The Osceola times. [volume] (Osceola, Ark.) 1870-current, 1888-07-21

On the 18th q severe snow-storm, fol-
lowed by rain and wind, prevailed In por.
tions OF Vermont
AT Shamokin, Pa, the Buck Ridge COL
liery. owned by the Reading company,
which has been idle since the disaster OF
1883. at which time seven men were
smothered BY fire-damp, resumed opera
tons on the 18th
ADyIcEs from Odessa indicate an i'm
mense harvest in Southern Russia, and
the prospect Of enormous expectations OF
breadstuffs in the fall.
ALONG the Massachusetts coast, On the
-, there was fierce gale and treinend-
Gus sea. Schooners and boats wdre driven
ashore in many places.
EARrHQuAKE shocks were felt through
ont Greece, on the 18th. No reports OF
damage have been received.
On the 18th the Iron Age published an
estimate of the pig iron production for
the first SIX months Of 1855, showing to-
tai OF 1854, l73 gross tons, against $780,
923 tons during the second half of 1881.
Anthracite pig iron has fallen of from
LOIS, 125 gross tons the second half of 1886,
TO 81, 375 the first half Of 1855. Coke iron
has fallen off from 2,O63 76) to 1901, PSI
tons, and charcoal iron from PSI tons
10 239 6l5 tons.
Ir is said that the feet which will ac-
company Emperor William as an escort
on his visit to Russia will be the largest
that Germany has ever put out TO sea. Ii
viii consist OF six iron clads, four dis
patch ships, four vessels of the training
squadron and a fiotilla Of torpedo boats.
In consequence OF the recent soldiers
fight at Yildlz Palace two Turkish
Generals and several other officers were,
on the nth, degraded and imprisoned
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND says that SYM
patty aud pity for the convict's family
led him. on the 18th. TO commute the sea-
tenco of VIM. @. Mckee, who was con-
victed in May, ISIS, of robbing post
office in North Carolina, and sentenced to
two years in the penitentiary, TO eight
months in jail.
THREE firms signed the Amalgamated
scale, on the 18th, viz; The Wayne IRON
works, of Pittsburgh Pa, coo employees;
Lang s, Co., at Charities, Pa, 400 men,
and tie Licking Iron Company of Cow
ington, KY, employing 1000 mon.
A BRILLIANT state dinner was held at
Potsdam, on the evening Of the 18th. All
the foreign ministers and ambassadors
were present. The representatives of the
Italian Government sat at the right of
Emperor William and those Of Austria at
the left OF his Imperial Majesty, who con-
versed affably with the guests present
THE gas well at Cannonsburg, Pa, is
said TO be the largest in the world. The
gas presents the appearance of column
of blue steel for some distance after
leaving the pipe. Tools and rope weigh
ing six thousand pounds were thrown ont
of the shaft like sparks from a rocket.
OK the 18th case Of leprosy at Le-
grand, Ia, was reported to the State
Board OF Health. This is the first case
known in Iowa. The patient is young
Norwegian named Helen Halverson, who
came from Norway in June, 1856.
On the 10th the United States steamer
Charleston, which is being constructed at
the Union Iron works in San Francisco,
will be launched.
DURING the fiscal year ended June 30,
1855, the total expenditure for tho i'm
provement Of Cleveland (O.) harbor, was
$751;, S24. Major Overman, OF the Engi-
neers' Corps, who has charge of the work,
estimates the amount required for the
completion OF the existing project at
S6l9, $50. and thinks that $4,000 can be
profitably expended in the next fiscal
year.
LATE reports say that the half-breeds
on the banks of the Saskatchewan are
getting desperate, and are preparing for
another armed rebellion against the Do
minion Government. The people claim
that since the late rebellion their condi-
ton has been rapidly growing worse until
now it is simply deplorable.
AT a Boulanger demonstration at Place
de la Concorde, Paris, on the 18th, ten
persons, including NJ. Besnard, editor of
the Press, were arrested.
OK the nth the flint glass workers, in
session at Canton, o., reelected their old
| officers and selected Bellaire, o., as the
| place of holding the next meeting.
! In England il is believed in govern
ment circles that the present complica-
! lions in Zululand will end in severe
fighting, and war correspondents con-
nected with many Of the London dailies
are making preparations to depart to the
| probable scene of conflict.
On the 10Th the steamers Republican
and Umbria, from Liverpool, La Bor-
gogne, from Havre, and Edam, from AM
sterdam, landed l, l66 immigrants at Castle
GARDEN.
On the 18th five thousand people gath.
cred in Hyde Park, London. TO protest
against the Imprisonment of Mr.. John
Dillon, aud to express sympathy at tho
death Of Mr.. Vaudeville.
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