The Osceola times., 1878-02-23
SOUTHERN NEWS ITEMS.

Fort Worth received 10000 buffalo
robes last year.
Richmond's bonded debt is $4,477,-
1850; taxable property, S39,tss,067.
The salary of the governor of Louisiana
is $1,000, and the proposed amendment only
cuts it down to 5000. -r 90 .f
There are one hundred and Fifty. one
Willismses in Augusta, Ca, according 10 the
new directory of the city.
1t is thought that for several years TO
come the orange crop OF Florida will double
hat OF each preceding year. e- =
The net earnings of the Eagle and
Phenix manufacturing company at Colum-
bus, Ga, last year were $150,l9S.
The Madison ia Journal says there
are cotton fields in that parish that have
never been touched by cotton pickers.
The supreme court OF Tennessee de.
cided last Saturday that the state cannot be
sued by her citizens through her officers.
A Nashville lady deposited enc hun.
dred dollars in Philadelphia bank twenty
seven years ago, and on Monday received
thereirom 1897.
Dphtheria has become 80 prevalent
and fatal in Tennessee that the state board
Of health has issued q circular upon its pre-.
vention and treatment.
Governor Hahn has offered bill in the
Louisiana legislature licensing gambling
houses, and prescribing the manner in which
they shall be conducted.
Murphys are making things lively in
Wheeling, Nashville, Montgomery and Little
Rock. Southward the star of temperance
hold its way, as it were.
The special joint committee of the
Virginia legislature on therevision of the
criminal laws recommend the whipping-post
for petit larceny and other small offenses.
The Knoxville Tribune says a ven-
delta in Hancock county eliminated few
daysago in the killing Of Deputy sheriff Cobb
and Andy Rhea, and the wounding Of Fugali
and Epperson. @
The two cotton factories at West Point
are adding new machinery, and will soon
commence running day and night, an indi.
cation that Georgia industries are in pros
porous condition. - %
Charlotte On. C.) Observer: The mip-
ing outlook is very promising, and those who
have labored 80 hard for the development Of
the mineral resources Of this section are
much encouraged. =
All the states south Of Mason and
Dixon's line were represented at the open
ing Of the southern educational conventisn,
at Atlanta, except Kentucky, Texas, North
Carolina, Arkansas and Maryland. =
Williamson county Tex. Sun: Corn
is selling freely at IS cents bushei, oats
scarce and in demand at thirty cents; wheat
at 81 and Sl.25 for seed and immediate SOW.
ing barlev scarce at twenty-five cents. !,
The New Orleans Democrat ie hand.
ling the Louisiana State lottery without
gloves, and promises 10 furnish the proof Of
some damaging charges IL the Legislature
will appoint an Investigating committee.
Messrs. Nash 4 Weisser, Of Fulton,
Texas, killed fifteen thousand beeves the
past season, and successfully canned two
million of two-pound cans Of beef, besIdes
thousands of cans sf.turtle, tongues, soups,
etc. = -
There is a family in Madison county,
Florida, Of remarkable stature. The recorder
reports their heights as follows The father
is seven feet four; the mother is six feet
eight two sons seven feet three, and one
daughter seven fsethiue! vff gaQ wF
The Atlanta cotton factory question h
not yet definitely settled, and counsel for the
Lowell machine shop will take the case to
the supreme court. Meanwhile the directors
Of the cotton factory will deposit the re-
quired bond and 90 ahead with the work.
wilmington On. 1C). Star: There
are three brothers resid,ng in the Kaint,ok
ssction in Pender county, formerly New
Hanover, Of the name, of Pridgep, who have
either forty-nine or fifty children, tw0 Of
them having seventeen each shd thu. third
either fifteen or sixteen, our informant i.
not positive which. These brothers live
within-a radius OF a mile Of each other, and
also within sight OF each other. The gentle
man alluded 70 says that he was at party CT
ball n that ReighberhSod on one occasion
aca wss introduced during the evening Il
tIsrty Miss riidgens, all children stths fhssS
| brothsrs named. s->-'-'+s "a 's~
Mr. David Dickinson, 0eosgis
planter. has complied . careful census siac<
less, lFsa which hs dsducss that labor doel