Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-05-31

There are now in the St. Louis Jail seven
men under sentence of death for murder.
1u5ge Keith, Of the Circuit Court at
Alexandria, Va, has decided that the Sun
dsv laws there Go not apply 10 the sale Of
newspapers.
The Census Bureau states that the net
5sbt OF the three hundred cities and towns
IN the United States having more than Z, 500
D9pula. ion is over $570,OOO,OOO.
In view Of the recent disaster in Cana
dian waters and the opening Of the excur-
sI1D season, Secretary Window has taken
steps to vigorously enforce the steamboat
laws.
MI. Eyarts, representative of the United
states in the International Monetary Con-
ference. has arrived AZ London from Paris
and viii remain there until the resssembling
0f the conference on the Both of June.
David a. TOwner, bookkeeper for Allen
& WOODWORK, Boston, committed suicide
few days ago on his mothers grave, st
WidlletOwn, Conn. Il is now aeeertained
tbat be had been embezzling his employers
money.
At Toronto, Ont, a bullock escaped from
tbe cattle yards and ran into the Don river,
where two drovers followed to drive the
animal out. The bullock turned On one of
them named stein and paved HIM under
the water, uTOWuli = ulIn-
A bald headed eagle was caught by three
b5vs few evenings ago near the Delaware
Western Railroad bridge, at Wilmington,
DEL. The bird was engaged in combat with
Newfoundland dog, and was endeayoring
TO carry it off in its talons.
Tie investigation into the star route
frauds is continued with earnestness by the
Pos, Office authorities, who expect soon to
hsve ready for presentation to the Attorney
General evidence that will warrant that
officer in asking for the action of the
courts.
While two men were digging drain near
LissycaseY, between Ktrush and Ennis, in
Ireland, they came upon an iron clasped
chest Of large dimensions, lying on which
wsss large sword The box was found to
be fun OF gold coins of ancient date. On
the sword was engraved the word "O'Neill.n y
The voupgest daughter of Jsmes West
over. aged sixteen of Markesan, Wisconsin,
poisoned herself because her father forbade
her admirer, d. Murray, aged eighteen, to
call at the house. The young man was so
grief stricken when he heard of the girls
fate that he also committed suicide by
taking strychnine.
Secretary Blaine has been officially in
formed from the French Legation at Wash
ingt0n, that toys which are cOlOred by
means Of poisonous substances are liable TO
seizure by French customs officers, under
orders which have been issued with view
OF preventing their sale in France or ac
count Of such coloriug being injurious to
the health Of children.
Virginia Democrats and straight out Re
pubHcans are very much elated with the re
suit of the election of Thursday. They
claim that the triumph of the Democratic
ticket everywhere throughout the State is
the result OF the combination of the better
elements Of both parties bent upon burying
NahOneism out Of sight, and that It is in
dIcstiye Of what will occur In Move mber.
King James version of the Holy Bible
contains 3 ,5S6, ,4S9 letters, 773 6S5 words,
81, lib verses, I, ,lS9 chapters. and sixty-six
books. The "LOrdn occurs $50 times, II e
word ''andn 46, ,277. The word reverend"
is found in P-alm cxi, g. The middle verse
In Psalm Cxviii., s. All the letters of the
alphabet, except the letter j, are found
10 Ezra vii. 81. The longest verse is
Esther viii 9, and the shortest st. John
H., 80.
The loss by the burning of the Collier
White Lead and OIL Works, at ST. Louis,
is from S12O 600 to Sl50,O00. Two fatal
casualties resulted from the fire. One was
man run over by a runaway team and
killed, and another the death. evidently
from heart disease. Of Louis Cohen, con
uected with the UeStlicbs Post, who was
overcome while running 10 the fire, and died
after being carried to the city dispenssry
The company is insured for $20S 900 in six
ty-dye companies.
The annual sale of yesrlings at Preskness
farm, owned by NJ. H. Sanford, near Lex
ington, Kentucky, resulted In the sale of
thirty-eight head of the get Of Virgil, Glen
elg, Monarchist, Ten Brock and other
good sres. Eighteen colts sold for $l1,-
$50, the average price per head being S947.
The average on FLIES was a fraction over
$500, the full amount for twenty of those
disposed Of being SS,025, making total Of
S-501J as the entire sum for the thirty
eight head disposed of.
The correspondent Of the Paris httran-
sgaH.t in St. Fetersburg, who processes to
be equally well informed as TO the move
meu's 10 the palaces and the plans OF the
Nibists, writes that the Empress recently
discovered between the leaves of her
prsyer book a sheet of paper with pen
aud ink drawing on each side. Each sketch
represented q gibbet, on one OF which
Hessy Hslfman was seen hanging, and on
the other Her Msjesty. Beneath were writ
Ten the words: IAN eye for an eye. Your
ehili will meet the same fate as mine" The
Empress is said 10 have tainted on reading
Ills lugubriOus threat.