Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-26
NEWS IN A NUTSHELL.
Interesting Little Flashes from the
Wires Printed in Condensed Form

Interesting Little Flashes from the
Wires Printed in Condensed Form.
Senator Logan arrived in Washington last
night.
Henry Howard we'll known architect,
died at New Orleans yesterday, of paralysis.
aged 6S.
The death sentence Of Mrs. Broutel the
Quebec murderess, has been commuted to
imprisonment for life.
AT Ashland, Mass, the premature discharge
OF cannon at the Democratic celebration
Monday injured Albert Bell so badly that he
died to-day.
The steamer Guadaloupe, ashore at Barne-
gat, N. j.. has broken in two amidships and
Will be a total wreck. The cargo is being re-
moved by lighters.
La NatiR of Paris says that Ibrahim,
former Secretary of Ismail Pasha, has been
expelled from France because of being mixed
up iu political intrigues.
Anarchist papers are making violent attacks
on the French Government. 1t is considered
significant that committee of the Anarchist
party held meeting yesterday at a dram
shop in Rue Coquillior.
VIM. w. Houghton, of Mobile. has been or
dered by the court at New York to show
cause why divorce, which he alleges he OBJ
tanned from his wife in 1866, should not be set
aside on the ground of false swearing. He
has since married lady IN Mobile.
The English Government. after receiving
evidence concerning the condition of things
in the Island of skye, has ordered the mili-
tary and police expedition not to proceed any
further. Quiet has been restored among the
Crofters.
Thirty rioters who were arrested at Paris
Sunday for singing the .'Marseillaise" and
"Carmognole" after leaving the mass meet
ing at the Sale Leny, were Yesterday tried
and convicted, and received sentences vary
ing from one week to four months imprison-
ment.
The steamship City of Toxic, which arrived
at San Francisco Monday from Hong Kong,
brought So cases Of exhibits for the Worlds
Fair at New Orleans. Comm = iOner KOpfer
and two Chinese accompanying them. Forty
six other cases wfre sent from Shanghai
direct to New orleans by steamer.
At Monmouth, H., yesterday morning, as
B. L. 0. Hubbard, defauiting cashier OF the
First National Bank, was leaving the court
house II. K. Thompson, from Texas, who sus-
tanned heavy losses by reason OF the banks
failure, stepped from an adjoining building
and fired five shots at Hubbard from a 3S-
calibre revolver One shot took effect. ThOmp-
son was arrested and lodged in jail.
The engine, baggage car and two passenger
coaches OF she 9'Monitor' train on the Erie
Railroad were thrown from the track last
night just west of Turner's station, near New
York. The accident was caused by switch
being turned wrong, locked, and the switch
lights put out. The engine ran its length on
the ties and then stopped. No one was hurt.
There is no clue to the person who brought
about the accident.
A Berlin dispatch states that shipments
from Hamburg, Germany, OF cannon, arms Of
precision and munitions OF war, are being
made upon a grand scale. They have been
sold to the British Admiralty for service in
the Transvaal. If their transit to British ter
ritory shall be prohibited. the agents Of the
firm that is furnishing them at Luderitz and
at Angra Pequena will try TO accomplish
heir transportation by route through Nam
aqualand.