Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-05-06
BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY.

THE Democrats have carried st. Paul,
vim. bv 200 majority.
vie.r~ Hugo is suffering from a severe
.7r5 His friends are uneasy regarding his
co1i.ri1H-
mia r-earfrrs 0f the Chicago banks Tues
7.r we're sI1, 500, 600. the largest days
Tsrlrrs fn Chicago on record.
An Atlanta special states that B. W.
rr-s-r has been elected Chief of the Trans
-,-t.ri5r Bureau Of the Cotton Exposition.
mse-fsg of the National Committee of
4-Ns-fJual Greenbsck party has been call
sf3meet at the Laclede House, st. Louis,
June Z.
sUtfe trades unions of Milwaukee met
secret convention recently. 1t is under
s7.t Tie unions will demand an increase
Of vs-es.
The death OF Fanny Blanchett, aged
.r4r-v-5Cur. occurred in New York a few
DAYS 800 from lead poisoning, from the use
0fclsme-ics.
Prof Proctor. the English astronomer,
and Mis- StlIir D Crowley were married at
Cbrfs- Episcopal Church, st st. Joseph, Mo-,
Tuesday afternoon.
Fon Randolph Strickland, Republican
rrsmb.ra # Congress from the Sixth Michi-
rlr district IN IS6S-7O, died yesterday morn
Ig. aeel i.Jy eight years.
Arrangements have been perfected for
b.r-re CotueE Uniyersity's four entered in
the e. H.uley regatta. They will leave New
Y0rk cit7 On the % instant.
APsr:s di~2atch says that the meeting
--ana.5 dy he Rochefort Rad calls TO pro-
r-.t .g-iust the execution OF Hesse Helf-
nsra rhe Russian Nihilist, has been pro
Lihiiei.
TIE success OF the striking bakers in New
York row almost beyond doubt. Several
ofthe employers have sent for their work
men The officers of the Bakers Union
ssvtEst t1s week will end the strike.
N. Pascal, MANAGER Of the Paris Bank Of
d discount, was fatally injured by the fall of
s. sgfr5ar while be was driving past the ruins
% the drapery store Of the Printemps, re-
Gently destroyed by fire.
Jamts 7. Mccarthy, of Washington city,
graduate Of the Virginia University, while
n ir Of s0mnambulism at Cincinnati,
walked from The roof Of a six story house
ald vas killed by the fall.
A Young man named Hathaway has been
found murdered at Marblehesd, Mass. AS
h. Was the treasurer Of a dance held the
previous evening, it is supposed that the de-
Sire t1 get possession of his money was the
cause for the deed.
The safe at the Oneonta IN. Y. post Office
wss discovered one morning this week
seventy tive rods from the post office blown
open snd robbed Of 81, 200 in stamps, $500
IN cash, and a registered letter containing a
500 government bond.
Atthe annual convention of the Sunday
School Association Of Illinois, in session in
CliCaEn, the Secretary reported that there
a-e 63I6 Sunday schools IN the State, with
4tOtal membership Of 553 800, and a regu-
lar attendance Of 4S7, 40.
Col George $. Marsh has been convicted
d Annapolis, Maryland, after fifteen min
utes' delibeFatiOn by the jury, of having
burned his own house, in Anne Arundel
county Maryland, about two weeks ago.
Colonel Marsh has heretofore been highly
respected citizen.
Itis believed that as a result of the con-
ference between Generals Sherman and
Sheridan and the Secretary Of War all the
military departments viii be merged into
the DepaTtm. nts of the East and the West,
20 te commanded by Generals Sheridan and
Hancock, with the other Generals to be as
sgu5d to duty wherever most available.
In the competitive drill between New
Orleans and Mobile troops, at the Mobile
Fair Grounds, the Nichols Rifles, Mobile
Rfes. Alabama State Artillery and Lout-
s4la Field Artillery participating. In the
Infantry drill the Mobile Rifles won the fret
Irzs. aud in the artillery drill the Alabama
State Artillery won the first prize.
A-a bai ouet Tuesday evening to Hon.
Nr CarGu, Minister of Militia, given by the
Montreal Volunteers, Mr.. Coursol, NJ p,
referred in 8 speech to Lafayette, and said
thar be believed that the smicsble relations
OF the United States and Great Britain
wCu.d Let be complete unless Canada sent
Argument 10 Yorktown to honor the erec-
ton u statue to the great French General.
The Michigan Senate recently defeated
the LIQUOR police regulation bill. The meas
ure amended the present law for the Tegu-
h-iou of the liquor traffic, and was made rs
severe iu Ii penalties as its trainers, ardent
1U1ihriGuists, could desire. They resisted
al q-ltTered amendments. The result was
t14- al after the enacting clause of the bin
Vss stricken out by vote Of yeas 10,
nays 13.
Walter Bullock, a lawyer, was shot and
sl.e1 20 L. PasO, IL, few nights ago, BY
P. c. Ransom, who wss badly defeated in
The recent municipal election for Mayor.
The shooting was in consequence of a
remark made about the election while
Ransom was passing him on the street, and
which Bullock refused 70 retract when the
demand was made. Ransom surrendered
L.msef. Public feeling is strong against
him
A call has been widely issued by the
Naii0ld Temperance Society for National
temperance Convention TO meet at Saratoga
Springs June 2l, and It will probably be one
OF The largest aud most important national
clnyeu'ioHs ever assembled. Itis expected d
ll4t all the national societies, including the
MoUen's NariOual Christian Temperance
stion, VIII be fully represented; also the
a,e societies ana grand bodies, together
WITH large number OF ecclesiastical bodies.
party OF over sixty Polish and Dutch
immigrants arriving in the Erie depot, at
2lIaic1 y. Y. OUe evening last week, were
y-slulte In refusing to buv food OF pay for
!1lSi1ss. They were so persistent that to
.leFeE- the women and children from suf-
!5i.lg, the railroad authorities ordered them
y oe served with &C ffee and food at the ex-
Itlse d the company. They were assigned
Place 10 sleep on the depot floor, and
Spreading out a number Of feather beds they
ygllau9ed IN an indiscriminate pile, the men
pug On tie outside as a bulwark. Before
.lIg to sleep many of the families knelt
"se,ler and offered prayer.