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The Osceola times., 1877-09-22
Fight for Life With a Mad Dog.

A fearful encounter with mad dog
occurred inl Bridgewater, N. H.. on
Thursday last. On the afternoon Of
that day large mastif entered the
house of Widow Huckins and sprang at
the throat of young woman. a daugh-
ter Of Mrs. Huckins. Sha threw up her
arm and the dog bit her In the right
hand. The mother, who was in another
room, hastened to her assistance when the
dog sprang At her, biting her in the same
wsy. The dog then ran down the road
to the house of Gilman Fletcher. Here
a small pet dog was tied in front Of the
house. The mastiff sprsng upon him
and killed him. MIR. Fletcher, who was
the only one at home, raised window
to ascertain what the trouble was, when
the dog bit him in the left arm, making
an ugly wound. Mr.. Fletcher then
seized pair Of large tongs and stepped
TO the door, when the dog spraig at his
throat. A blow from the tongs knocked
him back, but he instantly rallied and
made another spring, with the same re-
suit. Thus the fight continued for a
long time, the dog becoming more intu'
rated at every blow, when finally he
succeeded in driving his fangs into
Fletcher's right arm, tearing the flesh
into threads. II was now fight for life
and be- desperate effort the dog was giver
q bltw that partially stunned him
ThiD4iss promptly followed up, and thu
DOT = dispatched.
The Osceola times., 1877-09-22
WARRINGTON.

Changes will be made in all the lead
ing positions in the New York customhouse
at the convening Of congress.
The message and accompanying docu.
ments to be sent to congress at the opening
of the extra session will relate only to the
business for which the session has been
called. Only the estimates for the support
OF the army for the present fiscal year will
be sent in. These have been prepared by
the war department and sent to the treasury
department, which will transmit them to
congress.
The instructions to the Sitting Bull
commission are to treat with the chief on the
basis Of pardon to himself and all his war
riors for past ofienses, snd to demand the
unconditional surrender Of their arms, am
munition and ponies, and that they proceed
forthwith to such reservation as shall be
selected for them. II this is declined nego.
tiations will be suspended and the govern
ment will wage vigorous war upon these
hostiles II, at any time, they return to the
United States. y u .fL y
The Osceola times., 1877-09-22
OSCEOLA ARKANSAS SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 22 1877

including applications Of caustic and
cauterizstion by red-hot irons, but in
vain. The deaths from this source
already numbered over sixty on the
receipt of this La rsport, the evil be-
ing aggravated by the exceedingly
filthy condition of the slaughter honses
around Noumea, the refuse portions
of the animals killed there being left
to decay unheeded. A prominent pork
butcher of the town, to whom remon-
STRANGE had frequently and vainly been
addressed respecting the unclean con-
dition of his sls1hter.pen, was overtaken
by swift and dreadful retdbution; he
was stung by fe.h-Ay from his own
garbage heap, while at work, and died In
twentv-four hours. This dreadful mode
OF death is not unknown In France,
though it has hitherto occurred in isola-
ted cases only. For instance, the widow
OF NJ. Lafitte, the great wine-grower, was,
several years ago, stung while walking in
one Of her ewn vineyards, and fell a VIC
tim to the effects Of the bite.
The Osceola times., 1877-09-22
The Religions OF the World.

win you be kind enough TO let US
know through the Sun which church has
the largest membership in the world !
Are there more Catholics In the world
than nom Catholics of all kinda? Sew.
eral boys here are more than anxious for
you to settle question that we are in
dispute about.-B. +. u.
The Buddhist religion Is the one most
extensively accepted in the world, hsv-
ing in round numbers, $40, 100000 sdiie'
rents. There are not more Roman Cath
olics in the world than people OF other
religious Glasses. The total number OF
Roman Catholics is about 200, 900 900,
against about $4,000, 900 OF the Greek
church. lOO,0O0,000 Protestants, and
6, ,5OO,O 900 of other Oriental churches
than the Greek. OF the 400, ,0O0, ,OO0
people in the world, about l,0o0, 100000
are not Christians, but with the excep
tIon Of the so 0,000 Jews, are what are
called heathens. 1t will be observed from
this that there is still great field left for
the spread OF Christianity.
The Osceola times., 1877-09-22
TINE WAR.

