The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-05-23
NEWS GLEANINGS.

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louisiana
| ovya 200 tons Of iron are mined daily
par Attala, Ala.
TIE Pineapple crop Of sou'h Florida
Oos. promising
ALAAoE quantity of iron ore exist"
/, Chiffon county, Ala
LARGE deposits Of iron ore have been
lisovcrsdin warran county, Tennessee
RICHMOND, Va, has a population Of
Tosa, being an increase of 1000 since
|lsN.
Mn. JEFFERSON DAVIS estate Of 600
,,tss at Brannon, Miss, is now mainly
d,oted 10 grapes and oranges.
THE ALPINE iron manufacturing COM
,,Dv has been organized in Taladegs
/ ,,unty, Ala, with capital Of $4,000
1
GALVESTON, is now the second cotton
nt in the country. The receipts for
bi. reason we're 100000 bales.
GOLD vein bss been discovered a
Hse Cove, N. C., about four miles ear
| a Hirhlandp. Quarts containing gol
Anal In large quantities has also beer
disOyered about two miles west Of
Hghhnds..'
REV. @. A. GLAzEBRooK, of Macon
a., has received check for $4,000
rom the Central railroad in settlement
h full for injuries received in an acci'
|d,ut some time ago. Altogether Rev.
GIneb,ook has received over $4,000
from The road
The Florida Ship Canal Company hes
hen formed, with a capital stock Of
t@,oOO,OOO. EI. Gov. John G. Brown,
/
| d Tennessee, is president Of the COM
ppy, Of which Ben Butler, Mshone,
Window, John P. Jones and George c.
Ccrham are members.
EloHTY.EIGHT thousand young shad
wr. placed iu the Neuse river last week.
They we're hatched at the State fish
pouds at Charlotte, N. G., from egg
Spught from Avoca. Just 100000 esps
xe ent up by Mr.. Worth, so only l2,.
M failed to hatch.
IxoNs the notable..things in Palatka,
Fi,, Is the first Tangarine tree ever
buddsd in that State. The bud was
received by DR.. Morangue before the
m, and from this comes all the KID
Iore oranges in Florida. The tree can
hwn in his grove, which is quite Gel.
6nted on that account.
A Montgomery special says: Ship.
n,nts Of cattle from Georgia aud this
sCtion hiIl continue, The Montgom.
~ ,hippen for the New Orleans mar
h couldn't get transportation, the
GSrgans being ahead Of them. 1t is
,ainated that 5000 went through here
ssntly from Georgia and about 5000
nn this section Of Alabama.
Ar Savannah, Ga, Subscriptions are
10 foot now to raise funds for the erec.
ion Of a splendid military academy on
he lo.s Of Forsyth Park. The amount
II 10000 is already obtained. The
'ademy will be leased by MaE..Burge@,
Principal Of the Savannah Military
Academy. 1t is thought the work will
suarted in a few weeks, and the bull
ling will be completed in time for the
october session.
ElEvky hundred head Of cattle, fiji.
lug ,venty-one carr, were shipped from
Albany, Ga, to Texas Saturday after
boon. The animals were very poor gen
'nlly and suffered intensely. Several
tillsd themselves in their frantic efforts
oaeape while being driven on board
tae train. Several Of the cars were
double.decked for the calves and smaller
tOci. Unless they improve greatly OF
lie pnie grass in Texas, the venture
viii hardly be a profitable one to tn
conslgnees.
Mrs, 'MYRA CLARKE GAINES, tn
paintifin a suit Just won against tn
d'y dNsw Orleans for nearly $4,000,
m, ism elderly lady who has lon
sesn a litigant for a large part Of New
@sarereal estate, and is one of tn
nas psssveIing women Of moder
'In@ But as she is we'll advanced
ysan now, and as her case must next
'o'Ae United States supreme court,
soH feared that the claim will hay
'oecdlected, ifcollected at all, by Il
a@l generation OF heirs.
AmsroRr almost as sad and romant
mat Of Romeo and Juliet il. .attache
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