Arkansas weekly mansion., 1883-07-21
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.


1t is thought the ore extends all along the
divide between Red and White rivers. Il
crops out at Saledo, Greenbrier and neal
Buck Horn.
A turtle was taken into Cedar Keys,
Fla, few days ago, which weighed Il;
pounds.
Charters have been filed with the
Secretary of State at Austin, Tex, recently
by the following corporations: Texas Oil
Company, principal office Corsicana, capi.
pany, capital stock 100000: Hill Count y
Land and Live Stock Association, capital
stock $780, 900: Colorado and Seven Wells
Water7works Company, capital stock $780,
600; Texas Water-wOrks and Gas Company,
office at Tyler, capital stock 100000; Dal'
las Barrel and Woodenware Factory, capi-
tai stock So, 900; NJ. T. Jones, Lumber Com
pany, Ennis County, capital stock $780,
600.
A fatal affrav occurred the other
morning at New Hope Church, five miles
from Russellville, Ark. John Herring
charged p. J. Harvell with circulating dam
aging reports about him, which he de-
MED, but before much was said Herring
closed in and stabbed his adversary. He
then jumped on his horse and escaped.
The Touring mill of }. A. FAINT,
Flcmingsburg, Ky, was destroyed by fire
the other night, the loss being $1,000.
The President has appointed John
H. Livingston United States Marshall of
South Carolina, vice Absolom Blithe, re-
signed.
II. b. Linn's saw-mill. near Kildare,
Cass County, Tex, was totally destroyed
by fire the other night, the loss being So
600, with no insurance.
For four consecutive seasons Houston,
Tex, has received the first bale of cotton
two of them this time. Both of them ar
rived the other night, and were delivered at
the Cotton Exchange i'll that city. Bale No.
l, from Mrs. NJ. Hausmann, Dewitt County,
weighed 4S1 pound classed middling, and
sold for $21O. Bale No. ,, from Z. H. Ar
necke, Dewitt County, weighed 3iS pounds,
classed strictly good ordinary, and was sold
for $50.
The street-car drivers of Houston,
Tex, have the power of special policemen.
On account of recent row in the outskirts
of the city with negro, the drivers will
hereafter be armed.
The cattle that We're shipped from
Georgia recently are said to be dying on
the Texas prairies. The weather is too hot
for them.
That there are great expectations CEN
tered in the Louisville (ky.) Exposition is
evidenced by the sale of privileges, some of
these being: Restaurants, one at - 800, and
one at $1,000; lunch stands, two at 81 900
each, and one at 81 200: cider stands, Sl.3OJ
and 81 go: popcorn, S1,5o0: peanuts, 500:
fruits, 81 POO: candy, $1,000; ice cream, -,
J25. The shooting gallery privilege pays
SI,22o: the weighing and measuring, $40;
the barber shop, 1903, and the boot-black
monopoly, $3.50.
The President has recognized G.
Lamar Quintero, Nice-Consul of costa
Rica at New Orleans.
The home of a swarm of bees was
found in a cliff near Winding Stairs, Lee
County, Ky, recently, from which ten
gallons of honey was obtained. a cavern
in the rock about the size of barrel con
Stituted he hive.
There IS Il community of some fifteen
families residing in the neighhorlood OF
Nauvoo, Marshall County, W. Va, which
profess the Mormon faith and act accord
ing to its teachings to great extent.
They are not thorough polygamiSts. Not
long since one of the old sisters was atilict-
ell with an ailment that batfied the skill of
of the prophets of her church from the
"Citv of the Saints'' should be sent for.
He came and laid his hands upon her, and
She at once declared herself greatly better.
Whether the improvement was permanent
was not stated.
The registration of voters in Louis
vile, Ky, is 23,512 white and I 49, colored,
a total of 2S, 100, about 1000 more votes
than have ever been polled in that city.
Apples are falling off the trees il
Kentucky to such an extent it is feared the
crop will be short.
\ deaf mute of Mercer County, XIV.
has invented an electrical instrument which
enables him to hear an ordinary conversa-
tinn.
\ queer accident happened to little
girl in Atlanta, Ga, the other day. She
was working with sewing machine, and
was running it at good rate of speed,
when the driving-rod, which was made of
wood. snapped in two, and one piece penc-
trated the heshy part of her leg below the
knee, tearing the flesh in terrible manner.
As soon as the broken rod entered the
child's flesh the machine stopped, and in
order to remove the wood the wheel of the
machine had to be turned by hand.
Two young men of Woodstock. Ga,
were such desperate rivals for TIL" hand of
a lady that duel became the only means
of settling their troubles. Bowie knives
were selected as the weapons, and Mount
Carmel graveyard as the place. Principals
and seconds were on time. but soon became
in a fist-fight and broke up in dis
order.
The prosperity of the Louisiana sugar
planters is shown by the fact that $4,000
is being expended in and around Donald
son for improved machinery, new sugar
houses. bagaSse burners, etc.
A Fluvanna County Va.) farmer
who rents out his land and manages his
tenants cleared fourteen dollars an acre on
his land last year.
A turtle was brought into Cedar Key,
Fla, few days ago, that weighed 425
pounds.
A Virginia dog died of sunstroke.
William Direly, the colored man re-
Gently arrested, charged with the murder
of the Gibbons family, at Ashland, KY,
and discharged after examination, has OBJ
tanned warrants for the arrest of Alf.
Burnett and Marshall c. Abel, the detecc-
ives who caused his arrest.
Shropshire & Co., New Orleans Ua.)
liquor dealers, sustained loss of $4,000
by fire in their building a few days ago. A