The Osceola times., 1888-12-15

ON the 5th q meeting OF the National
Board Of Promotion Of the "Threo- Amsrs
icas" Exposition was held IN Washington.
II was well attended and composed OF
notable characters, who all spoke enthu-
siastically Of the proposed celebration.
THs Constantinoplo correspondent u
the London 7s.sse tslegraphs he is authors
ized 10 deny that Germany mas formally
invited the Porte 10 assist in tine Zanzibar
blockade,
A zASsrpAr dispatch states that the
Uefman war vessel Garcia has captured
dhow, and adds that the rebellion on the
coast is increasing.
The Cincinnati Price cvrrnt reports
that there has .heen heavy falling of ID
the number of hogs slaughtered in the
We-. this fall, the decrease for November
and the hrst five days OF December
amounting ID 5i5,oOo
TsE Inhabitants OF Dusiabad Persia,
Fave been forbidden TO sell gran TO the
Russians, and the Vienna press states
that Southern Persia is now under En-
glish control.
THE most elaborate Preparations are
he,ng made for the celebration ~ the cen:
tenniol of Georgetown ID C'l Cd'legei
The President and other high officials will
ha PRESENT
ALI arrangements have been made for
an international sculling contest In Queens.
land, Australia, The first prize will be
eco. Beach, Kemp, Searle, Matterson,
Stansbury, Nelson and McClear will COM
pete.
Os the 1th twenty five head of glandered
| La Is tla
inspector at Rochester, NJ ", and strict
quarantine was ordered
oS the .tt sist, druggists OF Pittsburgh
and Allegheny City, Pa, met aud ap-
pointed committeeto petition the Penn
sylvania Legislature TO repeal the Bluo
laws (referring to the transaction of busi-
ness on Sunday. so as 10 ellow the sale %
Notwithstanding beverage on that day.
lr Is reported that the Window Glass
Manufacturers Beneficial Association OF
Pittsburgh, Pa, Is to be reorganized
shortly, with a view not only to control
prices, but 10 limit production when nec-
essary;.
rhf board ~ traec u, Great Fails,
M1fl., has appointed special COM
mittee on Statehood, with view to de-
termining the best course OF action for the
people TO pursue under the present cir
cumstaDces.
Ok the sth the Western ilpiop telegrsph
nueratdt. at Fort Wayne, Ind, was
warned by the White Caps.
OS the sth a balloon ascension, under
the direction Of the Novelts Air; SHIP Com:
pany, uas ;i.ade at Coney Island, in the
presence of about five hundred people.
James X. Allen, the professional aronaut,
ascended fully five hundred feet where,
after going through n series Of evolutons,
propeling the machine hither and thither.
he landed safely a. Sheepsnead Bay: The
experiment was proruucs 4 decided sue
cess' Ihc Inventor has formed q COM
| pany with capital of II, 100000.
On the night Of the 9th the only Chinese
store in Hartford, Conn, was raided and
| thirty-one Cinnamon, who were gambling
in back room, werr arrested Cons
sidrfsbl6 money and an extensive gam
bling outfit was captured. The Chinameri
claim to have gone from other. cities td
gamble, thinking they would not be
mdlested.
For the eleven months ending December
l dividends amounting to S3,l00,0OO were
paid by nine mining companies of Mon
tana. This IL over one-fourth Of all
the dividends declared by mines of the
United States and Mexico for the same
| period, and surpasses all previous records
| for enc year,
IT IL estimated that the German troubles
In Zanzibar have already entailed a loss
of f350,00O upon the German East African
Company ps d corporation, and ruined
many W it, individual members:
1T Is stated that the officers attached to
the Woolwich (Englandl garrison a short
time ago invited Mr.. Charles Marvin, the
famous war correspondent, traveller and
author Of the work "Russia al the Oates
of Herat," TO deliver lecture on the pos
sibility and means Of cutting off Russia's
road TO India. The invitation was ac-
cepted, and the arrangements for tho
lecture made, but upon learning OF the
projected discourse the British War Office
| put upon IL u peremptory veto.
! On the 9th Andrew Welcb. president of
the American Refining Company OF San
Francisco said that owing to the seizure
of cargo OF Java sugar consigned to the
company, the refinery would have tG
clost on the 10th, as there was no stock
TO work on. He says he knows nothing OF
any attempt at fraud. The sugar was i'm
ported in the regular way. He estimate s
that the employees Of the refinery will lose
thirty thousand dollars in wages.
The British garrison at Suakim, in
the Soudan, has asked to be supplied With
reinforcemepts,