The Osceola times., 1888-01-07
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Csnpiisd from var1so Searsea
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.


gastritis, after suffering eight hours of
excruciating pain.
SECRETARY LAMAR, IL Is reported, will
shortly make public an opinion afiirmin z
the decision OF acting Commiss oner
Stockslager against the claim of the
State OF Kansas TO large tracts Of land in
that State, alleged 10 have been Illegal v
certified to the Union Pacific and Kan sas
Pacific Railroad companies.
In receiving sixty delegates from the
former pontihcal army, headed by Gener-
ais Kansler and Charette, the Pope ex-
pressed sorrow at being deprived Of his
army, but this afiiiction, he said, was
softened by the hope that the day was
near when he would again be enabled to
have his devoted soldiers around him..
On the 2sth reports were received an
nouncing the death of Emperor william
OF Germany, but they proved to be with
ont foundation.
COMMENTING upon Lord Randolph
ChurchilPs visit to Russia, the Moscow
Cdzetts says; "Hs visit will dspel his
prejudices. He viii find no traces of ag.
gressive plans against India"
On the night OF the 2sth Governor John
q. Marmaduke OF Missouri died at the
Executive Mansion at Jefferson City, Of
acute pneumonia, within forty-eght
hours of the time he took his bod. He was
ffty-two years Of age.
ON the 2sth Mr.. Gladstone embark ed
upon tho Channel steamer at Folkes tone
on bis way TO France He was cheered by
the crowd which had gathered TO see him
off.
THE printer of the Cork Qreland) Err
dminer, Mr.. Corcoran, has been arres ted
on the charge of publishing in that paper
reports Of meetings of proclaimed
branches of the National League.
On the night Of the 9th Captain
Stephen @. Sluyter died nt Hartford,
Conn. He was engaged for several years
In preliminary soundings for tho Atlantic
cable, and, in command Of the steamer
Victoria, laid the first main cable. Dur
ing the war he was in command of a gun
boat
A POPULAR young man named Richard
n. Harringer, who has just died at Troy,
N. ", was constant smoker OF cigar
ettes He became troubled with an af.
lection of the heart, which was followed
by dropsy. Several physicians attended
him. aud they all agreed that his system
had been shattered by nicotine poisonin z.
On the night of the 9th Colonel John
McCaull, the opera manager, while walk
ing on the street in Chicago, slipped and
fell, breaking one Of the small bones Of
the right ankle. The surgeon who set the
fractured limb said II would require most
careful nursing, and It would probably
lay the patient up for several weeks.
On the 2Sth the Lathrop Memorial, .
home for children whose mothers are com
peeled TO work and a nursery combined
was dedicated at Albany, ~ Y. II was
built hs Mrs. Leland Stanford, in memory
of hef mother on the site Of the old La
throp homestead, where Mrs. Stanford was
born. rha edifco cost $4,000. Senator
Stanford and Mrs. Stanford were present
at the dedicatory service.
On the 29th the Massachusetts Tariff
Reform League held its annual meeting
at Rosion. The banquet was brilliant
affair.
On ths Goth Lord Lytton, Engand's
new Minister TO France, presented his ere.
denlins .o President Carnot
On the goth Mr. Sheehy, NJ. p, who was
recently Imprisoned in Ireland under the
Crimss Sot, was forcbly dressed in the
prist;, Cab by the Jail warders, but as
soon as they left the cell he discarded tho
clothes.
land, o., scored triumph in the opera of
"La Traviata." She was presented with
golden laurel crown, on the leaves of
which were engraved the names OF a mum.
Der of the generals and colonels of the
Imperial Guard.
KING MILAN has accepted the resigna-
ton of the Servian Ministry. The retire.
ment Of NJ. Ristics is considered check
20 Russia.
On the s9th Mrs. Eunice Bosworth Tay.
ior, wife of Congressman f. b. Taylor, Of
Ohio, died of apoplexy, at Providence
Hospital, Washington, whore she had been
removed on being found unconscious in the
street. There were no persons at her bed
side whon she died save the hospital at
tendants, and her identity was unknown
for several hours after her demise.
On the morning of the Goth John Cros.
by, president Of the Milers' National As
sociation, and member Of the great -four
milling firm Of Washburn, Crosby a CO.,
minneapolis, Mimi, died Of a complicat ion
OF diseases. The immediane cause of his
death was paralysis Of the heart.
SUIT has been begun by Comptroller
Trenholm for the forfeiture Of the charter
OF the Fifth National Bank of st. Louis.
TX. has been conferred by the Pope upon
all the special envoys sent to congratu-
late His Holiness upon his jubilee.
1T is reported that Sitting Bull Is not
opposed 10 Senator Dawes bill for the
opening of the Sioux reservation.
ALL day on the 30th the remains Of
Governor Marmaduke of Missouri rested
in state, and were viewed by thousands of
citizens. The funeral took place on tho
afternoon Of the 31st.
For the position of special examiner in
the Pension Bureau Or. Mary Walker is a
candidate. The salary and per diem al
lowance amounts TO about s., 800 a year.
DoS CARLOS still insists that he is the
legitimate ruler OF France, but advises his
supporters to "trust in Providence and
take no part in revolutions" Ho'n "get
left" but be perfectly safe on that policy.
SET of resolutions will be presented
by the New York municipal council of
the Irish National League TO Mrs. Henry
Ward Beecher, expressing the sympathy
and regret of the society at the death of
her husband and its respect Tor his men,
ory. These resolutions ara drawn up on
heavy parchment, fastened in the form
of . banner upon n stick Of carved wood.
a PETITION has been filed by Mrs.
"Buck" Grant, nee Miss Fannie Chafee.
In the County Court at Denver, Col, ask.
ing for a settlement of the vast estate left
her by her father, Hon. jerome b. Chat
fee, formerly United States Senator from
Colorado. In his will Mr.. Chaffee left his
daugh hter Fannie $4,000 worth Of secur-
tiles, embracing Government bonds. MIN
ing and railroad shares.
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
On the 9th James Watson n ,,fn,bo.