Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-09-11
MINOR MENTION BY WIRE.
some Little Items of Interest and Some
IteIns of Little Intarast

CHARLOTTE, n. c., Sept. 10.-In the supe-
riOr Court here to-day Ernest Williams and
Squire Thomas. both colored, were convicted
OF burglary and sentenced to be hanged, Will
liams on Dec. l and Thomas on Nov IA
NEW YORK, Sept. IO.-The Northern Pa
cihc Railroad Company to-day obtained an
attachment against property in this State be-
longing to David e. Swami, Cashier of the
wrongfully appropriated $2l, ,246 Of the com
pany's money.
LEXINGTON, KY, Sept. IO.-This afternoon
two convicts were brutally beaten and killed
at he water works reservoir by their guards
NEW YORK, Sept. 10.-PatrIck Nolan and
DR.. William DetmOld. of the commission an
pointed to examine the mental condition of
William G.. Rhinelauder who shot Iavvvar
John Drake, handed IN to-day Joint decision
to the effect that Rhinelander was insane
Edward Patterson, the third member of the
commission, expresses an opposite opinion.
TITUsvILLE, PA. Sept. 10.-At Kerr Hill
last evening Mrs. Rebecca Mclaughlin and
her young child were burned to death by an
explosion which followed Mrs. McLaughlin's
attempt to fill an oil stove with kerosene.
ODESSA, Sept. lo.-The military tribunal
before which Maria Ealjushna was tried for
attempting to mur03r Col. Katerisky, chief
OF the gendarmerie, to- day found a verdict
OF guilty, and she was sentenced to 20 years
penal servitude.
NEW YORK, Sept. 10.-The brig Anita Owen
arrived here to-day from st. Jago de Cuba
She lost three men on the passage, and has
one sick with yellow fever.
NEW YORK, Sept. 1O.-The Western Union
Telegraph Company VIII pay quarterly div
jdend of IL per cent, and have surpIus re-
naming of 81, 1926 S.
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 10.--A special from Peoria
HIS. says: THE cookers at the Enterprise
oistillery at Perkin, owned by Spellman &
Dohery, of this city, exploded to-day making
total wreck of the building. The Ioas ;s
$4,000. Seven persons were in the distilIerv-
three Of whom are dead and two seriously in,
jured." -"
FORTRESS MONROE. VA. Sent. lo.-The trial
OF DIR. j. ID. Pitts for killing DIR. l.. II. wal
ters on Tanger Island in Nav last for which
a change OF venue was had from Accomae
county, was begun in Hampton to-day, and
lury was impaneled. Both Drs. PITTS and
alters graduated from n Maryland University.
VIENNA, Sept. l0.-At a conference of Aus
TRAN tradesmen and small manufacturers
now being held in this city the reporters OF six
Liberal newspapers were expelled. on the
ground that the papers had shown hostility to
the small industries of the country and had
devoted their influence to capitalists.
BERLIN, Sept. l0.-Dte T0ss Gqzette saws
that the German Foreign Office ignores the
right Of the Cape Colony Government to an
mex any portion of the coast of Africa.
The Cologne Gdsette, in order as il saws. To
clear up the electoral questions makes known
that Prince Bismarck, in speech to a depu-
tation OF National Liberals, expressed his
eager desire to see elected to Parliament the
greatest number possible Of that party
VIENNA, Sept. l0.-Thc principal Journals
OF this city state that the German members
OF the bohemian Diet refused to enter into a
disc usslon Tor the project for electoral reform.
ana we're directed to transform the Diet into
Parliament for the Bohemian State