The Osceola times., 1888-08-18
o.. ths 9TH shs Rank of EnRlaud,s rats

I on the 9th the Bank of Englaud's rat
Of discount was advanced 10 per cent.
TEE Oaths bill passed its third reading
by a vote OF lat TO 90. In the British Hous'
OF Commons, on the 9th. In the House oi
Lords, the Parneil Commission biil was
read for the hrst time,
RECENT reports from Switzerland give
accounts Of immense damage BY the
foods at all the holiday resorts. The
Easements OF the hotels were filled with
water, which had TO be pumped out.
TELEGRAM was received by Surgeon.
| General Hamilton, from Mauatee, Fla /,
| on the 9th, stating that one person had
died from yellow fever at Palmetto, op-
posite Manates. Four new cases had been
found, making a total OF thirty-nine
OK the 9th the Dlval County fila }
Board OF Health officially announced tn
prevalence OF yellow fever tending to as.
sumo aa epi lemic form.
MOBILE, Ala, declared quarantine
against Jacksonville. Fla. on the 9sn.
A SECOND dividend of % per cent in
favor OF the creditors OF the First
National Bank OF Wahpeton, Oak, was
declared by the Comptroller Of the Cur.
rency. on the 10th. This makes in all 81
per cent on claims proved, amounting to
Sli0,567
IT is announced that the Bl itish Parlia.
mont will reassemble in tho second week
Of November.
THE strike OF the navvies In Paris is al
an end, the mon accepting the terms
offered them by the employers, on the 10th.
A PROPOSITION was male by the Cork
Qreland) Erassiner, on tic 10th, that q
fund be raised to d-fray the expenses that
NAV be incurred by the Irish members Of
Parliament IN connection with the inquiry
Of the Parrell Commission in tho charges
m sde against them by the London Times.
In Paris the Offices OF the Labor Ex.
change were reopele !. ON the 1o.h, but
the meeting hail remained closed. The
guard OF police, which was placed in
charge OF the building when 1t was or.
dered closed, was still stationed In from
Of the Exchange.
THE Department Of State has been in.
formed that the Territory OF Alaska Is
to be hereafter inclulel in the jurisdic-
tion Of the French Consulate at San Fran
cisco.
LOCAL banks have loaned the Turkish
Government fl.5)0,0)0. The interest OF
the loan is fixei at five per cent, and is
guaranteed by the new fisheries and silk
taxes.
On the 10th 2,o27 immigrants landed At
Castle Garden.
THE record for half. mile heats, best two
in three, was lowered by Tia Ferguson,
at lone, Cal, on tho 10th. wlo mails thu
heats in As and Ask seconds.
IT Ia rpnOrtal that "a vain NJ prald art
rock has been discovered in the Kagthaus
basin, in the Allega,ay mountains Ia
dications are that the rock will yield
about 500 per ton.
THE cable announces the reply Of NJ
Goblet, French Miaistsr OF Foreign AZ
fairs, to the Italian note announcing the
occupation OF Massowah by Italy. The
French Minister protests against the con .
summation Of capitulation without nego-
tiation or agreement with the Powers, and
hints that France will pursue the same
tactics in future IL il suits her interests to
do so.
AT Scranton, Pa, the corner stone of
the new Catholic College OF ST. Thomas
Aquinas, was laid. on the 18th, with I'M
pressive ceremonies. conducted by Bishop
O'Hara, assisted by twenty two priests.
TnE st. Louis Browns stand at the head
of the American Association, and the
New York Baseball Club has a COM
manding lead for the championship in
the National League
THE 1870 factories controlled by the
American Flint GLASS; W orkcrs' Union
resumed operations, suspended June 30,
at midnight of the i2 h. Six thousand
men returned to work at advanced wages.
NEW York parties have purchased the
Yacht Clean. of the New York Boat
Club, from which its owner, Harry Gar
rett recently lost his life. The purchase
price was 5000.
In Washington City the people who
are fighting the bob-tail cars established
lines of Herdics, on the 18th, to run In
competition with the street cars.
ON the 1lth six hundred women en-
ployed in the government cigar factory
at Lille, France, went on strike. They
claim that the quality of the tobacco sup
piled them prevents their making cigars
which will pass the overseers.
In the British House of Lords. on tho
1lth, the Parnell Commission bill passed
its third reading.
Oa the llth elections for Councillor.
General were held throughout Greece.
Two-thirds Of the successful candidates
are adherents Of the government
FARSswoRrH's Cavalry Brigade will
hold reunion on the battlefield of
Gettysburg on the Goth of September, in.
stead of the 25th, as heretofore announced.