The Osceola times., 1885-08-01
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
News from Everywhere.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

JUSTICE PRISpIvILLs, at Chicago. de-
cided that . pamphlet containing cable
extracts from the Pail Mall Gdzstte's rev.
citations was not obscene literature.
The Emp ror william has gone to Gas
tein. where he will meet Emperor Francis
Joseph on the 7th OF August
THE Marquis Of Salisbury 10 the House
OF Lords, on the 22d, complim ,nted Earl
Spencer on his management Of Irish af.
fairs.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND Is daily impor.
tuned TO appoint from civil lie to lieu
tenancies In the army. Many OF these APP
plications are most meritorious. but the
President has determined that at present
he Is not justified In making such appoint-
ments. He thinks vacancies should be
filed from the West Point classes
PROMOTIONS have been mad, Ia the SCI
entific ,orce Of the Geological Survey as
follows: Thomas c. Chamberliu, OF Wis.,
consin. geologist, from 5000 10 $500;
Roland d. Irving, OF Wisconsin, geolo-
gist. from $2.7o) to $1,000; Chas. A.
White, OF lows, from paleontologist at
81, 400 to geologist at $l,700
THE news OF the death OF General Grant,
although not unexpected, created pro-
found feeling OF sorrow throughout the
country, In every portion Of which out
way Of draping buildings, displaying,
hags at half.mast, etc. These were not
confined to our own country, the people
of the English cities showing their SYM
pathy by similar displaya
JUSTICES Craig and Shope, of the Ili-
nois Supreme Court, grantet . supsrse-
deas In the case Of Joseph Mackin on the
ed, but bail was deniel.
TIE President has given the cattlemen
forty days in which to vacate the Indian
Territory, declaring their leases void.
The English Government has received
confirmation OF the report Of the death Of
El MahdL
SISTER MARY ANoKLo of the convent at
Table Mound, Ia, died on the 23d from
cancer OF the throat.
H. B. LOOMS, Of st. Louis, No., cap.
tured his runaway wife at Keokuk. Ia,
ON the 23d. where he found her In CON-
pany with r. NJ. Crocker.
Princess BEArRIcE OF England was
to Prince Henry of Battenbsrg
on the 23d. The Princess was dressed In
ivory satin with honiton lacs and q
wreath Of orange blossoma
The Ohio Democratic State Convention
will be held at Columbus on the 18th and
10th OF August
IT is said that the Shah of Persia 10
going to Mesheda, hoping to stop the Ras.
sian invasion.
LYSch BRos., Of New Mexico, sue Gray.
son & Co, OF Texas. for 81, 900 dana ges,
for alleged introduction of Texas cattle
fever.
MICHAEL DAvIrr writes M. Chamber
lain Offering to accompany him on his
Irish tour. The latter indicates that the
Irish party 10 broken into two sections
The Mexican editors while in Wash.
ington, D. c., on the 23i sent condolences
TO the family Of General Grant and re-
quested the postponement Of banquet
rendered them.
TIE President has designated Captain
Jesse NJ Lee, Ninth Infantry, to act as
Indian Agent at the Cheyenne and Ara.
pahoe Agency, Indian Territory, In place
of ex- Agent Dyer.
EDWARD HANLAN easily boat George
Hosmer in a rowing race at Syracuse, N.
Y, on the 23d, guessed at three miles,
with three turns. Time, 1878 II was an
exhibition for purse offered by the rail-
road company.
GENERAL GRANT will be buried In Gen.
trail Park, New York, August sth.
Mr.. GLADSTONE Is Ill with catarrh Of
the larynx.
The President proposes to adhere to his
policy in regard to Oklahoma
VICE. PRESIDENT HKSDRIcxs has ap-
pointed delegation OF the Senate TO at
tend the Grant obsequies.
GowER, the missing French aeronaut,
has been found.
BABcoCK & ANDREWS, brokers, of Syra-
cuse, N. Y, have failed. They were short
00j, ,coc barrels Of oil
IT 10 stated that Bismarc has suggested
that the Zulakar pass be made neutral
territory.
TIE petition Of Mrs. Jennie E. Martin,
the speculative grass widow, for alimony
against her husband, Edward Martin, at
New York, was denied.
DRIvER JOHN SPLAN was fned $40 and
costs at Pittsburgh, Pa, on the Gath, for
using q spur whip on the trotting horse
Onward In race on the 23d.
A LADY giving her name as Mrs. Shaw
(maiden name Twombley) was found in a
demented condition, at Buffalo on the
Gath. She said she had friends in st
Louis.
AMERICANS met at the legation In Paris,
France, on the cath and passed resolu-
tions of sympathy and respect on account
OF General Grants death.
Mas. CRAMEa, sister Of General U. y.
Grant, accompanied by her husband, late-
ly United States Minister to Bsrne, Swift
xerland, returned on the Gath ON the steam
er Wieland from Hamburg.
Hon. JAS WALKER, q member Of the
Ohio Legislature, and for thirty years
the law partner OF Judy 20 w. H. West,
died on the Gath at Bellefontaine
MISS MOORE, an American lady, has
taken the Hrst prize for singing at the
Paris Conservatoire.
MRS BERTHA WoLrENsrEIN, wife OF
DIR. s. wolfenstein, Supsrin,en ndent of the
Jewish Orphan Asylum at Cleveland, o.,
and one of the leading Hebrews in the
West, died on the Gath, aged forty.one.
WALT WHITMAN, the poet. who was
overcome by the heat on the 23d, is recov-
ering.
PRINCE HKNRY OF BATrESBURG, the
lucky young bridegroom Of Princess Beat
rice, has been gaEetted as a Royal High
ness and a Knight of the Garter. This
n Il
proudest and richest Of the British nobili-
ty, and puts him In all court ceremonies far
ahead Of Princess Louise's husband, who
is only Marquis and subject
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