Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-27
BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY.

4. ID. Iibbles, the advocate or the Poncas,
has married bright Eyes"
Ex Senator W. w. Eaton has reached his
home at Hartford, Conn, quite Ill.
The assessed valuation of real estate 10
! Iowa shows sn increase OF over $4,000, 000
since 1879.
A Long Branch dispatch says Damage
to lands and suffering to cattle are being
caused by the drought"
| The town of HanfOrd, Washington Terri
| tory, has been almost entirely destroyed by
fire. The loss is not definitely known, but
is large.
The Italian Republican A sociations have
| resolved to organize legal agitation through
out the kingdom for the peal OF the law
of Papal guarantee.
Maud Loveiov, aged nine years, died re
Gently OF hydrOphobia in Manchester, New
Hampshire. She was bitten several weeks
ago by Tabid dog.
A farmers family, consisting Of seven
persons, perished near Chaseburg, Vernon
county, Wisconsin, by a sudden rise in the
river during a recent s Orm.
Joseph II. Morse, fireman of the new Bal
timOre and Ohio building, In Baltimore, was
fatally injured nv falling with the elevator
from the fifth story. H. died the same
night.
Angus Topel u coachmqn, has been ar
rested iu Chicago for arson, burglary and
larceny. He confessed tina: he fired build
ings whose destruction caused au aggregate
loss Of $50, coo.
Cincinnati's Board of Health, which has
been charged with corrupt practices, has
voted to ask for a special grand jury to bear
testimony on and take action in reft rel c :
to the accusations.
Of ho -
Health has been called for the ISsh to re-
wise the rules and regulations to prevent
the Introduction OF conta ZiOus and infec-
tious diseases into the United States.
A special from Denison, Texas, says:
''The North bound passenger train on the
Missouri Pacific Railroad came in collision
with a freight engine, two miles north of
Caddo, l. T., Monday morning, wrecking
both engines and injuriGg the fireman and a
br keenan,"
A special of yesterday, dated from gle
Pass, Texas, says: "a dsstardly at empt
was made Sunday morning to assassinate j.
P. Pignemith, Collector of Customs at
Piedras \ gras, by parties who fired through
the window into his bedroom, which be had
luckily vacated for another"
Iu Denver, Col while Chief OF Police
William Morgan was attempting to quell
disturbance in a dance hall, he was assailed,
and his cluS taken from him. He there
upon drew his revolver and fred SIX shots,
mortallY wounding young man named
Trujillo. Morgan was arrested.
Four men, supposed to be the Winston
train robbers, camped near Lexington, Mis-
souri, few nights ago Next morning they
stole boat from the government engineers,
and, rowing ten miles down the river to
Benton, struck across the country. A
Sheriff's posse is in pursuit.
Mrs e. Slroeder, who was one of the
guests at the Irving House, Long Branch,
when It was burned, has made affidavit that
during the fire her trunks, which were
saved, were broken open and robbed OF
ieweliy valued at So 000 A description Of
the missing articles has been sent to the
police OF New York.
At Little Rock, Attorney General Moore
served a notice on the Southern Express
Company, that applicat on would be made
for an Injunction 10 restrain it from doing
buslntEs in Arkansas until 1t has paid the
taxes due from It to the State and TO various
communities and municipalities therein, in
which it has been doing business.
Walter Harvard, living near While Hill,
New Jersey, whilst going home In a car
riage. was stopped by two men at a place
called Commodore Stewards Wood, ;" and
tt to hand over his money or he would be
killed. He had large sum OF money IN
his possession, which had been paid him
that evening He escaped by whipping Ills
horse into run. Two shots were fired
after him by the ruffians, one OF which
passed through his coat, bat iJf f.cted no in
jury.
Two more libel suits for 500 900 each
have been entt red against the Tribune Pub
fishing Company, of Denver, Col, making
four suits for the aggregate amount OF
$400 900, one having been fled by the Den
yer and New Orleans Railway Company,
and three by ex Governor John Evans, the
President OF the latter company. The suits
are based on the 1T16uHe'S attacks on tx
Governor Evans and the manager of the
road.
The steamer Dora has arrived at San
Francisco from Ounalaska, bringing Rufus
V. Bourdakousky, hereditary chief of the
Aleut Indians, who comes on a visit of
curiosity to San Francisco. fatal epi-
demic has prevailed among the Aleuts, car
rying off large numbers of the tribe. The
ca! ch of fur seals In the islands this season
has been only moderate thus far. The Dora
spoke the whaler Atlanta, of New Bedford,
off the Aleutian Islands, six months out,
with all on board we'll,