The Osceola times., 1885-11-14
TOPICS OF THE DAY,
News from Everywhere.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

TIE Chinese have all been expelled rom
Tacoma, W. T.
How. REUBEN SPRINGER, who Ii at
Washington, is credited with saying that
he still has confidence in Judge Vincent.
The New Jersey Legislature will have
Republican majority Of nine on joint bal
lot, and In the Connecticut Legislature
there is . Republican majority Of twelve.
GENERAL FrxHuoH LEES majority In
Virginia is figured out at 2S,0O0, and the
Legislature Is heavily Democratic.
CHARLES T. DAVIS, of the District oi
Columbia, has resigned his special agency
Of the Labor Bureau, having completed
his Investigations in Great Britain.
ON his return to the Whit1 House, the
President received large number Of tels-
grams from prominent Democratic politi.
clans in all parts Of the country, but prin.
cipally in New York, congratulating
him on the result Of the election In New
York as an unmistakable Endorsement OF
his policy.
The President has appointed Alfred p.
Edgerton, of Fort Wayne, Ind, Civil
Service Commissioner in place Of Dorman
B. Eaton, resigned, and VIM. l. Trenholm,
of Charleston, s. c., in the place Of John
N. Gregory, resigned.
The plurality for Robinson (Republican)
Tor Governor Of Massachusetts, is about
1900. The Democrats gain fifteen nom.
bers Of the House and seven In the Senate.
THE Democratic majority In Maryland
is placed at $1,000, with the Legislature
Overwhelmingly Democratic.
To- .xrl a,.to n
State Treasurer. received q plurality OF
about 5000.
The Japanese Minister gave Q banquet
ON the night Of the 4th at willard's, Wash.
ington, d. c., TO the Diplomatic Corps In
honor Of tho birthday Of the Mikado Of
Japan. Twenty-Five diplomates were In
attendance.
GENERAL HANCOCK has notified the New
York Park Commissioners that the Govern
ment will at once proceed to erect com.
Portable winter barracks for the soldiers
on guard at General Grants tomb
Miss EMMA ABBOTT has added "The
Mikado" to her operatic repertoire, and
the critics in describing her impersonation
Of the leading female role unanimously
agree that she is just "Yum. Yum"
Mr.. DORIAN b. EATON has been reap.
pointed temporarily to position on the
National Civil Service Commission.
TEE Duke Of Edinburgh Is to be appoint.
cd commander Of the Mediterranean squad.
ron.
STATE SENATOR ERNST, OF Indiana, re.
signed to accept the Postmastership at
Sullivan, that State.
N. De RESDE, Papal Nuncio at Paris,
has been recalled to Rome and will proba.
bly, be made Cardinal.
WESLEY BURCHARD, cashier of the
Farmers National Bank at Grass Lake,
Mich, Is defaulter to the amount Of $ls,.
900.
Mr.. PARNELL protests against the selec
tion Of Mr.. Phillip Callan as the National.
let candidate for Louth.
PRINCE ALExANDER's name has been
stricken from the Russian army list.
RIonr REV. DAVID ANDERSON, formerly
Bishop of Rupert's Land, and later Chan.
cellor Of 6t. Paul's Cathedral, London, is
dead. He was seventy lone years Of age.
JUDGE RoNLEAU, of Battleford, N. W. T.,
has tried forty six Indian prisoners; six.
teen of these were discharged, twenty mine
were sent 10 the Penitentiary for periods
ranging between twenty and two years,
and eleven were sentenced TO hang Novem.
Der 27th.
The meeting Of the Cabinet on the 9Th
was attended by all the members, except
Secretaries Manning and whitney. Ar.
rangements were made for special confer.
ences between the President and the indi
vidual members Of his Cabinet in regard
to the treatment Of topics to be considered
In the Presidents message TO Congress.
On the 9Th Mrs. Walkup was acquitted
Of the murder of her husband at Emporia,
Kas.
Ex-JupoE ALBERT CARpoxo died at New
York on the 9Th.
GENERAL DE CoURcEY telegraphs from
Tonquin that cholera kills six men daily.
PRINCE ALEXANDER Is concentrating q
feet to make an attack on Belgrade.
JUDGE EBoN NEWTON, the oldest member
of the Ohio bar, died on the 9th.
THE Grant monumental fund at New
York now amounts to $4,000.
WHAT Is believed to be Pan -Slavist
conspiracy for the overthrow of Primes
AAoAohuci VI DuA6oaio uos uooh uisSoN'
cred.
COLONEL SwrrzLER is to make an officia
visit to South Carolina and Georgia Il
gather statistics.
PHILIP CALLAN, In a letter, protests
against Mr.. Parnell's treatment Of him
and asks his old constituents to supper
him.
ADVERSE reports are current concerning
Mr.. Gladstone's health, the threatened
breakdown Of which is depressing the Lib
erals.
NJ. DE FREycISEr, French Minister o.
Foreign Affairs, expresses sympathy with
the Bulgarians, but says he cannot suppor
them.
IT is stated that the Canadian Minister
Of Justice has recommended to the Coun
Gil that Riel should not be hung, bu
should be incarcerated in a lunatic asy
lum.
ON the It'll meeting Of citizens was helt
at the Mayors office in Philadelphia, Pa.
to take measures to secure the funds nee
essary to complete the memorial to Gen
eial Grant in Paramount Park.
MARY GLANFERr, formerly one Of Bar
NUNS midget curiosities, being very small
was found dead in bed at Newton, L. I.
on the 9Th.
THE will Of the late Henry w. Shaw
(Josh Billings) was filed on the 9th. Th,
market value of the estate is 200.
INDIAN COMMISSIONER ATKINS tels.
graphed the Secretary Of the interior
from Muskogee, l. T., on the 9Th, that h,
had found large number Of squatters In
his progress through the Territory whom
he believed TO be "boomers." He ex.