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The Osceola times., 1886-02-13
The situation IN the Coke Region.

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Jan. 9s.-Reports re-
ceived to-day from every point in the
coke region indicate that all is quiet.
Pool operators are making no attempt to
start up their works, and appear TO be
satisfied with the state of affairs. Furnace
operators will suffer most, as they will be
compelled to bank their furnaces II the
strike is not settled IN few days. The
Charlotte Furnace Company, at Scott
dale, the only furnace so far that has en-.
deavored to settle the difficulty, will also
bank their fires, throwing several hundred
ore miners out of employment.
The Osceola times., 1886-02-13
A TERRIBLE MISTAKE.


rns Kullna of Captain Crawford by tine
M.,leaps Proves to Have Been the Result
AZ a mistake The Mexicsns Lost Their
Commanding offieer and Five Men--Lleu-
tenant Msus' Opinion.
wAsHISGroN, Jan. 29.-G eneral Sheri'
Ian Yesterday received a dispatch from
General Crook, confirming the report ol
the killing Of Captain Emmett Crawford
in Mexico on the night OF the llth inst
and the probable surrender OF Geronimo
and his band Of renegade Apaches. III
seems Captain Crawiord's command at-
tackled the Indians in their camp about
200 miles beyond the border line IN
Mexico and in the midst OF
the attack was surprised by shower OF
bullets from an unexpected source. IL
was soon discovered that the attacking
force was composed of Mexicans, who,
when the firing ceased, said they had mis-
taken Crnwfor1's command for Apaches.
parley between the two commands lol-
lowed, when it was ascertalned tnat
CAPTAIN Crawford was mortally
wounded, bullet having pierced
his brain, and that on the Mexican slde
the commanding officer and five men
were killed outright. In the meantlme
the Apaches had escaped, but afterward
Geronimo came in and agreed to meet
General Crook on the border line to
make terms for a surrender. There are
TWENTY-FIVE hostile bucks in Gcronimo's
band, and It is expected they will reach
the point agreed upon about the 4th OF
February.
Captain Crawford did not regain con-
seriousness after being shot, but did not
die until the 18th inst. lie was carried
with the command for seven days.
He was buried at NacOsi,
Mexico. Great regret is expressed
for his death at the War Department. He
was a very gallant officer and one OF the
best Indian lighters in the army. lie was
General Crooks right hand man, and has
been foremost in the hunt for hostile
Apaches.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.-The killing Of
Captain Crawford in Mexico by Mexican
troops may lead to diplomatic complica-
tions with Mexico. The matter was
brought TO the attention of the President
at the Cabinet meeting yesterday. hc-
co1ding TO existing treaties the forces OF
each country may cross tHV VoH"'a'y NV
in pursuit of Indians. Since the
treaty United States troops have
spent, perhaps, half their time
in the mountains of Mexico in pursuit Of
Geronimo's band Lieutenant Maus,
who makes the report Of Captain Craw-
ford's death, says he thinks the MexicaDs
attacked them knowing them to be United
States troops, but did so believing they
could oyerpower them. The Mexicans
explain that it was dark and that they
mistook Crawlord's command for
Apaches. 1t is probable that the Mexi-
can government will be asked for an ey-
PLANTATION.
The Osceola times., 1886-02-13
Pixies FOR THE METlS.

Another Uprising In the Northwest Threat
ened IL Certain Contcngencies--The Irl.h
Thorn That PrIciss England All Around.
MINNEAPoLIs, Mimi, Jan. 2s.-The
local papers are filed with the details OF
an alleged plan to arm the Northwest In
dians for second uprising in case Of
coercion in Ireland. The weapons to be
given them are Irish pixies and larg
number Of them are being Manufactured
here for distribution through the North
west Territories.
An Irishman found with one of these
weapons this morning, said;
These pixies are made as an experiment,
and In certain events they are TO be used
in arming the Metis. II the English at.
tempt TO use coercion In Ireland the next
uprising in the Northwest win be by men
well armed with these pixies. While
Irishmen feel very kindly toward the
Canadian Government, that portion
known as the irrcconcilahes w0uld give
considerable trouble because of their
sympathy for the Metis and partly because
Canada is an English dominion, and
armed with pixies, Middleton and his sol
diers will find in the Northwest force,
foemen worthy Of their steel"
The Osceola times., 1886-02-13
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

