Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-09
LATE NEWS IN BRIEF.

Rome, Ca, is flooded.
The danger of flood at Montreal is
over.
The Emma Juch Company has disbanded
at Los Angeles.
Two Montana parties are on the warpath
against horse thieves.
Arkansas Republicans instructed their
delegates for Harrison.
A farmer near Cumberland Wis, thinks
he has found gold in his well.
Louisiana lottery Democrats are charged
with aiding the Republicans.
students at Alameda, Mexico, held a
fiery anti-Diaz demonstration.
The Peoples party will try to capture
the North Carolina Democratic Convention
-Rumored in Indianapolis that the Gray
and Cleveland factions have reached q COM
promise.
Lieutenant Macdonald, a Canadian mill
tary officer, Will be dismissed for expressing
annexation sentiments
"A tornado in Faulkner county. Ark
Tuesday night demolished many dwellings,
killed one man and injured many others.
The trial of lynchers in Taney county,
Mo-, is now in progress. There are fears
that Bald knobbers will attempt a rescue.
"A family of five near Guadaloupe. Uru.
quay, who had just received $1,000 by the
sale of crops, have been found murdered in
their home, and their money is missing.
Samuel Clarke, aged 50, was fatally shot
Thursday night, at Toledo, by George
Leithart. A lawsuit between the entlemen,
both of whom stand high in the community,
is popularity supposed to be the cause.
An excursion train was wrecked by
rock on the track near Grand Junction, Col,
Thursday night, the engine and baggage car
fulling into the river. Nobody hurt owing
to the coolness of Engineer Good and Fire,
man Noble.
Emery NJ. Smith, of Harrison township.
Ind, while cutting into an oak tree, sent his
ax to the handle into the rotten heart. In
stanty there issued from the tree "a roaring
noise, resembling escaping steam. Mr..
smith smelied gas, and applying a lighted
match to the cavity II blaze shot forth, ex-
tending ten feet from the tree and burned
steadily 1or two hours.
Thursday as George Scott, carpenter,
was entering a building on which he was
gang of West Side ruffians The insults hav-
ing been given him several times before
during the day, he suddenly struck one of
the gang on the nose. The latter instantly
pulled revolver and fatally shot Scott.
Several arrests have been made.
The Republican Congressional Conven-
tion in the Sixth North Carolina district
split in two factions. One led by Postmaster
of Wilmington. for Congress, while tile
other, led by negro named Gordon, nomi-
mated A. N. Long, of Rockingham. Dele
gates to Minneapolis of both factions 1ayor
Second district.
AT Jackson's Lake, l6 miles south of
Waco, Tex, i'll a tent made OF an old q uuilt a
woman and four children were found last
evening, nearly nude, and living on corn
meal mush and frogs. The mother said:
"My name is Mrs. Murphy. NY husband
left me here three months ago, and told me
to stay until he returned" The children
were nearly Us wild as wolves The eldest
wore one tattered garment and rawhide
moccasins of her own make. The family
were brought to town and provided for.
The papers regarding the fishery nego-
tiations now in progress between New
IoundIand and the United States, trans.
mitted to the House OF Commons, show that
American fishermen were permitted by
Newfoundland to fish within the three-mils
limit, from which they are excluded under
the convention of 1878. Newfoundland i'm
poses heavy license lees upon Canadian fish
ing vessels for the privilege or purchasing
bait supplies. Against this treatment, which
placed her on a footing with foreign ma
tions, Canada demonstrated without sue.
cess.