The Osceola times., 1877-09-08
MINCELLANEOUA

The secretary Of the interior has ap.
pointed Joseph Long, of Indiana, to look
after the timber land depredations in the
west
Steam seems destined to supersede
horses on the street railways. Brooklyn has
| Just adopted the dummy engine on one Of
her street car lines, and IL seems TO give
abundant satisfaction.
Greece is waiting for somebody to
knock the chip off her shoulder. She has
received $4,000, 900 from her last loan, has
raised her army to 900 men, who are well
armed and equipped and she has $4,000
stand of arms besides.
Ten car loads of ammunition, one hun
dred and four tons in all, have been loaded
upon the steamer John Bramhall at the
| Winchester rifle works, New Haven. The
destination is Turkey, and this would tend
to show that America leads the world in the
manufacture Of firearms.
The committee inspecting the custom
house at Boston recommend a decrease Of
| the force, and increased compensation for
| those remaining, so that the net saving, IL
their recommendations are adopted, will be
a little over $1,000.
Harvest expectations in Minnesota
have been more than realized in the yield,
| as ascertained since thrashing began. The
wheat crop of this wonderful grain.pfoducng
state is set down at the enormous total OF
| 81, ,0OO, 900 bushels. leaving a surplus for ex.
port OF from $4,000, 900 to 2s,O00,00 bushels
| The average yield throughout the state is
now estimated at twenty bushels to the acre.
The workingmen of Philadelphia have
indorsed the eighthour labor law equalzi.
ton of taxes, compulsory education and a
liberal application OF funds for the purpose,
and condemned the employment of prison
labor by private persons, manual labor in
factories by children under fourteen, and all
laws making it conspiracy for laboring men
to combine for their own protection.
The Chicago Times says of the change
for the better in business in that city: at
is barely n month ago that the country lay
struggling in the throes of what was little
short Of civil war, and it seemed for time
that chaos and utter ruin would be the por.
ton of the whole community. For four
years things had been going to pot, piece by
piece, and at last came the engulfng climax.
| All this was but menth ago, yet to-day the
very face OF nature seems transformed, and
the look OF despair has, as II magic, changed
into broad smile Of prosperity. II is as il
the entire west, all OF sudden, was revi.
talzed."
Two spans of the Union Pacific rail.
| road bridge over the Missouri river at Omaha
we're blown down during terrific storm
early Saturday morning. The piers are left
standing, and the other nine spans; but il
will probably take two or three months to
rebuild the bridge. The loss is estimated at
about $350OO0. The storm was from the
north, aud struck the essterly end of the
immense structure with such force as 10
wrench FIVE hundred feet of it from its con
nections, and toppe it into the river, twisting
| the large wrought-iron stringers and columns
| into a variety OF shapes. About one-half OF
the debris is out OF sight under the water
and the remainder lies on the side and a,
the foot Of the high embanKment on the
eastern approach.
New England has increased in popu'
latien only IL per cent. in ten years. In
1859 the six states, Maine, New Hampshire
Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and
Connecticut, had population Of 3,l35,323
in 1870 their aggregate population was g.,
4S7 1924. In Maine and New Hampshire
there was decrease. Now, IN New York
New Jersey, Delaware and Pennsylvania
there was an aggregate population in 1856
of 1871 ,20l, and in 1870, 1885, ,S2l. In Ohio
Indiana and Michigan there was in 1850 q
population Of 4,439062, and in 1870, 552eI
956. In Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin the
population in 1860 was 3,162,7f5 in 1870
5,ss7, ,5S1. In Mime sofa, Nebraska and
Kansas, in 1860, the population was $3.50
in 1870 II had increased to 927,l1l. In Colo
RADIO, New Mexico and Texas, in 1860, the
population was $4,000; in 1879 ii wa
a6i ,422. The greatest increase OF population
is in the west and southwest. Texas, which
In 1860 had i,2i5, has now, in 1877. a popu
lation Of 1000 600, and in 1850, when the
next national census will be taken, the pop
ulation OF Texas will be equal to that Of al
the New England states. Westward the sta
of empire! etc.
The national board Of trade commenced
its ninth annual session at Milwaukee, OF
the 2lst. Delegates we're present from nearl,
all the boards throughout the country
Mayor Butler, Of Milwaukee, made the wei
coming speech, in which he alluded to al
the leading topics Of the day connected with
the commercial interests Of the country Ii
his response, Frederick Fraley, OF Philadel
phis, president of the national board, spok,
Of the labor question as follows: He hoped
that each man, considering it in relation Il
himself, and thus comparing il TO its grea
relations with the great interests Of tn,
country, will see that rs labor is the create
of all wealth II should be protected by sount
and wise laws, and that for the settlemen
Of questions involving principles Of labo
and capital, the best intelligence Of tn
country should be invited and invoked, ant
that out Of such invitation may come con
siderations that will lead to the enactmen
of laws referring the questions Of labor an'
capital, where they come in contact, 4
boards Of arbitration, that may ascertain
precisely the question involv, d, as betweei
the laborer and the capttal:st, and sugges
remedial measures for their settlement b
compromise adapted TO equit' BILE considers
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