Huntsville gazette., 1883-07-21
SOUTHERN GLKANINGS.

Great excitement prevails in Russell,
Ark., over the. discovery of a gold mine a
lew miles west of that place, which assays
SlO25 IN silver and $11.03 in gold per ton
lt Is thought the ore extends all along the
divide between Red and White rivers. aIt
crops out at Saledo, Greenbrier and near
Buck Horn. xg.. t8 s
IA turtle was taken INTO Cedar KEYS,
Fla, "a few days ago, which weighed 425
pounds.
si Charters have been filed with the
Secretary of State at Austin, Tex, recently
by the following corporations: Texas Oil
/ Company, principal office Corsicana, capi.
tai stock $4,000; Tyler City Railroad Com
3 pa nts1s enital stock St0a,ooj: Hill County
Land and Live Stock Association, capital
stock $500, 900; Colorado and Seven Wells
Water-works Company, capital stock $780,
600; Texas Water-works and Gas Company,
office at Tyler, capital stock $10O.000 Dali
las Barrel and Woodenware Factory, capi-
tai stock $4,000; M. I. Jones, Lumber Com
pany, Ennis County, capital stock $780,
900.
A fatal affrav occurred the other
morning at New Hope Church, five miles
from Russellville, Ark. John Herring
charged P.J Harvell with circulating dam
aging reports about him, which he de-
MED, but before much was said Herring
closed III and stabbed his adversary. He
then jumped on his horse and escaped.
The Touring mill Of j. A. Eant,
Flemingsburg, KY, was destroyed by fire
the other night, the loss being $1,000.
TT.
H. Livingston United States Marshall of
South Carolina, vice Absolom Blithe, re-
signed.
II. b. Linn's saw-mill near Kildare.
Cass County, Tex, was totally destroyed
by fire the other night, the loss being $25,-
900, with no insurance.
For four consecutive seasons Houston,
| Tex, has received the first bale of cotton
two Of them this time. Both of them ar
rived the other night, and were delivered at
the Cotton Exchange in that city. Bale'No
1, from Mrs. NJ Hausmann, De Witt County,
weighed 4S7 pounds, classed middling, and
sold for $2l0. Bale No. :, from G. Fl. Ar
necke, Dewitt County, weighed 34S pounds,
classed strictly good ordinary, and was sold
for S130.
The street-car drivers of Houston,
Tex, have the power of special policemen.
On account OF "a recent row i'll the outskirts
OF the city with a negro, the drivers will
hereafter be armed.
The cattle that were shipped from
Georgia recently are said to be dying on
the Texas prairies. The weather is too hot
for them. --'f---.. f
That there are great expectations cen
tered in the Louisville (Ky.1 Exposition is
evidenced by the sale fprivileges, some of
these being: Restaurants, one It u 800, and
one at $1,000; lunch stands, two at $1,000
each, and one at 81 POO; cider stands, : ,50l
and Il ,250; popcorn, 81 800; peanuts, 500;
fruits, $1,000; candy, $1,000; ice cream, 81,
OPS. The shooting gallery privilege pays
Sl,225; the weighing and measuring, Stl0;
the barber shop, S503, and the boot-b.acl,
monopoly, $3.50.
The President. has recognized c.
Lamar Quiutero, Vice-Consul of Costa
Rica at New Orleans.
The home of a swarm of bees was
found in a cliff near Winding Stairs, Lee
County, Ky, recently, from which ten
in the rock about the size of a barrel con
stituted the hive. s.
There is a community of some fifteen
families residing in the neighborhood of
Nauvoo, Marshall County, ". Va, which
profess the Mormon faith and act accord
ing to its teachings to a great extent
They are not thorough polygamists. Not
long since one of the old sisters was afflct-
Ell with an ailment that baffled the skill of
her physicians, She then insisted that one
Of the prophets of her church from the
''City Of the Saints" should be sent for.
He came and laid his hands upon her, and
she at once declared herself greatly better.
Whether the improvement was permanent
was not stated.
The registration of voters in Louis
vile, KY, is 23,372 white and 4,737 colored,
total Of %, 109, or about 1000 mere votes
than have ever been polled in that city.
Apples are falling off the trees in
Kentucky to such an extent it is feared the
crop viii be short. So
A deaf mute of Mercer County, KY,
has invented an electrical instrument which
enables him to hear an ordinary conversa-
tion.
A queer accident happened to a little
girl in Atlanta, Ga, the other day. She
was working with o sewing machine, and
was running it at a good rate of speed,
when the driving-rod, which was made Of
wood, snapped in two, and one piece pene-
trated the feshy part Of her leg below the
knee, tearing the flesh in a terrible manner.
As soon as the broken rod entered the
child's flesh the machine stopped, and in
order to remove the wood the wheel of the
machine had to be turned by hand.
Two young men of Woodstock, Ca,
were such desperate rivals for the hand of
a lady that duel became the only means
of settling their troubles. Bowie knives
were selected as the weapons, and Mount
Carmel graveyard as the place. Principals
and seconds were ON time, but soon became
involved in a fist-fght and broke up in dis
order. st .
The prosperity of the Louisiana sugar
planters is shown by the fact that 100000
is being expended in and around Donald
son for improved machinery, new sugar.