The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-03-09
THE SOUTHERN STATES.

The Comet and Report at Jackson,
Mississippi, have been consolidated,
with j. j. Kayne ms editor.
The whiskey bill which passed
the house of representatives of Mis-
sissippi was defeated in the senate.
Boston capitalists have purchased
lands near Live Oak for the purpose
of establishing New England coll
ony.
There is not retail liquor shop
in Choctaw county Miss. Her enthu-
siastic citizens never take less than
a pint.
The Hebrew congregation of
of Jacksonville has purchased lot
for $4,000, upon which they will
soon build handsome synagogue.
In the yard of Mr.. II. p. Kennedy,
of Tampa, Fla, are several orange
trees, on which are ripe oranges,
young green oranges and blossoms.
In Florida there are six hundred
and seventy schools aud thirty-six
thousand scholars, and four thou
sand, six hundred and eighty-six
teachers.
There are twenty-five classes in
the Methodist Sunday school at
Jackson, Miss, and each class has
agreed to put thousand brick In
the new church.
Kissimme city, on the South Flor
ida railroad, at the head of the Kis-
simme river, is being rapidly built
up, and is being peopled with a de-
sirable class of settlers.
A Suwannee county, Fla, farmer
made 25 gallons of. lard from a hog
weighing 396 pounds. He also killed
three pigs, only five months old,
weighing l47, l54 and 1856 respect
lively.
Mr.. N. S. Sweet, of Fort Orange,
wishes to know where the refined
cotton seed oil can be obtained. He
says: al have adopted Florida for
a home, but not the hog-have no
use for him."
AT Magnolia a well ninety-two
feet deep, that was lately bored,
turns out to be a curiosity. From
its depths issues peculiar Kissing
sound that can be heard at a dis
tance of fifty yards.
The declaration for the incor-
poration of the Southern Mining
and Transportation company was
filed in the Office of the judge of
probate of Jefferson county, Ala,
by II. III. Pearson, esq.
A fancy darkey, pretending to be
drummer for some Louisville
house for the sale of corn, swindled
the gullible negroes in Tallageda
out Of about $75, and skipped out
just as he was wanted to answer n
warrant.
A meeting of people of Talledega
county, Ala, will be held on the 10Th
instant, in keeping with the move
ment now being made throughout
the United States, to induce con-
gress to take some action for the
suppression of Mormonism.
The commissioners court let the
convicts 10 hard labor for the
county last week, to the New Castle
Coal Company, of Jefferson county,
Ala, at $3.50 per month, that being
considered the highest bid made.
This is about double what has
heret ofore been paid.
The special message of Governor
Lowry to the legislature directing
their attention to the encourage
ment of capital in cotton factories,
and exempting them from taxation
for series of years, will meet with
hearty approval from all who
are Interested in the welfare of the
state.
A Pensacola correspondent of the
Milton Ne10S, says line of steamers
will soon run up the Escambia and
Conecuh rivers, and open the cotton
and timber section of Alabama, at
least six hundred miles through its
centre, bringing 1t to Pensacola for
foreign shipment.
The editor of the Leesburg Ad-
Udnce has been shown hybrid Of
the citrus family, supposed to be a
sweet orange seeding when planted.
The fruit has the form of all orange,
and the rind of lemon, and the
taste of an apple. The leaYes are
odorless and tasteless.
Key West has shipped within tho
past six weeks 10, ,849 crates of toma-
toes, and it is estimated that this
number will be increased to 100,
900 crates by April l. The Democrat
says next year doubtless many
other vegetables will be tried and
found equally profitable.
From Mr.. VIM. II. Lee, of Rivers
Landing, La, we learn that the
farmers are taking advantage of the
good weather and pushing their
work right straight ahead. Water
is not doing the people there any
harm, and they hope that IL will
not.
Old Horace, the negro who has
the sub-contract for carrying the
mails between this place and Baton
Rouge, a distance of thirty-fivo
miles, has made the trip, coming
and returning, upon two occasions
on foot, carrying the mail bag on his
back. While we applaud the old
darkey on his pluck, nevertheless, as
schedule time is OF some importance
to our people, we can but think the
postoffice department should look
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