Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-05-17
nRlEF NEWS SUMMARY.

ma abandonment Of the worlds fair
-,--sct is aiulost certain.
,ard slip has completely blocked the
,r-rrt Gents tunnel.
~, steamers recently arrived at Balti-
----4 brought 100 immigrants.
r.-rrtses Of suEstrOke have occurred In
N Y3-l, aaG ;hree in Brooklyn.
mysterious horse disease is prevailing
r.-- Island. Several cases have proved
h.ll.
, .fv vasr ola b ~ was killed at Chicopee,
,r-s.rrr=,.--. bv cake OF ice falling upon
l.u from aa ice wagon
vaurg man uamed Nuss, living in Deep
r.n-v. G-e-a county, Pa, was vaccinated
-.esr-fr. AMI his arm became so iutiamed
,t.rt fai 10 be ampUtated.
Cz.- has accepted the resignation Of
c.- I1ris NgIikOfT, and bas appointed Gen.
g,-.-f4f ro succeed him. Toe change Gre
.-ss rre.t uneasiuess IN political circles.
The corn feds along the Missouri valley
az sIfy- with flcks or geese, brant and
5-.t T5ev sr- seen bY the railroad travellers
!. -f,e n fllks Of Thousands when dis
.--bsd tv tl- nose Of the trains.
r-r-1or ion 20 population, the taxation
!. F..ter TO France than in England. In
v-.re. i- is S. = per head; in England
Sls5 The interest On the French GeOt now
,rr.els that OF the Eaglish debt.
raoaarrel between John Ferguson and
alexander Hawkins, in a restaurant, at
Tr.,r.I-e. ky, the latter threw hatehet
d FrEus1u. crushing his head so that 1t
E65ught hs will die. Hawkins escaped.
WI. Moore c Co, doing a general mer-
sssr5;se business sc Hot Springs, Ark g,
~-Ia sn assignment Yesterday. Liabilities
su9G TIE creditors are merchants of
T. Louis, Cincinnati, New York and New
Orleans.
storm at WorthiHgiOn, Pa, lifted the
tl-r of John PltmaG, contsiuing six horses,
nd carried II g distance Of half mile with
rtriuriuc the horses. Two barns belong
rr % r. Baker were blown a distance Of
tr5mil-5. No lives are reported lost.
vsrv fatal disease among cattle has
been raEirE in Iowa for several days. The
disease is very contagious aud pronounced
a.hrax. or blood poisoning. The animal
s-ackel lives but I've or six hours A mum
tTOf the finer mich cows have died. The
disease Is assuming q serious aspect.
annie Myrtle, thirteen wears Of agc, died
A. Racine. Wis, recently, from the effects oi
"Empfug the rope" She jumped one hun
5rgd anu twO times, which so injured heI
brain sud other internal organs that she
vas a terrible sufferer until relil we'd by
iss.h. Mary Faber IS also very sick from
tie same cause.
Catbarine Marshall, the fourteen year ole
daughter % railway ]aborer, who, the
glasgow papers stated q couple of week;
sgo, had rot eaten anything since the be
ginning Of the present year, Is reported tC
have mmeuced taking food. She wa;
.hnateued with being sent TO a lunatiC
ss7um il she did not do So
In jersey CITY Policeman George Logan,
remptirg 2 to srrest Margaret H Hlggins, was
3ftscked 0y her husband, Joseph Higgins
vhO took the poiiceman's club and bea
hin until be was ineensible. Detective
B0We, going to LOgan's assistance, wal
severely dubbed before he could aTres
Higgins. Logsn's recovery is doubtful
Murray Cbace, Of Prudence Island, Z. /.
Eun6er arrest on a charge of forging hi
ishers name to two notes ard Ob'atuiul
tie mOuey-about S6OO-at the Nationa
EIChsuge Bank Of Newport. 1t is alst
alleged that he raised So 600 on Bristo
5s1k with q fraudulent mortgage on hi
hher's real estate at Prudence. Chac
arirssed to forging a note for s., 600 Oi
a- Bristol County Savings Bank aud an
cher for 5000 on the Manufacturers
NtiOual Bank OF Providence.
AthunderboIt that struck among g ganI
EIshan labOrers a few days ago at Man
aran Beach, and killed one Of them, An
sso Del Beilo, thirty years of age, wa
Euewhat eccentric II its action The meI
li just resumed work after dinner, ant
Da BsIlo had just jumped into q sand pi
ghsre he had been working In the forenoon
l the middle OF the pit was a stack o
Elies, The metal portion Of which wert
suck 10 the sand. The thunderbolt stru,
5s suck Ot tools, completely spiinterinl
i1slr h4-d wood handles. Del BellO was in
SANITY killed. The only mark found on hin
sass red streak running down his abdomen
as ha- was pierced as if by bullet.