Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-10-21
BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY.

Sales OF public lands for the fiscal year
ending June Both, 10, ,S93, 900 acres, realizing
s., ,40S 600.
1t is known that President Arthur Is con-
sidering, among others, the name of United
States Treasurer Gilfillan in connection with
the Treasury portfolio.
A house occupied by j. Mccarthy. at
Cooks Corners, near Malone. New York,
was burned recently, and four of McCarthy's
children perished In the flames
At large meeting OF Irish sympathizers
In San Francisco the arrest of Mr.. PArnell
was severely denounced, and four hundred
dollars was subscribed to the Land League
| fund.
Another great political trial is expected
to take place in st. Petersburg in N0vem-
ber, when forty members OF the Party of
Terror will be arraigned before the special
court.
The Daily Nea0S announces that the origi-
nal sum of 9500,000 given by the late Geo.
Peabody in 1862 as a fund for building
lodging houses for the poor In London, now
amounts to 9720,000.
Nancy Ellis and Mary Drew, both colored,
qusrreled near Msreugo. Ala, and forced
their husbands to fight. Finally Drew pulled
out revolver and fred at Ellis, but the
shot struck the latter's wife, killing her on
the spot.
The number of immigrants who landed at
New York during the twelve months ending
Tuesday was 36S, ,045, against go, 1856 during
the corresponding period of last year.
100. .S02 came from Germany, and SO .204 from
Ireland.
A few weeks ago several valuable paint
ings were stolen from the Athen @am in
Providence, r. l. The paintings have been
nd
broker, has been arrested for completely
in the burglary.
The Academy Of Music in Allentown was
burned few days ago. The Kiralfys gave
a performance the night before and the
flames are supposed to have originated with
some colored fire material in trunk be-
longing to the company.
John Coulter, who recently attempted to
feloniously assault girl at Kingston, On
tario, received tWenty-four lsshes at the
Central Prison, in Toronto, on Monday. He
begged loudly for mercy. Twenty-four
more lashes are still due to him.
For the week ending October there were
five deaths from yellow fever at Vera Cruz.
At the same place, for the week ending 0c-
tober 9th, there were five from yellow fever
and one from small-po For the week
ending Sth there were one death from yell
low fever at Key West and ten from yellow
fever and one from smallpox at Havana.
Nonews having been received from Profes-
sor Kings balloon, which is supposed to
have descended In the forest wilderness of
Northern Michigan several days ago, con-
siderable anxiety is felt by the friends of
the Professor and his companions. The
chief cause of anxiety is the fact that the
balloon took only twenty-fours' supply of
provisions.
Collector Robertson has made up his mind
on the proposed assessment of Custom
House employees for the Republican politi-
cal machine. He says II they choose TO give
the money voluntarily that is an affair of
their own, but IL they decline no man shall
lose his place therefor. Clerks receiving
$1,000 per annum are assessed $50; those
receiving 81 SEQ, $50; inspectors, $25; sugar
samplers, $40; night inspectors, $l5. Post
master Pearson gives notice that no assess
ments will be permitted In his department.
Since the 1st of January last there have
been ,359 cases Of small pox In Chicago,
of which 40 per cent have proved fatal.
The greater number of cases have occurred
IN one ward-the Fourteenth-where at
tempts at vaccination have been resisted by
"open violence at times" 1t is estimated
that there are 10000 persons in that ward
who are unvaccinated, and 1t is stated that,
of los deaths from small pox In hicago
during September, 81 occurred In the Four
teenth ward.
Drs Hammond and j. Marion Sims, of
New York, deny, Indignantly, that they will,
under any consideration, give their services
to the defence in the case OF Guiteau. DR..
Sims is quoted as saying that "as soon as
the bullet Of the assassin struck Gen. Gar
fields spine the case was hopeless, and all
that science, and attendance and de-
votedness could do was accomplished"
DIR. Hammond Is quoted as saying that
the physicians "did all they possibly could
do under the circumstances, and adding;
"My testimony, IL l were likely TO give It
in his (Guiteau's) defense, would De unim-
portant, because | could speak only hypo-
thetically in the matter, as l never sa Gen.
Garfield under treatment, and what opin-
ions have formed have been drawn from
vague reports, the truth Of which I could
not warrant"