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

PERSONAL AND GENERAL.
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, has G=arsntinsd
against vessels coming from Italian ports
on account Of cholera.
A FIRE at Nashville. Tenn, ON the 10th
consumed 5000. 900 feet Of lumb-r, the
Southern Pump Company's mill, Rhea &
Sons grain elevator. tn, gas works, an
Ice factory and other property. Loss,
500, 900; insurance, 100000.
The Mexican Congress convened on the
18th, and the railway representatives ex-
pect that Recommendation restoring the
subsidies will be made.
A TRANSFER OF the North Shore line OF
the Grand Trunk Railway to the Cana.
dian Pacific, has been arranged.
DIR. L. D. Downs. a we'll .known dentist
at Davenport, Ia, attempted suicide the
night Of the 10Th by shooting himself in
the chest. He was still living, but his re-
covery was doubtful
The body Of Charles Hass, aged seven.
ty-elght years, was found hanging In his
barn at Davenport Ia, on the 10th. He
was prosperous farmer, and no cause 10
known IOr bn0 SUICIDE.
The Democratic conferences Of the
Nineteenth yressional d strict of
Pennsylvania met at Mt. Holy Springs on
the 10Th and unanimously nominated John
A. Swope, Of Gettysburg, the present In
cumbent.
Ar Butte, Mont, on tn, 18th, three lives
were lost by mine accident
= a.. tk~k nj r.
Ohio Railway Company will BULL new
line from New York to Chicago.
THE subject of Sunday labor In Cor
many is being officially investigated.
The ninth annual reunion OF the Army
| OF West v yini, was held at Portsmouth !,
o.. on the 18th.
GENERAL OBERNIrz has been decorated
with the Black Eagle by Emperor vii.
liam.
.THE procession at the Louisville
| (Ky.) tobacco celebration on the 18th is
reported to have boon eight mics long
john MORLEY says separation would
be disaster to Ireland and disgrace to
England"
A COLLISION on ths Phi ladelphi, &
Read,ng Railroad on tn 17ih caused an
| oil fire which resulted in $ 100 loss.
THE Dublin paper, United Ireland, makes
savage threats contingent on the carrying
out Of Chamberlain policy.
The stock of nails at Pittsburgh, Pa,
and the West has been almost exhausts
by the long strike Of the nailers.
OCTOBER 18th is the date to which Rel
was reprieved SO that his appeal could be
heard by the Imperial Prlvy Council
ABANQUET was given on the 18th to the
delegates 10 tho International Telegraph
conference by DR.. Stephen, President OF
the meeting, and the latter was pres
with costly punch bowl, made Of silver
and crystal.
REPRESENTATIVE WARNER, Of Ohio, Is
In Washington In connection with his
proposed silver compromise bill.
AFrxR the suppression OF free fight
at political meeting at Paris, on the
18th, fusion of the Orleanists and
Bonapnrtists was effected.
AT TIE election for School Commiss lon.
ers at Biughamtoa, N. Y, on the 18th,
the women generally voted, and the
scenes at the polls were novel.
THE shaft of the O,kwell colliery al
Inkstone, England, was blocked by an &C.
cident on the 18th, and s0J miners were
entombcd. 1t was thought they would oil
be saved.
AN unknown tug boat collided with tn,
schooner e Twin Post at Now York on thu
18th. The schooner sank Immediately
carrying down the steward aud captain
JUDGE CLoUGH OF the California Su
perior Court became insane and resigned
Another judge was appointed. TheI
Clough rec )vered, had no recollection o
reslgning, and the c,urt Is all tangled up
BY the upsotting OF a yacht near Ian
caster, Ont, ON the 18th, three person
were thrown into the water and sitter re
gaining the yacht and floating oil nigh
two of them died from exposure and tn
third was in precarious condition.
THE Tanners and Hide and Leather As
ISOLATION have decided to organize a co
operative insurance company, to insur
their own risks.
COLONEL I. r. BARR, who has for MAN.
years been military secretary to the Sec
Rotary Of War, has been ordered to For
Smelling, MIMI, aud Secretary Endicot
will not retain the services Of o militur,
secretary.
As Patrick Nau ghton, an inmate Of tn
Soldiers Homo at Washington, D. G
was being taken to the lookup by Ser
geant Edward Alexander, for being drunk
on the 18th, he stabbed the officer twic
. with pocket knife, the second blow in
flicting such ,rious wound that Alex
ander died from Its effects.
The plans for the Garfield monument q
Cleveland, O., are now Completed and th
architect Is In Cleveland. The committe
will open the bids for building the monu
ment September 2'th-
DIR. J. B. HAMILTON has rendered b
resignation as Surgeon General OF tn
Marine Hospital servic, to take effec
November LIST, but is willing to remain |
!. the service with She rank of surg ,on.
Is repor.el that he will be stationed O
Chicago.
BERNARD STEICKvER, alias LOU
J Brown, the Chicago jawslry thief, ha
, been sentenced to three years in the Per
itentiary at London, Ontario, for cal
rying stolen property into the Dominion
The hide and leather convention wi
hold Its next meeting In Boston on N
first wednes lay In September. 1885
SALLIs MCDONALD of Boyle County
Kentucky, is reported to h,vs bean re
: lieved of serious spinal complaint b
! the prayer cure.
5 INDICTMENTS against Oklahoma b,om
! ers who have complied with tn, Presi
dents order by vacatlny are to.
, qusshed.
> An earthquake shook up things in th
vicinity of Naples on the 18Th.
SAN FaAS CISCO has quarantined again'
Pacific M,xic1n ports. for fevers. and d.
clared certain ports OF China and Japs
, | to be cholera infected.