The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1891-07-02
SOUTHERN oLgANINeS.
Melons hY the MILLION.

SOUTHERN GkEANiNGSs
Melons by the Million.
The railroads are preparing TO handle
the largest Georgia watermelon crop
this year they have ever handled. Ad-
vices received from growers and agents
show that the acreage this year exceeds
that of last year by about 5000 acres,
and that the total acreage in Georgia Ia
between $4,000 and 20, 900 acres. The
reports also show that the crop II in
good condition, and with fair prospects
of large yield. Georgia melons fill
the markets of the country. The Flori-
da melons come on a few days earlier,
but the crop is so small, comparatively,
and so soon gone, that It practically cuts
no figure in the market
Exploded by the Suns Rays.
AtMoulton, Ala, John Siverly bought
pound of powder, pair of shoes and
new tin pan. He put the powder and
shoes In the pan, set the pan in the
back of his wagon, where the sun shone
directly on 1t, and started home. He
was not smoking, and no fire was about
the wagon, but a mile out of town the
powder exploded, knocking him out of
the wagon, almost tearing his clothes
off and burning him terribly about the
face and body. The bright tin had acted
as sun-glass to concentrate the rays
of the sun to focus on the powder.
Female Horse-ThieG
Tarrant county, Tex, still enjoys the
distinction of having a woman confined
within the walls of her Jail charged
with horse-theft. not only horse-theft,
but the crime of taking horse, buggy
and harness. Mrs Cornelia McGee is
her name She claims to have pur-
chased it from a stable rustler, named
Charley Jones, but (lis plea seems to be
as thin as water. The woman is well
known iD Fort Worth, but her efforts
to make bond are in vain. Her 12-year-
old daughter occupies the cell with her.
Hemp-Growing In Kentucky.
In Kentucky the average product of
an acre of hemp is from 1,200 to 1, 400
pounds of fiber, worth about 4 Nc per
pound. The cost of planting, harvest
ing and scutching is about s25 per acre,
SO that it can easily be seen that hemp
is very profitable crop. Any good
corn or wheat land will grow hemp,
and there is a great demand for the
fiber for twines and other manufactur-
ing purposes. 1t is grassretted, same
as flax.
A Two-Legged Goat.
A two-legged goat has been agitating
Cordele, Ga. James Barnhill is the pos
SCISSOR of this freak of nature, and he is
exhibiting him at ten cents a look, with
slight reduction when you look sew
eral times. He is of the billy" gender,
walks upright like chicken, sits down
like dog, is very intelligent little
creature and is, indeed, a curiosity. 1t
is great pet, and children and ladies
go wild with delight over billy"
Florida Snake Story.
A house cat belonging to ]. c. Barry,
of Pine Hill, Fla, caught large rab-
bit the other night and dragged it to the
house and into the kitchen, where the
cat had a lot of kittens to feed. The
cat was followed by huge rattlesnake,
probably waiting for share of the
rabbit, but the rattle attracted the at
tention of the family, and his snakeship
was quickly dispatched.
Washington and Lee University.
The 15Oth annual commencement ex-
ercises of the Washington and Lee uni
versity took place recently at Lexing-
ton, Va. The baccalaureate sermon
was delivered by Bishop E. R. Hendrix.
of the NJ. E. church, of st. Louis, be-
fore large audience. Hon. George r.
Vending, of Washington, ID. c., de-
| livered an address before the Y. Nj. c.
A, taking for his subject Immortal
| ity."
A Widows Luck.
A man named Hutch, living in Fancy
| bottom, near Weston, Mo-, stole a
wagon load of corn from Mrs. Mary
Bland. a widow, and started to town
with it, but got stuck in the mud before
| he was a mile away, and had to aban-
| don the corn and wagon, both of which
are now in the possession of the widow.
Good Swimming.
A young lawyer of Savannah, Ga,
| swan across the Savannah river five
times one day recently for a wager of
$50 The river is 2O5 yards wide at the
point and twelve feet deep. He accom-
plished the task in one honr, and was
| only slightly exhausted. Fully 5000
| people watched the affair.
Its Greed Proved It's Death.
Mrs. Hodgins, of Milton county, Ca,
| killed snake in her yard that had just
run on setting hen and appropriated
| fifteen eggs. The snake was so gorged
| that locomotion was difficult, so he was
| easily dispatched. The reptile meas
ured feet inches from tip to tip.
Resulted Disastrously.
An attempt of seven prisoners at the
Cole City (Ga) convict camp to escape
| resulted in the death of two guards and
two convicts. Three convicts were IA
tally wounded.
Unveiled q Monument.
The confederate monument at Pensa-
cola, Fla, was unveiled the other day
| in the presence of great assemblage