Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-12-19
BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY.

Hon. Lewis H. Morgan, the well-known
ethnologtst, died in Rochester, New York
yesterday.
The London Observer, referring to the
Guiteau trial, says: SIT is not too much to
dai." ' p''o'oU'"S' are pu0nc tc1n'
A COroner's jury at Washington, North
Carolina, has found that Amos Waters was
killed by "a fall on an earthen vessel, which
severed an artery,n
Mr.. Morrill,, Chairman of the Senate Fl
nance Committee, will introduce hill to
enable national banks to extend thai- cor
porate existence in accordance with The re-
eommendations OF the Comptroller of the
Currency, -
An attempt was made to sssassinate John
L. Clum, Mayor of Tombstone, Arizona. a
few days ago. A party of armed men fired
into stage coach in which be was riding,
Wounding the driver and killing one of the
horses, but Mr.. Clum escaped unhurt.
George F. Buckley, an American coutrac-
tor, was arrested last week by the Mexican
authorities at Pasodel Eorte for threatening
a German resident. Buckley was liberated
on payment of fine of $50, but 800 which
was taken from him when he was arrested
was not returned.
News has just been received that q terri
BILE typhoOn visited the country about Har-
forg and Falley, in China, raising the
waters of the sea and driving them inland
four miles. One town was entirely SUBJ
merged and swept away with all its inhab=
itants, numbering 1900.
A special from Skipwith Landing, some
distance above Vicksburg, on the Mississp-
pi river, says that while taking taking
seventeen convicts to the field to pick cot
ton on the Richmond plantation they made
an attack on the guard In charge, dismount-
ing and disarmiDg him. They all escaped.
All the hotels In ct. Alhans, VT, have
closed their doors against the travelling pub
lie. The move is the result of a temperance
movement which has been going on for
some time. The proprietors claim they can
not run their houses, except at loss, unless
they are allowed to sell liquor. The tenn
perance committee Disseminated against
them in its operations.
A burglar was shot and killed at Savoy,
Ills, recently, while attempting to break
into Albert Dunlap's store. He was pT wing
open the door, when the Watehman, named
Cline, fired through the door with a shotgun
loaded with seven rifle balls. The load
entered his throat just under the chin, and
mostly lodged apparently near the spinal
column. The burglar is believed to have
been an old sailor.
The old frigate Constitution was put out
Of commission few days ago at the Brook
lyn navy yard and assigned to a place
among the old hulks of the yard. AS many
OF the officers attached to the yard as could
possibly do so we're present to witness the
final act of hauling down the ensign previ-
GUS to the placing Of "Old Ironsides" in
rotten row In comDanv with fba 9ueora
hanna and the Ticondercga.
Fleming Porter, a lad living with his
father, was fatally shot by Joseph EIdridge,
young man, while the two were turkey
hunting on Buckhorn Mountain near Taze-
well, Va, recently. A lot Of turkeys had
lighted near the scene of the tragedy, and
while young Porter was watching TO get a
shot, his hat became somewhat visible to
his companion, who thought it was a tus kew
and fired, sending load Of big shot in his
companions brain, killing him instantly.