Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-09-30
BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY.

The residence of William Gibbons, in Sc
dalis, Mo, was burned recently, and four
children who were asleep upstairs perished.
$500 bales of New Zealand, Port Phillip
and Cape wool were sold In London yester-
day. The bidding was brisk and prices very
firm.
Jesse Pomeroy, the hoy flend, attended
divine service at Concord, N. H., on Mon
day. 1t was the first time in three years
that he has been out of his solitary cell.
Typho-malarial fever, bilious collie and
pneumonia are playing sad havoc among the
persons rendered homeless by the recent
forest fires in Michigan, and many deaths
have already occurred.
George W. Hunt, paying teller of the I'm
porters and Traders National Bank of New
York city, has been arrested and committed
for trial on the charge of being defaulter
to the amount of $685. 900.
Miss Henrietta D. Field, of South Chez
ter, Pennsylvania, while attempting to cross
the track of the Philadelphia, Wilmington
and Baltimore Railroad, at Thurlow station,
was struck by an express train going South
and instantly killed.
"Pinkeye," the new and mysterious
horse disease, is spreading in Chicago. 1t
first made its appearance there about ten
days ago, and has spread so rapidly that
nearly every large stable in the city is
suffering from it's ravages.
Frank Wild, an Italian stevedore, quarss
relied with Joseph Dext in Brooklyn, N. Y
and fred at him, the ball lodging in the
wall. Without waiting to see the result of
bis shot, Wild went into a room Of his
house and blew his brains out.
Christabel Columbus, Duke Of Veragua,
descendant of Christopher Columbus, has
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Madrid, message OF sympathy to the
widow and mother and children OF General
Garfield, and to the American people.
Charles r. Moroth, a well known miner,
in the EMPLOY of the Delaware and Hudson
Company, Wilkesbarre, Pa, accidentally
walked into No. 2 shaft at Plymouth. He
fell distance Of 1856 feet. When his body
was brought to the surface it was hardly
recognizable.
Captain Davis Wood, the oldest ship
master in Newburyport, Mass, and one of
the Oldest graduates of Harvard College,
died recently, aged eighty-nine. He was
Master of the steamer Massachusetts,, which
carried General Scott and staff to Vera Cruz
during the Mexican war
The boiler of a train on the Hastings aud
Dakota division of the Minnesota and st.
Paul Railroad exploded recently, throwing
the engine and two cars off the track, kill
ing engineer Grove Bradbury and injuring
the fireman and Conductor Jones' No pas
sengers were injured.
The wife of Jacent Cox, residing at Flor
ence, n. j., was bitten about six weeks ago
by spitz dog. Hydrophobia set in and a
few days ago she died. Before her death
she requested that all the windows of the
house should be boarded up, and also that
she should be tied with strong cord so that
she could not injure any one.
Mr.. Parnell, speaking at land meeting
in Queens county, explained the nature of
the test cases, which it is proposed to bring
before the Land Court. These he said, are
of three kinds, viz: holdings which cannot
be described as rack-rented holdings
wherein the tenant made improvements
long ago; and holdings where recent i'm
provements have been made.
Within the past few months there have
been more changes in Virginia postmasters
than In the previons four years. These
changes have been effected, it is believed,
in the interest of the Malone party in that
State, as, with but few exceptions, the post
masters removed were Republican in poll
tics and their successors belonged to the
Malone party. The lumber Of removals is
estimated at one hundred and fifty.