Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-06-17
BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY.

John King, Jr., First Vice President, and
VIM. Keyser. Second Vice President of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, have resigned.
At Martville, Conn.,, Miss Jennie Parker,
aged twentysix years, died from swallow
ing, by mistake, throat liniment contain
ing cyanide of potash.
Wednesday, on Commission Creek, Texas,
VIM. Cresswell and B. White, cattle men,
had difficulty over dispute about a range,
resulting in the death of White.
The Bey of Tunis has appointed person,
who for many years has been his buffooD, to
the post of President of the Municipality
and Administer Of Religious Corporations.
Miss NJ. NJ. Gillette, native of Wiecon-
sin, and now resident of Washington and
student at law, has been appointed by the
President Notary Public for the District of
Columbia.
A Fort Elliott, Tex, special states that
several days ago, two COW boys, through
some slight misunderstanding, exchanged
about ten shots. Both are desperately
wounded.
A boat containing five Young men was
carried over dam in the Iowa river, at
Marsha!ltown, Iowa, and two of them,
named Samuel S. Jones and Dell Kibbs,
were drowned.
Henry O'Mahoney, of Ballydehob, arrest
ed last week in Ireland, claims to be an
American citizen, and his wife has supplied
Consul Brooks with a certificate of her hus-
bands naturalization.
Lieutenant James B. Lockwood, U. s. A !,
with fifteen men, has sailed from Baltimore
for st. Johns, Newfoundland, where they
will join the steamer Proteus, of the Gree
ley expedition to Lady Franklin Bay.
Wednesday evening, in Oldham county,
Texas, near TuscareZ, Tom Grier and
Chappell, both stock men, had an encoun-
shooters. The affray ended in Grier's being
shot three times.
The five-year- old daughter of Jas. Skill
man, of Ravenswood, l.. l., was playing
with large dog belonging to the family,
when 1t suddenly attacked her, sezing her
by the throat. Before the furious animal
could be taken off it had nearly severed the
child's windpipe. There is scarcely any
possibility that she will recover.
Mr.. Creswell, his wife and two children
and three friends were riding in a wagon at
Raymond, ILL.,, which was struck by Wa
bash freight train. Mrs. Creswell, her
brother and two children were thrown un-
der the engine and instantly killed. The
others escaped with slight injuries.
At the end of the seventeenth day of fast
ing, John Griscom weighed 172L POUNDS,
loss of three quarters OF a pound during
twenty-1our hours. His pulse was 64, respi-
ration 1S, and temperature SO 3-5. 1t is
said that his fast has thus far produced lit
tie alteration In his appearance, and in con-
versation his voice is full and his actions
animated.
The correspondent of the Times at Tunis
says: "The circular of M. Roustan, the
French Minister, to the foreign Consuls here,
has caused great excitement among the
members of the British community. They
all declare that the complete annexation of
to the transfer Of the Bey's rights to M.
Roustan."
Atthe annual sale of Erdenheim yearlings,
the property of Mr.. Aristides Welch, of
Chestnut Hill, Pa, at the American Horse
Exchange, New York, the attendance was
large, but the bidding was not spirited, and
the prices obtained by the breeder of Pa
role, lroQuois and other famous horses
were surprisingly small. The total pro-
ceeds of the nineteen colts and fillies aggre-
gated 81, los, or about 1874 per head.
The case Of the Chinaman and the white
woman who married each other In Colorado
and were indicted therefor in Cheyenne,
Wyoming Territory, has been decided by
Chief Justice Sever, of the Territorial Court
He held that the marriage, being legal in
Colorado, was also legal in Wyoming, under
the statute, and ordered the defendants to
be discharged. A curious result of the
marriage is the social ostracism of the hus-
band, Lee Chin, by his own countrvmen
who say he has disgraced himself by marry
ing white woman.