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The Osceola times., 1877-03-31
Northern Manufacturers In Georgia,

Two prominent manufacturing capi-
talists OF Massachusetts, arrived in Au-
gusta during the first part of the week.
The result Oi their visit and OF the CO.
operation ofa number of business men.and
capitalists Of our own city, has been the
organization of the Enterprise manu-
featuring company" The company has
purchased the Granite millsfro George
+. Jackson & Co. for $4,000. The
capital stock is fixed at 100000. The
full amount has been subscribed and
work will begin at once. The present
mill will he put in first claas condition
and extensive additions and improve
ments made. 1t is proposed to start with
three thousand seven hundred spindies
which will lie increased to twenty thou
sand in short time. The company
proposes to manufacture silesia goods, a
species of lining, and, also, we under
stand, goods like those now made by the
Augusta fsctory. The machinery is now
boxed at a northern point and will be
shipped to Augusta as soon as the mill is
ready to receive it.
1t rumored that much larger mill
is soon to be erected on the power mills
tract by company large part of whose
capital will be furnished by northern
parties. II is said that this mill will be
twice the capacity of the Augusta fac
tory, or about sixty thousand spindles
-1uoys,n Chronicle and ,SeDfiDe'.
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CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.

In the Senate, on the 10th, the vice
president laid before the senate Mr..
Mitchell's resolution 70 investigate the
charges against Grover when Mr.. salisbury
submitted substitute, that the committee
on privileges and elections be instructed to
appoint the judge OF the fourth judicial
district OF Oregon as commissioner to take
testimony relating to the charges against
Grover with power to subpoena witnesses !;
said testimony 10 he forwarded TO committee
on privileges and elections, which shall re-
port the same with their conclusions thereon
at the next regular session of the senate.
Some discussion took place on the resolu-
ton, pending which the senate went into
executive session. After the doors closed n
message was received from the president
transmitting various nominations and also
notifying the senate that he had no further
communication to make. At 2:30 the doors
were reopened and the senate adjourned
until IL o'clock tomorrow, when the nom-
nations now pending viii be disposed OF,
and the senate will adjourn sine die.
In the executive session in the senate
on the 18th, there was debate, lasting an
hour and half, concerning the nomination
of Fredericl, Douglass. Senator Conkling
made the principal speech in favor Of It's
confirmation, and senator Whyte was the
most prominent of the few speakers against
il. The arguments advanced by the opposi.
tion were addressed solely TO the question
of the business qualifications of Mr.. Doug
lass for this particular appointment, and es-
pecial stress was laid on the fact that the
bar association opposed his confirmation on
the ground that in their opinion he could
not successfully administer the affairs of the
office. The nomination was, however, con-
grmed ON a yea and nay vote by or 8 ma
jority. No republican voted against l., and
Gordon, Hill, and Beck and Garland, with
one or two other democrats, voted for its
confirmation. II is understood Lamar, who
was absent on accounted illness, would have
voted aye If present. The following is the
vote:Aycs-Mess Allison, Anthony ,Bayard,
Bruce, Blaine, Bogy, Booth, Chaffe, Chris.
tiancy, Cook, Conkling. Davis, (lll) Dorsey,
Eaton, Garland, Hamhn, Hoar, Howe, John
son, Sones Nevada Mcmillan, Mcpherson,
Maxey, Mitchell, Morgan, Morrill,, Morton,
Oglesby, Paddock, Patterson, Randolph,
Sargent, Saunders, Spencer, Teller, Wad-
leigh, Window, and Withers, Total, 80.
Nay's-Messrs. Cockrell, Davis West Nir-
ginial Harris, Hereford, McCrary, Merri-
mon, Wallace, and Whyte. Total, s. The
senate then went into extra session. When
the do,rs were reopened the thanks of the
senate were voted the vice president, who
replied as follows: Scnators-I thank you
sincerely for the complimentary manner in
which YOU have alluded to my duties as dis
charged daring my brief occupancy of the
chair. | came TO you almost wholly stran.
ger, and Il stranger TO your rules. | trust in
the future to be better acquainted with
both. Renewing my thanks, declare the
senate adjourned without day.
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A New Story About Henri Monnicr.

