Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-12-31
BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY.

Three more small failures were declared
on the London Stock Exchange yesterday.
Mrs. Kennedy Gray died in Chicago on
Tuesday OF hydrophOhia. She was bitten by
large dog three months ago.
Herman WllslDg, ex-Treasurer of Lee
county, Iowa, has been indicted for the en-
bezzlemens of county funds to the amount
of 600 while he was in Office.
Henry Gibson. a prominent coal dealer Of
Bloomington, B Ill In passing through p
neighhOr's barnysrd, was attacked by a
vicious COW and gored in the abdomen. He
died in few minutes.
Special dispatches from St. Petersburg
announce thst defslcations amounting TO
millions Of rOubles have been discovered in
the custom house at Tsganrog, and that all
the officials therein have been arrested.
The proprietors Of Towne's Hotel, at BEL
the personal liability scs for $50 600 for
selling lignOr to one Peter Good, OF West
minister, Vermont, who, it Is alleged, died
suddenly In consequence.
In consequence Of the newspaper reports
that Prince Bismarck is about t) appeal to
the powers to consider the Pope's PROPOSE
tiou, it is s-mi- officially stated from Berlin
that Germsny will take no action 10 regard
to the Papscv which can be construed IS
encrOaching upon the rights OF Italy.
Louis g. Ward was arralgned in New
York recently to answer the charge of at
tempting to extort $1,000, hy threatened
exposure, from Joseph A. White. He was
committed for further examination. It Is
supposed that he was only tool in the
hands of others. More arrests are expected
to follow.
Michael Golden, an inmate of the Phils-
delphia House of Correction, struck Joseph
Preston, one Of the guards of the instftu-
ton, on the back OF the head with shovel,
IL fl citing injuries from which. the physician
says, be cannot recover. The men were
working in the House of Correction grounds
when the assault was committed. Golden
at once fed. but was captured.
Ole Thompson, a well-to do farmer o:
Jacksonville township, Chickasaw county,
Iowa, was found on the farm OF his son-in-
law with HIS head near'y severed from his
body. Wnen last seen alive he was with his
nephew, who was named after him, and
who lives with the old man. Hts daughter
saw the nephew riding of alone, and he
has not since been found. The family are
Norwegians.
At CFisfield, Nd few days ago Thomas
Tavlor and his twelve-year-old son had a
difficulty Ei h John Chelton, during which
Taylor drew a knife and cut Chelton, and
also himself slightly. The bov fred three
pistol shots, all of which took effect, but
did little damage. Chelton then struck
Taylor with fence post. breaking his chest
hone. His recovery is considered doubtful.
The bov fed.
Mr.. Armstrong. the Commissioner of I'm
migration for Hawaii, who accompanied
King Kslskua in his recent tour of the
world, reports that immigrants from the
Tlao TrrTf mt fr hp1 Il
Immigrants he thinks would be valuable.
They are not an emigrsiing people, and
Europeans are not likely TO come to Hawaii
as contract laboTers when they can secure
homesteads in other parts of the world.
Portuguese immigration from the Azores is
considered the best that can be obtained.
The recent rains have swollen the rivers
both fn the East aud West. At Troy and
AlbsnY, on the Hudson river, the docks are
flooded, and portions of the track of the
Troy and Boston Railroad. on the HoOssc
river, are under water. The Upper Della
ware Is also rising, and ct Milford, Pa, the
water is ten feet above its usual height
Logs and sawed lumber are strewed along
its banks. Two million feet OF logs escaped
from Young Woman's creek into the West
Branch of the SusQuehanns, but were
caught in the boom at Lockhaven.
Al Canton, Ohio, two men, by forcing
open a window, gained an entrance insO
the back part OF the residence OF Julius
Whiting, 8 wealthy properly owner.i Whit
fBg was sawskened when the door of his
room was forced open, but one OF the men
covered him with a revolver while the
other took from under bis pillow a diamond
solitaire pin, worth 81 900, and gold watch
worth $50 As the robbers departed,
Julius Whiting, Jr.. who wa In another
room, was awakened, and he fred several
shots, but with no effect.
At Lsney Junction. eighteen miles from
Santa Fe, J. J. Hsrlsn, railroad employe,
and bartender named Harry Kesner, bad
difficulty in a saloon, when Kesner pulled q
pistol sni commenced firing. Harlan drop
ped on his knees behind the stove, but
before he could pull his pistol kssner had
fred two shots, neither of which took effect
II Harlan turned loose and fred four shots IN
rapid succession, all of which took effect In
Kesner's breast, abdomen aud right arm:
He emptied the remaining two charges OF
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