The Osceola times., 1885-05-09
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Uevvs from Everywhere.

ON voo JUtn Coionel hooorJ Iettisous
we'll known citis sen Of Evansville, Ind,
died suddenly.
Pnxsrpsxr CLsvELAxD appointed Hon.
A. n. Kelley, Of Richmond, Va, Minister
b Austria.
Tnx nswspapers st 81. Pstsrsburg dis
cuss at length the differences between tho
reports Of General KomaroR and Sir Peter
Lumsden.
SENATOR HARRrs, Of Tennessee, denies
that there 10 any personal ill-will between
Secretary Bayard and himself.
GRNKRAL IRwM MCDOWELL has been
% 6sring for some time past at San Fran
cisco, with an affection Of the principal
digestive organs, which prevents him 70.
saining anything on his stomach. Physi.
clans have given up all hopes Of bis recov-
sry.
On the Soth . largely attended rec option
was given to the Hon. X. J. Phelps, the
newly appointed Minister TO England, by
the citissns Of Burlington, VT President
Bockhorn, of the University of Vermont,
made an address In behalf Of the people,
10 which Mr.. Phelps responded.
PRIvATE correspondence received from
New York by personal friend of General
Grant In Washington says: "Ths afec-
tionate demonstrations Of the people have
snesrsd the General up, and this accounts
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TEE Commissioners of Pensions has rem.
dsrsd . decision, subject TO the approval
Of the Secretary Of the Interior, on the
pension application Of Mrs. Emma De
Long. widow Of the late Lieutenant
Commander D. Long Of the Jeanette.
The Commissioner holds that the officers
and mon who were on the Jeannette ex-
pedltion were In the ser vice of the United
States, and that the order Of the Secre-
tary Of the Navy detailing De Long to
special duty at New York, and then TO the
command Of the Jeanette, changed his
status from "absent ON leave" to that Of
"activs duty" and therefore entities his
widow to . pension.
ConHoDoRE @. K. GARRISON, of New
York, died suddenly on the LIST.
TEE President has appointed Hon. John
0oods, Of Virginia, Solicitor General
GsHERAL GRANT passed the lst debating
70 stenographer work for his book.
TEE President appointed Z. J. Hale, of
North Carolina, Consul to Manchester,
England.
On the ist the Ohio Legisla aturs passed
the registration law for Cincinnati and
Cleveland.
GEO. w. PoRrnR and J. J. Hanna, st.
Louis, (Mo.) Post ofiice inspectors, have
been removed.
TIM Queen Of England has . war ship
called the Bull Frog, which arrived at
Halifax, N. 3, ON the 1st
THH King Of Denmark II IL thought pro.
bable will b selected TO mediate between
England and Russia.
CoLoNEL SwrTzLER, Of Missouri, has
been appointed Secretary OF the Bureau of
Satisfies In the Treasury Department.
ON the 1st Captain John La Barge, a
wsll-known steamboat man. dropped dead
In the pilot.house Of boat In Bismarck,
OAK.
JuD0s WV. N. MERRrcx, of Maryland,
received the appointment of Associate
Justice OF the Supreme Court Of the Dis.
trict Of Columbia, vice Judge Wylie, re.
signed.
NAVAL CADET WV. G. CALLAanAx, of
Ohio, member of the third class, has re-
signed from the Naval Academy, at An
napolis.
TEE Executive Committee Of the Ma.
tional Civil Service Association has voted
10 hold the next annual meeting In New
port, r L, In August Mr.. George Will
liam Curtis viii preside and deliver the
address.
THH Postmaster General has forbidden
the delivery Of registered letters and
money orders to r. Ridd & Co. of Du.
buque, L., ON evidence that they were
. fraudulent business through
the mails.
0ovRRNon OoLEsBY OF Illinois on the
lst ordered that four companies of the
Fourth Regiment State militia be sent to
Joliet ut once to quell the riots among the
at that place Adjutant- Gen.
eral Vance and Captain Bell left at once
for Joliet The Sheriff Of viii County
stated that threats were being made to
burn Joliet
NxisrER LOWELL will be given fare.
we'll banquet at London.
How. GEoRoE II. PExpLErox, Minister
10 Germany, sailed for Bremen on the I'd.
QUEEN VICTORIA and Princess Beatr ice
have returned to England.
J. ERNEsr MEIRRs, of Colorado, has
been appointed Consul to Nagasaki,
Japan.
EDMUND YATES, the London editor, Is
10 b given great banquet as . consola-
tion for his recent imprisonment for libel.
EARL GRANVILLE thinks the trouble be-
tween England and Russia will be peace.
fully settled
0sNERAL GRANr's condition is rep orted
better than It has been since he was taken
sick. He has been smoking cigars occa-
sionally within the past two weeks.
QUEEN VICTORIA has ordered that the
marriage Of Princess Beatrice
be solsmnissd without any ostentation.
On. wM. CLEHDsxrS, one of the Oldest
and best known physicians OF Cincinnati,
o., died OF pneumonia on the ID.
REV. DR. BuRcHARD, Of ar. r. RI fame,
preached his farewell sermon as pastor Of
The Murray Hill Presbyterian Church,
New York, on the Sd.
TIE Csarina, whose influence 10 nearly
absolute over the Csar, 10 actively assist.
Ing In peace negotiations.
GRIMES AND CAsUALrIEs.
BEvERAL days ago Charles A. Holt, .
money lender, left Boston, Mass, and it Is
supposed has gone to South America. He
b charged with having forged notes and
amounting to about $4,000.
Fn1 destroyed Freeman's carriage fac
lcry and the Gordon Opera house at Rah-
way. N. j.. ON the Goth.
ALAw fixing heavy fine and imprison-
nsnt for Offering or receiving money at
primary or general elections has been