The Osceola times., 1885-02-14

THE FreDcn CnamDcr VI DoPu"o' ~ s~
9th refused the urgency on Tony Reyii-
Ions motion for 25,0o0,0oo francs for dis
trib ution among the towns OF France,
owing to the dearth of employment The
motion was referred to q committee.
On the 9Th the Oregon Legislature was
still balloting for United States Senator
without result
A CANADIAN detective relates how he
learned the password of the New York
dynamiters, and his experience at some
OF the meetings he attended. He claims
to know all their plans ior operation In
Canada
THE annual meeting Of the National
Stove Manufacturer Association in Chi
cago was concluded on the 9th. TWAS re-
solved to make prices for the current year
the same as during 1881
1T is estimated that the Mahdi had 10000
men around Khartoum, and also stated
that 1000 of General Gordon's troops de-
serted him aud Joined the rebels.
THE newspapers of Rome think that the
fall of Khartoum will draw England and
Italy into yet closer relations, with view
to joint action in Egypt.
AT Lowell, Mass, five hundred mill en-
ployes struck on the 9Th against reduce
tion in wages.
A FLEET Of Portuguese mon-of-war oc-
cupy the mouth Of the Congo.
ON the 9th the Illinois Senate passed a
resolution asking Congress to open the
Oklahoma lands for settlement.
DELEGATES are arriving at New Orleans
A DISPATCH from General Wolseley on
the 9th stated that the rebels around Me-
tamneh, since hearing of the fall of Khar-
toum. had become defiant.
THE London Times condemns what it
styles the mistaken policy of the British
Government in its management of the
Egyptian campaign.
Mr.. GLADsroNE's residence at Haward-
en- has been placed under special police
protection.
A POST MoRrEM revealed poison in the
stomachs of John Sullivan and wife, who
we're found dead in Ansonia, Conn, on
the 9Th, and the theory of the murder is
that the wife poisoned her husband, and
then took a fatal dose herself.
FoR the seven days ended the 9Th, the
business failures were: For the United
314; Canada, 32; a total of 346,
against 354 for the previous week, and All
he week preceding. The failures are still
numerous in the Western and Southern
states.
A WHEELING (W. Va.) iron firm dis
,ensed with the services Of 100 of its EN-.
,loyes on the 7th.
For the week ended the 7th the value of
IMPORTS received at New York was s., ,S3l,-
90.
THE Italian Government has ordered
800 men to proceed at once to Suakim.
AT Pittsburgh, Pa, laboring men are
,etting work rapidly, but generally at re-
luced wages.
THE British War Office states that no
roops can be spared from Ireland.
GREAT destitution is repor ed among the
die cotton factory employees at Petersburg,
Va.
A LARGE number of Anarchists have
,een arrested at Paris for holding a secret
THE National Farmers Congress, which
at New Orleans on the 18th, will
have fully 1000 delegates.
AT Rome on the sth it was semi -official
ly announced that the Italian forces had
taken possession Of Massowah, Egypt.
DISPATCHES Of the sth stated that the
Mahdi was concentrating large forces in
the vicinity OF the British camps and was
for renewed ATTACKS.
THE Jewett railway lines, it is thought,
will cut loose from the Erie and work in
connection with the Vanderbilt system.
STRONG sympathy with England in her
Egyptian troubles, is expressed by the
Italian Government officials and the desire
to send 5000 soldiers to the Soudan.
TIE British Consul General at Cairo
thinks 10000 Indian troops ought to be sent
to Egypt at once.
The German Anarchists, who attempted
to take the life of the Emperor, were de-
capitated on the 7th in the prison in which
they were confined.
On the Sth the moderate" Socialists OF
Chicago held meeting. One of the
speakers counseled moderation and agita
tion, but the Anarchists present favored a
liberal use Of dynamite.
ACCORDING to the Secretary Of the Inter-
national Workingmen's Association at
Cleveland, o., socialism is rapidly spread.
ing, and unless times improve there will lie
inaugurated the greatest revolution that
the world has ever scan