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The Osceola times., 1886-09-18
THE CUTTING CASE.

Although Properly Reticent, Secretary
Bayard Is Pushing the Investigation of
the Cutting Case, with Every Reason to
Believe lie Was Right in First Premises.
WASHINGTON, Sept l2.-Although Sec
retary Bayard is properly reticent re-
specting any recent correspondence be-
tween this country and Mexico, it is
readily apparent to those who converse
with him that he expects to push the
point raised in the Cutting case quite
vigorously. 1t can not be learned
whether any communications have come
from Mr. Sedgwick giving a report of
progress in the inquiry he was sent to
Mexico to make, but Mr.. Bayard so
speaks of the disputed points in the
Cutting trial as to imply that he has
received satisfactory confirmation OF
the original statements upon which
he demanded Cuttings release He de-
clares very cmphatically, in speaking of
the matter, that there was not 'only no
misstatement in the first announcements
as to the offense charged against Cutting,
but that there has not been any change in
the Mexican court records in respect to
that matter. lie is quite sure that he
was right at the start I'm assuming that
The Mexican courts were undertaking to
try an American citizen for printing a
libel within the jurisdiction Of the United
States and entirely outside of Mexico.
81 don't doubt that fact now any more
than did in my first telegram to Min
lister Jackson" said Mr.. Bayard, "dnd |
hardly believe the fact that this was the
original charge will be disputed. The
change of position altcrward taken was
unques tionably suggested by Ingenious
people on this side Of the line who in
vented legal subilctes for the Mexican
courts
Mr.. Bayard went on 10 explain that the
device of trying Cutting for the circu-
iation OF libel in Mexico rather than
for the publication I'm Texas with the
idea of making the subsequent publica-
tion continuing offcnse, and thus con-
Meeting that with the original cause Of
complaint, which arose within Mexican
jurisdiction, was never thought of by the
Mexican officials until suggested to them
by their very swift allies in the United
States. 1t is scarcely probable that Mr..
Sedgwick has pursued his inquiries for
so long time without keeping the State
Department advised as to bis discoveries,
so that the confidence manifested by Mr..
Bayard regarding what the Mexican court
records show can not but mean that he
has satisfactory assurance to this effect
from his special envoy.
The Osceola times., 1886-09-18
Interior Of a Venezuela House.

The house is plain and substantial.
looking outside. It IS entered through
n pas.ageway paved with marble, and
when wide enough to drive > carriage
through, perhaps, with great mahogany
doors, the outer ones standing open
through the day. You enter into an
open court or patio, having an over
hanging roof, so as to make an inner
piazza, and still further within is =
wholly open space filled with the most
beautiful flowers and most odorous
shrubs. Three sides OF this little garden
are surrounded to use an incorrect
worldly the rooms Of the residence,
large, cool, neat, rcstful pcacaful the
rooms of home. The one side is a high
wall between this house and its neigl-
Dor. One day pleasant, bright liltIo
American lady asked me to call with
her at this Caracas home. We found
the lady Of the house surrounded by
beautiful, healthy children and the other
flowers, and passed an agreeable half
hour in their ircompany. The mistress OF
this elegant home was the daughter OF
a man who has given delight and Of
lercd wisdom TO all Americans Josh
Billings. Cor. ChicdgJ Nc0s.
The Osceola times., 1886-09-18
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

