Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-05-13

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BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY.
The new 81 per cent. United States
t,ris sre now at about l per cent. prem
!un.
4s.e-mer has arrived at San Francisco
t.5m Hong Kong with over one thousand
Caiueze-
v.,fa-al bank circulation outstanding:
r-r-grcy notes, S352. l95, l26; gold notes,
SIgsg %
T-a-pears that there are 25 distinct Meth
4st denominations in the world, with
t5tsI 81 4 $50, ,Ts0 members.
r-tbfrtv seven years the Church Of Eug-
f.T4b8s erected > ISL churches, and has
sTaenaed on church buildings 500, COO, 600.
The Secretary Of the Ballymate, County
sIsro branch of the Land League has been
s--ssred under the provisions of the coer-
ci0u ect.
Atlegram received at Shreveport, La,
avs Governor WITT has signed the pardon
n Capt. s. N. Thomas, convicted Of man
.sughter Tor the killing OF Dixon.
A few DAYS go, in Palmer and Sullivan's
rtmu near AcambarO, Mexico, Engineer
s4cseareiier became insane and killed En-
1regrs Martin and Jones. Sackenreider
Tss then killed by Filley, chief of the
rrv
The Bank OF England's rate of discount
remains unchanged. This is believed to be
rsrIv on account OF the troubles in Mincing
lane. and partly because of the remittance
of g0Il TO Scotland usual at this season of
The year.
Mrs Gsrie,d's illness-fa severe attack
of nervous prOstratiUn, somewhat sggra-
v5tfd hY malaTia lis said not TO be serious.
HfrpHvsiciaus say that careful nursing and
entire freedom from all annoyance will
work 8 cure.
Thomas F. Costello, aged "a, q restaurant
beeper on Tenth avenue, New York, died
recently OF poisoning, caused bY reversing
the use Of a gargle aud medicine for ex-
tefual application prescribed by physician
for d sore throat.
Dsle-ta Wheeler, a white boy, was mur-
tered 1t Wilmington, H., by a colored b Y
named Dan Carpenter, who was arrested.
Wheeler was stabbed in the throat so deep
lY that his tongue was severed. His body
was Otherwise brdtally mutilated.
Tie Theological Hall Of Vanderbilt Uni
7arsity Memphis, has been formally dedica-
ted The building cost over 500 600, and
accommodates two thousand students. A
vote Of thanks was rendered Vanderbilt by
the faculty, students and citizens.
A statement Just issued by the board OF
revision Of taxes Of the valuation of the
rsal and personal property of Philadelphia
f0r the present year, shows an sggregate
subject TO city taxation of S543 669, l29,
being an increase over 1880 Of S7.O0I ,295.
Anthracite coal produced for the week
ended April 80, 1881, was 1899 tons,
against 400 O33 tons IN 1880, an increase of
s9906 ions, and since January l, 1881,
Is53,y+0 tons against 8, ,753, ,492 tons the
same time ia 1850, being an increase OF
Il00, As tons.
While Judge Colt, Of the United States
District Court, was crossing the ferry from
Bristol to Newport, in Rhode Island, the
b0at capsized and the Judge remained in
the water sn hour before he was rescued.
He was taken home in an exhausted cOndi-
ton.
dispatch from Bolton, Lancashire, Eng.
land, says a family named SeddOn have had
Wiudfan of property valued at e4, ,O00, ,0OO
which had been in ebanceTy since 1851
Tie property was bequeathed to John Sed-
don, who died in a wOrkhouse. His heirs
inherit this vast fortune.
A dispatch to the London Standard from
Vienna saws: ''It Is said that the dismissed
Bulgarian Prime Minister, kaTaveloff, viii
be prosecuted on the charge of having with
held from Prince Alexander important let
ters and documents from Berlin and st
Petersburg"
The London correspondent Of the Man.
chester Guardian says: "The delay in ap
pointing a successor to Sir E iwaTd Thorn
Ton, the British Minister at Washington, iS
generally attributed to Sir Austin H.
to ha.
low an Ambassad0rship.
Miss Bronson, the fearless nurse who ex.
posed herself IN Grenada, Miss, at the bed
side Of the dying Inhabitants, and subse-
quently In Memphis and New Orleans, has
Just been left a fortune by the death of her
father, an eccentric old man, who boarded
bis gold aud refused to live in any kind OF
habitatiOn except an old canal boat.
At the election at Kramsborough to day
for member of Parliament, to fill the va
cancy caused by the uDseating of Sir Henry
u. Meysey Thompson, Mr.. Collins, the Con-
servstiTe candidate, was elected, receiving
54 votes Mr.. Gascell, the Liberal candi
date, received S33 votes. Sir Henry Thomp-
son was a Liberal. The Irish electors voted
for the Conservative candidate.
T. B. Davis, brother of Senator Davis,
narrowly escaped death few days ago
while examining a coal mine in Mineral
county, West Virginia, from q gunshot fired
l7 some unknown person, whether acci-
aentaly or Intentionally could not be ascer-
lained. The bullet struck him in the breast,
last as be was in the act of facing TO the
Hg1t- Il passed through an oveTcOat, q
LICK uudercOat, the vest and underclOth-
Hgi and cut furrow in the flesh just above
ne right nipple, making a slight wound.
Alexander Jones, editor Of the New York
tefs LftHIg, was recently arrested at Dres-
lel. He was suspected of travelling in the
interests Of the Socialists. His baggage
sss searched, bis private papers taken, and
ae vas not allowed to leave Dresden and
Is vicinity. After nine days, however, his
papers we're restored, as no proof Of the
a4eged suspicion was found. He has now
spilled TO Mr.. White, United States Minis
tI q berlin, for redress. Mr.. White has
0fiee.
Qiangemen recently erected a monument
Mount Royal Cemetery, Montreal, to the
memory OF Hackett, murdered during the
ya1ge Green troubles in 1877. the inscrip-
sloh on which said be was barbarOusly muir
-sTed 0y an Irish Roman Catholic mob.
44e cemetery authorities objected to the
ssefas, claiming that persons other than
S1Isl Catholics were engaged in the dis
.s--a1ceo5 ana ordered their removal, Wnlcn
rs Jraugemen refused to do. Counsel for
-s UTaugemen decided that they had not a
.-slt 10 ut the words there, aud they have
ss5a removed. The affair caused consid-
table excitement.
he landlord OF the St. Cloud Hotel,
~ c5TlisyiLie, received the following telegram:
AeA James Crow to take the young lady
Jacksonville and get married before
I-anieht or all viii be up" learned
.yn TIE clerk that Crow was q guest of the
5golse and had gone to the theatre. He
-l.eIed to the theatre and induced the
,alager to announce from the stage, be-
tasen acts, that If Crow was In the house
would receive information by going i'm
15slltlely = to the box office. Crow respond
:, promptly to the summons, and lost no
s a-s ln taking the girl to Jacksonville,
- 9ss me State line, where they were mar
~ ~. her father arrived an hour too late
Weather Indications.
ORFIcE CHIEF SIGNAL OBSERVER, WASH
5S.ssIoN, May 12.-IndicatiOns for Fri