THE secretary Of the navy has received
information to the effect that another rev.
olution is threatened on the Isthmus Of
Panama.
ALL schools in the towns of Pierce and
Albany, Wis, and throughout that entire
section are closed in consequence OF the
fatality with which scarlet fever is pre-
vailing
TnE count of the coiu in the sub-treasury
ut New York by experts of the treasuary
departm mt has been completed, and
shows that the vaults contain cents more
than the books call for.
THE total imports of merchandise at the
port Of New York during the week ending
ON the 3Oth were S5,l32 ,i33, and of dry
goods ss,s0l,32s.
1T is estimated at the treasury depart
ment that the public debt statement will
show decrease for the month Of January
of about $500 900.
/ The President has pardoned Winship
| Swift, a boy formerly in the postal service,
who was recently convicted Of violating
one Of the postal regulations in losing
mail pouch whica he was taking to the rail
read station.
AN unknown horse.thief was shot and
killed on the 29th a few miles north OF
Arkadelphia, Ark, by sherif's posse
who had pursued the thief from Yell
county, where he stole the horse the day
previously.
Muca excit ment was occasionsd in
Chicago on the 30th by threats Of Social
fists 81 blow up with dynamite public
meeting OF Bohemian Turner's.
JUDGE PARKER passed sentence of death
upon seven prisoners in the United States
court at Fort Smith, Ark, on the Both.
They were convicted Of murders com
mitted in the Indian Territory.
TuE House Committee on Agriculture
has under consideration the bill intended
to prevent the spread of pleuro-pueumonia
among domestic animals.
Mas. BAyARp, wife Of the Secretary Of
State, died at " ashington on the 3ist The
immediate cause of Mrs. Bayard's death
was congestion of the brain, bronght on ty
the shock of her daughters sudden death
two weeks ago. o. ..rrt. b
SPECIAL services of thanks giving for the
cessation of the smallpox epidemic were
held at all the churches Of Montreal on the
3lst.
Dick sASplRsoy, living at Chickasaw,
Ark, was called to his door on the night Of
the Let and shCt dead by unknown meu
Sanderson was supposed To have been q
horsethief.
The postmaster Of Quincy, Arb, has
been drven away by his neighbors because
Of bis manner Of t-satinS v,ersovs hsvirc
business At that o1ace.
The Osceola times., 1886-02-13
Crushed BY nm Avalanche.

DENVER, Col, Jan. Collaboration
reached here last night of another fright
tul disaster from a snow-slidc which oc-
CURED near Telluride last Wednesday
morning at six O'Clock, az the Sheridan
lease mine, in Marshal basin. AT the
hour named there were two men in the
clearinghouse when an immense ava
lanche came down aud struck it. This
building, with it's contents, together with
5lacksmith-shop and the office, were
forced 800 feet away and swept across The
creek, where the crushed buildings and iae
occupants were buried under the mass OF
snow. Dave 0verstreet, Sims Brcc, wm,
Hartford and Nike Mitchell were killed.
The Osceola times., 1886-02-13
A Terrible Crime.

CLEVELAND, o., Feb. lone OF the
bloodiest tragedies ever pepetratcd IN
this city, horrible In detail, encumpassing
the death Of two women and probably
cred yesterday morning in a room in the
Croker block, opposite the city hall.
The murderer and probable suicide was
Alfred Smith, profligate fellow, who has
been in trouble for some time, and his
victims were his wife, Mrs. Althadine
Smith, a clairvoyant, and a companion,
Mrs. Louisa Jane Wilson, who had but
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Arrested for Wifo Murder.