THE Hon. s. s. Cox, United States Min.
lister to Turkey, is about starting for home
on furlough, owing to i'll health.
A WALLET, containg over 5000, lost by
Bank Runner Robeson, of Chicago on the
1lth, was found by teamster named John
Gallagher, and was returned to the bank
intact. Gallagher's honest, was well re-
warded.
THE compilation OF the Chicago Rail
way Age, for The first eight months Of this
year, shows nm Increase for tae whole
country OF 3,i1j miles, which the Age
thinks indicates total for the year Of
over 6,00l miles, against S,lSl for 1885.
TnE half-mile foot race between Bryan,
Of Philadelphia, and Prddy, of Pitts
burg, for ) 900 and Ae ssAte champion
ship, was won easily by the former in
| 1:j7l2.
TnE exports OF cotton in August were
G., ,Sl3 bales, against o., ,235 baIes the same
time last year. The exports Of breadstuffs
for August were valued at Sl5, lls,Ssi,
against S7,O7OO9j the same time last year.
The Michigan monthly crop report
shows the averas go Yield OF wheat now
| thrashed TO bc sixteen bushels and a half
per acre, indicating a total Yield In TIE
State OF about %, 800 600 bushels.
AN order has been issued restraining the
Railroad Commission OF Mississippi from
Interfering with the tariff Of the hissis
sippi and Tennessee Ra lroad in so far as
it relates TO interstate commerce.
TnF bark Lizzie Carter, rom Matansas,
which arrived at Boston on the 18th, re-
ports having lost three Of her crew from
yellow fever whilo lying at Matansas.
TnE British Trades Uaiou Congress on
the 18th adopted rcsclution condeaning
over time work on TIE part Of men having
employment as one Of the elements OF
ovor-product.on, which c4use idlencss
and poverty among thous nds by shutting
them out from their due share in the
worlds work.
MORE Armcnians are coming to the
United States to be natural zed. The
United States government has not yet re-
piled to the protests Of the Armeninns
whose ciszensiip Turkey refuses to rccog-
nize.
TnE total number OF cholera cases in
| Italy since the outhl leak OF the disease is
q, 600. and the total number of deaths a..
600.
At d recent election In Arkansas every
Wheel andidate on the ticket in Poinsett
county WAS elected.
IN The Maine election ON the 18th tn Re
pullicaus carried the State by about 1900
ma jorits.
HEAVY rains have done much damage
30 the cotton crop in the neighborhood OF
Vieksbarg, Miss
The Osceola times., 1886-09-18
WIT AND WISDOM.

Common dollars are not scarce
where common sense is abundant
Some will find fault where others
would never think Of looking for it
Detroit Free Press.
Marrying woman for her money.
says philosopher, is very much Ike
setting a rat-trap and batting it with
your own finger. Church Press.
China and Japan buy our dried APP
pies freely Thus does American indus
try help to swell the population OF the
Orient. BostOH Transcripts.
Lawyer Go witness) In that case
you spoke Of, was the testimony written
or oral? Wimcss-It was oral, sir. All
about the stroke-oar i'm the race
MA, can go over to Saric's house
and play little while?' asks four-year
old Mamie. "Ycs, dear; ! do not care
if you do" Thank you, ma, " was
the demuro reply. I've been"
An advertisement reads-"Want-
ed, young man to be partly out Of
doors and partly behind the counter,
and the Cleveland Lsuier asks, "What
will be the result when the doorslams?'
Iid-B BITS.
1t doesn't follow, young man, be-
cause you are smitten with young lady
that she is dead in love with YOU. The
mosquito has a strong and abiding
affection for the human race but who.
ever heard of its being requited?
ton Post.
Mr.. Algernon to Boston young
women) Did you have pleasant
time at the literary society last week.
Miss Eugcnia? Miss Eugena-Yrs
indeed; we had an evening with Emer-
son. Mr.. Algornon Why, | thought
he was dead Chicago Tribune
"A young man who has a good deal
of spare time on his hands wishes 10
learn Of something that Will keep him
occupied. We can think of two things
right Of getting married and tipping
over hiyc.-BuriiHgton Free Press
-"They speak OF the value of books. "
said Jones, "bLt can man who is ig
norant and unable to read find any.
thing interesting in book?" 80, YES"
replied Smith, in certain books
"What kind of books?' in pocket
book, for instance. ~ Boston CoHrier.
"A Boston girl wrote a bit of poetry
which she headed "a Madrigal." and
sent it to a newspaper as a contribution.
But blundcring printer set mp the
head MAD at his Gal, and when the
author read it YOU never saw madri.
gal than she was.
Like flakes of snow that fall M
perceived upon the earth. the seemingly
unimpOrtant events of life succeed one
another. As the snow gathers together
so are our habits formed No SINGLE
flake that is added to the pile produces
sensible change; no single action ere.
ates, however it may exhibit, mans
character. -JCrcml Tdyi5r.
During the examination of a wit
ness as TO the locality of the stairs in a
house, the counsel asked him, (Which
way did the stairs runP' The witness
who, by the way, was a noted wag. ro-
Piled that zone way they ran up, but the
otherw way they ran down The learned
counsel winkcd. both eyes. and then
took look up at the ceiling. rhicago
Standard
The Osceola times., 1886-09-18

