The Osceola times., 1886-11-20

| RETURNS so far received indicate that
the convict labor constitutional amend.
ment, recently voted on in Illinois, mas
been defeated.
THE Philadelphia mint Is turning out
| $1,000 day Of minor coins 10 meet a large
demand which has recently sprung up,
especially for nickels and pennies.
GENERAL FAIRcHLD, Commander-in-
Chief of the Grand Army Of the Republic,
will visit Nashville, Tenn, arriving Mon.
day, December @, spending two days His
VISIT II is intended, will be made a granl
affair.
THE Baltimore & Ohio Express Conn
pany has succeeded in perfecting ar
rangements for through line from New
York to New OrlcanL The company will
begin on December |, running on their
new line.
GREAT alarm ex lists at Madrid, owing
TO reports of a threatened outbreak
against the Government.
AFTER filling their New ork and Brook
lyn engagements the Cameron Lon dale
opera troupe will return TO England.
RAIN amounting almost To deluge fell
in France for four days ending the 18th,
causing great damage TO property.
lN the first half OF this month the Cow
ernment revenues aggregated Sl2 ,3Gj ,5,3.
The expenditures during the same period,
inclu ling ,531, 900 pension pay ments, were
s7,050,OG3, being Sj,309,5OS less than the
receipts.
AS token Of the victory his forces had
won an Afghan General, sent to subdue
the Ghilzai rel els, sent ten carloads of
their heads to Cabul.
THE Farmers Alliance Of Chicago
adopted a platform favoring union Of
farmers with labor organizations, TO amel-
iorate all evils expressing both classes in
common.
EIGHT HUNDRED pounds Of oleomargar-
inc were seized at Davenport, Ia, on the
18th, by the United States authorities,
the stamp law not having been complied
with.
THE equestrian statue Of Washington,
dest ined for the city Of Philadelphia, has
just been finished at Berlin. II will be
shipped in December.
ON the 18th shock of eartl quake was
experienced In the province OF Beiis, Pur-
tugal. Much alarm was felt in Lisbon in
consequence.
DURING the seven days ended the l2th
there were 23l failures in the United
States and Canada, as compared with a
total Of 1856 for the preceding like period.
THs re cent Frisco express rol berry con-
iinues to puzzle the detectives, notwith-
standing the claims continually set up
that they will soon have the culprits.
THE Treasury Department has com
mcnced the issue OF the new two-dollar
silver certificates.
A COLLAPSED Dublin tradesman explains
that his bankruptcy is due TO his being
boycotied by the National League.
OFFICIAL figures show that the army OF
the United States now consists of ,, l09 Of
ilcers and 939i3 enlisted men.
On the 18Th "A Cincinnati saloon keeper
was fined fl fly dollars for selling liquors
between the hours of midnight and six
o'clock n. M.
OS the ~ h the indianapolis, Peru &
Chicago railroad was sold under decree of
forecl osure for 81 jO6 600 The bonihold. /.
era were the purchasers.
THE entertainment at San Francisco on
the night of the l3lh for the enefit Of the
Charleston sufferers nettei about $500.
OFFICIAL returns indicate that the Ger
man merchant feet is composed Of i,l35
vessels, having q registered tonnage Of
l,9S2,ii tons, and crews to the number OF
D ,o3l men.
TIE tobacco tax collected by the Gov.
eminent ths past year was S21 ,0J7 1862.
Ed. CoRRIGAN's famous mare, Lizzie
! DwYer, died Of pneumonia at Lexington,
KY, ON the !ith.
A BILL for the conversion Of the Belgian
National dsbt will 10 introduced in the
next parliament,
\ CONVENTION Of lalor representatives
is called to meet in Columbus, o., Decem-
| her p to Organize trades congress.
A PROPOSAL is pending in the French
/ Chamber of Deputies to grant a pension
of l,0a0 francs TO widows of men who died
/ in Tonquin.
/ ly the Chicago Trade,' ASS embly meet
| ing on the l4;h, the radical element had
| tho upper hand, and action was taken
/ which WAS virtually snub 10 Mr.. Pow
/ dcily.
! pRor. RILEY reports that by the dif-
| fusion process Of sugar making about
| twice the nmonnt OF sugar is obtained
from louisiana cane as 10y the old sys-
/ TEN.