The Osceola times., 1885-05-23

ARRANGEMENTS are being perfected for
Turkish occupation Of the soudan.
The Comptroller Of the Currency has
authorized the First National Bank ct
Athens, Tenn, to begin business with
capital Of $4,000.
TIE Traverse (Dakota) County seat war
has broken out afresh.
THxRx were l6i business failures iu the
United States during the seven days end.
ed the 18th.
BRrrIsH troops are leaving Suakim,
homeward bound. every day.
REPORTS from the Northwe are 70.
markabiy contradictory. Just when news
comes that the backbone Of the Riel rs.
bellion is broken fresh attacks and bloody
work by the Indians are reported
The New York Legislature adjourned
on the 18th, but was immediately recon.
vened In extra session.
CoPIrs Of the Revised Old Testament
were given to the London papers on the
18th. 1t will be ready for the general pub
lie in few days
The Mohammedan revolt against Chi.
nese rule in Kashgar 10 gaining strength.
RUSSIA Is displeassd with the plan Of .
Chinese army In Corsa with European
officers
ANDREW J. JOHNSON and Q dos,n of
Kentucky mountain desperadoes have in.
sugurated md maintained . reign Of ter.
ror at Pineville, Ky. Governor Knott has
been asked to send the mi lita 70 the
sceua
TIE appropriation for the payment OF
bounty to volunteers, their widows and
legal heirs, and for the pay Of two and
three year volunteers has been exhausted
POPULAR opposition TO the beer and
spirit tax In England will. 1t 10 thought
force revision OF the budget
KENTUCKY distillers are considering the
advisability Of shutting down until the
surplus whisky is consumed.
GERMANY and Austria will not take &C.
tion on the Egyptian financial convention
until autumn.
TIE convention Of Young Mems Chris.
tion Associations closed its sessions at
Atlanta, Ca, on the 10Th.
RussIA's reply 10 the British proposals.
has not yet reached England, and there
seems to be serious hitch somewhere
BRADsrRKEr's business review indicates
q movement Of merch andiss below the av.
erage, and far below expectations, with
no special activity in any line.
A CALL has been made for . grand mill.
tia encampmert and reunion at Fairmount
Park, Philadelphia, from June 2Sth 70 July
26th.
TIE Russian press, in somewhat boast.
full tone, says Russia's resolute attitude
forced England to acknowledge her mis-
takes and hasten to rec,ify them.
THE committee appointed to count the
cash in the Treasury and the finished notes
In the Bureau Of Engraving and Printing
completed the work on the 10Th. The I'm.
ished and unfinished notes correspond
with the treasury books.
The Postmaster General Is filling the
small Post -offices throughout the country
at the rate Of 100 q day.
GLADSTONE has laid the promised i'm.
portant papers on Afghan Affairs before
Parliament. They contain nothing new
Of Importance.
The radicals in France are demanding
the impeachment Of President Ferry and
his Cabinet.
OK the 18th home for aged Germans
was dedicated in Baltimore Md.
The French are threatening Spanish In.
terests in the Gulf Of Guinea
TIMELY rains have extinguished the for.
est fires in Wisconsin.
EsGLAND will send . medical commits
sion to Spain to test incubation a. chol.
era preventive.
TaE sixty first anniversary OF the
American Sunday.school Union was ap.
propriately observed at Newark. N. j.,
on the 18th.
THE Irish Nationalists are bitter In their
denunciation Of the British Government
for the renewal OF the crimes act.
A DECISION was rendered by Judge
French at Muscatine, Ia, on the 16th, on
prohibition, which Is regarded as victory
for the saloon men.
THE Car has issued an imperial ukase
ordering the Russian language taught and
used exclusively in the German provinces
of Russia on the Baltic.
WoRKiNGMrN in England are concen.
tating their forces, and propose to sup
port their own candidates in the coming
campaign for seats in Parliament
THE participants in the New York six
days roller skating race are disguised.
Snowden, who finished with . score Of
l 1866 miles, won nothing but the belt, aud
now finds he will have to win It twice
more before II belongs to him.