The Osceola times., 1877-08-11
NEWS SUMMARY,
TH 4 MOUTH,

Inc Guy COUNCIL OF Galyest0n has
ordered fire alarm telegraph, TO cost six
thousand dollars.
Natchez is going to turn the old gravs
yard back of the Catholic church into a
public park.
Next years tuition in the university
OF Mississippi will be free. The state ap.
preparation is $4,000.
The state convicts in sonth Florida are
now employed in widening lake Griffin
canal.
Hon. Alexander II Stephens appeared
IN Justices court in Crawfordville the
other day as the attorney OF a blind colored
man.
"Shadwell," " the birthplace OF Thomas
Jefferson, in Albemarle county, Va, is ad.
vertised for sale.
A Rev. Mr., Neill is stirring up bad
Cor rather good blood in Virginia by trying
to prove Captain John Smith fraud.
At Alexandria, La, watermelons are
sold two for a nickel, and ripe figs can be
bought for so cents busbel.
North Carolina is taxing commercial
fertilizers to such an extent that the business
is declining.
The conviction of number of cattle
thieves in Ouachita, La, at the late session
of the district court, has had a good effect on
the cattlerasing business.
: The Henrietta (Texas) Journal saws
\ Is ne uncommon sight in Clay county
hattlemen to see bunches of wild horses,
at no effort is made to ospture them.
The farmers OF Wilson county, Texas,
are in quandary how to utilize the enor.
nous acsrn mast this fall. Not more than
ten per cent. of the yield could be consumed
by the hogs of the county
Mr.. J. I. Hogane, of Bowie county
Texas, has genuine Chinese tea tree, which
was exposed to all the rigor of last winter,
and which has, nevertheless, retained robust
life and grown eight inches this season.
The United States snagboat o. G..
Wagner has been engaged in removing
snags and obstructions from the Ouachta
river, in Arkansas, and will begin on the
Louisiana portion of the river as soon as
the water is low enough to get to work,
A tract containing six thousand acres
of land in Plano county, Texas, sold for fifty-
seven cents an acre the other day, The most
of the land is river bottom, and could not
have been bought for less than five dollars
per acre some time ago.
A. NJ, Bartlett, residing near Red
siver, in Clay county, Texas, has killed two
hundred and seventy eight head of deer
this season in circumference of two miles
from his house. Ia addition to these, he
has killed countless numbers Of antelope
and other small game.
The proposed extension of the Clinton
railroad to Baton Rouge has been postponed,
as it is found impossible to complete it in
ime to take on the present crops. It will
he pushed forward doubtless during the year,
MS the people of Baton Rouge seem deter.
mined to have it built as matter Of public
convenience.
The Montgomery Advertiser and Mail
says that Montgomery can boast of largest
compress in the south, the largest cotton oil
factory, mill that turns out barrel OF -four
every four minutes, and an ice machine that
in one day can give every inhabitant in the
state pound of the cooling material.
Mr.. Kirkland cut open h@kw log
TO catch a rabbit the other day, and on draw.
ing the rabbit out he also drew out an im.
----s.--;,ssss;esnake - that had partly swallowed
the animal. He struck the snake upon the
head, when sixteen young, furious rattle.
snake, ran out Of the pouch under the body
of the mother snake. The little snakes were
all very belicose, but were all killed. There
were seventeen rattles on the old snake, and
it measured about five feet in length, so says
the Hamilton (Ga.l Herald.
The New Orleans Democrat says that
the most fiattering reports come from all the
great sugar plantations of Plaquemine parish
in regard to the prospect Of a full crop of
sugar and molasses. Cane is everywhere
growing most vigorously, though slightly
backward for the season. The stand is said
TO be more regular and even than usual, and
the ground in splendid condition and un-
commonly free from grass and weeds. The
supply OF labor is abundant, and the labor.
ers more efficient and a.tive than ever, their
minds being more concentrated on their
work and their own we'll being and material
advancement than on the great political
problems of the day.
The Louisiana state insane asylum, at
Jackson, East Feliciana parish, is in de.
plorable condition. The New Orleans Times
saws only the simplest fare such as is fur.
nished the ordinary field hand, is provided; !;
the building is badly out of repair, the fur
niture. which has been in service nearly a
quarter of century, is entirely worn out,
and the clothing of the inmates is scarcely
sufficient to cover their nakedness. II is
hoped the state authorities will do something
10 ameliorate the condition of these helpless
sufferers or abolish the institution.
The Charleston Is. C.) Journal of
Commerce says there lies in Stono river,
near Church Flat, four stone anchors, which
are supposed to have been cast there when
the British first landed on Carolina soil.
These four stone anchors are square, and
weigh about 500 pounds each. An iron is
run through the stone and riveted at the
bottom, and at the top are fastened iron
rings for the purpose Of making them fast to
A vessel, On the stones are cut the coat OF