Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1885-09-17
THE swatara took $40, 1000 In silver

THE Swatara took &c. 10000 In silver
from the New Orleans Mint to be con.
veyed North.
THE American steamer Nederlnnd, at
Antwerp, had eight feet Of water in her
engine rooms on the 18th.
THE vessel wrecked Off Two Rivers,
Wis, was the scow Milton. Her entire
crew were lost.
THERE was small revolution among
the soldiers in Madrid on the 18th, but 1t
was soon suppressed.
The international yacht race was again
postponed on the 18th, the wind proving
insufficient to carry the vessels over the
course within the limit of seven hours.
Another start was to be made on the 18th.
THERE has been no personal correspond :
encs between King Alfonso and Emperor
William::on the Carolines affair.
THREE ladies were drowned In Lake
Traverse. near Browns Valley, MINI,
on the 18th by the overturning of row.
boat.
MINISTER Cox had an interview on the
18th with Said Pasha, Grand Vizier of
Turkey, regarding the tariff laws.
CONGRESSMAN LITTLE, OF Ohio, has Is.
sued an appeal for help for tho Washing
ton Court House cyclone sufferers.
The reported signing of the protocol by
Russia and Germany delimiting the
Russo Afghan frontier is confirmed.
THREE warehouses of the Milwaukee
Cement Company, together with their
contents, were destroyed by fire on the
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JOHN c. DURAND, silk manufacturer
OF Hoboken, N. j., was shot aud proba
bly, mortally wounded on the 18th by
Claude Stuvale.
MISS CLARA BARTON, of the Red Cross
Society, New York, proposes to vote
this fall even IL she has to take the
voters oath.
FRsD PoFF, German, arrested for dis
orderly conduct at st. Paul, Mimi, on the
18th, committed suicide in tho municipal
courtroom by blowing his brains out
with a revolver.
BIG BEAR was tried ut Regina on the
18th, on charge Of treason-felony, and
found guilty. Sentence deferred.
1T is understood that General Sheridan
will return to Washington about October
1st, and that the new members of his staff
will be arranged at once.
NJ c. ROCKWELL, the ex-baukor OF
Union, N. ", and his clerk, d. J. Palmer
were arrested on the 18th, charged with
larceny in the first degree in misappro-
priating $4,000. The complaint Is made
| by Mrs. Livingston, a depositor.
SECRETARY BAYAnD was informed by
cable on the 18th that cholera is increas.
ing in Palermo and Sicily generally.
IysPECroR-GENERAL NELSON H. DAVIS
will DO plac ID on the retirol lis. the 2)th
inst His successor, 1t Is understood,
will either be General Roger Jones or
General A. Baird. The former Is the
senior officer, bit the latter Is said to
have the more brilliant record and
stronger indoors ,ment.
In the Holman murder case, at Morgan.
field, Ind, on the 18th, after trial OF q
week, during which over 2SJ witnesses
were examined, the jury after being out
six hours, returned q verdict OF man.
slaughter, and fixed Holman's punish
ment at ten years in the Penitentiary a
hard labor.
Two cases of small -pox were detected
at the depot at Troy, N Y, on the l It'll
They were removed to the post houss.
Quite panic was caused among the wait.
ing passengers whom the amour cemen
was made and they precipitately fec
from the depot.
A MEETING Of the employees Of the In
ternal Revenue Bureau was held at Wash
ington, d. c., on the 18th, to take suitabl,
action in regard to Nhe death of E A
Rollins, formerly Commissioner Of In
ternal Revenu. Appropriate resolution,
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