The Osceola times., 1888-07-07
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

fEkSONAL AMI IOLiIiCALs
AT Carlisle, Pa, at "a secret meeting OF
the board of trustees of Dickinson Coll
iege, on the 2Ith, DR.. John A. McCanby,
president of the college, resigned at the
request OF the board. The meeting was
very stormy one. General II. c. King,
OF Brooklyn, is spoken Of as DR.. Mccain
by's successor.
The chilly, rainy atmosphere that pre-
vailed in Washington. on the 2s,h. neces-
STATED the temporary postponement Of
the saltwater trip planned for General
Sheridan.
ON the 2sth a caucus of Democratic
Senators was held. az which it was de-
cided to insist on the posponement OF all
matters before the Senate and oppose the
usual adjournment from Thursday till
Monday until the more important appro-
priation bills are passed.
NEAR Glenn Easton, twenty-five miles
east of Wheeling, W. Va, on the evening
Of the 27th, during meeting OF the con
gregation of the Latter Day Saints, riot
occurred In which Leroy and Tom Wait
were probably fatally injured, and six
CT eight others were stabbed or otherwise
badly hurt.
EMPEROR WILLIAM Of Germany. attend
ed by an imposing suite, will start on the
imperial yacht Hohenzollern for st.
Petersburgh on July Is or IA, where he
will remain several days, during which
time magnificent fetes will be given in
his honor.
SECRETARY OF STATE BAYARp has Of
fcially called the attention OF the British
Minister resident AT Washington TO the
case OF the American ship Bridgewater
unlawfully seized by the customs officials
Of the Dominion OF Canada year age
and detained for eighty one days al Shell
burne.
ROBERT HALE, Secretary OF the Mime
apolis Mimi Board Of Trade, died sud
denly on the 2sth. He fell down an eleva
tor shaft in the Nicollet House on the 25th
and his death is attributed 10 this.
OzIAH PHELPS WATERS died at Burling
ton. la, on the 2sth, aged flfty-eight He
was past grand master OF Masons in Iowa
past grand commander OF the knights
Templar, and well known TO the Graf
throughout the Northwest
In the suit OF Alice Potts VS.. Emily
Willard, at Port Huron, Mich, for $4,000
damages for alternating the affections Of
her husband, Lewis Potts, the jury re-
turned verdict on the 2sth, for So, 0Ol
damages.
On the 2sth westmore & Baker, dry
goods firm, OF St Paul and Excelsior,
MNn., made as assignment
THE sentences OF Imprisonment recent.
ly passed on Major Popoff and five alleged
accomplices, for defalcations in the Bull
garian War Office, have been RENTED by
Prince Ferdinand.
Lillian W apprx UANurpsf v Was mar
ried on the 29th TO the Duke OF Mari .
borough by Mayor Hewitt OF New York,
at the City Hall.
THE Third district Minnesota Repub-
lican convention, held at Red Wing. on
the 2sth, nominated State, Senator d.
=. Hall, of Reyville County, for Con-
gress. Judge Mcdonald, Democrat, is the
present incumbent.
The New York City Republicans ratified
the work of the Chicago convention, on
the night OF the 10Th, by an immense
meeting in the Metropolitan Opera-huuse,
at which Colonel lngersoll was the prin-
cipal speaker.
ON the 10Th Goodenough & Weigelom.
book publishers and dealers In Sunday
school supplies at No. l2s Nassau street,
New York City. made a general assign
AAtht AOi tAc OtLtHt
In Cincinnati, on the goth, Rev. Francis
Xavier Wenninger. OF the Society OF
Jesus, died OF old age. fie was born in
Germany in 1906 and came to this country
la ls4s.
On the 10Th General Sheridan's children,
q member Of his staff and servants, the
party in all numbering thirteen persons,
arrived at New Bedford. Mass, aud where
they will await General sheridan's arrival
by steamer.
AT $3.50 a. m, on the 29ih, Steve Brodie,
the newsboy, who Is swimming from Al :
bany to New York City, arrived at
Yonkers.
IT was announced later that Geo. H.
Gibson. the New York electrician who shot
himself, on the 2i,h, just before his mar
rage WAS TO have taken place, because
his tailor disappointed him, was not dead
and may recover.
TIE nomination OF Harrison and Nor
ton, was ratified by the Republicans Of
Hansncid, o., on the 30th, by an immense
pnPefing In the City Park, st which re.
bo11ljons indorsing the NstioAL ticket
- D1o1ern were ado~tsd