The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-04-08
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.

within bounds when we say thousands, Oh
these beautiful animals, which have crossed
the river within the space Of few miles
above and below this city. Worn and ex-
hansted ~ they have been. after their long
swim across the swollen river, they WOMB
have fallen an easy prey to the pot hunters
who only hun, for profit, had II not been Tor
the extraordinary exertions OF the true
,portsmen of the county, and humane peo-
pie who despise wsnton cruelty. On sun
dav last, several u nj emen found number
of deer that had fal en- into a rayine, from
which they found II impossible to get ou'.
with true humanity they went TO work AMI
dug pathway nv which the little animals
could find their way ont Of the ravine,
helped them TO mount TO the top OF the
bark, and s"nt them on their way rejoicing
to the green woods OF the country. In
stances of the same kind of hum ine feeling
have been, We are glad TO say, the r,'le with
the people Of this vicinity. while the dispo-
sition to capture and kill the deer has been
the observation-disclosures Democrat.
At Burkeville, Newton County, Tex,
there is en- the premises of Judge NJ. ID.
Hines q well Of ordinary width and depth.
to obtain water from which two buckets are
passes over a wheel suspended from frame
above the curbing. The contrivance Is a
simple one, the arrangements being such
that as one bucket is drawn up the other
descends- The strange feature about tho
well Is that at irregular periods, and with
out any visible or known cause, the buckets
will change places, the empty one descend-
ing TO the bottom and the filed one rising
to the top OF the well.
Mrs. Coker, with her three children,
In an OK cart, was recently returning home
from Perry, Ga. The road they travelled
passed through very rank wire grass, which
had been set on fire. In trying to get out Of
|, the way the cart and oxen became fastened
among pine logs, and The fire overlook them.
The cart, with the two children inside, was
consumed and the oxen were burned to
death. The woman attempted to escape
with her infant, but her clothing caught fire
and she and the other chill were so badly
burned that they have since died.
A novel suit has been entered by
citizen OF Atlanta, Ga. He has been unable,
after two years of trial, to get place in the
public schools. He now proposes to resist
the payment of the school-tax by law, and
has employed an attorney to take the matter
I'm hand. He says: 'I do not see why
should he taxed to support the schools when
can not get any representation in them.
have the same right of any other citizen TO
send my boy, and yet there are hundreds OF
others who get schooling and have none. i
do not think they can collect a school-tax
when they refuse to let me send my son TO
the school,"
The owner of the cave deposits of bat
guauo in Uvalde County, Texas, says the
supply can not be exhausted in century.
An analysis shows over IL per cent. OF am
mpLia. The caves have recently been reached
by railroad tracks, and the first shipment
has been made. The product is expecte to
bring 800 per ton.
For several months saws the Conyers
(Ga.) Weekly, one of our citizens has been
no icing that his butcher invariably let hiS
hand rest on the meat slightly when he
weighed it, and he reweighed it at home
and found it from half to a pound short.
He kept an account of these deficiencies, snd
when they aggregated one hundred pounds
he took out an attachment for the bu'cher's
hand, claiming that 1t rightly belonged TO
him. he having more than paid for it.
The region south of Memphis is
swarming with buffalo gnsts, which are
killing what little stock was saved from
drowning.
The New Orleans Gas-Light Company
has been declared by Judge Pardee to have
no legal existence.
Out of total vote of $40, Bryan,
Tex, gave a majority OF 81 for liquor pro-
hibition.
A convicted horse-thief named Bondy |
jumped from a train near San Antonio,
rex.. last week, and was shot dead by the |
guards.
Two negroes, who were resisting |
arrest for forgery, were shot by constable |
Il Marrow's Station, Ga, few days ago. |
Both escaped, but one, named Bloom, was |
afterward found dead in the woods. The |
negroes had first shot at the constable.
One hundred families have moved |
into Birmingham, Ala, since The 1st of De- |
eember.
Gov, Colquitt, of Georgia, has de-
termined not to call an extra session of the |
Legislature for the purpose OF redstricting |
the State.
Eighty-five thousand tons of fertilizers |
were sold In North Carolina for the year |
1884,
Silk culture in Louisiana has of late |
become thriving industry, and promises
an abundant production.
In 1865 Florence, s. c., contained |
only ten houses. 1t now has a population of |
over 1000, and last year over 100 houses were
built.
A Justice of the Peace in Atascosa |
County, Texas, says that he has assessed |
but two fines for misdemeanors during eight |
years.
Watermelons are up and doing well |
in Georgia. Three hundred acres are planted |
In Brooks County.
Representative Black, of Georgia, is
seriously III. He is not expected to re-
cover.
Macon, Ca, had a $4,000 fire the
other day, and Mr.. r. b. Watson, cotton
broker, persisted in the flames.
Floriada is full of tourists.
During the past week, says the Green
vile On. CO. Ne,cs, about 40 colored people
have left this section for points west and
south. 1t has been developed upon investi-
CATION that labor bureaus are in active ope-
ration in Texas and Louisiana, which have
been organized for the purpose of meeting
the large demand made by sugar and cotton
planters in those States for laborers.
Isidore Levy, of New Orleans, who
was arrested for arson at the instance OF the