The Osceola times., 1879-05-24

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them the right Of suffrage.
In tallahassee there are colored mi
grafton agents endeavoring to induce IN,
negro people to leave their homes.
The dredging feet, which il to dredp
twelve.foot channel through Galyesto,
bay, has arrived at Galveston from Nortl
Carolina. -'''''
DR.. j. Il. Heath, of Boston, a dis
tinguished student of American antiouitie
End relics, is in Dallas with the skeletons o
thirty famous Indian warriors.
The government placed salmon spawr
IN the Colorado river two years ago, anC
this year salmon nine inches long are bein,
caught In that river, near Austin, Texas.
A North Carolina paper saws: TIL,
wheat crop is better than 1t has been for sew
eral years. The fruit crop will be almost al
entire failure, owing to the recent cold snap
he negroes of Washington county
Texas, have been struck with a religion,
frenzy, and neglect their work SO much thai
farmers in that section fear they will make
only half crop.
There are about LOO convicts be.
| longing to the North Carolina penitentiary
| about two-thirds OF whom are judiciousiy
now in process of construction.
The annual reunion of the survivors
OF Hoods brigade will be held at Palestine,
Tex, Wednesday, July 8. 1t is expected
that Senator Wade Hampton and Gen. Gary,
OF South Carolina, will be present and de,
liver addresses.
A letter from Wslterboro, N. G., de.
scribing The recent cyclone there, cited, as
remarkable incident, that ga sheen was
found lying in the road, with every particle
OF wool taken from it as cleanly as razor
could have done it."
St)ckraisers and planters in Richland
parish, La, complain that wolves have be.
come very troublesome in that PARISH, and
that they have killed perhaps as many as
two hundred head of calves this spring, and
as many more OF lambs.
A canal will probsblylbe built through
the swamp land OF ST. James parish, La, In
orter to reach and utilize the large deposit
Of buzzsrd guano which has been discovered
in that parish, and which can only be
reached by means of a cansl.
Nashville American: Since the report
OF the committee to settle the state debt,
Comptroller Gaines and Gov. Marks have
received letters from persons representing
N,35O,OOO, saying they would accept the so
cents four per cent. proposition.
There are said to be in Mississippi
3lS,244 pupil children-l5S,l5 1856 white and
l60,0SS colored. OF these, 100, ,676 white
and lO47 779 colored are in school. The
school fund OF the past year amounted to
S262, ,26s. Per capita in average daily atten.
dance So AZ.
The first vote of the jury in the Cox
case was seven for murder, three for volun.
tsry manslsughter and two not guilty. Then
it stood, next ballot, nine for voluntary
maDslaughter, two for murder; when, after
several hours, they agreed on imprisen'
ment for life.
The female preachers have ~ revolu.
tionized popular sentiment iu Raleigh, n.
c., that a prosperous merchant of that city.
according to the Farmer and Mechanic, has
offered TO furnish home for Mrs. Moon and
help to build her a church in Raleigh, if she
will settle there.
Raleigh IN. C.) Farmer Mr.. Joseph
Lunsford, OF Person, sold at Durham the
tobacco grown on single acre, and 200
pounds additional, for S477. Rather better
than cotton, that Mr.. d. Blalock, OF Or
aDge, sold the product of l,l00 hills less
than quarter acre) for $40.
Several years ago there lived near
Kernersville, N, c., woman named Pol
Fitz, who was the mother OF a girl named
Martha. The girl lived there until she was
eighteen years OF age, dressed and acted as
a woman. Directly after the war she moved
to Surrey county, when she changed her
name to julius Hall and assumed the garb OF
a man, married, and she is now the father Of
two children.
Wsrrenton (Ga) Clipper: Last Fri
day, on the premises OF Mr.. Jordon NJ.
Norris, eight miles from this place, a remark.
able occurrence took place. A hawk,
known in the country as the blue darter,"
dashed down at brood of chickens. The
old hen engaged him in deadly combat.
By the time some OF the family got on the
ground the hawk had been disabled by
mortal wound.
A small boy WAS seen to carefully sp>
proach the windows of the county Jail at
Raymond, Mississippi, a few days since, and
stealthly hand in through the bars some
thing that was supposed to be an immense
crowbar. The police were informed OF it,
aud posse OF men surrounded the Jail
while couple OF officers proceeded to the
cell TO recover the weapon from the prs
oner. The weapon turned out to be yard
of bologna, which one OF the prisoners was
devounng.
ClsrksviIle Tobacco-Leaf: Mr.. Ter
rell, of the United States engineer corps, is
taking soundings of the Cumberland river
at Cumberland City, and of the Tennessee
river at Danville, with view OF ascertain
ing the volume OF water passing daily by
these points. All the tributaries OF the
Ohio and Mississippi will be measured in
the same way, the object being. to ascertain
definitely where the great body of water
flowing down the Mississippi river comes
from. This information is for the Misss-
sippi river commission.
Lyphus Killix, colored man, who
owned property in Jefferson county, Fla,
and was a leading, prosperous man, two
wears ago, was taken with an absorbing de-
sire to 90 to Liberia. Accordingly he was a
passenger on the bark Azor. lie now
writes to the Monticello Constitution from
Liberia to the effect " that Africa won't do I;
that his family are in great distress, and
that he wants to get back, and will pledge
his labor for years TO any planter in Jeter'
son who will advance the money for his
passage"
Savannah News: The grand jury OF
Schley county are determined to suppress
the practice Of carrying concealed weapons
at all hazards. Mr.. Dan Cofey, OF Ameri
Gus, was recently indicted for that ofiense
at Ellayille, the county seat OF Schley, be.
cause he was found with a screw.driver in
his hip pocket, where, ii seems. he had
placed il for safe keeping. he had taken 1T
along with him for the purpose Of screwing
down some plates to burial case containing
the remains of a lady, which had been
brought to Ellaville for interment'
A Galveston merchant, in the course
of a business letter to a correspondent in
New Orleans, says "There will be total
nonsintercourse between Galveston and New
Orleans again this summer. Everyone here
firmly believes the rigid quarantine kept
them safe last year. As Il business move It
ugas a great helm. too, The railroads have