The Osceola times., 1878-02-02
NEWS SUMMARY.
SOUTH.

salaries from $3.50 to 1850.
San Antonio has two ice factories, ant
two more are to be erected.
The severe weather north is sendin,
swarms of people to Florida.
An Indian paper wants all the pistol
in the Indian territory broken.
The Mofiett bell punch in Fredericks
burg yielded in three months $1,754.
The greenbackers of Tennessee hold ,
state convention in Nashville February is
Mississippi legislators are required tC
furnish their cwnnewspapers and stationery
New Orleans, Mobile and Memphis
are making extensive preparations for Mard
Gras.
Three persons died of smallpox ant
nineteen oi consumption in New Orleans
last week.
Not mile OF railroad was built dur
ing the past year in Georgia, Mississippi ol
Arkansas.
A man was sentenced in Nashville tc
three years in the penitentiary for stealing
three boxes of pepper.
The bishop OF the African Methodist
church of Louisiana warns the negroes against
the Liberian government.
A sale of good farming land was made
IN Stafford county, Va, a few days ago a,
less than one dollar an acre.
There is one member of the Virginia
legislature who boasts that he has voted
against every bill in the body.
The Virginia legislature proposes to
make silver legal tender in that state
West Virginia has such law,
Every member l20) in the lower house
of the Mississippi legislature voted in favor
OF congress remonetizing silver.
A negro, the only one that has ever
applied, was admitted TO the bar ut Mont.
gomery, Alabama, few days ago.
Waco Tex Patron: Wheat is re-
ported to be doing well in every part of the
state. A large spring crop will be sown.
The gold yield OF Georgia is now hall
million year, and the Atlanta Constitu-
tion thinks 1t may be carried to that amount
per month.
The convention of mayors of the
southern seaboard cities, called TO meet in
Jacksonville, February 9, has been post.
poned until February IA.
Charleston, s. c., is full of foolish ne.
groes waiting for the Iiberian ship. They
say one thousand from about Selma, Ala,
will go between this and May.
One-third of the Moffett registers in
Virginia show tn at 81, 1898 81 were collected
in December. This would give about six
hundred thousand dollars annually.
Atlanta, during the past Two weeks,
has received about three thousand horse.
and mules, and sold about two hundred pei
day for distribution in other parts of the
state.
The gubernatorial succession is being
discussed in Texas. Gov Hubbard, Hon
W. w. Lang, Hon. j. W. Throckmorton and
Judge Devine are tbe most prominent can.
didates.
Atlanta Constitution The sheep fever
is taking hold in Atlanta. 1t almost threat.
ems to drive the money question out Of dis.
cussion. Georgia win be the great sheep
state OF the future.
Judge Baxter imposed fines, amount
ing 10 two thousand four hundred dollars,
upon persons found guilty by the United
states circuit csurt, at Knoxville, last week,
of violating the revenue laws
The Mexican authorities at Piedras
Negras have delivered the murderer Cordona
10 the American officers on this side of the
Rio Grsnde, much TO the disgust Of the
Mexicans, who threaten rescue.
IN 1876 seven and half miles of rail.
road were built in Tennessee; in 1877,
twenty one and three-quarter miles. Up to
date Tennessee has 1867 miles Of -ailroad.
Five hundred miles are projected bat il is
aques'ion of time whether they will be put
in operation.
Tallahassee Fla Patriot: New orange
groves are springing up in every direction
in Orange county and the counties adjacent.
None of the groves suffered material damage
by the late cold weather, showing the un
doubted value Of water protection, which
the numerous lakes in that vicinity afford.
Collector Woodcock, of the Nashville
district, has recently broken up about forty
moonsbine distilleries, and Commissioner er
Raum has written him a letter, stating that
any support, either in money or forces,
required for the purpose Of suppressing IL.
licit distilleries, will be promptly furnished
upon application.
Current Southern item: Tramps are
numerous In this locality, ninety.nine hun.
dredths of the scum of northern low life,
and all of them thieves (for an honest man,
though foot traveller in search Of work, Is
not a tramp, and We advise our citizens Ia
loaded, and always shoot low.
The Houston Telegraph says of the
Texas commissioners TO investigate the III
Paso riot: II will be work OF patriotism
that is, they will have to pay their own bill
and take a short ride Of at least 700 miles
there and 700 back, with a large portion Of
the way actively cultivated with seal lp-raisers
II. G. Secrist is under arrest for the
murder of a woman and child In Union coun
ty, North Carolina, whose bodies were re-
widow with one child, about the LIST of las,
April, and is supposed to have murdered
them both the day after the marriage
Lynching is feared.
Some confederate bonds and notes
assets of the bankrupt Bank OF North Caro-
lima, were sold by auction in Raleigh recent
treasury notes, and So 40 for 100000 il
bonds. Another bought $ls2OO0 worth o
he notes for 50 so, and $62S,OO0 of Norti
Carolira war bonds for $40.
Vicksburg Herald: The Queen of tL,
Gypsies is said to have died last week at In,
camp Of the band who have been sojournip,
for some time In the vicinity of Sprou
Spring. She lay in state for several days a
the camp, after which her body, incloscd i,
the finest casket that could be procured, VIA
sent to Dayton, Ohio.
A bill before the Virginia legislator,
requires all persons selling cigars to take ou
state license, and be furnished with
Mot1ett register. Every time the dealer sell
cigar he turns the crank OF the register
and at the end Of each month he makes oatl
TO the number of cigars sold, and pays tai
OF one cent on each cigar sold.
Petersburg (Va.l Appeal: Four hun
dred and sixty dollars were subscribed in tn
city OF Norfolk for thc relief of the sufferer
Of the James river food, in the town Of Bu
chanan. So far as we know, this il the onl