Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-03-07
NEWS IN A NUTSHELL.
Interesting Little Flashes from the
Wires Printed In Condemned Form

Wires Printed in Condensed Form.
Yesterday the steamer Milt Harry WAS
| above Balesvlle, Ark. She was reported
| loaded with cotton for st. Louis. The boat
was valued at 81 900 and insured for $4,000.
VIM. Corbin and John Gaines, of Boone
| county, Ky. fought with revOlvers about a
| dog Thursday afternoon, Both men were
killed.
At Philadelphia. yesterday, the arm of the
marble figure Of Justice on tine new city hall,
| which was extended and held pair of scales,
| fell off. A mass of marble weighing 100
| pounds struck the pavement without hurting
any Of the passersby. The breakage was due
| to frost.
The German Reichstag yesterday rejected a
motion in favor of the establishment Of the BIZ
metallic standard of currency.
Police Inspector Aberline, who was chiefly
instrumental in securing the arrest of Henry
Burton, Cunningham's alleged accomplice in
the Tower explosion, frequently receives
threatening letters signed, son behalf of the
society pledged to avenge the arrest of Bur
ton and Cunningham"
The enrolled volunteers in Great Britain at
the present time is announced as 2l5,000 men,
| the greatest numbers yet attained,
In the suit of George II. Dean, a grain
dealer OF Boston, against the Herald to re-
cover damages for an alleged libellOus article
published by the latter, the jury yesterday re-
turned a verdict for s. 600 damages. A mo-
ton for new trial has been filed.
Annie Hickman, a white woman of i'll fame
was killed in Spartanburg, S. c., Thursday
night by Edward Bundy, colored, whom she
refused to admit to her house. The murdered
woman was about 40 years old. Bundy is
nearly white.
The celebrated trotting stallion Mambrino
Patcher, full brother to Lady Thorne, died
at Lexington, r., yesterday, from the rup-
ture Of blood vessel, at the age of % years.
He was the sire Of IA horses in the 80
class. His fastest son is Londou 2:2OI% He
StOut- Ha xuaa
owned by DR.. l.. Herr, OF Lexington.
At New Orleans yesterday the weather was
very fine and there was large crowd ct the
exposition. In the dog show many awards
were made. The show is pronounced by
fanciers very fine one.
An Oklahoma colony forty-fve strong
organized at Louisiana. Mo-, Thursday even
ing. Scouts leave Monday to reconnoiter the
ground and select location for the colony
+. II. Butz, respectable young man wha
was committed to Jail because of non-pay-
ment of a small bill for which he had made
himself responsible, and who subsequently
county insane asylum at Reading Pa. yester-
day. He had refused food for the past ten
days. The deceased came from MINNEAPOLIS.
Minn., and was about to be married when ar
rested.
The Lord Mayor and members Of the Mu
nlcipal Council of Dublin, attired in their
ofhcl al robes, yesterday presented at the bar
OF the House OF Commons a petition asking
Tor the appointment of a commission to in
qulre into the condition of Irish industries.
At Memphis Inspector w. C. Baird, of the
post office service, last evening arrested j. A.
White. colored mailing clerk, for robbing
the mails.
Capt. W. II. Warrington, in charge of the
Ferry Service at Cape Charles City, Virginia,
accidentally shot himself yesterday morning
while carelessly handling revolver in his
office.
In the italian Chamber of Deputies yester-
day bill leasing the State railways 10 pri-
yate companies, which has been under dis
cussion three months and which has met with
unprecedented opposition, was adopted by a
vote of 226 to 203.
Queen Victoria's yacht has been ordered to
be in readiness on March 20 for a cruise to the
Continent.
Miss Van Zandt has returned to Paris.
A deputaton OF the Liberal members of
Parliament for Ulster, and other Liberals,
waited on the Marquis of Harrington yester-
day and invited him to visit Belfast for the
purpose OF inaugurating new reform club in
that city. The invitation was accepted.
At meeting yesterday of the committee of
directors Of the Washington mills, OF Law
renee. Mass. it was voted to recommend the
sale of all the real estate and machinery Of
the corporation sometime in June next.
State Auditor Brown, of Iowa, was again
arrested yesterday on information charging
him with refusing the Governor Of the State
access to his Office and books Thursday.