Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-13
BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY.

Eleven hundred and forty four deaths
were reported In New York city last week.
The Jewish inhabitants Of Novo Their
kask, on the river Don, have been ordered
TO quit the town by September 18th.
Thirty cases Of smallpox are reported IN
New Brunswick, New Jersey. Five families
one street are sick with the disease.
At noon yesterday Gale, the pedestrian,
had completed 1855 quarter miles Of the
5000 quarter miles In 5000 consecutive ten
minutes. BE is still In good condition.
A correspondent at Sistova says that the
present members of the National Assembly
are arriving at Sistova, ,undermilitary escort,
to protect them from the insults of the
Liberals.
There are now 200 persons imprisoned in
Ireland under the coercion act, including
member OF Parliament, 1priest, magistrate,
several town eouncillorsland many poor law
guardians.
Mrs. VIM. Johnston was found lying on
the floors of her rooms In New York. Life
was extinct. There we're marks on her
chin, and the throat was slightly discolored.
Her husband was arrested on the charge Of
numbering her.
A young man named Samuel Maltby was
accidentally shot and killed at Montreal by
some member Of q militia regiment who was
engaged In rifle shooting. The deceased
was swimming In the river behind the butts
when he met his death.
Reuben Coleman and posse of;eight men
surrounded q cabin In Arbuckle Mountains,
In the Indian Territory, for the purpose of
arresting two suspected murderers Two
men emerged from the cabin, shot Coleman
dead, wounded another, and then escaped.
The striking longshoremen at Montreal
hov~ lro6 Nr.,r -h.l
ers to settle their differences. A number of
the strikers have resumed work. The
draymen, however, threaten to strike this
week "out OF sympathy with the longshore-
men,"
The City Council of Dallas, Texas, owing
to popular complaints against Overcharges
and insufficiency Of the gas and water sup
ply, has "come to q deadlock" with the
companies, and the supply of gas and water
has been turned off. The city is about to
take steps towards introducing the electric
light and building water works Of It's own.
A telegram from Chicago says the Pitts
burg, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad
Company has 'teut" she grain rate to the
seaboard to twelve cents per hundred
pounds on grain In elevators. This rate
does not apply to grain transferred from
Western connections, and the reduction, it
Is asserted, sis made simply TO prevent the
diversion OF grain In the elevators to the
water line"
The post office at Lyons, Ohio, was ROBBED
some time ago, and since that time the Pest
master, Carmon, has been watchful for
burglars. About 2 o'clock on Saturday
morning be saw figure on the roof OF the
house and fired the contents of q carbine
through its head. Examination showed
that he had killed hls fourteen-year old son,
who had gone out on the roof In q fit OF
somnambuism or to seek relief from the
heat.
Coroner Brady, of New York, held an In
quest at the Metropolitan Hotel over the
body of Thomas Fitzgerald Callaghan, Gov
ernor of the Bahama Islands, who died, and
found that death was caused by paralysis OF
the heart, induced by long attack of inter
mittent fever. The body will be embalmed
and taken to England. Governor Callaghan
was a native Of the county Cork, Ireland,
He entered the British colonial service about
twenty years ago, and has held various po-
sitions of trust.
Near Hollywood, Arkansas, two Texans
stopped at the house Of Thomas Holden and
asked for corn to feed their horses, but were
refused by a colored man in care OF the
premises. One Of the strangers, remarking
that they must have twenty ears to feed
their horses, threw twenty tive cents to the
ucRro anu tOok tue cofuS auO kne men re-
sumed their journey. Holden, returning
home and hearing the negro's report of the
matter, secured the company of John Fl.
Wilson, and started in pursuit of the strang-
ers. They were overtaken at distance OF
few miles, one OF them sitting on bis
horse, while the other was asleep on the
ground. The man on watch gave the alarm,
but was shot dead by Wilson. The remain
ing man was taken to Hollywood, but was
released by the magistrate there,