The Osceola times., 1886-12-11
NEWS IN BRIEF.
ounpilsl nrsa varisss ssarsaA
rrRsoxAL AND POLITICAL.

tiAO0O Of money which was tn his hands %
treasurer OF the National Home for Dis
abled soldiers. and which, Il Is alleged, he
has never accounted for.
The Navy Department issued an order
on the Cd detaching Ensign John j.
Knapp, Fifteenth lighthouse district at 81.
Louis, and ordering him to prepare for sea
service.
EXPRESS MESSENGER ForHERINouAM's
bail was fixed by Judge Normile at st.
Louis at 10000.
THE late H. M. Hoxie by will leaves all
his property to his wife.
MEssRs. MORRISON and Carlisle have de-
cided to push q tariff bill in the next Con-
gress.
MRS. GEO. NJ. RICE, sister Of "Doc" Will
SON. denies his story that he il o son Of
Millionaire Moen.
JUDGMENT was rendered at Boston on
the Sd against Ben Butler in favor Of the
Soldiers Home for over $4,000. He will
appeal.
COMPTROLLER DURHAM has decided that
Mr.. Cox, late Minister to Turkey, is enti-
tied to the salary as Minister and Congress
man up TO the time OF mis- reelection 10
Congress.
Two Republican officials were arrested
in Orange County, Ind, on the 3d, charged
with using money at the last election.
wM KNAPP, af Groveton, Ind, applied
to the Government for back pay as sol
der and is now locked up as deserter
during the war.
the board Of directors Of the Sedalia,
(do) University refused to accept the
resignation OF Rev. Mr.. Edmonson, presi-
dent Of the faculty.
The Secretary Of War, by direction Of
the President, has ordered Lieutenant A.
W. Greedy TO take charge Of the Signal
ONCE during the temporary absence Of
General Hazcn, the chief signal officer.
REPRESENTATIVE JAMES, Of New York
has secured the Endorsement Of various
prison reform associations and philan-
thrcpic organizations for his bill to estab-
lish National penitentiary and viii en-
deavor to secure its passage this winter.
The Presidents rheumatic leg was
worse again ON the Sd, 80 that he was con-
fined to the private apartments Of the
White House, and did not receive visitors.
He suffered severe pains In the tendons
running from the calf Of the leg up under
meath the knee, and has 30 far been unable
to find any remedy that would quite meet
his case.
CHARLOTTE SMITH wants to be chief of
police Of Washington.
On the 4th Michael J. Hess, laborcr,
jumped on the Brooklyn bridge and won
awager Of twenty-five dollars Heescaped
without apparent injury.
On the 9th the econd session Of the
Forty-ninth Congress convened.
The late President Arthur's will was
filed for probate in New York on the 4th.
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quests, his estate Ia left to his two chill
dren.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND was no better on
the 4th, and continued to deny himself to
callers, remaining in his room. His at
tack Is mainly confined 10 his knees, and
is quite severe
Eugene Oudin, who take the parts re-
opera Of Josephine Sold by Her Sisters"
with the McCaull Opera Company, were
married in Detroit, Mich.
The official canvass of Michigan, Just
completed, shows that $50, $50 votes were
cast for Governor at the late election, OF
which Luce (Rep.) received lsi,474; Yaple
(Fusion), l'4,042; Dickie Pro.) 25,l19; scat
tering, 100. Luce's plurality, 7,4S..
OstAh w iLDE 10 ho hhu
has discarded 'smalls" Since his mar
riage he has grown positively fat.
On the 4th Henry Groves, Congressman
elect from Perry County, Ind, was thrown
from his carriage and was so severely in
jured that his recovery is very much In
doubt.
Hon. ADRIAN s. HEWITT indorses Morri-
sons Tariff bill, and says he will again
vote for its consideration in Congress.
The report of United States Treasurer
Jordan states that the receipts Of the
United States Treasury for the year were
si2,749029 greater and the expenditures
el7,743 T96 less than last year--increasc in
net receipts, s3O, 492,s25
OK the 5th Rev. II. II. Haweis astonished
his audience in st. Brides Church London,
.by hurting succession OF heresies at
Them from the pulpit.