West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1883-11-30
SOUTHERN NEWS GLEANINGS.

the rraudcst event OF the time, and 81
much encouraged at the outlook
THE United States Court i'm Savannah Is
advertising FOR good, honest aud rcspou-
,iblc men" 60 act as jurors.
THE Memphis appeal OF recent date
says; "a prominent teacher I'm the city
schools says that the cars of every nation
tive child should bc examined and treated
81 IL loo found necessary. Ho is convinced
OF tho fact that children who arc simply
hard OF hearing are often greatly mis- siudg-
ed, and considered nattentivc or obsti.
mate. IL Is recommended that teachers or,
IL possible, a surgeon, should examine tho
cars of children once or twice year, and
have report made TO parents whore treat
mcnt is necessary. lIo adds that such
troubles, when attended Co early i'm life
will, in majority OF eases, save children
from what often ends i'm permanent deaf
ness"
NORrH CAROLINA Is arranging Co have
her exhibit, which attracted SO much at
tcntiou at the Boston Exposition, trans.
tcrrcd TO New Orleans, and placed ON cxhi-
billion Ht the Worlds Cotton Exposition,
which rs 60 open in that city on December
of next year Sir Lyon Playfai pro.
nouncod tho North Carolina exhibit 10y
long odds the most attractive feature OF
tho Boston exhibition.
THE tide OF European immigration which
was 60 ho directed into the southern States
through Southern scaports, is not, IL seems,
going to await the action OF the Southern
State immigration Commissioners. The
immigration tide is already setting in.
There nave arrived at New Orleans i'm the
past few weeks two largo bodies of immi.
grants, amountingin all to nearly one thou
sand persons, or about one-third
as many as usually arrive thcro
direct from Europe during an
entire year This is regarded by the New
Orleans Times Democrat rs tho beginning
Of the immigration movement which it
predicted some months ago as one OF tho
natural results of the commercial improve.
mcnt and development Of tho city The
ItmcS-DcmOcrW predicts that New Orleans
Is "to become the Castle Garden for the en-
tire Southwest, the greater portion of the
Mississippi valley and FOR all Texas and
California"
NEW ORLEANS lady, who has been dis.
porting in New York i'm male attire, has
gninod an important privilege for her sex.
The Judge before whom she was arraignod
dismissed the case, as the Court had no
right to disturb any well-behavod and
h'''HIly -AlllIcu person.
WHILE the prisoners in the Upton
County, Tonn.,Jail were out OF their cells a
Few days ago warming 10y the one solitary
stove provided for that purpose, eight
managed TO escape, aud only three were
recaptured. The Sheriff says be. must
either keep the prisoners I'm the cells aud
freeze them to death or stand guard over
them all the tiIh6.witii shotgun 20 keep
them from running away.
ALL river Improvement work ON the
lower Mississippi will be closed, including
Plum Point and Providence Beach, during
the next month, and will not be resumed
until another appropriation is made.
THE largest sheep ranch in the world is
the ono in Ointment and webb Counties,
Tex, where 100000 head Of sheep are
pnsturcd ON 10000 acres Cf land.
Two small children from ireland arrived
i'm Fauquier County, Va, last week. They
travelled nll the way unattended. The place
of their destination was written ON cards,
which were attached TO zach OF tho chill.
drcu.
Texas farmers sold last year $50 900 900
worth Of cotton, $500 900 worth Of cattle,
S7,OOD,OOo worth OF wool and mutton, aud
Sl,OOO,0OD worth Of horses aud hides.
CoLoSEL II. b. EvEns, the representative
Of the English syndicate which has recently
purchased "a million acres of the finest cot.
ton land in the world lying in the great
ana fertile delta OF tho Ynzoo aud Sun.
flower, soon 20 be- travcrscd i'm its entire
length by great trunk line railroad, pro.
poses 20 bring 10 that region three large
parties of cxcursionists from the North.
wcst one OF which LETT Sioux city on No.
vcmbcr 2l, while the other two viii bo
along during tine month of December Tho
Nickshurg Hcr0Id says, ,exultiugly: "They
viii find tuat what Mr. vs.. B. Judson. Of tine
NprhircstrfH LUWbcrm0H, nj Chicago, has
written, in literally true, md onch for him.
self will Dos ready 20 exclain. u would
give moro for ono ncre Of land in the
Mississippi delta than for whole section
iu Dakota Within tho next year that
whole delta viii be vocal with the hum of
industry, the fields will Doe white with our
snowy staple and rich with golden grain,
while the snort OF tho engine and the
whilz NJ the snw viii be hoard from ono
end Of the valley 10 the other"
hH g.. p. HUSTryGrOV, who has boon
South far as New Orleans examining the
Iu" ~ his Mississippi Valley road, is de.
voting considerable attention Nv the trade
OF Southern Mexico, Central America aud
tuc West indies, and viii doubtless lind
employment for the Morgan fleet boo build.
Ing up tHis great interest for Now Orleans.
a substantial Indication of his interest in
That city was hi. prompt subscription Of
,2'nI1 ~ tue worlds Exposition and lds
instructions tY give reduced rates and ia.
c.Iito- f1 tus management
InE cotton shipments from Helena, Ak,