Prince Gortschakoff has declined all
mediation.
The Russians in Asia Minor are con-
fning their themselves to defensive atti.
tude,
Nicsics surrendered on the 9th. The
garrison and inhabitants withdrew to Cat
schko.
Further accounts of horrible atrocities
have been sent out by Russian and Turkish
authorities.
On the sixth Eyoub Pasha's corps de-
feated the twelfth Russian corps, which re-
crossed the LON in disorder, abandoning
their fortified positions near Kechlowa. The
Russians lost 8. 600 killed and wounded.
A Russian official bulletin, dated Pore
din, IA, says, we made no further attacks but
bombarded the Turkish Notifications and
the town Of Plevns at short range. Towards
four p. m. the town began to burn, and two ex.
plosions were observed within the fortifica.
tons. The Turks made little reply to our FIRE,
and directed all their efforts against our left
wing, which threatens their rear at this point.
General Skabelof repulsed five furious at
tacks, but was compelled in the evening, af-
ter the sixth attack, to evacuate the fortif-
cations, which he captured Tuesday. Dur
ing Wednesday night our troops entrenched
themselves in their positions.
The experienced military correspond
ents Of the Times and Daily News, after wit.
Messing the attack on Tuesday, arrive at the
conclusion that Plevna must be taken by
gradual approaches. The former, writing
from the Russian headquarters, says the
Emperor and Grand duke Nicholas we're
ON the battlefield until nine o'clock last
night. The emperor returned to headquar-
ters here (Poredin) late last night The bat
tlefeld of the last FIVE days Is silent this
morning, and there is talk OF submitting the
Turkish position to regular siege and sap
ping up the redoubts, while close blockade
is is instituted, with intent to starve Osman
Pashas forces. The villages enclosed with
in Osman Pssha's lines are full of supplies
for the simple wants Of the Turkish soldiers,
and the fields groan with heavy crops of
Laze. The losses this morning are spoken
of here as being about five or six thousand,
but there are no details. The emperor, this
morning, went back to the battlefield to visit
his soldiers. Unless this position of affairs
| is shortly changed by decided Russian
success, the events Of the campaign will turp
on the movements of Mehemet All and Sulie-
man Pashs, rather than on the fate OF
Pleyna, but information concerning these
generals is Of the most meagre description"
The Osceola times., 1877-09-22

The apostles of the mormon church at
Salt Lake heve arranged thst a quorum of
| apostles next in order to the president shall
assume control Of the church. John Taylor,
the first of the apostles. is now virtually the
head of the Mormon church.
A San Francisco dispatch of the 18th
says Fung PAX, a prominent Chinese mer-
chant, leaves for Hong Kong to-day by the
steamer City of Pekin. He goes TO carry
out a request made by Colbe, and endorsed
by Chinese companies, to visit the districts
from whence his people immisrate TO Cali.
fornia, for the purpose Of checking or limit.
ing any further immigration.
A circular was issued by the apostles
Of the Mormon church at Salt Lake on the
10th. saying that lhey held meeting and
waited upon the Lord, who blessed them and
revealed the steps they should take. John
Taylor is sustained as acting president of the
twelve, and . quorum OF the twelve apostles
is the authority Of the church. J. w. Young,
II. ii. Wells and q. +. Cannen are ordered
TO assist president Taylor. 1t is claimed that
the last days are at hand, and that all saints
must be faithful in building temples and
paying tithing.
The Osceola times., 1877-09-22
About Babies.

