Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-09-29
BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY.

The Transvaal Volksraad have rejected
the proposed convention with England.
No progress has been made towards pay
Ing the war indemnity imposed by Chill on
Peru, as Peru still refuses to cede any terri
tory.
At the firing of a cannon in Tarrytown,
N. Y, man named Newman was instantly
killed and man named Sutton mOrtally
wounded.
A fire at Bryan, Texas, Tuesday night de-
stroyed one OF the principal business blocks
of the city, including the post office and all
It's fixtures. No estimate at hand yet as to
the total loss.
A train carrying a construction party on
the Des Moines and Northwestern Rail
road, In Iowa, ran off the track, near
Greenbriartown, killing three men and In
iurtng thirty others.
David Graham Drummond Ogilyy. Earl of
Airlie, representative peer of Scotland, and
member of her Msiesty's household, died
suddenly of congestive chill at Windsor
Hotel, Denver, Col, recently.
A. s. Niles, who murdered James Single
ton near Lincoln, Cal, and concealed his
body In we'll five years ago, the discovery
Of which was recently reported, committed
suicide in jail by cutting his throat.
The baby elephant attached to Fore
psugh's show, which was born in Philadel-
phla March 10, 1880, now weighs 1000
pounds. When it was weighed six hours
after its birth it weighed 2lS1S pounds.
Thomas Saunders drew a large knife
across the stomach of Mrs. Susan Bromley,
with whom he boarded, in Brooklyn, N. Y,
aud then cut his own throat. Mrs Bromley
died instantly and Saunders will probably
die.
The national bank at Luxembourg has
been closed by the government. The bank
mad to go into liquidation on account of bad
oils Inc working classes hold 8, 600, 900
of francs in It's notes, and there is great ex-
citement.
The steamer City of Winnipeg, while be-
ing transferred from the Red and Assini-
bone rivers to Saskatchewan, was totally
wrecked while in tow of the steamer Prin-
cess during a storm on Lake Winnipeg. The
loss is $50 600.
"Ham" White, alias Burton, a notorious
stage robber, has been sentenced at Pueblo,
Colorado, to imprisonment for life. His
last offense was the robbery, single-handed, :,
of stage coach containing twelve men,
near Alamcss, Colorado.
Senator Slater, of Oregon, was, st last
accounts, at his home at Lagrange, in that
State, about fifty miles from the nearest
telegraph station. 1t is said that elf given
notice of the call for the extra session he
could reach Kilton, on the Central Pacific
Railroad, in four days"
John B. Sherman, one of the bondsmen
of ex- City Treasurer David A. Gage, of Chi
cago, has compromised with the city by the
payment of $4,000. Gage, it may be re-
membered, invested city funds in a subur-
ban land speculation, and was unable to
settle balance of $500,OO0.
A ticket ScSlper, named Lamm, has been
arrested In London, Ontario, on a charge of
forgery in Detroit. He consentt d to go to
the latter city without waiting for extra
dition papers. 1t is estimated mat the
Flint and Pere Marquette Railway has lost
$25. 900 by ticket scalping operations.
The boiler in Hoff & Haldman's saw mill,
three miles south of TrGskwood, Arkansas,
exploded recently, and Mr.. Hoff and two
mployes-Francis H. johnson, from Illi-
nois, and w. H. Halliday-were killed.
Several other persons were injured, but none
OF them seriously.
About the end of last month William T.
Branch, financial manager of the American
Transfer Company of Pennsylvania, disap-
peared from his home In Bradford, and an
examination of his accounts showed ode
ficiency" of 800, 900. Detectives were set
on his track, and he was arrested In To-
ronto. He is held for extradition.
The whaling bark Legal Tender has ar
rived at San FranscIsco. from the Arctic re-
gons. She spoke the revenue cutter Cor
win. The Corwin landed on Herald Island,
which was explored, and subsequently took
possession of Wrangel Land for the United
States. No signs OF human habitation were
found, the country being utterly sterile and
desolate, and no traces of the Jeanette
were discovered on either Herald Island or
WraBgel Land.