The Osceola times., 1886-07-10

The special convention at Philadelphia
on the 10Th, for the purpose of electing an
assistant Bishop OF the Protestant Epis-
copal diocese of Pennsylvania, chose Rev.
Ozl William Whitaker, of Nevada.
THE entire business portion Of Alturas,
Cal, was destroyed by fire on the 29th.
Loss, 10000, partly insured.
JOHN HARDIN, Of Brazil, Ind, MURDER
ously assaulted Levi Leash on the Goth
while both were at work at the Central
rolling mills, striking him on the head
with an iron bar eight feet long. Leash's
skull was crushed. lie can not recover.
President CLEVELAND had, up to June
80, vetoed sixiy-eight private pension
bills.
THERE was n narrow escape from an
at Chicago on the Goth.
GEORGE GILL WnITELAw, the Harvard
student who was injured in the recent
fight at the Miller House, Boston, on the
night Of juno 10, is believed to be out of
danger.
A BALL given by Sir Spencer st. John,
British Minister to Mexico, on the night of
the Goth, was brilliant affair.
AN explosion Of sewer gas in the British
House Of Commons on the 30th led TO sem
sational rumors'about Irish plots and dy-
Mantle outrages.
GENERAL JAMES A. BEAVER was nomi-
mated for Governor OF Pennsylvania on
the seth by the Republican convention at
Harrisburg.
COLONEL II. NJ. KELLY, recently United
States pension agent at Louisville, Ky,
was apparently 900 short with the Cow
ernment, bat has paid up.
GEORGE w. VAnNEY, one Of the pail
bearers at the funeral of Mrs. Baker at
Dover, n. H., on the 10th, sank down as
he was'helping TO carry out the casket and
died instantly of heart disease.
THE French Academy OF Science has ad-
mitted the first lady professor to their
body. She is Mis- Sophie Kowlewska,
and is n professor of mathematics.
THE President sent the nominations of
Hugh Smith Thompson, of South Caro-
| lima, TO the Senate on the 3Oih, to be as
sistant Secretary Of the Treasury, vice
William L. Smith, resigned.
YALE COLLEGE statement for the past
year shows receipts Of Sls7,l7), and ex-
penses OF Sl67,2
AT Baltimore, NIL, on the 30th, occurred
the ceremony of presenting the scarlet
| beretta TO Cardinal Gibbons.
| EiGnT persons were instantly killed on
/ the 30th by an accident TO a mail train
| from Belfast to Dublin. The train was
going at a high rate Of speed and left the
rails at KnocktrIlge. Twenty persons
were wounded. The train was completely
| smashed.
THE proprietors Of FIVE rolling mills at
Youngstown, o., have refused to sign the
iron workers scale, which went into ef-
| feet ON the lsi, Brown, Bonnel 81 Co,
who are in the hands OF receiver, agreed
to pay the scale price, though they could
not sign the scale
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND sent to the coll
lector's office on the 30th aud paid his dog
| license for the present year. This is the
first instance of a President Of the United
States buying dog tag in Washington.
THE sash, door and blind factory Of
Briggs, Wharton and Beverage, at APP
pleton, Wis, burned on the night Of the
29th. Loss, $4,000; insurance, $50 1000.
Mrs. JoHN SCHICK. aged hfy-hve
years, committed suicide at Davenport,
Ia, on the Both, by severing her jugular
vein an a small artery with a small pair
Ct sharp-pointel scissors. Mental aherra-
tion was the cause.
The Conservative candidates for East
Toxteth, Ever,on and West Toxte'L di-
visions of Liverpool have been elected
without opposition.
EDWIN BELLOWS ,hot and fatally
wounded his wife at Wilkesbarre, Pa, on
the 1st.
Nh. ALGERNoS SULLIVAN Sw1NRURNE,
the English poet, publishes vigorous Un-
ionist campaign song.
EVERY THING was quiet in the Lake
Shore yards at Chicago On the lst.
THE st. Louis express on the Erie road
was wrecked by misplaced switch near
Susquehanna, Pa, on the lst.
SEYMOUR DARLING was shot and killed
at Circleville, o., on the lst, while resist
ing arrest. Several Others were wounded.
FIRE destroyed Miller & Lawrence's tub
and pail factory at Leominster, Mass, on
the 1st.
The jury in the case Of schilling, charg.
ed with boycotting at Milwaukee, disa-
greed and were discharged,
FRANK Ii. BRowN, O. prominent grain
merchant, is under arrest al Boston,
charged with forging bills of ialing.
AUGusT LISDT's residence, at Chicago,
was burned ON the night of the 3Oth and
the sleeping inmates were saved by dog
barking furiously until they were awak-
ened.
President BATES denies the rumor that
the Baltimore & Ohio and the Western
Union Telegraph companies are about to
consolidate.
PETER ZISGERLE, a crank who went
from Pittsburgh TO Washing gton for the
avowed purpose Of killing the French
Minister, was arrested on the LIST while
prowling around the latter's residence
with loaded revolver.
MANLY the entire city Of Independents,
Cal, was destroyed by fire on the lse
Looa, $50 900; Insurance, $4,000,