The Osceola times., 1877-11-03
NEWS SUMMARY.
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cwinR 10 Dau weather the Texas state
,a'r az Austin has been.postponed to Novem.
~ Fifteen thousand people listened to
"hns Hampton at the North Carolina state
fair. Thursday. ''"''
Corn is selling in Hyde county, N. c.,
ior sl per bnshel. In some counties In Ken,
tucky 1t is selling for 81 per barrel.
The number of deaths In Charleston
last week was forty-six, of which nine were
OF whites aud thirty.seven colored.
washington county got the premium
a, the Georsa state fair for the best acre of
corn The yield was only fourteen barrels.
"A committee of gentlemen from St.
LOUIS, Cincinnati and Memphis are soon 10
VISIT New Orleans TO inspect the Barataria
ship canal. ''
Only 1oTty.&ye -Imem mbeTs attended the
meeting OF the Old Texas Veteran sssocia.
tion at Austin. They report forty deaths in
he past year.
There have been one hundred and
twenty-five cases Of yellow fever, and thirteen
deaths, at Port Royal. Many negroes had
the disease, but none have died.
Gov. Hampton was given big mill.
t'ry reception at the North Carolina state
fair wednesday. There we're ieventeen com.
panies in line.
Sixteen .pententiary convicts have 80
far escaped from the Greenwood and Au.
gnsta railroad stockade near Greenwood,
South Carolina.
Richmond Whig: The lquor-dealers
are sending 10000 circulars to dealers
throughout the state, urging them to become
members OF the State Association of Liquor.
dealers
A proclamation Offering a reward of
81 900 for the recovery Of the books stolen
and carted away from the auditors office
was issued by acting Governor Wilt, OF Lou.
isiana, Tuesday,
The Mofett bell punch is working well
wherever tried in Virginia, and is growing
IN popularity. At Fredericksburg, in twelve
days, the tax was $2I6.23, exclusive Of sales
by the gallon. That town alone will pay 81, 600.
OF the six negroes who burned the
town of Darlington, South Carolina, last
July, four have been sentenced to the peni-
tentiary Tor life and the other two for ten
and twenty years respectively. The jury
was composed OF whites aud blacks.
Capt. Ralph TrembIy died in Jackson
vile, Fla on the II h. He was associated
with Audubon during his residence in Flori>
da, and accompanied that distinguished nat
nralist in many Of his expeditions upon the
Keys md amid the Everglades, IN quest Of
rare varieties OF the feathered family.
Picayune; The indications of i'm.
provement in the commercial prospects of
this city have become so numerous OF late
that events are scarcely noticed now, which,
few years ago, would have occssioned quite
a stir. The eve has come of that day OF
prosperity so long predicted for New Or
leans. .-.'
Senator Wthers, of Virginia, has in
--tro5u"ed bill for the relief OF owners of
property in the late confederate states,
which was sold under what is known as the
"Conhscation act" The bill provides that
the government OF the United States shall
pay to the former owners OF such property
the amount Of money received for their land
at the sac and receive in return quit claim
conveyance o. ownership, which title can
be tran ferred to the purchaser.
Knoxville Tribune. The south has
had the Speakership OF the House OF
Representatives for forty-six years in the
forty-four Congresses that have been held.
The incumbents have been Macon. OF South
Carolina; Clay, Of kentackyi Cheeve, of
South Carolina Barbour, of Virginia
Stephenson, Of Virginia F; Bell, Of Tennessee;
Polk, of Tennessee; Hunter, Of Virginia
White, Of Kentucky; Jones, Of Virginia;
boyu, OF htDtucky NONDt Ol anu
Orr Of South Carolina.
The citizens of the town of Weather
ford, Texas, and OF Parker county have de.
termined that the Texas Pacific road shall
he built from Fort Worth TO that place. a
distance of twenty nine miles, and have
gone to work with spirit deserving OF i'm
iiation by others. Weatherford is a small
town Of probably two thousand inhabitants,
and Parker comfy is spsrsey settled.
Among other liberal subscriptions we learn
that banker of Westherford gave five thou.
and dollars '
The Jacksonville (Fla) correspondent
Of the Savannah News writes: That queer
marine animal. the msnatee mentioned in a
previous letter, is on exhibition. lie is a
hearty feeder, and consumes daily wells
packed barrel Of grass from the river. His
owner, an intelligent German thinks Of
taking him to the ThomasviIe fair, and from
thence TO Louisville. II he carries out his
. present purpose, the thousands who will
visit Townsville next week will have an op-
rortunIty Of examining a really rare and re.
markably natural curiosity.
A Liberia Exodus Association " has
been formed in Charleston, South Carolina.
DR.. =. W. Blyden, lately appointed Liberian
minister TO Great Britain, has made, with
view TO settlement by American freedmen,
an exploration Of the country Immediately
west of Monrovis. He reports that about
s,vepty-hve miles from that city table. land
from 5, 90 TO 5000 feet above the a.level is
reached. There isin this region an Ameri.
can settlement, represented to be very pros
porous. The Rev. :, ID. Alexander, of this
city, pr, silent of the New York State Colon
iza'ion society, makes an appeal for aid to
this migration to Africa. lie is Of opinion
that IT will grow to large proportions.
Augusta (Ga) Chronicle; We saw
yesterday at the city hall one of the saddest
cases of complete destitution aud misery that
it has ever been our lot TO witness. Sitting
against a tree was q pale, emaciated man,
evidently In the last stages OF consumption.
while at his feet sat a little girl about nine
years Of age and q boy still younger. All
were in tatters and pinched with hunger
= tiavelstaned and weary. They had no
extra clothing, no blankets-their sole
property consisted OF the ragged clothes
they had on their backs, and Jug OF black
ink which the man had manufactured and
was trying to sell. In response to question
propounded the man related that his name
was S,as Able. He came from Kentucky,
and was on his way to Florida. The party
had walked the entire distance from Ken.
tucky TO Augusta. lie had no place to stay
and no money to pay for anything. As he
spoke ae eoushed painfully, and his little
daughter gazed sadly up into his face with
tears in her eyes which famine and suffering
had made unnsturaily bright Poor little
waif, even that consolation will scarcely be
left her long, as the father with whom she
has trave ed 50 many weary miles I war $
the "land of flowers" will probably soon
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