The Osceola times., 1878-07-13
SOUTHERN NEWS ITEMS.

iheIe mas Ueen 100 mucn rain In south
ern Arkansas.
The grange will be a factor in the
Texas gubernatorial election.
Nashville, Tenn has the only colored
medical college in the world. twas endowed
by two Indianians.
The grain crop of the south this year
IL said to be larger than nj any time since
1865. The prospect of an European war had
something to 10 with it.
The Washington IN. c. Star confe, ses
that North Carolina has more illi,erate per.
sons, according to population, than any
other of the thirty.eight states.
Mrs. Guy, of Fort Worth, Texas, being
accused by her husband of infdelity, took
her three children to the river, drowned
them, and then drowned herself.
A loan of 81. zoe, 900 having been eff.
fected on the bonds of the Galveston, Col.
orado and Santa Fe railroad the building of
the road will be At once pushed forward with
energy.
Ex-Gov. Letcher, of Virginia, says
the reason no monument has been placed
over the grave OF President Tyler il that the
legislature failed TO make the necessary ap.
preparations.
Since the close of the late civil war
the Marietta (Ga.) Field says nearly a half
million pounds of bullets have been gather.
ed from the battefelds near that town. One
man has shipped 6',ooO pounds.
North Texas produces, to the amaze
ment OF strangers, as abundant crops Of
wheat, millet, rye and oats, as of corn and
cotton. Apple., peaches, figs aud pome.
granates are equslly abundant when cared
for and cultivated.
Alexander II. Stephens is now enjoying
better health than for many wears past.
The secret OF his strange vitality is said to
be remarkably sound stomach, which,
during his long illness, has never failed to
perform its functions.
Mr.. Stephens, in the course of his Au-
gusta speech, said he had dictated the plat.
form upon which the democracy Of Georgia
reorganiEed Immediately after the war.
Senator Hill, in an interview with reporter
Of the Atlanta Constitution, denies il.
San Antonio Express We recently
met a party recently from Chihuahua, Mex,
leo, who reports that almost the entire state
was in perfect terror. The people a-e desti.
tute, food can barely be purchased at any
price, water is scarce, and cattle aud horses,
and hundreds OF people are dying from
hunger. 1t has not rained for about ninc
months, and the sun is parching everything
up.
The Key West FLA Dispatch of late
date, says that large and enthusiastic meet.
ing Of Cubans has been held at San Carlos
hall in that city, and was presided over by
Col. Pho Rosado, Of Gen. Maceo's staff. Res.
olutions were passed pledging both men and
money for the continuance of the struggle
for independence whenever opportunity
should offer to make a descent on Cuba.
The emancipat of slaves was made fun.
damental principle for the continuance of
the struggle.
The San Antonio authorities are tax
ing steps toward the Identification OF the
graves of the heroes of the Alamo. The
Calves ston News says: Col. King will also
attempt to save what remains OF the ashes
of the heroes of the Alamo. In 1887, year
after the massacre, Capt. Juan Segun had
the charred and mutilated relics gathered
together and placed in a large box, the
names OF the victims being inscribed on the
inside of the lid. The box was inferred in a
triangular piece Of land few hundred
yards from the Alamo. Col. King is san
guine of discovering this very box, which
will be guarded from further neglect aud
desecration.
Memphis Avalanche: There is No vel
low fever in the United States. II has Wis.
tied Memphis only three times. It may
never come again. But, if it ever resppears
in New Orleans, and quarantine can keep it
out of Memphis, arguments against that
method will be idle. The disease must never
get another foothold. In New Orleans,
where the physicians and the people have
been taught by bitter experience, reliance Is
placed on the quarantine to keep the fever
away, and local disinfection to prevent its
spread whenever quarantine fails to prove
wholly effective. The two work together in
harmony. And yellow fever as an epidemic
il no longer known to New Orleans.