The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-11-01
NEWS GLEANINGS.


but seven mills on the 800.
Gadsden, Alabama, has doubled its
population in the last twelve months.
Georgia's surplus crop of sweet pota.
toes will reach 4O0, 600 bushels this year.
wab Hing and Tin Sing, two China
men, have embarked in the grocery bus
iness at Nashville.
Florida is making preparations to re.
ceive an unusually large number of new
settlers this winter.
The Georgia prohibitionists have
nominated legislative candidates in
twenty-nine counties.
A meteor fell a few days ago near
Orange City, Florida, killing colored
women, whom it struck.
The waterworks at Hot Springs,
Arkansas, are completed, and are said
TO be the best in the State.
Annie Hubbard, who murdered her
child in Colbert county, Ala, goes to
the penitentiary for ten years,
A complaint comes from several por-
tions of Florida that the orange crop is
turning out bad, and will be short about
One-third.
The ashes of a common weed, known
by some in Florida as sickle weed, are
almost pure potash, being as strong as
baking soda.
1t is believed that the orange crop of
Florida will this year be worth nearly
double that of 1880, which brought over
s672,OoO.
A West Indian has purchased ten
acres af ground near Tampa, Fla, which
he will plant in mulberries for the pur.
pose of raising silk-worms.
The Vicksburg, Mississippi, papers
complain that, with a population of
from $4,000 to $4,000, they can count
upon but one mail per week.
DIR. W. Fl Bennett, an eccentric citi.
citizen of Meridian, Miss, died day
or two ago, and his,estate, valued at
$4,000 was left to negro cook, cut
ting off his wife and heirs. The will is
to be contested.
Georgia's corn crop is the largest
since 1859, and will reach 10000, 900
bushels. The oat crop reached S,OOO,0 900
bushels, and the wheat crop $500, 900
bushels. 1T is thought 1000, 900 bales of
cotton will be raised.
Mrs. Ann Talley, of tSpottsylvania
county, Va, aged seventy years and in
robust health, became impressed with
the idea that she would die at a certain
hour on certain day. She prepared
for the an ticipated event, and, true to
her premonition, her death came.
Goldsboro, IN. o. Messenger: A Pc
culiar and frightful disease has appear
ed in Northampton and other counties
in the northeastern part of the State.
1t is called yellow chills or hemorrhagic
fever, and is generally fatal in its re-
suits. Persons affected turn yellow and
vomit blood.
New Orleans will experiment with
mesquite wood for paving streets. 1t
isa native of Texas, partakes almost of
the hardness of iron, is very durable,
and it is believed will make better
street than granite. 1t grows abun-
dantly in Texas, and can be easily and
cheaply transported.
Mrs. Lizzie Valley, convicted at
Nashville and sentenced to term of
three years in the penitentiary for al
legged cohabitation with Owen Prentiss,
ex'city editor of the World, is said to
bea neice of the distinguished Codfed
crate General Bragg. 1t is limited that
Prentiss will be released on bond, and
the case against him will never come to
trial
At Columbus, Texas, about twenty
boys, whose ages range from ten to six
teen years, about six months ago organ
lied band of rob3ers, and since tha-
time have been engaged in stealing,
They undertook to rob freight car
which led to their discovery. They had
acave abross the river where they de
posted their plunder. These boys arr
sons Of respected citizens, and had nj
oblectin theiving other than to gratif.
desire for adventure, which they hat
formed from reading dime novels,
number Of which were found in thei
neadquarters-the cave.
A writer in the Industrial Reviey
advises the introduction of the bambo
IN the Southern States. Though capa-
Ole Of growing on the uplands, it is sale
!" oe especially suited to and valuable
'or low-lying, marshy regions, sucl
as frluge the South Atlantic and Gul
states. It's uses are numerous. As
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tlmoer for building and construction
purposes, for tools, implements, etc.,
well known. As an article of foo
It's young shoots serve as substitutes 70
vegetables, and are pronounced as deli
c'oua Bsmboo ensxy and chow.chov
sn escsllsnt. srhs fssowing plant
invaluable also as a defense against m
Hria, sweeping fires and cyclones.