The Osceola times., 1885-05-16

OS the night Of the 7th ice from a quar-.
ter to three-quarters Of an inch thick was
reported in Wisconsin and Iowa, and
snow In Minnesota. Much damage to
small fruit is feared.
THE Agricultural Department is desir-
Gus OF purchasing silkworm eggs for ex-
perimental culture.
-Four HUNDRED United States marines
are on the way home from the Isthmus
Of Panama
THERE were 235 failures in the United
States during the seven days ended the
sth.
PEorLx in Calcutta consider the Russo
English agreement dangerous and humil-
/ iating.
GUsPowDER. and no. dynamite, is found
to have been used in the recen: explosions
at the Admiralty oiiice.in London.
The English troops in the Soudan, ac-
cording to the Duke OF Cambridge, are in
splendid condition aud well cared for.
THE trans Atlantic steamship compa.
nies are endeavoring to restore the rates
OF passage, which have been badly cut by
sharp competition
The London Times insists that the Gov.
ernment should persuade the Amesr of
Afghanistan to permit an English garrison
to occupy Herat
THERE are now two British war vessels
at New York. The corvette Canada
dropped anchor in the harbor on the sth.
The strelok remains there too.
GERMANY has given no indication Of her
attitude in the Afghanistan affair, but it
is evident she still thiaks there will be
war.
Ir begins to look as IL the late affair be-
tween CoIonel utter ana MT. Ps.-InraAv.
in the Northwest was a bad one for the
Canadian soldiers. Reinforcements are
urgently called for.
The ordinance under which "opium
joints" have been suppressed in ST. Louis.
No., is declared invalid by Judge Noonan,
on the ground that no penalty is provided
for selling opium for other than medical
purposes.
TIE Russian harbor of Crondstadt is
now open to shipping.
ABOUT one-half OF the vote OF credit
asked for by the Government it is esti-
mated has already been absorbed In En-.
glish war preparations.
THE Russian corvette Strelok and the
British ship Canada remain in New York
harbor. The Garnet has gone.
THE French aggressive policy is said to
be on the wane.
A LADY residing in Buffalo who was in.
jured by a cable car at Chicago was
awarded $500 damages.
The settlement of the Russo-E f nglsh
trouble is apparently as far Off as ever.
In 1884 hog cholera cost the people of
New Jersey 100000, and 1t has cost them
$50. 900 SO far this year.
THE London Tim es expresses the belief
that Canada has a long and bloody war in
prospect in the Northwest.
Oy the 9TH iron manufacturers were in
sess ion at Pittsburgh, Pa, considering the
Amalgamated Associ atoms scale Of
wages.
AT a meeting OF the managers Of West
ern and Northwestern roads in Chicago, q
basis OF settlement of all differences was
arrived at.
A POLICY Of conscription in India is un-
der consideration to meet the aggression
OF Russia.
RECENT orders for the transportation of
1000 Brit sh troops to India have been can
celed.
| A COMMISSION of Russian savants are
preparing the correspondence OF Peter the
Great for publication.
THE Coroner's Jury on the dead rioters
at Lemont, H., rendered a verdict censur-
ing the Sheriff and militia but is unab BILE to
say what particular soldiers did the kill
| ing.
A DISAGREEMENT exists in the English
Cabinet ON the subject OF abandoning the
Soudan.
A TEMPERANCE wave is sweeping over
Pittsburgh, Pa.
DEVELOPMENTS thus far favor success
full issue to the Franco Chinese peace ne
| gotiations.
WASHINGTON has been selected for the
new Catholic University by the council of
prelates in session at Baltimore.
The rebellion in the Northwest seems to
have developed into real war. Latest re-
ports from the front show serious fighting
between NJ iddleton's men and the In
\ dians.
A "REPREsENTArIvE" Cuban In New
York says the island IL not for sale to the
United States, and that before fall there
will be a general uprising Of Cubans
against Spanish oppression.