Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-21
NEWS IN A NUTSHELL.
Interesting Little Flashes from the
Wires Printed in Condensed Form.

A number of foreign wOrkmen have been
expelled from the departments of BOuches dR
RhOne and Alpes Maritimes on the pretense
that they are Anarchists.
The accounts of the disturbance at Chatta-
nOoga are greatly exaggerated. @. Martin
was fatally stabbed and one man shot in the
hand. No others were hurt.
A serious hurricane, accompanied by thun-
der and lightning, visited the French coast
Yesterday between Brest and Cherbourg, do
ing an immense amount OF damage.
At special meeting of the Maryland Jockey
Club Yesterday the resignation of Mai. J. d
Ferguson as Secretary was accepted. Charles
f. Wheatley, of Kentucky, was elected to FL
the vacancy.
The Knights of Honor Mutual Aid Associa-
ton of Louisville, KY, has decided to dissolve
its membership, having dwindled to less than
| 1000 members. The dissolution has nothing
| to do with the Knights of Honor.
The statue of the late Rear Admiral Sam
uel Francis Dupont. of the United States
! Navy, was unveiled in Dupont circle at
! Washington yesterday with appropriate cere-
monies. Senator Bayard was the orator of
! the occasion.
Bishop William F. Dckersou, colored, of
| the African n Nethodist Episcopal Church, died
| of heart disease at Columbia, S. c., yester-
| day. He was 40 years old. Bishop Dick ersOn
| was a member of the Ecumenical Methodist
| Conference held at London in 1881.
| circular has been issued by the English
! Liberation Society, which proposes that the
/ disestabishmeut OF the Church of England be
made the leading question in the coming cleo
/ ti0ns. The circular was issued after consul
/ tOn with number OF Liberal members OF
/ Parliament.
! At New Orleans yesterday Thomas J. Ford
and his six associates, indicted Dec. IS for the
/ wilful murder Of A. II. Murphy, were
/ pleaded not guilty. They were Temanded
/ without bail. Only about dozen spectators
were present.
The Cologne Gazatte announces the dis
] Of do f.fF Fy,r
/ Cologne. Count Won Baumank the retired
Secretary OF the Treasury, who was recently
decorated with the Red Eagle, has been
arrested in connection Herewith.
At Rome, Italy, yesterday a large number
OF students formed in procession and marched
to the Austrian Embassy, where they made a
| disOrderly demonstration. Their object was
! to commemorate the execution in Austria of
the Anarchist, Oberdank. The students were
dispersed by police, but it is expected that
there will be renewal Of the disorders.
The French Chamber Of Deputies Yesterday
voted the whole of the ordinary budget. The
members of the Right, however, abstained
from voting. NJ. Macau explained that the
Right refrained from voting because they de-
cline to be responsible for the budget, which
misstated the actual deficit in the treasury.
The Chamber then adjourned until Friday.
Dec. 26.
Several of the French Ministerial papers are
attacking what they term President Grevy's
iniudiciOus use Of the executive power Of
respite and commutatiOn Of Imprisonment,
and allege that this is the primary cause of
the alarming increase of crime. The articles
are alleged 10 have been inspired by Prime
Minister Ferry, who is desirOus of supplant-
ing President Grevy at the next national
election in 1886.
At Winchester. Va, yesterday the trial of
Clint alias ''Tabb'' Banks, a negro, who was
indicted as accessory to the killing OF young
Joseph McFall, white, during the Democratic
procession on the night Of Nov II, after con-
4 a1..~N1 II
given to jury. After Is minutes delibera-
tion they returned a verdict of murder in the
first degree. Judge Clark will sentence the
prisoner to be hung Monday. The trial Of
Wesley Honesty, colored. a principal in this
murder, was continued until the January
term.