The Osceola times., 1888-09-15

IT was reported on the 18th that John
Thornwald had discovered a deposit Of sill
yer ore within twenty miles OF Bismarck,
Oak. He refuses 10 divulge the location
Of the mine, but exhibits rich specimens
IN proof OF his assertions. a
0s the 25th the affair OF the St Johns
IN. b. j, Building Society were reported to
be In q chaotic state, and the depositors,
mostly mechanics and middlc-class peo-
pie, expected to lose about 10000.
On the Goth Mrs. Amanda Cowan, a So
called matcrializing medium, was exposed
as Il fraud in Boston by the sudden light
ing Of candles by party Of gentlemen
who attended the seance for that purpose.
AT Baltimore, on the 2Gth, the steam
ship Maine. from Bremen, with LOO pas
sengers, was guaranteed, having a case
of smallpox on board
OK the 18th the Crosby High License
bill was passed by the New York Senate.
OK the 21th five additional Newark IN.
J.) brewers, making fourteen in all,
81 gned the contract proposed by the Jour-
neymen.
Os the Goth Jake Kilrain wired from
London an acceptance of John l.. Sulli-
vans $4,000 challenge.
On the nights Of the 2fth and 18th
Lynchburgh, Va, was visited by heavy
frosts, and it is feared that fruit In that
vicinity is badly damaged.
On the 26th q. Hall, n brakeman, ob-
tanned a verdict for $4,000 damages at
Mobile, Ala, against tho Louisville &
Nashville Railroad Company for the loss
OF a foot by being knocked of of freight
train by low bridge.
TXE block tin output Of this country, so
says the American Tin-Plate Association,
Is now almost exclusively controlled by a
French syndicate working in harmony
with the copper syndicate.
In Westchester County, N. Y, on the
27th, Jim Brockleman and Mike Dunn
fought fourteen rounds 10 a draw. Tho
purse was divided.
On the 2Ith the horses Of the late OK
Senator Conkling were sold under the
hammer. They brought respectively, ST.
300, Il, 100 and II, 80.
THE Rome correspondent of the London
Times on the 9th asserted that the Pope's
decree against the plan of campaign had
already been sent to the Irish bishops,
and would be published in England and
Ireland in about ten days.
CoMyESrISG on the late papal decree
against the "plan Of campaign" the Dub.
lin Freemon's Journal OF the 21th urges
the people to exercise calmness and
patience, and receive II with profound re-
spect and loyalty 10 Rome.
OK the 2Ith the statement that the Pope
had issued decree condemning the 'plan
OF campaign" afterward denied, was con-
firmed. "F
AT Atlanta, Ga, and other points, Con-
federatc Memorial Day (April 27) was obs
served by general suspension of busi-
ness, parades, addresses and decorations.
At Washington, Ga, a beautiful monu-
ment TO General Robert Toombs was dedi-
Gated.
In Lyons, France, on the 9th, Il serious
riot occurred in consequence of strikers
trying to intimidate those OF their number
trying TO resume work. The latter were
attacked with stones, and many severely
wounded. The police interfered, and sew
eral of these, too, We're hurt, but the
rioters were finally subdued, and six Of
the ring headers arrested.
If necessary, the Irish leaders, 1t is
stated, will advise the peasants to disre-
gard the Pope's edict against boycotting
and the plan of campaign and choose lib
| crty before religion. ,a--- .la
| On the 2Sth there were 1880 immigrants
landed at Castle Garden. For the week
ended on the 2sth, 81, 40 immigrants were
| landed, of whom one-third were Italians.
| On the 29th the Allen law was very gem
orally observed by the saloon-keepers Of
Cincinnati.
A LARGE deficiency of rainfall in the
winter wheat States of the Ohio and Mis-
sissippi valleys is reported by the Signal
Office weekly weather crop bulletin of the
| 2sth
HAVING tired Of the tricycle., the ladies
of Washington have organized club
and mounted the fiery, unnamed bicycle.
Proposals for membership are so numer-
Gus that there is talk of limiting them in
order to prevent the club from becoming
too large.
THE action OF the Pope and Propaganda
Of the Holy See regarding the Irish "Plan
of Campaign" II is stated, was taken in-
dependent of the suggestion of any repre-
sentative of the British Government.
The Panama Lottery bill was passed by
the French Chamber of Deputies on the
2sth.
THE Mullau tunnel through the main
range Of the Rocky mountains on the
Northern Pacific constructed at n cost of
$4,000 will prove total loss, so says
u special to the Butte (Mont) Miner.
On the 2sth the Western Association
(base- BALL championship season was
| opened.