The Osceola times., 1886-12-11
MISCELLANEOUS.


A SQUAD from the Salvation Army has
invaded st Louis.
DuRINo the first four months OF the pres
ent fiscal year the total receipts from in
ternational revenue were S29, ,4G5, AL, "a
decrease Of 81, ,16s,243 rs compared with
the receipts during the corresponding
period Of last year.
San FRAScIsco customs officers on the 2d
seized $4,000 worth Of opium on the
steamer Rio Janeiro, recently arrived
from China. The drug was found In the
coal bunkers.
THERE is en- epidemic OF diphtheria at
Wilkinsonburg, an eastern suburb of
Pittsburgh, Pa. Over two hundred cases
have been reported, many of them quite
serious. The cause Of the trouble seems
to be defective system Of drainage.
DEBATE on the Military bill occupied the
German Reichstag ON the Sd.
THE sale OF million acres Of land in
Old Mexico by st. Louis parties 10 an
Eastern syndicate has just been consuin-
mated
THE Dublin Corporation adopted resolu-
tions ON the 3D., condemnatory OF the pol
icy Of the government.
THE San Francisco mining boom con-
tinues unabated, the excitement permcat-
ing all classes. Several failures are re
ported.
A British Cabinet council on the 3d dis
cussed the advisability Of further prose
cutions in Ireland.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, IS considering propo
sition 10 enlarge and extend its water sup
ply.
Az iron tower 440 feet high is TO be built
at London TO commemorate the Queens
jubilee.
THE French Ministry has resigned on ac-
count OF an adverse vote In the Chamber
of Deputies.
The convention at Philadelphia laid ont
plan for celebrating the centennial Of
the signing Of the Federal Constitution.
THE Amalgamated Association has de-
cided not 10 be present at the Trades
Union convention at Columbus, O., next
year.
A STORY printed in New York that the
Standard Oil Company had purchased the
Caspian oil fields NJ pronounced false by oil
Interested.
TnR w. c. 7. u. Of st. Louis adopted o
resolution at meeting Oh the Sd, express
ing modification that Mrs. Whitney, wife
OF the Secretary of the Navy, gave din.
ner which was attended by Mrs. Cleveland
and other ladies', and whereat all drank
wine.
THE Comptrolle, of the Currency has
authorized the First National Bank Of
Shreveport, La, TO begin business with q
capital OF $4,000.
REpoRrs from Albany, n. y, are TO the
effect that thirteen grain-laden boats on
route for tidewater are frozen in the canal
between that point and Little Falls.
THE receipts of the recent grand opera
season In ~. Louis by the American Opera
Company aggregated $4,000.
A PROFOUND sensation has been created
in Peru bv the publication of pamphlet
referring 10 occurrences within the walls
of the Merced monastery,
DURING the present month the commits
sions of sixty presidential post-masters
will expire.
DrpLIS advices intimate that the Irish
executive is preparing for determined
struggle against the Irish National League.
REroRrs from Belgrade are TO the effect
that the Bulgarian regency will make
overtures TO King Milan TO induce him TO
become u candidate for the Bulgarian
throne.
TlIE Porte has sent a note to the Powers
asking advice on the solution Of the Bull
garian difficulty. The note betrays an en-
tente between the Porte and Russia.
MONTEREY (Miexico) advices state that
bloody civil war is among the probable
ties for our sister republic.
THE Cunard steamer umbria refused TO
receive the British mail for New York, ut
Liverpool, when il sailed on the 4th.
On the 9Th fight occurred between the
police and participants IN National
League meeting at Finhalla, Ireland.
OK the 9th the American Opera Com
pany, Theodore Thomas, president, ceased
TO exist. Its successor is the National Op-
era Company. Theodore Thomas, first vice
president.
A GOVERNMENT circular has been issued
TO the police throughout Ireland forbid
ding them TO assist in any manner in the
enforcement of evictions.