AUSTIN, Tex, Jan. 29.--lIancock, the
man whose wife was assassinated on
Christmas eve, was arrested last night on
warrant charging him with having com.
mitted the crime Al the Jury n inquest
there were some facts laid bare which
cast suspicion upon him, but they were
not sufficient on which TO issue a war.
rant, Since then new facts, 1t is
alleged, have been obtained by the detect.
ives, but they refuse TO divulge their ma.
turc. 1t is understood, however, thai
previous to Hancock's removal from San
Antonio 10 this city he lad often made
threats To kill. An effort TO interview
bjp failed. He was hurried Of 10 prison.
The Osceola times., 1886-02-13
MISCELLANEOUS.

In Calania, Palermo and Cagliarl, Italy
thirty forgers have been arrested and q
number of presses and forged notes to the
amount of l0,O0o, 900 lire, have been seized.
On the 2Gth the House Committee on In
dian Affairs authorized the chairman to
appoint a subcommittee to investigate all
claims for Indian depredations. These
claims will be thoroughly sifted, and such
as are found meritorious win be ncorpo-
ratsi into one general bill.
UP to the ssth all but two of the bodies
had been recovered from the Newburg
pa mine.
IRISH newspapers are juhilant over the
defeat of the English ministry.
FRANCE declines to separate herself
from the action Of the powers on the
Grecian affair.
GREAT excitement prevails in the Cretan
islands over the prospective arrival of the
Geek squadron.
THE Grand Trunk railway in Canada re-
fuse to restore wages to q former basis,
ten per cent. reduction having been made.
A BALLOON in which NJ. Girod Renaud,
Of New York. made an ascension from
Brest, France, on the 2Ith, was driven out
to sea and vanished. M
DURING the twelve months ended Decem-
ber 81, 1885, the total number of immigrants
arriving in the United States was 326,l1l,
against 4o3, ,?3O for the year ending Decem-
Der 81, 1884.
THE total value Of the exports OF mer-
chandise for the twelve months ended De-
cember 81, 1885, was S6ss, ,si6,5j6 and for
the twelve months ended December 81,
1884, S749, 9,36e,42s a decrease of Slo.5l9,s12.
The value Of the imports of merchandise
for 1885 was S5s7 ISL 500, and for 1891,
S629, ,s6l $50. decrease of sil, ,7i0,3a.
ON the 2sth an exciting wrestling match
took place at Chicago between sorakatchi,
the Japanese wrestler, and Evan Lewis, Of
Madison, Wis, which resulted in victory
for Lewis.
ADvIcEs from Athens received In Paris
on the 2sth say that Greece has decided to
comply with the wishes of Europe.
Az order has been placed in Brussels
for the manufacture of 100000 uniforms for
the Greek army.
THE people of South Egrsmont, Mass,
have been very much agitated Of late over
peculiar commercial transaction, in
which Richard Mocheh sold his wife to his
brother William for three dollars. The
latter started on wedding trip with his
purchase, and the people were seriously
considering the advisability OF giving the
legal husband coat of tar and feathers.
ON the night of the 2sth Clark Isler, son
Of miner, saved an express train from
wreck near Monon gahela City, Pa. HI
heard huge boulder roll down the hill
side and lodge upon the track, and taking
his lamp, rushed out to warn the train, and
was just in time. The grateful passenger
made him up handsome purse.
RuNoR was current in Constantinopl,
on the 2sth that a skirmish has taken plac,
between Greeks and Turks on the frontier
Of Epirus. H
| DURING the past week the imports o
dry goods st New York were valued a
s. e,e01 ,35e. KS
DuRINe the seven days ended the 29tl
The failures In Tie Uaitsd statss sunbers'
81; for the year to date, 1884.
4 Or ~ 2otA twenty -tnrss persons en-
eAgs1 + ; NlAuist plot were arrested =
- xsowsege
The Osceola times., 1886-02-13
A Gambler Murdered Near His Own Door

