The Osceola times., 1876-03-25
LATEST NEWS.
eapuTIl AND WEST

| hh IhSiisn SoliIuly 10 DuyihS up
100000 acres of the wild lands of Georgia.
| DIR. w. F. Southern, well-known
dentist of Memphis, died on the l2lh instant
of hemorrhage.
Cincinnati has voted in favor of issuing
$6,0O0,0O0 in bonds in addition TO $4,000, 600
already issued to construct the Cincinnati
Southern railway.
Gen. Gideon Pillows property was
sold at bankrupt sale in Memphis, and pur-
chased by gentlemen who promptly pre-
sentcd it TO Mrs. Pillow.
The last rail on the Scioto Valley rail
| road, between Columbus, Ohio, and Circle
willie, was laid last week, thus completing one
link of this important enterprise.
On Thursday, 10th inst, the United
States marshal made levy on all the prop
erty belonging to the vicksburg and Nash
vile railroad, at Okolona, Miss, including
the iron laid down on the road.
The tornado which swept through part
of the northwest last Friday afternoon was
very disastrous in its effects, involving not
only great destruction of property, but the
killing and manning of twenty or thirty per:
sons.
1t is stated that since the opening Of
the cotton mills at Wesson, Miss, the town
has doubled its population. Twenty five
hundred bales of cotton and 225,000 pounds
of wool have been purchased by the factory
this season.
A premium of one thousand dollars
| will be paid by forty members of the Mem.
phis cotton exchange to the producer of the
best bale of cotton from Tennessee, Missis-
sippi, or Alabama, to be exhibited at Phila-
delphia in July next. Memphis cotton bales
have already taken prizes at the principal
worlds fairs.
The firm of Woods, Yeatman & Co.,
owners Of the Cumberland iron works, and
Stewart d Co., of Tennessee, have suspended
Liabilities, about $250,OOO. Il is supposed
their assets will probably cover their liabil-
ties. A large portion of the debt is owed at
Nashville, and other principal creditors are
in Cincinnati, Louisville and st. Louis.
Capt J. b. Eads states that the twenty
feet depth has now been carried down one
mile and>a quarter from the upper end of
the works, and the channel is cutting out
rapidly Where the Matte II. Atwood
GROUNDED on the 4th, drawing thirteen and a
half feet, there is now sixteen and a half feet
of water. Capt Eads is confident that before
the end of the month he will have more water
between the jetties than there is at south
west pass.
The latest intelligence from Hazel
Green, Wis, reports these facts; The storm
struck the village between four and five
o'clock in the afternoon on the west side,
sweeping through the entire village and
leveling to the ground some twenty five
buildings and killing outright some eight
persons, besides seriously wounding some
twelve or more others. The carnage is re.
ported as terrible. The hurricane was sue
ceeded by a deluge of rain and hail. The
village of Hazel Green mas a population of
probably one thousand inhabitants. 1t is
situated twelve miles directly east of Du.
buaue. 1t is almost wholly mining village,
and is situated in the very heart Of the best
Wisconsin lead diggings.
The southern freight railroad rates have
been still further reduced, in consequence of
the continued conflict between the Virginia
and Tennessee Air Line of railroad and the
coast line of steamers. First. second and
third-class freight to Atlanta, twenty FIVE
cents per hundred pounds; fourth and fifth
class, twenty cents. The rates to Selma and
Montgomery have been reduced to twenty
cents per hundred pounds for first, second
and thrd-class, and twenty five cents for
fourth and fifth-classes. These three places
are to be made the distributing points for
freight destined to Mobile, New Orleans,
Eufaula, etc., and all intermediate points,
and the rates will therefore be reduced to n
corresponding ratio for all those places.
Capt. J. M. Beck, a retired lawyer of
Mount Sterling, KY, and gentleman well
known for reliability, arrived in Louisville
last week, with specimens of the flesh which
fell last Friday in Bath county. The flesh
covered two acres of ground, and resembled
mutton, and left traces Of blood on trees and
fences which were touched by the falling
fakes. Chickens and hogs devoured ii with
evident relirh. The heavens were clear and
the sun shone, and only floating clouds were
visible at the time-two p. M, March 3rd.
Quantities of flesh have been preserved.
That brought to Louisville was given to Prof.
Lawrence Smith, n wellknown scientist, who
says it is no doubt animal flesh. He pur-
poses making further examinations soon.
Hundreds Of people are willing to attest with
afiidavits to the truthfulness of the entire
matter.
EANT.
| The mildness of the winter in the CITY