The following paragraph will be read
with pleasure by all who own and love
babies. 1t is no less admirable as a de
scription Of a baby than as an example
OF q keen sense Of proper place at which
to put full stop:
Did you ever watch dear little baby
waking from its morning nap? 1t Is one
of the prettiest sights in the world.
There is crib with Its small proportions
and snow-white drapery that covers
something, outlined, round and plump.
There is nothing to reveal what it is, not
the slightest movement of the pillowed
whiteness that is visible, no sound to in
dicate the keenest actual life until the
hour hand of the clock that stands SEN
tinel, like yourself, has twice made its
circuit. Then there is slight pulsir
of the white drapery, pink, tremulous
hand, fair az a rosebud, is thrust out
and from the nest thus broken into ap.
pears a round, diminutive face, with wide
open eyes that have not much speculation
in them yet.
Soon, however, they cease to stare, and
become questioning, serious, as IT won
derlng what kind Of world it is they open
upon; and the head lifts itself just a
little, and two snow.white feet stand up
spssmodically, with simultaneous move
ment, each toe of which has aD attendant
dimple. Bct the head is too hesvy-it
falls back on the pillow with its own
sweet weight, the hair all damp and
golden-the cheeks peachy-the mouth
pouted an il the angels kissed it in iii
dreams. A first lingering COCO comes
from its rosy depths, sweeter than any
birds song, for it has a spirit tone, and
yet retains a thrill Of its native skies.
The chubby hands are lifted imploringly,
persuasively--the baby Is awake and
ceases to be an angel.
The Osceola times., 1877-09-22
THE NEED OF LEvEES.
Nine million Dollars Loaf Last Year fur
want Of Them-Figures and FScts
for C0ngressnen.

The st. Louis Republican says: Ap-
proximate estimates of the cotton
crop for the year ending September
|, 1877, show falling off OF
274,OOO bales from the proceeding
year-the figures being, for the year
ending September 1, 1876, 4,699,0 900
bales; for the year ending September |,
1877, 4,425, 900 bales. 1t is further esti-
mated that 230, 900 bales OF the deficiency
was the result of the overhows in the
lower Mississippi and its tributaries in
the spring and summer OF 1876, and OF
this " 900 bales are apportioned to the
lower Mississippi, $4,000 bales of the
Arkansas, and 67 900 bales to the Wal a
making 1877 900 bales, together, 10, py
high water on these three rivers. Esti-
mating cotton at ten cents pound, and
450 pounds to the bale, the less was as
follews: 81, 900 bales on the lower Mis-
sissippi, IS, ,365, 900; $4,000 bales on the
Arkansas, SASS, 900; 81 900 bales on the
Washita, $3,0O5, 900; total, 1886, ,000---
nearly $4,000, 900 lost to the country by
inundations that effective levees would
have prevented. The expenditure OF
half this sum would probably provide
the three rivers named with the levees
needed to protect the plantations from
overflow, and guarantee the country
against such losses in future. The cot.
ton crop is one of immense value and
importance it constitutes much the
largest single item in our table of ex'
ports, our cotton shipments abroad having
been 1872 ,659, 900 in 1876, and STILLS
900 in 1871, while our exports of bread
stuHs, the next largest item, were $lSl, :
2l2,O0O in 1876, and $lls,SS4,0o0 in
1877. Whatever can be done to increase
the cotton crop ought TO be done--not
for the benefit of the south and the cot.
ton planters, but for the advantage OF
the whsle country---since the manu-
factures Of the east and the grain and
meat growers of the west are scarcely less
interested IN the matter than the people
of the south. The most productive cot
ton districts are those bordering on the
three rivers mentioned as the scene OF
these devastating inundations, the lower
Mississippi, the Washita and the Ar
kansas, and it is these districts than an
enlightened national policy suggests
should be effectively protected by levees.
The Osceola times., 1877-09-22
The Mexican Situation.

