Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-11-29
BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY.

It is understood that the oarsman Boyd
has refused to row on any river but the
Tyne, and as HanlOn's representative in
sists upon the match being rowed on the
Thames, the negotiations are expected to
be declared off.
At Holden, near Warrenburg, Mo, David
McConnagher was stabbed and killed by a
man named Scatterwhite. Scatterwhite es-
capped, as McConnagher was hard charac-
ter, having served a term in the peniten-
tiary for horse stealing.
Five boys broke through the ice while
skating at Prairie Du Chen, Wisconsin,
recently. Two of the number, Louis Makett
and Frank PinZ, aged about sixteen years,
were drowned The other three were rescued
with great difficulty. The bodies have been
recovered.
The horses attached to steam fire engine
ran away and rushed into the side of q
street car on Fourth street, Philadelphia, a
few days ago, killing two young men,
names unknown, who were standing on the
back platform. The car was crowded at the
time, and, great CONSERVATION prevailing
among the passengers, several others were
slightly hurt.
Sarah Campbell. q woman twenty five
years of age, was found dead on the floor
of her house in Hammond alley, Baltimore,
n
q main artery under the right shoulder joint
The murdered woman has been for year
separated from her husband, who is sup
| posed TO be In Ohio. There is no clew to
the murderer.
John Galus, of Letzsnberg, Germany,
eighteen months in this country, aged
| twenty-five. was arrested on Belmont ave
nue., Lake View, Chicago, for the murder OF
Hoessel, the batchelor farmer, at North
Evanston. The money receipts and cloth
| ing of the dead man were found on hin.
He admits the killing, and has been taken
to Evanston to await examination.
There were one hundred and twenty three
failures throughout the United States and
Canada reported to Bradstreet's during the
past week, an increase of two as compared
with the record of the preceding week.
The decrease was largest in the Middle
| States, while In the Western States there
was an increase, the Southern and New
England States showing about the same.
The report Of the discovery Of plot
| against the Gear and family is confirmed.
The plot was an extraordinary one. Il was
| decided to cause balloon to ascend near
Gatchina, carrying quantity of dynamite
and explosive fire balls, together with sp-
plances to cause the balloon to fall within
| the palace yard, when it would explode and
set the palace on fire. Ia the confusion it
was intended to seize the Czar and family.
The machinery seized shows that every
thing was in readiness for the execution of
the plot.
DR.. Samuel G.. Armer, Dean of the Fac
ulty OF Long Island College Hospital,
Brooklyn, says, in reference to Guiteau's
condition, that the world is full of Guiteaus
lilly balanced mental monstTosites, CON-
pounded of badly arranged intellectual
g. II
nous self-conceit. Such people are a kind
of missing link" between low and ire
sponsible animal type of the brain and the
supreme ideal of perfect humanity II such
persons are pronounced irresponsible for
their deliberately planned purposes of mur-
der, society has no longer any safeguards
against the worst elements of its popula-