The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-12-20
NEWS GLEANINGS.
For the FIRST time in thirty-ene years
the postal service is not burden to the
Treasury.


Treasury.
A rich tin mine, said to DO the onl,
one in the United States, has been dis
covered in Clay county, Ala.
The empress of Russia received BY
actual count 5000 begging letters in on,
week in Rome, and they say Minister
w. w. Astor has received nearly o.
many.
The Savannah (Ga.) News predicts
that as much money will be invested Ii
cotton factories and cotton.seed oil
mills in the South next year az there
has been this.
Processes have recently been patented
In Paris for making red and white wines
from red and white beets, that are said
to be equal in every respect to many Of
the wines of the grape.
Exile for life, instead Of imprison-
ment, is the punishment decreed fol
Arab Pasha. To save trouble no doubt
he pleaded guilty to the charge of re.
bellion and assentenced to death, and
the sentence was committed.
The Gerpan government has resolved
to extend the ordinence of 1880 which
forbids the importation Of minced pork
and sausage from America. The new
ordinance forbids "the importation OF
pigs, pork, bacon, lard and rausages Of
all kinds"
II. A. P. Carter, the Hawaiian diplo.
mat, who visited this country to try 3
colonization movement among the sur.
plus negroes at tho South, says that the
growing industries Of the section made
it evident that there would soon be am.
pie demand for all resident labor.
DR.. Frank Hamilton, one of the con.
suliing physicians in Garheld's case, now
asserts that the unfortunate President
was dosed to death with morphine by
directions Of DR.. Bliss after the use OF
the drug had been prohibited by coun.
ell Of the medical attendants. It l.
probable that Bliss will sue Hamilton
for libel and then the evidence will be
produced.
Texas is very literally supplied with
insane people, there being at present
two thousand such persons under the
care Of the State, and n large humble,
for whom there are no accommodations
1t is proposed to spend 100000 next
year putting up more buildings for III
accommodation of the insane. The
State has plenty of money, there 3elng
100000 in the Treasury.
A new fashion to signalize is that Of
shaped bonnets. They do not
stand up straight above the head, al did
that of a similar form which were in
vogue some fifteen years ago, but the
point projects over the wearer's brow.
50 far they are in dark velvet, with the
fronts lined with pale colored satin.
Another new fashion Is the custom,
adopted by young society men, of carry
ing canes to the opera--not little deli
cate switches, but good sized, solid, sub
stantial sticks.
Soldiers in foreign lands are easily ex
cited in battle. 1t Is only the American
warrior who keeps cool. "Ihere vert
N,674 muskets picked up on the battle
held at Gettysburg and turned into tb,
Washington arsenal, of which abou
A,0g0 were loaded. About one.half o.
this number contained two charges each
and the remainder one charge. Th,
largest number of cartridges found il
any one piece was twenty-three. Il
some cases the paper of the cartridle
was unbroken, and in others the powde
was uppermost,
Atlanta Constitution: Tom Nunan
local passenger agent for the Memphi
and Charleston road, passed through tn
city yesterday with sixty.seven convert
10 tho Mormon faith who are going t
Utah. The entire party were resident
OF Habersham county, and were con
verified in that county and joined th
church before leaving. OF the sixty
seven only seventeen were men. Man
OF the women were mere children.
woman had with her three babies, TRIP
lets, which she carried in a basket. TIL
railway fare was paid by an association
in Salt Lake, which sent the money I
Georgia some weeks ago.
~ The New Orleans Times Democrs
has sent an exploring party to the cell
brated Everglades Of Florida, famous
poetry and history, yet q mysterious n
gion, OF which as little is known as {
the dark continent" The oxpeditio
Will not be unattended with danger
and the result Of it will be Of great in
terest to the thousands interested in Il
Land Of Flowers and its development
Startling from the source of the Kiss
NEE river, the expedition will descer
stream into the celebrated La]
okeechobce, lying in the center Of IL
y Feninsula.G After thoroughly inves
gazing this lake and the character Of Il
lsnds surrounding it, the expedition W