Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-16
BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY.

John D. Jones, miner, fell into a shaft
200 feet deep In Denver City niue and was
instantly killed.
Michael MacMahon died in Chicago of
hydrophobia. He was slightly bitten eight
weeks ago by little house dog, which has
not shown any symptoms of rabies.
While digging a cellar at Chautauqua,
New York, ten skeletons were found to-
gether in a small space. 1t is supposed they
are the remains of Indians or Frenchmen
hastily buried after battle.
Mabe NJ. Merrill, Geo. w. Paxton, Thos.
j. Henderson, Jno. G. Wade, Jas. Edwards
and VIM. L. Tindall have been arrested in
Tennessee for counterfeiting. Merrill and
Paxton were subsequently rescued from the
United States deputy marshals at Morris
town, Tenn.
A great fire broke out recently in the
yard station of the Chemin de Fer (railway)
du Midi, at Cette, France, and, spreading
with frightfui rapidity, soon destroyed near
ly 1000 trucks and passenger cars. Hap
PLY no lives were lost. Between two and
three square miles of sheds and warehouses
are reported burned.
The floods In Iowa have been even more
| disastrous than at first reported. Many of
the towun along the Iowa river are still
submerged, and boats are rowed through
the streets. The railroads have suffered
severely, notably the Chicago and North
western, on portions of which travel has
been entirely suspended. The damage to
crops is very heavy.
The court-martial to try Master HalseY
has convened at the San Francisco navy
yard. The charges of drunkenness and
scandalous conduct involved the necessity
of delaying the sailing of the Arctic relief
steamer Rodgers on the eve of her departure
for the North. The findings will not be
made public until they have been submitted
to the Secretary of the Navy.
The Spanish Government has decided to
reinforce the garrisons at Cuesta, Muerilla,
and other stations on the coast of Morocco.
Several battalions OF troops are about to en-
bark, besides artillery and heavy guns for
the Notifications being repaired. These
preparations are taken In connection with
the French ramifcations In Africa.
A telegram from Joliet, H., states that
the correct names Of the Williams brothers,
who murdered the Coleman brothers,
sheriffs, at Durand, Wis, are Edward and
Alotozo Maxwell. Both have served terms
in the Joliet prison. Vigorous effort is be-
ing made to capture them, but as the shoot
ing was done just at dusk, no active pur-
suit could be done until morning, which
gave the desperadoes long, safe start.
The Mexican Military and Scientific Com
mission to report concerning the recent
railroad accident, in which over two bun
dred soldiers were killed, says In its official
report that the company is guilty of aston
ishing carelessness and recklessness In load
ing the train with weight of more than
two hundred tons, which the bridge could
not sustain. Consequently there is no rea-
son why the company should be excused
from paying damages caused by the catas-
trophe.
A Bath, Me-, dispatch says Benjamin
CrOsslan's wife, who was supposed to have
been murdered, was found In the woods,
near the shore. in Edgecomb, shockingly
mutilated. She was taken to house here
she now lies. During short season of con
eeiousnese she related that on her way home
from Wiscasset Crosslan fell out of the
boat, and after great exertion she got him
In, when he began beating her with his fist,
and then cut her with broken knife. Her
recovery is hardly possible.
While Cain, Of Rockport, Maine, aged ten
years, was taken out in punt on the Lily
pond by Ralph B. Richards, aged fourteen,
and Edward t. Gross, aged eleven, who
threatened to drown him II he did not give
them twenty five cents which they knew he
possessed. The boys say that he had given
up ten cents and wanted to be put on shore,
when one Of them, It is impossible to tell
which, pushed him overheard. They say
that he came up twice and then sank. The
body has not yet been recovered. The
boys are hard characters. They are In Gus
tody.