Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1885-10-15

TOPICS OF THE DAY.
News from Everywhere. Sia 6U'
The Postmaster-General has decided an
that the special delivery service shall not sto
be operative on Sunday. 7
In her coming tour Mary Anderson will ',
have company of seventy-five people, ~.
and will carry all her own scenery. DIS DIS
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GERONIMO, the famous Indian chief, is I
said to have died from the wounds he re- Bel
ceived in the fight in Guadaloupe Canon. pea
- al,
DYyAMITsRs blew up the residences of \
police magistrate and constable at has
Orangevilc, Ontario on the night of the tbe
9th. ron
The American Woman Sufffage Asso- Die
citation will b sgin its seventeenth annual a d
convention a Minneapolis, Mimi, October I
18th. an
LORD SALISBURY made notable speech A.,
at Newport, Eng, on the 7th, outlining the i ~,
England. roo
STATISTICS are being gathered by the TIE,
Signal Service Bureau with view to pre- 9th
dieting tornadoes and giving warning OF nu
their approach. s
A ST. PETERsDURG dspat tch says the she
English have taken po session of Herat si'
and ordered the inhabitants to quit the XIV i,
town Immediately. OH
FIGHTING is reported near Kassala be- As
tween deryishes and the Abyssinia expe-
diton sem to the relief of the garrison Pre-
The dervishes were defeated wh
TIE Massachusetts Democrats nomin- u1' ~,
ated Frederick o. Prince, of Boston, for ~. sne
Governor and II. H. Gilmore, of Cam ~ n
bridge for ii, Il enant-Governor.
ETHE recent census shows Boston, Mass, het
to have a population of ;9l l,406, gain of mo
1850 since 1887. There is a preponder- of
ance of G,204 females over the males. me
THE people of Crete have sent an ad- s.I
dress to tho powers asking the mainte. -,
nance of the Berlin treaty; otherwise ~,
that Greece be permitted to annex Crete. S.o
CARDIYAL McCLosKy is dangerously !
i'll, and his physician thinks his death is to
only question of few days. Extreme pr'
JUNCTION was adm mnistered to him on the mo
6sh.
QUEEN VICTORIA is understood to warm n
ly espouse the cause of Prince Alexander 80,
of Bulgaria. He is the brother of Prince ~, W.
Henry of Battenberg, husband of Princess o.
Beatrice. 60,
THE number Of pension certificates is
sued by the Pension Oilc, last month was ere
5,5i6, an increase of thirty-three and a
third per cent. over the issue during Sep ha
tember last year.
PLACARps have been posted in Philip =
popolis by order of the Mayor, anuounc sb
ing that the Sultan has accepted the union !
of Bulgaria and Roumel.a uader the rule ui
of Prince Alexander ".
THE Utah Commi ssion meet in Washing
ton on the s0sh inst, 10 prepare and SUBJ sn
nit 10 the Secretary OF tie Interior their th'
report upon the operation of The Edmunds
act in Utah during the last year. mi
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THE President La; accepted the resigna- tn
tion of William r. Fleming Associate Sa
Justice of the Supreme Court of New
and qualification of mis- successor. in
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THE Mormon cont,ng snt which went to
British India somo time ago to promulgate DC
their dec rines have given up the field &C
after an unsuccessful campaign. They
were in state of destitution when they Co
left. MI
THE great annual pa seant OF the Yelled .t
Prophets eladdenel the .earts and feased e.,
the eyes of quarter o. million of people
on the streets and in the windows of s.. IT,
Lou $ on tho night of the Oh. The illum' III
- ination was magnifc M.
COMMANDER FRED :RIoK PEARSON, WI
whose resignation is announced has zen be
regarded as the wealhies1 man in the
navy, having msrriel a lady of great IN
wealth. He has been on leave of alb it
sence in Europe for year and half. in
THE Commissioner of Cassoms has in p,
structed customs ofiicsrs to make return n
al the close oseaca aiare,r OF H.tunclaimed o.
merchandise in III. bonded warehouse or
Custom house. No such returns appear /.
in the accounts of collectors as now rem. o.
dered. RI
THE imperial Ottoman legation at Wash
fngton attributes tie report cabled from III
Constantinople to the effect that the Sui N
tan was believed to be becoming demented N
'to the malice of the enemies of Turkey"
and emphaticaly denies that there is any fc
truth i'm it. tb
MEETING of the Cabinet was held on 'e
the 9Th, at which all the members were
present except Secretary Whitney. Among th
the questions considered was the Spanish ca
commercial treaty and several appoint ~ -
ments under the Treasury, Interior and ~ ~
Justice departments. y
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COMMISSIONER ATKINS OF the Indian
Bureau left Washington on the 8 h on a D,
tour of inspection through the various In Ii
dian reservations. As the Holman in d,
vestigating committee were about to visit y
some of the Southwestern agencies, the
Commissioner joined the committee. cC
LIEUTENANT GEO. NJ. SroREY, COM !,
mauding the expedition to Alaska, re- ~
ports TO the Secretary of the Navy, under n
date of July l7th his arrival at Hotham :.
Inlet on July Illh. He was to start on F'
the day of writing with the larger part of
his stores for the head waters Of Putnam s.
River
In an informal discussion Of the ques- h
ton among group of Life Insurance g
Company Presidents in New York, it was :
conceded that the insurance of the lives of A
a.