Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-01-10
BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY.

The prosecution of Davitt, Healey and
Quinne will be renewed ON Thursday.
A battle took place yesterday between
the Beers and the Mapochs. The former
were driven back.
f. E. MilIette, bookkeeper of the cotton
firm of Robards & Blayden, of Galveston,
has absconded with five thousand dollars.
The meeting announced to be held at
Clitfoney under the auspices of Messrs.
Sexton and Healy has been proclaimed,
and a large force of police have been
drafted into the district.
Simon, Sweets & Co., wholesale produce
and commission merchants, of San Fran
cisco, have failed, owing to the dishonesty
of their bookkeeper, Felix Steinert, who
robbed the firm ofmany thousands of dol
lars.
General Grant and Mr.. TrescOtt, on be-
half of the United States, and Minister
Romero, representing Mexico, yesterday
held their first meeting as the commission
to negotiate a commercial treaty between
the two countries.
General HOrix De Valdon, chief of staff
to General Vinoy during the siege of Paris
and a signatory to the capitulation Ofthat
city in the last Franco-German war, died
at Lisleadam, on Saturday of apopleXy,
on hearing of the death of Gen. ChanZy.
A. G.. Wilson, yard master of the Wes-
tern and Atlantic Railroad at BOyce sta
ton, five miles from Chattanooga, was
murdered and robbed ON Monday night.
There is no clue to the culprit. Wilson's
remains were found ON the track yes
terday morning.
The police at Rome seized two busts of
Overdank on two successive occasions
during the unveiling of them by Social
lists in room there. In cOnnec-
tion with the seizures there were
twenty-five persons arrested, including
the Tribune of Parbone.
1t is expected that the composition of
the new Spanish Ministry will insure a
fusion of the Centralists and Constitution
lists. 1t is declared that the new Minis
try will endeayor to conciliate all parties
and strive to obtain the adhesion of the
Republicans to the monarchy.
The Roane Iron Works, at Chatta-
nooga, the largest industry in the
South. have given notice of re-
25th inst. The Amalgamated Union will
probably not accept this, and a strike will
result. The company employs 1000 men.
VIM. L. Fernald, Collector of Internal
Revenue for the Fourth district of Vir-
ginia, has been suspended on account of
complications in the management of his
office. Deputy Collector Marks has been
placed in charge of the office. There is
nothing against the official character of
Collector Fernald.
The schooner T. j. Martin. from
Charleston for New York, with phosphate
rock, went ashore at Kitty Hawk, n. c.,
and the schooner Wyoming, with sugar
from San Domingo for New York, went
ashore near Ocean City, Md. They are
total wrecks. Both crews were saved by
the Life-Saving Service men.
Government counsel Wells came into the
Police Court at Washington yesterday
and announced that as Foreman Dickson,
of the late star route jury, had been held for
the grand jury on the charge of trying to
influence the votes of jurors, he would not
press the charge of conspiracy, which was
then mol. pressed. Dickson gave bail in
$1,000 and was released.
A dispatch from Cairo says: 'sThe evil
dence shows completely that the murder
of Prof. Palmer and his party was COM
mitted by order of the Governor of Nahli,
a sympathiZer with Arab Pasha. who is
now a prisoner at Suez. The Bedou in
Sheik who undertook to escort Prof,
Palmer, and clearly betrayed the party,
has since died in the hospital at Suez."
John O'Brien, who was arraigned for
using intimidating language against land
lords while engaged in establishing a
branch of the Irish National League at.
Bantry in December, has been convicted
and sentenced to prison for two months.
The suspects Hunitts and Gilhaly, who
were arraigned on the same charge, have
also been convicted and sentenced, the
former to. two and the latter to three
months Imprisonment.
The Director of the Mint Yesterday made
report to the Secretary of the Treasury
in regard to the charges against Mr..
Albrecht, the Assayer at the New Orleans
Mint, of violating the regulations of the
Office in making analyses and ASSAYS in
the Mint building. The Director of the
Mint reports that the charges were sus-
tanned by the evidence, but that while the
Assayer had violated the regulations, he
had violated no law, and the Director
recommended no change be made i'm the
office on account Of these charges,
Nearly three hundred million dollars is