The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-05-11
THE SOUTHERN STATES.

Parrish & Blackwell, the Orange
county North Carolina) tobacco
kings, sold in one day 100000 pounds
to one man.
A thriving and popular enterprise
in the neighborhood of Americus,
Georgia, is the fur trade, the skins
being principally those ofthe beaver,
otter and coon, and a few wildcat
and rabbit pelts.
The City of Bridgeton has brought
to Savannah, from Florida, a lost
boy, said to be Charlie Ross. He is
being sent north under orders from
the Philadelphia Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Children.
w. r. Bickerstaff, of Mt. Hilliard,
Alabama took his family to travel
ing photographer to have their pic
sures taken, when the little two
year-old son got hold of some
poisonous mixture, drank it and
died in two hours.
Jefferson City, now the sixth dis
trict of the city of New Orleans,
wants to secede and organize city
government of it's own. At pub
lie meeting the sentiment was large
ly in favor of cutting loose from the
bigger town.
An old colored patriarch of sixty
five, and an ancient "auntie" of
seventy-three, were married re-
Gently at Albany, Georgia. The
groom is the father of Hon. Ishmael
Lonon, representative in the legisla-
ture from Dougherty county.
Cadet Engineer Lawrence A. We'd
derburn, of Alexandria, Virginia,
while exercising in the gymnasiun
at Annapolis, last Thursday, re-
ceived fall, which dislocated the
spinal column and caused his death
in half an hour afterwards.
The Memphis Avalanche says
The st. Louis shameless eloping
pair, } ohm G. Curtis, aged eighteen,
and Mrs. Jennie Dixon, aged twen-
ty-eight, the faithless wife of Bar
nett Dixon, and mother of three
small children, arrived in the city
by rail yesterday afternoon on their
grand tour through the south.
Eastman (Ga.) Times: Mr.. Will
liam Mullis, who lives on the edge
of town, has, joining his yard, a
patch of beautiful corn. On last
saturday night lightning struck a
stump about three feet high, and on
one side the corn was killed for
more than one hundred feet, while
on the other it was just scorched for
few feet.
Two delegates to a colOred con-
vention, held at Macon last week,
got OH the train near Tennillc, Geor-
gia, and took seats in tirst-class
coach. They were requested to go
into another by the conductor, but
refused. The Macon Telegraph says:
Failing IN this, the conductor left the
car, and, as he did so, the passengers
pulled out their pistols and gave
the delegates two minutes to find
the second-class car. They found it
and had half a minute to SPARE.
Cuthbert (Georgia) Enterprise i:
An incident occurred out at Mr.. IL.
Tobias residence, Tuesday, the very
thought of which brings a shudder
over our whole body. Two children
of Mr.. Tobias were playing in the
yard, and near the well. One was a
baby two years old, the other little
girl OF seven. All at once the little
girl missed the baby, and, looking
toward the well, saw just the heels
of the little thing outside of the well
curbing. Without giving any cry
of alarm, she ran with all speed to
the well and laid hold of the little
feet and drew the pet from its posi-
tion of danger. In relating the oc-
currence to her mother, she said: 81
did't know whether to halloo or to
run, but something made me feel
like 1 ought to run, and [ did run,
and got her out, too"