The Osceola times., 1888-05-19

Ir Is stated that the proposed opening
Of the great Sioux reservation viii be OK
no present benefit TO would-be settlers
as three years must elapse before the
necessary signatures by the Indians sur
yeys. etc, can be completed, after which
only homesteaders can occupy it.
IT is said that the Mexican Secretary OF
War has notified army officers along the
border that hereafter the penalty Of death
will be imposed for crossing over into ihe
United States with troops aud interfering
with the affairs OF citizens of friendly
nation.
AT the meeting OF the National Assem-
bly OF Retail Lumbermen at Davenport,
Ia. recently, officers were elected as fol-
lows: President, J. l.. smith, u. Fowler.
Ind: vice. president, J. r. Cunningham.
OF Norborne. Mo-; secretary and treas
urer. w. c. Wright, OF Chicago.
or the nth It was stated that the Ne
'yada Bank Of san Francisco would soon
be reorganized. II was said that the new
president wcaldhave s5st,oS " the stocf,
and the new cashier s3l0,cno. Flood and
Mackay will assume ali bad debts, and
will take the shares net subscribed for.
Fair has received all the money he pat in
after the whea; deal, amounting to 81
10000.
In is reported that the House committee
on Pacific railroads has decided to tormu-
late bill dealing with the Indebtedness
OF the Central Pacific railroad to the Gov-
ernment. The Un.oa Pacific bill, al eady
reported. will be t..ke4 a basis for tbs
committees work.
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the 10th, rain had fallen on fifty consecu-
tive days. the rainfall being over sevea
ineh>s. The precipitation was general all
over Northern Iowa.
0N the llth the Secretary OF the Treasury
sent 10 the House communication re-
commending that $1,000 be appropriated
TO supply a deficiency in the salaries of
government store-keepers and CANCERS.
Ok the ilth Mayor Smith Of Cincinnati
issued an order TO the superintendent OF
police OF that city, that officers be in
sirucied 10 arrest ON the spot. in their re-
spective districts, all saloon keepers
found violating the Owens law.
THE Fisheries treaty has been passed by
both houses of the Newfoundland Legis-
lature.
IT is said that the people Of Buffalo, n.
Y. are disposed To hold tho natural gas
company responsible for all damages oc.
casioned by the scsies OF explosions which
took place in that city on the 10th.
Or the 18th resolution declaring all
the conditions precedent TO a union OF the
| churches in the United States and Canada
fulfilled and the union In fact accom-.
plished, was passed by the African Meth.
odist Episcopal Church conference in ses.
sion at indianapolis, Ind.
On the 18th tie United States frigats
| Pensacola, Commodore Yates, reached
New York from Aspinwall and anchored
off Tompkinsvillc, Staten Island. She
sailed from Aspinwall on April 20, and
had no rough weather on the way up.
On the lith the Pennsylvania railroad
gave complimentary excursion TO Nat
ural Bridge, Va, and other points to the
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington
press.
On the 18th a great Baptist meeting
composed of the WomaH's Home and
Foreign Mission and the Educational and
Publication societies, among others, as
sembled in Washington.
Up to the 18th the total amount of bonds
purchased by the Government under the
'lftuidi 'uii vi allli l', was @i'' 10, '''
at a cost of 81, 49,, 103.55, effecting q
saving of interest amounting to S6,5I9,
s1o.a0.
AT st. Petersburg denial is given tc
the statement that the Russian Govern
ment contemplates coup de main either
in Central Asia or Persia.
On the 10Th the first land patent issued
nnder the present Administration t.
lands in California was delivered to the
patentees of the Rancho San Jose Sun
Chiquilo, in Monterey County. II con.
tanned two square leagues of land.
On the 18th the contract for supplying
the Interior Department with s,0eo, 900 en-
velopes for the next fiscal year was
awarded to 7. 7. Kellogg & Co., oi
I Springfield Mass.
A LONDON special TO the New Yori
/ World of the 18th said there was rumol
in that city that the steamer Servia, which
/ sailed on the 9th for New. York, hat
/ fouudered at sea. No confirmation of the
report could be had, nor could its origir
| be traced. ff
On the l2th another eavyfailure in Ssr
Francisco, growing out OF the Coleman
suspension, was announced. J. Lusk q
Co., operating probably the largest frui
canneries in the world, went to the wal
with liabilities placed at ssl0,0oo.
/ DURING April cotton exports aggreyat-
ed go, i36 bales, valued at Sl7,097, 0i9
against 1899 bales, valued at 1885, 0S3
in April, 1857. A G .t
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