Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-04-11

viii be commenced Immediately. The roas is 70
run from Meridian to Gainesville, and thence 10
Decatur Ala, total length OF 200 miles. The road
will traverse the greatest width Of the Warrior
coal fel-s, which from 5000 70 600 miles in ex
tent.
Mr. w ". T'OOD U-F, ~, one of the
largest growers of fruit in Gsorgla regor.s TO the
Griffin Mems that the f.uit at Vineyard, in Spald-
ing county, and center Of the peach uelt was very
little Injured by the recent cold spell. He says
that the peaches are a. big - ne emo OF his finger,
and only few On the low lands are killed.
TEE West Point EIltsTpriss claims that the
peach fam of MI ParneIl, six miles below West
Point, Miss, is the largest in the world. The or
chard covers 200 acres and contains l25 600 peach
ana number of other trees Mr.. Parneu IS
brother Of Charles Stewart Parnell the IrIsh sgi-
tator. The crop mas been much damaged this year
by frost.
Two strong zinc companies have recently
been organized at Knoxville. and are working the
old zine mines near Messy Creek and McNillan's.
building tn-ir furnace at Knoxville. The Edes,
Mixer Head Zinc Company are manufacturing
at Eagle Furnace. They Will turn out one and 4
half tons speter per day.
THE Camden Is. CT Journal says that
Lynche river is now navigsble for ninety miles
made SO in the past few years BY private enter
ments on the Wsteree, aud thousands Of collars
have been expended for the purpose Of rendering
It safe for navigation, but improvement has been
observed yet, although il is ten times eEser to i'm
Prove than Lynche river.
Interest the boys in the firm. Give each
3 crop, instruct him in its culture. and encourage
him IN IA nking it pay 1t viii tighten the burdens
of Ioil, make home happy. and inspire an interest
that will have much 10 do in shaping his future
career Above all things make heme-life happg.
Throw around it every charm that can tend to
make 1t attractive. How often is this ne elected
And how fearful are the results OF suca negleet
The North aad West hsrvsrt their crops
by machinery; the South picks is cotton by
manual labor. The Springfield Republican SAYS
the South needs TO introduce more labor-Saviug
machinery; granted, but where will the South
resperz do for the wheat? Perhaps such Ia
chine may be revealed TO an expectant world at
the southern Exposition next fall, but at present
it is simply long felt wsnt."
The Bon Air Company has decided to
capitalize the company at once aud issue STOCK,
and with ample capital begin the development of
acres of coal and timber land east of sparta, in
White county, Tenn, a have an abundance of
fine coal The nashville and Chattanooga railroad
Is now extending the road from Tullahoma TO
Sparta, and the Bon Air Company propose to
build road from Sparta out to their property.
GANGS of men have cleared two miles Of
the line of Gen. Gordons railway from OcIla, Fla.
toward Tampa aud grading : as begun. This is
the old Tropical railroad, whose cnafter would
have expired the same day il work had not been
with which Gen. Gordon has commenced
operations. 1t is understood that the road entire
from Ocala to Tampa will be pushed through as
rapidly as possible Bosses are hiring gangs of
lsboreTs.
THE discoveries OF The phosphate rock at
Castle Hayne, near where the Wilmington and
Weldon railroad crosses the norhsa branch of the
Cape Fear river, about ten miles above Wilmington,
is thought to be important The indications are
that the bed is extensive while the anal ysis demon
strates It's richness in phosphate elements. There
are many beds of coproliIes on the lower waters
Of the Cape Fear, but those heretofore examined
have not been of sufficient Importance to justify
operating them.
SEAECI {Ark) Beacon: "The garden pea
crop promises 10 be an unusually i-rss ane in this
section the of land planted this season being
much greater than ever known bef The fruit
and vegetable train will pull out from beebe on
ment of Strawberries and peas, and Will cali at
| Judsona for floral wreath of tomato blooms and
| com silks from the farm OF James A. seCsuley,
and will enter ST. Louis on the morning OF the 9Th
| thus beautifully decorated"
A LITTLE 9 mite nsrrow-gauge rosd
| slipped in without anybody knowing it, connect.
| ing Seney, up on the lanta ana Rome division
| of the East Tenness e. Virginia and Georgia. and
Deaton, on the East and West railroad of Alabama
| 1t is owned b. the Rogers Lum Der Company. and
| a big thing. and is now saving bill OF 1000 coo
| feet of lumber for the Ohio Falls Car Company.
There are Is large saw-mills now in operation on
| the road between Rome and Atlanta.
AUGUSTA, GA, hiss established a new in
dustriaI enterprise, which will add another to her
list of enterprises that promise to increase heI
| Company have petitioned for act of iucorpora.
| ton, and will establish in about months time
| an oil refinery, which will be superintendent by
| Thorn Hill, VINO is one of the incorporstors The
company is organized and the CAPITAL alre sdy b.
/ scr1bed, and the site Will be h1ed upon IN few
| DAYS, and large factory will be the subsequent
| result OF the undertaking.
ABOUT thirty yssrH ago it was found tn ai
| there was gold on the plantation OF Mr.. Aaron
| QUITS, in Efgdeld county, s. c. The Faulkner,
| worked the mines, digging only TO the depth Of
fifteen feet. till their means were nearly ex-
| hsuSied and with little profit, and abandoned
| the premises prospecting, and found some valua
bic specimens of gold; He sent a gortion of the
| ore TO Washington and it ssssyed S3 TO the ton
Mr. Hill at once bought half interest OF the
| Faulkners in the mine, viii h will doubt be
| worked with great profit at an early day.
ARKANSAS i. becoming not4d for raising
superior apples the specimens from thst State OF
| our fruit stands bel & unusually fair aud worn
less Benton county, Ark. produced $500. 0o(
bushels of such apples last season, while Wash
| i5gton, Carroll and Boone counties were not fal
behind, growing altogether 10000 bushels.
4 parsgre On is now going the rounds, stating ths
1 'last year over s.oo0 900 pounds of dried APPLE
were ported from this country to the markets O.
China, Isdia, Egypt, Southern Africa, Australia
and also TO England and Scotland" and it Il
portions of the county the best it is said col1fni
i from North Carolina"
THE[9e-F. W. II. ff.-AfurrIv writes en-
| Enthusiastically to the Boston Herald that Texas II
| just the place for horie breeding. and that the
tough little mustangs are the right stock to take
trace their origin back to race of equine king
| and queens" and have only deteriofated undel
| hard usage. II have seen these little $40 pound
horses" he says, travel eighty miles, with lst
| pound man up, under Southern sun, in rid,
across the country, withsut roadways, from sun tC
| SUM- and that, too, little grain, perhaps moth
ing but the grass they get from the prairie night
| Many OF them pace, pace Ike the wind, pace x
you have blooded mount that can run like
| greyhound"