Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-07-06
MINOR MENTION BY WIRE.
Some Little Items of Interest and Some
Items of Little Interest,

CHATTANOOGA, July "a special dispatch
from Dayton, Tenn, says: "The store OF
Howard 4 Stewart was entered last night,
and 1890 in cash and $4,000 in notes were
stolen. The thief had been seoreted in the
building, but there is no clue TO his Identity,
Ihe Tenaeseec Bar association, at its third
annual meeting in this city to-day, elected
Xephon VIII, eler, of this place, President, and
Prof. Baldwin, of Yale, read an able paper.
A committee was appointed on calling a Con-
sttutional Convention to reduce the number
of Judges and Chancellors, The proceedings
closed with splendid banquet rendered by
the local bar.
ST. PETERSBURG, July 5.-Owing 10 a quar-
rel certain moderate Nihiists have become
government lnformers.
The anti-Jewish rioters arrested some days
ago at Miniji Novgorod are to be tried by
court martial, as the civil tribunal refused to
convict them owing to the prevalence among
the peasants Of anlmosity against the Jews.
LONDON, July 5.-A Cabinet council was
summoned to-day to meet at Mr.. Gladstone's
residence.
The Judge to-day liberated Lord st. Leon
ards, the Peer who some weeks ago was con-
victed of having crlminally assaulted his SER
want girl. The Judge thought that his Lord
ship had been sufficiently punished already.
JACKSON, MISS. July "a passenger train
on the Nathez, Jackson and Columbus Rail
road ran over a COW between Jackson and
Raymond to-day. The train was ditched and
badly wrecked. Mail Agent Fitzhugh and
several passengers were seriously bruised, but
there was no loss OF life.
STETTIN, July 5.-The departure Of two
Chinese ironclads from this port has peen
countermanded.
CENTRALIA, PA, July 5.-During a drunken
row at Montana, last night, between several
Hungarians, John Herglass was killed and
two others were fatally injured.
DENVER, COL, July 5.-The Fourth was
quite generally celebrated throughout this
State. The most notable event occurred at
Swan City, small mining camp, where the
m DplOQ Ennnlipd with HraWOFlxa
proceeded to celebrate by blowing up the post
Office with giant powder. After the explosion
the establishment had vanished. Luckily no
one was injured.
formerly one of the publishers of the New
Orleans Times, and since its establishment
the energetic and capable business manager
of the Times Democrat, was to-day elected by
the Board Of Management Chief Of the Print
ing and Publishing Bureau of the Cotton Cen
tennial and Worlds Exposition.
LONDON July Sit is said at SimiIa, India.
that the Ameer is masslng troops at Herat, a
fortified city of Afghanistan, and in Western
Turkestan.
TROY, n. Y, July Sat picnic yesterday
of the Shirt Cutters Association roHghs and
police engaged in pitched battle. Both sides
used revOlYers. The police with their clubs
finally triumphed. Many of the roughs were
badly beaten. One man was shot.
KANSAS CITY, July 5.-A dispatch from
Dodge City, Kan, says: 'The first Mexican
bull fight on American soil took place here
Yesterday. large number Of visitors came
by the trains, and 500 cowboys were present.
VIENNA, July 5.-There was a collision in
this city to-day at an electoral meeting be-
tween Social Democrats and anti -Semites.
The police had much difficulty in restoring
order.
NEW YORK. July 5.-The steamer Gulf,i of
st, Nincen9, from Calcutta, is ashore on South
Beach, l.. /. Her crew 'of thirty-three and
seven passengers were saved by the life
saving crew. There is little hope of getting
her or. Wreckers have gone to her assistance.
She has cargo Of linseed.
KANSAS CITY, July 5.-During the celebra-
ton yesterday at Centralia, Mo-. John u anks
and DellCOnger were killed by the premature
dioeharge Of a cannon.
LONDON, July 5.-The EconOmist SAYS: 'sThe
rate of discount for bank bills, sixty days to
trade bills, sixty days to three months, 11z02
per cent. Money is easier. The recovery Of
the rate Of exchange on New York has quieted
the market, but rates cannot 20 much lower.
The gold Withdrawn from the Bank of Eng
land during the week was mainly for ship
ment to Canada. Home and foreign funds
are weaker. The weakness Of the latter Is
caused by the trouble between France and
China. Railway securities are active and
firm. English railway securities have adj
yanced, ana there is & marked increase Of
American and Canadian railway securities.
Central Pacific advanced 8 per cent Denver
and Rio Grande common IL, Lake Shore 81 ,
Louisville and Nashville !, Ohio and Missis-
sipi preferred 3, Oregon and California com
mon l. and ditto first mortgage 81, Union Pa
cifc q Wabash ordinary ~, ditto preferred
~, and ditto general mortgage s."