Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-09-07
MINOR MENTION BY WIRE.
Some Little Items of Interest and Some
Items of Little Interest.

HELENA, MONT, Sept. Cdr. Elliott, his
wife and daughter, of Chico, Cal, were held
up by two road agents on Thursday at HelPs
Half Acre, in the National Park. The car
riage was driven into the brush and its Occu-
pants robbed. The robbers have not get been
captured.
VIENNA, Sept. 6.-Austria is about to send
| four or five war vessels on cruise around tie
! world, in the hope that they may be etlio'-
- = Olal interests
II, PARIS sept. Ga long letter from Libre-
! We, Africa, is published to-day in the
! journal des De6dts concerning disputes be-
| tween Henry NJ. Stanley and NJ de Brazza.
! The letter asserts that the Mallokos, with
! their vassals and chiefs, who occupy the left
! Sank of the Congo, have repudiated STANLEY
| and declared in favor of the FSench.
| PARIS, Sept. g. A meeting of the Directors
! Of the Panama Canal Company was h2id in
this city yesterday. They adopted the pro-
! posal submitted by Count de LesseDs DrOyid-
| ing for fresh issue of Obligations These are
| to be of the face value of 500 francs bearing
20 francs per year interest They will be
offered at 3l3 francs.
CHICAGO, Sept. 6.-The Grand Opera House
in this city was closed last night, and the
audience demanded the return of the money
paid FOR their tickets. The trouble is under
stood to grow out of some ENHANCEMENT with
the Hess Opera Company, which has been
filling an engagement there.
PARIS, Sept. 6.-Yesterday was the four
teenth anniversary of the establishment of
the republic. The day passed quietly.
BERLIN, Sept. 6.-Hon. John A. Kasson, the
new American Minister to Germany, has
arrived in this city.
NEW YORK, Sept. 6.-Marino, the Spanish
sailor shot by policeman at Hunters Point
yesterday morning, died in his cell last night
PHILADELPHIA, Sept Ga special dispatch
from Phllllpsburg, n. j., says that hog chol-
era has been playing havoc with SWINE in
that place. Within the last four weeks be-
tween 80 and 60 hogs have died shortly after
being taken with that disease. Some of the
hogs die within twenty-four hours after the
first symptoms of the disease are noticeable,
and others live for three days.
NEW YORK, Sept. 6.-Robert Newcombe, con
fdential clerk for A. II. Wheeler 81 Co.
brokers, absconded on Monday last with
by drawing checks for larger amounts than
he was authorized and apprOpriating the diff
ference in amounts. He has also been guilty
of the forgery of two checks. To-day he was
arrested.
ODESSA, Sept. 6.-Messrs. Ratchka and Lin
batch, delegates from Austria to the Arch
biological Congress, now in session in this
city, were summary expelled on their ar
rival in consequence of their being Roman
Catholics, and that too though their passports
had been properly issued. The Governor on
hearing of this action set the matter right and
enabled the delegates to attend the Congress.
DARIEN, GA, Sept. 6.--The accidental
shooting of Bourke Spalding, resulting in his
immediate death, occurred on Sapelo Island
y
entirely off.
NEW YORK, Sept. 6.--The exports of specie
from the port of New York for the week
ended to-day were $3O5,77S, making a total
since July l of S46,6l9,062 against $IO.569 S65
for the same time last year.
ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 6.-The stairs and
portion of the gallery of the circus at Rostoff
collapsed and panic ensued, in which many
persons were killed and wounded.
WORCESTER, MASS, Sept. 6.-The White
Mountain express over the Worcester, Nashua
and Rochester Railroad, due here at 5:45
o'clock this afternoon, struck the East Prince
ton stage this afternoon on a crossing near
Oakdale station, seven miles from here.
Charles Page, a passenger on the stage, was
instantly killed and William Cotton. the
driver, was fatally injured.
BOSTON. MASS, Sept. 6.-Marine John Muir
ray, who fired a shot from Charlestown Navy
Yard that killed Mrs. Butler in East Boston
last week, has been fully eXonerated from
blame.
SALEM, N. j., Sept. Cit is now said that
Howard Sullivan, the lSyear-Old colored
boy under arrest for the murder of Ella
Watson, has made confession, and given the
prosecution enough evidence to secure his
conviction. The confession was obtained from
him by detective who pretended to act as
his counsel.
PARIS, Sept. 6.-Advices from Zanzibar
state that Admiral Mot had cabled that he
had seized Passandaya Bay without resist
ance. The French still occupy Tamatave.
BALTIMORE, Sept. 6.-Samuel Horne. aged
20, a brakeman ON the Western MARYLAND
Railroad, was killed last night near Edge
mont station. He went back to flag a train
and did not return. This morning fragments
Of his body were found the largest being one
Of his feet. His home was at MechanicstOWn,
whittier his remains were taken.
BOSTON, Sept. Cit has just transpired that
on Aug. IS, Daniel T. Snow, bOokkeeper for
w. II. Brewster, Jr., at No. II Exchange
Place. forged Mr.. BreWster's check upon
Boston bank for s, 800, cashed the check at a
bank without exciting suspicion, and left for
parts unknown. The loss falls upon the bank
which cashed the check.
ST. JOHN. n. F.. Sept. Ga fresh crop of
disasters during the late storm is reported to-
day from Labrador. The Naleria, Challenge,
Isabella and Jessie, with their cargoes, are
total wrecks at NawtOOk Bay and Rama. One
vessel was lost at Mariners Island and three
of the crew-John Holden, Joe Coveyduck
and Isaac Peeracklin-perished.
ANNAPOLIS, MD, Sept. 6.-AmOng the nota-
BILE cases of the rejection Of candidates for adj
mission to the Naval Academy are those of
Mr.. Hamilton, of New Jersey, who was re-
jected because of color blindness, and an
other candidate who was rejected because one
leg was an inch shorter than the other. The
singularity of the thing is that the candidate
never knew that his legs were odds uutil the
Naval Board measured them to-day.
HAVANA, Sept. 6.-There were il deaths
from yellow fever here during the past week.
The Best Fruit of Medical Science.
Dyspepsia is Immediately relieved by
Benson's Capcine Plasters. Quick action,
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