The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-10-11
NEWS eLEANINGs.

jacksonville, Fla, has six papers.
Texas has 1s7. 900: square miles desti-
tute Of inhabitants.
The richest county in North Carolina
in gold is Montgomery.
The largest single brick-yard in the
United States is at Atlanta.
Tennessee. North Carolina and Vir-
ginia will all make good peanut crops.
Corn is offered in Jackson county,
AI.., ut twenty cents per bushel, deliv-
cred:
Pratt's coal mines at Birmingham,
Ais, are the most extensive in the
South.
EXPERIMENTS have proven that the
Japanese seedless persimmon will grow
prolifcally in Florida.
1t is estimated that over / 1000, 900 or
ange trees will come into bearing in
Orange county, Fla. this year.
It is safd- that the first orange tree
ever known to have been injured by
lightning was struck at st. Augustine,
Fla, recently.
Of:the immigrants arriving at Castle
Garden during the last six months,
Texas got 2,0S9 more than any other
Southern State.
Twenty more marriage and natal
guilds fled articles of Incorporation at
Nashville Monday. The grand shaking
up of dry bones will be thing of the
near future.
The Concho floods caused the death
of 149 persons and $1,000 sheep. In the
past month, foods in Texas have de-
strsyed 200 lives and $4,000, 900 worth
of property.
The High Shoals factory recently sold
to an Atlanta broker, for $3.50, Confed-
crate bonds to the amount of $100, 900,
which had been lying in the facIcry
safe for seventeen years.
In the orchard of Perry Howard, at
Ebenezsr, Miss, there is an apple tree
from which the ripe fruit is just now
disappearing. A second crop is upon
she tree about half grown, and Is still
blooming for . thirl crop.
Williamsburg. the oldest city in viz
.inia, is said to be one of the quaintest,
luietest towns in the South, and Of
great interest because of its many an
ique and odd looking buildings. It was
once the capital Of the State.
A New Orleans washerwoman has in
the past fifteen years raised family of
fatherless children, given them all good
educations, purchased handsome house
and has $l0,c00 laid away for rainy
day. Her entire possessions were earned
at the wash-tub.
In Jackson county, Ga, two men,
named respectively Hill and Goss,
fought duel with buggy whips to set
tie q dispute. The fight continued for
over three hours, and resulted in a
draw. the men were one mass of welts
at the close of the novel duel.
Probably the youngest farmers in the
country are two children living near
Shreveport, La, who have eight acres
in cotton and ten acles in corn, and will
make good crops. :. The children are
brother and sister. aged respectively
thirteen and ten years, and have done
most of their own work. :
In Geneva county, Ala, mill was
blown down by storm Tuesday, and a
woman and her child buried in the
ruins. The next morning the debris
was cleared away, and, while the moth.
er was crushed by heavy timber, the
little child was uninjured and found be
side her mother, sleeping quietly.
Dixie Wagner, smart Helen, Ark.
nymph du pave, has made the marriag,
associations sweat. After taking ont &
large number of policies she married
her "friend," drew all her money anc
then went to Illinois and procured di
vorce. The pair then divided the swa,
and arc now laughing at the duped ant
discounted "guilds."
Rome (Ga.) Bulletin: d. w. Ford
of Cave Spring, brought into our offic
yesterday perfect natural pitcher
which he had found in Texas a few
months ago growing as an excrescence OF
a red elm tree. It's proportions are &C.
curate, and it is about twelve inche
high and six inches in diameter, is hol