The Osceola times., 1885-11-21
war has been declared against Bulgaria

WAR has been declared against Bulgaria
by servia.
THE small. .pox cases in Montreal on the
18th numbered thirty-two. Total deaths
since the outbreak 2,Gii. Two cases oc.
Cured at Quebec.
THE municipal authorities OF Paris have
adopted resolution in favor of the amnes.
ty of political prisoners.
AT a meeting OF the Minneapolis (Minn.)
millers and the st. Paul railway officials
on the 18th the latter declined to reduce
the tariff on -four and wheat.
ON the 18th the steamer Arthabaska ar.
rived at Owen Sound, Ont, with the bodies
Of two Of the victims Of the Algoms dis.
aster.
The Vienna National Press is publishing
In serial form "Austria and Hungary in
Word and Picture" under the personal di.
rection of the Crown Prince Rudolph.
THE Treasury Department last week
purchased $4,000 ounces Of silver for de.
livery at the Philadelphia and New Or.
leans mints.
on the l3th the Health Officers, of Mon.
treal, were repulsed twice while attempt.
ing to remove smallpox patient from
the house of one Danpierre. A crowd
gathered and pelted the officers with rot.
ten apples, eggs and stones. Warrants
were issued for the arrest Of Danpierre and
the rioters.
CHURCH disestablishment has taken q
In the English political campaign.
ALL the bureau and department chiefs
at Washington are at work on their re-
ports, and the President has shut his
doors on office-seekers and their friends.
Old residents say they never saw Wash.
ington SO dull.
U. 8. WoLFF, the defendant IN the civil
case growing out Of the recent gold-brick
swindle at indianapolis, Ind, has been ar.
rested on charge of conspiracy to de-
fraud.
BRITISH steam launches have captured
King Theebaw's war vessel.
THE Russian press unite In condemning
the Servo Bulgarian war.
FREE education has been brought to the
front as prominent issue in English poll.
tics.
THE announcement on the 14th OF tho
declaration of war by King Milan of Ser.
via against Bulgaria had a stifening ef.
feet on speculative grain and provision
dealing.
On the morning Of the lith the Servian
army crossed the Bulgarian frontier In
three divisions, at Tsaribrod, Klessura
and Bregova. The Bulgarians retreated at
all points after some sharp skirmishing, In
which many were killed on both sides.
SERvIA has a total military establish.
ment of 10000 officers and men, 400 Of
which are cavalry, and 4is guns. The in.
fantry are armed with the Mauser rife,
and the artillery with muzzle -loaders and
Krupp guns.
THE combined forces Of Bulgaria and
Eastern Roumela number $4,000 men and
$50 guns Of the Krupp and the latest Rus.
sian pattern. The infantry are armed
with Berdan rifles. There is a scarcity of
competent officers, by reason of the return
home Of many of the Russian officers re.
Gently attached to their military establish.
ments.
THE Grand Jury at Galveston, Tex, at .
meeting on the l4th, resolved that, in their
opinion, the citizens of Galveston were un.
able to provide adequately for the relief
of the victims of the recent fire, and that
contributions from every source were sol.
icited.
THE French Academy of Science has Of.
fcialiy declared that tive have at last,
thanks to NJ. Pasteur, q perfect cure for
hydrophobia."
ON the 18th there were twenty three
deaths from smallpox in Montreal and
eighteen In the suburbs of the city.
THE Governors of the Northern States
are invited TO attend the Southern States
Forestry Congress at De Funiak Springs,
Fla, in December. to participate in the
ceremony Of planting and dedicating trees
to all the States.
ACCORDING to the laws Of Massachusetts
six months elapse before a decree Of di.
vorce becomes operative, and consequently
Mr.. Taber is not yet freed from his matri-
monial alliance.
LORD SALISBURY telegraphed to the Brit.
ish representative at Constantinople to as.
sure the Porte that England will do her ut.
most to preserve the integrity of Turkey.
THE total value of domestic cattle and
hogs exported from the United States dur.
ing the month of October was VI, ,s06 ,O0s,
and for ten months ended October 3lst,
7s,s26,074; exports of beef and pork prod.
ucts for twelve months ended October 3lst,
$50, 6,082 ,OsS; and dairy products for six
months, 81 ,597 ,42l.