Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-04
LATE NEWS In BRIEF.

The President has rendered the appointment
Of Collector of the Port of New Orleans to ex-
Governor Yarmouth of louisiana
Boston is making great preparations for the
reception and entertainment Of President II ar
rison. who will stop there on his trip to Bar
Harbor.
The President yesterday appointed John R.
G. PitkIn, Of Louisiana. to be Envoy Extraor-
binary and Minister Pienipotentiary of the
United States to the Argentine Republic.
When the train for Quebec on the Grand
Trunk Railway had passed St Lamberts after
going through the Victoria bridge, Friday
night, an explosion occurred in the express car
the car completely wrecked and the express
matter destroyed. Rumors are afioat that it
was an attempt to blow up the Victoria bridge
and was delayed too long. An inquest will be
held.
1t has about been decided that but three of
the G. A. R. posts Of st. Louis will attend the
Grand Encampment at Milwaukee Delega-
tlons from other posts will, however, 60, and
ance. 1t may be, though, that more of the in
terror posts will be represented but as 1t looks
now Missouri will not have any more than 6OO
veterans in the parade.
Postmaster Van Cott, of New York, is
thinking over a new scheme he has In his mind
for the improvement of the delivery OF mail
matter intended for foreign parts. He hopes
to be able to arrange system whereby mer-
chants will be able to post letters within a
quarter of an hour of the sailing of the steamer
carrying the outward-bound mail. This would
be big boon to the merchants.
The shipments of iron ore from the Lake
Superior mines for the last week in July
reached the enormous total of N0.0Sl gross
TONS this being the largest single weeks work
on record. The total shipments for the three
sU lbs since s,. naygaS1 sS opened
quantity that had been sent to market by water
on the corresponding date last year.
"A terrible epidemic of bloody fiux has ap-
peared at Warsaw Ill. 1t came on last Monday
on Wednesday it assumed a more serious
phase, and now 10 people have died. Four
deaths occurred Thursday and four Friday, the
victims being mostly children. One hundred
and eighty cases are now reported. Many of
them, 1t is feared, will result fatally. The peo-
pie are terror stricken and do not know what
to make of the scourge The disease has also
appeared at Hamilton, and it is said to exist in
epidemic form at Canton and Kahoka, Mo.
The reports of terrible danger and great
loss from forest fires in the Yellowstone Ma
tlonal Park are SO much exaggerated as to be
almost wholly unfounded. There have been.
and are yet. some fires, but the soldiers have
worked hard and successfully to overcome
them. The fires are still burning, but there is
no danger. Tourists are scattered all over rbe
park and feel no fears of any danger whatever.
The hotel people never have been troubled
over possible harm, but have kept on steadily
at their work of building now hotels at the
grand canyon and lake.
-Advices from Honolulu, received by the
steamer Mariposa, state that the United States
steamer Alert left Honolulu July 8for flaming
Island to bring the Nipsic to Honolulu for re-
pairs. The United States steamer Adams was
still at Honolulu when the Mariposa left there.
July q. The Adams intended to sail for Samoa
a week before that time, but she was detained
owing to the illness of her surgeon. who is suffer
ing with pneumonia % and gaI Is gnartered at the
Espiegle sailed from Honolulu, July q, under
orders. 1t is supposed IN Honolulu that there is
some trouble IN connection with the recent
annexations to the British Empire in the south
seas. and that the Espiegle will go in that direc
ton.
The boundary line of Dakota, from Penn
bina west to the Turtle Mountains. has long
been favorite place tor half-breed smugglers,
who have made practice of cutting timber on
the American side and running it across, where
they traded it for groceries and other necessa-
ries of life including an occasional supply Of
fire water. A deputy marshal, acting under
orders from hls superior. found that a regular
code of signals had been established and were
conveyed from one butte to another by half
breed women, as result of which the SNUG
glers were informed of the movements of the
officers and governed themselves accordingly.
Ten half-breeds have been arrested for Snug
Cling, and such of them as could not secure
bail have been taken to Grand Forks for exam
ination.
AT San Francisco yesterday a number of
prominent capitalists met committee consist
ing of Messrs DE Tuck, West and Harassethy,
of the Grape Growers Association, and dis
cussed plan for relieving the wine industry of
the State by distilling the surplus wines into
good uniform quality of brandy. 1t was agreed
to organize company with a capital stock of
81 000D00 divided into 10000 shares of 500 each.
One thousand shares were subscribed for at the
meeting. The company is to be known as the
California Brandy Union. Distilleries will be
leased and constructed in those parts OF % the
in excess. A central bonded warehouse viii be
established in San Francisco. Agencies will
be located in all the large Eastern cities and in
Hamburg and London. OF this years surplus
the company will buy 2, 500. 600 gallons which it
will distin into 100000 gallons of brandy. A
meeting will soon be held at which Board of
Directors will be elected.
The President has appointed the following
named poStmasters: Rolln A. Edreston, at
Little Rock, Ark, vice 7. W. Newton, removed;
James K Barnes. at FIT. Smith. Ark, vice F. j.
Fleming, resigned; John G. Sullivan. at Du-
range. Col, vice c. NJ. Hilliker resigned; Will
lam H. Donaldson, at Watertown, Oak. vice Lu-
cius NJ. Thomas, removed: Eugene B. Fletcher,
at Morris. ILL.,, vice j. s. X. Scoyill, removed;
Israel C. Cope, at Streator. vice NJ. j. Finlan,
removed: William Wilson, Jr., at Washington,
Ia, vice George G. Bodman, removed; Edward
s. Horton. at Worthwhile, Mich, vice ]. H.
lay City, Mich, vice E. ]. LADDERS, removed;
Squire Lane. at Burlington. Kan. vice E M.
Lockwood, removed; William e. HOgueland,
at Yates Center, Kan, vice e. V. Wharton, re-
moveu: John s. Eastwood. at Eureka Kan,
vice w. w. McGrew, removed; Frank d. Allen,
at Oswego, Kan, vice John NJ. Landis, removed;
w. c. Whitney. at Cawker City, Kan, vice ].
w. Hughes, removed; Henry p.
Kraus, at Reno. New, vice J. c. Hagerman,
removed: Emanuel Schultz, at Miamisburg. D.,
vice C. K. Kinder removed; w. Holverstadt,
at Columbiana, o., vice George Lower, re-
moved: John W. Mckee, at Celina, o., vice
Jacob Krensch. removed; Amos T. Daley, at
Van Vert, O.. vice John Shaw, removed: James
Israel, at Mt. Vernon, O., vice John d. Thomp-
son ranovad. UriIEapo Winshoro ar Ran
gor, Pa, vice W. A. Wagner, resigned; A. A.
Thomson, at CARLISLE, Pa, vice H. X. Pfeffer,
removed; Andrews A. Cathcart, at Blooms
william H Fine, at Bristol Pa, vice James
Drury removed; George W. Schock, at Miffiin-
burgh, Pa, vice G. A. Eaton, resigned.