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The Osceola times., 1877-07-28
Mr.. s. p. Spots, of Kerr county,

Mr.. s. p. Spots, of Kerr county,
Texas, says Of the late Indian raid: "They
drove away about twenty-five horses, besides
some they took from the Knots neighbor.
hood. Mr.. John Knott, hearing his bell
horse running, went out to see what was the
matter, and has not been seen by his friends
at home since. 1t is thought he was killed,
though he may have joined some of the
pursuing parties. Capt. Stackley, Lieuten.
ant BurlesOn, and a number of the Kerrville
minute men, started on the morning Of the
25th in hot pursuit"
A portrait of Gen. Joseph +. Johnston
has been placed in library hall, in Rich
mond, Virginia. The picture was made
under an act passed by the last general as
sembly authorizing the committee on the
library to have it done. The portrait is Of
tbree.quarter size, taken in citizens dress, in
a standing position. The general has his
cane in his right and his hat in his left hand
His attitude is nonchalant and graceful 1t
is perfect resemblance Of Gen. Johnston
as he appears to the passers.by on the street.
The work has been examined by number
Of citizens, and praised without stint. II is
believed by many to be Elders masterpiece.
The farmers of North Carolina say
there is more wheat this year than for forty
years.
The Osceola times., 1877-07-28
THE WEST,

Recent advices from the Black Hills
show that a party Of ninety.eight miners,
with two wcmen, killed more hostile Indians
in day than General Sherman's ill.managed
and scattered army have killed tL.- season.
Coored up behind breastworks, the band Of
pioneers repulsed charge after charge, and
dealt death with unerring aim among the
savage foe, who at length withdrew from the
contest, leaving one hundred and sixteen
bodies on the field.
At a recent meeting Of the San Fran
cisco academy of sciences specimens Of
fish, supposed to be trout, were presented,
accompanied by letter from Thomas II.
Bard, Hueneme, Ventura county, California.
They were thrown up from an artesian well
l4l feet deep, near that place. The well,
which is nearly 800 feet from high water
mark, was bored in 1871, and every year
since has thrown out immense quantities OF
freshly spawned fish in April and May. The
first fish this year was observed in March.
These fish are OF various sizes, the largest
about an inch in length. The nearest stream
where fish are found in Santa Paula creek,
twenty-five miles from the WE'LL"
The Osceola times., 1877-07-28
The Business Outlook.

II we can biidge over this year, re-
marks c0temporary, the future is full
OF promise. In all directions we see
causes for rejoicing. We have passed
the worse, the better days are dawning
upon us Everywhere confidence is TAX
ing the place of doubt, and better feel
ing is manifest in business circles
throughout the length and breadth OF
the land.
The New York Herald says: "The
country stands at the threshold OF. a
period of great prosperity, and ii will
grow rich. During the next four years
1t would require very extraordinary
efforts to prevent the American people
from making up the losses of the past and
becoming once more the most prosperous
and happy nation in the world"
At no period in our history as nation
has our foreign trade been so largely in
our favor az at present. and yet there il
an increasing demand for all the products
of our manufactures and our soil.
The Iron Age says: "The outlook for
merchant iron is better than it has been
for months. We do not speak at random,
Uut ITOiil dCtudl ODstTNatlOi anu iu'oiu MA
tion gained from visit te most of the
prominent markets, both east and west.
In the west, especially, there is decid-
edly better feeling A large number of
the Pittsburg mills are refusing orders
unless they can get 2-10c better than
they would take six months ago. This
is not only true of Pittsburg, but of all
parts of the west"
Business is beginning to revive at the
south. The rolling mills and cotton fac
tories Of Georgia are in operation, and
new ones are in process Of construction.
Soon cotton factory in Atlanta will be
completed, aud when the power is turned
on, the music Of 10000 spindles will be
heard. The rolling mills Of Tennessee,
after death-like silence of years, are
again in motion. Looking ahead we see
the bow Of hope spanning the heavens,
and away beyond we see the dawning of
the most prosperous period we have ever
kaI
The Osceola times., 1877-07-28
OsCEOLA ARKANSAS, SATURDAY, JULY 9S, 1877.

