Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-13
LATE NEWS IN BRIEF.
Martin Bailey, of Illinois, has been appoint
ed law clerk in the Land Office.

Martin Bailey, of Illinois, has been appoint
ed Law clerk in the Land ONCE.
w. N. Norton, OF Texas; John Yost Of
Illinois; John s. Stidger, of Nebraska, and Sol
A Hawk Of West Virginia 4, gin ha haze 0ss been ap
j. B. Burke. Chief of the Issue and Ga
zette Division of the Patent Office, has been
removed, and ]. w. Babson. formerly chief Of
that division, has been appointed to NIL the
vacancy.
James F sellick, of Darien, formerly men,
Der Of the Connecticut House OF Representa-
tives, jumped into a well Thursday and was
drowned. he was well advanced in years and
in poor health.
in the case of Steve Bussell, convicted in
the United States District Court, western dis
ruary 2 1885, the President has commuted the
sentence to Imprisonment for life.
Henry Damon, aged q who was attacked
with hydrophobia a few days ago at Scituate,
Mass. died yesterday morning after suffering
great agony. He was bitten by savage dog
at the Brocton Cattle Show last October.
The Secretary of the Treasury yesterday
afternoon accepted the following bond offers:
Four per cents, registered $4,000 at LIB; per
cents, coupon. Sl.00l, 900 at l29; ~ per cents,
registered $s25, 900 at lOSi ~ per cents, coupon,
IS, 900 at 108.
Three large wagons, loaded with beer in
kegs, beer in cases, and beer in small casks,
were seized by two constables from car on
Z
terday. There were 159 kegs, two cases and
two barrels Of beer.
The Secretary of the Navy has referred to
board, consisting of Chief Constructor VIII
son, Engineer in Chief Melville and Captain
Howison, the application of the Union Iron
Works, of San Francisco, for an extension of
time under their contract for the construction
of cruiser No. s.
Joseph Casey was convicted at Baltimore of
murder in the second degree yesterday. He
beat a hammer
the 18th of December. Mrs. Casey was taken
to hospital, where she died on February l.
Sentence was suspended, as counsel for the
prisoner gave notice that he would move for
new trial.
The Moiles Bros mill plant is safe in Can
ada. After the Mary left Detour Wednesday
the whole force connected with the Canada
bound expedition was put to work saving ice.
to release the fleeing craft and their plunder,
knowing the Mary would report their condition
and an attempt be made to capture them in
American waters.
AN extremely malignant and mysterious
fever, has broken out in the country short
distance east of Lincoln, Neb. So far about
dozen cases have been reported. all proving
fatal. The disease runs its course within S6
hours, and SO far has been confined to chill
dren. The doctors are puzzled.
The President yesterday appointed Henry
s. White, of West Virginia, to be United States
Hi Wh. Tor the. the Dsss Redn 1d West VII
county, where he has been engaged for many
years in farming and mercantile pursuits He
has represented his county in The State Legis-
lature several times, and is said to be man of
ability. He is a brother Of Prof. White, the
eminent geographist.
The President made the following appoint
ments yesterday afternoon: Lyman E. Knapp.
lanes Tnss of apots s f he Raste1 Of nf t
Land Office at Rapid City, OAK; Thomas NJ
Reed, Jr:, of Washington Territory, to be Reg
ister of the Land Office at Seattle. Wash. T.:
Spencer Hartwig, of CoYington, KY, to be
special agent to make allotments of lands in
severalty to Indians under the provisions of
the act Of Congress, approved February s, 1887
Robbers entered the postofice at Centralia,
Ill, yesterday morning. They were discovered
by the two night policemen and pitched bat
tie ensued, many shots being exchanged. One
of the robbers fell, wounded. and tho other two
distance and when they came back found the
wounded man had escaped, leaving his revolver
and Shoes The robbers we're disturbed before
they got to work on the safe and only secured
what money was in the stamp drawer, little
over 81. A large negro was found dead at the
Central City bridge terribly mangled. He had
quite number Of coppers in his pockets and
no shoes on, and is supposed to be the wounded
robber, who was killed by train while making
his escape.
An important decision was rendered in the
United States District Court at Detroit yester-
day by Judge Brown. Asa W. Straight the
inventor of a burner for gasoline stove upon
which he had applied for patent, brought
suit for an injunction against Clayton Lam
bert, who had improved Straight's burner,
claiming that the device patent applied for''
on his burner protected him. y Judge Brown
held that the device is no protection and the
court cannot grant an Injunction, as it cannot
assume that the patent will be granted by the
commissioner. He further says that patentees
have no rights at common law, and the statute
makes the life of patent IL years. To grant
such an injunction would be to give the patent
more than its statutory life for, If granted at
all, it might not be for months after the appli-
canon was filed. The bin was therefore dis