The Osceola times., 1885-01-10
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
Nevvs from Everywhere.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

ready secured twenty pledges for the New
York Senatorship.
On the 18th the wyckliffe quincentenary
was celebrated In England. Addresses
were delivered In which the principles OF
wycklifRs and Knox were applauded and
;prelacy denounced.
On the 2eth the steamer India, having on
board the body Of john l. Hart, Of Ken
tucky, the sculptor, reached New York.
The remains were forwarded TO Kentucky
for lntsrment In the State Cemetery at
Frankfort.
PnxnDExr ARTHUR has approved the
act dstaching Grundy County, Tennessee,
from the Southern Division District Of
East Tennessee and attaching IL to the
Middle District OF the State.
PnINcR BISMARCK will 60 to San Reno
with his family to remain six weeks
. TN Chicago Tribune intimates that ac-
cording 10 its canvass 100 members OF the
Illinois Legislature are for Logan for Sem
ator, - hrst choice.
QuEsx VICTORIA Is reported to have an.
nounced 10 the. Privy Council the betrothal
Of Princess Beatrice to Prince Henry of
Battsnberg.
Or tho SOth Hon. Samuel J. Randall aud
party arrived at Nashville, Tenn, and
were rendered most hearty receptions, both
public and private. In the evening the
ex-Spsaksr addressed a large audience In
the Opera -house.
Nh. BLAND, who has recovered from his
illness, is now In Washington. He says
he will vigorously oppose the Buckner bill
a. - ~. <.f Ha half
In the measure providing for the free and
unlimited coinage Of both silver and gold.
PnRsIDENf EAros Of the Civil Service
Commission Il much pleased over Cover
NOR Clsveland's letter TO the Civil Service
League. In commenting upon the subject
In general, Mr.. Eaton slaps the Republican
party right and left.
In Washington, d. c., three hundred
''society" ladies Joined In an agreement
not 70 present liquor 10 their New Years
callers Mrs Secretary Chandler headed
the list
PRESIDENT ARrHUR's New Years recep-
tion was an elaborate and recherche. af-
fair.
On the LIST Lord Plunket, Lord Bishop of
Meath, was consecrated Archbishop Of
Dublin.
SENATOR FRYE's father died at Lewis.
ton, No, ON the LIST, in his eighty second
year.
Nm BLAND does not think the bill to stop
the coinage Of silver will be reported ia
vorably.
( GENERAL WoLsELEy on December 3oth
rec eived . piece Of paper with General
0ordon's genuine seal on the back, dated
December 14th.
EL MAHDI not long since threatened to
march against the Mudir OF Dongola, hut
afterward told his chiefs that the Mudir
was saint, against whom IL was useless
to fight
TEE Randall party arrived a. Birming-
ham, Ala, on the list. A public reception
and banquet were rendered the visitors.
PRrxcE BISMARCK denies that he has
any personal enmity toward Gladstone.
However, he could have relied more upon
Lord Beaconsheld to keep England in ac-
cord with the rest Of Europe.
ON the evening Of the lst the remains OF
Russell Hancock, son OF General w. y.
Hancock, arrived Ia st. Louis, Mo. The
funeral took place at the Church Of the
Messiah on the ID.
ArrRR her marriage to Prince Henry Of
Battenburg, Princess Beatrice will reside
with Queen Victoria.
TEE Prohibition National Committee
meet at New York ON the 7th, and con-
fer~nce Of the leaders will follow.
ON the 3lst Rev. +. q. Nikander, a Fin
nish priest, arrived at Portland, Me. He
comes to establish colony Of 5000 Firms
In Michigan.
THE Grand Jury In Philadelphia found
true bills against VIM. T. and Lewis J.
Dadner, the suspended bankers, charged
With embexzlement.
The man Jones, accused of having rob-
bed . Montreal jewelry store Of $4,000
worth OF goods, Is an extensive owner of
real estate In Chicago, where he is known
as Jimmy Carroll.
In an editorial the Washington Star says;
srhe feeling of antagonism between the
Senate and the House has greatly in
creased. Representatives think the Sena-
tors are disposed to usurp all the powers
belonging to the House. The Senators
think the House arbitrary and Dictator
ial."
vencd at Washington, d. C.
The plan to raise 100000 for the reli Of
Of General Grant has taken definite shape.
GOVERNOR CLEVELAND, In answer to an
inquiry e-nphaticaily denies that he Is
President Of Free Trade club.
BISMARCK says England Is solely re.
sponsible for the Egyptian troubles.
OK the I'd Hon. Samuel J. Randall and
party inspected the wire. drawing works at
Birmingham, Ala.
AT White Plains, N. j., on the I'd, m
Arab tramp was arrested who had $4,000
in English gold on his person.
IT took $i50,0oo to pay the expenses OF
the National Democratic Convention at
Chicago.
A GOVERNMENT Official Is authority for
the statement that physicians declare
General Grant to be completely broken
down in health.
JOHN McCULLoUoH, the trayedian, mar
rowly escaped being run over by railroad
train, on the I'd, in Philadelphia, Pa.
GENERAL HATCH and his command will
move on Oklahoma Immediately with
forage for fifty days campaign.
On the I'd the Springer committee start
ed for Cincinnati, o., to investigate Mar
shal Wright's action at the Ohio election.
TEE late DR.. James II. Harris, of Indian
apolis, Ind, left will ordering that no
funeral be held and that his body be sent
at once to dissscting table. His wishes
were carried out.
ON the 4th Ex-Governor Coburn, aged
eighty-two years, died at Skowhegan. Me.
SENATOR EDMuSDs favors the Nicara-
guam treaty and Is taking a lively hand in
the proposed legislation.
Earl GRANVILLE declines to give his