| ED CURTIN, who recently escaped from
the Ohio State penitentiary, where he was
serving a sentence Of ten years for arson,
was captured at Philadelphia on the sth,
as he was about TO start for Sacramento.
Posr-oFFIcE INSPECTOR DARBEILAY, Of
the Chicago division, arrested l.. j. Sulli-
van and Charles Wyman at Cedar Rapids,
Ia, on the sth, on the charge of robbery OF
the post-ofiices at Minneapolis, Norwood
and Gordonvile, MINI.
DEATHS from Asiatic cholera In Corea
are said to number several hundred daily.
PR. BELrRAM, a clerk In the Spanish
consulate at Hong Kong, forged the name
of the Spanish Consul 10 a bill of exchange
for $4,000, AMI has disappeared.
| GOLDEN SMITH, a young business man,
attempted suicide at Avoniale. o., on the
10th.
Mrs. PREssMAN, OF Philadelphia, is
charged with forming a conspiracy TO
murder her lover.
OK the 10th the main building OF the
Mattoon Furniture Company's factory at
Sheboygan, Wis, burned. Loss, between
So, 900 and So 900; insurance between 49,
900 and $4,000. Three hundred and fifty
men are made idle by the fire.
MISS LuLu BATES, Of Cincinnati, made
balloon ascension at rawfordsville, Ind,
on the 10th, and had narrow escape from
death, owing TO the collapse of the balloon
at a height of 300 feet.
john SHAY, in n drunken quarrel with
another man at Lowell, Mass, on the 10th,
threw a brick at him, but hit his own son,
four years old, on the head, crushing the
skull. He was arrested.
JOHN BAcHMAN, OF Reading, Pa, aged
sixteen, plavfuily pointed a revolver at
his brother Francis, agel eighteen, snap
ping II several times, when cartridge
was exploded, the bali striking Francis
Just below the eye and innicting mortal
wound. He did not know it was loaded.
THE two $4,000 londs. the bank books
and other papers belonging to the Second
Presbyterian Church, Of Newark, n. j.,
which were stolen from the Office Of Troas-
urer J. G.. Harrison on tho 9Th were found
on the 10th. The thief, finding himself un-
able to negotiate the papers placed them
on a pile Of feed bags in MIR. Harrison's
store.
THERE appears at present TO be an epl-
dcmic Of savage crime raging in France,
some of tho details Of which are of the
most revolving description.
A CoMrosIToR named Rchon, In an En-
glish printing Office in Paris, shot the
foreman dead and wounded an appren-
tice out of revenge for having been -
charged.
Two engines and several cars were
wrecked and several persons injured by
collision on the Burlington q Northern
railway, near Poto,i, H., on the lith.
Two tramps were killed in n collision on
the Union Pacific railroad at Rogers sta
tion, Neb., on the lith. Both engines and
several freight cars were demolished, but
no other casualties occurred.
A MAN named Jamc5 Greene, who had
taken a farm from an evicted tenant, WAS
shot dead near Innis. Ireland, on the II "A.
A RuMoR was current at Grand Haven,
Mich, on the night Of the 18th, that the
barge Oracle Baker, with two hundrel
passengers ON board, had sunk in Lake
Michigan somewhere south of that port.
The report could not be verified, but great
anxiety existed,
The Osceola times., 1886-09-18
A DARK DEED.

