Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-05-07

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The safe il the County Treasurer's office
M Bay City, Mich, was blown open by
burglars recently, but only $50 was secured.
some excitement has been caused in Au-
burn, New York, by the appointment Of a
c0'ored policeman, and the chief of the
force and one policeman have resigned.
The customs officers at the International
bridge, Ontario, seized sixteen revOlvers
and forty two watches that had been snug
gled across by an organ grinder in his or
gan.
4 dispatch from DenisOn, Texas, says
"At Fort Gibson, l. T., Thursday morning
Marshal Frank Smith shot and killed q
horse thief and whisky peddler named Sam
Riley"
The revenue steamer Thomas Corwin has
sailed from San Francisco to look after rev.
erue matters in Alaska waters, and to search
f1~the Arctic steamer Jeanette and the
missing whaleTs.
Bridget Delaney, sged so years, being in
sane from grief at the death of her two
sons. committed suicide at Shenandoah, Pa,
bv saturaling her clothes with coal oil and
setting them on fire.
The Reichstag yesterday adopted the re-
uort of the committee, that the Reichstag
meet yearly. and rejected 3 Conservative
motion for biennial budgets, but sanctioned
euadrenuial Parliaments.
The san Francisco morning papers of
Yesterday congratulate the people of the
Pacific coast on the ratification of the
Chinese treaties, aud say it marks the dawn
OF better era for It's industrial and social
Development.
News has been received at Santa Fe, New
Mexico, that 'Billy the Kid" after his re-
cent escape from custody, murdered VIM.
Matthews and another man with whom the
latter wss riding. Matthews had been q
witness against the kid"
Three men entered the store of John Nc
Kean, $50 Eighth avenue, New York, and
each grabbed a roll of cloth worth $33 and
ran of Mexican pursued them, when one
OF them turned aud knocked him down,
breaking his collar bone, and all escaped.
Capt. Charles s. Anderson, of the steamer
Riverside, at Springwells, below Detroit
Michigan, was struck by the fender of the
boat. which gave a sudden lurch against the
dock aud broke from her fastenings, knock
ing him senseless. He died in a short time
The President has finally decided that
owing TO the important juncture of affairs,
he viii be compelled to decline the invita-
ti0n to be present at the centennial celebra
ton OF the ''Cowpeus," which will take
place on Wednesday next at Spartanburg
s. c.
A bill for erecting a new Parliamen
House VIII be Immediately introduced in tn,
German Reichstag. This removes al
GROUND for conjectures concerning the re
mOyal Of the seat Of government from Berlin
to some other city, as intimated recently by
Prince Bismarck.
Lizzie Davene. with the Barnum-LondoI
Circus, while performing the catspult &C
al Wukesbarre, Pa, fell upon the netting
and struck her chin upon her knee, causing
cOucussiOn Of the spine.' She lost all pOwe
of motion and sensation in the lower limbs
Her recovery is doubtful
Information has reached St. Louis from
the Madison Levee that a cut was made ii
the dyke BY some, as yet unknown, mali
CiOus persons about four O'Clock this morn
ing, and water direct from the river ha
since been pouring into the bottom lanI
through an opening seam fifty feet wide.
Bids for the supply of postal cards to tn
Post Office Department for four years from
July 1st, 1881, have been opened. The low
est bidders were WOOlworth y Graham, o
New York, who offered to supply one cen
cards for a 47-1O0 per 1000, and two cen
cards for 50 cents per 1000. They viii prob
ably receive the contract
A dispatch from Virginia City says tina
FIRE has broken out in the old breasts o
the BOuaI "a mtEes, above the l 600 fee
level, supposed 10 be from the spontaneou
combustion of timber in some Of the OlC
caved chambers. Measures are being takeI
TO smother the fire, which is in position
where it cannot damage the present work
ings.
Rev Henry Ward Beecher was servet
with q summons in passing through Balti
more. To answer suit of the Western Ma
ryland Agricultural Society for damages 70
bis failure to deliver the annual address a
ifs October fair in Cumberland, two year
sgo Mr. Beecher took the matter goOC
humOredly, and said he would answe
through counsel.
At the semi annual meeting of th'
"WOmen's Union Missionary Society o
America for Heather Lands, ;" held at New
York. reports were read stating that twenty
eight female missionaries were at work IL
IuGia. Tie receipts during the past yea
were S32 I26 % and expenditures So,
l24 43 The society has reserve fund o
S. Ot0 and 81 $40 So laid aside for tbi
Sanitarium.
At New York police headquarters, John
son, who attempted the goldbrick swindl'
on Colonel Ellis, was identified by two gen
uemen as the man who had swindled then
in the me manner, one out Of $1,000 anC
the other Of 81 600. Neither was willing
to prosecute on account of the exposure
that would necessarily follow. More vic
tins will probably be found. johnson
will, under the circumstances, certainly be
discharged
10 the United States Court at Harrison
burg Va, the large land suit Of Bickel, Sim
PIE and Altemevers, trustees, Plaintiffs
against Charles L. Haynes, Thomas Kin
caites wife and others, defendants, is being
tried. The right and title to an immense
tract Of land, 102, eco acres, lying In the
counties Of Bath and Allegheny, are In
yclyed in the issue. This suit has been
pending in court for many years.
The deadlock in the Police Board OF
IToY New York, continues, $50 ballots
having been taken without effect. The
Board has adjourned for a week, leaving
lle city without policemen. Some OF the
e1-pOicemeu have been employed by
dtzeus as watchmen. In South Troy, the
fOWdy element has shown itself tn various
street fights and in setting fire to load OF
straw in an alley, thereby causing the
destruction Of a tenemenf; and It is likely
tlat vigilance committees will be formed.
Nile. Sarah Besnhardf, with her French
company and Mr.. Henry Jarrett, OF LONDON
VINO mansged her personal affairs in heI
American tour. sailed from New York Wed
u-J ~ tAc EieHSA steamer n aNiSii4N.O -
I1ayre She gave her last performance on
tuesday evening, having given altogether
one hundred and sixty-twO American per
lofmances, which produced S41O,21o gross
receipts, while her personal share was $lSl,
59J She played in nineteen American
states and also in Canada, travelling Is, o2l
miles since leaving France. This has been
me most successful dramatic venture ever
undertaken in this country. Mile. Bern
haFdt appears in London June 14th.
Weather Indications.
OFFICE CHIEF SIGNAL OBSERVER, WASH
NGfoN, May 6 Indications for Saturday:
In the South Atlantic States, fair weather