The Osceola times., 1878-01-19
NEWS SUMMARY.
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One hundred and seventy-6ve emf
grafton tickets have heen sold in Charlotte
during the past month.
The postofiice receipts at Savannah for
1877 were $i7,27l co. and the expenses S27,
62s 20, showing net income OF $l9643 81.
The Vicksburg Herald says the people
of Louisiana are in earnest about the pro.
posed railroad connection between that city
and Shreveport.
Chattanooga Times: Sixteen hundred
immigrants to Texas travelled over the Ken
nesaw route in December, about half of
whom purchased their tickets in Atlanta.
One hundred and ten deeds of land
have been received by the auditor from
Craven county, North Carolina, for forfeiture
of state taxes. The sum due is but 1928.
Nashville American Most all the
gamblers are submitting their cases in the
criminal court and paying S. fines and costs.
A saloon keeper was fined S. for permitting
persons TO play cards in his house for the
drinks.
The Atlanta (Ga.) Constitutionalst
says; Chicken fighting is getting to be so
common in the neghborhood OF Columbus,
that boys go about with game cocks in sacks,
and gsfis sticking TO the lapels OF their
coats.
The Atlanta Constitution has inter
viewed a stock man, who "thinks the calm
and meditative sheep is to be Georgis's re>
generator" and that the "Bermuda grass
beats the Kentucky bluegrass in several es.
sential particulars"
An encounter took place in Sumter
county, Florida few DAYS ago, between
Reuben Marsh and Gus Caruthers. Caruthers
fired two shots from gun, killing Marsh; he
then rode about half mile, fell from his
horse, and expired.
Judge Sherman Page, Ex-Governor
Sherwood and A. + Meigs, OF Minnesota,
are in Tennessee in search Of information OF
desirable location for a settlement. They
intend to take large colony down when a
location can be determined upon.
The Charlotte On. c. Observer tells
OF a man who came to that place with wife
and fourteen children. He wanted to move
TO Tennessee the price of tickets was S52S; /;
he retired in disgust, and is now at his old
home.
There are l57 members in the Missis,
sippi legislature. In the senate are two re.
publicans, Que colored. In the house are
one white republican, two independent col
ored republicans, two fusion colored republi
cans and three colored democrats. A colored
democrat was elected doorkeeper OF the
house.
The exports from the port Of Norfolk
Tor the month Of Dece mber aggregate 81
SO0,709 81. The nuLlber of vessels that
cleared Tor foreign ports amounted to 81, ,09}.
The exports for the year amounted to s6,27S,-
933 4S. The receipts of cotton at Norfolk
during the month of December amounted to
II, 1926 bales.
Handsboro Miss Democrat Mr.. J.
{. Clarke, the general manager of the line
OF railroad leading from New Orleans to
Chicago, says the tide OF immigration from
the west TO the south is setting in in real
earnest He thinks thousands will seek
homes during the coming year. All who
come are welcome.
New Orleans Times The postmaster
OF lIernando was garroted and robbed on the
night OF the 29th ult, while he was on his
way from the postofce to his home. Three
white men were the assaiants, and they got
from him $3.50 in government money and
personal funds. No clew to the identity of
the robbers has been ascertaiued,
Steamers and RATS now pass through
Reuben's cut, on the Ocmulgee, hitherto the
most difficult part Of the navigation between
Darien and Hawkinsyille. The opening of
this cot was recently effected by the United
States government. and adds much TO the
prosperity Of middle and southwestern
Georgia, which is thus brought near to mar.
ket by cheap communication.
Nicksburg Herald Some time during
the last week of December there was received
at the United States treasury, Washington
city, from Nicksbure, an old tin box, which
had been buried in the ground number of
years by the owner, and lately exhumed by
al -
lars in the first issue OF the government
greenbacks and national bank notes. The
money had become so rusted by contact with
the box and affected by mildew us to be in
great danger of dropping TO pieces, and was
consequently forwarded to the United States
treasury for redemption. The exchange for
good money has been made.
Daily Arkansas Gazette: Abont $50
O'Clock Thursday morning, James Cooper, a
merchant OF Malvern, shot and mortally
wounded Neal Gillis, well known citizen
and desperate character Of Hot Springs
county. Gillis mad been in town for twenty
four hours, had defed and buldozed the
civil authorities, and had threatened Me life
OF Cooper, who, seeing him coming up the
hill, as though approaching his store to carry
out his purpose, stepped out and fired into
Gillis' person the contents of two double
buckshot entered his head, body and legs,
infilctiDg wounds from which he died in
about three hours.
New Orleans Democrat on jackson
dav:" The invading army, which had ad.
vanced into the very heart OF the republic,
had burned the capital, desecrated the ma
tional monuments, chased the timorous
president into some remote hiding place, and
scattered, ike sheen before wolves, the vast
horde of his militiamen, quadrupling in
number the invaders. was here met on the
field by the youth and men of Louisiana,
Mississippi, Tennessee and Kentucky, and
driven back with sbame-a and slaughter to
their ships. In less than two months from
their appearance off our shores, an army
composed Of the veterans who had conquered
the great Napoleon and his cohorts, an army
of twelve thousand of the picked veterans OF
the great peninsular war, who had won the
brightest of all the aurels won by the British
army, an army conducted tbitber by the
greatest squadron ever sent forth by that
great naval power, asquadron stronger than,
and composed OF the very ships Of, the fleet
which had annihilated the French navy at
Trafalgar.
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