Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-10-14
BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY.


:. The President has recognized Ricardo D.
Fox as Vice Consul OF the Republic OF
Uruguay at st. Mary's, Ga.
A special from Austin, Texas. saws. ssThe
Postmaster at Marshall reports to the de-
partment officials mail robbery at that
place. No particulars are glven.n
The number Of failuees reported to r q.
Dun s. Co.'S, mercantile agency for the naat
seven days, is 112 or these lO7 occurred in
the county and IN the city Of New York.
The large grain elevator, owned and occu-
pied by Jno. Hurd at Bridgeport, Conn,
was totally destroyed by fire at an early
hour Yesterday morning, together with It's
contents Loss, S1S3.000.
Sir Stafford Northcote has sent circular
to the Conservative members OF Parliament,
enioining upon them attendance at the
opening of the session, in view OF the i'm
portant questions relating to Parliamentary
procedure and Egyptian affairs.
The conference OF miners as Manchester
has adjourned until to-day in order TO de-
eide about notice for an advance. The
general feeling Of the conference was in
favor thereof. One hundred and twenty
thousand men were represented.
1t is now five days since the brutal murder
and robbery of A w. Ross, near hfs home
at Glendale, Ohio. Though rewards aggre-
eating over $1,000 have been offered and
several arrests have been made, no positive
clue has been obtained as to his murderer.
Samuel Clay & Co owners of the second
largest distlilery In Bourbon county.
Kentucky, nave assigned to VIM. Webb.
Liabilities 100000. Their assets yiii more
than cover that amount. Too much whisky
in bond and recent improvements in their
buildings are said to be the causes of the
failure.
At a meeting of leading colored Rapubli-
cans of North Carolina, held In Raleigh
yesterday, strong ground was taken against
the liberal movement. Among the speakers
were George w. Price and Rev. j. @. Price.
The speeches were earnest and bitter, and
the sentiment was decidedly against CO.
operating with the Liberals
A frightful boiler explosion took place in
a lumber mill near Petersburg, Ills, on
Thursday. James Stephenson, the pro-
prletor, and James Hohiemer were blown to
pieces. Two men named Watkins and Lam
tier were fearfully scalded and otherwise
injured and will probably die. One other
workman was severely scalded.
A Lebanon, Pa, dispatch says: "The
greatest excitement prevails here to-day
over the beating and robbing of Cashier
Rise last night, from whom highwaYmen
took thirty thousand dollars in bank notes.
A reward for their irapprehension has been
increased to three thousand dollars, Rise is
better to-day and though badly cut and
bruised is In fair way OF recovery"
The Association for the Advancement of
Women held its last session at Portland,
Me-, yesterday, and elected officers, as fol-
lows: President, Julia Ward Howe; among
the Vice Presidents were Virginia E. Mer-
win, Of Louisiana, Clara Conway, of Ten
nessee, Eliza W. Bodeme, of South Caro-
lima. and Elizabeth w. Varnum, OF Florida.
The Commissioner of the General Land
Office yesterday authenticated certificates OF
location from Is to 40 inclusive, amounting
to 2,500 acres of land under the act of June
2, 1858, In satisfaction of Florida eonfrmers
under the private land claim of Nicholas
EstefanoplY. This scrip is quite valuable,
as 1t is receivable by the Department OF the
Interior In payment OF land entries, and for
other purposes.
Paul Pringle, scolored, was hanged yes
terday at Mansfield, La, at fifteen minutes
past one o'clock. His neck was broken by
the rope. A thousand spectators. were
present. Pringle made a religious speech,
and declared his innocence to the last. The
crime for which Pnngle was executed was
that of lying in walt with intent to kill,
dangerously wounding ard then robbing
Alfred Smith, whom he left for dead In the
woods where they had been camping. Ell
Belton and John Mobile were his accom-
plices in the crime. Bolton was executed on
July "a.