The Osceola times., 1886-09-18
Two Italian officers have been arrested

Two Italian officers have been arrested
at Savoy for sketching French forts.
The reunion of veterans of the army OF
West Virginia at Portsmouth, o., attract-
ed a large attendance. Addresse were
made on the 9th by Hon. Chas. Townsend,
Of Athens, and Hon. VIM. McKi nley. In
the afternoon there was n parade Of vet
erans, In which General p. II. Sheridan
rode, wearing the uniform Of his rank.
Ex-President Hayes rode in a carriage
with General Sheridan.
READING Pa, celebrated the one hund-
red and third anniversary OF its incorpor-
alton rs n borough on the 10Th.
| FRENCH reinforcements are being sent
| to Madagascar on account OF the unsatis.
| factory condition OF affairs there.
SHAW and Harrison, Pittsburgh police
officers charged with assault and kidnap-
| ing, have been acquitted.
The work Of renovation and reeonstruc.
ton is actively progressing at Charleston,
and the city presents n scene Of great ac.
| tivity.
| THE French are not invited TO the in
auguration Of Barthold's Statue of Lib
erty because the President has no authori.
/ ty to properly entertain them.
| The business failures occurring during
| the seven days ended the 10th throughout
the country for the United States number
I 1io, and for Canada -, or n total of rs, as
compared with total Of l9) for the pre-
cedinc like period.
| HOFFMAN g. Co., fancy dry goods inn
porters, San Francisco, made an assign.
j r.. 80 1,.,f.
/ creditors. Their Liabilities are about $500.
/ 600.
A COURIER arrived at New Laredo
Mex, on the 10Th, from the frontier with a
report that El Coyotes gang was sur
rounded by three detachments Of troops,
one regiment Of artillery and two Of in
( fantry from the City Of Mexico, and two
cavalry regiments from San Luis Potosi
were expected to arrive In Saltillo within
few davs for service on the frontier.
THE Mayhower won the second race Of
the international series with the Galatea
on the llth, thus deciding the contest for
this year.
THE body Of a woman about twenty
eight years Of age was discovered in a
trunk ut the Union depot In Toledo, o., on
the llth, and a medical student for whom
the trunk was checked was arrested.
Much excitement has resulted in En-
gland over the alleged ordnance frauds,
end an official inquiry is inevitable.
ONLY four of the defenders Of Baltimore
ut the battle OF North Point In the war of
| 1872 survive, three of whom are nnety.one
and one ninety-two years Of age. They
we're given dinner at the Hotel Rennert,
Baltimore, on the 18th.
LONDON shopkeepers say that they have
never done as large business with Amer
leans as during the present season. The
American customs officials have discover
ed the fact.
JoHN WILLIAMS, Of Omaha, Neb., has
sued Judge Hamer for $4,000 for manage
ing his (WilliamsO defense in a murder
case in such manner that the case was
lost and the defendant spent ten years in
the pententiary.
PASSES issued TO Chinese hereafter who
are merely passing through the country
are to he numbered, so that their holders
may the more reality be kept track Of.
A GRAND Te Deum was sung in all the
| churches in Malta on the 10Th in gratitude
for the preservation Of the island from
the recent earthquake.
on. has been struck at Manistae, Mich,
at a depth of ,92) feet.
COMFY ISLAND was struck by a heavy
southeast gale on the 18th, which did con-
| siderable damage.
NEGOTIATIONS have been concluded for
the return from Massachusetts to Canada
of one hundred French families.
A TERRIBLE state cf affairs Is reported
in India, and thu country is said to he on
the verge Of financial disaster.
REPORTS received ly the FQrmeFs' Re-
rie'c indicate that the corn crop is well past
any serious danger of frost.
\ CYCLONE passed. from southwest to
northeast through the edge OF Burnsides,
Conn, on the evening OF the 18th. Its
course, fortunately, was mos ly through
woods, where it cut a straight path an
eighth OF a milo wide.
SEVERAL cases II cholera have occurred
in Naples and Genoa. The total number
Of cases in Italy rince the outbreak of the
disease up to the Il h was $1,000, and the
total number OF deaths li0J).
TIRE first snow Of the season iell at Ish-
peming, Mich, on the 12'h. It was not
very heavy aud soon melted away.