The Osceola times., 1876-08-19

manu- prepared one hundred and thirty
infants for burial in three days.
IHE last words of Charlotte Cushman
are more authentic, but less heroic than
last words usually are. Her nephew had
raised her, and offered a stimulating
drink with the words, "Come, auntie,
here is your milk punch" She smiled,
and quoted the first line of the cele-
orated street car jungle, punch, broth
ers, punch with care" Then she fell in
to deep sleep from which she never
awoke.
SULTAN MURAD's condition is pitable
indeed, if accounts from Constantinople
are true. A correspondent of the Mes
sager du Midi sends to that paper let
ter purporting to have been written by
the sultan's physician, which says that
"Muradis dying from dclerium tremens,
brought on by hard drinking, principally
absinthe, reckless debauchery, remorse
for his uncle's death, and dread of Rus
sian invasion, or attacks on his pals ce by
Mussulman fanatics"
The South Carolina planter whose
BODY was recently burned on an i'm
mense pile of green wood probably
caught the idea from wealthy batchelor
near Charlestown, who had cast-iron
coffin made, and directed his overseer
TO have the remains reduced to ashes on
pyre of twenty cords. The key was
dropped into the cssket through
small hole made for that purpose, and
the box was thrown into the Cooper
river.
A TRAIN on the Pennsylvania railroad
leaving Pittsburg Thursday with military
Tor the centennial encampment at Phila-
delphia, was added to on the main line,
and Northern Central branch until il
numbered one hundred and ten cars in
eleven sections, carrying over five thous-
and passengers, being the largest passen-
ger train ever run over the road. II
arrived without any detention or accident,
and without any interference of the reg
ular trains.
IT has now been proved beyond dis
pute that Gen. Custer was not scalped,
that his body WAS not in any way mutt.
lated and that his uniform was not
stripped off by the sioux. But il is a
fact that Buffalo Bill, white man and
killer of Indians, has just sent to his
friends in Rochester the scalp which he
cut from the head of the Cheyenne brave,
Yellow Hand, after he had killed him,
and the blanket, head-dress and sirdle
which he took from the body of Yellow
Hand after death.
The marquis Of Salamanca, a rich
banker of Madrid, cnnobled by queen
Isabella, has sent to this country one
hundred and thirty-Ave pictures, mestly
old ones, which he desires to sell. His
gallery is said to contain fifteen hundred
paintings, and these are what he wishes
TO get rid of from among the number.
They bear the names OF celebrated mas
ters, such as Rubens, Murrillo, Raphael,
Nandyke, Tintoretto, Wouvcrmans, Paul
Veronese, Teniers and velssques. They
are to be sold at auction, and their gem
uineness is officially certified. What
they are really worth cannot be told
until they are exhibited, but it may be
taken for certain that they will sell very
cheap. There is no market in this coun-
try for the old masters.
OK the evening of July l6.h the pre-
sentation of the fitch of bacon took
place at Dunmow, England. The fitch
is at the disposal of any couple who
sweaI that they have lived together in
unbroken fidelity and affection. Two
couples sent in claims, the Rev. Samuel
Marriott Smith, Vicar Of Hsrwell, Bcrks,
and his wife, Caroline, and Mrs. James
Boosey, clerk at Trinity church, Vent
nor, and his wife. The former couple
were unable to appear. Mr.. and Mrs
Boosey were escorted from the station
to the scene of trial by band Of music
The trial took place in the presence of
about 5000 people. The jury, composed
of an equal number of bachelors and
maidens, considered tie answers salts
factory, and awarded the fitch of bacon
to the worthy couple, who were chaired
to high platform, where, kneeling upon
sharp stones, they took the ancient oath,
and the fitch was handed 10 them amid
loud cheering and the firing Of cannon.
SOME of the worthy reople who 60 to
Saratoga are accompanied by their in-
imitablc children, and the little ones
have dancing parties. Says recent let
ter: Zone sight was that of little
hree-year-old, who was dressed in rose
colored silk, with yard Of her mamma's s
point-lace founce for an over-skirt, and
who wore tiny white gloves, hearl fan
pendant, pink silk stocking. and with
kid boots the same color. Well, this
baby started off well pleased to dance
with another baby Of her own age, but
seeing companion of the like tender
years dancing with boy several years
her senior, she came down the lawn with