Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-04-18

factory.
THERE will soon be three cotton-seed oil
mills in aud around Cheraw, Ala.
We see it stated that the cottou-mills OF
the South give employment to about 400, 900
operatives.
A TOBACCO fair will be opened in Dur.
ham, n. c, in May. Will it all end in
smoker
GALLATIN, Tenn, has heavy lumber
business, it will ship millions of feet the
present year.
THE Wesson (Miss.) Rerdld notes that new
machinery continues 10 come IN for the Mis-
sissippi mills.
A.C DANNER & Co., of Mobile, sell cab
ms ready made for plantations, mines or
camp meetings.
THE steel mill at Knoxville, Tenn, has
just added an immense steam hammer TO its
fine machinery.
Two experienced French gentleman are
arranging to establish an ostrich farm in
Medina county, Tex.
CHATTANOOGA expects that the Carriers
vile foundry and machine works will be re-
moved to that city.
AN IRON furnace is being erected at Talla-
degs, Ala, on the East Tennessee, Virginia
and Georgia railroad.
LAND in the vicinity of Athens, Ga,
which once sold for ninety five cents per acre
is now worth from 800 TO $500 per acre.
Ii will require about two yesrs to com
plete the double track of the Chesapeake
and Ohio. Work is progressing at saveu
points.
DoGwooD ia plentiful in the South but il
row ia dem and. 1t is found to have superior
qualities for making into power-loom
shuttles.
THE people of Walton county, Ga, are
turning their attention 10 raising foe cattle
and fnd it much more profitable than rails
ing scrubs.
Nh. Walsh, Mississippisu, h l. invented
and patented an ingenious quilting frame by
which the work can readily be doae by any
sewing machine.
SOME of the citizens of the vicinity o.
Hi!iaboro, Williamson county, Tenn are
cznvsssiEg ;he practicabilily OF erecting 8
mill and factory at that place.
r B. KYLE & Co, of Gadsden, Tenn.
made a contract with prominent lumber
6rm in Chicago to furnish them with $3.50,
COO worth of lumber by August lat.
4 PLUMBAGo mine, almost merchsntablt
in supply, has been discovered in Stafford
county, Va, and q company with ampl,
capital has been formed to work it.
THE Selma PROGRESSIVE Democrat expects Il
see 100000 happy, prosperous people" il
Brning hi am, Ala, in less than ten yearsfron
nov. That is very safe calculation.
KNOXVILLE, Tenu., is now connected will
Louisville, KY, by direct line OF railroad
The last spike was driven few days ago
The distance now is 260 miles by rail.
IT is stated officially that, notwithstand
ing the number of accidents of late on tn,
Chesapeake snd Ohio railrosd, in thirteer
years not eingle passenger has been killed
CHATTANOOGA Times. sMr. r. L. Watkin
yesterday received from a quarry at Sher
wood, Tenn, a sample Of very fine granite
which exists there in Iboundless quantities.
BOWIE county, Tex, has leased II 900 acre
of its school lands as cattle range. The d.
maud for meat in Europe has given grea
impetus TO cattle raising in the United States
ALMOST within sight of the courthouse a
Monticello, Fla, there ara 800 acres of water
melons and ninety acres in potatoes Thes
crops are estimated to bring the producer
$4,000
KNOXVILLE Chronicle: "Prof Glenn hs
| lately m sde several trips to Nashville in tn
| in having station for the analysis of feI
filters established at this place."
The Franklin (Tenn) Reuiew records tn 2
| if 100000 cotton mill is put up Their;
Msj De Pass, of Memphis. has engaged t
invest 0,OOO in it-a good start. Tie r,
vie'0 strongly advocates the project.
CHATTANOOGA Democrat: "From preser
Indications, this years tomato crop in Chat
| h.,
| The prices paid last year for the fruit hav
encouraged more extensive planting"
LARGE numbers Of cattle are being pur
chased in Florida and Mississippi for rancho
| 10 Texas. Parties now in Pensacola e1pec
| to chip al least 5000 head from along the lin
of the Pensacola and Atlantic railroad.
The lauds in Texas capable of producin
sugar are placed at 1,000,000 acres, and the
| is supported by protection, and just MOI
| profits made not by business but b
taxes are not very safe.
CHATTANOOGA Just before the war WAS
little place just out Of the woods. What i
| porting that in the course of the week full
1000 raftsnien were in the city; 100000 fee
OF logs arrived in one day.
lHE progress Ol DuSlut6S anu Tue extension
| of railroad connection has caused real estst
at Knoxville, Tenn, to rise very far beyont
| any former figures. 1t is expected 800 house
will be built there this summer, among then
come fine suburban residences.
AMID the increasing prosperity of tht
South there is one point Of failure, which
the Little Rock Democrat thus points out
Although the South has m ade many lauda
bic efforts to educate her ignorant masses
the task is one far superior to her ability"
FOLLOWING sre some Of the mineral
known to exist in Monroe county, Tenn.
Iron, slate, heavy spar, tale, limestone, lead
copper, gold, granite, quartz, pyrites Of iron
pyrites OF copper, silver, gray copper, mar
bic, lithograph stone, manganese, nickel anC
salt.
THE Chesapeake and Ohio railroad hs
expended s3,00O,000 on a steamship line
and before long will have steamships run
ming from Newport News 10 Rio Jsneiro
and between Newport News and Europe
Three of the steamers will be complsteC
shortly.
ANOTHER new feature of Mobiles trade
and an Indication of coming prosperity o.
the South, is the sailing of the schooner S
W. Perry, Capt. J. +. Davis, which takes
place Monday. The Perry is bound fol
Tsmpico, Mexico, with 1900 bushels Of Ala
bama cerp.
THE people of Nashville are working Il
the interest of branch of the Chesspeak,
ard Ohio railroad from point near Stan
ford, Ky. This would give them auothe
connection with Memphis, TO which necesss
rily they will ship ali they intend for foreign
markets TIA New Orleans.
AMONG the sigus of progress in the Souti
ia the extension of horticulture. The coun
try papers show that the cultivation of gar
den vegetables, and small and other fruits TO
transportation to Ncrthern markets is thi
-pring far beyond what has hitherto beef
done in that line.
SEVERAL new quarries of Tennessee mar
bic have been opened of late, and they wei
sustain the high reputation the marble o
this State has gained. Mr.. A. Logan, o.
CiarksVille, has recently explored and i
operating a mine of peculiar shell stone
which takes fne polish.
The Boston IfarelIer, in very we'll con
sidered article, discusses the future of thi
cotton manufacturers in New England, il
the course Of which it says: "Inslead of
possible competition twenty five years hence
The danger that threatens the New England
manufacturer is already imminent"
THE Southern Exposition which is to be
gin at Louisville, KY, August Let, and con
tiuue 100 days, is.atlracting considerable at
tentiou in Southern industrial communities
1t will atuudantly profit any Southern Stat,
to lend even liberal official hand to the en-
terprise. Tennessee appropriated 5000
toward securing suitable exhibit.
The Gainesboro (Tenn.) correspondent o.
the Nashville American writes: Mr.. John
son, a machinist and formerly a miner, while
at work in Mr.. r. w. Aliens garden, or
Rl.ck rr,a Fork nine milEs frnm GaInss.