Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1879-06-05
TTEHs AZ LARGE.

Rye ia seven feet high in Georgia.,s
~-Whest harvesting has begun In s0Esbern
Texas.
--Anoihsr Indian scare in Southern Ne
braskA.
Kentucky s shipping black walnut logs
to England.
--srawberries are merely 10 cant por
quart in Jacksonville.
"a Georgia paper, talking OF fross nvs
early corn BIZ She dust.
--Decature, Mich, has factory ios max.
log wooden butlercups,
---Hogs, dogs and chickens are dying Ia
Hickman county, KY, with choleras
---CbArlsston 10 shipping daily by express
~ 500 quarts OF Strawberries TO NeW York.
Brunswick, Ca, claims the chAnpIon
rAin-fall--ten and olf tenth inches In eight
--FlorIdass biggest orange tree Is thirty
seven feet high and eight feet five inches In
circumfereDce at the base.
Florida is turning her attention 10 the
cultivation Of rice, which is stated to be q
better crop there than wheat Is in any other
State,
Hail storms prevailed last week ct points
10 every Southern Stste. They were accom-
panied by very heavy rainl, and great dam.
age was done 70 crops.
The Agricultural Department makes q
very favorable report OF the condition OF the
crops throughout the country.
The present Rio coffee crop IL the largest
ever rsised in Brazil, amounting to over
100000 bags.
"A teaspocpful of turpentine, boiled With
your white clothes, Will greatly aid the
whitening procass.
--KEPoRTe from all portions Of tie country
20 70 show the decoration Of Eoldiers' graves
was attended 10 in manner betting tho
occasion.
Mr.. Beecher says he loves the North and
he loves the South; be loves the white, and
he loves the black, he loves all mankind, not
for what they are, but for what they are
going 20 be,
The crops in North Louissns have been
somewhat retarded By drouth and cold, The
open weather hiss been favorable for work,
however, and the farms krs In fine condition
in the main.
"A practical farmer writes that for killing
lice on cows or hogs he slways found the fol.
lowing application succeSsfll: Take The Wa
| ter inwhich potatoes have been boiled and
rub Il over the tkin OF the AnimRh 10 be
treated. The lice will be dead In 1--WE hours
and no further progeny sppear.
The Southern negro exodus has Stagna'
| ted Of late, but the arrival OF some one hun
dred Rhd fifty oH Sunday evening indicates
Spssfnodic revival. The eitiEanasos Wyan.
dotte, however, refused them landing there
and they we're put OF on this aide Of the
State line.--k. @. Times.
Topeka Capital: The question .hs Gear
people ask about paper, is not whether I
hangs on the ragged edge OF an oyef-cFowd
cd newspaper field, bot whether 1t gives tbs
latest and best and freshest news. Tue over
eroWdiDg Of any business ie question tha
settles itself by the survival OF The httest, An6
mea who fear they will be crowded out, hAt
letter spend their time working instead o
whlmpering.
| Burlington Hawkeye, They come, they
come! Already the sea serpent has been seer
twice of Newport, q bear came out OF thl
woods at CAtskill, and the wild man raj
naked out OF swamp In Texas, and bit
| whole poTtershonse steak out OF & man be
fore help arrived. And last Saturday night
at the last stroke OF IL, dark figure witt
upraised arms stood on the porch of tho Bur
lengton Court House and said, Hal Hal Hal
| 10 sepulchral tones. he was taken along ant
nned 50 So.
-WAsHINdroH, May 27.--The excess o
exports over Imports Of merchandise tor thi
month ending April 30, 1879. was $l2, III 800
for the same month In 1873 the excess wa
S23, ,927 1856. The excess OF exports for III
twelve months ended April 30, 1879, we
$272, ,2l6,770, against 1921 $50, ,Ol3 Tor the cor
Responding twelve months last year. The ex
cess Of exports Of gold and silver coin sn'
bullion for April, 1879, was 81, 450.6 sal; 10
April, 1873, excess OF imports, 81, 265 ,026
for the twelve months ended April 40, 1873
excess OF exports, s. 26S, ,6a3, against sis, ,3Sl
$50 for the corresponding twelve months lss
year.