The Osceola times., 1885-10-17

ON the 9Th the police of Cork, Ireland.
discovered and seized a large number Of
rifles which were buried In a field about
five miles from the city.
TIE coal miners In Pennsylvania are re.
suming work at the terms offered by the
operators.
In Madagascar. recently, the French lost
twenty one killed and wounded, and the
Hovas 200.
The Canadian Pacific Railroad will be
opened from Montreal to Kicking Horse
Pass, a distance OF 1884 miles, on Novem-
Der I'd.
ALL incoming trains are boarded at
Quebec by a ply sican, and all persons
refusing to be vacclnated or who can not
show vaccination marks are quarantin.d ID.
PUPILS in the public and provincial
schools at Buffalo, N. ", are to be vac.
cinated and other precautions are being
taken against the spread OF smallpox.
AT conference of glass manufa cturers
and workers at Syracuse, N. Y, basis Of
agreement has been arrived at and work
in the factories will be resumed.
An ukase has been issued by the Rus.
sian Government ordering all Governors
and other officers throughout the Prov.
inces to use the Russian language exclu.
sively in their official duties.
The Treasury Department on the 9th
purchased 200, 900 ounces of silver for de.
livery at the Philadelphia mint for coinage
into silver dollars.
THE reward for Indian scalps In Ari.
zona has been increased to $500 each.
DURING the seven days ended the 9th
there were 207 failures in the United States
and Canada, against 1876 the week before
and 1Sj the week previous.
AT con ference Of glass manufacturers
and workers at Syracuse, N. Y, on the
9th, Il was decided to start up the factories
substantially on the Pittsburgh plan,
which Is a reduction of ten per cent. In
wages on the present selling prices, wages
to be advanced in proportion to the ad.
vance in selling prices.
THE special postal delivery system does
not work satisfactorily in many places,
the limitations for the compensation Of the
carriers making their earnings so ridicu.
lously small that there is no objec. in re-
tanning their positions.
ON the 10th the blowing up Of Flood
Rock, at He'll Gate, East River, New York,
was successfully accomplished in the
presence of thousands of spectators. The
shock was felt for miles around, but no
serious damage was done.
A SHARP shock Of earthquake was felt
at Olympia, Washington Territory, on the
morning of the 10th. No serious damage
resulted.
The city Of Victoria. B. c., Is full OF
Cinnamon awaiting passage back to China,
being unable to obtain employment. 1t
is thought that 1000 will leave within a
month.
BULGARIA. is receiving large quantities
of grain and ammunition from Russia.
RUMoRs are current in Pal is to the effect
that the French troops will totally aban.
don Tonquin.
the Bulgarian Union was premature. The
matter is in the hands Of the powers.
CHOLERA continues to find fresh victims
to feed upon in Spain and Italy, but it is
decreasing in virulence.
The last spike in the Canadian Pacific
Railway win be driven about the 18th inst.
THE Northwestern Railway Company's
bridge across the Mississippi at st. Paul,
Mimi, is completed. 1t is Of iron, 1,S25
feet long, with draw span of 412 feet, the
largest and heaviest in the world. Only
ten months have been occupied in It's con.
struction. and its cost was $3.50, 900.
The Porte in another circular to the
powers has requested decision on the
Roumelian question.
The Naval Board Of Appraisers has
completed fits work at Roach's shipyard.
GERMASY's note to Spain rejects the
Spanish claims to the Pelew and Caroline
Islands.
IRON ore has been discovered at Wash.
ington, Ind, just outside the corporation
limits.
WAR preparations continue in Turkey,
and the government is said to be well sup.
piled with money from tithes.
On the llth the first Hebrew Christian
Church in America was dedicated with
| Appropriate services at New York.
THE National Miners Union has sent
out circulars to every coal company in the
United States, asking them not to furnish
coal to the Union Pacific Company.
TnE impression is increasing in Europe
that diplomacy has failed to arrange the
Roumelian question, owing to the warlike
attitude of Servia and Greece.