The Osceola times., 1876-06-03

'o"uh"es'' lnat tnc sort OF politics.
Memphis Apalanche.
-InE story comes from France of a hor-
ror similar to that portrayed by Dickens
~ death of man from spontaneous
Iion. The theatre of the tragedy
~as'6ne of the suburbs of Paris, Fontc-
nay-du-Bois The victim had been for
SeAs confirmed drunkard, consuming
on an average quart and half of bran;
dy day, and frequently he would slvft
himself up alone Tor qnite ~ fcrfod 10
indulge unRolested in his debaucfKry
Not long ago, conscious of his degrada-
tim, he resolved To destroy himself, and
took the preliminary steps in true French
style. On Easter Sunday he shut hip-
self up, and as1ke remained secluded
mucn longer than usual, the neighbors
broke in his door. An overpowcring
smell of spirits saluted them as they en-
tered the room. In brazier were found
the remains of a charcoal fire, and ON the
bed lay the body of the man-a cnder.
The doctors assert, that spontaneous
combustion must have taken place soon
after the drunkard lay down TO die.
IS December last the proprietors of
the Baltimore Weekly san offered twelve
hundred dollars in graded prices for six
stories. In response two hundred hnd
six stories were received, and the COM
mittec 10 decide on the merits of each
have made the following awards: First
prize, five hundred dollars, TO Mrs.
Marion Stockton, of New York, for
The Great Wheel" second, two hun
dred and sevcnty.fve dollars, to Miss
:. W. Hubbard OF Buckingham county,
Virginia, for Two Sides ofa Question ;
third, two hundred dollars, to Miss Julia
Magruder, of Winchester, Virginia, for
"A Regularly Nice Girls" ",fourth, one
hundred dollars, TO Miss Fannie NJ
Kyle, of Albemarle county, Virginia, for
"rhc Lost VILLA Tale of Amherst !"
fifth, seventy-fve dollars, to Mrs. Skip
with II. Coale, Of Hartford county,
Maryland, for "A Freak of Fortune /"
sixth, fifty dollars, to Isaac n. Pearson,
of Westminster, Maryland, fer'" Dame
Lcroy's Revenge" The nantes of the
writers were withheld until after the
' 49, -
New YORK correspondence to the N
q. Picayupe, dated May 18th, report,
some pretty severe LOSSES on cotton
Parties who bought on a margin have
putuP and up with each material decline
until many of them can DO 20 no longer
and they are now being sold outcome
of them at loss of | cents per pound
Thus, July deliveries, for which 14I
, cents was agreed to be paid, were CLOSED
out at l2S. OF course M. one dreamed
of such fall, and the best minds on The
exchange have this season been at fault
That prices are near bottom, however
is pretty generally conceded for with
cotton but fraction over sixpence in
Liverpool and ~ 3-I6 cents m thi,
market, it would seem to bc about a,
low as anyone could ask it. There !.
but one explanation of this corSlftion OF
the cotton, trade, and that is the dulSes:
in our own and the manufacturing in
terests all over the world. The sterliA,
exchange market-so far as the amount
of business is concerned-is very similar
to that of cotton, and where few year'
ago an importer would order 100000 tC
fi0,000 of exchange, he now order
f50no. Seldom has there been create
complaint of inactivity among our stcr
ling exchange men than at the presen
tine.