The Osceola times., 1888-05-12

TIE Reading railway strike Is already
producing q coal famine in Pennsylvania-
A CALL for its sixth annual meeting
has been issued by the United States Law
and Order League, to be held in Philadsl'
phia on February 81 and % next.
OVER the refusal Of the turf dealers to
furnish the police with supplies, trouble
has been caused at Kildysart, County
Clare Ireland. The police, ON being re-
fused, forcibly seized what they needed
|. ApvIcFs have been received from Mas
sowah, so says dispatch from Rome, to
the effect that Ras Alula has offered to
join the Italians with 10000 followers on
condition that no be created King OF
Abyssinia in the event OF the defeat Of
King John.
or the night OF the 4th Sam Fike, the
city dog Ca cher at A Albuquerque, n. NJ,
died in frightful agonv from hydropho-
bia. He was btten.a few weeks ago, and
became so bad on NV Years day that II
was found necessary TO incaroerate him
in cell in the county Jail to prevent him
from doing bodily injury to those around
him.
In the river coal mines in Pennsylva-
mia general resumption OF work will
probably take place this wceS at the ad.
vance in wages demanded by the miners.
The resumption will give employment to
nearly five thousand men.
Is tho south Of Francs q swine plague
prevails, and thirty thousand animals
have died in the Marseilles district with.
| In a month.
The owner OF the RUNAWAY" New
Brunswick timber raft, which recently
created ''reign Of terror" on the high
seas, says there will be no more timber
RATS Of tina kind built.
| On the 9th the hands In one small cigar
factory in New York struck on account OF
reduction of wages. The reduction is
general and other strikes are expected.
II is thought not improbable that three
thousand hands will be out within a few
days.
OSs Of the most widely.known grain
merchants in Buffalo, n. V, r. II. Wilbur,
has gone to Canada. Tuscott & Heath
field are out $1,000, and =. s. McCros,
freight agent OF the Grand Trunk, is a
loser to the amount of $4,000, and a mum
ber OF others are said to he out various
| amounts.
FLORA SAMUELs a dealer in groceries
and jewelry. is missing from her home in
Utica, n. Y. Sh, is supposed to be in
Canada, and Is wanted forgery. Mrs.
amounting to nbont 5000. She is the
mother of large family.
A TELEGRAM of the G-h from The Russian
frontier states that eight Nihilists, includ
ing the Cossack Tschernoff, condemned
TO death for making an attempt upon the
life of tho Car during his visit to the
Don Cossack country, were hanged at st.
Petors burg.
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with a capacity of $50 cars per day, were
at work. They can employ 1900 hands.
1t ia not believed that any considerable
portion of the miners employed by indi.
vidual operators at the advance will re-
fuse to cut coal il handled by non. union
railroaders.
On the 7th the Mexican International
railroad was completed tp Lerdo.
On the evening of the 7th the first OBJ
servatiou through the Lick telescope at
San Jose, Cali, was made. The sky was
clear and the weather COOL
On tho 9Th the stockholders of the
Washington Fire and Marine Insurance
Company of Boston voted to go out OF
business, all risks to be insured in other
companies,
AT Buffalo, N. V, about three hundred
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ployers had notified them that during the
winter months they must work ten hours
per day, and the strike is the result.
THE opinion is gaining entertainers at
| Berlin that Russia is using strategy in
peace profe sions to gain time to be thor
oughly prepared for war, which is looked
for next summer.
In tbs Upper Michigan peninsula the
snowfall for the forty eight hours ended
the night of the 9Th was unprecedented.
Up to that time two feet had fallen on a
level, and the storm still continued. All
trains we're delayed, and general block.
ade seemed probable.
THE recent heavy rainfall has caused
the head tribui aries Of the Susquehanna
river to overflow their banks. Booms and
beams have given way and milli ons Of
feet OF lumber and logs have broken loose.
The loss to lumbermen will be great.
In accordance with an opinion given by
the Solicitor of the Treasury, Surgeon
General Hamilton has issued circular
authorizing the admission to the Marine
Hospital, free OF charge, OF seamen em-
ployed by the Mississippi River Commis-
sion. This is on the ground that these
men are entitled to the benefits of the
| Marine Hospital service.