the flood! shouted the porter. We
! turned one glance up the valley. A NOV
ing brown wall, capped with q snowy
ridge, was tearing down the devoted
viaduct. No time to lose. go ahead, !"
cried the station-master. / turned on
J steam, put the lever on another "notch," "
and the race began in earnest.
1t was an exciting race, and one never
to be forgotten. On rolled the flood.
We were running meek and neck " for
one terrible half minute. Now the re-
sistless food bore directly TO the bridge.
Stones were rolling before it like mar
bles. Trunks of trees, haystacks, debris
of every description came headlong down
upon the doomed structure. We fled
like lightning over the rails. Our speed
told now. Sparks few from the Chin
ney. Another "notch the heat OF
the piston quickened to an almost incon-
ceivable rapidity. We were on the
bridge. Hurrah The curling wave be-
meath seemed 10 spring forward. 1t
broke against the buttresses. In Sec
ond we were across. shut off steam,
station. master put down the breaks-a
crash We looked back. The line
dropped behind us like a stage-trap.
The bridge gave way, and with roar,
that was heard two miles of, the pretty
viaduct was swept away by the boiling,
furious water.
We were truly thankful for our mar
row escape. And now to save the ex-
cursion. Speeding forward again, whist
ling like demon, our engine Vigilant by
name---soon came in sight of the ex-
cursion train. By waving our red flag we
averted another danger-a collision.
The telegraph posts being down, trains
had to run upon the same line as far as
Handleigh, but our timely action set all
TO rights at last.
We soon gave the bewildered passe ngers
to understand the narrow escape they
had had. Fervent and sincere were
the thanks we received from all, except
one man. He was escaping from JUS
tice, and was captured. From the eleva-
ted embankment we could trace the
flood for miles. The train put back
to Handleigh, whence the passengers
were forwarded by another company.
BY the time we had arranged matters
and returned to the broken viaduct the
water had subsided. A footway was
constructed across the muddy river bed,
and trains stopped at both sides Of the
stream, the passengers exchanging fsS.-.
one to the other.
The aspect of the country as | retraced
my steps was deplorable. could
scarcely recognize the places ! had passed
in the morning.
! found McCausland and his staff at
the reservoir awaiting me. He wrung
my hand fervently, and said certain
words that l shall not easily forget.
The viaduct was quickly rebuilt.
But the station-master at Ammering
does not forget the race of steam versus
water on the Vigilant locomotive. Nor
do |.
The Osceola times., 1877-07-28
FOREIGN.

On the London stock exchange the
new four per cent. bonds of the United States
sold at price in pounds sterling equivalent
to their face value in gold. The fact dis.
poses of all doubt as to the success of the
loan, and insures the prompt exchange of
the outstanding six per cents for these bonds
and reduction, consequently, of two per
cent. (or one.third) of the annual burden of
interest. The 500 bonds remaining to be
called in amount to about eight hundred
and fifty millions, and the annual saving on
the exchange of tour per cents will be sew.
enteen milions-a sum which in itself would
form very respectable sinking fund for the
ultimate redemption of the national debt.
During the year 1876 the repsrts of
the British board of trade show that emigra-
ton from Great Britain into the United
States was 5i,554, and the immigration into
Great Britain from the United States during
the same year (ls76) was 54,697, showing
that more persons returned there than came
to this country from Great Britain. In res
pect to the emigration from Great Britain to
Canada, the same report states that, at has
fallen to the smallest dimensions, il it has
not altogether been suspended" and that,
in fact, the records of 1876 are records Of
movement of passengers to and fro, and not
in any real sense emigration at all. On the
other hand, the emigration to the Australian
colonies ON Great Britain has been large
and well maintained, numbering 32,l96,
while the return immigrants were only 1857
souls. These statistics tell of the hard times
in the United States and Canada, and testify
to the comparatively prosperous times that
exist away of at the antipodes, There is no
particular inducement for Europeans to emf.
crate to this country at present, as there is
no demand for new labor. In fact, the home
supply much exceeds the demand. People
in Europe are therefore not seeking this
country in the expectation Of improving
material condition.
General n. S. Rena, who went to the
city of Mexico, bearing dispatches from Sec
retary Evarts, returned by steamer from
Vera Cruz. He reports that the county is
quiet, and says Diaz's authority is recog-
nized throughout the republic, and he be-
lieves that Mexico now has the best govern.
ment she has bad for twenty years, In an
interview, President Diaz expressed the de
sire to do everything possible to assist in
breaking up lawlessness on the Rio Grande.
Diaz earnestly hoped his government would
be recognized by the United States at an
rlv dav
The Osceola times., 1877-07-28
A Mechanical Horse.

