Jane Young, eighty.
* Polly Curry, Gig ty-one lydia
Durde't, eighty-seyen, and sallie Curry.
seyenty-seven.
- Sohn ~ Cunningham, Jr., drives
'slsurely around his gigantic peach or
cnard Of 50,ot0 bearing trees, near Grif
m Ia; observes with satisfaction that
go u vuus are not too precocioue, and
s0niplaeently remarks: ~ think this is
~ year He says that his is the big
sss' peach orchard in the world but
.ssssome jealous grower should presume
=. dispute as the assertion, lie intends to
Is IVY more acres next fall. 'eThis is
~, II On'y region in the worId,' adds Mr..
cunningham, ~ where perfect peach
can be raised.
.,.s' SasnYiile World: Mary Brooler was
Z. a.'algnea =, before the Recorder yesterday
81 'ne charge of selling ssvoudoo bags =
s1' sne mad sold one 70 a young colored eirl.
-ilnnle Woodfcrk, telling her that 4
', would make her lover marry her. Tbe
s'rl accordingly paid her So for Il
% ,5Ome time after She lost this BAG ana
s0''ia not find it. Some people who
were living in The same house bpnted
4 aiS a.' lof 2, y and after Minnie had gone
~ so1S they ripped open the mattress
sss ss.. .ne littie bag jumped out. They
,nS.. .ss.1 'nat The bag jumped ont OF the