Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-09-30
BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY.

Henry Edward Knight, Alderman, of
Cripplegate ward, has been elected Lord
Mayor of London.
An international conference will meet In
Paris on October 10Th to discuss the protec-
tion OF submarine cables.
The Manchester Guardian Of Yesterday.
in its commercial article, says: "Business
has been small and without Improvement
and prices were steady"
The German Government intends to de-
vote its attention to the execution of a
project for the construction of a canal con
Meeting the North sea with the Baltic.
Mayor Sinclair. Of Morgan City, La, who
is in Washington, says Morgan City onlv
escaped a recurrence of the fever epidemic
through the enforcement OF strict quaran-
tine against Texas ports.
James Elliott, the pugilist, has been ar
rested In New York, and committed In
default OF 81 900 bail, on the charge of hav-
ing made an agreement to meet ''Tug''
Wilson In the prize ring.
The floods in the Tyrol have reduced
hundreds Of wealthy land owners To
poverty. The laboring class is In terrible
distress and the approach of winter greatly
sggravates the situation.
William r. Burke, twenty-three wears of
age, died in Brooklyn, Wednesday night, of
lockjaw, caused by a wound In the hand.
from the explosion of the cap OF a gun
which he was examining.
The Secretary of the Navy has received
the following cable message from Minister
Hunt, at st. Petersburg: "Gilder has ar
rived here, accompanied by Henry Wilson,
Of the Jeanette. Both we'll"
The addition Of the names of John Kelly
and Augustus Schell, of Tammany Hall,
and Col. N. G. Murphy, Of Irving Hall,
completes the representation Of New York
city on the New York Democratic State
Committee.
Rev. Mr.. McClenihein, pastor Of the Uni
ted Presbyterian Church, of Ayondale. Co
shocton county, Ohio, was saVagely beaten
with club by Robert Hood, one of the
elders OF the church, because OF a quarrel
growing out Of church trial.
A dummy car used for carrying passengers
across the International bridge at Toronto
ran into an open draw yesterday and fell
into Niagara river. The engineer and one
passenger were killed. The conductor and
two passengers were badly injured.
A watchman named Carroll, while on duty
at the United States arsenal at San Antonio,
Texas, was assailed by an employe named
Panley, who used vile epithets and pointed
double barreled shot gun in threatening
NdAlOlA QIGW q T6VOlVer ana 0re0
two shots at Panley, mortallY wounding
him.
1t was discovered Tuesday that a ton of
arsenic had been carried by the floods from
Crump's label factory in Montclsir, N. j.,
and had flowed into Second river. Second
river empues, however, below the water
works OF Jersey City and Newark, and at
the rapid rate at which the river is running
it is thought the arsenic was swept out into
the bay and thence into the sea before the
tide could turn.
A sensation has been created in Troy, N.
Y, by the discovery that K G. Frost and
George ?. Frye, highly respectable young
men, have been committing a series of
burglarles. Twelve hundred dollars worth
OF stolen property was found IN Frye's
house. He has not yet been arrested, but
Frost is in custody. Frost, who was mem
Der Of the Methodist Church, robbed his
own PASTORS house.
The New York San says that many Of the
hairs on the head OF Andrew Van Emburgh
have turned gray since Saturday night, all
OF which he passed With his wife on the
porch of his house at Hoboken, n. j., while
the pouring food made every timber trem-
Bile and shut of all possibility Of escape.
81 would not," he says, "go through the
ordeal of those dark hours, with death star
ing US in the face, again for ten squsre miles
OF this country"