The Osceola times., 1878-04-27

SOUTHERN NEWS ITEMS.

A district telephone company hiss
organized in Nashville.
1t is said more corn has been planted
in Mississippi this year than usual ''
1t will only require three months 10
put the New Orleans mint into operation.
Within the last FIVE wears Forsyth,
Ga. small town, las lost $l00,00O by FIRE.
Six thousand live chickens were
shipped through Knoxville the other day for
New York.
Muldoon, of Lou sville, Kentucky,
will build the confederate monument at
Columbus, Ga.
A negro has just been sentenced to two
years in the Tennessee penitentiary for steal
ing coon skin.
1t is stated that the wheat acreage
planted this year in Tennessee is double
that of last year.
indians will be taught at the Hampton,
Virginia, normal school. The experiment
will be interesting.
Since Savannah announced he. deter
mutation TO put tramps to work they have
given her wide berth. -r
Ed. Jackson and jeff Childs will be
hung in Georgia next June, for the murder
of Powell Ballard last fall.
Capt. Eads estimates that the cost Of
the Improvement OF the st. John's.river bar,
by means Of jetties, will be si,7l7O0O.
The New Orleans Picayune says /:
" Homemade hog and hominy" should be
inscribed on the banner of every southern
farmer.
Some of the large cotton counties in
Mississippi are endeavorng to prevent or
restrict the expectation of cotton seed from
their borders.
The New Orleans fircmeu are anxious
for the passage Of an ordinance compelling
storekeepers using iron shutters for their
buildings to keep them unlocked.
A farmer living near Chattanooga,
having lost a number Of lambs by the depre>
dations of gray eagles, offered fifty cents Tor
every one killed, ami six of the "emblems
have been shot. .-a ....
The ladies of Warrenton, Va, have or
ganizsd society for the payment Of the
State debt The idea is to get every woman
in the State to Join, the initiation fee to be
twenty-five cents and a monthly contribution.
A direct steam line has been established
between New Orleans and Belize, Honduras,
by New Orleans firm. 1t is the first step
toward building up q trade which II is be-
leved will one day assume very important
proportions, and is attracting the close ats
tenton of merchants in that city.
The heart of the business portion of
Clarksville, Tenn, was burned out by the
great fire OF Saturday night, entailing loss
of from two hundred and fifty to three hun.
dred thousand dollars. The calamity is a
terrible one, and there is every reason to
believe that il was the work Of an incendiary.
Chattanooga Dispatch A wholesale
liquor dealer told us yesterday that the
Murphy movement had undoubtedly lessen-
ed the receipts of the saloons Of the city,
but had largely increased their Jug and
bottle sales. He claims that he now sells
two bottles where he formerly sold one TO
people in our city.
Chattanooga Dispatch There ar. less
than five hundred experienced and compe-
tent coal miners in Tennessee to-day out
side the convict workmeD, and every man
of these can, If he will find plenty of work
during the entire year. Convict labor may,
in some instances, have worked some hard
ships by forcine free miners to change their
location, but it has really defeated no free
miners chance to obtain steady employment
The negroes are to hold convention
in Charlotte, N. c., on the 10th of Septem-
ber next, the object of which is to petition
the law.making powers OF the country to
restore the whipping>post for stealing and
other grievous offenses. Stephen McCorkle,
a colored man, is at the head of the move,
and he says there will be delegates from
several OF the southern states.
Clarksville (Tenn.) Chronicles fire
extra Some years ago we repealed some ex-
cellent laws forbidding frame buildings
within certain limits of the city. Had
these laws been in force, and had all our
business houses been built with fire proof
walls, as they should be, not one.tenth Of the
upon us. The present is our opportunity
for making laws for the future. Several
squares have shortly to oe rebuilt, and, be-
fore operations are commenced, we ought
to re.enaet our safety building laws, so as TO
render such another calamity impossible.