The Osceola times., 1888-11-24
NEWS IN BRIEF.
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px.soxAL AND POLITICAL

1x88ONAk AND fOLIIICAAs
rHR nrst branch OF the City Council OF
Baltimore, Nd, is in Q deadlock The
recent election resulted In seating ten
Republicans eleven Democrats aud one
lndependent-who is voting with the Re-
publicans, making tic.
wALrER GIBBs, Of Montreal, Can. Is
missing. His debts amount to $4,000.
and II he does not return soon his estate
will be sold out to satisfy his creditors.
IT is shown by the probating Of the will
OF the late +. I. Conaut OF Boston. that
upon the death OF Helen T. Granger there
shall be paid to the town OF Winchester,
Mass, $500 for a public library. The
residue of MIR. Conant's estate Is to go to
the New England Hospital for Women
and Children.
THE funeral Of Geo II. Forster. OF Nsw
York, the late president OF the Board OF
Aldermen. occurred on the 1Sth
ON the 18th, in the Supreme Court OF
Boston, the jury awarded to Miss Sarah
r ROLAND 5000 damages against tho
Boston & Providence railroad for injuries
received In the Bussey Bridge accident
on March II. 1881
Or the l4,h the Democratic city conven-
ton Of Boston unanimously renomlnated
Crlah O'Brien for mayor.
UNITED STATES MINISTER PHELPS was
enthusiastically cheered at the banquet
given In his honor by the Glasgow cor.
poraiion, on the 14th. In response tn the
toast TO ssThe Guest VI the Evening" he
said that 80 long as Scotland sent to
America the kind OF men she bad hitherto
sent the doors of the country would
swing on their hinges to receive them
from Maine to California"
OK tho 14th q warrant was issued at OF
tawa, Ont, for the extradition Of Debaum,
the New York forger.
JANIS N. DoUaHKRTY. q counfryman
from the vicinity OF Salem, N. Y, was
arrested in New York City, on the 18th,
for annoying Miss Mary Anderson BY
persistent attentions. He VS. under the
delusion that the actress Was equally
enamoured Of him. He was held for trial
for insanity.
TIE invitation Of Lord Stanley to visit
him In Canada has been declined by Lord
Sackville, and he will sail direct for
Paris from New York.
Mrxrsr.R PHELPS addressed the Judi
cial Society Of Glasgow, Scotland, on
18th. He praised the manner In which the
laws we're executed In Great Britain. but
thought legal proceedings were FAR too
expensive.
COLONEL RusKSE A. CARR Of the Sixth
cavalry has been assigned to the com.
mand Of the District Of New Mexico, with
headquarters at Fl wingate.
Ok the 18th the m marriage OF Mr.. Joseph
Chamberlain. Of England, to Miss Mary,
daughter Of Secretary OF War Endicott,
was solemnized In st. Johns Protestant
Episcopal Church, Washington.
FIyrxKx HUNDRED guests partook OF
the banquet given by the Home. Market
Club Of Boston, on the 18th. In celeb alton
Of the Republican National victory.
DUKE MAxrnrrIAS Of Bavaria died in
Munich, on the 18th, Of apoplexy. He
was eighty years old.
II is reported that President Clevel aud
is about 70 offer his Oak View villa for
sale. He expects 10 realize 800 per cent.
ON his Investment
KIxo CuRIsriAs OF Denmark cele brated
the twenry.hfth anniversary Of his 40.
ression to tho throne, at Copeuhagen, on
the 18th.
DoUeHERfY, the crazy admirer Of Miss
Mary Anderson, the actress. was com.
mitted to the care Of the New York Com
missioners Of Charities and Correction,
and will be confined until q medical COM
mission decides upon his case.
ma JoHN BRioHr. the English political
econonomist, suffered . relapse, on the
18th, and his sons were summoned to his
bedside.
D. c. BnDsALL. editor Of the Hartford
(Conn.) Telegram, was oowhided by Allen
Wyley and L H. Smith, Of the Sunday
Globe, on the 18th. The assault was the
result Of long article In the Telegram
accusing the Globe Of blackmailing opera.
tions.
TIE invitation to the banquet Of the
boston Homo M arket Club, on the 5th,
was declined BY Mr.. Blaine on account
{ WEAKNESS resulting from exertion
during the campaign.
JrpoE RUcKLER Of Denver. reitcrates
his statement concerning his interview
with the President one week before the
election. and said that the issue is now
one OF personal veracity between himself
aud Senator Blackburn.
The election OF J. II. McCinnis, Repub-
lican, to Congress from the Third vir-
ginia district, her eto;ore known as the
'Gibraltsr o. Democracy" In that State,
is conceded by the Democrats
POSTMASTER DALTON OF the House o..
Representatives. received telegram
from Mr.. Seymour, Democratic candidate
In the Fourth Congressional district of
Connecticut on the l5.h, which stated
that that district had gone Republican.
On The 10Th H. p Cliea,ham, Republican
candidate for Congress In the Second
North Carolina district telegraphed that
the official count gives him 67f majority
over Nr. Simmons, Dem, who at present
represents the district.
A CORY OF the memorial bearing testi-
mony to the worth Of the late General
Sheridan, adopted at the nineteenth an
nual reunion OF the Army OF the Cum ber-
land. held in Chicago. September 1i-eo
has been presented to Mrs sheridan,
A NOTION for leave to file bill OF ex.
ceptions to the ruling OF Judge shrader.
Of Cincinnati, In the Ives-Stayner case,
who, after the evidence was ali In, in-
ytructed the Jury TO bring In verdict OF
not guilty, as the evidence was not SUM-
cient. was argued by Prosecuting Attor-
ney Pugh OF Hamilton county in the Su-
preme Court of Ohio, on the 18th.
Mh EDWARD HARRINGTON, NJ p, for
West Kerry, Ireland. has been summoned
for melting TO boycottlng His trial is
set for the 26th Of November.
President aad Mrs. Cleveland have
accepted an invitation from Secretary
aud Mrs. Whitney to be their guests for
Q week after the 4th Of Marci.
DR- II. 3. SANDS, an eminent surgeon
Of New York, died OF apoplexy, on the
18th, while returning In his carriage from
. visit TO patient Among the most
noted Of his patients were General Grant,
Roscoe Conkling and DR.. Agnew.
President HxwTrr OF the Washington
Base Ball Club states that negotiations