Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-12-25
BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY.

Cardinal Donnell, Archbishop of Bor-
deauX, died on Friday.
The New York Produce Exchange ad.
journed on Saturday till Tuesday.
the Pope has assigned 1900 francs to
purchase beds for the poor of Rome
The court house at Monroe, La, was
burned Friday night. All the records
were destroyed.
The witnesses in the Phoenix Park mur-
der case have failed to identify Westgate
as enc of the assassins.
The Repubique FrdacdiSe expresses
satisfaction at the governments deciding
to act vigorously i'll TOnquin.
The Rome ObSeredtOrie Romano saws
MOnsignor Van Nutelli has been appointed
Papal Inter-NunciOs to Brazil.
Herr Feigel, the German Consul Gen
eral at COnstantinople, has been trans
ferred to the Consul Generalship at New
York.
When sentenced at Cork, Poff, upon be-
ing removed from the dock, exclaimed: :
''That won't put an end to the work in
Castle Island.'
A tire at Chattanooga yesterday morn
ing destroyed the Planters House and ad-
joining buildings. Loss about $4,000;
little insurance.
Columbia, Senior Zalders, died at Boga on
the 22d inst. The Vice President has as
sumed the Presidency.
f. V. Hawley and W. J. Sessions were
drowned Saturday through their boat cap
sizing while they were crossing Cape
Fear river at Fayetteville, n. C.
Mr.. T. B. COnnery, of the New York
Herald, has been granted an extended
leave of absence of from six to twelve
months on account of failing health.
Professor j. II. l. James, President of
the tennessee Asylum for the Deaf and
Dumb at Knoxville, Tenn, died yesterday
from congestion OF the brain, after brief
illness.
The Bishop of Metz has declined to ac-
cept the decoration of the Iron Crown ac-
corded him by the Emperor William of
Germany, because he wishes to keep aloOf
from all politics.
Three dwellings were burned at Ter
rolls, Texas, at an early hour Saturday
morning. While enveavOring to escape
from window Mrs. Balm fell to the
ground and was killed.
A dispatch to the London Times from
st. Petersburg says: Several iron works
establishments on the river Neva were
burned to-day. Three steamers on the
stocks were also destroyed
The British government has determined
to prosecute Mr.. O'Brien, the editor of
United ireland, for seditious libel uttered
i'll an article entitled accusing Spirits"
which was published in that journal.
The paper of James Smythe & Co., of
Philadelphia, manufacturers of cotton
goods, went to protest Saturday. Their
creditors are nearly all in that city. The
firm employed nearly a thousand hands.
M. DeLesseps, presiding at banquet
given by the contractors on public works,
III Paris yesterday, announced that the
scheme for the creation of an inland sea
in Africa will be resumed by private en-
terprise.
A summon has been served upon Mr..
O'Brien, editor of United ireland, re-
quiring him to appear at 1 O'Clock on
Wednesday afternoon in the Northern PO-
lice Court, at Dublin, to answer a charge
of seditiOus libel.
Gov. II. NJ. Plaisted, of Maine, has pur-
chased one-third interest in the Lewiston
Gazette, and will become connected with
that paper as soon as his executive term
expires. The firm will be known as
Plaisted, Calvert & Waldron.
The London Times correspondent at
Brussels says the PeltZer brothers, SEN
fenced to death yesterday for the murder
of NJ. Bernays, are certainly not to be eX-
ecuted, as death sentences in Belgium are
always cOmmuted.
Judge RICHTER, of the Civil District Court,
Friday rendered decision ordering the
City Council of New Orleans to levy and
collect annually tax of $650,000 to pay
the interest on and to provide a sinking
fund for the redemption of the consolidated
bonds.
Relative to the offer by ex-Em-
press Eugenie of the Chateau Paro
to the town of Marseilles, the munich
pality have appointed a committee to de-
eide whether they can accept it, or
whether they shall carry the appeal in
the case further.
A special to the Wilmington Star from
Lincolnton says the reported trouble
there, as telegraphed from Raleigh, is
without foundation. There has been no
trouble at all for eight or ten days, and
no request made for troops. Peace and
quiet prevails there and in the surround
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