Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1882-03-18
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.

Not only are whales captured off our
coast in large numbers, says the Savannah
(Ga.) NeicS, but they have become so EN-.
boldened that they ply our inland streams.
The captain OF bark that has been loading
In Wright's River, reports seeing one for
several days perambulatIng in the vicinity
OF his vessel. Not alone off the mouth OF
the entrance to Savannah River are these
denizens Of heretofore other climes to be
found, but are seen all the way down the
Georgia coast. A few days since the whal-
ing schooner Golden City, Capt. Anthony,
captured a seventy barrel whale outside the
harbor OF Brunswick. To strike and make
good haul out OF q shoal OF these creatures
is ''lucky fnd," and when we consider
that the one captured near Brunswick,
though not considered anything like mas
todon, yielded seventy barrels, or about
2,130 gallons of oil, valued at $500, the
business can not be else but profitable.
The De Kalb (Ga.) News says lady
living in Cross Keys district gave birth to
two children, twins, some time in October,
1881. They were quite small, weighing three
and five pounds respectively, but perfectly
formed and apparently healthy. The strange
part OF the matter Is that from the day Of
their birth until sometime in the month OF
December they showed no animation, and
scarcely any sign Of life beyond respiration,
and appeared precisely as II asleep. During
all this time they took no n0urlshment eX-
cept very little sweetened milk forced upon
them, and all efforts Of the mother
to get them to nurse proved I'M
ayailing. At the end Of about two months
after their birth the twins apparently walked
up, and became as "peart" and lively as
any children, and are now living and thrlv'
ing. They were weighed at the beginning
and also at the end Of their long sleep, and
their weight was precisely the same each
time.
The Cooperative Colonization Society
Teutonic, just getting under way at Kings
Mountain, N. c., presents some new fea'
lures of business cooperation. 1t is, in
fact, a joint-stock concern, In which the
members and owners receive wages for
their work, and then the profits in the shape
OF dividends. Each member takes one share
OF stock, and is given an acre, of land upon
which he builds with his own money. The
families are entirely separate, and there is
no religious test of membership. The bust.
ness will be farming, horticulture, and va
rious kinds Of wood manufacturing.
There is a pecan tree in San Sabs
County, Texas, from which was gathered
last fall nineteen bushels OF nuts. Thest
sold for three dollars per bushel, or fifty
seven dollars for the crop.
Two Mexican families who went from
Laredo to New Orleans to see the Mard
Gras parades were robbed Of So, 900 worth o
diamonds and watches by Boston THE
named Charles Donnelly.
The Board of Trustees of the SOutl
Carolina University has decided to have flv
additional professOrships at a salary o
s., 200 each. The extra chairs will be file,
in May.
Baton Rouge is now the capital o
Louisiana.
A man s. years old and woman Go
who live in the lower part OF Dawson Coun
ty, Georgia, recently ran away and got mar
ried.
The destitution in some parts of Adai
County, kentucky, is reported to be $
great that the County Court will have t
grant relief to two or three hundred Of tn
Inhabitants. Corn is selling in Adair at $
per barrel.
The Theological Seminary for colore
f people, near Natchez, Miss, has 13j stu
dents.
Thomas Miller, of Harrison County
Kentucky, an industrious, hard-wOrkin
man and the father OF twelve children, ha
discovered himself to be the only living hel
to an estate in Lexington worth $50, 900.
Strawberries are selling at Savannah
Ca, at fifty cents box.
A Texan offers 100 acres of land
. every family of Jewish eXles that will NOV
, to the Lone Star State.
: Georgia will not produce over 600,0C
| bales of cotton this year, against $4,000
| 1850.
5 The ladies of Tuscaloosa, Ala, hay
5 placed neat headstones over most OF I'll
e graves of Confederate soldiers buried Their
Messrs. Cawthoh & Coleman, of Sc
ma, Ala, exhibit pig about foot loni
which has perfectly shaped head, tW
I tongues, two bodies, two fore legs and 81
g hind legs.
k One hundred and sixty acres of Ian
e will be given to the person securing Il
. largest number OF articles for exhibition
4 the Florida State Fair.
o The Texas Stockmen's Conventic
met few days ago at Austin. Hon. j.
Miller, OF Gonzales, was chosen Presiden
Il and VIM. Lambert, of Austin, Secretary.
The Kennedy Pasture Company, wi
a capital stock of 81 900, 900, has obtained
charter at Austin, Tex. 1t is the intenti
e to inclose immense tracts OF land in NueC
:, and Cameron Counties, aud conduct a &c
c eral ranch business.
h Some Chicago capitalists are neg
: tiating for the purchase of 1900 acres
d land in Sequachee County, Tenn. as an /
vestment. 1t is well timbered and rich
t coal.
d A Louisiana man is establishing
d alligator farm. The hides and oil are in d
i mand.
d New Orleans has a debt of $4,000
: 900.
C Peach trees are blooming at HAND
boro, Miss.
: A fine fruit year is predicted in t
South.
The Southern States report this yea
d wheat crop in fine condition.