The Osceola times., 1888-06-02

On the oath the cornerstone OF tno
new Catholic University Mt washington
was laid, with imposing ceremonies.
In indianapolis, Ind, the National Con-
vention of Commissioners of Labor Sta
tistics met on the 22i, thirteen States be-
ing represented.
THE str eet car drivers strike at Roches-
ter, N. V, was settled, on the sd, on
terms favorable TO the men.
OS the e8d the Senate committee on ap-
propriations completed the Indian Appro-
priation bill. The reductions made in
the House bill aggregate S226, 200, leaving
the total appropriations now contained
IS, 172,O0
OK the 22d the J. Lusk Canning Com
pany, of San Francisco, which made an
assignment recently, filed an inventory,
showing total liabilitiesto be S9jI 600 and
total asaets. $4,000.
On the 23d the eight months strike at
the Black Diamond Steel-works at Pitts
burgh, Pa, was Officially declared off by
the knights Of Labor. The boycott has
also been lifted, and the strikers are re-
| turning to work.
| AT Los Angeles, Cal, the switchmen
employed in the southern Pacific yards
struck, on the 23d, against the discharge
of men who participated in the recent
strike.
Ar Washington the corner stone of tn,
new Catholic University was laid, with
| imposing ceremonies, on the cath.
In n test case at Omaha, Neb., Judge
Wakely has decided in favor OF Sunday
baseball playing.
AT Pittsburgh, Pa, notice has been
posted in the Wayne Iron aud el-works
that reduction in wages of ten per cent
will be made when the mill resumes.
NEWS from China says that the people
in the flooded districts along the Yellow
river are 10 be encouraged to emigrate.
| IT is said that the Russian force in tho
trans Caspian territories has been re-
duced.
| THE defeat Of the Conservative candi-
date in the Parliamentary election at
Southampton, says the IdH Man Gazette
was the worst shock the government has
received this session.
J. II. ALLEN of New York, owner of the
American ship Bridgewater, has been re-
fused by the Canadian Government any
compensation for the unjust seizure and
detention of his vessel by tho customs
collector of Shelbournc, N. S.
THE internal revenue collections for the
first ten months of the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1883, amounted TO 800, ,4O6, 452,
being an increase of -, 1888 3Sj over the
collections during the corresponding
period of the previous fiscal year.
OWING to the countcrfeits in circulation
provincial banks are refusing to receive
50O-franc notes of the Bank of France.
The uotes aro TO be withdrawn from cir
culation by the bank. 1t is stated that
1 counterfeit l,0OO-franc and l00-franc notes
have also made their appearance.
BUSINESS failures reported by Il. q. Dun
& Co. for the seven days ending on the
18th, were For the United States. sl2;
for Canada, 13; total, 225. The failures
for the previous seven days were 1s9;
aud for the corresponding week of 1881,
175.
On the 2i:h all vessels which left Du.
luth, Mimi, became blocked fast in drift
ing ice about five or ten miles out. Tugs
were sent TO their assistance.
1T is reported that immense swarms Of
locusts are devastating portions of AL
geria. The insects extend in n semi
circle, the diameter of which is calculated
at fifteen kilometers.
| THE value of the Montana gold and sill =
yer output last year is reported by-\ssay-
er Braden to have been between S23, 900, =
600 and S2i.000 300.
On the 20th thirteen candidates for
ordination were accepted by the Lutheran
Ministerium, in session at Lancaster, Pa.
On the 2Gth the stern-post o. the new
| cruiser San Francisco, to be built by the
Union Works at San Francisco, was cast
at the Pacific Steel-works. 1t is the
largest steel casting ever made on the Pa
cific coast, and is said TO be the largest
stern-post on any vessel in the navy.
| ACCORDING to information received by
| the British Colonial office the Indian
Government has cancelled the circular in
reference to the providing of women for
the soldiers camps.
On the 2Tth the steamship City of Rich
mond, from Liverpool, landed l,lSI im-
migrants at Castle Garden, New York.
Ar Limerick, Ireland, twenty thousand
persons attended the meeting held on the
eth to protest against the Pope's inter-
ference in Irish political affairs. The bet
ter class of citizens and most of the clergy
men of the city. however, were conspicu-
ously absent.
AT Mckeesport, Pa, n threatened strike
in the National works was averted,
on the 26th, by n compromise in the pro-
posed reduction of employees wages. I'll g
proposition of the men to five per cent.
reduction was accepted by their employ
ers.