Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-12-19
BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY.

Very Rev. Francis Close, DID,, Dean of
Carlisle, is dead.
\ fire at Clayton, Ala, DESTROYED the
principal business houses. Loss about
$4,000.
Morris smith & Co., tin plate factors. of
Swansea, have failed. Liabilities,
100000.
The Hematite Iron Company, of Mary
port, England, have failed. Liabilities
G200,000.
A fire in the Barton block, Minneapolis,
yesterday morning, damaged property to
the amount of $4,000; insurance $4,000.
A heavy gale was blowing yesterday at
Eastern, Scotland. A vessel has been
wrecked on the coast of Kincardshire.
The crew were lost.
An explosion occurred yesterday in a
cartridge factory at Mont Valerien,
France. Thirty women employed in the
factory were seriously injured.
A dispatch from Vera Cruz reports the
loss of the British bark Aurora, from Ship
Island, with cargo of lumber. The yes
sci was insured in Palermo. The crew
were saved.
The press house used for pressing pow
der into cakes of the Latin & Rands Pow
der Works, at Mountain View, about
eight miles from Paterson, n. j., blew up
yesterday, killing eightmen.
The House Committee ON Approximations
completed the army bill late YESTERDAY
afternoon, and it will be reported to-day.
1t apprOpriates, in round numbers. S23
100000, and is $1,6O0,0O0 less than for the
current year -' - ~
One Of the most disastrous fires ever
known at Newport, Ark, broke out on
Sunday morning. Sixty buildings, mostly
occupied by business firms, were de-
strOyed. The loss is about $3.50. 600. In
surance $4,000
Among the nominations sent to the Sem
ate yesterday were John F. Olmstead to
be Commissioner of the District of Column
bia, Lieut.. Colonel Thomas G. BAYLOR TO
be Colonel, Major Alfred MOrdecai TO be
Lieut.. Colonel.
d. G. Thomas, President of the Bank of
Abingdon, Va, has failed and assigned in
favor Of his creditors. His liabilities are
said to be $4,000. Geo. W. Palmer, of
Saltyille, has been elected President of
the bank in his stead.
The Chilian transport AmazoHas left
Callao Sunday morning for Valparaiso
with a number of soldiers. She has also
on board three Peruvian nOtabIes, who
are to be placed in confinement in Chilli
for having refused to pay the head tax.
First Comptroller Lawrence has decided
in the case Of the claim of Representative
Shelley, of Alabama, that he is not enti-
tied to the extra compensation asked for.
from May 18th to July 20th, 1882, for which
time he had already received his salary.
A telegram received at Iquique, Peru. on
the 18th inst, says: General Campero
has appointed DR.. Belsarir Satinas as his
Minister dd hoe at the Peace Conference
to take place at 'laena, with the ChiIian
plenipOtentiary DIR, Ensiby Lilac.
\ Paris dispatch says: '|Unoficial news
from Tonquin reports that body Of 10000
Chinese, who were mar"hi''o- oe,oine+ a.
Ivmcn, were surprised in a defle bv
mountaineers and their rear guard cut to
pieces. The Chinese then returned to
Kuansi.
An east bound passenger train of the
Pittsburg, Cincinnati and st. Louis Road.
leaving here at s O'Clock, colfided with the
limited express (due at 81 about ten
O'Clock near Kings station yesterday. A
postal clerk ON the east bound train was
killed. Several were injured.
Herr Johann Most, the German agitator,
landed at New York yesterday afternoon
from the steamer Wisconsin and was met
by representatives of the local revolution
airy clubs, Socialists and members of the
International WOrkingmen's Association.
Last night Herr Most addressed a mass
meeting at Cooper Institute.
The Express says; ''Some witnesses at the
recent investigation regarding the Phoenix
Park murders, when pressed, admitted
that they had been practicIng with a re-
vOlyer for the purpose of committing MUIR
der, but did not regard the carrying out of
their object as a crime, but only as an act
of war"
Two brothers, George and James Fra
ley-the latter a mere bOy-were arrested
in COmanche, Texas, recently, charged
with stealing cotton, and were placed
under a guard at Hazell Dell. AT mid
night a mob, armed with shotguns. over
powered the guard, took the prisoners to
the woods, and hanged them on the same
limb Of a tree.
For dressing the hair and heanfifuino, II