The Osceola times., 1882-09-16

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times, from night til morning.
Little Jimmie, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. T. N. Tucker, died last Satur.
day night, after brief illness.
Another fine boy made his ap.
pearance at the residence of Mr.. w.
P. Hale, last Wednesday night
Miss Made Williamson left for
Winchester, Tenn, last Tuesday,
where she goes to attend school.
Chill no more; take O31, at
GAYLORD & WYNNE's.
Impressed with vennor's pre-
dictions OF q cold winter, everybody
is having bount!ful supply of fire
wood hauled.
Tom Goble made the race all
the way through the canvass on two
votes. Nothing could be said against
his record, you know.
The funeral procession, which
attended the remains Of Mr.. Sam
Moss, was the largest witnessed in
Osccola in many years.
Two bales of new cotton was
shipped last Thursday, from our
wharf; one by Mr.. F. b. Hale and
the other by Mr.. Andy Young.
We now have seven steam cot.
ton gins-all within three miles Of
Osccola ready and waiting to gin up
the cotton crops Of this ncighborhood.
There are more swarthy, bilious,
cadaverous.looking people stalking
about at present, than we have seen
in many years before In Osceola.
Ladies' Trimmed Hats, latest
styles, at SrowELL & HKISz.
The Drug Stores arc doing an
immense sub(pre)scription" busi-
ness, and some Of our oolored citi-
zcns are having "Digestivc" chills.
Miss Ida NJ. Hale left last Tues
day to attend school at Winchester,
Tenn. She called and ordered a
copy of the TINES, sent TO her dur.
ing her absence.
There is good opening for the
lately defeated candidates to form
a Matrimonial Guild Association.
Next TO fat offices, this pays the
largest dividend.
DIR. E. d. Bell, of Troy Town
ship, shipped the first bale of cotton
from Mississippi county on the 9Th.
Last year the first bale was ginned
on the 18th Of August.
MIR. F. B. Hale had bale Of
cotton ginned last Tuesday, the 18th
inst. Last year this same gentleman
had his FIRST bale ginned on the 18th
of August, one month earlier.
A Full line of School Books, APP
pleton's and McGuffy's series, at
r. G. PREwIrr's.
Rev. w. II. Barksdale, Baptist
minister, of Memphis, has held Sc
ries of religious services here during
the week, which has resulted in
awakening the members to sense
of their duty, and royiving the cause
of Christ.
The amount Of money sent away
to defray the school expenses Of the
pupils who have gone to attend
schools in other States, would have
sufliced to hire two or three first
class teachers, and supported a twelve
months school at home.
The Very Latest Novelties in
Ladies' Trimmed Hats, at
STowEiL & HEINZ.
The defeated candidates being
too numerous to be accommodated
on the little steamer "Despair,"
chartered for the trip up Salt River,
and having given strong expressions
of repentance, the Captain of the
expedition let them off, under prom
Use that they will go to work and or
ganize the party, and put out regu-
lar nominees two years hence.
We are no alarmist, and don't
wish TO be so regarded, but we have
it ON good authority that there are a
number of cases of smallpox on
Centennial Island, and few cases
on Frenchman's bayou. We men
ton this in order to put everybody
on their guard-shoald it be true,
the people shoald act in concert and
a.ssss1t;ne against the dreadful pest.