Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-06-01
BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY.

Jefferson Davis will be seYenty-three years
of age on the 81 inst
lanes Gamble has rendered his resigna-
+i5n As General Superintendent OF the Pa
o,s. division of the Western Union Tels-
granb. 10 take effect June 10th.
Two cadets Of st. Mary's University,
Tsv,s. Porters BrOthersOn and Walter Nav.
eged respectively II and - years, were
fr8wued while bathing in the Gulf Monday
evening.
The noted stallion, Abdallah, Jr, brother
IN toGOldsmith Maid, and of fine record as a
frotter and sire, died Of poison, az his own
H. home in Williamstown, Missouri, few
days ago. a
William McCaffrey, one Of the trustees Of
the Roman Catholic Church of Oar Lady Of
Mercy in Brooklyn, fell dead 10 the vestry
OF that church after helping to take up the
collection at mass.
Tie san Antonio, Texas, authorities have
arrested Sidney Smith for the murder of an
unknown man, whose body was found at
Morse Hollow On Saturday with pistol
shot through his head
The Arctic relief steamer Rogers went
into commission Monday at Mare Island.
The work on her will be completed by
Wednesday next, and she is expected TO
AT Corsicens, Texas, on Monday, q fire,
originating in Keys saloon, destroyed an
entire row OF five buildings, one only of
been tde work Of an incendiary.
Michsel Ernst, who was struck on the
heal with a stone few weeks ago In Buff
falo " T., has since died. He had partly
recovered, but while smoking Friday night
set fire to his bed and was badly burned.
Within six months seven giants over eight
feet iu height have appeared In New York
city The latest addition was Henrik BTust-
ed, a Norwegian, who arrived few days
ago. He Is eight feet tall and weighs 400
pounds.
At Marquee, Texas, a druggist named
Frank administered morphine in mistake
for quiniue TO his three children, aged re-
specliyfy four, six and eight years. The
YOungesJ is dead, and the others In a criti-
cal condition.
Atthe close Of the New York walking
match the score stood: Vint, 57SI{ miles;
sullivan, 500; Hughes, 5521s; Fitzgerald,
536s Howard. 51S5S; Donovan, 5C01S; Glow,
502; hsz4el, 500; LittlewoOd, 4SOas; Du-
frame, 4S2ls and CurraD, 1905.
Frederick Boodie, aged four, ard his little
sister Eva, aged two, during the absence of
their parents, fell together from the third
story window Of their house, in New York,
aud were injured so badly that they died
in q few minutes.
DR.. Beatty, of Vaneeborough. New
Brunswick started on a handcar for Mead
AN, to visit patient. When near the lat
ter village by some means he fell of the
car, which passed over him, infictipg IN
iuries from which he cannot recover.
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Fund COmmissiOner to loan the State $780,
OO; two ct 3 per cent. per annum, one al
81, one at S5z, two at 4, and one at 4 y pei
cent. TIE Bank Of Commerce Of st. Louis
was the successful bidder at 8 per cent.
At MinopoIa, Texas, on Monday. Jane:
Burns, foreman OF a grading gang on the
Missouri Pacific Railroad, was shot and
mOrtRlIy wounded by Lee Nelson, a COW
boy, in a misunderstanding arising out Oi
the settlement Of business transaction.
Referring to Denver dispatch reporting
that one Salisbury, alias Canty, now undel
sentence Of death for murder in that city
is nephew Of Gen. Butler, the family o
the General FAY they have no knowledge Of
any relative named either Canty or Sails
bury.
The General Synod of the Reformed
Church of America will convene I'm Hudson
n. l., TO Gay. me session viii laSJ teL
days. There will be three hundred delegates
IN attendance. representing the church
throughout The United States, and mission
stations elsewhere.
The National Woman's Suffrage Conven.
tiOn opened its session at Providence Mon
day evening. Many of the leading advo
Gates OF the cause were present. Addressee
we're made bv f. A. Hickey, Mrs. Elizabeth
CRdy Stanton, the President, Mrs. Elizabeth
A. MerriWether, of Memphis, and others.
The wife Of John Hacker, while sitting
on her doorstep at Elma, near Buffalo, a
few d4vs since, was seized by John Hoch-
meir, q neighbOr, who dragged her to tree
and pounded and kicked her into insensi-
bility. Her husband and son going to her
assistance, HOchmeir fed, but was subse-
Quently arrested. The outrage grew out OF
a dispute between Hacker and Hochmeir in
regard 10 a boundary line.
A hurricane visited Taylor Saturday even
ing lasting forty minutes No lives were
lost bus con siderable damage Was done to
property in the town. b. n. Trains house
was blown down aud two families sustained
serious injuries. The Christian Church
was blown from it's foundation.
The Catholic church and the Odd Fellows
Hall were totally wrecked. Nearly all the
barns AID outhouses in the town were de-
mOlished. Scarcely house escaped some
damage. Fences were blown down and
trees uprOOted for miles around.