Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-06-29
BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY.

There were 45S births, 233 marriages and
500 deaths in New York city last week. 4s
The Cornell University crew have COM
pleted arrangements to row at Vienna on
the 9th of August, q
Eight hundred and thirty British emf
grants arrived at Montreal Yesterday, en-
route to Ontario and Manitoba.
Minister Hurlburt leaves for Peru on
Thursday instructed to do all in his power
to secure the rehabilitation of Peru. H
Frank Broga, Secretary Of the Portuguese
Benevolent Society, Of San francisco, has
abseonded. He is a defaulter for about
100000. tt
Mrs. Munier St. Philippe, of st. Henri,
Canada, has become deranged from fright
at hearing people talk Of the prophesied
end of the world this year.
News has been received at Tunis from
SfaX that the Arabs are excited, and that
large numbers have assembled in the neigh
borhood, but that no attack on the town is
now feared.
Secretary Blaine will distribute the For
tune Bay award this week. All expenses
of claimants and a proportionate part of
their indirect claims will be paid out of the
$4,000 awarded. s5#
The Secretary of War has made the as
signments of cadets recently graduated
from West Point. The list includes thirty
seven regular appointments and fifteen as
unassigned Second Eieutenants. rs
The Berlin correspondent of the Morning
Post says: Russia, encouraged by the re
monstrap ces which, it was understood, EGG
land had sent to Washington in regard to
the Fenians, is endeavOring to reopen nego-
tiations restricting the right of asylum"
Rev. Father Hudson, of Giiroy, Califor-
mia, while bathing on Saturday, was at
tackled by a swordfish and wounded In sew.
eral pisces bystander went to the
assistance of the wounded man and brought
him to the shore.
Two men, named Laudorn aud Bernardo,
living in Brooklyn, were arrested while
crossing river in boat. A bag was found
in their possession containing the remains
of a still born child, and some heavy fat
irons. 1t was doubtless their intention to
drop the bag into the river.
Comptroller OF the Currency Knox has
addressed circular to cashiers of national
an estimate as possible of the respective
proportions of business done through such
banks by the use of actual money and by
the use of checks, drafts and certificates.
Hon. Henry Stanbery ,ex Attorney General
of the United States, Is dead. He was born
in New York, but removed to Ohio at an
early age, and, after studying law at Steu-
benville, was admitted to the bar. He was
confrere and intimate friend OF Edwin NJ.
Stanton, the elder Thomas Ewing, Senator
Thurman and other prominent men.
In the suit OF William s. Williams against
the Western Union Telegraph Company and
others, brought at. New York. to restrain
the Increased issue of SIS 600, 900 of the
capital stoclcof the Western Union Com
pany. counsel for plaintiff have filed notice
of an appeal from the decision of Judge
Truax, who dismissed the complaint.
A fire broke cut In the docks at Hull
few days ago. The flames spread to the
steamer Othello, which was loading for
New York. The masts and yards were soon
on fire. The cabin, wheel house, forward
deck houses and life boat were burned, and
other extensive damage was done. The loss
to warehouses in the dock and In damage
to the ship is estimated at 100000. W
Moses Titcomb, ex- Superintendent of the
document room OF the United States Sem
ate, died Sunday at franklin Falls, N. H.,
aged eighty years. He had charge of the
Senate document room for more than
quarter of century. and was ultimate with
many of the most distinguished of our Con-
gressmen. He watched over Calhoun in
his last sickness, and, It is stated, prepared
for burial the body OF Henry Clay.
VIM g. Whitney was shot dead by James
Y. Christmas, his business partner, in a
boarding house on Fourteenth street, Wash
ington. recently. They had quarrelled |
frequently about business and family mat
ters. Whitney was the SON of Mrs. Myra |
Clark Gaines by her first husband, and |
Christmas is her son-inlaw. It is said that
Whitney had several times threatened to
kill Christmas, and had assaulted the latter
when he was shot.