Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-01-11
BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY.

Arab Pasha and his fellow exiles have
arrived at Colombo, Ceylon.
1t IS stated that the Czar has signed a
decree dissOlving all secret societies in
Russia.
The Circuit Court of Cook county, ILL.,,
has granted Mrs. Geo. Scoville a decree of
divorce from her husband.
The strike of the compositOrs in the
newspaper offices i'll Yiepna has ended,
alter lasting eight weeks, with the COM
plete defeat of the men,
The Baden ministry appeal to the
generosity of the British public in behalf
of twenty thousand persons rendered
homeless by the floods.
The storehouse and contents of Nuns,
Gayne Il Dixon, at Spearsville, Louisiana,
were burned Tuesday night. Nothing
was saved. The insurance is not known.
a Paris dispatch says; "Gambetta's
body will be removed to Nice on Wednes-
day night. A deputation of members of
the Chamber of Deputies will escort the
bodY,n
A dispatch from Paris says. "a greater
crowd than that of Sunday visited the
cemetery of Pere lie. Chaise yesterday to
see the floral crowns piled on the vault
where Gambetta's remains are deposited"
The three people reported yesterday as
from some mysterious cause. near Lin
coin, Nebraska, were poisoned. The old
lady was insane from family trouble, and
poisoned the tea, of which they all drank.
At the annual election of officers OF the
Memphis Cotton Exchange h'yestertiay,
Z. 7. Hunt, ''the young mems candidate"
was elected President after the most eX-
citing contest known in the history of the
Exchange.
Many of the military companies whose
presence at the Mardi Gras festival at
New Orleans has been confidently expect
ed have given notice that they cannot at
tend, The competitive drill has conse-
quently been abandoned. NS
A Monroe La,l special says; 81. D.
McLain and V, q, Mccullough, prdmi-
nent citizens of Monroe, became involved
in difficulty in the street over a money
transaction, when McLain shot and in
stantly killed Mccullough"
The Townsend House, the largest
store in the town of Society Hill, s, C..
was burned Tuesday night. The store
and stock are 4 complete loss. The ware
house was saved. Insurance IS, 900, prob
ably covering half The loss.
The Journal de PARIS states that the
newspaper ChGtnOtf, which, on the day of
Gambetta's funeral, contained an attack
OH VIII Ot pIOStCuJeQ. at Lne
request of Prince Won HOhenlohe Schil-
lingefurst, the German Ambassador at
Paris.
Dispatches from Shiloh (Ky) state
that the smallpox is raging THERE, The
stores are closed and business is Sis
pended. Whole families are stricken. and
the citizens are fleeing. Several physi.
clans have died, so unusually severe and
fatal is the disease.
The jury in the suit of James p. Dusen-
berry, administrator of the estate of
Cephas NJ. Woodruff, who was killed in
the railroad disaster at Parker's creek.
near Long Branch, last summer. have re-
turned verdict for $4,000 damages,
fhe case will be appealed TO the Supreme
The stockholders ofthe Traders National
Bank, of Charlotte, n. c., decided that the
bank should go into voluntary liauida-
ton. The bank advertises to-day that it
is ready TO meet the demands Of depositors
ald creditors, and a ceftIhcate of the fact
has been prepared TO be forwarded TO the
Comptroller of the Currency at Washing
ton.
AT meeting of the New York Associ-
ated Press, held yesterday afternoon, the
following officers were elected for the en-
SUING gearf President, George Jones, of
the Times; Secretary, Whitelaw Reid, of
the Tribune, Executive Committee, Will
liam Henry Hurlbut, of the World. Cyrus
w. Field, of the Mail and Express, and
David NJ. Stone, of the Journal of Conn
qlerce.