The Osceola times., 1888-03-24

On ths ilth stockholders OF tns Metro.
politan Bank Of Cincinnati circulated .
petition TO Comptroller Trenholm asking
that the money IN the hands Of the 70
ceivsr be applied to the payment Of claims
against tho bank, and that the receiver
be discharged. Twas asserted that there
was moro than enough money on hand 70
pay all claims
OS the 18th the striking engineers OF
the Chicago Burlington & Quincy rail.
road requested the engineers OF other
roads to handle all freight consigned to
the Burlington as fast ms offered. The
result was that more cars were forwarded
than the company, with its limited force,
could handle, and they were sompeled to
refuse 10 receive them, and were mulcted
for trackage charges and required to
pay all freigh hit bills, amounting 10 thou
sands of dollars, on tender of freight.
All this. in view Of their suit to compel
competing lines TO handle their freight, s
In the nature OF o boomerang.
ON the night of the 18th the life pris.
oners in the Ohio State penite ntiary were
allowed TO meet In the chapel TO discuss
among themselves matters concerning
their condition. Resolut ions were adopt
cd asking that the Parole law be made TO
apply to them.
ON tho l4th the blockading of railroads
and the proetration OF telegraph lines
leading out OF Boston was so complete
that the only means Of communi ication
with the outer world was by the CONNER
cial Gable Company's line 10 Rockport,
Me-. and thence by cable to London.
UP to tho 18th reports received from
three hundred points in Missouri Kansas
and Arkansas, give most encouraging ac-
counts of the growing wheat crop, which
Is said to 10 In the best condition ever
known at this season Of the year
In Italy the newspapers are complain.
ing of the Gems orship exsrc sed over news
dispatches sent from Massowah, Abys.
sinia, where an Italian army is be-
leaguered. When questioned upon this
subject In the Chamber OF Deputies, on
the 18th, Premier Crispi retorted that the
new spapers sometimes distorted the facts.
and coul d not he trusted with the news
OF the army movements. Several Dcpu.
ties protested against the Prsmier's state
ment. ......
THE Bel gian expedition sent to restore
order at Stanley Falls, In the Congo Free
State, and watch Tipoo Tib, has been re-
called.
On the 10th q great snow storm ragged in
Scotland. Nearly all the railways were
blocked with snow, and traffic was at
standstill.
In the Upper Missouri the ice is rapidly
breaking up, and food is already In
progress.
AT San francisco the smallpox cpl.
demic was, on the 18th, officially declared
by the Board Of Health TO be at an end.
There were 47 cases tincluding Chinese,
importsd) and 6l deaths since November.
Quarantine was still enforced.
On the 10th a horse trader, named Leo
Buck, was severely beaten near VIM
cennes, Ind, by four brothers, named UT,
for some sharp trade in which they we're
the losers. The fat-er Of the young men
held the victims horse while the chastise
ment was being inflicted.
On the 10th the Indian Appropriation
bill was reported to the House. 1t re.
duces the amount allowed last year $685..
GA. 1t reduces the items of subsistence
and increases those for Industrial scho hools.
In Pittsburgh the strike of the flint
glass blowers has made such a scarcity in
tablew are that jobbers are send ng away
from the city for stock TO supply the de-
munus 1rlceo nave advanced twenty per
cent.
On the III h Judge Dunday, of Omaha,
Neb., rendered a decision in the case Of
the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad
against the Union Pacific and
its engineers. He rules that while tho
men as individuals have the right TO quit
at any time concerted action in that di.
rection is conspiracy, punishable by fine
and imprisonment. -
ON the 18th the Phantom and the En-.
chantress, two pilot.boats caught in the
recent storm on the Eastern coast were
still missing. The last-named boat had
nine meu on board. .-i-.
On the 18th the steel gun being manu-
fact ured by the Government at Pitts
burgh, Pa, was taken from the annealing
furnaces, and is now awaiting orders for
shipment to Washington. - ~
On the 18th direct telegraphic oommuni.
cation between Boston aud New York was
restored. Inleveral places the lines had
to be entirely rebuilt. poles and all, for
half a mile together. n
In the City of Washington there are
331 parks and reservations, the largest,
on which the White House stands, con-
ia ming eighty two acres. t
IT is said that the Intern ational Cou neil
of Women called to meet in Washington
ON the 25th, will be the largest gathering