LEvenement tells it. In a company
half bourgeois, half artistic, some one
begged Monnier to repeat a scene from
one of his plays. Monnier vainly en-
deavored 10 plead cold, but the compa.
ny insisted to such an extent that he
consented to give them something.
There was a call for screen, but Mon
nier told them that he did not mind it !;
he would content himself by initiating
the cry of several animals. This every
one agreed to, and having gathered them
about him he began.
81 will first initiate" said he, "the
roaring of the lion: Heuhw
Everybody applauded this roaring "a
wonderfully like; some ladies shud'
dered.
"Now I will initiate the believing Of
the bull: Heuhp
The same enthusiasm; meanwhile the
believing of the bull was precisely like
the roaring of the lion; but in salon one
does not look too closely.
Henri Monner continued:
"The howl Of the wolf: Heuhw
Always the same thing.
"The bleating Of the sheep: Heuh!
They began to look at him with some
astonishment.
Henri Aionnier went on:
"The neighing of the horse: Heuh ~
"The clucking Of the hen: Heuhv'
"The mewing of the cat: Henh."
"The striking of the clock: Heuh y
Aud catching bis breath, he added, in
finishing, with voice of thunder:
"The noise Of the grass growing
Heuhw
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SOMNAMBULISTIC CAPERS.
Remarkable Acrobatic y erfor nance Of n
Y0unx Lady In Her sleep.

Remarkable AcrObnttc PerSOrmnaucc OF "
YOunx Lady In HerSircP.
One of the most remarkable exhibit
tions Of somnambulism ever given in this
city took place about one o'clock Satur-
day near the corner of High and Sixth
streets. The principal actor In the serio.
comic drama was an eighteen year-old
miss, named Annie Barton, and she was
first discovered by c. w. Hodges. He
was on his way home when his attention
was attracted by queer-looking object
seated upon the top of grapevine arbor
just over the fence. Stopping, Mr..
Hodges looked at the figure until he
saw it move, when he spoke to it, but
received no answer. At this juncture,
Capt. G. G.. Starkweather, of the Trum-
bull avenue police station, came along
Sixth street on his way home. He was
stopped by Mr.. Hodges, who pointed out
the queer figure, and they were not long
in doubt as to the nature OF the APP
partition. "Its woman" said Capt.
Starkweather, and "she must be asleep"
continued Mr.. Hodges. Arriving at that
conclusion, the men opened the gate,
and, walking to the arbor, called to the
sleeping girl, but received no reply.
Captain Starkweather then began climb
ing up the arbor, at which the giIl
started on lively run, and going the
whole length of the arbor roof, made a
jump, clearing space of about eight
feet, alighting on the roof of woodshed.
This vancouver astonished the men,
WHO awakened Mr.. Thompson and his
family and told them that there was n
sleep-walker upon their woodshed. Soon
Mr.. Thompson and his wife and son
joined Mr.. Hodges and the captain in the
chase. What was their surprise to find
Miss Barton had clambered from the
shed TO the wing, and thence in the apex
of the roof OF the main building, where
she stood quietly leaning against the
chimney. Finally ladder was procured
and young Thompson climbed to the
side of the roof, but, getting there,
found it so covered with snow and ice
that it was impossible for him to reach
the girl. So down he came, and the
ladder was carried TO the front of the
house, where it was put in position with
one end against the roof peak. This
time captain Starkweather took off his
boots and climbed up, The girl stood
quietly until he was within few feet of
her, when she ran down toward the wing,
and sliding went from one roof TO the
other; thence she jumped back to the
grape arbor, and before any of the men
could get to her she jumped to the
ground, and, dashing through n back
gate, ran up High street. The chase
was continued TO the Crawford street
park, where she was captured. Then it
was found that she was completely
dressed, with the exception of hat and
shawl, and that during all of her haz-
ardcus midnight ramble had not received
the slightest injury. She was taken to
the Trumbull avenue police station
until her relatives, being notified, put in
appearance and took her in charge. This
is the second escapade, her friends as
sert, OF the kind in which Miss Barton
has taken part.--Detroh Free Press.
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the trout would have new advantage.
The battle was continued for full twenty
minutes, when the snake managed to get
its tail out of the water and clasped
around the root of one of the willows
mentioned as overhanging the pool. The
battle was then up, for the snake gradually
put coil after coil around the root, with
each one dragging the fish toward the
land. When half its body was coiled it
unloosened its first hold and stretched
the end of its tail out in every direction,
and finding another root, made fast, and
now, using both, dragged the treut out
on the gravel bank. II now had it under
control, and, uncoiling, the snake drag
ged the fish fully ten feet up on the
bank, and suppose would have gorged
him. We killed the snake and replaced
the trout in the water, as VIC thought
that he deserved liberty. He was ap-
parcntly unhurt, and in few moments
darted off. That the water snake OF
California brooks will prey upon the
young of the trout, and also smaller and
less active fishes, have noticed, but
never have seen an attack on fish sc
large or one more hotly contested.
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appointed to appraise the property claim
ed now by the owners of the buildings,
who shall have the privilege of purchase
at the assessed price. Any claimant
failing to pay the assessed price shall
have the privilege OF removing his i'm
provement. The commission shall fix
the amount of land to be purchased by
each claimant, after having properly
plated the ground for Juitable arrange
ment of streets and alleys. The lands
appraised and not taken by claimants
shall be sold at auction, at not less than
the appraised price. The springs will be
under the control of the department of
the interior, and all taxes for the use Of
the water shall go to that depart
ment, under the direction Of superin-
tendent.
All this means new day for the Hot
Springs of Arkansas. Already the hotels
there are improving, and you can land
at the village by rail, twenty-three hours
from st. Louis Cincinnati Commercial.
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Printing Postage Stamps.

