The Osceola times., 1886-03-20
MISCELLANEOUS.

The President on the llth returned to
the Senate without his approval the bin to
quiet title Of settlers on the Des Moines
river lands in Iowa.
THE Austrian Imperial Minister of War
has issued orders for the enforcement of
the study Of German among all the troops.
DuaING eight months ended February
2S last, the total values of the exports of
breadstuffs were S725lo,97s, against SllO,-
l2O,l ,l31 the same time last year.
"A MOVEMENT has been organized in Rus
sia to convert to the Greek Church the
Catholic Czcchs in the Austro- Hung arisn
empire.
On the llth the cotton mills at Victory
N. Y, were shut down owing to a strike OF
operatives. The mills employ about five
hundred hands, aud they all went OUT.
The men were refused an advance of ten
per cent. TO their present wages.
A COMPROMISE has been effected between
the nailcrs and operators at the Falcon
nail works at Niles, o., and ffteen of forty
four machines resumed on the nth. after
an idleness Of eleven months. The feeders
were dissatisfied with the terms, and re-
fused TO go to work aud the machines
started were run by the nnilers themselves,
THE trustees OF the Mount Moriah cems-
terry at Philadelphia have presented the
Mccullough monument fund with plot
of ground thirty feet square. They also
incur all the expense of the masonry for
a vault and circular drive around the
plot. The offer has been accepted by Mrs
Mccullough aud the trustees.
THE London Daily Nncs estimates the
number of deaths in the Monte Carlo rail-
way disaster on the 10th at forty, includ-
ing seven railway employees.
THE wholesale drug gsts Of W estern cities
were in session at indianapolis, Ind, on
the 18th
OS the 18th six hundred employees OF the
Elizabeth Cordage works at Elizabeth,
N. j., went out on a strike.
OK the lith the two hundred employees
of Mcintosh, Hemphill g. Co., extensive
| foundrymeu at Pittsburgh, were notified
| of an advance in their wages OF from five
| to fifteen per cent, to take effect April -.
| The action OF the firm was a surprise to the
men. No demand for an increase had been
made. II is expected that the other foun-
| drymen in Pittsburgh will follow the ex-
ample.
THE powers threaten to withdraw tbeir
representatives from Athens unless Greece
disarms.
| The anti-Chnese convention at Sacra-
mento, Cal, adopted proposition to boy
colt all who employ or patronize Chinese
| DURING the seven days ending the 12tt
the business failures numbered for tb,
United States 2lO, and for Canada -, 4
total OF 23j, against 2il last week and 2l'
the week previous. Failures are on tn,
decline in every section of the country
especially in Eastern and Middle States.
A MAD dog bit twenty persons in Brad
ford, England, in January, and on the l2tl
one of them died from hylrophohia Tn,
others are to be sent TO Pasteur for treat
ment.
On the l2th the education committee O
the House OF Representatives., after
sharp fight, voted to table the Blair Edu
cational bill. This practically kills tn
measure.
LATE Rangoon advcas state that Lee
rebels intend 20 march on Man dalay
British reinforcemsnts are pushing for
ward.
On the i2th deputation Of Socialists a
Amsterdam, Holland waited on the mayo
to urge relief measures They were sub
sequently clubbed by the police.
On the 18th nearly eight hundred EN-
ployes OF the American Hosiery Company
at New Britain, Conn, went out on strik
their demand for higher wages hsvin
been refused. The company's officers re
fused to meeta Anmittee OF the knight
of Labor to effecSs settlement by arbitrs
tion.
The committee OF the German Rcichsta
10 which was referred the spirit mono?ol
bill rejected the first two clauses, thus vir
tually defeating the measure.
ON the 18th Lewis, the Wisconsin "slra,
i gler," won the catch as catch -caa wres,
ling match with Rdwia Bibby inst. Loui
!. viuning tArss oct Of ave falls, Ne did u,
! layse va.k'sv~, Aewsvss,