Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-06-10
BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY.

dtowDed by falling into well at Ottawa,
Canada, recently.
News comes from Van that the earth
quake has partly destroyed thirty -four vil-
lagos In that pashali.
VIM. Bachelor was Yesterday appointed
inspector Of tobacco. snuff and cigars for
the district Of Louisiana.
Charles Dougherty, aged twelve years,
jumped from q coal train at Catasauqua,
Penn, and was killed by falling under an
other train.
A boy named Albert was killed by falling
down an elevator shaft from the fourth
story OF tinware factory, In Chicago,
few days ago.
The President yesterday appointed VIM.
d. King Postmaster at Hawkinsvile, Ca,
aud Mrs. Grace G. Cochran at Anderson
Court House, s G.
A hammer In the Harrisburg Car Works,
weighing $500 pounds, recently came down
on the hand of Stephen r. Cupples, and
mashed 1t to jelly.
Ten of the striking New York brewers
assembled at their headquarters yesterday,
and 1t was thought that many had re.
turned to work. 1t is believed that all will
give way before many days.
Thos. Bayett. convicted of murder In the
second degree, and sent from Bear, Texas,
to the penitentiary six years ago, was par
doned Wednesday for exemplary conduct.
The erection of sugar refinery, to be 100
feetsquare and IL stories high, has begun at
the foot of Polk street, in Chicago. Five
hundred workmen will be employed In its
construc ion.
Percival Patterson, aged six years, while
playing in his fathers house. IN Pottsville,
Pa, fell upon a piece Of glass, which
severed the iugular vein, causing him to
bleed to death.
1t is reported that fight occurred recent
" near Fort Walsh between Blsckfoot and
Cree Indians, and that sixteeno' the latter
were scalped. The Crees had been stealing
horses from the Blackfeet.
The Florentine police have discovered an
extensive association of malefactors among
the employees of the Roman railways, to
whose operations are due many serious rob-
berries OF passengers and baggage.
The French Senate yesterday, by vote
of 13S to III, refused to pass to the discus
sion of the clauses of the scr1ttjfa de liSte
bill. On the division on the calling of their
names the Ministers abstained from voting.
VIM. Brown was arrested yesterdayin Mon
tague county, Texas, charged with being
implicated In the stage and mail robbery on
the Fort Sill route last Friday. The evil
dence against him is reported to be conclu-
sive.
Jacob Corderla, living near SMYRNA, Del,
was accidentally shot by the discharge of q
gun in the hands of friend, The whole
charge entered his head and face, one shot
entering the eye, which it is supposed he
will lose.
The adopted daughter of Mrs. Dauphine,
of st. Margaret's Bay, Nova Scotia, drowned
herself in fit of insanity, caused by grief
for the death nf har adnptad Yoofbor
suicide was married, and leaves an infant
four months old.
A special to the Chicago Morning Ne@s
from Clinton, Ill. says Mrs. Dury, an in
sane woman, at Wappella, poured coal oil
over her clothing and burned herself to
death. She was fifty years old and leaves
large family.
Among the visitors received by President
Garfield Yesterday was H. Demareil, editor
of the Messenger Franco american of New
York, who called to confer wi the Presi-
dent upon the establishment Of large sgri-
cultural colony In Texas.
I. j. Bolton, DR., whose trial has been
going on for the past few days at Port Glib
son for the murder of Douglass Clarke last
spring, was yesterday acquitted. His trial
for the killing of L. M. Clarke has been
postponed until the next term.
Gen. Frisbie has obtained from the Mexi-
can Government a railroad concession.
deemed to be the most valuable yet granted.
1t connects with the Southern Pacific on
the Rio Grande. and comes to Mexico City
with branches to the Gulf and Pacific.
A fine granite memorial monument has
been erected ia Stonewall Cemetery, Win
chester, Va, to the memory of General
Turner Ashby and his brother, Captain
Richard Ashhy, the two dashing Confede-
rate officers. The monument was erected
by the ladies of Winchester.
A special dispatch from Louisville, Ky.,
says: "a telegram announces the sale of
ATaDza to Mr.. Lorillard for $4,000. Aranza
was owned by g. Fl. Gillock and Col. Geo.
Warden, of this city. She was bought for
Mr.. Lorillard by Mr.. johnson. Aranza
originally cost Mr.. Gillock $3.50. She is of
the Bonnie Scotland stock"
j. Moore & Son, of London, Aberdeen and
Seville, have just purchased ground on the
Brandywine river, in Wilmington, Del, for
the erection of large cannery. They will
run private line of ocean steamers, to ply
between that city and London, to supply
their trade. Most of the raw material will
be taken from the peninsula.
At East Saginaw, Michigan, one night
this week, gang of roughs attached to a
circus attacked a crowd at a dance house.
using clubs to beat them with. Augustus
E1WOigB q pOhSCLnduS Was D6dbeH 10 QeaLn.
Frederick Wensell was fatally injured. Ten
or twelve others were cut and bruised.
Thirteen of the roughs were arrested.
The Rugby Colony, despite reports to the
contrary, is In 1ourishing condition. Two
saw mills have been put up since the close
OF the winter, and the school has begun its
regular sessions with twenty-three pupils.
New corners are continually arriving, most
OF the latest arrivals being from England or
Scotland. The colonists now number three
hundred, including fifty-four children.
Since the founding last fall but two deaths
have occurred, both infants.
A small negro boy living with colored
family named Smith, in st. Tammany parish,
La, was roasted to death in punishment for
stealing loaf OF bread. Smith and wife
practice voodooIsm among the ignorant me-
groes in the parish. The boy was nearly
starved, and embraced an opportunity az
fOrded by the absence of the family to steal
the bread. When the theft was discovered
they tied the boy in the fireplace and roast
ed him so badly that he died shortly after.
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