Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-02-24

The Maine House of Representatives have
indefinitely postponed resolution of sym
pathy for the people Of Ireland.
During the storm in New Jersey Friday
night, an immense land slide covered up the
New York and Long Branch Railroad track
near the Middletown bridge.
Body snatching is brisk In the churchyards
around Toronto, Canada. One corpse was
recovered Saturday in the dissecting room
OF Bishops College, at that place.
The California railroad commissioners
have reduced the railroad freights in the
State 25 per cent, and fixed second and
third class passenger fares at go per cent. Of
first class fares.
While party of gentlemen were ice boat
leg on Great South Bay, L. l., last week, the
Ice boat ran at great speed into an ice hole,
throwing all violently out, and, perhaps, IA
tally iniuring one Of them.
At the meeting in New York on Sunday of
the Irish National Land League, central
body, resolutions were passed condemning
Mr. Shaw, NJ. P, for county Cork, for en-
deavoring to break up the Land League.
Thes remains of DIR. Konraden Herenz-
berg, who died at Indianapolis some days
since, ,cremated were at the Lemoyne furnace,
Washington, Pa, on Saturday. This is the
tenth cremation, and attracted but slight
attention.
A young girl named Garrett, while walk
ing in Protestant Sunday school procession
at Hull, Ontario, Sunday, was forcibly car
ried off by her brother In Law, aided by one
hundred French Canadians, who attacked
the procession.
The immense Ice field between Sandy
Hook and the Highlands, New Jersey, broke
loose Sunday and drifted out to sea, carry
ing everything before it. Fifty feet of the
Southern Railway freight dock at Horse
Shoe were broken down.
The steamers City of Boston and Elm City
collided In Long Island Sound during fog,
Saturday morning. The former lost twenty
feet of her guard timbers and the bow OF
the latter was somewhat damaged. The
passengers on both boats were in a state of
CONSERVATION for time, but there was no
further trouble, and each vessel proceeded.
One of many melancholy instances OF dis.
tress Is cited In New York I'm the case of
James Rowan, bookkeeper, who recently
came to that city with his four children
from Chicago, having been preceded by his
wife. Neither he nor his wife have been
able to find employment, both have disap-
peared, and the children are at the police
headquarters.
The Trustees of the University OF Chicago,
endowed by Stephen A. Douglas, borrowed
$50, 600 in 1876 Of the Union Mutual Insur-
ance Company of Augusta, Maine. and
mortgaged the property to that company.
The latter now proposes to foreclose the
mortgage. which is resisted on the ground
that the trustees never had any power to
mortgage the university.
The Bank of Commerce OF New York has
transferred to the account of the State
Treasurer OF Missouri the sum of $1S4.-
$40 81, ret entlY deposited by the sureties Of
the late Treasurer, Elijah Gates, to be
turned over to the State after certain legis-
lation by the General Assembly. Mr.. Gates'
liability to the State, therefore, stands fully
discharged, and the commonwealth loses
nothing by the failure of the Mastin Bank.
At mass meeting In Buffalo, N. Y, Sat
urdav, over which Judge James M. Smith
presided, speeches were made and resolu-
tions passed denouncing the Irish coercion
bill In the British Parliament. Among the
speakers were Judge James NJ. Humphrey,
ReY. DR.. Van Bokkelen, of Trinity p. e.
Church; DR.. s. Falk, of the Synagogue; j.
M. RohT, editor Of the German POlkyfeund,
and others.