Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-19
BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY.

States Mint, in Philadelphia, died recently
In his seventy first year. He had been con
nected with the mint for forty-eight years.
1t is now said that Col. John 8. Mosby,
our Consul General at Hong Kong, does not
intend to return home at an early date, as
heretofore reported, but will remain at his
post, at least for the present.
The bakers in Chicago have ordered an
advance of one cent per loaf in the price of
bread, OsteDsibly because of the general in
crease in values, but really, it is supposed,
to fOrstall an anticipated strike OF the jour
neymen bakers.
William Beal, of Indianapolis, while at
tempting to explain the nature Of the shot
from which the President was suffering,
accidentally discharged the weapon which
he held in his hand, the ball penetrating his
hip, inflicting severe wound.
Mayor King, OF Philadelphia, has instruct.
ed the police to arrest and prosecute all
persons found carrying concealed deadly
weapons, and to apprehend all those whom
they may have a reason to believe are vio-
lating the law in this particular.
The Berlin correspondent of the London
Times says there is every prospect that the
harvest will be much worse than 1t was last
year. There appears to be prospect of a
general harvest in all crops valued at only
from one-half to two-thirds of all average
yield.
VIM. Coulson, an employe of the Harlan
& HolliBgswoTth Company, at Wilmington,
Del, was drowned 10 the dry dock at the
shipyard of that firm few days ago. No
one was able to render him any assistance,
although many workmen we're standing by
at the time.
The executive board of the Hebrew
Union, in session at Chicago, has elected
the following offic RS: President, NJ Loth,
of Cincinnati; Vice President, A. L. Sanger,
Of New York; Secretary, Lipman Levi, of
Ctncinua'i; Treasurer, Solomon Levi, of
Cincinnati.
meeting of the Amalgamated Trades
and Labor Unions was held In New York
recently, and the association was reorgan-
ized. Il is intended to start similar unions
throughout the country, SO that In case of a
strike in one State the associations in other
States can assist the strikers.
DR.. Germer, Health Officer at Efe, Pa !,
sent a can of devilled ham swarmiug with
trichinosis to Rochester to be examined with
the aid OF a microscope. This was several
weeks ago. 1t has been discovered that the
can fell into the hands of depot laborer,
who ate the ham. Thus far he has expert
enced no Ill effects from IT.
The Williams or Maxwell brothers, who
murdered Sheriff Coleman, near Durant,
Wisconsin, last Sunday night, have been
surrounded in the woods near the scene
of the murder by one hundred and
fifty armed men. The murderers are
said to be wounded, and their pursuers are
determined to capture them "dead or
alive"
The Bath, Me-, Times says: ''Mrs. Cross
man, VINO was so sbockingIy beaten hy her
husband, is still alive, but fast sinking. The
prisoner makes a full confession, and says
he was ciazed with rum, and that he i'm
agined bis victim to be the devil, who had
come TO take away his Aboie, ard 80 made
his frenzied attack. The woman's skull is
broken and her hand frightfully chewed,
one finger being nearly torn off,"
At a meeting of the Board of Aldermen,
in Newport, Rhode Island, Mayor Slocum
said the writer of an article In the Daby
NelOS was "a villain" Lucius d. Davis,
editor of the Nea0S, said he was the writer,
whereupon the Mayor repeated his original
remarks, following it up with profane Ian
guage of the most insulting character. 1"
The Board, "0ut of respect for itself and to
protect the Mayor from further disgrace,
adjourned"
James Atkinson was arrested among the
islands in the Mississippi river, In Pennscot
charge of having murdered his wife and
children. and thrown their bodies into the
river. The bodies were recovered. Family
troubles are assigned as the cause of che
tragedy, Atkinson and his wife having sepa-
rated. Atkinson's father and mother and
his two younger brothers have been ar
rested as accessories to the crime.
The Kief newspaper. the LG6otw, pub
fishes telegram from Poutiyl, In the
province of Koorsk, Russia, which states
that nineteen men and girls were shut in
barn by the steward of the property called
the "Bolgin," for refusing to work, and
that all were burned to death by village
mob setting fire to the building. One per-
son who was arrested confessed to his share
in the crime. The GoloS, reproducing the
news of the outrage, characterizes II as in
credible.
A land slide occurred a few nights ago
near the mouth of the tunnel on the Gin
cinnati Northern Railroad under Crown
street, Walnut Hills, suburb of Cincin-
natl, where twelve men were engaged in
preparing for arching. Frank Burns, the
foreman, was on the timbers, and the
others we're below in the bottom of the tun-
mel. The sliding earth knocked Burns off,
and threw the timbers down on the men.
Burns and David Hunter (colored) were
killed, and four others were more or less
injured.
A special from Waupsca. Wis, reports
the details of a most horrible murder at
Manawa, near Waupaca. A shoemaker
named Henry Braumer was set upon by
three rivermen from Oshkosh, one named
j. O'Brien, one John Vantinner, and the
other unknown, and was pounded and
kicked TO death. 0'Brien beat Braumer's
head to jelly with stones, and the river
men, who had heel-corks in their boots,
ismmed them into their defenseless victim
all over his body. The murder began by q
fight, started by O'Brien.