Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-10-21
BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY.

The Oak Bank cotton mill, situated near
Maccleshaid. E1glaud, has been DESTROYED
by fire. Loss e50,000
A dispatch from Montceaux- les. Mines re-
ports that tAe riotous miners made au un-
successful attempt on Thursday to blow up
priests house with dynamite
An organization to be known as the Mac
csbees has been started IN Cincinnati. It's
purpose is to encourage and assist In the
promotion OF agriculture among the Israel
ties.
President Arthur returned to Washington
Thursday night, and there was a Cabinet
meeting at the Executive Mansion yesterday
evening. No business Of importance was
transacted.
Benjamin Legsuit, OF Besuharnals, Que
bee, has begun suit to prevent his widowed
sister. aged sixtY-flve years, and posseseor
of 800. coo, from marrying young man to
the injury Of the plaintiff"
Returns received by the Miners Associa-
ton Of Bsrnsley, England, yesterday, show
that 10000 miners In South and West York
shire have given notice of a strike, ii they
fail to receive an increase of wages.
Rudolph Hoffman, a machinist In the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Rail-
road shops, st Scranton, was struck by
piece of iron, which reopened an old wound
in his leg. He walked to physicians Of
fee where he soon after died.
In the United States Circuit Court of
Portland, Oregon, recently, Judge Deadly
called the attention Of the grand jury to po-
ttical assessments and said that, IL there
was any violation OF the law 1t was their
duty to indict the offenders.
Congressional nominations were made in
various States yesterday as follow: John
G. Penrose, by the Democrats OF the Third
district of Connecticut; +. Fl. Mclean. by
the Anti-Filley Republicans of the Ninth
Missouri district for the long term, and
George Balm for the short term.
Thos. Hassard, of the railroad Office of the
Interior Department, has been appointed a
commissioner to examine aud report on the
completed section of the New Orleans and
Pacific Railway, extending from New Or
leans to Shreveport, Ls., where it connects
with the main line OF the Texas and Pacific
Railroad.
Mary McCarty has brought suit in Boston
against Associate Justice Field for $4,000
damages, because he refused to issue a writ
of habeas corpus when she was sent to
prison for larceny In 1881. She alleges that
her good name, ETC., have been greatly
damaged by the action Of the Judge.
James Station and his wife, Jemima. aged
respectively seventy two and sixty five
years, residing In New York, when they
went to bed q few nights ago, closed the
window OF their room, and at the same time
closed the dsmper Of the stove and opened
the stove doors, so as to keep In the fire.
This drove all the gas into the room, and the
old couple were found In the morning un-
conscious and not likely to recover.
A telegram from Pittsburg says "the
largest steel spring ever made has Just been
successfully rolled at Kloman's steel works
there, for the United States Car Motor Com
pany, of Philadelphia. The spring is 3l0
feet long, inches wide, and d of an inch
thick. It will be tempered and coiled by
the Motor Company at their works In Phils-
delphia, and exhibited in sthe Bi Centennial
parade"
The grand jury at New Orleans have
indicted John Dominique, George McEvoy,
Auguste Bruenan and David Burk, all turn
keys at the parish prison, for manslaughter
in killing George M. Demo, a turnkey in the
parish prison, on September 10th. Investi-
cation shows that the ball in Demos body
was fired from q pistol which, it was stated,
Demo had fred at Dominique. The grand
jury also indicted Robert Rlculf and L. n. T.
McClung for the murder OF W. T. Fackler
on September 23d.
Two swindlers, travelling as Harry Fan
cher and sister, have duped about one hun
dred women IN Buffalo to the extent of IS
each, and have left 'ffor parts unknown" I"
The swinders advertised for women to
learn the art Of embroidery. They gave
each pupil a small piece of embroidery, for
which they required deposit OF $5, promis-
ing to return the amount when the appli-
cants had finished their lessons, and also
promising their dupes ''positions with sala-
ries when capable of filing the same" The
harvest OF the swindlers was resped in a
single day.