Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-17
LATE NEWS In BRIEF.

Jay Gould is not ill says his son George.
Manitoba crop, prospects are the best for
years.
cellent.
-Parnell paid the costs of the divorce suit
yesterday, $500.
Good weather has improved Russian
wheat prospects.
White cap outrages are reported from
Tullahoma, Tenn.
Crops near Little Rock have been dam
aged by severe storm.
American dentists in Europe will meet
In Heidelberg in August.
"A serious and mysterious epidemic is
raging in Marubi, Colombia.
The blight has worked havoc in the po-
tato crop In parts of Ireland.
Premier Salisbury offers 200, 600, 900 francs
for all Portuguese territory in Southeast
Africa.
The Sheriff's posse from Flagstaff, Ariz.,
who were surrounded by Navajo Indians,
escaped.
Tho Northern members of the Australian
Assembly have adopted resolution in favor
of AUTONOMY.
The British steamer Coningsby, from
Marseilles, has been wrecked in the Bay of
Bengal. No loss of lives.
Salisbury cannot give the date of the
next general British elections, but processes
confidence in the result.
The Girard (Ill.) Coal Company has re-
fused to observe the weekly payment law,
and all its miners are out.
The Legislature of Prince Edward Island,
by resolution, fayors unrestricted reciprocf-
ty with the United States.
The Pdruer,ir a newspaper published at
Carthagena, Columbia, expresses great SYM
pathy with Secretary Blaine in his illness.
The National Convention of Retail
Clerks, which has been in session in Indian
apolis, adjourned to meet in Cleveland next
year.
Major Powell has found that the North
ern Minnesota Indians are perfectly pence
able, Notwithstanding rumors of their hos
tile attitude
The Chilean Congressional ENJOYS to
Washington, discouraged at the poor pros
pect of winning recognition by this Govern
ment, will leave the country and try their
luck in Europe.
Two buildings at BeaTs Corners and one
at Livermore Falls. Me-, the latter dwell
ing valued at $40 O00 were struck by light
ming Wednesday and burned. 4. E. Bryant
was burned to death in the one house.
The Agrarian Congress now meeting in
Naples declares for n reduction of duties on
wine and cider to Germany and for free i'm
port of grapes. On the other hand, Italy is
to reduce the duty on German wines consid-
erably.
The source of the Salton lake, as found
by explorers recently returned, is two
breaks In the banks of the Colorado river.
The inland sea has probably come to stay,
and is beginning to turn part of the desert
into good pasture land.
I'm the White Hills school district in Con-
necticut, which contains population of
about $50, not a child has been born in the
last nine years, and the youngest one now
attending school is years old. 1t Is feared
that the school must soon be abandoned.
Leading pork packers of Chicago scout
the idea that companies in Russia will be
able to oust the American hog from foreign
markets. They say that the plant it is pro-
posed to erect at Morrow at u cost of Sl50 900
would be utterly incapable of competing
with Chicago packers.
The body of an unknown miner has just
been found in an open grave in the noun
tains in Fresno county, Cal, which he had
dug for himself in the solemn granite. Be-
ing craZed by loneliness, he had probably
allowed himself to be drowned by the water
in the hole. His body was well preserved by
the ice which formed in the grave.