The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-02-09
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ping-post.
At q sale in yicksburg, Miss, recent
", plantation. containing 1000 acres
brought only $2,225., S / K.
Ont of ninety conyicts hanged in tht
United States in 1881, Arkansas head
the list with fifteen.
There are nine colored men in The
mississippi Legislature, eight in the
house and one in the senate.
The cotton mill ut Wesson, Miss.
pays twenty six per cent. dividend, and
the stock is worth over $500.
a two-ipchcarp put in 9 pond near
Atlanta, two years''ago, was caught a few
days since, and weighed seven pounds
The Mississippi press. alarmed at the
recent heavy sales of land to spectators
in that state, is urging that the state
lands should be withdrawn from the
market until they are explored, CLASH
fed and appraised, and then they should
pe sold In such a way as to swell the
school revenues of the state.
Augusta, (Ga.) News; A Pennsylva-
MIA firm is manufacturing paper at sa-
yannah, from what is called the ''saw pal
metto," material heretofore regarded
as nearly useless. The paper is said to
be of superior quality, and especially
useful as transfer paper, which has
heretofore been imported.
Messrs. Mertz, Finley & Purdy, lave
bonded the Mertz gold mine, situated
two miles northwest of Gainesville, Ga,
to Eastern capitalists for $4,000. The
Gre is quartzite, with liberal showing of
free gold. Both walls are argillite. A
test ton of the ore will be shipped East
this week. H. -.
Winston, IN. o. Sentinel. A man
by the name of Woods committed suicide
at Laural Springs, Ashe county. He
came in from hunting and asked his
wife to pull his boots off. She. refused
to do SO, which so wounded his feelings
that he caught up his gun and by the
4 use cf his foot, discharged the contents
into bis body, killing himself instantly.
They wer,, both young and had been
married only about year.
Atlanta Constitution Florida letter:
"Ihe Speer grove. with 600 trees,
would Bring perhaps $4,000, and this is
the best in Florida. This is about So,
800 per acre, for six acres, It is the
best because it is the Oldest. The lar
gestg,y yield ever known from one tree
came from the oldest tree in the state,
at'St!iAugustine, which bore 14,8OGO
oranges. This is held to prove that up
to 70 or 100 years the yield of tree will
improve. There are several trees that
have yielded 1000 and 5000 oranges.
Florida Key Of the Gulf: A friend
describes to us q remarkable scene wit
messed byshim at q religious meeting on
WILDLY 'Islanda w. T. a, memcer
of Reeehuteh, while praying, called
upon God to strike him dead if a certain.
statement made by him in the strongest
and mostrpnequiyocal manner was not
eNaotly ,tfuei He had hardly, uttered
the las word when he fell dea1. Com
ing as this did, in the church, and upon
a leading member, the effect upon the
congregation can only be imagined.
oiT believe" says Gov. Bigelow, of
Connecticut, in his message, of his trip
South, "that the visit gave>a large body
of Connecticut citizens new and truer
ideas of the South in feelings and mo-
tives! We hope that these Southern
citizens whom me met, and to whom we
are indebted for such q fraternal well
come gained truer conceptions of the
temper of our people toward them. 1t
has certainly given an added cordiality
andiheartiness to the good feeling be
wse1 Come cticut and South Carolina
Atlanta Constitution: Georgia now
exports 800, 100000 feet of lumber annu-
ally: The lumber goes to every part of
the world \ from Brazil to New Bruns-
wick and, from Algiers 10 Germany.
The getting Of this lumber strips about
96,0lQQacres of land annually. 1t is
safe to estimate that half as much more
timber is destroyed or wasted by the
turpeentine men. It will be seen. there
fore, that we are getting away with
our pine forests very swiftly. There is
8 practically exhaustless reserve of cv-
press timber that will be touched upon
as soon'as the pine barrens are denuded.
Atlanta Constitution Florida letter:
"The2 only newspaper railroad in
the country, is the South Flor.
ida, running out from Sanford to Tam
pa. 5aThis road was built and is owned
and operated by the Boston Herald.
It is now in operation twenty-three
miles and is being extended rapidly. It
will be ninety miles long when the pres
ent contracts. are finished, and may be