The Osceola times., 1888-10-13

| The first session OF the American
Bankers Association was held Mt Cin-
cinnati on the ID
A COMMISSION OF thu British Associa-
tion, which has for some time past been
investigating the liquor traffic among the
African races. announced, on the Sd. that
In 1855 Holland sent to Africa 1,099, li8
gallons OF spirits, aud IN 1876 the city OF
Boston at one time sent 73I, $50 gallons OF
rum. Since 1888 Hamburg and Bremen
have sent to Africa 5000, 900 gallons OF
spurious liquors.
AT Gettysburg, on the 81, the One Hun
dred and Twenty fifth and One Hundred
and Twenty-sixth New York Regiment
monuments were dedicated with impos-
Ing services.
In Rochester. N Y, ou the 81, Dennis
Gallagher, OF Buffalo, N. Y, defeatel
Lucine Mons Christol, Of Cincinnati. in a
three-round Graco- Roman wrestling con-
| test for 500 a side. Christol won the first
bout, and Gallagher the next two easily.
The Omaha (Neb.) Herald employees
contributed SI.5. 80 for the relief of the
Jacksonville (Fla) yellow fever suffer-
ers.
THE fair OF the Bay state Agricultural
Society opened at Springfield. Mass, on
4th. The prospects were most hattering.
The Mexican rains have ceased. The
losses throughout the country by cyclone
and foods are estimated to exceed So, =
OO0, 600.
| On the ith the situation at jacksonville.
Fla, was reported as more hopeful. The
weather was quite warm, but delightful.
AT the imperial banquet In Vienna,
given on the 4th, in honor of Emperor
William OF Germany, the table was ar =
ranged in the form of horseshoe, the
distinguished visitor being seated at the
center between the Emperor Francis Jo-
seph and the Empress Elizabeth.
RECENT extensive foods IN the region
of the Alps and the Jura in Switzerland,
haze rendered many families homeless.
NEXT year an international congress
will be held in Switzerland, to discuss
means for the suppression OF immoral
| literature
| THE city OF Fernandina, Fla, has a
Howard Association, formed of members
who went through the yellow fever cpl
demic in that town in 1871.
PRESENT indications point to the stormi-
est session of the British Parliament that
has been witnessed for years.
THE damage caused by the late frost to
the tobacco cropin the South Side section
of Virginia is very great, aud more tnau
one fourth Of the crop has been COM
pletely ruined.
| OF the LOO, 900 foreigners In France,
only 100000 are naturalized, aud only
one e-fourth OF the citizens OF foreign ex-
traction were born in France.
| The English collieries situation is be
coming critical. The 800, 900 miners in
sist on the ten per cont advance In
wages, and threaten to strike unless their
demand is complied with. Meantime the
price Of coal is steadily increasing.
The statement OF the Chicago, Burling-
ton & Quincy railroad for August shows
a decrease In gross earnings OF Sos, G39 au
increase In operating expenses OF SlGI,
1l5, and a decrease of net earnings OF
s275,5lj.
BEFORE the over-worked and under
paid employees of the North Side Chicago
street. car men had actually quit work,
scabs were hurrying from all parts Of the
country to secure their places.
ON the 5th the New York Mail and Er.
press, which had been ''rat' Office since
1888, discharged its non-union printers,
and appointed member OF Typograph
ical Union No. 0 as foreman OF the new
force.
A RUMoR was current in Chicago, OF
the 4th, that large quantity of dyna-
mite had been found secreted In a North
Side basement. Search by Captain
Setback failed to discover the explosive
On the 4th the Sixty third Indiana Vol
unteer Infantry held their ninth annual
reunion at Covington, Ind. About thre
hundred members we're present.
THE International Bank was founded IL
Berlin, on the 9th, with capital of IS 900,
900. II absorbs Goldberger's banking
business without assuming liabilities.
THERE were thirty three new cases ant
nine deaths from yellow fever reported u
Jacksonville, Fla, for the twenty
hours ending at six o'clock on the even
ing of the 7th. The deaths were Edwin
Martin, editor OF the Times Union; Geo
Steinhausen, Jas. Keys, Mrs. NJ. $. Faule
Mrs. Felix Tribe, ID. Latourette, Wilso
Wiseman, Chas. /. DeForest and jon
Mugs Hood.
No SETTLEMENT has yet been reached II
the North Side Chicago street. car strike
Fully one thousand hacks, hansoms
omnbuses, express wagons and vehicle
of every description are used in convey
ing the people from the county buildin
to the city limits and back again. A col
lision occurred between the police an,
strikers near the barns, but no one wa
seriously hurt and no arrests were made