The Osceola times., 1888-02-25

rnx Secretary Of the Treasury asksd
Congress o. the llth to appropriate w.
900 TO supply . defcisucy ir the approprs
alton for the support OF United States
prisoners, caussd BY the law prohibiting
the smploymsnt OF convict labor.
A coNsloHnBxf Of silk-worm eggs Tor
eratuitous disribution to all who are pre-.
pared 10 raise silk worms has been re-
osived by the Commissioner OF Agricult-
urs from Europe. He will also be abls
10 furnish books Of instruction in silk cult
ure before the seri-cultural season begins
ON the 10th the Interstate Cofrimeres
Commi ssion anuoufced a decision tustiA
flying higher rates on merchandise fo<
local consumption from the West TO Bos-
ton than is. charged on the same class o.
freight TO Few fork
ACCORDING to decision Of the Inter.
StAts Commerce Commis ission, promul.
required TO furnish accommodations equal
In all respects to white and black first
class ticket.holdera eaf
RkPoRrs are that an armed force of En-.
glish cavalry has entered the territory OF
vsnesuela and taken possession, In the
name Of the Qseen, OF the Yurna terri.
tory, on the ground that the venefuel an
Republic contemplated building a rail.
road TO the Yurna section, which road
would infringe upon admitted territorial
rights Of the English Government.
on the 17th the Supreme Court OF the
United States adjourned until the 10th Of
March.
AT Cinicnnati the late directors and
officers Of the Metropolitan Bank are
making tardy restitution by paying the
amounts due from them 10 the bank. Ex.
President Means has paid the receivst
fi2b 900, And George X. Duckworth has
paid go, 900 on account, pending the IS
certainment Of his full indebtedness
In The British Parliament the new
rules OF procedure proposed greatly in
crease the power Of the Speaker, and pro-
vide that cloture may be voted IL one
hundred members at present, instead OF
two hundred as now.
BUSINESS failures for the seven days
ending February Is. AS reported for r. q.
Dun d Co, were. For the United States,
288; for Canada, 81; total, 273; compared
with 267 for the corresponding week last
year.
on the 18th ovsrtures looking to ter
imitation OF the great Reading strike
were made by Mr.. w. I. Lewis. for the
strikers, TO President Corbin. The an.
swer was favorable, and the propects for
an early settlement Of the trouble are
good.
ACCORDING to X. G. Dun & Co.'s trade
review, issued on the 18th, the "causes Of
recent dullness and depression in the
market become more visible-severo
weather, prolonged strikes and reaction
from last years over. hopefulness being
On the 18th the steamer City of Peking,
from China and Japan, arrived at San
Francisco with several cases Of small.
po* among tho passengers; and was
placed In quarantine This is the fifth
success ssive steamer which has arrived
with the smallpox, The Belgic, which
came in two weeks ago, was released from
quarantine yesterday. The steamer She
nandoah, formerly United States man Of
war, has been fitted up as a quarantins
boat, and is now occupied by several hun.
ired Chinese who have arrived on id.
iected Vessels. .r....
On the 17th tho German Reichstag
passed the anti-Socialist bill.
A NEW monetary measure for consider
alton blythe Council Of the empire has
been prepared by Russia's finance minis.
Ter.
AT Pittsburgh, Pa, party Of capital
sts are arranging to build air ships.
In London the Tory press express dis
at the result Of the election
N Southwick.
In the comments Of the Canadian jour
,als general protest against the new
fisheries treaty is found.
AT Wood ward, Ia, the postmas ter has
.un away with an unknown woman,
eaving his accounts in good shape.
In London predictions are freely made
that entangling alliances are almost cer-
tain TO bring disaster to the present En-.
ylish Government, and perhaps result in
the dissolution of Parliament.
FORTRESS MONROE, Va. the only salt
water resort within easy access of the
capital, is likely to njoy lively spring
and summer season.
AT Louisville, Ky, the union printers
have called upon the Democratic party to
influence the Courier.Joerndi and thu
ploy union nsn. s.a.-....-. .
In thu Mount Carmel (Pa.) district the
Reading miners, in mass meeting on
Saturday, repudiat ed the action of Master
w Workman Lewis, and resolved not to re-
turn to work untii notified to do so by the
joint demand commit tee.