An ingenious gentleman Of Berlin, Herr
Frederick Netzsch, has invented horse.
The animal is made Of iron, and the mo-
tive power, instead Of being its own legs,
is derived from the legs of the rider. The
iron horse, as the Berlin papers called
him, showed off his PAGES the other day in
the garden Of Hagen's summer Theatre,
in the presence OF the leading mechan.
icians and journalists Of the German cap.
ital. The concern is described as consist
ing of couple of wheels, two metres
high between these finds itself" the
horse upon which mounts the rider. The
latter moves his legs latter the English
fashion of riding" (this means, we pre-.
sumo, that he rises and falls in his sad.
dle), and the thing goes along as fast as a
quick trotting horse. The road makes no
difference it is all the same whether the
machine goes gently over the stones OF
moves swiftly on the hard high road
and the facility with which the strange
steed turned round corners excited the
admiration of all beholders Herr
Netzsch believes that this invention will
be of great use to porters and others for
the carrying OF light loads, and he has
nfdent hopes that il will be highly APP
preciated by the numerous classes who
are fond OF saddle exercise but destitute
of the wherewithal to buy and maintain
horses of flesh and blood he contem-
plates, too, its application TO the drawing
Of cabs and other carriages. tits even
conceivable that in this invention we have
the charger Of the future. An animal
that does not eat and cannot die would be
of inestimable value In warfare. There
arc one or twosigni6cant omissions in the
description from which we quote. We
are not told how man of flesh and blood
is expected to support the fatigue of mo-
wing, by rising in his stirrups, a creature
of iron, or II it be possible to keep IL
going in any place less fiat than Berlin, a
city which, as everybody knows, is as
level as a billiard d-board.- Genera Confi-
nenf.
The Osceola times., 1877-07-28
HallucInatiOn.

Curran, the Irish barrister, with his
gay companions, was in the habit Of
spending day in the Dalkey islands
and indulged in the frolic OF electing q
" King Of Dalkey and the adjacent
islands," A gentleman Of middle sta
tion in life, genial, whole-souled, and
convivial man, was elected to fill the
throne. He entered into the joke and
enjoyed the pastime. A journal was
kept called the Dalkey Gazette. in which
all public proceedings were recorded, and
which was n source of constant amuse-
ment to its supporters. But at length
the mock psgeantry, the affected loyalty,
and assumed homage began TO tell upon
and excite the imagination of liking
john" as he was styled. Fiction be.
came reality, and he fancied himself
"every inch king" His family and
friends, in dismsy and grief, saw the de-
lusion assume such hold upon him that
nothing could shake It. He spoke on no
other subject save his kingdom and its
government, and delighted to dwell on
the various projects he had formed for the
benefit of his people. lie never could
divest himself Of his regal pomp, and
exacted the utmost Difference to his royal
authority. When his hsst hours drew
nigh no returning CLEANS Of reason broke
Ipon his mind to the moment of death
he believed himself king, and all his
cares and anxieties were for his subjects.
He spoke in high terms of the officers Of
his mimic court, recommending the care
of his kingdom to them until his sue
cessor was chosen, and demeaned him-ell
with dignifed calmness well becoming
the Last hours of puissant monarch.
When he came to relinquish his crown,
he said, with tears: 81 leave it In my
people, whom | have no loved" His
feelings were gratifed, up to his death,
by thinking Of the good of his fellow.
creatures, which seemed, In his madness,
as in his sancr life, to be a prominent
feature in his disposition.
The Osceola times., 1877-07-28
A Bulldog Kills an Alligator.

