The Osceola times., 1884-06-07

II is said that over dozen new build.
ings are now III process of erection in
the northern suburbs of Tampa, Fla.
Some Tennesseans have been prospec,.
ing near Fort Dade, Fla. for a suitabl.
place to establish marble yard.
Georgia furniture manufacturers nre.
dict big movement of Western furni.
ture men and wood workers into The
South.
The Mississippi Valley Cane Grower,
Association will hereafter be known "a
the National Association of Cane Grow.
ers.
The shipments of cotton from BAN.
berg, Barnwell county, S. c., this year
amount to $500 bales, as against 7ss1
bales last year.
At recent sale in Howard county
Mo-. calves brought s22 so; yearlincs, $3i..
so; two-year-olds, $43; cows, from S26 10
$40.
Governor Lowery predicts that Mssis.
sippi will manufacture into cloth, with.
in a few years, every pound of cotton
raised in its limits.
Nearly 500 miles of railway have been
built in Mississippi during the past two
wears, and the cotton mill output of
the State has been doubled.
In their memorial to Congress the cit.
izens of Augusta, Ga, ask for an appro.
priation of $500, 900 $780, 900 for a pub.
lie building and $500 900 for the river
The South Carolina Legislature has
al G. N nnQ 10 ypaEa m awh;l:
ton for the State at the Worlds Indus
trial and Cotton Centennial Exposition.
Palestine, Tex, is constantly growing.
Among other buildings goodly number
| of dwelling houses are being erected by
men of moderate means, for their own
| use.
II is said that the farmers of Tennes-
see complain of the rabbit pest, but are
making way with them by supplying
Nashville with half of her meat supply
from that prolific source.
Bermuda grass is being extensively
planted in Southwest Georgia. No lend
| is too poor to promote its rapid growth.
1t will afford an excellent pasturage the
greater part ofthe year.
| Ii is claimed that .he building OF the
proposed Macon and Florida Air Line
Railroad would reach fourteen counties,
the total farm products ofwhich amount
in value yearly TO nearly S7,000,0OO.
The Female Education Aid Associa-
ton, organized in Baltimore Nd, has un-
dertaken the task of founding and en-
| dowing great female seminary which
shall offer TO yeuug women the oppor.
| tunity for iirst-class education.
Tennessee has a school fund of 81 ,000,-
600 annually for 100000 population, out
of which less than 100000 enroll in the
public schools, while the daily attend
ance is less than 100000; only two-iifths
of the children attend school.
The business men of Vicksburg Miss,
have addressed a memorial to Congress
asking that body to restore the harbor Of
| Nicksburg, by making an appropriation
to bring the Yazoe river in front of the
city.
At a recent meeting of the Academy of
National Sciences, Professor ii. Carvill
Lewis exhibited some remarkable mug
gets found in Mon gomery county, \. C.,
forty miles east of Charlotte and two miles
from Yadkin river.
According to the report of Special
Agent Hurt, of the Department of Agr-
culture, there is at the present time a
marked tendency in the State Of Misss-
sippi TO contract the size of the larger
plantations; in other words, tendency
towards smaller farms.
The Louisville, KY, cotton project is
being pushed. Mr.. Arthur VI. Diggles,
representing Eastern capitalists, appear
ed before the Louisville Board of Trade
offering one-fourth subscription to ST.
100000 factory to have $4,000 spindles.-
Baltimore Mfrs Record.
Tue Lynchburg, Va, News says that
the report of the Executive Committee
made splendid exhibit for the business
of Lynchburg. An increase of the asses
sed values of the city from little over
S3.000,000 in 1868 to over s12,000,000 in
1888 is a magnificent showing.
The South Carolina Times and Demo-
crat thinks that persons from abroad
looking for homes can find no better
place to settle than in Orangeburg coun-
ty or town. The lands there are excel.
lent and varied in character, and the
people are hospitable and public spirited.
The longest line of fence in the world
will be the wire fence to extend from
the Indian Territory west across the
Texas Panhandle and thirty-five miles
into New Mexico. 1t is said to be over
200 miles long and its purpose is to stop
the drift Of northern cattle southwark.
1t is asserted that the timber region Of
East Tennessee is destined to become
second only to the bluegrass country,
for its fine lands have not been cleared
out of great forests Of poplar, hickory,
walnut; sycamore and other valuable
timber which have reached fine state
of development.