Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-26
LATE NEWS In BRIEF.

A case of leprosy is said to exist at Clare,
Mich.
The United States steamer Kearsage is
at Martinique
The First National Bank at Wilmington
n. c., has closed its doors.
The Atchison (Kan.) Pdtrott urges the
Democratic and Peoples party to fuse Tor
The warning given by two spanlels pre-
vented disastrous fire at Holland, Mich,
Tuesday.
Inventor Edison is trying to apply the
monograph principle to the raised-letter
DOCKS for the blind.
The sudden death of the Earl of Lytton,
the British Ambassador to France, has
caused the most pround regret in Paris.
The Russian Minister of War has ordered
ocu,OO0 pools of soldiers biscuits delivered
oYthe lst of January Another war scare.
The bulk of the flour exported from the
Northwest to Europe, is said to go to France
This is taken to indicate that the Republic
is stocking up provisions for war.
The recent rains so swelled the river at
lnver Huron, Ont that the residence of John
Smith was undermined and swept away.
Two young daughters of Mr.. Smith were
drowned.
A broken truck caused the wreck of a
freight train on the Chesapeake and Ohio
bridge at Cincinnati Tuesday, and eleven
cars fell into the ditch below. Loss, $4,000.
No one hurt.
Livingston O'Brien and his son, Morgan,
started to drive over crossing at Aurora,
ILL.,, after waiting for passenger train to
pass, and were struck by a switch engine.
Both will die.
The State Department yesterday granted
permission to the j. c. Austin Manufactur-
ing and Road Building Company, of Chicago,
with headquarters in Pittsburg, to do busl-
ness in this state.
The President has rescinded the order
transferring the military reservation OF
Fort Marcy to the Interior Department for
disposition, and he now directs its use as u
military post until further orders.
A pretty Kansas City girl, who sits in the
front seat at church, has been caught in the
act of robbing the collection plate. This
explains many missing envelope, for
which the deacons were unable to account.
The time made by the big new sailing
ship Shenandoah is said to have been beaten
by the Schwanhilda, Nova Scotia vessel.
She sailed from San Francisco to Havre in
l06 days-a gain of three days over the Shen-
andoah's record.
Assistant Secretary Nettleton has di-
rected the assignment of medical inspectors
at Detroit and Port Huron TO board and in
spect trains coming from Canada. This
tlon is taken with view to preventing the
Introduction of smallpox, said to be prev
alent in Canada.
In the fact of the verdict of the Paris
Court of Appeals declaring the Archbishop
CT AK guilty of the charge preferred against
him by NJ. Fallieres Minister of Justice and
Public Worship, the French Government
has sent !. friendlvnote to the Pope in re
gard to the relations between France and
the Vatican.
Two more appeals have been filed in the
Searle's will case, both on the ground that
the instrument was not properly attached
and that the testatriX was not of proper
testamentary capacity. The appellants are
: SeVPlGncP TsnG T.U-
man Sherwood and Della Sherwood, OF
Southeast, Putnam county, n. Y.
The French Colonel" supposed to be
a well-known American crook" who was
recently convicted Of sending blackmailing
letters to Lady Jessel, the Baroness Bolsol-
yer and other ladies, and who was convicted
Of forging checks upon the London and West
minister Bank, was yesterday sentenced by
with hard labor, for the blackmaifing portion
Of his offenses.
-EN-Mayor Phillips, of Oglethorpe Ga,
was stabbed to death Monday night by
we'll l-known farmer named Cullen Killebrew.
Inc fence between the plantations owned
by the two men caught fire and the Kille-
Drews went over to see Phillips abouJ it.
Cullen killebrew drew a knife which he
plunged three times into Phillips back, and
The wounds went almost through the vic
tim s body.
A woman who has been visiting at At
ANITA turns out to be the Countess Zadie de
Arostioni, whose identity was
made known through the arrival from Eng
and of the Hon. Frederick d. Townsend,
who insisted upon marriage Sunday after
noon. They went to st. Philips, where the
Rev. DR.. Tupper united them, keeping the
The matter secret until the couple were well
On their wedding tour. The bride was for
nerly New Orleans belle.
The Secretary of tn. Illinois Board of
Health has turned over to the Governor
copies of communications from Governor
WInans, of Michigan, and Dr.. John G.
Ware, Commissioner of Health of the city
Of Chicago, urging upon the Secretary or
the Treasury the necessity OF fre-establishing
the immigration inspection upon the border
Tor the protection of the Western and
\ Northwestern States from the importation
Of smallpox and other contagious and in
Iectious diseases.
Wilkes James, son of a prominent
farmer at Granville; Ga, was shot and
killed Tuesday night by Edward jenkins,
the son OF neighbor. Both young men
were rivals for the hand of a young lady, but
the girl kept them in suspense, first favor
ing one and then the other. Ten days ago
both called upon the girl at the same time.
There was game of "freeze out" and when
they parted Jenkins told James that the
next they met would be the last. They came
together last evening four miles from town.
and both drew reYolvers and began firing.
VERY cheap. All kinds of, secondhand