The Osceola times., 1877-08-18
NEWS SUMMARY.
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hldosma riVer near Selma.
The Arkansas Central railroad, narrow
gauge, was sold by United States master in
chancery, Nichols, for $4,000 to J. IA.
Hornor, trustee
The commissioner of agriculture of
North Carolina has established an sgricul.
tnra' museum, to exhibit the resources of the
state.
The colored Baptists are going TO edu-
cate their preachers, and have established an
institute for that purpose at Natchez, Mis-.
sissippi
The North and South railroad, of
Georgia, is advertised for sale by the gov.
ernor ou the first Tues lay ia September
Columbus is interested 5000, 900 worth.
The Louisiana planters annually lose
ooout one-third of their cotton CROP byieason
ol insufficient labor. They call for laborers.
lio' ye idlers OF the north.
The railroad war at Little Rock goes
on as before, The Si. Louis and Iron Noun.
tain road has made no reduction. and the
Memphis and Little Rock road gets all the
travel at its reduced rates,
The office of the Catoosa Courier, at
Elnggold, Ga, was burned recently, together
with the entire block. Solicitor.general
racket los. his books and papers, and Dr.
Fowler lost his medicines and his library.
The "close season" for deer having
expired in Louisiana, the Calcasien woods
now resound with the music of the horn,
hound and gun. The penalty for shooting,
killing or capturing during the season is
S25. The game law protects turkeys until
September 1st.
A yeung man named Phillips was the
unfortunate murderer of his brother a few
days ago, at Lauderdale, Miss The brother
was quarreling with aud cursed his iather,
whereupon the boy struck him on the head
with billet of wood, fracturing his skull,
from the effects of which he died In about
an hour.
The following constitutes the military
force now in Texas; The sth cavalry regi.
ment, consisting of twelve companies the
10th cavalry, twelve companies; two compa.
mics of the ith cavalry; the 10th infantry,
ten companies; the ?j,h infantry, ten com.
panies, and one company of the 10Th in
fanty.
The Fernandna (Fla.) shippers of
va.ermelons, in recent cargo, lost 81 $50
in freight. The freight was twelve cents on
each melon. The melons were stored in a
regular swo at.box. 10 is iificult to get com.
pensation from ship owners.
The insurance company Qt North
America has entered a suit in the federal
court at Savannah against the Central road
for sls 600 worth of cotton burned at their
last. The case will be tried at the November
term of the court.
Hon. II, w. Hilliard, of Georgia, re
Gently appointed minister to Brazil, was an
old-line whig, commanded a legion in the
southern army wes in congress several times,
supported Greeley, was defeated by 5000
majority IS independent candidate for con-
gress bv the regular democratic nominee.
Resides, since early life he has been min
istsr of the Methodist Episcopal church
south.
Augusta, Ga, had to abandon the old
system of giving a reward OF fifty cents for
every dog caught at large. The dog catchers
generally young negroes) got into such bad
odor, and were so numerically beaten by
dog owners, that the dog.catchers grew
scarce. Now it is the tin badge and one
dollar license. There are FIVE or six hundred
licensed dogs baying the moon now in
August
The Columbus (Ga.) Enquirer gives
the particulars Of an outrage in Russell
county, which should bring down severe
punishment on the head of the brutal parties
to 1t, A convict about nineteen years Of age
wbo had passed counterfeit money, escaped
and stole horse to facilitate his fight
Lob ,on, the owner of five or six dogs
led in the pursuit Of him, and allowed the
dogs to lacerate him in horrible manner
being allowed to continue their work on
him for at least twenty minutes
The Charleston q. Co. News and
Courier says there was considerable talk on
che streets Saturday among the black people
regarding the exodus to Liberia. II seems
thar some prominent black men, who have
hitherto not concerned themselves much iu
the matter are now openly advocating the
scheme, as, what they declare, n measure Of
Of relief for their race, II is hardly pos
.ible to 20 into a small shop, Kept exclusivel,
by black men, without hearing of "tbe land
Of the molasses tree" spoken of in terms oil
the widest inlatuatiou.
The Mobile Tribune says that. not
witbstanding the extreme and constant heat
OF the weather, we are glad to announce tina
there is no sickness in Mobile that is no
ordinarily OF the season. In New Orlesn
there is no sign Of the approach of yellow
fever, and from elsewhere, where the diseas,
Is annual, there is no news that it has
foethold. There is every reason TO believ,
that we shall this year escape il entirely
perhaps TO have il return rarely in the IN
ture, for it is now becoming well understood
and is supposed to be within the control o
improved hygienic methods.
THE WEST.
A Green Bay (Wis.) special says that