The Osceola times., 1886-03-06
MISCELLANEOUs,

THE French Minister of Commerce, has
been urged to continue the prohibition of
American hog products but has decided to
wait for the hygienic committees report
as to the alleged presence of trichine in
American pork.
In Sweden tine commercial depression
has reached a crisis The number of fail
ures In Stockholm is steadily increasing.
The gravity of the financial situation has
not been paralleled since the panic of 1857.
The charges Of mismanagement Of the
Soldiers Orphans schools in Pennsylvania
continue to excite much interest. Gov
ernor Pattison WILL it is expected, an
nounce his intent tions as to an investiga-
ton. The Grand Army Of the Republic in
tend to aid In sitting the facts to the bot
tom.
A CROWD of Socialstic Hungarians
marched through the Pennsylvania coke
region on the ajth and forced the coke
dra wers to quit work.
EXPERTS declare that there are auto
graph letters Of Mahomet among the
papyri acquired in Egypt by Archduke
Renter.
A BILL will be introduced in the British
House Of Commons to compensate suffer-
ers by the recent London riots.
TIE three cigar firms, Brown & Earle,
Levy Bros and Mccoy & Co., of New
York, have concluded to accept the
Knights OF Labor label. The rates paid by
the union shops are accepted, and all the
hands in the shop began work on the Goth.
THE conference of nail manufacturers
and strikers at Wheeling, w. Va, ad-
journed on the 25th without coming to an
agreement.
THE British Government has approved
Lord Dufferin's request that strong TO. ce
be sent against the Shauns Of Burmah.
In the British House Of Commons on the
2a.h a grant of 81 200 was made for medals
for volunteers who took part in the cam
paign against Riel.
A MILITARY subaltern In one OF the gall
leries OF the French Chamber of Deputies
created u sensation on the 25th by firing q
revolver downward into the chamber. He
| was arrested.
IT Is confirmed from a Chinese source
that China will not consent to the cession
OF Bhamo and adjoining districts to En-
| gland. II England does not yield, China
threatens to organize a rebellion Of the
! tribes.
A PROPOSITION for joint international
movement in the interest of laboring m en-
has been sent by the Socialist members OF
the French Chamber of Deputies to the
British workmen in the House OF Com
mons.
| THE Bayview (Wis.) Nail Company has
signed the nailers' cos,pscmise scale, and
propose to start up full In all departments
ot once. The mill has capacity for cut
ting about one thousand kegs of nails per
day and employs $50 men.
| MFssRs. CRoFrs & Co. and Dingley,
/ Strout a. Co., large shoe manufacturers Of
Auburn, Me-, have follows ed the example
of Asa cushman & Co., by entering into an
agraement with the Knights of Labor
which shall govern their relations with
their employees. Other firms will probably
follow suit.
THREE THOUSAND strikers at Llanberls,
Wales, have resumed work on the em-
pioyers' terms. They had been idle nine
teen weeks and were in terrible distress.
TH amount of standard dollars in the
Treasury, after deductiug silver certifi-
Gates in circulation, February 20, was
$s25,s'5,54s, as compared with S5,,6e7 ,si2
In the Treasury July 81, 1885.
DUBLIN dispatch OF the 26th reports
great distress from famine and fever in the
villages Of Caslecka, Mulvany and Doobeg.
The reports are confirmed by the parish
priest. One death has already occurred
from want OF food and many are i'll from
the same cause.
Duane the ssvsn days ended the 26sh
eaers wsrs318 failures In the United States
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