National Republican., 1882-07-12
SOUTHERN NOTES.

For the week ending July Z, 112999 pounds of
tobacco were exported from Petersburg, Va.
The disease of pink eye" is reported TO be
stock owners there are suffering heavily.
Last week the Mobile (Ala.l Cotton Mills were
sold at auction under mortgage foreclosure, and
were purchased at $4,000 for the bondholders.
Knoxville Tenn and Macon, n. c., report the
first cotton blooms on the 5th Texas Oh the same
day sampled the first bale of the new crop at
Houston.
The large wages offered by the Chattanooga
Crenn.) rolling mills and nail is causing
quite an exodus on the part of the Manchester
lVa.) IRON workers.
Attorney General Blair, of Virginia, has served
notice of an appeal In the case of Gannt VS.. The
Commonwealth, recently decided in favor of the
plaintiff by the Richmond City circuit court.
There is man in Gadsden. Ala, who has sixty
eight certificates in matrimonial insurance COM
panies, which, If held to maturity, will amount to
S2O4 600, or, If he marries i'll six months, 10
$4,000.
A firm is making preparations to start a spool
factory, grist mill, and lumber-yar at The
Plains, Fauquier County, Va. Dogwood is the
timber used for the manufacture of spools, and
the woods ofPiedmont abound with it.-Rictmond
Wing.
Among recent improvements at Farmvlle Va
are large brick tobacco factory, large Touring
plan, and a fine Episcopal Church. Several fine
private buildings have also gone up.-Rtchmond
(Pd) VMg.
The first bloom of this years Virginia cotton
crop was received in Petersburg Monday morning
from the farm of Reuben Ragland, in Chester.
field County, near Petersburg. The cotton crop of
Virginia is about a month late. The stands are
bad and irregular.
The Danville (Va) Register says: George Baugh
(coored) has at this term of the corporation court
recovered the sum of $500 against the estate of
Asa Scott, now in the penitentiary on account of
injuries inflicted on Baugh by Scott shooting him.
for which Scott was criminally prosecuted and Is
now imprisoned"
In Smyth County, Virginia, n we'll digger dug
360 feet into the earth before striking water and
then went through with plunge into subterra-
mean lake. Being hauled to terra firma again. he
and his assistant let down q small boat, and. as
the distance between the top of the water aud the
earth was several feet, rode over five miles before
finding an outlet of the lake. spring in the side
ofa hill. The lake is u great wondcr.-Ercidn0e.
Now tell us n real wonderful story.
The California wheat crop is estim tied at 50,0O0,
ports by rail- instead Of sailing vessels, as hereto
fore. Some 10000 tons have been already brought
TO New Orleans over the Southern and Texas Pa
cifc Reads which has resulted in breaking the
price of grain freights from San Francisco 10 Liv-
erpoo from rs shillings to 55 shilings per ton.
open about October l. The Atlantic and Pacii C
route is expected to be open in July of next year
The projected narrow gauge railroad from
Firmvile, Va to Brook Neal, on staunton River,
in Campbell County, will pass by IIampden-Sid. .
ney College, Union Theological Seminary, and
Smithvile, or Charlotte Courthouse 1t will be
about forty miles in length, through what is con-
sdered some of the best tobacco country in the
ate The road with outfit, will cost about IS 600
lion of $4,000, and Charlotte County is expected
10 subscribe $4,000. The company Is made up of
active, entcrpris ng men, and there is little dlubt
of the ultimate success of the undertaking.