Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-09-07
BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY.

Lorenzo Delmonico, the famous caterer,
OF New York, died at Sharon Springs, re-
Gently, aged II years.
Our National Board of Health is advised
of the breaking out of the cholera at Annoy
and Shanghai, in China, and Bangkok, in
Siam. At the latter place the mortality is
from 100 to 400 daily.
The total number of ''suspects" now i'm
prisoned in Ireland is IT'S. There is reason
to believe that the tenants in the north of
Ireland, and In other parts of the country
are preparing to give the land bill fair
trial.
The forest fires in Northwestern Pennsyl-
vania and Western New York continue
very destructive to timber, the crops and
oil works. The damage is estimated as high
as $4,000, 600, but it is hoped this is an exag-
geration.
Yesterday was observed In many cities
and towns as a day of humiliation and
prayer for the recovery of President Gar
field. Tomorrow, in accordance with the
action of some of tbs Governors, will be
similarly observed.
A peculiarly destructive thunderstorm
passed over Andover, near Olean, New York,
a few days ago. By a single electric flash
four houses and five barns, besides several
smaller buildings were set on fire and de-
stroyed, and several persons were injured
by the shock.
The Indian dance at Keshena, Wisconsin,
has been discontinued, the visiting Indians
have gone to their reservation, and the
presence of United States troops prevents
any disorder. The first accounts of the
trouble on the MenOmonee reservation were
exaggerated.
A piece of wood from the hog frame of
the steamer State of New York, wrecked in
the Connecticut river, was taken to the Of
fee of the New Haven Palladium The
wood, says the EatlGdiltnl, SIS so rotten that
1t can be easily crumbled to dust between
the thumb and fingers"
The mutilated body of a Bohemian farm
er was found in a field near Cedar Rapids,
Iowa, recently, he having been killed by a
Jersey bull, which literally tore him to
pieces. The animal endangered the lives
of all who approached him, but was killed
after being shot six times.
The assertion relative to anti-Jewish dis
orders in the interior of Russia that they
are not the work Of Socialists is from the
Nihilist journal The Wa Of the People, which
also makes known for the first time that the
man who threw the bomb which caused the
death of the Gar and himself was named
Grenevistky.
The officers of the Ohio psnitentiary at
victs have been making counterfeit nickel
coins, which were circulated by a convict
supposed to be trusty enough to be allowed
to drive team outside the walls. The OBJ
ject Of the counterfeiters was to secure addi-
tional tobacco and other Small luxuries.
Near Saltillo, Indiana, John C. Russell,
arrested on the charge of stealing a watch,
was taken from an officer by a mob and
hanged up three times TO extort a confes-
sion. The last time he was strung up blood
gushed from his nose and mouth, and he
was resuscitated with difficulty. He pro-
tested his innocence all the time.
The Free Thinkers National Convention,
at HornellsviIle, New York, has adjourned,
to meet next year at Watkins, In the same
State. Among the resolutions adopted by
the convention was one of admiration for
Charles Bradlaugh. and one approving the
action of the Governor of Texas in refusing
to appoint day Of fasting and prayer.