The Osceola times., 1885-06-13

THE recent understanding between Ger.
many aud Spain will result In an advance
of the rate on American rye to three marks
per 100 Kilograms.
On the 4th the Russian corvette Strelok
lefs her moorngs in New York harbor and
proceeded TO sea- Her destination Is sup
posed tobe Havre.
COMMISSIONER BLACK has stricken of
the list Of pensioners the names Of about
two hundred residents Of the District OF
Columbia, who were found n 1t TO be enti-
tied to pensions, either because they had
recovered from their disabilities or are not
dependent upon the Government In some
cases the parties were dead, still more,
widows had married again.
THE graduating ex srcises began at the
Annapolis Naval Academy on the 5th.
THE Russian naval maueuvres have
been begun.
A CONVENTION Of real estate dealers Of
the United States VIII be held at Cedar
Rapids, Ia, June 23i.
THE Corean difficulty between, China and
Japan has been amicably settled.
A BRITISH protectorate has been formed
over the districts OF the river Niger in
Africa
THE French have ordered a Gordon to be
formed on the Pyrenees to keep out the
cholera
IT Is reported from Washington that
matters are being shaped so that within
the next thirty days thsre will be more
removals and appointments than in the
past three months.
AnIr.vtox o,l A.
have accomplished a reduction OF the ex-
ira duty on spirits in Englani.
AN English cutter has been seized by
the German dispath boat Pommerania for
fishing in prohibited waters.
A CONFIDENTIAL clerk in the United
States sub-Treasury at New Orleans has
absconded, and the Assistant Treasurer
will have to make good over $50, 900 stolen
from the Government
lP reports from Southern New Mexico
are correct the Indians are leaving a trail
that IL ought not to be hard to follow.
marked as it is by dead bodies, ruins OF
homes and other evidences Of their fiend-
fish barbarty.
O'NTEL & Co., of Pittsburgh, Pa, lead
ing coal operators on the Monong ahela
haNS u VI Ouo-
half cent per hushel in the rate of mining.
The men say they will not accept.
A CANON CITY (Col.) special says: My.
riads of young grasshoppers, evidently
just hatched out in warm sand, have made
their appearance on the south side of the
Arkansas River, opposi ite this place. 1t Is
said that the insects are not much dread
ed. The locusts will be incapable OF doing
much damage.
THERE were 162 failures in the United
States reported to Brads,reet's during the
seven days ended the 9th, against 16l in
the preceding week, and lS2 l4s and 100
in the corresponding weeks OF 1884, 1888.
and 1882, respectively.
RUSSIA is pushing a telegraph linet to tho
very borders Of Afghanistnn.
DURIN0 the past week the exports of
specie from New York were S36J, ,si5; i'm.
ports, $9i, sl3.
On the 9Th members of the Missouri
Press Assoc iation spent the day in Grand
Rapids, Mich, and went on to Mackinaw.
DURING May, English imports decreased,
compared with May last year, FL ,54), 900.
Exports decreased f2,7i00)J.
NEWS comes from the highest authority
that the Afghan boundary dispute be.
tween Russia and England is definitely
settled.
A PARTY Of cattlemen recently had q
brush with the Indians near San Simon,
N. M, but neither party remained long
enough to learn the result. One pappoose
was captured.
THE trus. .ees Of the Connellsvills (Pa.)
hospital have besn arrested on char % of
conspiracy to defraud the State by making
misrepresentation in order to obtain an
appropriation
EXCITEMENT was caused by the circula.
tion In st. Petersburg, on the 9Th, OF re-
port that the Ameer had been as assassinated,
and that Ayoub Knan was to take the
helm OF government in Afghanistan. The
report lacked confirmation, and was not
believed.
In Valencia, Spain, the death-rate from
cholera has doubled.
ARRANGEMENTS are pending for the es-
tablishment of permanent British gar
rson at Alexandria.
A CIRCULAR protesting against the Sec
ularization Of the Pantheon has been is
sued by the Archbishop Of Paris.
THE faction war in Iowa continues. Mr.
Brown, the deposed Auditor, has made an
other affidavit, to which the Governor has
so far paid no attention.