The Osceola times., 1888-04-21

NxF. Dfss DE BAR, her husband Ten
eral Diss De Bar. Dr.. Benz. Lawrence
and his son Frank were arraigned In tn
Tombs court, New York City, on the 18th
charged with conspiring to detraud Law
yer Marsh.
IT is said that ex-Secretary George NJ
/ R0beson has been compelled 10 plae'
chattel mortgages upon his hoasehoi'
| effects.
! Ar Newark. y. j., Christopher Nugent
AZ one time owner o. the largest morocco
mandatory in the world. died at MS
home recently, a poor man.
os the ilth General W. II. Gibson and
z. J. Troiter. of Ohio, were chosen as
delegates 10 tie National Republican con-
vIiioa. They are both enthusiastic sher'
man mea.
| SAN joSEs. the evangelist. Il reported
A. saving that Mr. Cleveland will be re-
nominated despite the scheming OF Bill
Scott. Barnum and German. and elected,
too. After that, the Republicans VIII re-
turn to power.
OS the Ilth the will Of Jacob Sharpe, the
convicted New York bOodler, was filed for
pr .bate. -
A CALI has been issued for the Michi-
gan Grcenback State convention 10 meet
At Lansing. May : to select delegates 10
the National convention. which meets at
Cincinnati one week later.
The Princeton Alumni Association o..
Chicago banqueied President Francis l..
Patton Of Princeton College a: the Uni
versiiy Club.
OK the 18th Wm. Merritt, formerly
superintendent OF the Boston & Maine
railroad, died at Maiden, Mass.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES
OK the 18th uli. conaagration at
Fukagugwa, Japan, destroyed forty-hve
houses.
OS the 18th the California House and
twenty other buildings in Depre, Wis,
were destroyed by fire.
on the Kansas City, Memphis & Bir-
mingham railroad, sixty miles west Of
Birmingham, Ala. on the 18th, four men
were killed and several injured by the
wrecking Of a construction train.
on the nigh; of the 18th the First Ma
tional Bank ot St townsville, y. V, was
robbed OF $4,000.
At Ozark, No, on the lath, David
Walker, the Bald-knobber chief. was
found guilty and sentenced to be hanged.
AT Pasadena. Cal. the Hotel Marengo
was burned on the 18th.
IS fit of Jealousy, on the 18th, Henry
wilhelm, OF near Davenport. Ia. sent a
heavy charge OF blckshot crashing through
his head.
ON the 18th mob OF farmers took q negro
named Jerry Smith out ot the Memphi.
CTenn.) Jail. and lynched him. He was
charged with attempted assault on a white
girl.
Ar her home In Washington, on the
18th, Mrs. Degrassie Bulkley, the young
woman who. while engaged 10 W. l..
Trenholm, son Of the Comptroller OF the
Currency, eloped with and was mar
ried to young Bulkley. ended her existence
with poison.
Ar Topeka, Kas., on the 18th, John r.
Logan tcoloredl pleaded guilty 20 false
ly impersonsting a Government Official,
and was sentenced TO two years impris.
onment.
OK the 18th forest & - which started
near Falmouth, Mass, threatened TO lay
that town in ashes, and caused great con-
sternation among the inhabitants, who
hastened TO the scene to fight the flames.
Ar Rolla, No.. Charlie. the seven year.
old son Of Joseph Campbell, while try'
ing 10 effect an entrance 10 an outbuildinl
in the yard OF his fathers residence, fell
and his head and neck being caught in .
partly-opened door, fastened by q stou
cord. he was strangled TO death before as
sistance could be rendered.
On the 18Th fire in Santicoke. Pa, de
stroyed number OF buildings, and at ont
time threatened the existence Of the town
Ar Washington Richard Slee, n Jealous
barber, accused a fellow -shopman o
flirting with his wife. A fight ensued, il
which Slice lost an ear, part Of which, :
was said, his antagonist swallowed.
EON the lith Hattie Woostein, charge,
with the murder of DIR. Harlan in October
last, was acquitted of the crime at Lo'
Angeles, Col. She formerly resined neal
Peoria. Ill.
IT is said that the stealings OF Telloi
Cameron of the Union Bank Of Winnipeg
Man, amounted TO >.iaa.00J. He was ar
rested Mt Pembina on the lith.
Ar Montgomery, Ala, on the lith, ont
man was killed and several others slight
ly injured by an explosion OF powder in
freight ear in the yard Of the Louisyill
* Nashville railroad.
Ar Cincinnati. on the 18th, Mrs. Taft
the aged mother OF DR.. J. Tafft Of River
side. O., was run over and killed by
freight train.
Ar Waynesville, Pa. on the lith, Georg
Clark was found guilty OF murder in tn,
first degree.
Ar Easton, Pa, on the 18th, DIR. Cox wa
found guilty of the murder of Jenni,
Osborne.
Ar Beaver Falls. Pa. on the 18th, an un
married man named Doyle was shot dea,
in the street. in front of brothel {,
which he had Just made an unavailing at
tempt to gain admittance.
OK the 18th an accident. by which on
man was killed and several others wer
injured, was caused ON the st. Louis a
San Francisco railroad, at Tucsohoma b,
loaded freight ear, which had been lef
/ standing ON the main track.
AT New York City John J. knodel, be
coming angry with the fourteen-year- -ol,
son Of Police Officer James tore both tn
boys ears from his head, leaving hi
victim in a serious condition.
AT New Haven. Conn. the brewery o
Fresenius * Son was burned, on the 18th
cntailing loss Of sl5O,00.
oS the lith Meyer Streiffer. aged fifteen
the chief support of widowed mothe
with eight children, was killed by comm.
/ in contact with broken electric-lig
wire in New York.
OK the Burlington road an oyerwcrke,
conductor - asleep, on the 18th, and RAJ
/ 10y his siding. A collision. with severa
fatalities, was tle result.
MISCELLANEOUS
THE ordinance by which the autho rit,
TO display flags on city buildings is veste,
in The Mayor. unless otherwise ordered b,
the board, was vetoed by Mayor Hewitt
OF New York City. He denounced it e.