The Osceola times., 1885-03-14
PERSONAL AND POLrrIoAI.

ctarin& the NulOurnment
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
GovRRNoR HALE of New Hampshire has
appointed Henry W. Blair United States
Senator I'D interim. Senator Blair's sue
cessor will b chosen by the Legislature,
which assemblies In June.
THB anniversary Of Andrew Jackson's
birthday, March 18th, will be Tennessee
day at the New Orleans Exposition.
PREsIDENT CLEvELAND sent the follow
ing Cabinet nominations to the Senate on
the bth: For Secretary Of State, Thomas
+. Bayard, Of Delaware; Secretary of the
Treasury, Daniel Manning, Of New York;
Secretary Of the Interior, L. Q. c. Lamar,
of Mississippi; Secretary Of War, W. c.
Endicott, Of Massachusetts,; Secretary Of
the Navy. William c. Whitney, Of New
York; Postmaster General, w. +. Villas,
Of Wisconsin; Attorney General, Angus
tus H. Garland, Of Arkansas. They were
not Immediately confirmed on account Of
the opposition to Mr.. Bayard by Senator
Riddlebergcr.
PREsIDENr CLEVELAND received q great
many organizations on the 5th prior to
their departure for home, and q number of
prominent citizens were among the callers
ct the White House.
On the 9th Josiah Locke, formerly editor
Of the indianapolis Journal, dropped dead
In the Office of that paper.
NOTWITHSTANDING the progress OF the
disease In not materially checked, General
Grant is reported feeling much better.
THE New York Chamber of Comm cree
has elected ex-President Arthur an hon.
orary member.
DR- BLowITz, Of Berlin, In letter to the
London Times, charges Bismarck with de-
liberate deceit and falsehood in his deal
many's course in South Africa.
The appointment of Senator Garland for
Attorney General brings out number of
candidates for the Senatorship from Ar
kansas.
President CLEVELAND has retained the
services Of 0. l.. Pruden at the White
House a. the bearer Of executive COM
munications to Congress. Pruden has
acted in this capacity during many admin
istrationa
In speech on the evening Of the 9TH the
channel feet, said the vessels under his
command were fearfully deficient in the
equipment required by modern methods of
warfare, and he implored the people to
vote In favor Of appropriating the neces.
sary funds for keeping the existing vessels
In serviceable condition.
In executive session on the 9Th, the Sem
ate unanimously confirmed the Cabinet
nominations sent in the day previously
without any further opposition from Sen.
ator Riddleberger.
AMONG the callers upon President Cleve-
land on the 9th was Mrs. Tyler, widow OF
ex-President Tyler.
THE report that General Wolseley has
been recalled is denied.
EDWIN BoorH denies that he contem-
plates retiring from the stage.
JoK Goss, the somewhat noted pugilist,
is dying at Boston Of Bright's disease
EARL GRANVILLE delivered a long
speech in the House Of Lords on the 9Th
on the Bismarck controversy.
THE President accepted the resignation
of the old Cabinet officers on the 9Th, and
commissioned their successors, who took
charge on the 7th.
TEE position of Commissioner OF Pen.
sions has been rendered to General John
c. Black, Of Danville, H., and he has ac-
cepted.
President CLEvELAND's second official
act was TO put his signature to the commits.
sion pacing General Grant on the retired
list
CouSr HERBERT BISMARCK visited the
Prince Of Wales on the 9Th, and conveyed
. communication to the effect that Ger.
many was desirous Of maintaining cordial
relations with England.
ON the 9th Senator Van wyck intro.
duced . resolution TO find out all about the
"Back- bone" land grant In Louisiana.
Senator Teller, who issued the papers
while In President Arthur's Cabinet, will
rise 10 explain.
CHARLEs FRANCIS ADAMS, JR., in q let.
ter 10 Senator Hoar, denies that he is the
mere fgure-head for Jay Gould in the
Of the Union Pacific Road.
The document is lengthy one, and was
called forth by Mr.. Hoar's bill In relation
10 the company.
7. & ARTHUR, the weli-known author
u temp~ancs and other literature, died
In Philadelphia, Pa, on the 9Th.
} On the night Of the 9Th during an oper-
Atic performance by the Emma Abbott
Company at L,ttle Rock, Ark, some of
he scenery took hre. Miss Abbott, who
was cnactiDg dying scene, with great
presence Of mind, sprang up from her re.
sunbsnt position, and with blanket
lmoeAgod The dsnss, thus avsrsing what
- ~ DeRent premised 70 b . terrible