The Osceola times., 1885-08-08

THERE Is excitement at Ashland, Pa.
over a water famine which exists at that
place
ACCORDING TO Bradstreet's cotton report
for July the condition Is fully as good as
reported for June.
OK the 3)th there were 2.6l6 new cases
OF cholera In the plague-stricken districts
OF Spain, and 1883 deaths from the dis
ease for the same time.
THE only coinage executed at the
United States mint In Philadelphia dur
ing July, the first month OF the adminis-
traton Of the new Superinten lent, Daniel
NJ Fox, 100000 silver dollars.
THE police of Dublin have discovered
some of the missing securities OF the Mum
ster Qreland) Bank at Farquharson's
lodgings in that ty.
THE Provost OF Glas gov, Scotland, as
serts that a system of corruption of minor
females, similar to that in London, exists
in Glasgow.
ALL the men believed 10 have been lost
In the fallen mill at Wilmington, Del,
have been accounted for.
The investigation of the indianapolis
POST office has been concluded, and the
Commissioners have gone to Washington
to prepare their report
DURING the seven days ended the 3lst,
there were 1Si failures in the United
States as compared with 2lJ the preced-
ing week, and with l99 80 and 105 re-
spoetiyely In the corresponding weeks OF
1884, 1888 and 1882,
On the 3lst the property and franchises
of the Bankers aud Merchants Telegraph
Company were sold at auction in New
York for 500, 900 to Edward S. Stokes.
AT Pittsburgh, Pa, ON the 3lst n prize
| fight took place between John Beck aud
Philip Bulger Eleven rounds were fought,
and Bulger was knocked out aud terribly
punished.
A CONFLICT of authority exists between
the Governor of West Virginia and tho
| Judge of the Federal court over the pay
ment of Chesapeake & Ohio back taxes.
| OK the 3st an amendment to the crim-
inal bill, providing for the logging of
| prisoners convicted OF outraglng children
was rejected in the British House of Com-
mons, l22 to 81. An amendment raising
| the age of protection of girls to six teen
was carried by vote of l79 to II.
The alleged looting by the volunteers
/ in the Northwest Ia to be brought to the
notice of the British Government unless
the Dominion authorities take some steps
In the matter.
The bark Hancock from Cyenfhgos,
July llth, is detained at quarantine at
Philadelphia on account lof yellow fever,
but no trouble is anticipated from infec-
| tion.
FRENCH troops in Tonquin are reported
to he dying of fever.
ANOTHER official Of the Munster (Ire =
land) Bank is missing.
TIE Mexican editors were the guests Of
the Chamber of Commerce at Denver,
Col, on the lst.
ABOUT 800 boys of tender age were dis
charged from the collieries at Shamok n,
Pa, on the lst under the law forbidding
their employ ment
A NEw YORK Supreme Court decision
compels the return to France of the gyp-
sizes who recently arrived on the steam er
Bordeaux.
cles is believed to b. caused by the Corean
situation.
IT Is reported that the house in which
General Grant was born has been sold for
$1,000, and that it will bs removed to one
Of the New York parks.
ANOTHER member of the Gladstone Cab
met is the central figure of fresh London
scandal.
THERE is no prospect of an immediate
settlement of the strike ut East Saginaw,
Mich.
THE Peruvian Minister of Justice says a
Masonic temple will be permitted to be
erected at Lima.
THREE hundred scholars at E.on, En-
gland, are concerned in a scan1alous sem
sation, aud none of them will bs PERMIT
ted TO return after the present session.
THERE is an Indian scare in U,ah aud
Wyoming. Reports say the Nor mons are
melting the Indians to b!oodshed.
THE English holders OF Wabash securi.
ties are convinced that the American
shareho olders will not offer any solution of
the dfiiculties that will be acceptable to
the English shareholders.
AN Austrian and an Italian army Off
Ger fought duel in suburb OF Trieste
on the LIST. The Austrian was mortally
wounded.
THE schooner Margaret Ann, which
left Charleston, S. c., April l5.h last,
for Brunswick, Ga, has not been heard
from since.