People with Mexican schemes, who
want tosee that country precipitated into
a var with the United States, are pr0phe-
sying that the recent movement Of 1900
troops from Vera Cruz to the Rio Gronde
border has been made by Diaz with the
intention of satisfying the revolutionary
spirit at the Mexican capital, who feel
incensed at the instructions given to Gen.
Ord. They assert that with such a
general indignation at his capital, he
would not have dared to send troops to
the border with the open and avowed
purpose of helping the Americans carry
those obnoxious orders into effect. These
notions are generally discredited by state
department officials and army men here.
It Is thought Diaz, fully recognizing the
necessity OF diplomatic relations with this
government, has taken the reins in his
hand, and intends to force the issue on
the revolutionists and have the question
settled one way or the other. This pres
ent movement toward the Rio Grande is
significant. No president of Mexico has
ventured to draw troops from his capital
and send them direct to the border since
Santa Anna dispatched his regiment to
meet Gen. TAYLOR on the Rio Grande,
and it argues that Diaz has plenty OF
nerve and independence. While Diaz,
Lerdo and Iglesias were in the field to-
gsther the Mexican army numbered fifty
thousand men now it is down TO peace
footing of sixteen thousand, only two
thousand of this number being perfectly
armed and equipped. 1t is plain, there
lore, that in detailing fifteen hundred
men to the distant border, Diax Is pre-
suming on the popularity Of his govern
ment with the people at lsrge.-Cincin'
natl Commercial.
The Osceola times., 1877-09-22
Children's Books.

One great fault Of children's books a. a
class Is that they are about children
Heroes and heroines not yetin their teens
run their important careers, they are
martyrs, beneiactors, geniuses, wronged
and blighted beings shining aofth At last
in blaze Of recognized virtue--or per-
haps they are villains who do their exer.
cises with the help Of asurreptitious crib,
and bully their immaculate schooliellow
but at all events they arc personages.
Little boys and girls ought not to re-
gard themselves, as there stories teach
them 70 to do, as possible personages,
nor should they be set analysing their
own characters and, as it were, watching
themselves grow. They should be lef.
to the happy humility Of uuapoiled chill
dren who do net discover that they are
worth thinking about, and who postpone
all their visionary Promotion % "when
an grown pp"
The Osceola times., 1877-09-22
wales, Indian Presents.

I doubt IL Solomon ever saw anything
80 gorgeous as this collection At Bethnal
Green. Fancy . whole large glas cass
full o: gold and silver gems. All aslss:
with diamonds! Imagine bedstead
whose coverlet, pillows and curtains are
made of India shawls Of the finest texture
ever turned out from the looms Of Cash'
merel Conjure up dressing gown com.
posed Of tbs plumags OF the backs Q!
million Of gorgeous'hued hunmipe.u..I;s eH;..
shell, inIaid with gold, with downy
cushions covered with strange stuas
whose wsof seems ~ II it were diamonds,
its web rubies and emsrAlds. One glas.
case IL full of jeweled swords, all Of
enormous value and great beauty. The
handsomest came from Delhi, and with
its jeweled hilt and scabbard and waist
belt is valued at $50, ,000.-.- L"ndo~ Letter.
The Osceola times., 1877-09-22
siTTING.BULL
rssSs psnsAian sen res IGss sse ms0
asa lass Aurlepeus Grow.

