Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-11-24
BRIEF NEMs sUNNIARY.

The Emperor of Austria has summoned
the Reichsrath to meet on December >.
The Bundesrath Of Prussia has resolved
to prOlOng the minor state of siege in Ber-
lin another year.
Malignant diphtheria has appeared in
MillertOn, y. Y, and the schools have
been closed in consequence. Families
are also leaving the place.
The Paris -UOBiteur states that Italy
has taken the initiative in proposing
conference on the Egyptian question. The
NORiteUT is a doubtful authority.
The captain of a steamer which has ar
rived at Sunderland, reports that off the
coast of Norfolk, England. his vessel pass
ed a large raft, to which three or four
cOrpses We're lashed.
The noted racing sire, imported Buck
den. died at Danville, KY, Wednesday
night. His owner, Captain COttrell, Of
Mobile, had Just refused an offer of S12,-
900 for him.
The dwelling of Jennie Hudgin in Neck
Ienburg county. Va, together with its
contents, was burned yesterday. One
member of the family was completely
roasted. The other inmates barely es-
capped.
The loss by the burning Of the old mill
of the New Hartford, \. Y, Cotton Manu-
featuring Company Wednesday night will
be about SIS. 600. with an insurance of
about $4,000. The new mill will be in
operation soon.
Three hundred and sixty wOrkmen from
the Canary Islands have left Cuba for the
purpose of settling in Mexico, and 1t is
said that a Mexican agent has contracted
for three hundred more to leave the island
for the same place.
r. NJ J. Pavnter. for many years the
Richmond manager of the Western Union
Telegraph Company, and late Superin-
tendent of the Southern Telegraph Com
panv. at Richmond, Va, died in that city
yesterday, aged A years.
The Government of Russia has acceded
to petition from the Mining Congress for
the imposition of a tax Of fifteen cOpecks
per poOd ON foreign pig iron. The proposals
Of the last Congress to tax foreign coal
will probably be accepted.
The Spanish Cabinet have resolved to
reply to the demands Of the United States
Government with regard to the losses
suffered by Americans during the Cuban
insurrectiOu, that they will act in con-
forinity with the principles of strict JUS
tice,
Last week the VALLEY Democrat, of Wa
terburv. Conn. contained an editorial re-
fiecting on the decision of Judge a. +.
Bradstreet, in a criminal case. Iester--
QaV the editors. MeSSES. -hdluutF anu
LOughrev. were indicted for contempt of
court. \ hearing will be had to-day.
A dispatch from Berlin says: ''The wish
of Russia to show Europe that her rela-
tions with Germany now are just as cor
dial as they were before the advent OF
General Ignatieff to power is. doubtless,
intensified bv the knowledge of the moral
support rendered to England by Germany
throughout the latter phases Of the Egyp-
tian question"
In the Circuit Court at TaylOrsville, ILL.,,
Yesterday, Miss Emma Bond, the victim
of a gross outrage in June last, the partIc-
ulars of which have been widely pub
Iished. appeared before the grand jury.
She was but recently able TO leave her bed
and during the examination was OFertaken
with the parOXysms which have SO often
come near causing her death. Two or
three attempts to take her testimony re-
suited in The same way. and the eNam1na-
ton was finally suspended.
The Scotchmen who attempted to take
away a lot of Clydesdale horses from the
farm of Col. RObt. Holloway, of Alexis,
Ills. were on Wednesday bound over on
charges of conspiracy and false imprlson-
mpnt. Col. Holloway has sued them Tor
100000 damages for slander, ana they
have begun suit in the United states
Court for an accounting with the Clydes-
dale Company. of Glasgow, which they
represent. At the hearing Col. Holloway
nroposed TO submit the rights OF the par
ties TO arbitration, and it Is Thought the
nroDOsitiOn will be accepted.