The Osceola times., 1886-09-11

THE Hudson river sea serpent Is report
ed TO have again been seen near Bearer
/ island.
THE counsel for the Government In the
| telephone suit are busily engaged In pre-
pairing an answer TO the demurrer filed
by the Bell Telephone Company in the
Columbus case, and their brief is practi-
cally completed. The arrangements will
begin on the Goth Of September, and tho
Governments case viii be presented by
Messrs. Thurman, Lowery and Chandler.
THERE were 173 failures in the United
States for the seven days ended the 3D.,
against lj) for the preceding like period
and lG9 In 1855. Canada had ~, against
20 the preceding week and II in 1855.
Tue viii Of the late Joseph T. Temple,
of Philadelphia, probated on the 81, be-
queaths over 100000 to public institu.
tions.
The STANDARD OIL Company will build
large refinery at Lima, o., where it has
struck both oil and gas. The works will
be on the line OF the New York, Lake
Erie a Western railway.
THE importation Of dry goods at the
port Of New York for the week ending
September ?, 1886, were 1903 packages,
valued at S2,937, ,O}6, against 9,j)s pack
ages valued at S2,Sj7,7S), for the precei-
ing week.
A SENSATION was created at Charleston,
S. c., on the ith, by shower Of pebbles
in the lower part of the city. Where they
came from Is an unexplained mystery.
AN agreement was reached at Whining.
ton, Del, on the 81, by which the striking
morocco workers, formerly in the employ
Of W. J. McClary, will be taken back as
they are needed, Mt an advance of about
fifty cents per week in wages. The aver
age advance struck for was about thirty
four per cent.
There is trouble threatened among the
Baltimore & Ohio miners. The difficulty
Is that there is no uniformity in the wages
paid, each operator fixing a scale for him
self. Secret meetings were in progress on
the 81, and arrangements making for
mass-c invention. They will probably in
s>t on the Columbus scale.
On the night OF the 4th another slight
earthquake was ielt at Charleston, S. C.
The shock was also felt at Columbia, S. c.,
and at Savannah and Augusta, Ga. There
was another shock also on the night of the
5h.
In all the principal cities Of the country
sul scription lists have been opened for
funds to aid the homeless and needy suf-
ferers by the Charleston earthquake, and
the responses are generally quite liberal.
ON the 4th the one hundred and twelfth
anniversary of the meeting of the first
American Congress was celebrated by the
American Protestant Association in Read
ing, Pa.
THE Peruvian Government has decread
that Chinese residents may enjoy the same
rights and privileges as other colonists.
THE German Compositors' Society, one
Of the strongest unions in Germany, has
just secured a concess on from the Frank
fort employers Of an increase in wages
and reduction Of hours of labor TO ten
hours daily.
OK the 18th tho exhibition Of South
American products will be opened in Ber-
lin, and promises TO be one of great inter-
est. The Argentine Republic, Chilli Bra
iii, Venezuela, Uruguay and Bolivia viii
be represented.
AFTER a thorough survey Of the damage
done hy the earthquake in Charleston it is
estimated that the damage win reach Sl0,-
100000. At least four out OF five of all the
buildings in the city are damaged.
THE third annual 81. Louis Exposition
opens on the s'h and gives promise Of
eclipsing its predecessors. The opening
win be the beginning of forty days car
nival such as no city in the country has
ever witnessed.
O2 the 4th police and Gus oms officers Of
New Laredo, Mexico, had a battle with El
Coyotes bandits, and were defeated.
THE United S ates Geological Survey is
to make n complete investigation of the
earthquake, and has issued circular
calling for information.
THE rush Of returning Americans TO
London from the Continent is SO great
that many are unable to obtain passage on
the re- ular steamers.
OS the 9TH three female telegraph oppr-
ators, by laughing at m Italian doctor at
the Occidental Io.el, New York, created
row which finally landed The doctor in
Jail,
Two large pensions have just been grant,
ed, one to NJ. D. Richardson, OF Kcntunby,
the first payment in which am unis TO
S1t,7ei13: the other TO Moses MoFadden,
OF New York, 81 l,064.7d.