PisAs UsnaAian sen res 1Gss sse mso
.n asA Isss Msr6srsss Grow.
A correspondent tells the story Of the
cause Of Sitting. Bulls leaving the Brit
ish possessions. He says the British
officers and Si,ting- Bull had . council,
and after the council the tribe performed
the usual dance, a young halfbreed, Bill
Culverson, at present government scout,
i,ined in the dance. Afterit wAsover be b.
came excited, counted his ,csr', and ssid
TO Sitting. Bull: "Iook lhxve killed this
many OF your hostile redskius" Sitting
Bull drew his revolver, . movement
initiated by Culyerson, but before either
could shoot Maj. Welsh, with his revolver
drawn, sprang between them, and told
Sitting. Bull to put away bis pistol;
Turning to Sitting Bull lie ssid: 4
want you 10 understand you can't COM
init any Of your deviltries here - you
do in the United States. l will give you
and your tribe just Ave days in which to
leave tins country; II you are not gone
then, or II you ever return, | will nght
you and Il you are ever caught here
again, or it you shoot this man, I'll have
you hanged by your neck until you are
dead" Sitting. Bull left next day.
The Osceola times., 1877-09-22
COTOPAxI
II nsspsien-rssaty. Five ssseaas 81
water Psurisg from All the Crs-
sers One Thsussaa rsrsoas
ana Tive Thouaaaa Head
NJ G,afflo nesfrOyeo.

A00 1--we Io00o8o0 nueo0
OF Cattle Dessreyed.
A letter from Latacunga, Peru, gives
the story of the eruption of Cotopsxi,
which took place on July 25th. Streams
of water poured from all the craters at
once, on the Callao side, sweeping away
everything in their course. Another
irresistible torrent followed :he course Of
the Saquimal river. The hacienda OF
Signer Donoea Is In ruins the very soil
is gone. Of the place Of Signor Lsrrea
nothing Is left the river carried off fve
hundred head Of cattle at pasture In the
fields. The A.aques river overfowed
and caused great damage. TheCutuchio
overfowed, carrying everything before it.
A splendid machine-shop went down like
q card-houss at the first rush of the
waters NO did various mills. The ehtire
district was like a sea, and the inundation
would have destroyed the city had not
the course of the foods been timely
diverted into the river channels. The
total loss Of life will reach, If II does not
exceed, one thousand persons. AT least
two thousand head Of cattle have been
DESTROYED, and Of smaller animals the
loss is much greater. In the midAt of the
roar of the waters and the crashing of
houses, the volcano poured out enormous
quantities Of cinders, which gradually
darkened the whole face Of the heavens,
and lett Lstacunga In the profoundest
obscurity from one o'clock In the after
noon until ten at night.
The Osceola times., 1877-09-22
Catholic Colonisss In North Careliaa.

A Raleigh n. @. dispatch says: A
lively interest is felt here Ia the c,ming
Roman Catholic immigration from fhiiA-
delphis, Boston and ether points. On:
colony hss purchased Sc, 900 acfss Of lasd
In Henderson connty--the mountain
region, where the soil Il itch and the
people honest and free. Agents srs
looking for more land. The Oafhoaic
colonies viii Be novelties IN ne wesesse
lection. Catholics are Isw ard eoatesrsd
their. and churches and schools and lac-
tories will be erected where they have
never been seen before. Heneeeson
county Il about forty milsa frcn e1uth
Carolina, and about seventy from the Ieo-
nessse line. The labor Of the whites Hho
emigrats here will b appseciaeed. -
color a population n ~ vseeee4 60
tn b not one.thie1 e hSHe e J
oo11on rrr&oA
The Osceola times., 1877-09-22
PERsON ALIrIEs.

General Longstreet is now citizen of
Georgia, in which state he is MANAGING q
sheep farm. He is a candidate fer United
States marshal Of that state.
Mrs. II. X. Ingram, Tennessee lady,
may hereafter be considered one OF the
sdpdns of the day She was one OF the mem,
bers OF the scientific congress recently neia
in Nashville, and chose for her topic, " At
mospheric Conclusion as means OF Dis'n.
iectiou.n She made the point that germs OF
disease may be destroyed by concussion OF
the air. tlN a+-N
al have hopes" said the father Of the
lost Charlie Ross, in recent interview,
''that some day will recover my boy, or else
clear up the mystery, so that can oe sa'is, =,
fed in INV own mind what has become OF
him. 1 would most undoubtedly contract
+ -i.oi to prosecute any parties who would
return him to me-" Nearly six hundred
wrong Charlie Rosses have been recovered
The Osceola times., 1877-09-22
A Fatal Fly.

