The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-06-20
GENERAL NEWS.


this grass, it is thought, will thrive best
in that section.
The largest sheep rancho in the world
in the one at Ointment and Webb coun.
tics, Texas, where 100000 head Of sheep
are pastred on 3OO,0 acres of land.
The queens health il evidently sui
iect Of grave fesr in England. Her dis
order il said to he Of dropsical nature.
ali | the probabilities are that she will he
a bed.ridden invalid.
fhe State Capitol of Teas will prob
ably he built of fine granite instead of
limest, ne. 1t is claimed that this will
make it the best State-house on the cal-
tinent
Six thousand baby alligators are sold
in Florida every year, and the amount Of
ivory, number Of skins and quantity Of
oil obtained from the older members Of
the saurim family are sufficient to emit
tie them to a high piece among the pro-
duets of the State
Fngishmcn ARE getting control Of con
siderable land in America. in Texas
81 ,00) acres have just been purchased
! y Mr.. Whalley, NJ. p; an English syn
dica'c has 100000 acres Of bottom
land n Mississippi, and another compa-
ny 1000, 600 ares i'll Florida.
About n year ago half dozen colorcd
men, Of st. Bernard parish, La, organ
lied u mutunl benevolent association.
Now the association numbers fifty, and
they have accumulated fund and begun
the erection of II school-house for indi-
gent children of their race.
A few days ago Knoxville finished work
on her water system at cost Of SljO, 600
The two reservoirs were hardly filled
with water when the bottom of one drop
ped ont. Now comes news that the 9TH
er il in the same condition, the water
having suddenly disappeared into unfatll-
enable depths.
Savannah News. Joe Browns income
is said to he $1,000 II day. Of this
amount he gets $500 II day from the
Dadc county coal mines. There is no
doubt that he is making money faster
than any other Southern man. His for
tune is now estimated ut $1,000, 600.
The Senator's son denies the soft I'M
parchment.
An industrious buzz-saw i'll New Or
leans ran against an obstruction i'll Il log
through which it was passing the other
day, but held its temper and soon cut its
enemy in two When the flank dropped
off the wolkmen found that the saw had
biseted I'M eight inch spherical shell,
doubtless n relic of the war. The eXte.
rior wound Ind healed entirely, leaving
no trace of the passage Of the shell to It's
resting place.
The New York Herald makes Il calcu-
lation from the traffic and passenger
that crossed the great bridge to and
from New York on Saturday, from whicl
it appears that, deducting 40 per cent f"I
sight-sccre, the receipts for toll will aver
age 81, 800 each day, or $1,000, 900 ayea
Deducting interest at per cent on thu
outlay Of $l5,0OO,0OO, the cost of til,
bridge, there would remain sinking
fund toward paying that debt, 300, 900
year.
The agricultural laborers of Mississip
pi, $40, 600 in round numbers, embracing
men. women and children, including
children from ten years of age up to mel
and women of threescore, manage t.
wiring from the bosom OF mother cartl
the magnificent aggregate of S63, 7Ol, Si4
per annum, on nearly 5lls to every man
woman and child engaged i'll stirring tn,
soil and gathering its fruits. The money
value of the farms in that State III 1881
was So, Sii,Sl5, against $Sl, 1855 IL
1870, which shows wholesome increase
in value.
Of the five field generals of the conied
crate army, ). f. Johnston and Bcaw'
card survive. General Johnston Is tn
general agent Of a prominent New Yor
insurance company, and General Bea'r
gard is the adiutant general of the sta
of Louisiana-where he has created Il
finest body of militia for its numbers
America. He is also one of the comm
sioners for the liquidation of one OF Il
old Louisiana state banks, besides Whit
he has other important business come
tons. There were twenty-one heute
ant generals in the confederate arm
from first to last, and of these all We
from the United Suites army but TO,
viz: Richard Taylor, N. b. Fore
Wade Hampton and John b. Gordt
Of them the following are living: d.
Hill, who is in North Carolina; Steph
Lee, Early, Buckner, Wheeler and A.
Stewart, besides the two not from the
United States army mentioned abo'
Gustavus w. Smith is the ranking ma
general living, and is state commission
Of insurance in Kentucky. W, 7. M
tin lives in Natchez, and is a railrc
president G. W. Field and l.. L. ]
max are in Florida, and both IRE in
employ Of the United States corps of
gineers Marmaduke johnson is in