Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-07
LATE NEWS IN BRIEF.

There has been no change in the Rochester
street car strike. A few cars are running and
all Is quiet.
Captain Otto l. Helm, the new military
attache to the United States Legation in
Vienna has arrivedat his post.
The Northumberland mine owners have de-
clined to grant the 10 per cent advance IN wages
asked by their miners. The outlook Is uncer-
tain.
w. H. McGinnis, OF Ohio, has been ap-
pointed Superintendent Of the Railway Mail
Service, and assigned to duty in the ofice Of
the Second Assistant Postmaster General
The body of q wood ranger named Gildow
has been found in the river More, at Kilkenny,
with the skull crushed It Is believed that the
man was murdered on account Of agrarian
troubles.
Captain Wissman, the German Imperial
Commissary, has assumed supreme command
on the mainland at Zanzibar, Admiral Dein-
hard. the commander Of the German squadron,
consenting.
David Klein, an old shoemaker, lies in dy.
ing condition at Bordentown, n. j., from the
effects of drinking coffee which contained
| rough on rats. His wife is supposed to have
administered the poison. She has fed De-
tectiYes are nowlooking for her.
The President made the following appoint.
ments yesterday: Eben =. Rand, OF Maine, to
| be Appraiser Of Merchandise in the district Of
Portland and Falmouth, Me-; George g.
Sturgiss, ofWest Virginia. to be Attorney Of the
United States for the district Of West Viz,
| ginia.
"A dispatch from friend who accompanied
| Colonel 'Livermore from London to Paris
Colonel Liyermore y representing the Calumet
| 1Zation Of copper affairs), dated Paris April 4
| has been received in Boston, and reads:
| Nothing final yet. Proposition now before
| bankers to establish price at EAU and curtau
| output"
| "A man named Wheelock was married at
Chester Center, Iowa, Wednesday night and ,
party set out to give him a chariVar1, armed
a
| The noise was kept up until about II o'clock,
| when young lady relative of the parties went
out OF the house, and, returning with shot
gun, fired a charge into the crowd. fatally
wounding Fred Bacon.
Following the recommendation of Com
missioner Stockslager, the Secretary OF the
| Interior has requested the Attorney General
| to cause suit to be instituted to recover title
| to the lands known as the Des Moines River
Lands, IN Iowa, provided the Attorney Gen.
eral, after examination, is of opinion that such
suit could be maintained, and that such action
| would be to the interests of the Government
The black sand placer mines near Lampoc.
Cal. Did fair to be miniature bonanza ac-
cording to reports just received. A contriV-
| ance Tor saking out 80 per cent of the gold has
been invented. -Four men washed out 81 500 in
four weeks. and one miner is said to have se-
cured $50 day. Each tide washes in a fresh
supply OF the gold-bearing sand, and every inch
| OF beach is taken up. The sand is black in
color, very light, and magnetic. Great excrte-
ment prevails in that region.
Ex-Governor Porter recently appointed
Minister to Italy, is quite i'll at his residence in
indianapolis, and his physician will not permit
anyone except members of his family to see
him. Three days ago Mr.. Porter took a long
walk, and when he returned his feet were so
| swollen that he could hardly remove his shoes.
| The next morning the skin began to peel OF,
and great and continuous pain followed. DIR,
Jameson was called, but so tar he has not been
able to make satisfactory diagnosis Of the
disease.
The list of losses by prairie fires in Dakota
| increases, and the descriptions of hairbreadTh.
| alone the damage is placed at Sl50OOO. Near
| Rapid City, Prof g. E. Bailey's ranch was de-
| stroyed. The fire came up so suddenly that
the inmates were compelled to run for their
| lives. Mrs. Bailey and William Ashton, the
hired man, had a very narrow escape with theiR
| lives, and both were badly burned. Elois0
| Madison, young girl, was caught by the
| flames and her clothes burned OF. It Is doubta
| full if she will recover.