LOUISVILLE, Kyr Jan. 29.-John y
MacCoy, a well-known gambler, was
found dead at two O'Clock yesterday morn.
Ing with bullet hole in his forehead
within few feet from his home. His
wife had been sitting up all night waiting
for him, and was not aware OF his death
until reporter called at the house at
nine O'Clock. He had been gambling in
Jeffersonville all the evening, and is sup
posed TO have made q large winning and
been followed by some parties aware of
the fact, who murdered and robbed him.
The Osceola times., 1886-02-13
Selection of Trees.

To reap rewards, the planter ntsst
know just what varieties do best in his
particular locality. Orshardists are
only just beginning TO realize the local
nature OF very many varieties of apples,
though some kinds succeed more gcncr-
ally than others. Two year old trees OF
some sorts, and three year old o. Lihers
are mature enough for orchard planting
nice. straight, free from ciotches,
headed low, is my choice. Go to re-
liable nurseryman with your list already
made out, select your own trees, and
allow little if any substitution nursery
men are too prone TO shove OF special
ties ON YOU; see that each tree has
plenty OF clean cut roots, not bruised or
split, label carefully, and protect the
roots from the air until healed in or
planted out.-Prairie Farmer.
The Osceola times., 1886-02-13
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

IN the Senate on the 23th crowded gal.
ieries listened to eulogles on the late Vice.
President Hendricks. Senator Voorhees,
spoSe ut length and was followed BY sena.
tors Hampton, sherman, salisbury, Evarts,
Ransom, spoOner, Vest and Harrison. No
business was transacted 80. In the House,
under the call Of states many bills and
resolutions were introduced, among them
steamboat Inspection service by Mr. Towns.
hend (Ill), a oil to limit jursd ction OF
United states courts In patent eases. The
bill for retirement OF certain naval officers
was called up, but without action the House
adj burned.
In the Senate on the 2,th two petitions
from Kansas for more military were pre-.
sented. Mr. Ingalls, bill for u National uni.
versity was read second time and re.
ferred. resolution was adopted asking
for information as to the administration OF
the pension ofiice. The electoral count bill
was postponed and the Dakota biii
taken up and debated. In the House
the senate Hendricks resolutions were laid
on the table to be called up on the I'd prox.
Mr. BoutelIe triad to make a speech on the
Norfolk Navy Yard. but owing to the absence
of Mr.. Wise he was not allowed to proceed.
A bill for aid to the Grant Monumental asso.
citation WAS reported and referred \ bill
forfeiting the "Back bone" land grant was
amended and passed.
In the Senate on the ssth bill for amend
ment OF the silver Icoinage law was intro.
duced by Mr. sherman. Mr.. lngalls.ionered
a resolution, which was agreed to, asking for
the hist ory OF the conscience fund. petit
tion signed by Fred Douglas and other COL
ored tzens of the District of Columbia was
presented, conn aiming OF determinations by
places OF entertainment against the negroes.
The Dakota bill was taken up and debated.
Several messages from the President were
received, aud after senators Culom
ani Logan had spoken hriefy on the life and
Il = A..
adjourned. LIN the House two commune
cations from the secretary OF state were re-
ccivcd. 4 bill opening Oklahoma TO settlers
was introduced and referred; also n resolu-
tion for an Investigation of the signal service.
A bill covering the fitz John Porter casa
was reported and placed on the public cal
endar; 1t may be call ed up at any time dur
ing the morning hour. After euogistic adj
dresses on the death OF Congressman Ell.
wood the House adjourned.
IS the Senate on the ggth the bill removing 2
the disabilities of Geo. :. storrs, of Texas,
passed A resolution was submitted and
referred, providing that executive nomna.
On motion OF Mr.. Eustis the Secretary ot tho
Treasury was requested to send to
the senate Information about in.
structions of the ASS sthnt treas.
urer In New Orleans concerning silver dol.
lars. The Dakota bill was taken up, and
senator Vest spoke at length, .......The
House, In committee OF the whole, consid.
cred the private calendar. Two bills were
reported to the House and passed. At the
evening session nty pension bills were
passed.
The Osceola times., 1886-02-13

