West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1883-12-21
SOUTHERN NEWS GLEANINGs

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ioncc had becn cut, and about 10000 posts
and two carloads OF wire and some hay
and other property destroyed by the cut
| 'ers In that section. lie thinks tho men
VINO own no land and want free pasturngs
Tor their cattle are at the bottom of this
vandalism. From other sources OF infor-
nation IL Is learned that i'm Coleman
county nearly all tho fences have been
destroyed without regard 20 the size OF the
pasture.
MAN near Macon, Ga, went ont hunt.
ing with his dog and found i'm tho woods a
largo eagle making meal or Young pig.
Ihe eagle abandoned the pig TO fasten his
talons i'm tho dog. The dog ran to his mas.
Ter, who fired but missed his aim, aud nf-
t'rward caught tho eagle in his hands. 1t
measured seven feet from tip to tip
PARTY OF wealthy aud prominent In.
dianians who are visiting Winonn, Miss.
are charmed with the country and propose
TO return in the spring with large mum.
Der OF prospective settlers. They say tho
'ide OF immigration Is fast turning from
KANSAS and the West TO the South.
CENSUS OF Southern editors shows two
Captains, seventeen Majors, seven Generals
and l,S26 Colonols. There nro no pri.
Yates and no officers below tho rank OF
Colonel
TWO CYPRESS trees have recently been
cut in Sumter County, Fla. From ono
Sj,oOO shingles were made, aud from the
other $1,000 shingles and G,lOO capboards
were made.
AN Old negro woman i'm Georgia has sued
the keeper of tho Pcnitcntiary for $1,000.
on tho ground that he kept her I'm the Pen
itentiary twenty-five days after her term
Of imprisonment had expired.
GOVERNOR IRELAND, OF Texas. has issued
proclamation Offering standing reward
OF 1900 for the apprehension aud conviction
OF train-wreckors, or any persons aiding
ana abetting in this atrociouS crimo in
that State.
IN the negro cemetery I'm Americus, Ga,
Is cedar tree which was planted i'm n
large pitcher at the head OF n ncgro's grave
about ten years ngo. lt burst the bottom
out Of the pitcher and rooted i'm tho earth.
The pitcher still encircles the bottom OF tho
cedar, and is without n crack. The tree
nils the pitcher completely, and is about
eight or ten feet high.
llE Georgia Land and Mineral Company
has been organized nt Atlanta, with cx.
Governor James NJ. Smith as President,
and Gen. James Longstrect as Vice Presi-
dent. Tho company has boon organized
for the purpose Of giving Trustworthy i'm
formation as TO the land and mineral re-.
sources OF tho South, and TO negotiate
| loans, place securities and make invest.
| mcnts.
WILLIAM and Mary College, of Virginia,
has closed its doors, having but one stu
| dent at tho beginning Of this school yoar
| Next TO Harvard this Is the oldest college
| in America, having been founded I'm 1898,
and was the only one that received royal
charter. Among the most eminent mon
educated in it's halls were Washington,
| Marshall, Randolph, Tyler, Brcckinridge
and General Scott.
SOME miscreant nailed large hnndspilos
on tho track OF tho Tuscaloosa Rairond.
branch Of the Nashville, Chattanooga &, Sc
Louis, near Nashville, Tenn, n few days
| ago. hnnd-car containing section gang
OF seven men, coming along soon aftcr.was
derailod and plunged from trostle down
fifty feet 20 the ground Two of the mon
were killed outright, one probably fatally
injured, and the rest badly bruised.
PIKE COUNTY, Ga, claims tho largest
grape vine in the world. IL is eighteen
years old and thirty-four inches i'm circum-
| ference at the base, and Is u quarter of n
| mile long. II bears hvo wngon londt OF
| grapes, which arc said TO be very nuo, bo.
| ing Of some English variety.
MIR. MGCAJAn OWENS, OF Wilcox County,
| dn., viii be nincty.one years of nga on tho
| FIRST day Of January noxt. is lively aud net.
| ivo, and goes fishing and hunting nearly
every day. He wouldn't havo one of the
new style OF rifles, profers 10 mold his own
| bullets, and uses cloth patching with flint
, and steel.
SOME ono had found out from the census
! that Louisiana has moro old men in urouor.
! ton 10 her population than any state i'm
| tho Union, and that Mississippi rauks
| second.
WHILE Keeno was playing Julius
! Cmsnr" in Macon, Ga, few uishts
since, the "supes" struck, and Cassius.
! after whiting agood while for the soldiers,
/ went ON and killed himself
! PHFsiDENr DUNCAN, OF tho Mobile g. Ohio
! Railroad, recently subecribcd for every
! newspaper printed ON his line of ro1d. hut
! hc has not Obliged himself 10 read them.
| IH the western part OF North Carolina,
! on Pigeon River, is a church twcuty.Gvo
foct wide, forty feet long and fifteen feet
| high, built from the timber sawed from
! ono curly poplar tree.
MAR Eastman, Ca, e. an onk tree nncou
feet in circumference two aud half feet
above tho ground. 70 has been struck by
lightning, but is still living At tho base
| OF this tree two separate streams Of water
! spring forth-onc running directly east and
tho other west
THE cotton factory NJ Galveston, Tex.
has suspended operations indefinitely. Iu,
goods, though of excellent quality, ore moi
I'm sufficient demand among the people OF
the surrounding country.
Mrs. PECE, Of st. Clair County. Ala.
over eighty years Of age, who ta,
been wearing spcctacles FOR q number o
years, can now see without thcm. and +.
cutting new set Of teeth.
MEMPHIS has two new enterprises of im
portance in process -four mill with .
capacity Of 100 barrels per day. a.d ,
grain elevator with "a storage capacity a
5000 bushels
a PARTY OF twcnty-ono capitalists. from
Ohio and other Northern States. rraeufI,
arrived in Chattanooga, Tenn, with 90 t.ev
Of inve ting.
A rWzE lght between two women r4r ter
dollars side was q recent diversion n
Austin, Texas.
FoHcG of alligator hunters 600 Florida
have engaged to furnish 51D.O.O Skins .o "a
French teanciy within given Umc
IHE Pensacola uavy-v1ri sectional drs
dock, wh.'h cost St0ol,OJo bon lS1r,is rust