The Osceola times., 1886-12-04
NEWS IN BRIEF
o1Dile1 1rem varisss Sources.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.


oring another suit 10 establish his inno-
,snce in connection with the Crawford
divorce scandal.
Ar the State Department on the 23d O
seport, which had been printed on that
eay, that Minister Manning, the new Min.
ister to Mexico, had become involved in a
trouble similar TO that with which Mr..
Sedgwick was charged, was treated as
wholly unworthy of attention.
ERAsTUs BROOKS, the veteran editor
lied at his home on lStaten Island, N. Y.
IN the 25tb.S
A SPECIAL train left st. Louis on the
18th loaded with employees Of the Gould
,ystem to attend the funeral Of the late II,
N. Hoxie at Des Moines, la.
JupGE TURNER OF the Federal Court al
San Antonio, Tex, held court on the 25th
Thanksgi~iry Day. and excited much
riticasm thereby.
some New Orleans people are making a
light on Consul General Porch at the City
,f Mexico, the apparent object being to
get In man Of their own.
lr develops that Iowa opposition 10 Coll
,nel James q. Broadhead is at the bottom
Of the fight against the bill creating the
new Federal circuit Of Missouri and Min
nesota.
In his speech from the throne on the
.5th Emperor William said the measure
for increasing the strength of the army Z.
justified by the increasing OF the armies Of
neighboring States.
COLONEL HUSTON, chairman OF tho In.
diana Republican State central commit
tee, in an interview at Dallas, claimed
the Legislature of his State for his party,
and said that Harrison would be the Sen.
ator,
yIsHoP WHiPPLE had a medal struck at
he United States mint at Philadelphia,
md has presented IL to Engineer Thomas
Little, of Portage, Wis, in recognition of
ais bravery in saving life at the Rio dis.
ister,
JuDGE Scorr OF the Illinois Supreme
Court has granted superseieas in the
Chicago Anarchist cases, which stays
their execution until the full bench of the
Supreme Court can psss upon the points
raised in their behalf.
O'DoNovAN Rosa has been retired
from the leadership of the Fenlan Brother.
hood, and Or. Hamilton Williams sue.
cee,s him.
PROCEEDINGS have been commenced
against John Dillon, NJ. p, for his utter.
ances nn the re mt question in speech de.
livered at Woodford, Ireland, on October
IS.
IT Is intima ted that Secretary Manning,
In his report, will recommend two per
cent. refunding bond for the benefit o
National banks fishing to con tinue their
circulation.
The bills OF the House OF Representa-.
lives for drnping the Capitol with mourn.
ing en- the occasions OF both Grants and
Hendricks death remain unpaid for want
Of an appropriation.
THE will Of the late Margaret s. Lewis,
Of Philadelphia, which was admitted TO
probate on the Goth, bequeaths over $780,.
200 to religious and philanthropical pur.
poses.
1T is stated at Rome that Mgr. Stranforo
who carried the hats to Cardinals Gibbons
and Taschereau, will be sent 10 England
10 negotiate with the British Government
for renewal of diplomatic relations with
the Vatican.
A PROFILE OF George Washington will
adorn the new two-cent postage stamp.
In the opinion of Admiral Porter we
need double-turreted monitors and fast
cruisers for the protection OF the seaboard.
HENRY NJ. STANLEY, the African ex-
plorer, who arrived in New York on the
18th, was banqueted by the Lotus Club on
the evening of the 9th, many notable per.
sons being among those present
HENRY GEORGE, the defeated labor can
dida,e for Governor of New York, de-
clares his intention to start paper with
the beginning Of the new year.
The Colin Campbell divorce case is the
ruling sensation in London, and it is a
very nasty sensation, indeed.
s. II. II. CLARK has been appointed to
succeed the late II. NJ. Hoxie, first vice
president Of the Missouri Pacific Railway
Company and general manager of the
Southwestern system.
1T is rumored In London that General
Sir Redvers Butler is to succeed Sir Rob-
ert Hamilton as Under Secretary for Ire-
land, and that he will soon be transferred
to Dublin Castle.
On the 9th statue of Richard Golden,
the celebrated English free trade advocate,
was unvailed by his daughter at Lockport,
Eng. The Marquis of Ripon delivered the
address OF the occasion.
On the 9th Miss Mary Falrweath, NJ.
D., sailed from New Yor, en- route TO the
northeast province Of India. where she
goes to take charge of the Countess of
Dufferin's newly established medical mis-
sion.
OK the 2sth George Hazlett and Miss
Sadie Allen, his sister law, of Buffalo,
n. Y, went safely through the Niagara
whirlpool rapids in barrel
1T is now asserted that friendly rela =
tioEs were about restored between Conk-
ling and Arthur just previous to the lat
ter's death.
GENERAL HENRY J. HUNT, who CON-
manded the Union artillery at the battle
Of Gettysburg, explains in the Century
why Lee fought at the time he did.
OK the 2sth Captain f. A. Cloudman, OF
Rondout, N. Y, started from Savannah,
Ga, In the twenty -four.foot sloop-yach
"Outing" on trip around the world. Be-
fore going ten miles, he ran aground in
the mud and did not get Off until mid
night.
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
A FAMILY OF four persons living near
Breslau, Germany, were killed on the
night of the I'D by peasant, who entered