One day last week an alligator was seen
swimming in Ssmpit river, near the
wharf, Captain David Steele's bull dog
IVES soon brought forward, and, upon
viewing the enemy, plunged offthe wharf
to meet 1t. The alligator saw what was
up, and made Tor the dog. While thI3
approached each other, not sound ssaio
be heard from the spectators wno wofo
expecting the moment thy nes 70 -
the dog submerged, never TO rise again
but the dog got the hret hold, plunged
bis ugly teeth iu the head Of the ferocious
monster, and caused II to sink. II soon
resppsared, looking as force - ever.
The dog and the alligator were soon mouth
and mouth. nip and tuck, until II was
thought that the dog had conquered, The
alligator disappearing. The dog, being
exhausted, was then picked up BY . boat:
The gator, however, soon appeared, and
made for the opposite shore. Several
persons got in boats and pursued him nm.
til he got under the wharf, vixen one d
the party fred pistol, and - sooa =
the report washeard, the dog leaped fiou
the boat and under the wharf. n -
nip and tuck again for awhile, bus - |.
dog, soon gaining the advantage,
+, out his fos dead. The reptile =
Ave feet and several inches- = Gtufp
| Comet.
The Osceola times., 1877-07-28
SITTING BULL.
The Becu bent Bsviae. Qulesly equae
ting IN CANADA. aitts sais vsace
for Peace.

The Indian Office has been informed
that Major Walsh, Of the Canada mounted
police, visited Sitting Bull near tho head
waters of Frenchman's creek. Sitting
Bull said he desired to remain with the
Canadians during the summer; that he
would do nothing against the law that
he came there because he was tired Of
fighting, and il he could not make liv-
ing in Canada, he would return to the
United States. Spotted Eagle, Rain-in
the Face, Medicine Bear, and a number
of other chiefs of the hostile Sioux were
present, together with about 200 lodges.
The indians were told they would be al.
lowed ammunition only for hunting pur-
poses, and should any of their people
cross 10 the American side and commit
any depreciation, the chiefs would he held
responsible and punished. The Canadian
Indians are opposed TO having these hos
tile Sioux on their side Of the boundary
line, az they are at war with them. In
the event Of the United States govern
ment demanding the hostiles, the
mounted police OF only 300 men would
would be insufficient to drive them out
of the country. The hostile Indians have
a good supply of arms and horses and
ponies, but little or no ammunition, and
no Indian can obtain ammunition from
the traders in British territory without
an order from the military commander,
which is not given except for quantity
sufficient to supply the immediate needs
of hunting, in case the Indian 10 actually
suffering for food. The Canadian au.
thorities look upon the United States
horses, mules and arms in their posses
sion as spoils Of war. 1t is believed there
must be some 400 or 500 lodges of hos
tile Sioux now north of the boundary
line, numbering at least 1900 fighting
men. They intend moving south Of the
Yellowstone.
The Osceola times., 1877-07-28
MISCELLANEOUS.

The war department has issued cir.
cular forbidding the reappointment to West
Point of those cadets reported as deficient
in conduct or studies.
The redemption of the nasty, greasy,
ragged little shinPlasters in shining silver
has proceeded as follows since the redemp.
ton Of the fractionals in silver began, four.
teen months ago:
The Osceola times., 1877-07-28
FACTS AND PANCIEs.
The ssns % shs Dyiss.

nd nov my day Of life IL Almost Ger;
Death comes bis step cen nov u at the door;
He comes q welcVme guest.
Go, bill him enter, viih no lurking thought
OF grief or hatred hut disturb me not:
I'm weary-l let nv resti
The day HIS bcen 20 lonf Its roonday heat,
Its morning ca Il % hard 10 hear: my feet
such cru-l thp,n have pressed;
AID. Meath the storms ihst leat upon my head,
Twas ha,u To wzlx win a m. uufaitsring tread
Tn weary let me Iett
G ,ine ne-r my lends and say lsst Go,d-uight.
Good-nightl Al fades away no sound--no stTht
nIefp cnmr- and sm biest.
A days glad end prs clsims ,on setting sun:
Weep, friends 10 mur., hat isthef Joy that one
so weary now an rest
Hattie Mdfhev.
The Osceola times., 1877-07-28
THE Z" AGER."

