The Osceola times., 1886-10-16

The French Institute met on the 7th and
accepted the bequest Of the Chsntilly es.
tates by the Due d'Aumale. The institute
adopted a resolution declaring gratitude
for the Due d'Aumale's patriotic gener.
osity.
The Indian question, involving the dis.
position of Geronimo, was the principal
topic of discussion at the Cabinet meeting
on the 7th.
THE business failures in the United
States for the seven days ending the Sth,
numbered 167.
THE American Board Of Missions Of the
Congregation al Church closed its work at
Des Moines, Ia, on the sth and adjourned.
THE Knights of Labor convention at
Richmond, Va, finished the work of Or
business.
AN inquiry into the facts concerning the
conservation of the colors OF the Irish Fu-
sileers by a Catholic priest has been or
dered by the British Government.
FIVE THOUSAND pork packers, butchers
ana other employees of the Chicago pack
ing g-houses went out on strike on the sth
against a return TO the Ten Hour system,
throwing 1900 others into involuntary
idleness.
RELIGIOUS riot at Delhi, in which
many were killed, was caus ID by Hindoo
sectarian leader tying a pig within a Mo-
hammedan sacred ediflce in such a posi-.
tion that It squealed all night.
PLEURo-PSEUMoNIA recently made its
appearance near Vincentown, Burlington
County, N. j., and It has spread to an
alarming extent. The State Board Of
Health has attempted to eradicate it by
killing infected animals and quarantining
herds.
THERE has been a sharp advance in the
prices of iron during the past wee. in the
Chattanooga (Tenn.) district, anil irsn
men are much encouraged over the out
look. Bar iron has gone from Sl60 to SlS6
within ten days, and the demand grows
heavier daily. There Is not an iron in-
dustry in that section but that is in full
operation.
THE American Consul at Kingston, Ont,
having been asked by the United States
Government to report If any disease ex-
listed among cattle in that district, made
close investigation and has reported in the
negative.
AT meeting In Milwaukee on the night
of the Sth Robt. Schilling, State organizer
of the Knights of Labor of Wisconsin, de-
nounced the proposed execution of the
Chicago Anarchists as an outrage as in.
famous as the hanging of John Brown. He
said he did not believe in anarchsm, but
synpathized with Socialists. The senti-
ment met with uproarious applause from
those present, among whom were Knights
of Labor.
NATURAL gas was struck at Fairmont,
W. Va, on the Sth. 1t is said by experi-
enced gas men to be the largest well in the
country. The noise from the rush of the
gas can be heard from six TO ten miles.
AS the result of the final games of the
series the Chicago Base Ball Club is again
the champion of the League. 1t was
close rub. The Browns, of st. Louis, are
again the champions of the Association.
THE missing steamer Anchoria has been
spoken off Newfoundland, under sail with
a broken shaft.
MILITARY preparations are actively in
progress In Russian BessarGbia.
MORMON elders are establishing mis-
sions and delivering lectures in London
on more extended scale than ever.
THE American exhibition buildings at
London will be completed by early spring.
ESeLIsH Conservatives deny emphati-
cally that the cabinet is preparing a Home
Rule bill.
1T is stated confidently that several
changes are pending in the English Cabi-
net and will be announced early in No.
vember.
THE United States Supreme Court met
on the 18th.
SEVERAL Bavarian editors have been
sent to prison for criticisms of the min
isty.
CUSTOMS officers at San Francisco on the
9th seized $4,000 worth of opium SNUG
gled as tea.
CANADA has rejected the proposed draft
of the new treaty with Great Britain.
THE League of the Cross, total absti-
nence society, paraded the streets of Cork
on the 10th.
PLANS for the Three Americas perma.
nent exposition at Washington appear tc
be taking definite shape.s
ACCORDING to the National Cotton Ex-
change report the crop prospect was low
cred slightly during the past month.