National Republican., 1882-08-21
SOUTHERN NOTES.

The average price OF corn in Texas now is thirty
cents per bushel.
Montgomery, Ala, has quarantined against PEN
sacola, Fla, on account OF the yellow fever.
The Florida Dispatch says the celebrated Dunn
melt Orange Grove has been sold for SlO0,OOO
Erath County, Texas, is to vote upon the gues-
tion Of local option us regards the liquor traffic.
The Barrett Paper Mills, in Aiken. County, s. c.,
Is making fine paper out VI old field pine trees.
Wood pulp
The roster of the North Carolina troops in tho
confederate service, now being prepared by act of
assembly will ill four volumes and $3.50 pages of
print.
disease, supposed to be Texas cattle fever, is
doing considerable damage to stock in portions of
New York, Pennsylvania. Ohio, and West Vir.
ginia.
Mattresses made of needles from South Carolina
pine boughs are said TO cure pulmonary and
rheumatic ailments and an active trade in them
has been established.
The time for holding the next fair of the Roanoke
and Tur River Agricultural Society has been
| and II, 1852 Wtming ton IN. CD Star.
The Nashville World says: 1.-THE locomotive
General which was the on one that pulled the train
still in use as freight engine ON the estern and
Atlantic road, and Is in good condition
| Maryland ranks second among the States as q
packer OF tomatoes, putting up 100000 cases, or
nearly seven and Il quarter millions Of cans per
| annum. New Jersey ranks first packing 5000Oo
cases, and Delaware stands third, packing 10000
cases.
Under the loal option law passed In 1874, over
400 districts, towns, or cities in Kentucky pro-
hibt the sale of intoxicating liquors. In ninety
two other districts the sale is prohibited by en-
actments of The last legislature such districts hay
ing, by popular vote, declared in favor of pro-
hiDition.
A few days since Mrs. Augustus Fraley OF Fred.
erick, gave birth TO q son weighing only one
pound and a quarter. Tho child is perfectly
formed aud has excellent lungs. A quart cup win
hold il easily.-BaitiH,ore (Hd.) County G1ion.
Never mind II may live 10 grow as big as Alex.
| Stephens IN course OF lime.
| There is a movement at Paris, KY, to send q
| missionary preacher into the mountains in the
eastern part of that State. Captain Thomas, of
that city, who is olen called by business into the
| mountains, said that 500 would secure the SER
| vices OF q minister, and started the subscription
paper with 500 opposite his name.
| The Cotton improvement Company contem-
| plate establishing at IIogansyille, TrOup County
Ca a model cotton ginnery, with a capacity OF
thirty five bales per day. Inc establishment will
coyor an acre Of ground, and the machinery will
be 80 arranged that when the cotton starts at one
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Mr.. G. s. Chestnut of Anne Arundel County,
Maryland, last winter used rye straw In packing
| ice in his ice.house. Some rye grains were scat
| tered and fell between the cakes of ice. They
gpruuted, and now, as he is using the ice, he finds
lne roots, in some cases three four Inches long
have peTmeated cakes Of ice as solid apparently
glass. The roots, in their icy SOIL are alive and
| the rye Is growing.
In the South there are 6,626 saw-miils, with a
capital OF 3550076, employing 32,302 hands, and
| producing sS9, $50 62S worth of lumber The num-
|
with capital OF si5S, ,0OO, 600, employing ll6OO6
hands. and producing abo ut 500 CO., 900 worth of
lumber, North Carolina has 776 saw-mills, with
u capital of 81. .743,2l7, employing S029 hands, and
products aare worth s2,G72 796.-Raie9h(M (M c) Netes
| and Observer.
The rapidity with which the South is develop
ing its cotton manufacturing Interests Is seen IN
the fact that during the year 1SSls2 the increase
in the number Of spindles set up was US follows;
| Georgia, 10000; Alabama, $1,000; Tennessee,
24,00O Mississippi 5000; Louisiana, 2l,0OO; North
Carolina, 5000; South Carolina, $1,000; total,
S6l 600. The investment represents about S9,76S-
| 900, and, with the sum required TO operate with
| added about Sl2, ,2l4 600
DR.. William Mcmillan, former citizen of this
county but who left for California number OF
years ago, where he accumulated n fortune
amounting TO about 100000, died last January, and
1t Is learned that he willed the whole of HIS for
tune to three of his relatives in Mecklenburg-
Mrs. Bryce Mclaughlin Mrs; Sheriff. Flennigen,
and Mrs j. X. Kirkpatrick The Identity of these
heirs has been sufficiently proven, aud they will
get their money without any trouble Dr.
Mcmillan was noted surgeon in the Mexi-
can war and will be remembered Us the doctor
| who took the bullet from the lungs OF General
Shields when that officer was shot at the battle OF
the City OF Mexico.-CaariOse az e. 06server.