The postmaster general has awarded
the contract for supplying the postage
stamps for the ensuing term of four
years 10 the Continental bank note COM
pany of New York city, the present con-
tractors. The contract embraces all the
various kinds of postage stamps that are
used either by the public or the govern
ment, and will require about 720, 200, 900
stamps TO be furnished each year. The
prices to be paid are 8 9S-l00 cents per
1000 for ordinary stamps, II cents for
official stamps, and about Is cents per
1000 for newspaper and periodical
STAMPS. The difference between bids Of
the successful company and the Stand
ard company of Syracuse, is 20 slight
that h would be more than over balanced
BY The cost 0f&he removal Of mssA-
IT,. fr0m NnwAyork
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THE EAST.

Four brothers, hand-cufed two and
two, left New Canaan for th3 Connecticut
penitentiary few days -. They had
been convicted of burgla, e..
Thomas w. Thompsol Of westfeld,
Virginia, was held for trial before the United
Stetes court, on the charge of using means
to fraudulently obtain money from the rela.
tives of deceased parties Of the late Ashta.
bula disaster. His modus dperdndi being to
write to the relatives of the feceased, stating
that he had in his possession certain articles
OF the deceased, and upon the receipt of
stipulated sums would forward the articles
named, signing his name Victor Bennett.
The prisoner offers no defense, pleading
guilty to the charge.
Peter b. Sweeney, whose name was
associated with Boss Tweed in He erea. ring
swndle and who has been in otxile for the
past five years, has returned. flIe has not
been taken into custody becauo)s it was ar.
ranged with the attorney genertl that II he
would return and be present at the trial
against him, all proceedings, els II and crimi
nal, 70 far ~ arrest.ng him should he sus
pended during the trial snd fc[ thirty day.
sfserward. The trial q sst dcwA for the I'd
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THE MAN a. AIRLlE.

Oh, there above, You heather hill
Where footfa' comes but rarely,
There 10 house they point out still,
Where dwelt the man Of Airlis.
lie wore coat o. holden gray,
His hand waa hard WI labor;
But still he had hsmely way
o. standin' by his neighbcr.
His burly laugh made men rejoice,
His words the neishhors guided;
hut little bairnics loved his voice.
Aud in his smilt connded
The words, te-day, that left his lip,
became deed tomorrow.
Hout, man, the friendship Of his grip
Would lift the heart o. sorrow.
lie was ma loud, he was ma proud.
lie lacked in larnin' sairly.
And yet ye'd pick hin frae crowd,
The honest man OF Airlis-
His wealth It was pa' In his land.
II was ma In the city;
A mint o. honor was his hand.
His heart mine O. pity.
He's dead and game, this prince o. Fife.
Mute In his buriy laughter;
Rut ah the music Of his life
That bidss vi us lang after.
His memory lives, the man may do,
That lingcrs bright and i0vin',
Just like star lost frse the sky,
Whose ray survives his ruin.
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f.saEtes y.

