Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-27
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LATE NEWS. In BRIEF.

The Russian army will be equipped with
new rifles of small caliber. The weapons will
be manufactured in France.
Admiral Porter is at Newport and on the
way, in reply to reporter, said General But
ler's last attack on him is beneath his notice.
Mr.. Sexton, member of Parliament and
Lord Mayor of Dublin. appeared before the
Parnell Commission yesterday. Mr. Sexton
would not say that he opposed the principles of
the Fenian society He claimed that boy
cotting was necessary evil.
The President has appointed the following
named postmasters: David c. Greiner at Terre
Haute, Ind. vice John F. Reagan removed;
Philip Wilhelm at Seymour, Ind, vice Alex
ander A. Dawson removed; Allen Tindolph at
Vincennes, Ind, vice James E. Kackley re-
moved
The first delivery of mail that was made up
by clerks sent out from Chicago to meet the
Illinois Central trains was made yesterday
morning, the scheme proving entirely success
full and satisfactory. Merchants were not a
little surprised to find their letters from st:
Southern points on their desks at o'clock.
when they never before got them until II
o'clock or later. This service will be extended
to all other railways as quickly as possible.
Never within the recollection of those best
informed have there been SO many homeless
people in London. After midnight they can
be seen lying about on the streets, in alleys
and IN all sorts of out-of-the-way places. In
SuCI Oh Lne parks aS are kept open. ana on The
embankment. the seats are all uncomfortably
crowded by these homeless wretches trying to
sleep, and SO great is the rush for seats that
they are all pre-empted soon after dark,
although sleep at such places must be out the
question for several hours after.
in order to secure close supervision of
the operations of fruit distilleries during the
approaching season, collectors of internal reve-
nue. have been instructed to give prompt at
tention to all notices and bonds that distillers
Suffer DnpinninU nor
have pretext for commencing work before they
are notified of the approval of their papers
Distillers are to be notified that they will be
expected to pay the tax on the product of each
month or to warehouse it. and that all singlings
must be doubled and ready for gauging by OF
before the end of the month; otherwise sing
lings will be liable to tax as brandy.
There has been no change in the Indian
Sloan's company of Montana militia Is at
Jocko, to which point 1000 rounds of ammuni-
ton were sent on the Captains order Colonel
Lawson. of Fort MissOula, has gone to the
Infantry and Iations for three days. A dis
patch from Jocko says that the Indians shot by
the Sheriffs posse died yesterday. and that the
situation grows more serious. Indians from
various parts of the reservation are fiocking to
the scene of trouble. The greatest alarm is
felt for the settlers who live on the borders of
the reserve. Three hundred Indians are
camped near Ravilli, and swear they will not
give up the murderers. whom the Indian police
and half-breeds are concealing. The Sheriff is
determined to have them, and if he makes
another trial a battle will surely ensue.
The reports of wreckage washed ashore on
Nantucket, which have been coming along
for the past three or four days, are reinforced
by dispatch from Gloucester, in which Cap
tain Carlston, of the schooner Annie o. Holly,
reports that he has seen a large number Of
drowned cattle af1oat east Of Sable Island and
near Cape Sable during the past two weeks:
The steamer Victoria. which left week ago.
ana of whose safety doubts have been ex-
pressed, was loaded with cattle; but during
the past two weeks is no sort OF description
of the time of which she could have lost them.
Some of her bills of lading, with lot of gilt
and window sashes, have foated
ashore on Nantucket The Victoria had two
deck loads of cattle for Avonmouth and should
have been off Nantucket last Thursday and if
casses of her cattle should be afloat there 1t
Is believed that icebergs are responsible for
whatever wrecks may have occurred.
"A mob went to the jail at SheppardsvilIe,
Bullet county, KY, and demanded of Jailer
Bowman the surrender of Thomas Mitchell and
Charles Ardell. who were confined there
charged with the murder of a peddler named
Joseph Lavine. Jailer Bowman refused to sur
render the men, and took his stand in front of
ne door with shotgun, declaring he would
nan, hearing the threats, and fearing that hersl
husband would be killed, ran forward and gave
hem the keys begging Mr.. Bowman not to
provoke them. The leaders then unlocked the
1oors and went TO the cell where the prisoners
we're confined The jailer followed, begging
hem at least to spare Mitchell, who, he be-
ieved, was innocent. They yielded to his en-
reaties, telling Mitchell he might. thank Mr..
lim to the woods. The men ali wore masks,
md 1t is believed that they have hanged Ardeli
rear the town, though nothing further has yet
,een heard about the matter.