Man chief superiority over woman
consists in hiding his night key or salts
faotorily excusing its use. She, on the
other hand, will go through his pockets.
and, in less time than il takes mule to
reach out with his hind foot. gather his
loose change and love letters. and make
him believe, she is only hunting for rips
and missing buttons. The buttons gen.
orally stay missed. and the rips ripped
Boston BNllctiA
The Osceola times., 1886-02-13
TIE Lucy furnace at Pittsburgh. Ps.S

TIE Lucy furnace at Pittsburgh. Peg
closed on the 29th for want of coke.
A SYNDICATE has been formed which
proposes TO pipe natural gas from Butler
County, Pennsylvania, to Cleveland, .
distance Of $50 miles
IS the past two years there has been
decrease of 6,sl2 Touring mills in the
United States and Canada.
The estimated decrease OF the public debt
during January was s,50o0oo.
A PEEssyLvAYIA law of 1874, prohibits
ing the performance Of any worldly en-
ployment on Sunday, has been revived in
Philadelphia.
ON the SOth a severe shock Of earthquakes
was experienced at velez, Malaga, and
considerable damage was done in the town.
The telegraph line from Seoul, Corea, to
Peking, China, has been completed, thus
placing Corea in telegraphic communica.
ton with the outer world.
ANOTHER revolution is threatened on
the Isthmus of Panama. Admiral Jouett
has been directed to remain at Aspinwall
with the flagship Tennessee for the pres
ent.
A MONTREAL dispatch of the 30th an.
nounced that fourteen cases of smallpox
had been reported on that date from Sc.
Justin de Newton. u
THE Mexican Government will immedi-
ately establish an agency in London for
the registration aud liquidation of Mexican
bonds. -rI
DURING the past week Paris has reveled
in bignmy case in which the bigamist
was surprised while partaking Of the we'd
ding breakfast with his bride and friends.
He was sentenced TO five years imprison-
ment.
EMPLOYEES Of the Pennsylvania railroad
are not at all in love with the company's
relief fund scheme.
DESPITE their agreement to close on Sun.
day, two of the Cincinnati theaters gave
performance on the night Of the 3lst.
ON the lst a state of seige was inaugu.
rated in the Pennsylvania coke regions,
the coke drawers being determined to re-
sst attempts to evict them from their
homes.
AN agreement has been made by the
powers that there shall he no territorial
notifications Of warlike character in the
Balkans.
The Osceola times., 1886-02-13
CRIlGns AND cAsUALrIRs.

Cx14ne AND CASUALTIRS.
On the seth Jacob Lotxenbliser and his
vie and ohild. living near Wabash, Ind,
wsrs poissoed With 'sRough on Rats" the
hnsbsnd, = Wa Thought, fatally.
ueGpo6 psok and Vicente olivas were
lynoAsd = susanv0ls. COL, on the 27th.
a AD1sPAycn Of the 27th stated that tho
b6rk Burpribs, Of Boston. Captain Averill.
~ tons, from New York, had been totally
wSscksd st Nadagascar. No details were
Gtvsn.
og - m ~ utEiksrs st an iron works
. 1uon3 q vroaee sstaeksd the man.
lD, Ghreu Mn - e ~ window
- - <es1A. xtetps was
The Osceola times., 1886-02-13

