The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-11-15
THE SOUTHERN STATES.

They are beginning to cultivate to-
bacco in the cotton belt of Florida.
AIorristoWn, Tenn, has a woman
barber who does thriving business.
The number of Indians in the Ever
glades of Florida is estimated at 800.
The falls of Caney Fork, Tenn,
have strength equal to ALSO horse
power.
The colored people in several coun-
ties in Georgia are taking stand for
prohibition.
A single pumpkin vine on a farm
near Nashville bore sixty-nine pump
klns this season.
A man and three children in Barn
well, Ga, have been poisoned by eat
ing painted candy.
Eighteen thousand and eighty-six
homesteads have been entered in Flori-
da during the year.
Calhoun county, Ala, is aglow over
the proposition to move the court
house from Jacksonville to Aniston3
An exchange wants to know how
Texas has discovered horse with
horns like goat, and Joe Mulhattan
in Louisville.
A revival is in progress in colored
church in Murfreesboro, Tenn, that
has been going on there ever since
the close of the war.
A variety of cotton known as the
Senegambia is attracting attention in
some portions of Alabama. 1t is said
to turn out pound to fifty bolls.
Among the events of the month to
comeioff at Darlington, s. g., is "gold-
en- wedding" All the bridesmaids"
are still hVing,.only and one of the
"groomsmen" having died in the fifty
wears. ooooo
course of erection in Hahersham coun-
ty, Ga. The water comes tumbling
down in cataract and furnishes the
power without dollars artificial aid.
1t is said that the stream, without ar
tificial aid, will turn 800, 1000 900 worth
of machinery.
Smoke issuing from locality few
miles from st. Marks, Florida, has led
to the belief that there was an active
volcano somewhere in. the vicinity.
The smoke is now explained by a
hunter, who says that there are three
rivers emptying into a small lake,
two of which are warm and the other
very cold, and the mingling of these
waters produces the vapor.
Lexington (Ky.) Advertiser: A car
load of carp is to be sent to Louisville
for distribution in the South. This
section does not want any more carp.
Every one who has tried to eat them
has had to leave the table. Several
of Fayette's most prominent citizens
have related to us instances of this
kind. The taste of these finny scav-
Anglers is said to be altogether Decu-
liar and nasty. One mouthful of carp
is said to empty the stomach quicker
than spoonful of ipecac.
The directors of the Eufaula, Ala.
fair have offered an unconditional
premium of $500 to the best drilled
military company that enters for the
contest at the exhibition, which will
be held between the 18th and 18th of
November. The Eufaula Light In
fantry have subscribed an additional
800, and the citizens of that city will
raise 5000, making in all prize of
$500.
According to the Sun, Columbus
Ga, has 2230 men engaged in manu-
featuring in the different institutions
of industry; 1894 females, besides the
men, and 512 children employed in
cotton factorieS-manufact in
situations that use annually 2,443, 709
of raw material; 1912 men employed
in the manufacture of textile goods
alone; the largest iron works south OF
Richmond, and a capital and capital
stock combined of 1852 900; an annual
increase of 81 ,630,359 of the product
over the raw material; industries
which pay out $949,SoS annually. to
produce goods to the value of a.
Isl, $50.