The Osceola times., 1885-05-23
TOPICS OF THE DAY,
Wovvo from Everywhere.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

On the 18th q delegation of Mormons
visited the White House, and were as
sured by the President that the Edmunds
law would bs strictly and impartially en-.
forced.
JuRoR MuxsELL at New York, admit
Ted he was technically guilty OF contempt
Of court but enphatically asserted that
he meant no wrong. The judge reserved
bis decision.
IT Is said that Sir Evelyn Barring, Brit
accord with the Government on the with
drawai Of troops from the Soudan, will
probably be recalled.
6EcRxrARY WHITNEY has ordered an
other trial trip OF Roach's Dolphin.
KISG LEOPOLD Of Belgium Is going on q
visit to Berlin.
J. J. O'DoNo oHUE 10 mentioned as likely
70 be Collector OF the port of New York.
Hox. & S. Cox will 20 to Turkey. He
prefers that TO remaining In Congress
especially as 1t Is at the express wish oi
the President
TEE British House Of Commons voted an
annuity Of fG. 900 to Princess Beatrice when
she gets married.
The appraisers under the viii Of the late
Wendell Phillips fix the value OF his es-
tate at =, S6s. in addition to about a mill
lion dollars Of worthless mining stock.
EARL GRANVILLE and NJ De Giers are
still talking meanwhile Russia's march to-
ward India continues
On the 14th the district Grand Lodge
BNai Birth, In session at indianapolis,
Ind, elected Jacob Furth, of ST. Louis,
No, President
The Supreme Lodge, knights of Honor,
IN session at St Louis, No., elected the
following officers: Supreme Dictator, Gem
sral Frank d. Sloat; Vice. Dictator, Major
L A. Gratz; Assistant Vice. Dictator,
John 7. Milburn; Reporter, B. y. Nelson;
Treasurer, Joseph W. Branch; Chaplain,
Rev. Geo. w. Holland; Guide, E. J. Dav-
snport; Guardian, p. c. Carlton; Senti-
mel, Lewis Wilson; Trustees, Hon. Obey
johnson, George u. woodman, Frank J.
Mott.
On the 18th, after receiving the vote Of
Ill the Democrats In the Illinois Legisla-
ture, Colonel VIM. X Morrison withdrew
from the contest for the United States
6enatorship The Democrats then con-
csntrsted on Judge Lambert Tree, Of Chi
cago. At caucus the Democrats selected
eleven names, for whom II was resolved to
cast the full vote, giving each man three
trials.
BAYLrss W.iHANNA has asked the Pres
ident for the mission to the Argentine Re-
public instead of the Persian mission
On the 14th Minister Norton took lea We
Of President Grsvy at Paris, and his sue
cessor, McLane, presented his credsn-
tials.
ADvrcKs received at Washington indi-
cate that Red Clouds support Is leaving
him, and he will soon take his place among
the minority as q relic of barbarism.
Gao. c. TANNER, of South Carolina, has
been appointed United States Consul at
Chemnitx
GossIPs have II that General Rosecrans
b to be made Collector Of the port OF San
Francisco The President has, 1t is said,
assured the:General's friends that he will
b cared for by the administration.
AssIsrAxr SECRETARY or THE TREAS
URY Coon IL confined to ibis bed with an
attack Of rheumatism.
MINISTER PHELPS arrived In England on
the 10Th and received most cordial well
come at Southampton. Ex-Mintster Low
oil dined with the Queen at Windsor cas-
tie the same evening.
The Attorney General has decided that
the naval court martial has jurisdiction
In the Wales case.
The President being invited to visit
Boston, replied that public business would
not permit him at present to fix day.
ZAcHARrAH MONTGOMERY, OF California,
70 to be made Assistant Attorney General
Of the United States for the Interior De-
partment.
juror NUxsKLL, Of the Short case, who
pleaded guilty to contempt of court, was
sent TO Jail for thirty days, and q fine of
$50 was imposed on him.
WILLIAM HUI, q noted anarchist Of
Switzerland, hanged himself In prison at
Geneva ON the 18th.
srcRErARY ENDIoorr inspected the
Rock Island Arsenal on the 18th. From
there he went to visit the Leaven worth
Prison.
A DELEGATION OF prominent Boston
people arrived in Wash ington on the 18th
to tell the President what to do in the
matter of Federal offices in Massachu-
setts-
HENRY ALBERs, Q rich retired butcher
OF New York, paid $500 for what he
thought was $4,000 worth of gold. 1t was
. brass brick.
WHILE the President was receiving a
cadet corps from . school In q neighbor-
Ing State on the 18th, q freckle-faced
woman who managed to get into the
A., Al
and shook hands with Mr.. Cleveland. She
looked him in the eye and said: "Mr
Cleveland, do you ever expect to get mar
rick" The President blushed and smiled,
and tha visitors who heard the rem ark had
. good laugh.
A LATE dispatch from Winnipeg an
nounces the capture of Riel, leader of the
Northwest rebellion, and his delivery to
General Mddleton's headquarters.
VIZ. H. VANDERBILT sailed for Europe
On the 18th for his health.
F.J. FARGUs Hugh Conway, the au.
shor of "Called Back" died at Monaco on
the 18th.
ANDREW J. DAN, proprietor of several
New York hotels, died on the 10th.
THE Gear has presented richly. jewelled
sword Of honor 10 General Komaroff.
In the case OF Juror Munsell in New
York, . writ Of habeas corpus has been
granted.
e. NABDi and bis rival false phophet in
khe Soudan are massing their forces for a
great Battle at Khartoum.
IT 10 thought that First Assistant POST
master General Hay will be compelled by
tn-Eealth to resign.
NrNrsTER FosrRR will shortly reopen
nsgotistions at Madrid for q commercial
froaty between the United States and