Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-12-14
BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY.

Nine jurors were secured in the star
route case yesterday, making ten in all.
The London Times says Lord Derby has
accepted the Secretaryship of State for
India.
Yesterdays Pail Mall Gazette saws the
announcements of changes in the Minis
/ try are premature.
Rev. Elias DOdsOh, the prominent Bap-
tist minister, died at Wilmington, n. c.,
yesterday, aged 75 years.
The London Press Association says. the
Bishop of Winchester has declined the
Archblshopric of Canterbury, owing to
his advanced age.
A dispatch to the Central Ne,cs from
! ConstantlnOple says the Sultan has had
Dullt Tor his use an armOred carriage If is
bullet and grenade proof.
The Triton cotton mills, of New Castle.
| Del, which suspended work last Satur
! day, resumed operations on Tuesday. all
the WOrkmen submitting to reduction in
their wages.
At the COnnaught assizes on Tuesday
farmer named Kilmartin, residing on
one of the Arran islands, was convicted
of grievOusly wounding a baillff and SEN
fenced by Judge Lawson to penal seryi-
tude for life,
Patrick Higgins was yesterday found
guilty OF participation in the murder of
the two Huddys at LOugh Mask and SEN
| fenced TO be hanged next month. The
jury deliberated an hour before bringing
in a verdict.
Jno. f. Potter, the celebrated Repre-
sentative in Congress who, in 1860, being
challenged by Roger A. Pryor, named
bowie knives as the weapons and a locked
room as the place of battle, ia dying at
MukWanago, Wis.,, in the poor farm house
Joseph Carlin, being drunk, got on a
locomotive at East Syracuse, New York.
recently, and started it along the road
| until it cOllided with another engine and
cab0ose. Both engines were badly dam
aged, but no person was injured. Carlin
was arrested.
At the Leinster assizes yesterday John
| and Patrick Carroll, who were convicted
OF manslaughter for the killing of farmer
named Hickey, were sentenced respective
| ly to ten and twenty years penal servi-
tude. The crime was of an agrarian
| character.
Inquiries among the agencies of foreign
insurance companies at New York con
nrm nrm the report Of large confiagration at
Kingston, Jamaica, The agents have
received no particulars of the extent of
the fire, but think that the loss has been
exaggerated.
Eight thousand volumes were destroyed
by Tuesdays fire at Madrid. Tho loss of
some OF them is irremediabie, as they were
original manuscripts. The dispatches
burned included several from the Duke of
wellington when he was commander If
the allied armies in Spain.
Inc Vienna PeSther-Lsogtf saws that an
anti-terfOrlst as90etation, the object of
MMiTn ilS,I Ia 20 oppose the projects of the
NlhlhstS, has been formed at St. Peters
burg. branches have been established at
Paris, Nice, Genoa, Zurich, l.ondon. Ber-
I'm, hOnlgsburg, bucharest and Constan-
tinOple. '''
ll the French Chamber of Deputies yes
terday, the debate on the extraOrdinarv
budget was resumed. NJ. RibOt. reporter
OF the budget committee, said the financial
power OF france must in no case be COM
promised, 1or the Country might need it at
any mopAent for great patriotic effort
NJ. Rlbots remarks were applauded.
Four masked men entered the atace of
the Michigan Central Stock Yards in De.
trOlt, lew days ago, presented revOlyers
at the three Watchmen, and reduced them
to submission, The burglars then set to
work upon the safe. Another watchman
approaching, he was disarmed. and the
saie was nnally blown open, the rohbGrs
obtaining $50.
The large distillery OF Gibson & Co., at
GlDs0nt0n, on the MOnOngabela river
about thirty-two miles from Pittsbnrg
was destroyed by fire few DAYS ag0'
Bonded warehouse No. /, in whi5k 1000 |
barrels of whisky Were stored. was also |
consumed. The Joss Is estimated at 5000
O0O. tAe nr6 was caused by the explO- |
slOnOi copper still. William Lucas was
lataily injured by the explosicH ~ the |
sun; SUI about % men are tkrown out of
AT tie games of the Manhattan Athletic
i'm q
den, New York, George, the FI.gIisb rnn- |
ner, was beaten by Thomas Delaney. of |
the Gramercy Athletic Club. who heat /
the hest American record. Delaney had /
) minutes start, and beat by 8 minutes I
and second. BY actual time, Geor;ge was
beaten 0o seconds. The best American
time is 81 minutes 26 Lila seconds.
Georges best record is az minutes 80 s.
seconds,
Edward English and his son James
We're buried by the caving in of a well
which they were digging on their premi,
ses IN Danbury, Conn.,, a few days ago.
The son was got out the next morning.
severely but not fatatfy injured. The
father was buried deeper, and the soil
continued eaving in upon him. Digging
was kept up by the neighbOrs until taeV
heard his voice urging them an. soon
after another cave in occurred, and he
was silent. Several hours afterwards his
dead body was dug out. ms
At bethlehem, Pa, few days ago. Mrs.
David j. Ritter, while passing the Butcher.
ing establishment Jacob Ungerer. was
pounced upon by two ferocfous dogs
known IN as Siberian bloodhognds. owned
tE by t,,o ine @ Sngerers: MrS; fSitter was thrown
and lett arm and shoulder The eioess S.. ," ,''o.
driven of by a Number of citizens ond
tne lady was assisted to her home, Where
Rer If wounds were dressed by DR.. Roebnck.
y Iier laee and left shoulder and other por-
tlons OF her body were terribly Iacerated
oy the bites of the bloodthirsty animals.