The Osceola times., 1885-05-16

OK the 9Th the New York Central &
Hudson River Railway grain elevator at
West Sixty second street, fell. The loss
is $1,000 Nobody hurt
Ar jamestown. Oak, on the 9Th, fir e
destroyed the south half OF the block from
the Grand Central Hotel TO Sixth avenue.
Loss estimated at se5,0po; Insurance. ight
THE ruins Of the Brooklyn fire continued
to reveal new horrors TO the searchers on
the ,lh.
OK the !th three hotels and several cot
tages were destroyed by fire at Hampton
Beach, n. J.
OK the sth Francisco Caruso had the
BODY found in trunk at Pittsburgh, Pa,
exhumed and identified it as his brother
The supposs ed murderer was arrested in
New York.
DARING burglar entered Congressman
Bsnum's house at Indianapolis, Ind, the
night Of the 9Th, and frightened Mrs. By
mum nearly out of her wits
HALF Of the 5000 worth OF diamonds
recently stolen from the carriage Of Briggs
Swift in Cincinnati have been recovered.
A. A. II. KLEGcAMr, the prince Of swim
dlers, who has piled his vocation in all
quarters OF he globe, is in custody in New
York, under the name OF II. r Lawrence.
He is a Chicago citizen, and was once a
book agent
OK the eth Charles Blanchard, aged ff-
ty, employed in H ady's Novelty Works,
at Big Rapids, Mich, was caught In the
shafting, and was almost pounded to
pieces. Both his legs were broken and his
ribs crushed He was alive at last ac-
counts. but unconscious.
A LARGE break has occurred in the
Standard Oh Company's pipe line near
Sh efferstown, Pa, and hundreds of bar
res have escap d into Havana Creek A
conhagration is feared
ANOTHER Of the wounded quarrymen at
Lemonk. H., died on the sth.
MosEs CAToS was hanged at Morgan
field, KY, on the sth. He killed his wife.
FIRE among Chicago lumber yards on
the sth destroyed nearly Sl,5OJ,001 worth
of property.
DIR. J. II. MILLER, OF Islip, L. l., made a
desperate effort on the sth to murder his
wife, but failel.
The jailer at Marshall, Tex, prevented a
jaildelivery on the sth by fatally wound
Ing one Of his prisoners.
kLEEKAMP, alias Lawrence, the "prince
OF swindlers," was sentenced in New York
on the sth 10 eight and hall. years in Sing
Sing.
HARVEY NJ. MuSsELL, one Of the jurors
in the Short trial in New York, has been
arrested FOR contempt Of court and per-
jury In connection with the case.
SIxTY-EIGHi people were killed by an
avalanche on the borders of Lake Van. In
Armenia, on the sth.
ALEXANDER STEEL, an attendant In the
Pennsylvania Insane Asylum, whose bru-
charged with murder.
On the 9th five masked men took Jim
Green out to hang him at Vinitia, l. 7.
After the rope was around his neck he
begged for mercy and was released on a
promise to leave iowa.
On the 10th two men were killed and
two slightly hurt by powder explosion
at Tarrytown, N. Y.
On the 10th an unknown man was found
dead In field near 7 ledo, o., evidently
murdered. His socks were marked 90. g.
Loomis."
On the night OF the 9th two masked men
entered the house OF +. S. Thrall at Oswe-
go, n. Y, and cut fourteen year -old
girls hair off ITO be revenged on her
father"
AT Washington, ID. c., the colored sex
ton of a fashionable church has just con.
fessed that for twenty years he has been
stealing church funds
MIsCELLANEOUs.
CHINA Is SAID to be ut,iizing European
for work in her coal mines.
WEDNESDAY, the 9th, was Illinois Day
at the Worlds Fair. Rain interfered
with the attendance.
COMPLAINT is made by the London
Times of the reticence OF the Governm ent
regarding Afg chan affairs.
THE battle between Colonel Otter's
force and the Indians in the Northwest
created intense excitement at Ottawa.
THE Spanish Minister of the Interior
wanted to resign on account of the result
Of tho elections.
THE Commissioner OF Agriculture has
called a convention OF repres sntatives of
State Agricultural Colleges to meet at
Washington, ID. c., June Gath.
A STAMPEDE has commenced toward the
newly discovered silver fields OF the Rosa
Mountains, in Mexico, about tho richness
Of which wonderful stories are told.
ADMIRAL JouETr telegraphed the Navy
Department on tho h that everything
was quiet on the Isthmus of Panama. He
said the Colon would sail from Aspnwall
for New York on the 7th, and would carry
one-half OF the marines sent to the 18th :
mus some weeks ago.
PESJDEH is now occupied by small
force of Russians.
In overhauliny the Treasury vaults a
heavy, square box, wrapped in red tape
and securely bound, was found in an out
of-way nook of the vault and the key mis-
laid. A loeksmith opened the box and vas
found to contain bottle diamonds, bottle
pearls, hottie ottar roses and lump gold
One of the Older employees identified the
articles as presents to President Monroe
about the year 1923 from the japanese
Government, and which had been stored
in the Treasury pending the passage Of an
act by Congress authorizing their accept.
ance Congress failed to legislate ON the
subject and the articles were deposited In
the Treasury, where they have remained
ever since.
TIE directors Of the ST. Louis Merchants
Exchange have adopted a new rule, to be
submitted to the members, the effect of
which is to deprive the bucke.- shops of
market quotations.
OK the 9th the Treasury Department,
Na-..
New Orleans an | Philadelphia mints.