National Republican., 1882-09-04
SOUTHERN NOTES.

Southwest Georgia is importing mules from
Kentucky.
Twenty new railroads are said to be in process
| OF construction In Florida.
1t is said that twenty miles of new pavemen t
are being laid In Atlanta, Ga.
The cost of license authorizing the sale of
| liquor in Eatonton, Ca, is 5000.
Looms have been stopped in several mills in
Augusta Gu, for want of operatives.
There are $50 prisoners in the Virginia peniten-
| tiary and 300 at work on various Railways.
Over one thousand barrels of driei fruit have
been shipped from Griffin, Ga, this season.
None of the Louisville (Ky) distillers have
started as yet, and very few will run this season.
Shuttle blocks of doswood are manufactured at
Wilmington, N. c., for shipment North aud 10
Europe.
About 81, 900 900 are now invested in Tennessee
IN cotton factories, and they are in prosperous
condition.
All the Nashville. Tenn, lumber mills are COM
PEELED to run day and night in order to fill the
| orders received.
The widow of the notorious Jesse James Is
witness In the case of Dick Little on trial for rob-
berry at Huntsville, Ala.
1t Is said that large numbers of hogs have been
purchased in Ohio and Illinois to be sent to
Georgia to be fattened for the pork packers.
ANTS; Bozeman, aged 115 years, recently died In
the Halifax County North CarOlina) poorhoue
She left Il great great grandchild 40 years old.
The eas!erly gale caused all the lower part of
Norfolk, Va, 10 be overhowed Wednesday, the
highest water, with one exception, for ten years
There will be three days of running and trotting
races at the fair OF the Piedmont Agricultural
Society at Culpeper, Va, which commences Octo-
ber Is.
John L. Moore, the Lexington (Ky.) printer who
bursted the drum of his ear some time ago by
blowing his nose, Is quite i'll anu Is not expected
TO live.
The Huntsville, (Ala) Indcpendent says that in
localities that town corn Is offered Tor de-
livery i'll the fall at twenty cents o barrel the
crop is SO abundant.
On Wednesday last the Norwegian brig Colesa
arrived at the port of Rchmond, Va, from Rio de
Janeiro with cargo of 1850 bags of coffee, all
consigned TO one individual.
The Kentucky penitentiary numbers among its
inmates ten children under the age of l5. These
children associate, as do the other prisoners, with
the abandoned and the vicious.
Several families of French Canadians and
SwedeS have been imported TO Augusta, Ga, ana
are working in different factories in the city.
Some of them are unable to speak English.
Two Mormon missionaries, who have been
making many converts in York County, South
Carolina, have Eeen notified by citizens COM
mittee 10 leave at once or be hanged to a tree.
The brokers OF Richmond, Va, are again buy
Ing Confederate coupon bonds, trying TO make a
boom In them, and are paying $3.50 per thousand,
which is that much more than they are worth
1t Is stated that Mr. Polk Miller of Rappahan-
mock County, Virginia, has lost one hundred hogs
recently by the prevailing disease. There seems
to be no abatement of1ts ravages in that vicinity
Among the most prominent farmers of Floyd
County, Virginia, Is colored man, II. A.
Reynolds, who is owner of the tine farm formerly
owned by the late Peter Garnet. The farm con-
been paid.
During the cotton year ending September there
received at Norfolk Va, go $40 bales of cot
ton, against 7l3O26 during tbs years Of lsSO-sl-a
falling on Of 81 4SG bales. The exports 10 Europe
have Teen 8Slsl7 bales during tue came period
against 32S,SlS bales last year.
We regret to learn that Mr.. Henry W. Grady has
been confined TO his bed ever since his return
from Ocean Clty.-AudHtd (GL) ErealRg Herald.
Brother Grady's observations OF female bathing
costumes aud manners must have struck in We
thought his letters rather horid.
Recently at Winston, N. c., a confidence man
succeeded In beating one OF the citizens out of
thousand dollars hard cash Legal process, backed
by the police aud volunteer posse of seventy
five or more citizens, secured return Of the
money.
suit has been instituted In the circuit court of
the city OF Richmond against the Richmond and
Petersburg Railroad Company for 100000 the
plaintiffs being MessTs. James Thomas, IT, Calde-
ron Carlisle, Franklin 6tearns, Thomas kulher-
caused by the destruction Of property of the
plaintins, originating from the flre which de-
siroyed the Richmond and Petersburg Railroad
bridge on the 26th of last March.
The case involving the right of Commissioner
Of Agriculture Blanton, of Virginia, TO require Il
tag tax on fertilizers win be heard before The
Richmond chaucery court at its September term.
Attorney. General +. s. Blair will appear for the
State, and able counsel for the fertilzlng inter
warding Tags to Baltimore and other Northern
manqiaelurers OF tertlll2ers These send him
checks for the amount of their bills for tags fur
nlshed, with tue understanding that If the tax
imposed by the department is not sustained by
the court they will be reimbursed