The Osceola times., 1885-03-28

A SCHEME Is being aglt,ted by the Can
adian Pacific Railway Company TO secure
the land gran, OF the Winnipeg South
western, to build branch to the Turtle
Mountain country in Dakota.
Ell MAHDI's followers are reported to be
deserving him in large numbers, and he
10 now encamped at Omdurman with
about 1000 men.
The 81. james Gazette believes that
peace between France and China can only
be brought about by a complete cession OF
Tonquin to the French.
Iva fight on the Goth, lasting five hours,
between the British and Osman Digna's
forces in the Soudan, the latter's position
was captured, and the Arabs sustained
great loss.
THE Spaulding Iron Works at Steuben-
vile, o., had to shut down because Of tho
coal miners strike, and $50 men are thrown
out OF employment
A BLUE BOOK has Just been issued at
London, containing correspondence be-
tween the French and English Govern
ments in reference TO rice being declared
contraband of war by the French.
In executive session on the 2)th the Sem
ate ratified the additional article Of the
Mexican treaty, extending until May Goth,
1885, the time for the approval Of the laws
necessary to carry into operation the COM
m arcial convention between the two Gov
ernments, concluded at Washington, JAM
uary 2Sth, 1883.
ANOTHER coal mining company in Penn
sylvana employing 1000 men will shut
down rather than pay the advance de-
manded. This will make 10000 miners in
that State out Of employment.
On the 10Th the Vice. President laid be-
fore the Senate memorial of the Mon
tana Legislature, stating that nearly all
the public domain in Montana is desert
land, and protesting against the repeal OF
the desert land act
DURING the seven days ended the Goth
there were 2i7 failures in the United States
reported to Bradstreet's, against $50 in the
preceding week, and 1872 and l6 in the
corresponding weeks Of 1891 and 1888.
The Shenandoah County Bank, at
Woodstock, Va, has suspended.
On the 22d the Fourth Italian fotilla for
the Red Sea was about to start.
VERY heavy snow drifts were reported
in some OF the Eastern and Middle States
on the 2lst.
THE French forces remain practically In
a state of siege at Kee Lung.
THE extension paper of Oliver Bros. &
of Pittsburgh, Pa, has been
signed by all the creditors, and they will
resume.
The Prime Minister OF Russia Is re-
ported to have resigned.
The rumor that China has made over
lures for peace are discredited in Paris.
BY the shutting down Of nail mills at
Pa, 800 men are thrown out of
employment.
AT Easton, Pa, the ID -laware River was
frozen from shore to shore on the 2lst, the
first time during the season.
A POWERFUL British fleet will be sent to
the Baltic within few days IL the neces-
sity arises.
A MuscovITE military organ declares
that the English must be cleared out of the
Turcoman Territory.
IT is thought that nearly half of the
present members of the British House OF
Commons will decline to stand for re-elec-
tion.
THE heaviest snow storm experienced in
ten years ragged at Fortress Moaroe, Va,
all day on the 221.
A LOSS of 1913 killed and wounded was
sustained by the French at Kee Lung in
in the recent engagement.
THE troops under Captain Devices are on
a sharp lookout for "boomers" said to
have crossed over into Oklahoma from
Arkansas and Texas.
1T is said the Mahdi has sentenced many
natives to death for not revealing treasure
supposed to be hidden at Khartoum.
THE New York communists celebrated
the fourteenth anniversary of the Paris
commune with ball and concert on the
22d.
In the recent battles near Suakim the
deaths among the British were caused
mostly by spear thrusts received in hand
to-hand engagements.
On the 22d German day was celebrated
at the New Orleans Exposition. Large
attendance. A congratulatory dispatch
was sent to Emperor William.
Oy the 22d the Arabs suddenly attacked
the British near Suakm. The latters'
loss was two officers and twenty-five men
killed and thirty three men wounded, with
some of the reports not yet in. The Arabs
lost very heavily.