The Osceola times., 1879-03-08
SOUTHERN NEWS ITEMS.

lnere are pendlng In the courts oil
Memphis 100 divorce suits.
Memphis is raising s25, 900 by private
subscription to clean the streets. y
The A. and M. college, TO be built at
Meridian, Miss, this summer, will cost $780,.
900.
And now they say cattle are dying
about Cullman, Ala, with something like
yellow fever. .s..
The legislature of Alabama has appro.
priated money to buy legs fer all her citi-
zens who lost them for the lost cause.
A Texas paper estimates that there
were at least three hundred persons mur-
dered in that state last year. Twelve men
were executed,
The Alabama legislature took recess
in December, and, with the exception OF two
members, all charged the state mileages, the
total being over $4,000.
Nearly every legislature in the south
has wrangled over the MoHet register and
whipping post bills, but Virginia continues
to have monopoly OF both.
! A Georgia darkey, whens,he was told
that dollar was only worth eighty cents,
remarked, "This is wusser'n cotton. Must
have been Dustin crap of money made last
year,
The bodies of Mrs. Gray and her three
children, all firmly tied together were
found In the river near Fort Worth, Texas,
a few dpys ego. She drowned herself and
three children last June.
The poor farm established near Dallas
Texas, for the purpose OF taking care Of
panpers and working tramps, has cost in
twenty months 5000 more than its receipts.
Beei alone, cheap as it is in Texas, cost
| sl2l0
The farmers of South Carolina have
lost their heads in the heat OF the fight with
fertilizer companies, and at one OF their
meetings discussed the question OF forciby
resisting the shipment of phosphates out Of
| the state.
| Eddie Lawhorn, eyed twelve, when
cony icted Of horse.stealing and sentenced to
Imprisonment for five years in the Texas
penitentiary, laughingly said "Five years
amt long. Why, ] can stsnd on my head
most OF the time"
| A young man who has tried everys
thing else and failed, writes the Vicksburg
Herald to inquire the requisites for good
reporter and gets for answer "a bottle OF
viii, ky, a lead pencil, a cast-iron consttu~
tion and a rhinoceros hide"
| Au AllhulS Sayt W d
| Constitution reporter that the factories Of
| that city must purchase coal for two dollars
ton or close mp. They pay now from four
to FIVE dollars, while in Chattanooga it can
be purchased for from one dollar fifty cents
to two dollars.
In North Carolina last year three
million nine hundred and two thousand four
hundred young shad, eighty nine thousand
| California salmon, and over fifteen thousand
| lsndlocked salmon were distributed, under
| the management Of the fish hatchers at
Avoca aud Swaunanoa gaps.
According to Adjutsnt General Jones'
report, the aggregate strength OF the state
guard of North Carolina is 2,29i. More tAan
| fifty thousand dollsrs' worth of ordnance is
now in the hands Of the troops. Most of the
| rifles are Of the very latest improved breech,
loading patterns, worth eighteen dollars
apiece.
Richmond (Va.) State The Rev
| Jasper delivered his sermon "The San do
| Meye,' last night for The instruction and
| delight Of the members of the legislature.
| 1t il highly proper "Brother Jasper" or
| some body else should tIy to convince them
| that the cath, or the sur, or the moon, or
something, does really move.
The Atlanta cotton actory has lain
| idle two years. Certain subscribers refustd
| to pay because Kimball, the originator and
| president, had subscribed $60001 when he
had no property. The courts have decided
in favor OF the non paying subscribers. The
| Lowell machine shop has enioined further
proceeding, and the immense establishment
| lies idle. ...........
Another appeal is sent forth by Profes.
| sor Venable, OF the university OF Virginia,
..S~ ..asta Lo tat., L..
alumni, to the alumni and others, to raise
the amount necessary, 100000, or at least,
| $4,000, for the erection OF an observatory,
| that the gift OF the telescope by Mr.. McCor>
mick may be speedily utilized and the OBJ
servor's chair endowed. '.a. y
Charleston News and Courier: A
company of enterprising northern men are
| engaged on the Edisto river in the business
| of catching sturgeon, the flesh OF which is
sent north and converted into canned sal>
mon, while the spawn is sent to the same
place. and, after being prepared and canned,
comes back 10 usw with foreign trade mark,
and is sold as Russian csviare.
Columbus Times We have heard oil a
| good deal Of meanness of late years, among
other things steahpg tie presidency, stealing
from T" Uncle Snss" treasury, fslary' gis,s,
| stealing Stewart's remains, and stealing
ntutThlly VI hil tOrtr ttuu iptiout, uttt
the meanest steal we have ever heard of, was
that of white man (so-csllea), lately in
Russell county, Ala stealing from a negro
his lawfulwife.
Several important bills hsve been
passed by the general assembly of Florida,
extending the benefits of the internal i'm
provement act to numerous canals and rail-
| roads. The appropriations for the purpose
will exhaust pretty much all of the public
lands controlled by the state. They are
generally valueless in their present condi.
ton, and the only hope tor ever rendering
them profitable is to bring them into the
market by running thoroughfares through
them.
Knoxville Tribune: Mr.. Swany, who
lost leg during the war, was crossing the
railroad track at Blue Springs, three miles
from Greenville. As he stepped upon the
track he saw the train coming through fhe
/ cut about fifteen feet distant. He turned to
escape, but there being rocks about the
track and he cripple, he tell on the track
and ives run over. He lost one arm and a
toe, and received severe confusion on the
head. At the first trial Swany was awarded
damages at $25G0, the second s22j0, and the
third $4,000.
Savannah News Tallahassee letter
The tomp Of Charles Louis Napoleon Achille
Murat, nephew Of Napoleon Bonaparte and
son OF Joachim Murat, ex king Of Naples and
the greatest cavalry general the world has
ever seen, stands in the city cemetery. He
owued for many years large plantation in
this county He is said to have been very
ecceritric In his habits, and many laughabls
ranecdotes are related Of his peculiarities.
The remains OF his wife, Virginia lady OF
grest excellence Of cha -acter, are deposited
IN The same ilciesurs,