The Osceola times., 1888-04-07

| Ar the trial Of ex-Custom-house of1cials
in San Francisco a sensation was caused.
| One of the defendants confessed To con-
spiracy by which a large number OF re-
turn certificates were fraudulently secured
and taken TO China and sold TO would-be
immigrants.
ON the 2sth the International Range As
sociation, In session at Denver, Col,
adopted resolution amending their con-
stitution so as TO give individual member
ship, after which a recess was taken to
allow the members TO qualify themselves
under the changed constitution.
| ON the 10Th dispatches from all parts Of
the State OF Alabama reported floods and
washouts, with much damage. All rail-
road travel was suspended.
BUSINESS men throughout the country
generally observed Good Friday by tho
closing Of boards Of trade and CONNER
cial chambers.
AT Madison, Ca, "Bill Indian" full
blooded Cherokee Indian, has a claim
on some property there, which, II he can
get proofs, will net him 5000.
AT Boston,on the 30th, William ID. Poole
was indicted by the grand jury for en-
bezzlement. Poole was al one time chief
deputy United States marshal.
On the 3Oth Frederick A. Markley, OF
Coshocton, o., committed suicide so that
his Ave children could set possession OF
his property.
WHILE trying TO escape from deputy
sheriff and posse, on the Both, Gather
Reese, Of Spring Creek, N. c., was shot
and killed. f
THE Burlington & Missouri Railroad
Company, by decision Of the Land Com
missioner, are deprived Of 260,342 acres Of
valuable lands, selected contrary to the
terms Of the grant, of
OK the Both the House committee on in
valid pensions, appointed sub comm ittee
to consider the various pending bills look.
ing to the repeal of the limitation clause
of the pension act.
On the Both DIR. Edison, of New York City,
and staff OF assistants, boarded the
steamship Brittania and vaccinated tho
Italian emgrants on board, after which
all except about seventy-five were per-
mitted TO land.
On the Both London cablegram con-
firmed the report Of a loan of Sl4, 100000 by
the British Government to the Canadian
Pacific, also concession of S3,0O0,0O0 to
the road for giving up its monopoly.
sued by the Russian Government for all
artillery brigades In Poland to send half
Of their reserve ammunition to Kisvehein-
iff, where a flying corps is to be organized
to operate against Bulgaria.
The February report Of the Erie rail-
road shows an increase OF Sl2,6S5 in net
earnings, as compared with February,
1887.
In the construction of the forts and bar
racks at Piczagor, Zirrienkir and Luck
the Russian Government has decided to
spend half million roubles.
THAT one of the crew landed from the
wrecked steamer Canonbury, at Nam
tucket, Mass, was i'll of cholera, was
denied on the 30th. -
AT Posen, Prussia, the military bar
racks have been thrown open for the
shelter of people rendered homeless by the
floods.
On the 30th the marble workers strike
at Boston was declared off by the State
Board Knights of Labor.
On the 30th the French Ministry, being
defeated in the Chamber OF Deputies, re-
signed.
ENGLISH volunteers to the number OF
fifty thousand participated in the Easter
fuoiuay A'StiNititss
gagged in sham battle, with Dover as the
objective point. no rraH
AT Boston, on the esth, an Eastern COM
bination of manufacturers OF doors, sash
and blinds, to advance prices and control
production, was formed.
On the lst, at the meeting Of the New
York Central Labor party, Typo
graphical Union No. withdrew from
membership, forestalling their expulsion
for encroaching upon the rights of the Ger
man composftors. The Carl Sahm Club
and the Progressive Musical Union also
withdrew. ---------
AN epidemic of hydrophobia among an
imals Of all kinds in Jackson County, w
Va, has caused considerable excitement.
ENGLISH Government papers are dis
cussing what they term the instability Of
French Cabinets of late years.
OK the 3ist the Danish Ministry was
overthrown on the question involved in
the Governments Financial bill.
On the 1st the New York Brewers En-
ployes Association decided not to strike,
but to boycott two or three brewing firms.
The new French Cabinet can not, it is
thought, stand the onslaught of the Bou-
langer tidal wave of popularity, which is
on the increase.
In the British House Of Commons the
Gladstonians strenuously oppose the
budget c4 .f