Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-27
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DR.: Duryee has been appointed Bishop of
Natchitoches, La.
The number of the German marine infantry
| is to be doubled, owing to the inauguration of
an active colonial policy.
| DR.. W. H. Thorndike, noted surgeon. died
| suddenly from pneumonia yesterday morning
at his home at Boston. Mass.
The weekly statement of the Bank of
| france shows decrease of g, lac, 900 francs in
| gold, and an increase of 100000 francs in
| silver.
Russia is about to transfer her naval head
| quarters in the Black Sea from Nikolaev to
| SebastopOl. The estimated cost OF the trans
| fer is $7U0,000.
| At Holland, Mich, yesterday the ther-
| mOmeter indicated 80 degrees below zero
| Peach buds are killed and other fruits are
much damaged.
| The Jews IN the province of VOlhynia, in
western Russia, are refusing to undergo mill
tary service, and are offering resistance to
| the Russian police.
The case against the directors of the Comp
| toir lndustriel of France and the colonies win
| be tried Jan. "a. Among the directors are two
| Frenchmen and one Belgian.
An aerOnaut named MacNeal, ha1ling from
| Mobile, attempted balloon ascension at West
| Point, Ala, Thursday. His balloon landed in
| the Chattahoochee river and he was drowned
| dispatch from Harbor Grace says that
| the Orange demonstration passed of quietly
| A procession composed of l, 900 persons passed
| through the principal streets of the city un-
| unmOlested.
The Russian Government has closed numer-
Gus Catholic converts managed by Sisters of
Charity in Russian Poland because they
| favored Polish patients and tried to make
them proselytes.
Thursday night James Collins, ticket agent
of the Pan Handle Railway at CadiZ juno
| tlOO. o.. 0l9aOnparp0 with SI0 Pf of
which was borrowed from friends, while the
rest belongs to the company.
The British flag has been raised in st. Lu-
cla. Sir Ii. e. Bulwer, Governor General of
Cape Colony, has asked the home government
to approve the raisingof the flag. Recruiting
is active for Warren's expedition.
The State Department at Washington has
received news that among those who perished
| IN the recent revolution in COFea was Min
YOn TX, who headed the embassy for Corea
which visited this country and Europe a year
ago.
Lc Independence Beige, of Brussels, says
convention looking to the cession of the New
Hebrldes Islands by Great Britain to France
will shortly be concluded. The islands in
question are in the Pacific, not far to the east
of New Caledonia.
The Philadelphia Press announces this
morning that Bishop Stevens has signed the
official document depOsing Rev. Alexander b.
Crawford from the ministry of the Protestant
| Episcopal Church because OF drunkenness
| while IN the pulpit.
At New York yesterday Judge Lawrence I'm
the Supreme Court rendered a decision dis
solving the injunction obtained by what ia
known as the Wolf Board of Aldermen against
the Board of Aldermen, restraining the latter
from transacting business.
In the Circuit Court at Little Rock, Ark
| yesterday morning, Adolphe Parker and
John Clifford, two train robbers, were SEN
tenGed to the penitentiary, Parker for six and
Clifford for seven years. The trial Of Cook
who turned States evidence, was postponed
| to the next term.
There was Christmas tree for the Alsace-
Lorrainers at the Hippodrome at Paris on
| Thursday night. The great building was
crowded. Fully H00O persons were present
and thousands were unable to gain admission,
Mesqultors Ferry, Kestner and Floquet pre-
sented presents to the people
The Cleveland (Ohio) PLGindedLeF has been
sold to /. K. Holden, a capitalist of Cleve-
land. K, X. Holden. a nephew, is to be edi-
tor-ln- chief. He is literary man and law
yer. The paper will be issued in the morning
after Jan. ]. II is understood that editions
Will be Issued both morning and evening.
AtNew York yesterday ten of the Aldermen
belonging to the county Democracy, Tam
| many Hall and the Republican party were
subpenaed by the counsel of the Citizens
Committee to appear before the grand jury
Monday. 1t is said that their examination
VIII relate to certain alleged irregularities
on the part of the City Fathers.