The French papers are devoting
some portions of their scientific record
just now to terrible epidemic which
has broken out at the French penal
settlement of Noumea, in New Gale
donis. A number of cattle having
been attacked with epidemic fever,
under its influence rushed into the for.
est where they perished entang's Cd
amid the interlacing vines and close
tree trunks. The flies that fed on the
flesh Of these poor creatures returned
to the settlement, where their bite
has proved invariably fatal to human
beings and animals alike. The sting
is said at first 10 cause no inconven-
iencs, but small pustule soon forms.
filled with a brewnish watery fluid
which speedily assumes the form Of q
hard inhamed swelling, accompanied
by intolerable itching and intense dart
ing pains Death usually ensues in
from twenty-four to forty-eight hours
after the appearance Of the pustule.
Every remedy poaibls has been tsisd,
The Osceola times., 1877-09-22
NEWS SUMMARY.
THE sOUTH.


Mississippi has seventy-four countie,
of s34,o22 Inhabitants.
The growing cane in Louisiana give,
promise OF fine sugar crop. .-
Not a drop of rain fell in Austin
VTexas) during the month OF August Just
past.
There are l,025 convicts registered on
the DOCKS OF the Tennessee penitentiary.
The southern papers generally expires,
hopeful views OF the trade outlook.
An excursion party of Pennsylvanis
and New York land.buyers and capitalists
ARE visiting Texas. l '0F
Sors, little black swamp bird Of the
snipe family, is now the favorite game of the
Virginia sportsmen.
The Memphis Avalanche estimates the
loss by cotton worms as having been some
years as high as $250O0O0O. 1t thinks a
free use OF Paris green the best antidote vet
found.
Horses are dying along the coast near
Rockport, Texas, from an accumulation of
sand In the stomach. 1t is supposed they
get the sand in cropping close grass in the
dry, dusty season.
The Charlotte On. C.) Observer saws a
rich pocket OF gold ore has been discovered
near that city. The first bucketful taken
out is one-half gold, and in the ore are strata
OF pure gold the size Of mans finger.
The Charleston News and Courier
published letter from virginisn, saying
ne wished to purchase a desirable farm in
south Carolina, and in ten days two hun.
area answers were received.
some of the Tennessee papers are
agiu.dng the question of Withdrawing the
cCnvicts from competition with honest labor
and putting them to work upon the public
roads. Many conyicts are 90 employed in
Virginia. N,6
A gentleman who was sent by the
authorities OF Savannah TO examine and re-
port upon the fever at Fernandina, Florida,
has telegraphed back, "Do not find any
yellow fever here. The other fever is Of a
mild form"
The Advertiser says that vast swarms
Of yellow flies, about fsur times as large as
the ordinary fly, and whose tails burst of
when they alight congregate about the street
lamps in Montgomery. Ala, and In the stores
at night They appeared about three days
ago. In 1875 they were very numerous.
The next session of the Georgia legis-
iature will elect United States senator to
succeed General John B. Gordon. Among
the candidates mentioned are Gen. Gordon,
Gen. Toombs, ex-Gov. Brown, ex-senator
Norwood, Gen. p. NJ. h. Young, Mr.. Julian
Hartridge, present member Of congress from
the LIST district, Gen. A. r. Lawton, Gen. l..
;: Gsrtrell, ex-Gov. Smith. Hon. Thomas
Hardeman, Hon. w. f. Smith, Gen. w. T.
Woford and even Mr.. Stephens.
The New Orleans Democrat says that
colored woman living In st. Mary became
much incensed against her liege lord, and
while he was standing thinking over their
last quarrel, she came behind him, and with
one grand sweep with that formidable and
iavorite weapon of the race, the razor, cut
his throst from ear to ear. He dropped dead
on the instant On her being taken prisoner
!. she seemed much astonisbed at the turn
'afairs had taken, and expressed much grief,
and said it was all done In play.