Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-06-02
ppIFF NEWS SUMMARY.

.-ro- Chamberlain summed up
z .afs1se ia the Whitaker court mar
re Yesterday.
80 .uo thousand miles Of railroad
..-.r4et In Texas, and abOUts six thou
~ t5 be contracted for.
sss+ statement issued yesterday
]. .-4..--s-e II the public debt during
---.5 of Nay . be Sll, 0,T2l.
j. syertwen'y thousand men and
--is-~--5-sd thousand horses aud mules
-rsf IN railroad building in Texas
t.- Grf.c.m, v ho began a fortY-dsy
W ~ rr.e.-8 ou Saturday, is described as
srle.riLg man, well proportion
n weighs 2Q5 pounds.
--.-r to the illness OF Judge Potter, the
~ of the Sprague divorce case has
= --5srnrred indefinitely. Ex-Governor
q ia now f4vors q settlement.
---.-ror Jackson on Tuesday appointed
~, lanes F Patton Judge Of the Su-
- Court u Appeals Of West Virginia,
-I1lss q. P. L. Moore, resigned.
r1sgners OF B.sckwell's Island, N.
'.-..mrtsd 20 escape in a skiff, but the
-s-ss1.z-d. they cried for assistance, one
---,..cr.i bg the guard and the other was
-srsi.
4 ISM Antonio special says: "This morn
1 : arthur Denton, son OF Dr. Denton, OF
1. vsrce. In attempting 10 jump from a
---7 ttg cat OOse, fell aud was crushed
-i.s.a ben,a lne wheels"
n. Irene JenIson, wife Of Albert Jemi-
IN v,lI-.o 90 farmer, living about two
-tbsEf miles from Newark, Del, com
~ sg.si5e by hanging herself in the
A5tte dwelling in which they lived.
~ General synod Of the Reformed
7--t 10 America convened in annual ses-
= Yesterday afternoon at Hudson, n Y.
= number " delegates present is very
- and unusual interest Is manifested.
r. aggregate amount OF saving IN the
-rsr cost 8f the star route and steamboat
"a service IF, cted by the deductions of
srtfnuarees during the past three
,r.hs, Mach, April aud May, is S745, SOS.
4 Gsius7ile Tex special says: 'Jobn
tr1soE shot and He'd Deputy Sheriffs
srss and sam Meredith and L. krilht,
IA s.tempted his arrest upon q warrant
-aryirg- concealed weapons. Thompson
a,e1 into The Iud.au Territory"
tslay's meeting Of Confederate
-ttcders iu LOndCn adopted 3 resolu-
d lvituc the bOndhOiders to deposit
bonds .u trust for the committee, and
.saT en- assessment of one shilling per
l .0r Tie committees expenses.
lispa.ch from S. Louis reports that q
b vas fought in Scott county, Missouri,
svseu two Young men named Trent and
-eklard, who, in quarrel on the high
aE rss1ftgd to knives. Tie result was
an1-tal wOuuding of Strickland.
sleraI Thomas d. HOxey died at Hale
n j., recently, Of exhaustion, subse-
b. upon OverwUrk in the GuhernatOrial
-lssu Of 1850, when he was candidate
Governor on the Greenback ticket. He
3 IL Tie sixty seventh year Of his age.
Ile Russian Nihilist prisoner, Hessy
iusnu, has been sentenced to three
-l-s' imprisonment and one hundred
r.s tle Another to one months i'm.
glmeut, and three o. hers to TWO mouths,
1:lty days and eight days imprisonment
Ttctlvely
large number Of coal passers and fire.
2 employed on the different steamship
3 in New York are engaged in 8 strike
0lg them are the hands on the steamers
be Alexandria line, Wards line, Mallory
AMI on the steamer Columbia, OF the
Eest0n line.
.il Zurich, an ex- policeman and ex
llkeeper, at Indianapolis, whose wife
spilled for a divorce, shot her and bel
Esr and then shot himself. Zurich ha
b died. Mrs. Eurfch's condition i:
al, but she will probably recover. Hel
-I vas but slightly wounded.
DE report Of the Danville Tobacco Asso
.il1 for May is as follows: Number Oi
-is sold I 1916, $50, which sold for S42,.
rs. teiBg an average of 50 S5 per hun
4 pounds Sold in this market since
l-r, 21, ,04l ,220 pounds, which sold foI
1868, being an aversge Of 50 80 pei
-ired pounds.
srgssut-st- Arms John G.. Thompson has
-Js1 st Washington from Chicago, and
7sy Indignant about the public report
PIE has been investigated on account OF
2lcieucy in hts accounts and mismsnsge
e Of the members private funds. He
Ks the entire charge, and says he will
@cute those who hbeIed him.
5 Brooks, of San BernaTdino, Caliior.
-s-le sinking an artt san we'll recently,
-ia subterrsnean stream Of remarkable
a shower OF rocks, some of which
s-sd hs.f a pound, were thrown out OF
P25 with such force az to render it un.
-.Tiso.e to work IN the neighboThOod
some time.
idue- blunder was made in announcing
'erlict in 81. Louis murder case. The
nan Of the jury handed the clerk sew
ails Of psper, and the clerk read: "Wt
ile prisoner not guilty, on the ground
-'--!iy." The culprit's face lighted NJ
Delight, and he exultantly shook hsnC;
Ms counsel. 'tThereis q mistake, .
.-e foreman to the clerk; you've read
'NIg Slip. The one that's signed II
's'e...c.-gUilty Of murder in the first