The Osceola times., 1885-03-14

The Cincinnati Price Current figures
that twelve States that produced sixty
seven per cent. OF the wheat crop OF 1881
now have stocks amounting TO ll0,Oo,0o)
bushels, exclusive OF the visible supply.
THK merchants of Australia, raisin 8
funds for their contingent, caused feel
ing Of emulation, and leading merchants
are disposed, should the Government equip
a couple Of good regiments, to supplement
any grant by raising patriotic fund to
provide for the families and those whom
the chances of war may disable.
THE Union Metallic Cartridge Company
of Bridgeport, Com, has received an or
der from the English Government for j0,-
coo 900 cartridges, aud another order from
the Russian Government for l00,O0O,0)0
more. These orders are the largest ever
received by any concern at one time in the
world.
THERE were 23s business failures in the
/ United States and 30 in Canada, n total of
! 277, for the seven days ended the 9Th, as
compared with 2si the preceding week.
| The Minnesota Legislature adjourned
sine die on the 9Th with its busines, pretty
well cleared up.
The German Reichstag on the 9th de-
/ feated a motion to restore the currency to
/ bi-metalc standard.
The foreign residents of Ming Po are
| threatened with massacre by the Chinese.
THERE was a large attendance at the
Worlds Exposition at New Orleans ON the
9th.
As result OF the great falling Off in
February earnings the New York Central
ON the 9Th announced the reduction OF its
dividend to one per cent.
THE troops conc sntrated in the vicinity
of Suakim are suffering on account Of tho
scarcity of water.
A NUMBER OF pool sellers were fined
heavily at New York on the 9th, and
others were sentenced to Imprisonment.
THE great trottiny sire, Mambrino
Patchen, died at DIR. Herr's farm, near
Lexington, KY, on the 9th.
SETTLERS on the Grow reservation in
Dakota recently thrown open to the public
are having a lively time with the Indians.
1T is denied that the Chicago, Burlington
& Quincy is about to build a sixty mile
branch between Bri yhton, ILL.,, and Louis
lana, Mo-, so as to give the Hannibal & st.
Joe connection with st. Louis.
LAST week there were 1i2 deaths from
pneumonia in New York.
A LARGE number of Socialists have been
expelled from France.
THE American congress of churches will
hold their first meeting at Hartford, Conn.
early in May.
AN epidemic of measles prevails at
Montreal, Can, and the public schools will
probably have to be closed.
THK British House of Commons post.
poned until after the Easter holidays Mr..
Reads motion TO censure the Government
for the condition Of the navy.
THE troops of General Hatch's COM
mand have been stationed to meet the Ok
lahoma boomers, who expected to ad-
vance on 1.-THE promised land" on the llth.
RUSSIA has decided to send 5000 SOL
ders into Central Asia from Baku. The
artillery has also been augmented.
A PROTEST has been sent by German
merchants in the East to their Govern
mont against the French Governments
declaring rice n contraband of war
THE North German Gazeae declares that
the difficulty between England and Russia
is not acute enough to require the inter-
vention of third power.
MONSTER captive balloon will soon
make frequent ascensions at the Worlds
Exposition at New Orleans.
THE railroad companies throughout the
country announce lower rates to the New
Orleans Exposition.
THE London Ne,cs cites the con lition OF
affairsbetween England and X lssil as still
critical, the choice Of peace or war being
in the hands Of Russian statesmen.
THE British Royal arsenal at Woolwict
is turning out 100000 cartridges per
week.
On the Sth an immense congregation as :.
sembled at the New York Avenue Presby.
terian Church, Washington, expecting to
see the President there, but Nj. Cleveland
remained quietly at the White House all
day.
ORDERS have been sent to the British
special Commissioner on the Afghan from
tier question, to direct the Afghans to
evacuate Penjdeh on the withdrawal of
the Russian forces from Akrobat.
THE strikes on the Gould railway lines
in Texas still continue. For a long dis
tance there is nU moving of freight, and
every thing in the way of business on the
lines is crippled to a large extent. The
situation is becoming decidedly mixed.