Atlanta, Ca, is said TO be suHering sucn
stagnation as was never felt there before.
Real estate, according to one of the heav-
lest dealers in the city, has fallen forty
five per cent. since the prohibition election.
One agent asserts that for those three
months he has not had a single applica-
ton from abroad. Many of the most
prominent capitalists are seeking new
fields.
Ghouls are at work at Atlanta, Ca.
1t is ascertained that the State Of Ten
nessee has received only $4,000 OF the
Judgment of 100000 obtained against the
late NJ. T. Polk, the defaulting state Treas
urer. II believed the State viii lose over
$500 900 Of the amount.
A negress living in the suburbs of Holly
Springs, Miss, locked up and left her two
children at home few days ago, and
went off TO work. During the forenoon
the youngest, eight years old, caught fire,
and before assistance could arrive was
burned to crisp, The timely arrival OF a
neighbor prevented the house and contents
from being destroyed.
Eight prisoners recently broke jail at
Seguin, Tex. Five were recaptured.
Twenty years ago a bankrupt Kentuclrian
settled on small island of the Bahama
group. lie allowed neither women nor
whisky on his island, and, consequently,
he is now very rich.
William A. Warner, an old theater man.
ager and proprietor. died at Louisville,
Ky. few nights ago, aged sixty, Of
dropsy. He was the father Of Morris
Warner, the New York journalist.
r. D. McKelvey and Robert Brooks, two
sharpers, we're arrested recently at Louis
vile, KY, charged with obtaining money
on false pretences from Evangelist Steve
IIalcomb.
Colonel N. Noble. Of Noble's detective
agency at Houston. Tex. y dsad.
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WalkerS-:- China- HALL
617 EII4M STREET..
State capital Notes.

AUSTIN, Dec. 2l.- The Capitol
Board were in session yesterday on
some dozen questions arising in course
of construction, the principal being
the proposition to change from slate
to metal roof. 1t is probable that the
metal roof will be substituted.
idalgo county bonds to the
amount of $4,000 were purchased
for the permanent school fund.
The Driskill Hotel was thrown open
to the public last evening.
In the suit of the State VS.. Talmage
Il Odonel, to recover school lands, a
verdict was rendered for the defend
ants. This suit was brought at the
instance of the land board.
Major Littlefield, chairman of the
executive committee Of the Texas
Live Stock Association, expects to
have large attendance at the meeting
of the association at Dallas in Janua-
ry. He regards the meeting as Of the
utmost Importance. Questions of
State legislation, proposing refrigerat-
ing slaughter houses and shipment,
quarantine, lease laws, and various
other important subjects will be con-
sidered,
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The CuIlum Bill,

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2l.-The proba-
bility is that Senator Cullum will not
succeed in having the report of the
conference committee on the inter-
state commerce bin disposed of be-
fore the holidays. lie may not sue
coed in inaugurating the debate to-
morrow, although he will make the
effort and is warmly supported by his
friends. The objections on the part of
the railroad companies are to the long
and short haul clause, and the clause
prohibiting pooling. Leading rail-
road managers throughout the coun-
try are quoted as bitterly opposing
these two features of the bill, and are
said to have organized to try and
effect their defeat. There are wild
rumors of reinforced lobby here,
with its pockets bullying with railroad
gold 10 be ratified under the ears of
approachable senator's, but no particu-
lars are given and nobody is seriously
distu. bed.
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Gin Burners Confess.

LoNGvIEw, Dec. 2l.- Adam Jack
son, colored. was brought here yester-
day and jailed, having confessed the
crime of setting fire to Killingsworth's
gin. Andy Fields, another negro
also confessed to having helped in the
work, and was hung to a black jack
but his toes reaching the ground he
was not dead when found, and viii
probably live. The confession of the
darkies implicated prominent and
worthy citizen of Longview, Mr.. j. +.
Prothro, who was a candidate for
sheriff before the primaries previous
to the last election, the assertion being
made by them that he hired them to
fire the gin, paying therefor the sum
of $40. No one believes this tale, but
Prothro was arrested yesterday and
taken to Hallville for an examination.
Killingsworth and Prothro have had
some misunderstanding, and the col
ored men have had some hard feeling
against Prothro over the settlement OF
some minor affairs. The entire county
is much excited over the matter.