The patron of husbandry., 1883-01-20
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.

on orders from London, Eng,
banking house, Baltimore md brokers
were buying Confederate coupon bonds OF
the face value OF 81 .o0o, 900, for which thew
paid $3.50 to - IS per 81, 900.
1t was recently stated that carp
pond In Shenandoah County, Va, had In it
thousands of carp from six and eight
pounds down to those OF last summers
Matching. The pond Was stocked only two
years ago.
Hezekiah Copeland and his brother
went out on Gauley River Mountains. West
va, few days ago, to hunt wild hogs. The
brothers separated to follow trail of hogs.
tong around the mountain, Hezekiah
came upon his brother Unexpectedly, and
thinking him some wild beast, the brother
nred, the ball taking effect in the lower part
OF Hezekiah's body. Death resulted imme-
mediateIy.
Gov. Cameron's official proclamation
shows that there were 66. l31 votes cast in
Virginia against the Constitutional Amend
ment removing the poll tax prerequisite to
voting. The vote in its favor was 107 ,303.
A European syndicate headed by
Benjamin Newgas, of Liverpool, Eng, the
other day completed the purchase of 3 hun.
dred thousand acres Of cotton lands In Ar
kansas and Chicot Counties, Ark, to be
formed on the syndicate plan.
John Yelling, q man seventy-six
years Of age, met his death in q rather pc.
culiar manner at Cameron, w. Va, q few
afternoons ago. He rode his horse safely
across the railroad track some distance in
front of an express train, but while ascend
ing the bank his horse fell, throwing hiud
against the postal-car, killing him instantly.
His head was horribly crushed and his right
arm cut off. He dealt largely in horses,
and was well known in the surrounding
country.
Grant Donohue, teamster living at
aeffersonville, KY. was found on the road
side frozen to death q few mornings ago.
lie left Mt. Sterling the evening before in
an intoxicated condition, and it is supposed
he fell from his wagon, and being unable to
rise, froze to death.
Horse-stealing was said to be un-
checked and unpunished in Hunt County,
Tex.
Jacob Collins, a boy living near Haw-
kinsville. Ga, while in field with his
younger brother the other day set fire to
very large dead stump and then, in pushing
it over, the stump broke in .he middle and
the upper half fell on the boy, crushing him
to death.
At Thomasville, Ca, Lewis Sharp,
coored blacksmith, died few days ago,
from the effects of bite from a mad dog,
received two years ago. The wound had
never healed.
j. W. Holloman's safe was burglar
lied the other night at kenton, Tenn, and
between 81, 200 and $40, 900 was taken. 1t
was done by experts, as tools were left In
the store. No clew.
A car factory in Georgia Is alleged to
have paid twenty-five per cent. cash divi-
dend and passed twelve per cent. cash to q
reserve fund the first year of its operation.
1t built six hundred cars that year. and has
capacity of over twelve hundred per an
mum. This year it is doing even better.
Robert Ould, Assistant Secretary of
Var under the Confederate Government,
lied . few days ago in Richmond, Va.
! Henry Weder, q prominent young
~ of Refugio County, was shot and
esterday at Corpus Christi, Tex, !,
I'd Linn. Weder and Linn, who
ighy connected, met on the road,
i shot him twice. Bitter feeling
between the two for some time.
ial fevers and marriages
the old bachelors of Hunt
ourt house was to be
Talls, the county seat OF
,ently finished 9
's1e, and the