The Osceola times., 1885-11-21

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ON the 18th Horace B. Clafin, the mil
lionalre dry goods merchant, died at his
summer residence at Fordham, N. Y, Of
apoplexy, aged seventy -four years.
Mr.. CHARLES FOSTER, of Indianapolis,
Ind, who recently smiled for Europe as
Consul at Elberfield, Germany, was not a
citizen of the United States when he took
the oath Of Office.
PRINCE ALEXANDER complains to the
powers that the Servian agent in Bulgaria
withheld for eight hours Servia's declara-
tion Of war.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
ANDERSON BuRRIs was shot 10 death on
the 18th by the authorities Of Atoka Coun-
ty, Indian Territory, for wife murder.
ON the 18th a great fire occurred at
Manchester, England, involving a loss OF
500, 900.
ON the 18th q wreck occurred on the Bal
timore e. Ohio Railroad near Connellsville,
Pa, In which sixteen persons were in
jured, among them Congressman Boyle, Of
Pennsylvania.
ON the 18th dynamite explosion oc-
CURED In the house of Jacob Dhein at
Rockheld, Wis, killing little girl, fatally
injuring Mrs. Dhein and less seriously
hurting all the family. The child had
found stick of dynamite and after play
ing with it awhile threw IL in the stove.
EIGHT young men, hitherto esteemed re-
spectacle, were found guilty at Ottawa,
Ont, on the 18th, OF rape, and were all SEN
fenced to life imprisonment. The scene In
court, while the sentences were being pro-
nounced, was agonizing.
ON the morning of the 18th, a great fire
swept through the residence portion Of
Galveston, Tex, burning over an area Of
100 acres, destroying 400 houses, and rem
dering thousand Families homeless. The
loss will reach over 81 100000.
ON the 18th ]. d. Palmer, q mail agent,
was arrested at New Orleans for robbing
the mails.
HowARD's cotton mills at Bolton, En-
gland, burned on the 18th.
ON the 18th boiler exploded In four
ing mill at Hopkinsville, KY, killing three
persons.
on the 18th Edward CofYey was convict.
cd at Pittsburgh, Pa, Of murder in the first
degree for killing John Evans in August
last.
ON the l4th the Grand Rapids (Mich.)
Furniture Company's factory fell, killing
Henry Epping and seriously injuring three
others.
ON the 18th Detective A. NJ. Pound, Of
Omaha, Neb., was convicted of man.
slaughter for killing James Griffin, who
robbed the Treasury Of Nebraska last Feb
ruary.
FRANK JOHNSON and his wife, living
eight miles from Hopkinsville, KY, were
killed and their child fatally injured dur
ing heavy storm on the morning of the
18th.
ON the 18th three Chinese farmers were
murdered by Apache Indians near Lake
Valley, N. NJ.
ON the l4th three Italians, Axzaro, Syl.
vester and Litardo, who murdered Filippo
Caruso at Chicago and shipped his body to
Pittsburgh, Pa, in trunk, were hanged In
Chicago.
On the 14th Mrs. Alfred Fritz and her
Ave children were found dead In bed at
their home In New York, from the effect of
prussic acid administered by the mother.
ON the 18th Lizzie d. Pale was killed in
Smiths mill at Philadelphia, Pa, her hair
becoming entangled on a revolving shaft,
which whirled her around and mangled
her in o shocking manner before the ma.
chinery could be stopped.
CHARLES STEWART, a wagon driver, was
instantly killed by the fall of a derrick at
the new City Hall building at Indianapolis,
Ind, on the l4th.
the Bull Domingo tCol.) mine by the shaft
taking fire. Their bodies were recovered
after almost superhuman efforts.
Miss KATIE ST. JOHN sustained a severe
fall at a roller skating rink at Bellaire, o.,
on the evening of the 18th, and died in a
few minutes.
MISCELLANEOUS.
DURING the ten months ended October
3lst last, there were exported from the
United States Al, 1884 gallons of miner
al oils, valued at $il ,59s,4 ,42i. The exports
during a similar period last year amount
ed to 442,g79,724 gallons, valued at so, ,467,
O25.
PETITIONS are In circulation TO abolish
the Brooklyn IN. W Post-oflice as a sepa.
rate Office and place it under the jurisdic-
tion of the New York office.
| ON the 18th shock Of earthquake was
felt in France.
ON the 1lth the Western Nail Ass )cia.
tion, at their meeting at Cincinnati, de.