The Osceola times., 1888-04-21
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.


PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
OK the 10th Mr.. T. b. Johns, one Of the
most successful lumber merchants in
the West. died at his home, in Terre
Haute, led.
fr is said that Senator Stanford. OF Call
ifornia. has decided TO let his friends pre-
sent his name rs n presidential candidate
before the Republican National conyen-
ton.
Ox the 10Th Denny Mack. ex-mansger OF
the Wilkesbarre (Pa.) Baseball Club,
died from the effects OF injuries sustained
In falling down stairs at his home.
Miss FLORENCE LOUISE, daughter OF
General Linus W. Thayer, has been ap-
pointed by Governor Hill OF New York, a
notary public. She is a clerk in the law
Office OF her father. This is the first
woman to grace this position in Wyoming
County.
The Woman-Suffrage bill was killed
sImmarily in the New York Assembly.
Mrs. Lille Devereaux Blake, president Of
The siate Woman's Suffrage Association,
has called an Indignation meeting at Al
bany TO consider the matter.
OK the llth Carl Schurz and family
sailed from New York for Bremen.
GENERAL MANAGER r. II. soULE Of the
New York. Lake Erie & Western railroad
has resigned lis position, TO take effect
april 90.
JuHS L.. SULLIVAN sailed from Liverpool
pr America on the l3th.
THE platform OF the Oregon state Re-
publican convention denounces the Tariff
policy Of the President.
u "a a.. -.
madam Pacific railroad denies the report
from San Francisco referring to an alli-
nnce between the Canadian Pacific and the
Spreckels sugrr Refinery.
The tube In the Emperor's throat has
been discovered 10 be defective, and DR..
Mackenzie has ordered another one.
CoSsCL-GESERAL PHELAS says Ameri-
cans are very foolish in opposing the
Fisheries treaty, a. it secures FOR US more
than could have been hoped. The people
OF Nova Scotia. with more reason, are all
opposed 10 the treaty.
Mis-. MARGARET MCCLAIS, % Pitts
burgh, Pa. on the 18th. brought suit
against Christopher Lamb to recover
s5,0oO damages for the death of her son,
With the murder of whom Lamb stands
charged.
OS the night Of the 18th the Jeffersoniau
Club Of Newark. y. j., held a reception in
honor Of the lfjth anniversary OF the birtl
Of Thomas jefferson.
OK the 18th the Owens Sunday bill
passed the Ohio Legislature and went {,
the Governor for his signature.
TIE charges against Assistant -Secre-
try Maynard, Of interference in the Gus,
ton-house management TO accomplish
political ends, has been reiterated by Mr.
Godkin, who has offered to produce tn,
witnesses.
OK the charge OF embezzlement, Markau
commander OF the Roumanian flotilla, ha,
been tried by urt-martial. convicted an,
degraded from his rank, and sentenced Z,
ten months Imprisonment, and to pal
costs.
EuRrSG his brief stay in London ex
Mayor Grace Of New York has been active
ly engaged in interviewing prominen
bankers and politicians, and has becom.
quite social lion.
THE correspondents Of the London pa
pers agree that the crisis over the mar
riage ~ Prince Alexander to Princess Vic
toria has been settled amicably, and tha
there VIII be no political change,
Ok the 18th Minister Phelps arrived from
England on the steamer Aller. He sal,
he had not been recalled and the Chief
Justiceship had not been offered to him.
OK the 18th NJ Daniel Wilson. the son
inlaw Of ex-President Greyy Of France
arrived at Tours, as a member of the Gen
eral Council, and proceeded to the princi
pal hotel with his colleagues. The guest.
of the hotel, learning Of his presence. ap-
pointed committee TO wait upon the pro.
prietor aud demand Wilson's expulsion
The proprietor refused TO comply with tn,
demand, whereupon the guests withdrew
from the hotel.
Ok the 18th the Maryland Republican
League met in Baltimore II is said I,
have been in the hands Of Mr.. Blaine
friends.
OK the lith wrestling match betwee,
Dennis Gallager. Of Buffalo. and Leonard
of Belfast y. Y. was won by Leonard il
two straight falls.
IT Is said that Grassie Bulkley, husband
of the unhappy young bride who com
mitted suicide in Washington on the l2th
holds Mr. Hillye., his father-in-law. re
sponsihle Tor the mental torture which
drove his daughter to a suicides grave.
Two BOARDS Of examiners, one Of en-
gineers anc the other OF constructors. hav,
been appointed by Secretary Whitney {,
investigate changes proposed by the con
tractors in the cruisers Newark. Balti
more Charleston and San Francisco, an,
the sslnboats Concord, Bennington an,
Petrol
AT Leister, England, on the lith. w. A
Rowe, the American bicyciist, was de
feated IN the first Of a series Of three race,
for f2o and the championship OF tn,
world, by Richard Howell, the Englisl
champion.
on the iith Mr. O'Brien. the irrepressi.
bic National Lacquer, was arrested q.
Kingstown, Ireland. for a speech deliver.
ed AT Loughrea on the sth.
On the 18th General Boaianger wa,
elected from the Department OF Nord Il
tine chamber Of Deputies, his majority be.
ing gJ,637.
The opinion is expressed BIZ Commander
McCalla OF the United States ship Enter.
prise that our Government Is at disad.
vantage with Morocco, because it has only
y Consul there, while all the Powers, ex.
re's Sweden. are represented by minis.
jers resident