The Southern herald., 1883-07-21
EdItorial Items

The telegraph oPsraioTs are preparing to
strike unless Isdies are laksn of the work.
The Mormons have lhis year sent out $50
missionaries.
GsOrgi.'s frsl bale Of coliOD for this season
was sold At Albany On the 5lh inst, for 25
cents per pound.
GFssnvills, Miss, viii prepare and ship
about 100 tOns-abOus 100000 pounds Of
jl,s fbrs tbs prsssn, season.
Gen. Edward Sparrow, Of LOuisians, died
at Lake PrOvidsnes on tbs 9Th inst, sgsd so
years
The railroad between Vicksburg and Port
Gibson will BE- completed on the 18th Of this
month.
Mrs. Redmond. Of Galveston, is on a visit
to hsr parents, Judge E. Stafford and wife, at
Magnolia.
DR.. George Nicholson, an old citizen Of
Pike county, died a. Housewife on sstur-
day last.
Dr.. Byr6, who killed sz,shsrif Brams Of
Jasper county, had a rshssriug last week
a0d was bailsd in the sam Of $4,000.
DR.. P. H Cook and bis son Nswstt have
been held for trial for the killing Of Capt
NJ. L, Cole, near Vieksburg, some time since
The city Of Dsmistta, Egypt, with pop
ulatiOn of $1,000. has had an average Of loo
deaths a day for the last ten days, from
cholera.
While Mr.. Smith, sculptor at Ayr. in
Scotland. was dressing a. tombstone it fell
aud crushed hin so severely that be died iu
a few minutes.
The body Of an unknown white man wal
found near the line Of the Mississippi Valley
railroad in East Feliciaua parish, La. HI
had been stabbed in the left arm, and bled e
death.
An Indiana woman gave up trip to Cal
ifornia. sold hsr ticket for half price, ant
returned home from the railroad station OF
learning that she could not have her pet dO(
With her in the car.
A man Travelled hastily from San Francis
co to Omaha on hearing that be had beef
remembered" 10 bis fathers will aud lh
report proved true, but the sum Of the be
quest was one dollar.
J Mr.. Vanderbilt has added another hundred
J thousand to his endowment Of the Nashville
J University which bears bis name. lie doe
} this 10 the furtberancs Of technical education
a subject which the university proposes I
make very prominent.
A eolored man named Daniel SpriggI
; confined 10 the Jail at Clinton, La, aud ssrv
ing a sentence Of six months for assault, an
J for whom warrant was out for horse steal
log. broke Jail on the night of the Sth inst
. and escaped.
In making gift Of 5000 900 to New o.
leans for educational purposes. Mr.. Tulan
stipulated that the property should not b
taxed. The city agreed to the proViso, bu
Z the Supreme Court has decided that the ex
emptiOn ia illegal,
Sam Hemminger, Of Union, Ohio, deeme
9 DR.. HornbroOk's bill exorbitant. aud By wa
! Of retaliation, charged unprecedented price
4 for some farm labor which be had performed
Que item was $40 for digging a pOsthOl
That was the inctement Of quarrel, eudin
q in the murder Of the physician.
i The State Ledger says, IL the story wbic
/ comes from the mountains Of North Caroliu
Is concerning Mormon baptiziug which TOO
place near Rutherford, 10 that Stale. is tru
e no wonder the natives are mad and thirst f,
J Mormon gore. The ceremony took place
Ihs night, and seven women and two me
d we're immersed Both the officiating ED,
: and the converts were arrsyed 10 the costuu
i Of Adam and Eve. and the banks of the cree
d we're lined with dissenting spectators. ma
l- and female. At the conclusion Of the highl
o interesting exercises both the missiOuari,
10 and their Aoek were given twelve hours
Is start on the road TO the New Jerusalem, &
Z, the shores Of the Great Salt Lake.
: West Point Competitive Eek
" animation.