Representative Randall will leave Washing
ton this afternoon on visit TO number of
Southern cities. He will be in Louisville Mon
day, Nashville Tuesday and Wednesday, and
birmingham, Ala, Friday. If possible he will
stay at Chattanooga next Saturday. MIR. Ran
dali will probably be accom- panied by Mrs
Randall and Representative McAdoo, Of New
Jersey.
The governments of Tasmania and Queens
land have joined with that of Victoria in a
protest against the annexation by Germany
OF portion of New Guinea and neighboring
islands, but the authorities of New South
Wales and south australia have refused to
join in the protest. The Australian press gen
orally expresses indignation at the action of
| Germany.
An official of the New York, Philadelphia
and Norfolk Railway, Company states that
the denial of the Old Dominion Steamship
Company Of the report that it had refused to
become party to the freight pooling arrange
| ment with the New York, Philadelphia and
Norfolk is superfuOus, as no proposition with
| that object in view has been made to the Old
Dominion line.
Last night wedding reception given by q
man named White to his son, nine miles from
| Lexington, KY, the festivities were inter
| rupted by hve rOughs who came into the
house and committed indignities. Dan
Hayes, a farm hand employed by White, be-
| gan shooting at the rouI hs and killed one of
| them named Blackwell and seriously wounded
another. The others escaped and are at large.
At Wheeling, W. Va, yesterday, Guentha
| Schnelle, who killed his uncle, Dr. G. Schu-
| hart, in March, 1888, and who was recently
| IOu00 guilty on HIS second brldl OF voluntary
manslaughter, was sentenced to five years
imprisonment. In prOnOuncing sentence
Judge Boyd expressed regret that the Jury
| had placed it beyond his jurisdiction to SEN
| tence the prisoner for murder in the first
degree.
Nine suits have been instituted in the Lin
| coin county, Neb., District Court against the
| D. Rankin & Co. Live Stock Company, of
1 Chicago, to recover $l25,0O0 damages alleged
| to have been sustained by the plaintiffs by rea-
/ son of their herds contracting Spanish or
| Texas fever from the defendants cattle. The
defendant last spring brought 5000 Texas
| cattle into Western Nebraska, by which it is
/ said this disease was brought into the State.
| Upon application of the defendants attorney
| the case has been removed to the Federal
| Court.
Cornelius Altman, the millionaire manu-
| facturer, died at Canton, Ohio suddenly about
midnight Thursday, aged 80 years. A party
| was held at his home in the evening. The
| guests had just left when he was suddenly
| taken ill, and died before physician could be
| called. His association with the firm of G..
| Altman Co., agricultural implement man
ufacturers, the wrought Iron Bridge Conn
/ pany, Of Akron, and the Mansfield Mower
| and Reaper Works, together with other en-
| terprises, have made him we'll known
/ throughout the United States, His life was
| insured for over $l00,000, $5O,000 Of which was
taken out SIX months ago. He left one daughS
| ter, Mrs. @. d. Harter, of this city. and !
| second wife. He contributed 100000 to the
| new METHODIST Episcopal Church, and also
contributed largely to Akron College 1t is
not made public whether there is a will.
Earthquake shocks were felt In Madrid and
! at Gibraltar Thursday, and were severe in
| the southern provinces. They caused great
| alarm among the people at Granada. At
| Malaga two persons were killed by falling
| walls. An official in the Velez telegraph office
| was killed. 1t is reported that several other
people were killed there. one person was
| killed and many were injured at Motril. The
village OF AlbHenelas in Granada was nearly
destroyed. Slight damage was done in the
| the cities of Seville and Granada.
| Numerous towns are reported as having
| suffered from earthquake. Several houses,
| including telegraph station at Velz, Malaga,
were badly injured, and the terrified inhabi-
tants encamped in the outskirts OF the town
! during the night. Many persons were in
| jured at LOLA, Motril and Albania, and the
convent at Seville was partly destroyed.