The Osceola times., 1875-08-28
The Newspaper of the Future.

klnuIy SHOWN Us by an accOmm no
dating spiritualIstic medium. Just
observe what kind Of news your
grand children will read
ANOTHER ACCIDENT.
About ten minutes ago, as the
hourly balloon express train from
Hongkong, bound Tor the city of
Mexico, Was passing over tho Sand
witch Islands, IT an altitude Of about
twenty eight miles, some derango
mcnt of the machinery caused an
explosion which demolished three
hundred and forty Of the balloons
composing the train which to-
gcther with their passengers, de-
seconded to the earth with fearful
velocity. Eighty three thousand
are known 10 have been killed by
dashing to pieces on the Island.
Our reporter, who was Immediate
Iy dispatched to the scene of the ae-
cldent, learned that many had pro
vlded themselves with the para
chute life prescrvers, and thus saved
themselves otherwise the accident
might have proved serious one.
No delay OF travel between China
and Mexico, will result. The COM
pany have facility to run regular
hourly y trains as usual.
UNFORTUNATE OCCURRENCE--wORK
PROGRESSING.
We regret to learn that very
vexatious affair occurred fifteen
minutes since, on the Jersey coast,
whore shaft Is being sunk for the
Franco-American tunnel. A guam
tity Of nitric.nitro- nitrate, used for
blasting purposes accidentally ex
ploded with loud report, tearing
up two hundred and fifty square
miles Of New Jersey to depth, in
some places OF eight thousand feet.
We believe a few lives were lost.
4 X The work on the tunnel
is progressing briskly, and it is
thought this submarine channel OF
communication between France
and America will be completed by
Christmas. 1t viii be Il handsome
tunnc, much larger and more com
modlous than that constructed from
san Francisco to Australia, last
year. 1t will be used chiefly for
the transmission of slow freight, on
Professor PhiIo's plan, 10y means of
which, We understand, packages
can be sent over in three minutes.
THE MooN-wEATHER AND CROPS
THE WAN, ETC.
A gentleman just from the moon.
states that there was II heavy thun-
der-storm there night before last,
1t was accompanied by a dashing
rain, that will prove highly beneti-
cial to the crops. The latter will
DO the best known there for days.
The civil war has abated, and 1t
is thought the insurgents will give
up their cause. No fighting of any
account is mentioned. A skirmish
occurred last Thursday morning, in
which one hundred TO one hundred
and fifty thousand were killed. 1t
lasted but three or tour minutes,
and attracted but little notice.
The project for turning the moon
so as to present her reversed side
to the eaIlh is working to charm
and will be fully consumated by the
middle of next week.
A COUNTRYMAN ROBBED.
A vcrdant young man from the
rural district had his pocket picked
this morning Of shout six mil.
lion dollars. AS he is n poor man,
the police made great efforts to re-
cover his money, and finally sue
cecded in arresting the offender
Most of the money was recovered,
and the rascal sentenced to con
gress for eight days.
SLIGHT FIRE.
The hotel which Mr.. Wander
built, and which extended from
the City Hall to Central Park, was
totally destroyed by fire two min
utes since. Loss, about S3O0,OOO,-
600, fully insured, and was prompt
ly paid, thirty.five seconds after