Assassination OF Railway Agent Powers at
Marshall, Illinois, in His Ohice - me
Town wild with observation-disclosures
the Trail of the Murderer.
MARSHALL, ILL.,, Sept. IL, Never since
war times has Marshall been in such
state of wild excitement as to-day.
This morning at seven O'Clock as Hector
Dulaney was passing the new depot at
the crossing Of the Caro-, Vincennes
Chicago and Vandalia Railways, he
glanced in and saw pools OF blood on
the floor. Summoning assistance an
examination was made, and 1t was
found tnat back window had
been broken out, sash and ALL
A hasty glance In showed a body close
up under the desk, covered with papers
and an old coat. An entrance was at
once made, and the body was found to be
that of the agent, George Powers. lie
had been shot and instantly killed, ap-
parently. Soon hundreds of people were
at the depot, scarcely believing the
terrible news. The Coroner was sum
moned from Dennison. In the mean
while your correspondent examined the
scene of the murder. The depot is one
and half miles northeast of the city, IN
deep and lonely cut. The agent was
required to stay only till midnight. Three
young men, friends of his, had accom-
panied Powers out to his post ana lett
him at half.past ten. The murder must
have been committed soon after that
time. He was sitting at his desk writing
nj ifrl
was leaning over close to the pa
per, and had his hat pulled down over
his eyes. The murderer must have
slipped up to the window and fired at the
top of his head. The ball shivered the
pane of glass through which it passed,
cut circular hole in the top OF the hat,
aud then entered the victims head. lie
fell forward, his left eye striking on the
telegraph instrument, making terrible
bruise. There was pool oil
blood on the table by the in
strument. The murderer then seemed
to have gone around and entered
through the back window He dragged
the body to the, floor and rifed all the
pockets, taking what little money there
was and his watch. The body was then
dragged through the pool of blood al
ready formed and LAID close under the
desk and covered up. The floor
was almost covered with blood. The
inquest was held this AFTERNOON
and a verdict was rendered in accordance
with the above facts. Powers was
young man of twenty-siy, very popular
with all, especially the young folks, and
his awful death is felt as a common
calamity. A thousand dollars was raised
in short time TO prosecute the search
for the murderer or murdcrcrs. The
feeling is most intense, and 1t
would take strong walls 10 hold
the fends if once caught, A
hundred men have been ont since
the discovery of the murder securing the
country and kilograms have been sent in
every direction. There Is no clew what
ever TO guide the searchers. An effort Is
being made to get the blood-hounds from
Olney to start the search. This last
devilish deed seems to cap the climax of
crime which has reigned in Clark County
the last three months.
The Osceola times., 1886-09-18
4 German Denial.

BERLIN, Sept. 1.-THE North German
Gdzetie pr1nounccs untrue the statement
attributed to Prince Alexander, and ex-
tensiyely published here, that one of the
reasons for his abdication was the fact
that all the members of the triple alliance
forbade him TO carry ont the intention he
had formed OF executing the leaders of
the coup d'etat The gazette denies that
the Prince resolved upon any executions,
and says that the Powers advised him in
the interests Of peace not 90 all0w any
executions TO be inflicted, sor the reason
that II he permitted them he would incur
the danger OF retaliation II a fresh po-
litical outbreak, should occur.
The Osceola times., 1886-09-18
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

