Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-05-04

5f-nstch from Scutari announces that
o--rist Ps.ha has completely defeated the
3i1srfsn insurgents at Ipek.
r,a total loss by fires in Chicago during
,s5irs- 81. .l35. $40 from S04 fires, against
:7-3 ~ from 63S fires 10 1879.
s,ov feIl at Ottawa, Canada, on Saturday
----fr-. and ice formed the same morning
rh- I5wlands around Montgomery, New
FORK.
N q family quarrel at Lowell, Mass,
r.-1b Nichols II ceived injuries at the hands
slis half brother, John G.. Nichols, which,
.5-f-.-rd. will prove fatal. Both are old
-rzps.aId have been held In good esteem
frthe community.
Tto hundred and twenty seven bales Of
.,t.or in transit from s.. Louis to the
s.asusrfu Asdru5al, at New Orleans for tha
C5rtre1t, took FIRE Yesterday and only %
F.rss were saved. The loss is s., 900, COW
srei ty insurance. s,;sf
Rev Jonathan Haskell, an ''evaugelist, +"
vF0 bad cen holding Sunday services in
~ rrbIic squares OF New Orleans, is re-
f1sei the privilege in future by the police
srh0ri It's, bis gatherings having lately
h4pr rI8t0Us In character.
The aurueymen bricklayers Of Pittsburg
srlAuegEeny have been notified that their
-rrIGFers are willing to cOncede the in
er-.sei wages demanded some time ago.
Tte Journey men cabinet makers of Pitts
bur. nave demanded an advance.
Hsves White, the murderer OF Sheriff
B-t.f- il CdtteEdeu county, Arkansas, was
t-e5 Marion yes' erday. The jury, after
Al absence Of only a few minutes, re-
.uusd With q verdict Of guilty. The death
rst.s
Arecep'i0n was given to General Grant
bg Wr. Morgan, the American Minister, In
H. Crvof Mexico, on Saturday night. The
Mexican President, Cabinet officers, Judges
70. the Supreme Court, and Congressman,
and the Diplomatic Corps were present.
John W. Minturn, OF the well known ship
ring ana commission house of Grinnell,
puturu Is Co., in New York, committed
migide on Saturday morning by shooting
himself He had been suffering from acute
pains in the head, and was probably insane
when be did the deed.
The Directors Of the National Rifle Asso-
ea-i0u Yesterday passed a resolution allow
HEmembers of the army and navy and of
tie national guards Of other States to com
lete in the matches of the association at
Cretdm0or on the same conditions as the
National Guard Of New York.
Isidore Levy and Matthew May, on trial
.n New Orleans on the charge of ar
son. n firing their store on January LIST,
were acquitted BY order of the court, the
State having failed to make out its case. 4
u0..e pros. was entered in the case of Law
renee BannOn, indicted for the same Offense.
The grand Jury at New York have pre-
seuted TWO indictments against the Police
Board, charging them with misdemeanor in
not cleaning the streets. One Of the in
dctmeHts includes Commissioners French,
Nichols, Mason and Matthews, and the
other names the three former, and includes
General William F. Smith.
A dispatch from Los Angeles says that in
the trial Of Miss Lastania Abata for killing
F. P. Foster, son of Don Juan Foster, whom
she claimed had seduced her on a promise
Of marriage, and subsequently, abandoned
her, the jury returned a verdict of acquittal.
Hiss Aoata left the court room amid the
cheers Of the crowd.
Judge Baxter, in the United States Court
al Cincinnati, after refusing to grant TEN
pOTaTy order at the instance of Donald Nc
hay, Of Boston, to restrain four Cincinnati
firms from manufacturing the Boston shoe,
has Issued an order that each Of these firms
give 1900 bond TO cover damages in the
event OF a decision against them on the
haaI hearing.
Mis- Ellen CahilI was found hanging in
Ear room in q tenement house in Second
avtuUc, New York, early Sunday morning.
Tie alarm was given by her children, two
boys, aged respectively SIX and eight years.
Tie ue,ghbOrs, on entering the room, had
not sufficient presence of mind 10 cut down
The sill warm body, but sent for a police
nan 90 do It, and when he arrived she was
beyond resUseitatiOn.
Judge Jackson, of the United States Cir
emit Court ar Parkersburg, West Virginia,
lls discharged from custody Taylor
SE0ujer, c)lOred, who had twice been con-
Hcted Of murder in the State courts. After
his last conviction his case was appealed TO
tleSupreme Court of the State, and thence
20 tie Supreme Court of the United State S.
and was then removed back to the United
States Circuit Court. The case involved q
question under the civil rights act. allowing
aeclorcd man the privilege of being tried
oyc0l0red jurors.
In BEoCblyn sunday, George Lyons, clerk
30 The grocery store Of George Scott, went
mo 8 stable in The rear of the store to feed
lQTse, Isk kiDg with him Mary Scott, aged
twenty months. While Lyons was putting
Iced iu the crib the horse kicked the little
gif., and when LYONS stopped to pick her
up IL kicked him, breaking his leg. Henry
Argue, hearing a cry for help, ran into the
sA1.e and was kicked and severely injured
"a ne hip. More help having arrived, the
mrn We're taken TO the hospital. The child
Is lot expected to recover.