Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1885-09-24

TOPICS OF THE DAY.
News from Everywhere.
The Auditor Department Of the Sogth.
ern Pacific Railroad Ia being removed
from Houston. Tex, to New Orleans.
A MEETING OF the National Prison As
sociati,n OF the United States will be
held in D.troit Mich, October 18th to
2lst.
IT Ia said Bismarck AMI thu Crown
Prince Frederick William disagree on the
policy to pursue In the trouble with
Spain.
TaE police OF ST. Petersburg have been
ordered to renew the measurs Of strIn.
gency adopted during the darkest days Of
Nihilism.
IT Is reported that the Sultan Will not
agree to the main prop ais OF Sir Henry
Drummond Wolff regarding the occupa-
ton OF Fgypt,
w. H. MopaIs and wife. OF Mount
Pleasant, Tex, has sued the Wes torn
Union Telegraph Company for $500 for
non delivery Of message.
GERMANY proposes, II Spain refuses
arbitration on the Carollnss matter, 10
ask conference OF European gov ern-
ments and the United States.
THOSE who pretend to know say there
will not be a general strike along TIL
Union Pacific and that Wyoming viii
soon be en- irely clsar of Chinese miners
The Miners Association and tn
Knights OF Labor have r,v,d at an un.
Outstanding, and the strike In Penusyl.
vania will be supported by both organi
cations.
THE Columbia Rolling Mill, at Lancas'
ter, Pa, operating ten puddlers AMI on,
heating furnace, was started up on tn
14th after a long suspension, giving em
ployment to several hundred hands.
FIFTY-rwo active msmbcrs wer, pres.
ent at the annual session Of the suprem
Council, thirty third degree, A. A. Scot
fish Rto for the Northern jurisdiction O
the United States, hold at Bosto, on tn
10th.
THE Director. General OF the North
Centr i and South American Expo,itio
states that the Buildings, grounds, etc
IRE now ready in every particular for tn
reception Of exhibits, and exhibitors arr
request ID t, forward article, at onc,.
The Board of Naval Officsrs appolntet
to consider plans for the constrisSs#sson Q
the new naval vessels met at the Nav.
Department on tho 14th. The Board ex
poets to have the report ready to submit
to Secretary Whitney within couple c
weeks.
PRAIRIE fires have ragged In the vicinity
of Bismarck Oak, with unusual fierce
ness. At least fifty farmers are burne
out Of crops and houses. Losses rang
from $1,000 to 5000 oach. The aggre
gate loss Is over $4,000. There has bee
some loss Of human life.
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THE London morning papers of the It'll
contained column obituaries lamentin
the death of Jumbo. The Telegraph
over Its report of the death and history {
the famous elephant, displays large hea
lines reading "Snd End of Jumbo,
"Killcd by Collision with Railroa
Train"
LIEUTENANT GEO. M. STOREY, com
mandlng the expedition to Alaska, re
ports to the Secretary Of the Navy, unde
date Of July 18th. his arrival at Hothal
Inlet on July 18th. He was to start Q
the day Of writing with the larger part ,
his stores for the head waters Of Putnal
River
AT the Cabinet meeting on the 18th th
policy OF the Government in tn, silv,
question was discussed. No definite a,
ton appears TO have boon taken. !.
probable that the matter will be turtle
considered when the absent Cabinet o.
fcers, Messrs. Bayard, Endcott ani Gal
land, return.
THE smallpox epidemic continues
spread at Montreal, AMI the number
cases Is so large that the authorities n
fuse to furnish information to the pres
The opposition Of the French Canadit
citizsns to all sanitary precautions
largely responsible for the terrible con1
ton of affairs
THE second heat Of the information
yacht race, between the Puritan aud g
nesta, was sail,t on the 10th, and aft
an exciting contest YVES calamity won /
the Puritan; AMI 50 the American CT
still remains on the west side Of the A
lantic and the superiority Of the center
board craft is maintained.
COLONEL ALEX. MCDONALD aul Lie,
tenant s. w. Groesbeck, Of the Sixth Il
fantry, have been detached to NEE.
Ogden, Utah, the Chinese Commission
ers from San Francisco to investiga
the difficulties which recently occurred
Rock Springs, Wy, aud to act as the
escort during the inv estigation.
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The bulk Of the mails over many Of Il
Star routes running throu Oh N,w Next,
has been so largely increased owing
the terms of tto postal convention b.
tween the United States aud Mexico pre-
viding for the f.a exchange OF mail
that the contractors arc becoming clamo
Gus for incr ,ased compens atlou.
OFFICIAL returns show that ninet,
three per ceaS of the deaths from SINAI
pox at Month eal are French Canada
who are averse 10 vaccination. or the
deaths from suall-pox in that city Ia
week, los were French Canadians, al
thirty per cent OF the death rate
among children from one to FIVE yea
old.