Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-09-17
BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY.

A Vienna dispatch states that 400 Russian
Jews have passed through Lemberg on their
way to America.
-Four pool selling dens in Barclay street,
New York, have been raided by the police,
and the prOprietors and clerks held in
81 900 each for trial.
Robert and William Hanley, brothers,
while riding near Bonneville, Arkansas, a
few days ago, were fired at by an unknown
assassin. Robert was killed and William
fatally wounded.
The schooner E. q. Evans, from Fernan-
dina for New York, with naval stores, was
spoken off Hatteras few days ago, having
lost her sails in hurricane, and had two Of
her men killed by the falling Of a spar.
She was supplied with provisions.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Compa-
ny have reduced the passenger rates from
Baltimore to the West to correspond with
the cut-rates from New York. This makes
the rate from Baltimore to Chicago, Co
lumbus and Cincinnati 81, and to ST.. Louis
$12.
After three months of persistent effort the
Spanish Government has carried its point in
the matter of the Oran indemnity. The
French Government has agreed to pay $2,-
900 000f. to the Spanish colonists who have
suffered from the Arab outrages in Algeria
last month and IN June.
Charles T. Harris was killed by Ward
Hubbard while passing the latter's house in
Pierce City, Missouri, recently. Hubbard
went out Of the house and crushed in the
skull of Harris by blow with the butt end
of a shot gun. No cause is assigned for the
murder. Hubbard gave himself up.
A Rome dispatch says: ''Herr Won Schloe-
zer's communication as the German diplo-
matte representative to Cardinal Jacobini,
the Papal Secretary of State, Of the Empe-
ror's intention to accredit Minister to the
Vatican, was most favorably received by the
Pope. and has given great satisfaction at
the Vatican.n
The grand jury at Washington have ad-
journed until Monday, October Sd, because,
as stated by the District Attorney, the fore
man and one or two others of the iurymen
desired to be absent for about two weeks.
This took many persons by surprise, as 1t
had been announced that the star route
cases would be ready shortly after October
1st.
1t is stated that three hundred Russian
mobiles have organized themselves under the
name of "Sacred Legion" as a counter as
sociation to the Nihilist attempts on the
life Of the Czar. They will dispose of large
funds and employ a complete system of
secret organization, and their influence at
oaIlrt is sold IN he much snnerior to the or
dinary secret police.
George and Edward Blackman and Mar
tin Elmore have been arrested for firing
buildings and stealing and destroying prop
ertv belonging to William B. Adams, a
wealthy farmer of Hinsdale, New Hamp-
shire. Adams has lost nearly 81 600 by
their outrages during the last two years.
The prisoners confessed their guilt, and said
they committed the outrages because the
father of the Blackmans had been dis
charged from the supervision Of Adams
farms.
According to advices received at Ply
mouth, a fearful typhoon has visited
Shanghai, driving over two hundred YES
sells Of all nationalities on shore, uprooting
trees, and leveling with the ground whole
lines of houses. During the storm, which
lasted barely an hour, over ten inches of
rain fell. Hundreds Of native ssmpans sank
with their occupants. About 3600, 600 worth
of tea, stored for shipment. was washed
away and lost. A portion Of the Sailors
Home was blown awaY.
As locomotive on the New Jersey Gen.
tral Railroad, drawing the eight o'clock
train from Long Branch, neared the curve
at Sandy Hook, and was within few hun
dred yards of the pier, where the steamer
Jesse Hoyt was waiting for the passengers,
one of its boilers burst, scattering steam
over the fireman and engineer. The fireman
Jumped off, but the engineer stood at his
post until he stopped thu engine. Had he
left the locomotive, the train would have
crashed down the dock and into the Jesse
Hoyt, causing fearful disaster.