Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-10-12
MINOR MENTION BY WIRE.
Some Little Items of Interest and SOms
Items of Little Interest.

DANVILLE, VA, Oct. n.-In the Hastings
Court to night, in the suit of Pickelesianer,
mond and DanVille Railroad Company, for
damages received by a fall from bridge here
in February, by which his collar bone and
some of his ribs were broken, the jury gave a
verdict of $4,000 for the plaintiff.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. ia special from
Vicksburg reports the lynching of Dock Mar
tin, colOred, who killed E. n. Peasants, coll
ored, at ROllingfort, Miss. A mob of colored
men overpOwered the guard and hanged the
prisoner from a bridge.
GAINESVILLE, ALA, Oct. 1l.-Fuller par
ticulars have been received of the double muir
der perpetrated here few days ago, when
Mrs. Mary G. Davis and boarder named G.
C.. Jones were assassinated at her house by
her uncle, j. r. Dorsey, and prostitute
named Jane Wall. Jones was killed by mis-
take it being thought that he was Mrs. Davis
husband The murderers were arrested and
an attempt made to lynch them, but they
were smuggled out of the country.
SYRACUSE, n. Y, Oct. u.-In the noted
Granger will case the will of Mrs. Granger
has been admitted to probate. Under its pro
visions Gen. +. W. LevenWOrth gets about
$4,000 and her relatives get about $4,000.
OswEGO, N. Y, Oct. u.-In the Supreme
Court, in the case of Pardee against the New
York Central Sleeping car Company, for the
loss of money alleged to have occurred IN one
of their cars, Judge Vaun nOn-suited the
plaintiff on the ground that it was not shown
that the company had been guilty of any neg
ligencP, and that they were not common car
riers but merely furnished conveyances for
sleeping, the railroad company being carri-
ers.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.-THE President is
expected to return to Washington Monday.
The Marine Hospital Bureau has ordered
the quarantine in Arizona against the clsies
of the West Coast of Mexico to be raised.
LONDON, Oct. 1.-THE steamships Eu opa,
from asgow for Malaga, and the Roseyille.
from TaganneZ for Glasgow, came in collision
to-day in the river Clyde near GreenOcK.
The Europa sank and her Captain and five of
her crew were drowned.
NEW HAVEN, Conn, Oct. 11.-George Bur
nett, the noted horseman, who was known all
over the country, died to-day, aged 76 years.
HALIFAx,N. s., Oct -Four market people
james Horne James Clearly and their wives,
while returning to their homes this afternoon
in sailboat were ups in the harbor on
George Island, aud all drowned.
ST. JOHN, n. F., Oct. 1.-THE steamer Nep-
tune, of the Hudson Bay expedition, arrived
here to-day on her return trip. Seven sta
tions have been established, which will re-
main open one year, and report upon the
navigability of Hudson Bay.
HAVANA, Oct. l.-There were seven deaths
from yellow fever in Havana during the past
week.
The abolition of export duties in Santo Do
mingo will have no effect upon trade here.
BUENos AYREs, Oct. 1.-THE Chamber o.
Deputies has rejected the proposal to make
grants to schools.
SANTIAGO DE CHILL, Oct. 1.-THE ordinary
session OF Congress has been prorogued to tht
Oct 20. Then the projected constitutional re-
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