Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-01-15
NEWS IN A NUTSHELL.
Interesting Little Flashes from the
Wires Printed in Condensed Fnrnn.

In the Nevada Senate yesterday Mr.. Jones'
Tor United States Senator, received l3 votes
and X. p. Keatng 3. Two Republicans were
absent. In the Assembly Mr.. Jones received
~ votes and Keating 8. The election of Mr.
Jones as Senator was confirmed on joint
ballot.
At Hartford, Conn, yesterday afternoon
the Democratic caucus nominated William
II. Barnum for United States senator. The
H. Platt. The Republican majority in the
Legislature on joint ballot is 50, making Mr.
Platts re election certain. The election Oc-
ours on Tuesday of next week.
Col. King Harman, Conservative member of
Parllament for Dublin county, addressing a
meeting OF Orangemen at BlackpoOl, Lam
cashlre, Tuesday night, SAID that if the redis-
trlbution bill should be passed, two-tifths of
Ireland would be completely handed over to
the Parnelltes, and the remaining three-hfths
would also be virtually given into their pos
The st. Petersburg NO00e Vremya. in a re-
view of the year, says: ''Much Official com
mercial and social corruption has been effec-
tually exposed We shall continue the worlr
Of publication, and when it is finished we
shall astonish the world by our creative
power and genius and the grand strides of
our historical march forward.
Owing to information recently d1vuIged to
the police, the customs authorities at Liver
pool and the Irish cOnstables strictly examine
all vessels, passengers andluggage on arrival
A pile Of commercial fertilizers at the
works OF wilcox, Gibbs & Co., near Charles
ton, ). e., caved in Yesterday morning, crush
ing two cOlored labOrers to death and ipiur-
ing third.
The steamer Harbinger, with cotton for
Grimsby, while going to sea from Charleston
yesterday morning, struck on a bank, She
sprung leak and the water extinguished her
fires. She was tOwed back to the city, where
she now lies at wharf with II feet of water
in her hold. Most of the water mas been
m q m M aFn an NlnT an
posed to be on the Port bilge. The vessel is
not thought to have sustained serious damage
Her cargo viii be discharged.
Chief Justice Waite is slowly improving in
health, and he expects to leave Washington
for the South next week, hoping to benefit
from a milder climate. He made a short visit
to the capitol yesterday.
The Earl of AylesfOrd died at the Cosmo-
polltan Hotel at Big Springs, Tex, at $3.50
O'Clock uesday night from Inflammation Of
the bowels. His remains will be sent to Eng
land. He was heavily interested in cattle,
and had spent much money on Improvements
at his ranch, where his house was burned
some time ago.
AtFrankfort- -On the Main, Tuesday night, a
Police Commissioner named Rumpf, who
had been active in the prosecution Of So
cialists, was found dead IN front of his own
house, stabbed to the heart with two wounds
His assassin is unknown, but the act is charged
to the account Of friends of the anarchists re-
Gently tried at LelpSlc, IN whose trial he had
been concerned.
During the discussion in the Reichstag yes-
terday on the proposed increase in the duties
on imports Of cereals Prince Bismarck stated
that the government would require in order
to meet the demands of the farmer that the
duty upon wheat be increased to treble the
present rate, and upon rye to double the
amount now paid upon imports of these
classes OF grain from all countries excepting
Russia, which could not be included in the
advance on account of the treaty existing be-
tween Germany and Russia regulating Gus
toms duties upon importations from that
country.
a private dispatch received at Boston yes
terday morning announced the burning of
the coast OF North Carolina Of the ship Ono
we'll.
At Binghampton, n. Y. Menken Elmira,
the murderer, has broken jail and fed. Sheriff
Brown and Detective Black are out of town.
When the escape was discovered the city was
aroused by the changing Of the fire bells.
Prof. Benz. s1lliman, of Yale College, died
at 10 O'Clock last night. During the day he
had been gradually sinking, but retained
consciousness almost to the last. His death
was caused by heart disease, which induced
dropsy ana uremic poisoning. He has been
Ill since Oct. last.
At McComb City, Miss, City Marshal N.
Bauer, having warrant for the arrest of
Pat Woods, eoIored, called at his house Tues
day morning. On entering the door Bauer
was fired upon by Woods, the ball taking ef-
feet in his neck and producing a wound from
which he died last plight. Woods escaped,