Atlantic to Macon and state news from The Appeal 1875
Albany ships eighteen car loads of corn to Macon this season. The Schofield mills in Atlanta suspend, putting nearly 400 out of work. Gen Duff Green dies near Dalton. Frost damages New York and Pennsylvania. Silver dollars worth eighty eight cents in London. S W A R dividends of three dollars per share. Macon & Brunswick railroad directors named. A 25 foot rattlesnake killed near Talbotton. Peaches eight dollars per bushel in Atlanta. strawberries three cents a quart in Norfolk. A Lumpkin convention to nominate a legislator. Copper pipe with 138 dollars in silver found in Springfield, Tennessee. Mrs Pauline Morris marries in Lumpkin. also Miss Battle marries in Columbus. Mississippi grange plans a college for patrons. Nurse and infant chase rattlesnake in Rome. snake killed. Judge Wright disciplines the Dougherty county bar. a young attorney jailed then released. Mercer University honors two graduates. Notable graduation speakers listed. Sumter Republican reports large declines in bacon and corn at Americus depot, January to June 1874 vs 1875.
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Texas Land Boom Promises Cheap Fertile Lands and Rail Access
Houston editor notes a Texas land offer with lands one dollar per acre, yields of thirty five bushels of corn and wheat or a bale of cotton per acre, plus one thousand five hundred miles of railways. It highlights thriving crops, a large 50,000 acre land distribution, and awards of ten thousand and five thousand dollars. Local reports contrast drought in Calhoun county with hopes for rain and Georgia crops’ strong outlook. The piece touches on the Tilton Beecher jury pay debate and a grasshopper plague linked to reckless shooting of birds.
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Remedy for Hog Cholera Promoted by Doctor Norton
Dr A K Norton of this city cites the Morning News in reporting hog cholera widespread in Bryan and nearby counties and offers a seemingly specific cure. He describes arsenic boluses fed with corn bathed in pine top tea, noting a sow with seven piglets recovered after a near death. Norton claims repeated success and advises careful administration down the throat. Savannah News.
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