Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-08-27
SOUTHERN SETTINGS.

Montgomery, Ala, is to have Republi,
can paper.
Ashe' county, N. c., produces 1916 ,00O
pounds of copper yearly.
There are several cases of smallpox at
Norfolk, Desoto county, Miss.
The center of population in the United
States, is near Taylorsville, KY.
Work has been resumed on the govern
ment building at Montgomery, Ala.
Smallpox has appeared among the negroes
in Bolivar county, Miss, causing great
alarm.
Private and public schools in North
Carolina have never been go prosperous as at
present.
Greenville, Miss, pays $4,000 into the
State treasury for the privilege of selling
liquors.
Shuttle blocks OF dogwood are manufac-
tured at Wilmington, N. C., for shipment
North and to Europe.
Mr.. Marshall, living near I.enoir, n. c.,
while out hunting recently, killed fourteen
rattlesnakes, one after another.
Nine thousand pounds of grapes have been
shipped from the Woodward farm, near
Griffin, Ga, the present season.
BY July l, 1888, Mississippi will have
more miles OF al road under construction
than any other State in the Union except
Texas.
A movement is on foot to endow profess
so-ship at the University of Georgia 10 be
known as the Benjamin Harvey Hill pro-
fessorship.
The monument to the Confederate dead in
Prospect Hill Cemetery, Front Royal, Va,
is now upon the pedestal erected for it, and
will be unveiled August 24th.
The Tecunseh (Ala.) iron furnace lately
blew out after continuing IN blast over seven
years. This is said TO be the longest contin-
nous blast ever made by any furnace in the
United Sta.es.
Major Wallis Handbook of Mississippi is
now ia the hands of the binders, and will
soon be ready for circulation. Editions
have been printed in German, Scandinavian
and English.
In Scott county, Miss, a. few days ago,
three young men were bitten by mad dog.
They at once started 10 the famous mad .stone
in Marshall county, near Waterford. 1t was
applied with satisfactory results.
The eastern suburbs of Dallas, Tex, in or
der to avoid incorporation with that city,
have incorporated as distinct town under
the name OF East Dallas. The people de-
sired TO avoid The Indebtedness OF the parent
town.
Weevils in some localities around Selma,
Ala, are working destruction to the corn
crop while yet il is in the fields. An old
farmer of intelligence and experience says
that if, when the corn is put in the cribs, con-
siderable salt Is sprinkled over 1t he weevils
will be thoroughly worsted.
The young men of Lexington, Ky, have a
,ular method Of amusing themselves.
The Transcript nsrrates the fact OF two ladies
starting to tine depot, with negro boy wheel
ing their trunks. who encountered six waite
men who threw the baggage over on tie
sidewalk, kicked if, and jumped upon it
much TO the injury Of the baggage and alarm
Of the ladies.
The Montgomery (Ala) Advertiser thinks
The increasing demand for hogs reported in
various parts OF the State is q most encour-
aging sign of approaching prosperity. Ev-
erybody wants TO buy Having made a sur
plus of corn the farmers in some Of the
counties desire TO utilize IT by fattening hogs
and raising their own meat, and they set
about it as If they intended &c do it.
An old woman living nesr Lagrange, Tex,
of pain in her under-hip. Sae
went where she was accustom 10 pray daily.
She soon returned and told the family that
she must die and wished TO bid them fare
well. She shook hands with them all and
dropped dead in les than fifteen minutes.
An attempt 10 bleed her revealed the fact
that her blood was coasulaied and OF dark
color.
The Austin Statesman tells OF the luckiest
man in Texas: Some time ago Hungarian
Jew applied at Hotel Brunswick, Austin, Tor
situation. In The absence of anything else
he was given the position of boot-black. In
FIVE weeks he cleared $50 and bought ticket
in the Louisiana lottery and won Sl5.Ooo.
He will now register his name at the Buns
wick and have his boots blacked oy some
one else.