The Osceola times., 1879-05-03

\ pilates and the materials for sulphuric acid
salts OF ammonia and potash. These can be
| prepared, and superior fertilizer made for
nome use with a capital Of 100000.
Thus opens long editorial in the
| view Orleans Times, under the head OF
Wah": At the risk of becoming monoto.
nous as well as disagreeable, we take leave
10 return to the subject OF concealed weap.
ons. We may add that we shall continue TO
return and return and RETURN until the
miserable and disastrous habit becomes so
unpopular that at least the gentlemen of the
community will be ashamed to be known as
/ persons who habitually go about the streets
loaded with knives and pistols and brass,
knuckles.
Dallas (Texas) Herald: At last the
long needed and much prayed for rain has
isIen. sunday morning about eight o'clock
tne sky was hlled with dark clouds, and at
nine hne rain began TO fall, which cons
t'nued Tor about one hour. Though IL vss
not rs heavy here AS In other places, vet it
VIII DO vast amount of good generally,
although 1t came too late to do the wheat
crop at large much good. 1t will greatly
oeneht corn and cotton, aud bring out the
gardens aud grass. The fall seems to have
covered the whole of north Texas, extend-
ing rom Denison 10 Corsicana and from
west OF Weatbedord eastward towards Willis
Point.
a lot OF prisoners sentenced 10 bard
labor in Alabsms were knocked down to
the highest bidder at the following figures
Martha Jackson, negro woman, went of a.
- 10 per month Emma Parker, a negro
woman, " 05; sn old negro man, William
Moulton, "a 20; Sarah MoultoD, his wife,
at - sam Malone, negro man, went to
S. Sam was likely fellow" ana the bid.
ding wss quite lively. Jim Graham, negro
boy, brought Sc 80 John Fleming, a negro
msn, was knocked of at S6 90; James obi.
orne, white man, brought only twenty-five
cenls month, while another white man,
by The name OF Mann, went for the small
sum OF five cents. A number of negroes
were among the bidders, and one said he
never expected TO live 10 see the dav wher
Niger would be worth more than a white
man.
The Galveston News thus sets forth
the current expense problem in Texas: The
various sources of revenue the ensuing ii seal
year will yield, by the most careful estimate,
sl,o5O,0O0 in cash. This sum is reduced by
The appropriation for deficiencies at the
very frst 100000, leaving 81 ,050 900. Next
one.fourth of the whole amount goes TO
nublic schools out OF the first collections.
This reduces the sum available to say $65 l.,
600. Then interest amounting to $500, 900 is
set apart to the exclusion Of every other
demand, reducing the availabls,revenue to
$250OOO. The requirements for the Judi.
cary about S2600U0; for the asylums about
100000; for frontier defense, 100000; for
the land cfhce, comptroler's, treasurer's,
attorney-generaPs, governors snd secretary
OF states Offices, $3.50 600 and over; for
quarantine, $40, for pensions, $50 600;
Tor penitentisry, $4,000, ard for sinking
fund, 100000; altogether s920,0Oo, are to
be net by this residue of S250,000.
The Augusta News says it now seems
as II Georgia is to add another wonder to its
already lengthy and attractive list of natural
curiosities. Not content WITH being the
mother OF the greatest mountain rock on
earth, not stopping at the many springs
which in variety and attractveness are
counted all over the state, nor hesitatinp
still to act rs the rosdbed for the most beau
tiul fall OF water on this continent and even
Boosting OF some special attraction on every
acre OF its soil from the lofty peak OF Ball
mountain to the sandy beach of Tybee, the
empire State now comes forward with what
may be called natural wonder that has
hitherto been confined to the sandy soil OF
Arkansas or warmed the frozen zone OF Ice.
land. Some excitement has been caused in
upper Georgia by the discovery, near the
AIRLINE road, the neighborhood OF the great
falls, of sire m OF boiling water juttng
out of solid rock and ascending ifty.two
feet in the air. A report Of this new discov.
cry comes from Athens, and II proves cor
rect In every particular. Georgia can cer-
tsinly claim great curiosity, and North
Georgia be more than usually popular this
summer.