Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1885-11-26
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PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

( preme Criminal Court at boston, MASS, Oh
the charge of adultery.
In his libel suit against the Washington
I'd. CO. Star, Rev. MIR. Hicks, Gulteau's
spiritual adviser, was awarded one cent
l damages.
! STEPHEN C. WILSON, of Indiana, has
sued the indianapolis, Decatur q Spring.
field Railroad for 100000 damages for kill
ing his wife and daughter.
KING THEEBAw is said to have subsidized
1900 dacoits, or robbers, to cross the
frontier at the first sign Of war and begin
plundering and numbering.
IT is announced that the souvenirs given
John Mccullough by citizens of New York,
Memphis and st. Louis are missing and
are supposed to have been stolen.
GENERAL FARNswoRTH has finally and
positively declined the Marshalship OF the
District of Columbia.
MEssRs. BARBER and Marsden, directors
of the Great Eastern Steamship Company.
are charged in court with fraudulently OBJ
tanning 5000 from the New Orleans Ex-
hibiton in connection with the Great East
ern.
BARON DE LoRME, who recently arrived
at New York from China, says the En-
peror wants railroads, is favorably dis
posed toward the American system, and
will grant liberal concessions to Ameri-
can capitalists.
MISS CLEVELAND has returned to Wash
ington after an absence of several months.
ERNST ScHILLING- -HEULsCAMP, of New
York, who married Old Morosini's daugh-
ter, has gone to work as car driver and
his wife Victoria has taken to the stage.
On the evening of the 1ith Bartholdi,
the French sculptor, who presented the
erty Enlightening the World" was dined
by the Lotus Club at New York.
A WINNIPEG dispatch Of the l4th stated
that the Government had decided to let
the law take its course without further de-
lay in the case of Louis Riel
AMONG the late VIM. Sharon's bequests
is one of $4,000 to be applied to the i'm
Francisco, and one of $4,000 to be devoted
to public charities of the city.
GOVERNOR GRAY of Indiana issued q
requisition on the 14th on the Maryland
authorities for the arrest and return of
Henry Steinhope and Henry Nesbit, horse
thieves, who broke out of the Fountain
County Jail some months ago.
COLONEL JOSEPH BRUFF, prominent
citizen of Damascus, o.. was found dead
on the grave of his son on the morning of
the 14th, he having shot himself in the left
temple. He was Lieutenant Colonel of the
One Hundred and Twenty fifth Ohio Vol
unteers during the war and was in his six
ty-second year.
The Prince of Wales is reported to have
won 500, 900 in the National Casino during
his recent visit to Buda Pesth.
THE friends of Mr.. Stead, the imprisoned
editor of the Pail Nat Gazette, are making
preparations for public demonstration in
his honor on his release.
On the 14th Exum Saint, Newcastle
Und) lawyer, was convicted at lndanap-
oils of violation of the pension law in TAX
ing an illegal fee of $92.
On the 18th Horace B. Claflin, the mil
lionaire dry goods merchant, died at his
summer residence at Fordham, N. Y, of
apoplexy, aged seventy four years.
Mr.. CHARLES FOSTER, of Indianapolis,
Ind, who recently sailed for Europe as
Consul at Elberfeld, Germany, was not a
citizen of the United States when he took
the oath of Office.
PRINCE ALEXANDER complains to the
powers that the Servian agent in Bulgaria
withheld for eight hours Servia's declara-
tion of war.
LOUIS DAVID RIEL was hanged at Re-
gina, N. w. T., on the 10th. He met his
fate courageously. Only about dozen
persons witnessed the execution.
FOYER, who absconded from Gilmore,
Ont, with money of the American Ex-
press Company, has been traced to Omaha,
Neb.
EMPEROR WILLIAM has granted permis-
sion to Prince Francis of Battenberg to
servo In the Bulgarian army.
IT is stated that the three leading stables
of the country, Eoriiiard's, CorrigaT's 5 anS,
Dwyer Bros.', won during the season in
stakes and purses, $264, ,79l.
On the 10th M. Brisson, Prime Minister
of France, made statements in the Cham
bWof Deputies which are taken to indi-
catet collapse of the French enterprises
in Madagascar and Tonquin.
CHoI All Jow, who was found guilty at
San Francisco. CAL, of impersonating an
other Chinaman in certificate issued un :
der the Chinese restriction act, was sem
fenced on the 10th by Judge Hoffman in
the United States District Court to pay q
fine of 5000 and be imprisoned at San
Quentin for five years.
On the 10th the State Department at
Washington received official notification OF
the declaration of war by Servia against
Bulgaria.
NAT GOODWIN, while playing an engage
ment at Heuck's Opera House, Cincinnati,
was arrested on the 10th on a warrant
sworn out by the Law and Order League,
charged with violating the Sunday law.
GENERAL HATCH reports recent depre-
dations by Indians in Wyoming.
On the 18th Gladstone made a parlia-
mentary campaign speech at Edinburgh
On the evening of the 18th vignaux won
the second game of the Chicago billiard
tournament, beating Schaefer, making the
unprecedented run of 1863 at the fourteen.
inch balk-line game.
THE famous frankie Morris case was
again called in court at Erie, Kas., on the
1ith, and was set for December 7th.
On the 18th the Socialist Lieske, who
murdered Police Chancellor Rumpf al
Frankfort -on-the- Main in January last,
was beheaded at Cassel.
PRINCE ALEXANDER of Bulgaria has
sent note of appeal to the powers in
which be says Bulgaria relies on the sense
of justice of the powers, as Europe must
speak the last word on the question.
REFERRING to Riel's execution, the To.
ronto Globe says the Northwest troubles
might have been averted if Sir John Mac.
donald had done his duty as Minister ri
the Interior and Premier of Canada.