Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1885-10-01
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

The yacht Puritan was sold az public
auction at New York on thss3l for $13,-
500.
AT the Neoga Qll) reunion on the 22d,
Colonel Fred Grant read some touching
words fr ON his father. concerning the
restoration Of good feeling between the
sections.
RoUMELIANs who were tearing up rail-
ways and cutting telegraph wires had
slight skirmish with Turkish troops on
the 23d.
A CIRCULAR has been issued by the
Porte calling the attention OF the great
powers to the action OF Prince Alexander
of Bulgaria, and giving notice that the
Sultan will take energetic action
The Secretary Of the Treasury will
make personal investigation of the case
of Mr.. Sterling, weigher at the New York
Custom-house, who was suspended, but
will take no further action In the matter
him all the circumstances attending the
removal Of Captain Bacon and the APP
pointment OF Mr.. Sterling.
P. G. MAoCoUNr, of New York, WELL
known Irish Nationalist, had an inter-
view with Secretary Whitney on tie
23d In relation to the claim OF Mrs. Par
neil to pension on account of the serv.
ices ofher father, the late Admiral Stew
art known as "Old Ironsi des," in the
war of 1872. The Secretary promised to
give the matter cons liberation.
Four miners at work In low part OF
the Franklin mine at Houtz lale, Pa,
were drowned on the 2}d by letting in up
on them a rush of water from an old mine
on higher level Fifteen acres of water
five feet deep must b, pun ped Off befor,
the bodies can be recovered. The victims
are john Mehan, Peter Folk, Joseph
Hampce, Hungarian, and John Forsythe.
WIN. WINTER and his wife left home
at Point Pleasant, Va, on the 22d and
locked their two children, aged three and
| five, in the house. During their absence
the house took fire and was entirely con-
| sumed. The two children were burned to
death.
THE United States steamers Swatara
and Yantic, with cargo Of about $40, :.
400, 00) in silver coin, were due at w ash
ington on the 23d, but hal not been heard
from since they sailed from Key West.
The delay In their arrival was undoubt-
eddy due to the stormy weather, and 1t
was believed they encountered heavy
gales off Hatteras.
| THE Unitel States steamer Juniata,
which was sent to inquire into the deten.
ton Of certain American vessels by the
Portuguese custom officials on the east
coast of Africa, has cabled her arrival at
Mozambique. The subject of her mission
has in the meantime been referred to the
Government at Lisbon.
GOVERNOR HILL of New York was re
nominated by the Democrats of the En-
pire State at Saratoga on the oath.
| The Canadian volunteers who serve1 in
repellny the Fenian invasion in 1866 want
to be put in the same category with those
who aided In suppress sing the Riel rebel
lion as regards honors and emoluments.
THE order for the removal Of settlers
from the line of the Missouri, Kansas &
ing further investigation Of the settlers
rights.
JOSEPH FISHER and three Of his chill
dren burned to death near Cedar Rapids,
Ia, on the oath.
THE American Forestry Congress con.
cluded their session on the Oath and ad-
journed until 1886.
The Cacerists are becoming more active
in Peru, and several places have fallen
into their hands.
SECRETARY LAMAR and Attorney Gen
eral Garland were the only absentees at
the Cabinet meeting on the 24th.
BRADLAUGH, Morley, Cham berlain and
others addressed an immense popular
meeting in London on the 9th.
TaE U Mon Pacific has decided to build
a new bridge at Omaha, to take the plact
of the present structure
BULGARIA has voted $4,000, 900 for the
purpose of carrying out the unity pro.
gramme between Roumelia and Bulgaria
THE Porte is awaiting the answer of the
signatory powers to the treaty of Berlin
before taking action on the Roumelar
question,
The N National Assembly of Bulgaria has
rrocla lined a union OF the two Bulgarias
GREAT damage continues to be den.
by the prairie fires in Dakota. The towr
of Tower City narrowly escaped destruc
ton on the Oath.
RUSSIAN offic ,rs who resigned from thu
Bulgarian army are called traitors by
the Bulgarians and Prince Alexander ha!
been asked to expel them.
AT meeting of the.lending wire manu-
factursrs of the country held at New
York on the oath, the prices were ad
vanced ten to fifteen per cent
In manifesto issued by Prince Jerom,
Napoleon he says he neither desires TIL
restoration of the monarchy nor tn
adoption of utopian plans of reform.
THE London Stan ddrd says law and or
der can only be upheld in Ireland to tn
extent that the National league allows
aud urges the alteration of the land Law
at any cost
MINISTER Cox denies the report that h,
accepted presents from the Sultan o
Turkey for himself. He says the jewelr,
and books received from the Sultan were
for Mr.. Hewitt
The town OF Sanborn, Oak. was almost
totally destroyed by fire on the Oath
which is supposed to have been started
by tramps.
TIE Cleveland Rolling Mills Company
has acceied to the strikers demands, an,
work has been resumed.
PRINCE ALEXANDER begs the powers t
compel the Sultan to say whether he re
fuses to accept or agrees to the Bull aria
union, and refused to postpone the dis
arming of the Mussulmans beyond tw
days from the oath.
1wESTY-FIvE persons were wounded
many of them seriously, by the collaps
of circus tent at Martinsburg, w. Va.
on the 23i during Storm
Rev. EDWARD McCoLGAN, Vicar Gen
eral of the Arch diocese Of Baltimore, ha
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