The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-08-16
G5EENER AL ! News.

North Carolina where geld is found.
HUNDREDS of bushels of tomatoes are
thrown away in Florida evary season.
The vegetables of Brooks county, Ga,
have yielded q net revenue Of $1OO,OO
this season. ..
THIRrEEN thoussnd pounds of red pep
per were received at Laredo, Tex, IL few
uys ago 1rom Mexico.
iNTins building of the observatory for
The great Mccormick telescope at the
University of Virginia was begun last
week.
THE grading is finished on the Yazoo
and Mississippi valley railroad and thir-
teen miles of track have been laid on the
jackson ond of the line.
MINERAL lands arc selling in the east
'ern par. of Marion county, Ala, at 81.
per acre.
The contract for building the Army
and navy hospital, at Hot Springs, Ark,
has been awarded to Cyrus Fristol, of
that place. His bid was $50, 1886.
Col. KING has sold his rancho and
cattle, hear San Antonio, for 81 ,OCO, 900
to an English syndicate. This is said to
be the largest rancho in the world.
In western North Carolina there are
ffty-nine peaks above 6,C0O feet, ninety
three between 5000 and 5000, and 143
between 1000 and 5000, n total of 296
above 1000 feet
MOBILE never saw saw $50 much bull
ding going on" as is under way this sum-
mer. Many of the buildings are of OH
importing character, but the majority
OF the middle class of citizens.
The whole town Of Knoxville having
bean aroused by q distant mysterious ex-
plosion one day recently, investigation
was made, and it proved to be men fish
ing in the river with dynamite.
For ingenious methods of murder, an
Oxford, Miss, negro gets on the premi-
nm list trying to poison his family by
putting the head Of moccasin snake
INTO the coffee they were about to drink.
The Paine Institute will be opened at
Augusta Ga, in October Tho aim of
the Paine Institute is to train young ne
Brocs for the ministry, and thus furnish
the means Of enliPhtening and educating
Shcir race.
ALLEN p. MoRRIs was theirs Con
federate soldier to draw pension under
the Tennessee law allowing $40 per
month to Confcdcrates in the army. Mr.,
Morris had both eyes shot out in the
battle of Stone river, December 81. 1862
BY pouring oil Oh the floor, and setting
Hire to it, then gouging out the charred
portions by means of sharpcned pike
and piece Of scissors, and then repeat
ang the operation, three prisoners in the
Corpus Christi (Tex.) Jail very nearly
succeeded in escaping few days ago.
TIE plans of the Georgia match facto-
ry, now going up i'll Gainesville, have
been changed, and its capacity has been
doubled from the &rst arrangement. 1t
will be i'll full operation in sixty DAYS
Il
featuring establishments will soon be
added to the industries of the town.
A LARGE roofing factory is to be erect
ed IN Chattanooga. Mr.. l.. Sagendorph
the Superintendent of 6 New York COM
pahy, will organize the stock company at
an early day. 1t will be composed of
The wealthicst business men in the city
and will be licensed by the original COM
pany to manufacture twenty different
styles of roofing.
MEMpHIs Appeal Georgia has reached
the dignity of being "the great melon
centtr of the South" and it is anticipa-
ted that before many years an annual
great melon pilgrimage to Georgia dur
the melon season will be organized bv
our colored citizens, with low railroad
and steamboat fares. Evidently Georgia
has great melon future before her.
ALABAMA's improvement does not seem
to be confined to her mineral interests
and manufacturing. Tho last census
shows that the numbcr of farms have
~'iy No'blSti. III tcll yours bIS COTu
crop has increased about fifty per cent. =,
the oat crop nearly qundrupled, the cot
ton drop increased nearly sixty per cent
tho wool product doubled, and the hogs
increased over seventy per cent.
'"Tm POINT on Lookout mountain is
the property OF Miss Whitcsido, of Chat
tanooga. Wishing to reside hereafter in
Boston, she has offered tho Point for
sale. AS heretofore stated, company
o. Cincinnatlans desire to purchase this
property. 1t is now said that Chatta-
nooga firm will be party to the pur.
chase. In the event the sale takes place
some very extensive improvements are
contemplated.
A GOLD mine has been discovered ON
the land of Mr.. Gravitt, seven miles enst
Of Cumming, Ga. Years ago says the
Clarion DIR StnypDeOn of Go;noo,;llo