National Republican., 1882-08-03
SOUTHERN NOTES,

Tue Dallas, Texas, waterworks are said to be "no
| good"
In East Texas walnut lumber sells at ten cents
per foot.
FoHy.fve OF the 11s counties Of Kentucky have
no local newspapers.
Gold has been discovered in Cash Hills, six miles
north Of Hartford, Ky.
The Bell Telephone Company will discontinue
their office at Petersburg Va.
A Shelby County (Kentucky) farmer has lost
200 acres Of barley by army worms.
A Chill squash, raised as an experiment by q
Monticello; Fla, farmer. weighs nearly two hun
jacksonville, Fla, Is exhibiting n coffee plant,
covered with leaves and berries, which was grown
near that place.
II is estimated that there are no less than 90 900
from Atlanta, Ga.
J; j. Boydon, for some time deputy United States
collector of Internal revenue at Richmond, Va,
died In that city IN Friday last.
A son of ex. United States Marshal Ramsdell, Of
the eastern district OF Virginia, is authority for
the statement that his father cannot recover.
The Madison (Fla) Recorder learns that Drew &
Bucki are using q machine for saving down trees,
the firt OF the kind ever used. 1t propels itself
through the woods.
The Hornets Nest Rilemen, of Charlotte. N c.,
which disbauded recently, Is TO be reorganized on
new basis in connection with the "Grays,"
another military organization OF the same place.
An exchange says: THE editor Of the Key West
(FlHD Democrat, General Sunger, Is % ycurs old
weighs 50 pounds, aud is Just 40 inches nigh. He
was bora III San Domingo aud was raised Ia Flor
ida"
The Supreme Court of Appeals, of virginii, las
Issued n mandamus In one of the Petersburg con.
testcd election cases. Teturiiable at the sept .mbcr
term of the court, " be held at Stauntoii OIL the
10Th OF September.
| Hon. S. +. Rice, OF Montgomery, Ala, and for
mery Justice OF the supreme court of that State,
VIII II Is said soon issue an address announcing
himself as nn independent candidate for Congress
| IL the second district, now represented by Mr..
| Herbert.
| Continuous rains are reported from many coun-
ties OF the State, aud the worms pear to be ii-
| creasing In number and their devastation wite-
| spread. The grass worm so far are more numerous
than the genuine cotton worm Montgomery tAtd,)
| Adceriisr.
Last week n tornado swept through belt of
| country half mile wide in Durham and Orange
Counties, doing great damage. Houses were
| blown down and the cot Oh crop, injured.
Another des ructiye tornado is reported from
| Pender County.
The Marshall, Texas, Messenger, says tina, W. b.
Todhunter is not the ,reest sock owner in that
| State and instances Mcssrs. Stafford and OCon-
| nor, each of whom owns about 1900 head also
| Captain King, the number Of whose immense
| herds are unknown.
| The East Tennessee, Virginia md &c lrgia the
| Virginia Midland, aud the Richmond aud Ale-
ghany Railroads have agreed TO furnish free
transportation over their lines 10 all Southern
exhibits for the New England Manufacturers and
Mechanics fair 10 be held in Boston this fall.
| The area in wheat In the Southern States this
year shows an increase of 500 Coz acres compared
| with 1SSl while in corn and oats there is pro-
portionately large gain. Tennessee, which pro-
duccd last year 6J0J000 bushelsthis year produces
| 120O0,00J. In Georgia, Kentucky, Texas. North
Carolina and other States the change is equally As
great.
A special to the Richmond H1ig from Chatham,
| Va, under date of July 20, says: THIS morning
| about o'clock seventy five men OH horseback
| armed to the teeth, from the neigh1orhood of the
Yeats -Adkerson murder, came within q half mile
OF town with the intention of iynching Yeats the
| murderer. They were Of the opinion that Yeats
| sentence had been commuted but nfer learning
that he was only respited, they returned to their
homes without making an attack.