a correspondent of The Times, with
the Turkish army, telegraphs from Mnltscha
as follows: Sin the higher Turkish circles
it is believed that all danger OF war is at an
end. On the other hand, the news from Bes-
tarabia is very warlike. In the course OF the
last few days two Russian divisions have
been pushed forward one OF infantry and
the other CosSacks, the latter with their
headquarters at Kuber, close on the frontier.
Military action on the part OF Russia is be.
lieved inevitable, and the order to march
into Roumania is expected rs soon as the
weather permits. At present any movement
OF the army is impossible.
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ssE.GEI.LANEpsiss

Postmaster Key is enduring the innic-
ton of hot rivalry between various firms
to supply the department with postage
stamps, OF which 7O0,O0o0O0 are used every
year is this country.
The treasurer of the United States can
now supply silver coin in reasonable amounts
to bankers and others IN exchange for legal
tenders, fractional currency or national
bank notes, the expressage both ways to be
paid by the party sending the notes. This
notice is intended particularly for the south.
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INTO THE STREET.
A Sad ssory era Oscc Wealthy wemsn's
Dtsslpat10n.

A sad stOry ofa Once Wealthy Wemsh's
Dsssipation.
On the first floor of the tenement
house No. 337 East Thirtieth street,
lives Mrs. Marie Cullen with four of her
children, the eldest sixteen the youngest
about four years old. She is now a hab.
itual drunkard, and is likely to be
shortly turned inte the street.
Her father was prosperous wine mer.
chant in ireland. He died when she
was quite young, leaving his estate in
such condition that his family got
nothing, and having no friends who
would take care OF her, she came to
America and tried TO earn her living as
seamstress. She was very pretty-as
may be seen even nnow-and she soon mar
ried rich marble dealer, whose name she
now bears. They lived happily together for
some time, but fashionable dissipation
into which she plunged was too much
for her, and she began to drink badly
after tho birth of her first child, now
dead. She nearly ruined her husband
by her recklessness, and when he died
year ago he left her nothing but the
tenement house in which she now lives.
1t is cncumbered by mortgage of Sll,-
900, and instead of paying her taxes and
the interest on the mortgage, she spent
everything for drink. She pawned her
childrcn's clothing and her own until
all were half naked.
"Walk in, sir" said Mrs. Cullen to
the World reporter, who called on her
yesterday. "Therc IL our front parlor.
Step in. There's no carpet on it; there
is no furniture in it; the windows are
dusty; but it was different once.
| can't ask you to take a seat, because
there is none for you, but you are well
come"
Mrs. Cullen Is forty years old, and
quite stout. She was dressed in long
flowing wrapper, and wore long scarf
about her neck Her children came into
the room and listened ms she spoke, her
son, boy fourteen years old, frequently
in.errupting her with such remarks a.,
" Slash il, old woman Don't tell such
d-d lies, "and "Shut up, yer lusher I"
At this the smaller ones laughed out
right. One of them, little boy about
five years old, had nothing on him but
ragged shirt and pair Of drawers. A
pretty little girl, not more than two
years his senior, had scarcely more
than he, but she did have new pair of
shoes.
al won't have 'em long though" said
she; Mothsr'll put 'em in the pawn
shop"
Mrs. Cullen has daughter sixteen
years old who has had TO leave her. Her
ron had position as messenger, but his
mother kept him awake so much nights,
that he had to give it up. The mortgage
on the house was foreclosed yesterday,
and nothing remains for the family but
the streets.
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DIPSOMtNIA.
Rebuilding the Victim After Poisoning
by Too Much Bad whisky.

Dy TOO Mucn Bau Wntshy.
While il is true that there is no
absolute cure ior dipsomania or the dis
eased appetite for ardent spirits, save in
the dipsomaniac' strength to resis.
temptation, there are valuable assistants
10 his physical weaknesses in tho form of
animal and vegetable stimuants, which
he should not despise in fighting the bat
tie against the insidious foe. All who
have been sufferers from the diseased pas
sion for liquor bear testimonysto the TACT
that the craving for alcholic stimulants
is invariably preceded by depression of
the nervous system that is actually in.
supportable, accompanied almost invari-
ably with distate for solid food. What a
Tan is to resort to at this period of his
nilment is most important question.
Ammonia in small doses, taken every
thirty minutes has been recommended /:
but ammonia is not nourishment, nor
will it restore the desire for food. 1t is
the testimony Of many who have tried il
under the circumstances stated that ex-
tract of beef, made palatable with celery
salt and moderate quantity OF black or
red pepper, will afford the required
stimulus, with no bad effects, and at the
same time aid in restoring the tone OF
the stomach. Quassia, calisaya, and
iron should all be brought to assist in
toning up the system and aiding the
digestive and nervous functions, but for
diet nutriment, which will certainly he
az once digestcd and assimilated, there
is nothing to compare to the beef extiact.
It is nothing but solution of Liebig's
extract of beet with celery salt, taken
in hot soda water. ~.
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OsCEOLA ARKANSAS SATURDAY. MARCH 3D. 1877.

