The Osceola times., 1886-05-22
MIsCELI.ANEOUs.

THE Morewood (Pa.) coke.wor trouble
has been settled and the miners have re-
sumed work. All the large works are now
running and no general strike is expected.
Ok the 18th. in the NJ. +. General Con-
ference at Richmond, Va. the committee
ON episcopacy reported In favor Of elect
ing four new bishops, and the report was
adof ted. .
Is the neighborhood OF Big Rapids,
Mich, black diphtheria continues TO rage
with unabated violence, and the States
health authorities will make investigation
rs TO the cause. The last OF a family Of
eight, who have died from the scourge,
passed away ON the i2th, and Henry Tan
merry. whose six children have preceded
him. also died. The disease battles the
local physicians.
CONTINUED rains were reported in the
north OF England on the l3th, causing riv-
ers TO overflow their banks. Sheffield.
Doncaster and other towns were partly in
undated. At Rotterdam the railway steel
works, many houses and thousands Of
acres Of land were submerged and 1900
workmen temporarily thrown out Of EN-
ployment.
| The strike OF the indianapolis bricklay.
ers for nine hours work aud an increase
OF five cents per hour in wages, has been
successful and the men have returned TO
work.
THg total values Of the exports of bread
stuifs during ten months, ended April N.
1856, was sa,,5ls,,4s, against sl3j ,is9
the same time last year.
4 H.. Il. lsl. A. a.
was felt in Scotland.
EVERY thing is quiet at Cincinnati. and
the militia has been sent home.
MucH damage was caused by heavy
rains in Derbyshire, England. on the 18th.
WORK has been generally resumed in
the luSssr yards at Chicago ami at the
Pullman car. works.
INDICTMENTS have been found against
ninety zone striking coal miners in WASH
ington County, Pa, for conspiracy.
MORE evasions Of the Canadian fishery
law by American vessels are reported from
Nova Scotia.
! Or the l4th a meeting OF Lord Harting-
tons followers was held for the purpose of
cementlng the whig and Radical opposi-
tion to the Home Rule bill.
| GRAssHoPrERs have appeared in Adams
County, Ind, in vast numbers.
A REPRESENTATIVES, OF British syndc-
ate Of capitalists is at Baltimore making
proposals for building the Chesapeake &
Delaware ship canal.
OK the l4th a secret meeting Of Parnell-
ties was held in the House Of Commons to
consider communications from Gladstone
1 Il Al -
Home Rule bill.
| ILLINOIS Is pronounced free OF pleuro-
pneumonia among cattle by the Live
Stock Commission.
A NEW mahdi recently appeared In the
Soudan and defeated a Turkish detach.
ment, but was subsequently overthrow,
and seven Of his followers were beheaded.
ONE Of the Ulster ureland) manufactur.
ing firms has concluded arrangements for
the transfer OF its mills to Germany.
DURING the week ended the l4th the inn
ports Of dry goods at the port of New
York were valued at $1,s32, 100 and the
/ SOS.
THE annual meeting OF the American
Bible Society was held in New York on
| thc it'n. Inc hNtfhee OF tue year were
sS23slo; expenses. si99,ssa. There had
been ,43i,4lo Bibles, Testaments, etc, is
sued, of which 5s4.6o3 went to foreign
lands.
THE Department OF State will probably
make no further invest tigation Of the kill
ing Of Captain Crawford, for the reason
that the consular officers have no facilities
for obtaining information on the subject.
DUANE the seven days ended the lith,
the business failures occurring throughout
the country number for the United States
ibe, and for Canada 20, as against total
Of 1872 the previous week, and ao7 the pre-
ceding like period.
THK loss by the storm in the vicinity of
Kenton, o., will reach into the hundreds
OF Thousands Of dollars.
DsAS-nuSEs bad . debate In New Yorb
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poee ~ hseDinsw q he ns,s and f.
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Qo1 three ahls lswyses ~ Halifax to
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