Once upon an evening bleary,
While l sat me dreamy, dreary,
In the sunshine thinking over
Things that passed in days OF yore
While nodded, nearly sleeping,
Gently came a something creeping
Up my back like water leaping-
Leaping upward from The floor;
"'Tis cooling BREATH" | muttered,
" From the regions meath the floor
Only this and nothing morel"
All distinctly remember
II was In that wet September,
When the earth and every member
OF creation that II bore
Had for days and nights been soaking
In the meanest, most provoking
Foggy rains that. without joking,
We had ever seen before;
So knew IL must be very
Cold and damp benea h the floor
Very cold beneath the floor
So sat me nearly mapping
In the sunshine, stretching, gaping,
Craving water but delighted
With the breeze from meath the floor;
Till found me waxing colder,
And the stretching growing holder,
And myself a growing older
Older than felt before;
Feeling that my joints were stlfier
Than they were In days of yore-
SITTER than they'd been beforei
All along my back the creeping
soon gave place TO rushing, leaping,
As n countless frozen demons
Had concluded 10 explore
An the csvities-"the varmints"-
'Twixt me and my neither garments,
Up into my hair and downward
Through my boots into the floor;
Then found myself a.shaking,
Gently first, but more and more
Every moment more and more.
Twas the ager" and It shook me
In my very clothes, and took me
shaking TO the Kitchen every
Place where there was warmth in store;
shaking Till the dishes catered,
Shaking till the tea was spattered,
SHAKING. and with all nv warming
Feeling colder than before;
Shaking till 1t had exhausted
All its powers TO shake me more
Till it could no. shake me more 70
Then II rested till the morrow,
Then resumed with all the horror
That II had the face To borrow,
shaking, shaking as before;
And from that day In September
Day that | shall long remember
II has made diurnal visits,
Shaking, shaking on so sore
Shaking of my boots, and shaking
Me to bed, II nothing more
Fully this and nothing more
And to-day the swallows fitting
Round my cottage see me sitting
Moodily within the sunshine
Just inside my silent door
Waiting for the "ager," seeming
Like a man forever dreaming;
And the sunlight IN me streaming
Throws 10 shadow on the floor
For am too thin and sallow
To make shadows on the floor
Nary shadow any more
--Bosfon Gdsette.
The Osceola times., 1877-07-28
A Disastrous Young Woman.

As an instance of what hot temper and
rash action can accomplish to ruin a life,
an affair that occurred at Sharon, Pa,
on the 5th is one of the best illustrations.
A young lady, Miss Kate McGilvery, was
out driving alone, and when on State
street she desired to get ahead of a wagon.
She called out to the driver to turn aside
so that she could pass. He was a deaf,
infirm old man named Bell, and at first
did not hear what she said, but after a
second or third call did as requested.
Misunderstanding Mr.. Bells delay, the
young lady on her arrival at home told
her father that the old man had tried to
frighten her horse. Mr.. McGilvery is
very impetuous. and this made him 80
angry that he started down town to find
Mr.. Bell. He met him in front of q
store, and, without warning, Knocked
him through the window, cutting his
head badly Though not seriously. Mr..
Bell was removed to his residence, and
bis son Richard was 20 maddened by his
fathers condition that be determined to
punish his sssalant. He found him in
front of the very stoppwbsre the first
assault had been w. ,icking up
a two-pound brs6e vled It at
Mr.. McGilY~, ~g the
skull. w. q View
hours y sSsss'
al ~ ~ -
~ SSNSSss Eshy
Ky % SSular aHe
no Htoversaoul n
The Osceola times., 1877-07-28
O,,fstopd,po PsS,,m,5

In addition to redeeming SIC, O,45s,9 ,902 of
- fractiouals, the government has ex-
backs, ~ .ISoassi2, 100000 Of silver for green.
Of fractional there has been no contraction
thereof. There i,'ney !. but an expansion
$SS, 10000 of snt.,1 in circulation about
i,ry silver.
The Osceola times., 1877-07-28

GALL IN THE Days WoRK."-Gigsn-
gantic Footmap "Did you ring,
ma'mg" Tender-hearted and impulsive
Lady: -" Yes. Thomas. You see this poor
ks TIE children have foupdf II ia
3. .Hss! Get me some milk, Thorn.
esSw like Its mother!--and feed