of April. The claim against Sweeney is that
he is liable in the same way that Tweed was
rendered liable in the suit that was recently
tried against him in which there was ver>
dit for the people of 100000.
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DO Snakes Catch Fish !

A. w. Chase, of the United States
coast survey, describes, in note to the
editor Of the Popular Science Monthly,
a contest which he and brother officer
witnessed in 1867 on the Purissima, q
small trout stream about twenty-iour
miles south of San Francisco:
We had been fishing on the stream,
and came TO high bank which overlook.
ed transparent pool of water about ten
feet in diameter and four feet in depth.
This pool was iringed with willows, and
had on one side small gravel bank. The
trout at first sight was lying in mid.
water, heading up stream. 1t was, as
afterward ascertained, fully nine inches
in length-a very desirable prize for an
angler. While studying how to cast
our flies to secure him, a new novel fish
erman appeared, and 50 quick was his &C.
tions that we suspended our own to wit.
ness them. This emmy of the trout
was large water snake of the common
variety, striped black and yellew. He
swan up the pool on the surface until
over the trout, when he made a dive,
and by dextsrous movement seized the
trout in such aImanner that the jaws Of
the snake closed, its mouth. The fight
then commenced The trout had the
use Of its tail an3 f1us- W ,,.a a'!srI !!ap,.sIl
the snake from tn Vnirl sui v,ss " "a. usu,v,.,
the bottom, issi 80 asp ,ss ..s. :,as.ss ..,ss "
stone ar roes
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Tweed's Mansion.

While William NJ. Tweed occupies his
stone quarters in Ludlow Street Jail, his
family dwell in an elegant mansion at
Greenwich. The place is superb in its
appointments and location. The estate
lies on the Sound, on slope Of land,
with about three acrcs Of land closely
shaved and walled in with handsome
stone fence. The entrance is through
massive iron gates, on which are EN-
ss::;s 2; ::s:. 3: s:.:: !; !
uS911 ~ MIs. Tweed, |
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Comparative Health Of Cities.

The health bureau Of tho German en-
pire reports that during the week spding
on the 27th Of Janurry last the enmher
OF deaths to every l00, 900 Of u inhabi-
tants in the cities enumerated Osrs -
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HOT SPRINGS.
Their Precise Statu.. ms Reg ulated nj In
Last session of Congress.

Their Precise status. ms Regulated nj the
LRst session of ConErcss.
A reporter of The Commercial had a
conversation with Mr.. Walsh, of Hot
Springs, who was on his way back from
Washington, where he went to assist in
getting through the law 70 redeem the
springs. Mr.. Walsh, who has been a
prominent citizen of "the springs" for
many years, was formerly Of this city.
During the administration Of Mayor
Hatch he was on the police force. He
is now practing law, and is also in the
real estate business. In the course OF his
talk about the springs yesterday he said {:
The original adventures three who, in
1892, settled there and laid squatter-
claim to .the lands we're Hale, Gaines
and Rector. These men took in the
lands Immediately adjoining the springs,
and held possession. Anybody coming
after them, and proposing to settle there,
had to pay them tribute at the muzzle
OF the shotgun. You've heard a great
deal about the troubles and complica-
tions, and legislature and attempts al
legislation in congress and out of con-
press, and in the supreme court of the
United States, about this Hot Spring
reservation, that have kept back progress
there.
The act Of 1871 seemed TO arrive at
something definite in the way of theS.cl.
lection OF rents by the United Sbtes
But this new act, which becasn' Law
BY prssilen, Pres y, . !. G Grant; sn,,f gH\H hi,
Ssos ssSs ~sS ? the Is =
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NEWS SUMMARY.
THE sGUTn.

An enormous number of robberies have
been committed in vicksburg of late.
The African colonization ca,a. L.