Cornell win add law school TO It's
other departments in the fall OF loo''-
Lihica ~ W. journal.
49, The foundations for the twenty
second Protestant Church in the city OIL
Rome were laid a few days since.
In Augusta, Ga, the churches have
rules which forbid gentlemen from sit
ting on the right side of the house, as
that part is occupied by ladies.
There are five hundred and ninety
seven young men actively occupied as
volunteer workers on the various COM
mittees of the New York Young Men 5
Christian Association and its various
branches.-N L. Witness.
Mr. Elliot +. Shepard has paid
$4,000 mortgage on the Seventh Prcs-
byterian Church of New York. "A
church debit says he, "is a mortgage
upon the altar of God.
The Presbyterian Woman's Board
of Foreign Missions of the Northwest
has 800 subordinate societies, which
contributed 100000 to the mission
cause last year, and sustained siNty-one
missionaries.
MIR. McMaSters. of Toronto, who
built the fine edifice of the Baptist lnsti-
tute at Woodstock, Can, and endowed
seven of It's professorships, has recently
added S2j0,0 to his noble gifts for tho
purpose of making it full college.
When Christ says, II am the Rose
of Sharon" it is suggested that he IS
perfect in character. He was the only
perfect man that walked on this planet
without fault, without flaw. No man
has pointed toanything in his character
unworthy Of humanity. As one eNcm-
plfying in his life all the virtues deemed
necessary to a faultleSs human charac-
ter. he stands as the one in whom no
guile has been found.-Sam SDlgH.
The Bishop of Exeter, Eng, re-.
Gently confirmed a number OF IDIOTS,
and the act provoked so much criticism
that he has thought it necessary TO JUS
tify his conduct. He does so by saying
that the idiots were more deyOut than u
great many wise Christians, and quotes
the dying words Of poor IDIOT known
as silly Billy:
40. what does silly Billy sec2
Three 10 one and One I'm Three,
And ono of Tnem has died for mo-
1t is very important to learn TO
write in plain, legible hand. The
habit of careless writing has enta,led no
little loss and trouble to many people
1t is not right to tax the time and pa
tience of persons TO whom we write By
requiring them to make repeated efforts
to decipher an cpistle with onc-lourth Of
the letters only partly formed, and an
other fourth 50 badly formed that tho
person addressed can hardly tell b from
c.-Chicag0 StaHdIrA
The New West Education Commits
sion has three schools in different Sec
tions OF Salt Lake City. The labors of
their teachers, and of Rev A. b.
Peebles, have developed such a marked
religious interest that the Home Mis-
sionary Society has appointed Rev.
Alexander Monroe rs permanent mis-.
sionary there. He has already begun
eyangelstic work in the city, with those
Sabbath schools as centers. The New
w. L. Commission are to erect build
ing to serve both rs school and as
chapel. The Interior.
The Osceola times., 1886-09-18
Who Would be n Gar.

LONDON, Sept. l3.-Elaborate precau
tions were taken to protect the Car dur
Ing his Journey to Poland TO witness the
army maneuvcrs. Soldiers armed with
loaded rifles lined the railway. The train
was divided into three sections. When
passing stations the windows were closed
and the blinds drawn down in order to
prevent the discovery of the carriage oc-
cupied by the Car. After the mancuvers
the Gar will 90 10 Spala, Poland, when
similar precautions will be taken for mis-
protection, $4,000 soldiers being utilized
for this service.
The Osceola times., 1886-09-18
Preparing for the Meeting.
i,glcy Just one moment.

Bagley-Just one moment.
DeBaggs Excuse me, I'm in a bit Of
a hurry. | expect my wife home from
Atlantic City, to-day.
And you are going to meet her ?"
mo- I'm going home. haven't
seen the house since she left, and want
to brush the cobwebs from the front
door; Yon see, ] dated all my letters
AZ Home. "-Phildlei,iisa CaQ.
The Osceola times., 1886-09-18
The Power Of Lightning.

During a severe thunderstorm which
passed over central Norway recently,
remarkable example of the powor OF
lightning was witnessed. In field ut
Loiten, fir tree eighty feet in height
was struck by lightning some twelve
feet from the ground, with the effect that
the tree was cut in halves. and the mp
per portion about sixty feet in length
thrown distance Of several yards
The most curious part is, however, thar
the surface of the detached part is -
smooth as if the tree had been saved
Through, while that of the stump re-
naming in the ground is jagged, charreI
ana splntered to the root. The ground
around the tree is furrowed in all ol-
rcctions, one being several feet in width
and depth, and extending for some ten
yards. 4 spruce tree close by shows a
turrow an inch in width, running from
q height of six feet down to the root
Nature.
The Osceola times., 1886-09-18
Rnmorcd Sinking of a nnrge.

