Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-09-11
BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY.

The British bark Canoma, from SundeT-
| land for java, foundered at sea. The crew,
/ numbering twenty, were drowned.
The race between Courtney, Riley and
| Ten Eyck will take place at three O'Clock in
| the afternoon of the 18th inst. at Alexan-
dria Bay, N. 7.
The steamer Paris, which arrived at Havre
| on the 9th inst. from New Orleans, had
heavy weather on the passage and was
terribly strained.
The box recently received from Barcelona
by Senor CsmschO, the Spanish Minister Of
Finance, was found to contain four bottles
of nitro glyceriue.
A Laredo, Texas, special says George P.
Finley was, on Saturday, nominated for
Congress by the Democratic Convention of
the Seventh district.
The trial of Halle, at Camden, s. c., was
concluded on Saturday and the case given
to the jury at z p. m. A verdict of not
guilty was handed in at 10 p. m.
Professor Pierce, of Washington, is in
Montreal "taking observations for the
American Government to determine the
centre Of gravity in Montreal, Washington
and New York "
8. Sanford, Vice President of Adams
Express Company, and Director of the
Western Union Telegraph Company. died
suddenly yesterday morning at Sharon Hill,
near Darby, Pa.
Germany advised the Porte to use mode
ration In dealing with the Greek frontier
question. The differences between Turkey
and Greece are still unarranged. The Porte
refuses to abandon Katalepsi.
At Guaymas, Sonora, a few days ago,
10000 pounds of powder exploded In the
powder house of Feldmer q Van Barstel.
Property to the amount of $780, 600 was de-
stroYed and one man was killed.
Msrwood, the hsngman, arrived in Ire
land on Friday evening to superintend the
execution Of Francis Hynes. Marwood is
guarded by the police, and a number Of
Irish detectives will escort him to Limerick.
The total sales of loose tobacco at Peters
burg, Va, for the past eleven months were
1926, ,705 pounds, at an average price of
IS so per hundred, against 8, ,798, 400 pounds
for the same period last year, at S. Is
per hundred.
A telegram from st. Petersburg, pub
lished at Vienna, states that the convicts
In prison at Kholhan revolted recently,
and the guard was called out to suppress
them. A struggle ensued and forty Of the
convicts were killed.
The iron strike at PIttsburg, Penn, has
again assumed an interesting phase by the
action of the blacksmiths, hammermen and
bumpermen of Wilson, Walker q Co.'s mill,
to the number of 1875, In refusing to quit
work when ordered to do so by the Amalga-
mated Association.
Professor Thurlow, Principal of the High
School at Pottsville, Pa, and three boys,
were struck by lightning recently while
crossing Lawton's Hill, but were not fatally
injured. The Professor had foot burned,
and the boys were stunned, one Of them
having several teeth loosened besides.
The Office of the tannery of James Cal
lerY, President of the Pittsburg and West
ern Railway, In Allegheny City, Pa, was
robbed few nights ago of $50 In cash and
about $50, 600 In mining securities. So
much powder was used in blowing open the
safe that it was moved four feet. There is
no clew to the burglars.
Near Newmarket, Nd, few days ago,
John Hurst, fisherman, being drunk,
severely whipped his eight-Year-old son.
The mother interceded for the boy, and was
threatened by Hurst. A neighbor then tried
to pacifY him, which so enraged him that
he seized the boy by the feet and threw him
against the floor, killing him instantly.