The Osceola times., 1886-08-28
NEWS IN BRIEF
O.mpiled from Various Sources.
Personal AND POLITICAL.

Is Dackeu Dy Ut. -. NJ hahAitoh' VI hsiS"-
mond, Me-. for $1,000 to excel young
Brodie's feat in jumping of the Brooklyn
bridge.
]. O'KELLY gave notice in the British
House of Commons on the 10Th that he
would introduce bill for the better gov
ernment of Belfast.
JUDGE FITZGERALD, of Nebraska, was
elected president of the Irish National
League at the Chicago convention on the
10th.
LORD RANDOLPH CHURCHILL says the
government has concluded that the adop-
tion of coercive measures for Ireland
would be unwise.
SECRETARY BAYARD asserts that the
situation concerning Mexico is Of the
gravest character, and indicates that he
will stand firmly by the original demand.
MRS. NANCY RICE, the oldest person in
Plymouth County, Massachusetts,, died re-
Gently, aged one huhdred and one years,
nine months and twenty-seven days. She
was one of a choir that sang at a memori-
al service when Washington died.
GRAHAM successfully navigated the
Niagara whirlpool rapids on the I9th with
his head protruding from the barrel.
James Scott, fisherman of Lewiston, at
tempted to swim the whirlpool rapids the
same day in cork suit. His dead body
was picked up at Lewiston an hour later.
A. j. HOLMES has been renominated for
Congress by the Republicans of the Tenth
Iowa district.
BELFAST Protestants are irritated over
Lord Randolph Churchill's defense of the
police.
HENRY WOLFE and his housekeeper,
Mrs. Starchman, committed suicide near
Cedar Rapids, Ia, on the Goth.
DIR. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES was ban
quoted by the Philometc Society of Liver
pool on the Goth.
QUEEN MARGHARITA' is said to be using
her influence to bring about reconcila-
tion between Italy and the Vatican.
Mr.. SEDewIcK, the agent sent by Mr..
Bayard to investigate the Cutting case,
arrived at FL Paso on the Goth.
In speech in the House Of Commons,
on the 10th, Thomas Power O'Connor
main tanned that Lord Randolph Church
ills speeches were the original cause OF
the Belfast riots.
SECRETARY BAYARD says he has not
aho htNSi hnb my tOhtt 'hht tuANihE
was convicted for an offense committed
entirely within the jurisdiction OF the
United States.
The Secretary of the Interior has ap-
pointed John G.. Walker, of the District OF
Columbia, and Rolf s. Sanders, OF New
York, as special agents, to make an allot-
ment Of land in severalty TO the Crow In
dians of Montana under the General De-
ficiency act of Congress.
THE acting Secretary Of the Treasury
has decided that the department has nc
power to extend the privileges of the inn
mediate transportation act so as TO allow
the forwarding TO st. Paul Of articles i'm.
ported at New York, destined for the in-
dustrial exposition at Minneapolis.
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY members OF
the British House of Commons have signed
the memorial asking the government to
appoint commission to inquire into the
currency question.
THE American Bar Association met al
Saratoga on the Goth and elected the fol-
lowing officers for the ensuing year: Pres
ident, Thomas Semmes, of Louisiana
secretary, Edward Otis Hinckley, of Mary
land; treasurer, Francis Rawle, of Phila-
delphia. Executive committee, Luke p.
Poland, of Vermont; C.. c. Bonne, of Chi
cago, and Simon L. Baldwin, of New Ha-
ven.
THE Berlin North German Gazette states
that Prof. Brakenbush has made large
annexation in South Patagonia on behalf
of Germany. The London Standard, COM
menting on this, says il thinks that Bis
marck will have to reckon with Chill and
the Argentine Republic.
GOVERNOR SToNEMAN Of California. or
the Goth, adjourned the Legislature until
September I, owing to a disagreement as
to the time of adjournment between the
Senate and the Assembly.
THE death of Mrs. Ann S. Stephens, the
novelist, is announced.
EX-SENATOR MALONE is going to run
for Congress in the Petersburg (Va.) dis
trict.
VICTORIA, Crown Princess of Germany,
and her daughter are travelling in Upper
Italy.
THE Emperor of Japan has decorated
the German Minister with the first order
of the Rising Sun
INDIAN COMMISSIONER ATKINSON is go-
ing on an inspecting tour in the Indian
country.
THE President has rendered Mr.. Thomas
Z. Benedict, of Albany, N. Y, the position
OF Government Printer.
The Emperor William has had the vault
containing the remains of Frederick the
Great opened and the interior decorated
The chihuahua Supreme Court has be.
gun the hearing Of the Cutting case, and
it is reported that by an agreement be-
tween the lawyers the court will deere,
that Cutting has been sufficiently pun.
ished, and will order his release.
PRINCE ALEXANDER Of Bulgaria ha.
been forced to abdicate, and was escorted
out of the country.
ARNOLD FORSTER, son of "Buckshot'
Forster, writes letter making a savage
attack on the Land League.
COLONEL SwITzLER, chief OF the Bureau
OF Statistics, is soon TO issue an extensive
report on Southern industries.
THE Pennsylvania Republicans are said
to be quite willing that Mr.. Randall shall
be reelected to Congress.
Os the 22d w. j. Kendall, a Boston DO.
hceman, swan Niagara whirlpool rapid,
In a cork vest, to settle wagers amounting
to $4,000. He makes 5000 by the feat.
WILLIAM A. WALLACE, lately defeated
for the nomination for Governor Of Penn
sylvania, has some idea of running fol
Congress.
on the 22d Prof. c. L. Stowe, formerl,
Of Andover Theological Seminary, anc
the husband of Harriet Beecher Stowe
died at Hartford, Conn, aged eighty -four
He had been i'll many months.