GRAND HAVEN, Mich, Sept. IA ru-
NOR was current at a late hour last night
that the barge Oracle Barker, with two
hundred passengers on board, had sunk
somewhere south of here. The report
can not be verified, but anxiety exists.
The Osceola times., 1886-09-18
CRIMxs AND CASUALTIES.

PETER SULLIVAN, stranger, supposed
TO be discharged brakeman of the Jsr-
~ Midland railway, jumped into the
flser a Kansas City. No.. On the TN, and
- trUw1s.
{ l9 uone)r, ~, - - ~, ths wife
~ Il6 ~ 4 e 4ee1hews wsss bernsd
The Osceola times., 1886-09-18

Tickling the nose is said to be :
2 Ire for hiccough.
Daily Tombstone epitaph., 1886-03-17
Russ House For Sale.

The above we'll known prop.
 erty is for sale or lease on most
 reasonable terms, or will be let bv the month to responsible party. Owing to its favorable location at the corner of Toughnut and Fifth streets it offers unusual advantages as a boarding house for miners. The Russ House has always re. ceived a large patronage from the travelling public and citizens. To parties who desire to engage in the hotel, restaurant and lodging house business, no better opportunity has ever been offered. For further particulars inquire at the store of H. J. Sadler.
Daily Tombstone epitaph., 1886-03-17

The news conveyed in our Washington dispatch, that the house committee on foreign affairs, by the small majority of one, has voted to postpone consideration of the Morrow anti Chinese bill and in- stead thereof, to take up Cleveland's message, in regard to indemnifying China for damages sustained by her sub. jects in this country, IS indeed most un. welcome news for the. people of this coast. Whenever we appear to be near . solution of our Chinese troubles, some impeachment like this in,erposes, and our hopes are once more shattered. There is another bill, of the same character before congress, and we must hope that this may meet with better fate. I, takes a great deal oflabor to open the minds of eastern residents, to the nature of the curse from which we are suffering. on this coast When they get enough Chinamen in New England, to interfere with their workmen, they will begin to howl quick enough. It might be a good idea to ship few thousand Chinamen east, at the present reduced rates.
Daily Tombstone epitaph., 1886-03-17
Tho End Near,

NEW YORK, March I6.--It is con- ceded by railroad men to-day that con- ference has practically taken place be- tween the transcontinental officials, and that the trouble would certainly be ended this week. It is expected that the final touch will be given to the agreement to- morrow and the details will be probably be considered by the traffic managers, Messrs. ]. F. Goddard, of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, and Thos. L. Kim ball, of the Union Pacific, and ]. C.. Stubbs, of the Southern Pacific railroads, so that regular rates will probably go into effect next Monday.
Daily Tombstone epitaph., 1886-03-17

Referring to the assertion that the Territorial Beard of Pardons is an illegal body, the pardoning power being vested in the governor, by federal law, the Yuma Sentinel says that both Governor Tritle and Attorney General Churchill looked upon the law creating the Board of Pardons with distrust, hence when the board pardoned any person Governor Tritle always executed pardon by the authority in him vested by the Federal law, to make sure of the act.
Daily Tombstone epitaph., 1886-03-17
Presidon tial Nominations.

WASHINGTON, March I6.-The Presi. dent has sent the following nominations to the senate: Wm. L. Trenholm, of South Carolina, now one of the civil service commissioners, to be comptroller of currency, in place of Henry w. Can. non, resigned. John H. O'Berly, of Illinois, to be civil service commissioner. in place of M. L. Trenholm; Charles Lyman, of Connecticut, to be civil service commissioner, in place of Dorman B. Eaton.