Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-09-28
BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY.

Father Sheehy and four other suspects
have been released from prison.
French mariners have committed out
RACES on British fishermen at st. Johns, N.
F., cutting out nets, turning craft adrift,
etc.
Three Bishops of the sect of Old Believ-
ers, in Russia, who have been imprisoned
in the monastery at Susdal since 1856, have
been released by order of the Gar.
Syracuse dispatch says: "The Repub-
licans of the Second Assembly district Of
New York have elected Frank Hiscock and
four others, all Garfield Republicans, as
delegates to the State Republican Conven-
ton.
train on the Valley road was ditched
near Breckville, Ohio, by a fallen tree on
the track. "Doc Drum" train boy, was
badly scalded, and Engineer Vightly hurt.
The train load Of 200 passengers escaped
without injury.
The Russian ukase recently issued to
facilitate the declaration of a greater or less
state of siege authorizes Governors during
minor state of siege to prohibit public
or even private meetings and close all trade
or industrial establishments.
Frederick Rettinger, aged sixty-fve years,
was found drowned in the canal I'm Wilkes
barre, Pa, recently. 1t is said that parties
600 on bis life. The Coroner will hold a
pOst-mortem examination.
The boiler of the steam threshing ma
chine at work on George Caldwell's farm, in
Thurlow, Ont., exploded few days since,
killing Andrew Lloyd, Mr.. Malcolm, Mr..
Anson and Miss Viola Caldwell, and seri-
ously injurfng Mr.. Caldwell, H. Garvin and
Charles Gerkin.
DickeV, aged five years, the son of John
Holmes, and Maggie, an adopted daughter,
While gathering coal In st. Louis, upon
slack in Haruing's coal mine, sank through
the heap into a smOlderiDg fire, and were so
badly burned that the boy died Saturday
night. 1t is not believed the girl can live.
The noted outlaws known as the Williams
brothers appeared recently in Pike county,
ILL.,, having escaped from Wisconsin, and
Sheriff Roberts, of Pike county, and Sheriff
Lammis, OF Calhoun county, ILL.,, assisted by
two men named Churchman and McNabb,
started In pursuit. The posse overlook the
men near Fox creek, Missouri, when the
outlaws shot aud killed Sheriff Lanmis and
wounded McNabb, and then escaped down
the Mississippi river.
Owing to the continued drought, the
wood fires In Northwestern New York are
still spreading and causing great destruc-
ton. Much of the soil being peaty, the fires
burrow to depth of two or three feet, and
the crops and railroad ties, as well as trees,
fences, telegraph poles and farm uildings
have been destroyed. The burnins' district
lies along the railroads between Buffalo and
Rochester, and Buffalo and Batavia.
Edward Malley's store, at New Haven,
Conn, has been attached for 500 900 on two
suits, one for false Imprisonment OF his
brother, William Malley, of Ansonia, and
the other for notes due Edward j. Malley,
Michael Malley, Edward j. Carroll and
William Malley. After the attachment
Carroll offered to settle for 81, 500. Then
Edward Malley had Carroll and Michael
Malley put in jail about mid night for false
attachment. The other Malleys were not
found, though searched for. Edward NAL
ley is the father of Walter Malley and an
uncle of James Malley, the two young men
now under arrest on the charge of COM
plicity in the murder of Jennie Cramer.