Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-12-26
BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY.

Rev. DR.. Leonard Bacon died Saturday
at New Haven, Connecticut.
Booths Theatre, In New York. has inst
been sold for $3.50 900. It is to be converted
INTO dry goods store next summer.
The French receipts from direct and in.
direct taxes for the first fortnight of Decem-
Der exceeds those of the same period last
year by 600, 900 francs.
John Orville Evans, President of the Mu-
tual Union Telegraph Company, died at the
Gilsey House in New York yesterday morn
ing after an illness of few days.
The Mexican Kickspoos, a semi-civilized
band In the Indian Territory, are reported
to be on the verge OF starvation owing to
the failure of their crops and the disappear
ance OF game.
The house Of Mrs. Mather, at Norwood
Park, near Chicago, was entered a few
nights ago by three masked ruffiaus, who
took $50 In money and a quantity of val
liable Jewelry, and brutally maltreated Mrs.
Mather, her daughter and lady visitor.
The Washington Star reports, "on good
authority" that the court martial in the
case of Whitaker found that he was guilty
OF cutting his own ears, and that the find.
ings were approved by the Judge Advocate
General.
Many Postmasters having complained of
inconvenience and loss of revenue under the
present system of partial prepayment OF
postage on frst-class matter, the question
of its abolition is mooted in the Post Office
Department.
Hattie Lloyd, the sixteen-year-old daugh-
ter OF the Rev. w. A. Lloyd, of Ravens
wood, Illinois, attempted suicide by shoot
ing herself in the left breast the other night
The bullet struck rib just over the heart,
fad ffc
General Pope has informed Secretary
KtrkW0od that sit is impossible for Payne,
unless alone" to get irto the Indian Terri
tory. The General thinks the report of
PaYne's raid was started for the purpose of
inducing Congress to interfere In his behalf.
An attempt was made recently to rob the
mail coach on the mountains between Hell
fenstein and Doutyville, In Schuylkill coun-
ty. The driver baff1ed the robbers by urging
the horses forward and number of shots
were fired at him, one bullet passing through
his hat and coat.
Anxiety is felt In Boston for the safety of
the steamship Henry Edge, thirty-three
days out from Antwerp. It is not known
that she carried any passengers. She had a
cargo Of general merchandise and nine hun
dred and forty tons of beet sugar, the first
importation of that article to this country.
South America states that rumors are rife
there that the United States steamer Alaska
had been fired into and struck twice, damag-
ing her so seriously that she had to return
to Callao for repairs. Neither the State
Departments nor Navy Department has re
ceived any information on the subject, and
the report is discredited.
A special from Wichita, Kan. saws Gov.
st. Johns recent proclamation Offering a
reward for the arr est and conviction of vio-
lators of the temperance law has encour-
aged prOhibitionists to a wonderful extent,
but in spite of all precautions the LIQUOR
traffic In the State has increased enormous
ly. Kansas City house reports selling
more liquor than for years past.
A correspondent at Madrid, referring to
the discovery Of the post Office thieves and
forgers, says; "Five thousand letters have
been stolen. The culprit seized had on
clothes made expressly to conceal plunder.
Sixteen persons have been arrested, iDclud-
ing several connected with the post office.
One hundred valuable letters directed to
important firms in Madrid have been found
IN the house Of the accomplices."