The Osceola times., 1883-06-16
.Dr. R. {. Prewi:t, who has been

pahitA Tue l'I- 70 1FdNcidnl- elpl-
ped of at Louisville Ky, on a visit
to her mother.
The Board of Aldermen met
again last Monday night. An opin-
ion from the Attorney General was
read, on the subject Of the right TO
grant town license to sell liquor.
Basing their action on this opinion
the Board concluded not to issue
license. An election was held for
Marshal, the names of Mr.. G.. w.
Boyce and Mr.. C. X. Trout being
put in nomination, resulted in the
election Of Mr.. front.
-FoR SALE-A New Home and
Weed or Hartford Sewing Ma
chine. A bargain can be had by
calling at this Office.
The town marshal notified the
Barkeeper Oh the Dean Adams, last
Thursday, not to sell any more whis-
key while in port hereafter. We
suppose this was the instruction Of
the Board, or Mayor. Does this or
der include the Blind tigers, or is it
to protect their interest? or, is it
Just because Mr. Butler has sold out
his interest in the bar on the Dean
Adams, and set up in Osceola? Or,
is it Just because all our officials fa-
vor whiskey, and are opposed to en-
forcing the three mile or blind tiger
law? Don't all speak at once.
In a short conversation with
Sheriff Haskins yesterday, in speak
ing of the county revenue, which
owing to the shor: assessment Of real
estate, not being sufficient to defray
the current expense by some three
or four thousand dollars, admitted,
in rather deprecating tone of voice
that the amount of fines collected
during the past year through the
Justices courts really amounted to
nothing-in fact wouldn't average
SO each throughout the county.
This is one of the strongest argu-
ments in favor of the three mile law
we have vet come across. Before
the temperance sentiment prevailed
and saloons were closed in the coun-
ty, the revenue derived from fines
in Justices courts, for offenses trace
able to whisky footed up among the
thousands. Squire Rountree's mat
inees, alone, used TO pan out from
&l00 to $500 a week.
We don't understand it. We
were told that prohibition made bus
mess dull; that if whisky was allow
to be sold, business would liven up,
and wealth, in perfect sluice, would
come rolling into our town. But
here the town has been drenched
with Blind Tiger whisky for several
weeks, and still no indication of the
promised shaking up of business; the
business men have the same old ster-
eotyped replies to the queries of
shows business?" "Dull enough"
Men, who had been sober for a year,
now go home noisy and garulous,
where before they were quiet, digni-
fed and polite. We are enjoying
the annoyances without deriving the
promised beneficial results.
Mess. Stowell & Heinz have ac-
cepted an Agency for the Davis Yer
teal Feed Sewing Machine, which
they propose to handle in future.
Much has been said commendatory
of the excellence of the various makes
of Sewing Machines, but all combin-
ed would not express the advantages
possessed by the Davis. 1t will do
all that is claimed for any other make
of Machine and more besides. To
see it is to admire; TO admire Is to
desire, and to desire is to spare no
effort until you become the happy
possessor of one Of these perfect Ma
chimes.
After all, it would seem that
the cotton crop, like the Mississippi
river, is mighty unsartin'." Last
week, we stated the river was going
down right along and that all appre-
tensions of an overflow was over.
Ever since it has been booming and
still a-coming, and the prospects now
are right the other way. Two weeks
ago we stated, on the authority of
Mr.. w. P. Hale, one of our most
successful planters, that the cotton
cron was NOT near so badly damaged