The Osceola times., 1882-01-28
WAYS OF THE WORLD.
ARKANSAS

from Alaska, has been black balled.
Mrs. HIcKs.LoRp believes IN real es.
tne for investment. She has Just
b,ught another $4,000 house in New
York.
THE man who stopped to conquer"
broke the suspender Of his liver pad and
rose to conquer his swelling emotions
of angcr.--Keokuk Gate CITY.
WHEN horse gets so thin that fel.
low can't drive him after dark fos fear he
will see his shadow and think there is a
skeleton after him, is he not little too
thin?-Toledo dmnican
NASHVILLE man has n fifty cent
French coin of the date of 1850. There
were only twelve OF the kind made in
that year, and it is valued as a relic at
SIS so.
IT is reported that 43i vessels, valued
at $40 1875, ,2i0, all of which belonged to
and were bound to or from ports in the
United States, were lost during last year,
A BuxoM woman of Labette county,
Kansas, has buried six husbands. and is
now on trial for the seventh. The diff
dent males of that bailiwick are taking
10 the woods.
An Ohio girl sued man for breach
ofpromise and proved him such n mean
scoundrel that the Jury decided that she
ought to pay him something for not
marrying her.
G. T.. PATRICK, OF the chemical labra-
tory of the State University of Kansas.
has analyzed "Ozonc," and finds il 70 be
composed Gf sulpher aud lampback,
and pronounces it to be an unmiligated
frau.
TIE Oswego, Kansas, Democrat says
that the cultivation OF cotton has proven
very successful in that part Of the state,
and that fully 1000 acres will be planted
to cotton in Montgomery county this
year.
TuR University Of Pennsylvania is en-
deavoring to purchase more ground in
its vicinity for the erection Of additional
buildings. If it succeeds IL is said that
two citizens will contribute for building
funds, one s 1 100000 and the other $780,.
600.
THE medical faculty in England were
discussing the question whether or not
to attend reception in evening costume
Professor Charcott, who had not yet
learned the nicties OF the language,
quietly remarked: AS for me, shall
60 in my nightdress.
AMONG the retail dealers in copper
utensils in Chicago were six who were
willing, for the sake of multiplying thcir
profits, to buy goods which they knew
had been stolen from the manufacturer.
The thief supplied them with $500
worth for about $4,000
ACCORDING TO the annual report of the
Iowa railway commissioners for the
past year, just submitted, there are in
TIE state 2,l00 miles of steel rails and !
3,275 miles of iron rails. The expenses
Of the roads during the year were $780,.
5ii.6a. The roads are reported in d
very prosperous condition.
Az English company has bought L.
100000 acres.o wild land in MISSISSIPPI
pi. And this investment Is said to be
only the beginning ofofher in vcstrncn
off6reiSn capital in the south, not only
to colonize portions Of it, but for the
sake of the large quantities Of timber
growing in that region, and which has
been, as yet, untouched, by the wood
mans AK.
Webb Hayes, Z. 3 !,
Cleveland; Birchard Hayes is practfsIhg \
law with young Mr.. Waite in Toledo; |
Boston, and the younger children SO 10
the public school in the village Of Fre-
mont.
DEACON Gro. w. CHAPMAN, of Boston,
recently in passing candy store which
the Sheriff was selling out, stepped in
and bought the entire stock, and then
followed a reyelry Of sweets among the
thousand children in the fremont Tenn
pie Sunday School, Of which for years
he had been superintendent. Terra
alba seems to wake up the infant New
England quicker than anything else.
In the Fianco>German war the
Germans lost over 10000 men by disease
or the casualties of battle. 1t is TO be
remembered that every one of these was
picked man, in the full vigor of life,
when he ought 10 have been adding TO
the wealth of the country and raising up
family to strengthen the state. Besides
the official cost Of the war, the voluntary
contributions amounted TO Sl2000000 in
money or kind. This was the price of a
successful war, waged by the most eco
nomical of nations.