The Osceola times., 1877-07-14
Personal.

FefSOn1l.
DR.. +. L. James left on the City OF
Helena for Memphis, last Thursday,
from whence, he will accompany an
invalid friend, on trip to the Gulf,
via. New Orleans, Bay St. Louis, Pas
cagoula and Mobile, and will be alb
sent tour or FIVE weeks. We wish
him q pleasant trip aud safe return.
A man by the name Of JnO. M.
Gray, who, for scme days, has been
prowling about town, passing hims.li
of as a returned "Black Hiller," was
arrested Thursday morning by marsha
lIsskins, as a suspicious character, and
lodged in Jail. Having made conf
dant Of lad from Big Lake. a conspi-
racy was concocted. under the inspr-
ing influences Of whisky, to undertake
a wholesale garoting and burglary bu-
s:ness. But, when sobered up, the
fellows Big Lake Pmd peached,"
which put the "peslers' Oil his track.
Pretending to take his departure, he
stealthily returns at late hour OF the
night, and whilst contemplating some
crib to crack" runs his hands into a
pair of darbcs.
HThe Osceola Belle, on her Wed.
nesday's return trip. shipped, from this
place, quite a number pf beef cattle
consigned by W. P. Hale, to the Mem.
phis market. In our occasional peri
grnations over the county, we have
seen enough fine, ia, beeves, roaming
about, doing nobody any good, to sup
ply the Memphis bctchers, for months
to come. We say to the owrers Of
these bevincs, in the name of common
sense, why don't you eat them, or sell
them, and put stop to your credit
supplies Of high-priced, rancid bacon ?,
Fie on the man, who ignores the de-
licious, nutritious meat, ready at hand,
in his own possession, and goes in
search of the poisons, that will, ere the
summer wanes, prostitute him upon a
bed OF sickness, nay, more, of death
We call attertion to the advertise.
ment, in another column, Of Mr. j. NJ.
Sterne, who has located in part OF
the old GEN saloon, and proposes do.
ing a first class business, in the way OF
mending and repairing iewelry, watches
&c. Parties having any work of this
kind, would do well 20 give him cali.
If you want to avoid the rnpleas-
ant effects of q shampooing with So
da water bottle, be careful how you
spread scurrilous and mendacious reports
relative to the town marshal. and then
insist upon n settlement. For further
optical demonstration, apply to our
colored town knight OF the razor, y
who will exPs,ia,e while giving Illus
uations.
1t is with pleasure; tha, we extend
the hand of fellowship to the St. Fran.
co.'s county (Mo.) Miner, and plac.
the same on our exchange list. The
Miner, though a small. FIVE column
journal, Is full of interesting matter,
displaying considerable editorial man.
agemcnt, worth and discrimination.
We heartily wish it, and its editors,
Messrs. +. l.. Rousssn and &. {. Bsch
prosperity and success, and a long "a
rcer OF usefulness in the literary arena.
Although the Prussians have, tor
some time, been "over the Danube y
ir force, the long and anxiously expect
ed great battle; seems no nearer OF con-
summation, than when they were lazily
ensconccd in their camps. impatiently
awaiting the subsiding Of the A'oes,
that would enable them to assume ac'
tive operations.
"A fashionably dressed young lady
, putting fancy touches to the music
was heard singing:
i" Backward, pin backwas z.,-
~ Oh skirts in your 6ighs
n Make me look small agnins