10 Nov 1881
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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1881
Page
1
Reports from Alimony Va November indicate the Readjusters carry the legislature and may win the governorship Cameron leads statewide while Riddleberger Massey emerge for top posts. The race features Readjusters allied with Republicans and bitterly contested polls across the state.
Washington reports state that President Arthur promised Indiana figure John C. New a Russia minister post, a claim now denied. The piece notes other items from the capital including figures like Sir Leonel Tilley and J Pickering, Garfield’s effects moved to Mentor, and ongoing Christiancy divorce testimony plus star route trial arguments.
Special correspondence notes the tenth census reveals rising farm counts and acreage in the South, with Georgia showing many small and ownership patterns. It details farm sizes from under three acres to over 1,000, noting owner occupancy dominates larger holdings and tenants or shares common among smaller plots. It highlights Georgia gains since 1850 and Alabama’s larger relative increase in small farms.
New Orleans reports 106 replies from 82 counties show weather since Oct 1 favorable in 40 counties and unfavorable in 42. Picking likely finished by the 16th with 80 percent of the crop gathered and average yield around 500 pounds per acre. Mobile notes 52 letters from 38 counties describe dry warm weather, 90 percent picked, with yield 400 pounds per acre and 25 percent less than last year in productive counties. Mississippi reports 20 counties, warm dry weather, no frost, 86 percent picked, yield about 4100 pounds per acre and 25 percent less than last year, with lint smaller in some areas. North Carolina and Virginia data show 74 percent picked, over by Nov 26, 525 pounds per acre expected, 43 percent less than last year, minor frost and minimal damage from rust or storms. Louisiana reports 95 replies from 33 parishes, 5 percent picked, no frost, 581 pounds per acre, 33 percent below last year, especially in hill parishes. Arkansas reports 117 replies from 30 of 31 counties, 90 percent picked, 15–16 November finish, 60% pounds per acre, minor frost, worm damage limited. ChicaGo election results note Republicans losing judges and county officials, with modest turnout around 26,090.
Advices from Anticosta report famine danger as high winds and drought ruin the fishing season. Most inhabitants have little to subsist on, and starvation looms for those remaining.
At 6:55 this morning a three story building at South Fifth Avenue and Grand Street collapsed burying occupants. Firemen and locals rescued several, seven dead including Francis Knauf and his son, with Mary Bold and John Rudolph among the injured. Cause cited as partition wall failure. tenants displaced.
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