The Osceola times., 1878-12-07

tanning 7io acres, at mortgage sale brought
}l.i7 Der acre.
A judge in his charge TO the grand
jury said the other day: "Bsnish whisky
and the pistol from Texas, and crime VIII
cease in this State"
A public sale of 100000 acres of
land in Alabama began at the United States
Land Office, in Montgomery, Tuesday, and
will continue ten days.
The Oonstitution thinks the loss from
the failure of the City Bank OF Atlanta will
aggregate 500, ,0O0-$50,C00 to stockholders
and SO 900 to depositors.
A. J. Burks. of Amherst, Va. has been
fined 500 and ordered to jail for twelve
mos tbs for marrying woman who had "al-
ways passed for nsgreU,"
The first drove of hogs TO arrive since
the war, reached Wilmington, N. c., a few
days tince. The drove numbered 100, and
were driven from Tennessee.
Meetings are being held and the to.
bacco producing counties of Virginia de.
msnding, not only = reduction, but the
abolition OF sll tax on tobacco,
Mrs J. II. Bryant, of Benton, Ala.
cut the hair, forty,two inches long, from her
the benefit OF the fever sufferers.
The government will soon begin the
work OF improving the harbor OF Savannah.
Seventy thousand dollars have been appro-
pristed, and $4,000 more will be asked for,
New Orleans is TO raise fund for the
Rsrnes family, who came to that city from
England, father, mother, and eight ch!ld.en,
and only the mother and ,hrse children es.
capped the plagu..
Lovering's cedar MILL at Tampa, Fla
was burned one year ago, and again burned
last week, with loss of 81 900 and a large
number Of hands thrown out OF employ
ment 1t will be rebuilt.
Notwithst anding the low price of cots
ton, it is stated that the working people of
Southwest Georgia, both white and black,
are, as e general thing, better of than they
have been at any time since the war.
The liquor dealers Of Augusta have
held meeting and adopted q resolution
Atlanta and Macon to unite with them in
opposition to the Mofiett punch bill.
DR.. Carver, the celebrated ri6e shot,
has been bird.huntins in Georgia. A local
paper says whenever he 81 preached a covey
IiO Oli Cock NOulu http lOfNhru, hSk tnt
Doctor not to shoot, and surrender uncondi.
tlonally.
In vote on the question Of removing
the State capital from New orleans to Baton
Rouge, <0,0ec Louisisnians failed to vote
Il, 900 OF the failures being in the former
city. New Orleans will remain the capital
by majority of 1,64S.
The General Assembly Of Alabama has
adopted a memorial to the Cot gress OF the
United states a.kirg FOR the passage Of a
National quarantine law, which will give
the Federal Government full control over
qusrantines in all portions of the Union.
The Lee Monument Association will
lay the eorner s,ohe OF the Lee monument
IN Lexington, Virginia. 2sth inst. General
Joseph f. Johnston, President Of the Asso.
citation, will assist at the ceremonies, and
Senator X. +, Wethers will deliver the adj
dress.
An exchange says: The Cherokee ma
ton, composed OF about three thousand
souls, will, we learn, remove to Georgia to
live. George Busyhead 10 the chief Of the
nation. 1t is expected that they will reach
that State soon, and will settle in North
Georgia.
The Nstchez Democrat has heard OF
several well acthenbcateu instances during
the late epidvmic where a single plantation
quarantine, made Efficient enough TO isolate
that place, has proved barrier against the
fever, even though it prevailed on all sd-
iacent places.
Vicksburg Herald The taxes nov cue
in the in fected counties If the state can not
be collected without ehtailng untold hard
ships upon the people. Let the Legislature
be assembled, and see if their wisdom is
deaf to the appeals Of mercy and justice, to
say nothing of expediency.