Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-21
LATE NEWS IN BRIEF.

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Rev. Ezekiel G. Robinson, President Of
Brown University, has resigned.
The New York Central and Hudson River
Railroad Company has chosen Mr.. George 81.
Daniels to be its general passenger agent, to I'LL
the vacancy caused by the death Of the late
! Henry Monett.
Mary Anderson's English company sailed
yesterday On the City of New York for Liver
pool. They all spoke feelingly of Miss Ander-
| sons illness, and expressed the belief that she
would soon be herself again.
The arguments in the Church divorce
| case, which were to have been made yesterday,
have been postponed until Friday. Judge
Pugh is engaged in other court work, and can
not hear the arguments until then.
The British war ship that arrived in the
port at Halifax Tuesday night was the Lily, not
the Wrangler, as before reported. A case of
yellow fever broke out on board at Jamaica,
andit was decided to como North to a cooler
climate, to prevent its spreading among the
crew. The man is now convalescent.
&C. P. Huntington, the railroad niagnate. is
reported as negotiating with Philadelphia ship
owners for the purchase of the steamships
Illinois, Indiana and Pennsylvania, of the
American Line. If they are secured they will
run, so the rumor says, from New York to
The firm of DeMott & Durant, prominent
New York stock brokerage firm, made an as
signment yesterday to W. F, Moore. A large
number of contracts were closed out for their
composed of John H. DeMott and John l. Du-
rant, both of whom are members of the New
York Stock Exchange.
The South st. Louis postoffice was robbed
Tuesday night in a very bold manner. The loss
is about 81, ,000 The superintendent in charge,
A. C. Gould, was the last man to leave the
Office, and says everything was securely
fastened. Postmaster Hyde and Inspector Nc
Henry have gone to investigate. This is the
second robbery within the past few years.
Of NJ "
ported to the police that she had been deserted
by her husband, William Sweet, and that he
eloped with Mrs. Sarah Kratzer. Mrs. Sweet
said that, in her absence, all her furniture and
band and the woman had gone to Cedar Rapids,
Iowa, with the money he had raised. Mrs.
Kratzer is the mother of seven children. Mrs.
Sweet is destitute.
The unwise resolution of Mr.. Ives, on the
subject of Canada's relations with the United
States, has been withdrawn. Mr.. Ives was
anxious to secure the appointment of COM
mittee TO prove that commercial war would
be, if not beneficial, at least not injurious to
Canada This challenge to the United States
has been averted largely, it is believed, owing
to the belief of the Premier that tantallzing the
States can be overdone.
Robert Harbin, a wealthy Indiana farmer,
met with horrible death yesterday. He was
on his way to Wheatland, his home, when the
dogcart in which he was riding struck the
root of tree, throwing him over the back of
of the vehicle. The horse became frightened
and ran away, dragging the driver for at least
X miles, tearing his clothing into shreds and
mangling his head and face in a frightful
manner.
City Clerk McDermitt, of Hoboken, N J.,
discovered last night that 13 improvement GER
tifcates had been stolen from his certificate
book. An hour later two duplicate improve
ment certificates were presented for payment.
The names of the Mayor, City Clerk and con-
tractor, to whom they had been made payable,
were forged. An investigation led to the sus-
picion that Assistant Clerk Mansell is the
guilty party, and he is now virtually under ar
rest at the City Treasurer's Office.
The contest for the nomination for Con-
gress to succeed the Hon. r. w. Townshend, is
practically made up by both of the political
parties. Hon. W. A. ]. Sparks will be a candi-
date before the Democratic convention, so
that it will have six aspirants, the other five
being Representative Merritt. General Ander-
son. Senator Stratton, Judge Robert Williams
and the Hon. Quincy E. Browning. The Re-
publicans named for the place are w. II.
Boyer, of Saline county, formerly member of
the Lower House of the General Assembly;
Judge Sturman, of Hamilton county, and
Judge Burrill, Of White county.