Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-09-20
BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY.

Burge Bros, coffee merchants of Havre,
have failed. Their liabilities are heavy.
The Porte denies that the Arab Sheikh
Abeidullah has rendered his submission.
w. T. Anderson & Co., dry goods mer-
chants of Augusta, Ga, have assigned.
Liabilities $4,000; nominal assets SIS, 8,0G0.
An explosion of fire damp has occurred
recently in a mine near Dorbmund, Ger
many. Twenty persons were killed or in
jured.
William G. Wright, "curbstone broker
has been arrested in Syracuse, N. Y, for
alternating the records In the County Clerk s
Office.
Judge Milo Olin and John W. Taltaferro,
of Augusta, Ga have rendered their servi-
ces to Mayor MAY and left yesterday after
noon to nurse at Pensacola.
A large number OF persons have been
made very sick at Yale, British Columbia,
from drinking poisonous tea, it is supposed,
and an investigation is to be made.
AT Swineford, county Mayo, a thousand
ejectment DEGREES are posted at the court
house at the suit Of Lord Dillon. No rent
has been paid on his estate since 1879.
A H. Van Ripper last Thursday blew out
the gas in his room, in the Passaic Hotel, at
Paterson, New Jersey. He died the next
A collision occurred Yesterday near Zoar
station, Macs, on the Troy and Greenfield
Railroad, between two freight trains. OAe
conductor, one brakeman and one fireman
were killed, and both trains were totally
wrecked. The accident was caused by dis-
obedience OF orders.
Employees of Steinway's Piano Manufac-
tory, in New York, yesterday went on a
strike in support Of a movement Of their
fellow workers in the Astoria Factory fer
the removal OF Mr.. Sumner, the Superin-
tendent Of the factory, who has rendered
himself obnoxious to the men.
A committee of five of the crowd OF citi-
zens who surrounded the Chattanooga jail
on Monday night, under the impression that
the Taylor brothers We're confined there,
were permitted to examine the jail. They
reported that the men they wanted were
not there and the crowd slowly dispersed.
While William Spiers, Matthew Buckley
and Francis Cullen, boys, were rowing on
the river at Reading, Pa, a few days ago,
some one threw a lighted cigar or match
into the water, which was covered with
benZlne from the gas works. The boys
were enveloped In 4me, and jumped over
board to save themselves. All were badly
burned, and Splers is likely to lose his eye
sight.
AT meeLlog OF lhe cOmLnltI66 dppOluLeu
to arrange for the reception of the Marquis
of Lorne and the Princess Louise, in Vic
toria, British Columbia, on f idaY night,
Mr.. Bunster "wished 10 know what authori-
ty the Chinese had for erecting an arch"
He was told "theV had obtained permission
from the committee He denounced the
committees action and said he should exer-
else his influence to prevent the Vice Regal
party from passing under the arch in ques-
tion."
The Maverick National Bank of Boston
was recently swindled out Of S.. 800 by re-
spectacle looking man. The swindler de-
posted s., 600 (Which he drew against and
replenished until he established his credit"
About week ago he deposited draft for
s., 500 drawn by Portland man against
New York bank, and next day drew 5000
against It. The draft was sent to New
York for collection, where 1t was found to
nave been 'sraised" from its original amount
of Sl7 to 81, 800. Before word Of this, how
ever. reached the Maverick Bank the swim
dler had drawn the balance, closed his &C
count, and disappeared. There seems to be
no clue to his whereabouts.