Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-05-02
BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY.

F--i,~ p thunderst orm st Louisville four
s.Tr.i Geys. aged from twelve to fourteen
,54rz were killed b. lightning while play
irs taI in he school yard during recess.
Secretary Window gives notice that na-
t5rsI hank notes may lie sent To the Treas
Wfvst Washington iI sums OF 81 OG0, or its
r-rtftle. uI'hJ1t cpss ol exprtst age 10 the
s-gl-r-
Tire housa Of Jlmes P-arsons, near Char
latte Mich, vas burned Friday ri hit. The
fmi.v slept TIL The ROOT fell in Mrs.
p.a-soas and her child are probably fatally
burned.
a mob S.turdsy attacked ard wrecked
fha r4-..ferce II Henry MoUnsell. of Clouisb,
Ffrrs eaulty, Ireland, who had receHtly
sold fEe cattle belonging to some tvicted
ttuarts II PEgsoHtosu-
Eu. daley. sailor, got no Friday night
AMI climbed uut Of window, thinking It
VAS 5rr'z rigging. The nightmare lasted
uugI ht struck tie ground, three stories
b. low the wi-IcT. he aiighted on his feet
ar8 waz lot bruised, but died Saturday
morning.
rla WelEer, weii-to do farmer living
4-a~ B-fsv5s, tfsEeseC county, New York,
was murdered 81 Charles Stokley, 8 farm
hand. The refussl Of the hand OF WelSer's
dsushtef iu martiEge was the cause leading
f5fEe e#ine- srok.cy shot the decreased
f5ur tsH.es vt b revolver.
~ta sa--. In : Eo-.t western R .iIrosd
Cd-.r#f E-aG f-= uE. ter IN The Cffica OF
The Secretary u state o. Texas on Friday.
THa~er.9 Is II rIa from Austin . rough the
rCurit= cf T VS., Ns5~m5. 5.-, Burnett,
Lamps s4s, SansaJa, Mccullough, Coleman,
RgrHels aud Taylor, with a branch to the
RIO GrsUde-
AftrL nights ago q ia known man called
attla house Of the Coll, c'0r IT CifY Taxes
iu Baltimore, ard left small unses.ed
package o. be giv-n 10 the Collector. The
package contained niEe 500 bills loosely
foitgt iu pitce Of white paper, indoTsed
$500 back teXesn l. wss turned over to
the ''consc!eLca fund.-
Rav.A.H Smith, Superintendent of the
Missions cf tie Methodist Cturch u British
Columbia. has withdrawn fIOm that Genom-
ius-lou because Of his disbelief in the
doctrine OF eternal punishment Il is be-
lirved many Of his congregation will follow
lin. and be- will establish an independent
CHURCH in Victoria
Auumber Of gentlemen were seiniEg in
the mill race near Camdenyille, Kentucky,
Friday, when one Of the parry, Leonard
Petty, got tee Eear the place where The
water Tuus Of under the water wheel of the
mill, and was sucked under the wheel and
drowned. His body was recovered about l
O'Clock the same Eight.
Forepsugb has sued Barnum. Damages
are Iaid st $4,000. Barnun Is charged
with saving that FGTcpaUEh bought lot Of
old stuffed snakes ana stuffed monkeys and
blind horses from him aud was now eX-
hitting them as tirst-clsss attractions The
ptsutztT hiss attached an assortment OF eie-
fstant-. boa constructors, eDScoBdas5 mon
keys aud psrfOts.
Durflga g recent Montana flood daring
hut uusucce ssful effort was made to get the
I-rf-.d States mails across a RIVER where The
bridge had been carried away. After CAP. e
Laf been stretched scrcss basket was sd-
i1s-ef. and II e carrier, with his mail lag,
SEEMED ir. When tu the centre, immediate
Iv over ti.e stes hiEe AID boiling waters, the
basket tirp .5. and both the matt and the
msu were list 10 sight fvrevet.
Helen NJ. GsrdueE, e Miss freeman, Of
No So Downing street, New YORK. charged
MIL ssesr.tiEg Howard 5. IDgeE5eli by
throwing red pepper in his eyes aud COW
hidilg lin fer, as she alleged, insulting her,
was trie6 in he Court q Special Sessions
and c-z vjc.s IF assault. She was sent .
the peI.iesfiaty iur o1e wear AID fiued SOD
TrgersCu denied the alleged insult, aud
CratrEd j8e vs. man Tith an attempt II
blackm4iL
From sunrise Saturday lnurning Fox river,
H., was dotted with boats, searching for the
bodies Of those drowned by Fridays acci-
dent. Up to a late hour in the afternoon
however. no bodies had been recovered.
The excitement continues unabated. Ihe
exact number Of passengers on board OF the
boat at the time Of the accident viii proba-
bly, never be known, but was between TWEEN
ty-fve and thirty.
Friday evening child, aged five, named
Bliss, fell into a well seventy. i've
feet deep, at Normal, Illinois,. There
was five feet Of water in the well, SO
that the clear fall was seventy feet. Mr..
Bliss heard the chfld's CRY, got rope and
wentdOwn. He succeeded in seizing the
child and brought it to the surface. TO MS
delight ne found it almost entirely un1nlur-
ed. The escape is looked upon as little less
than miraculous.
Wnhelmina Grunwald. y years Of age,
was found dead in her room at No. IA stan
ton street, New York, In barrel OF water
in which she had either died while bathing
or deliberately drowned herself. Her great
age made it seem probable that the former
was the case, but investigation made by the
Coroner showed that after cutting the arte-
ries 10 her left arm at the wrist and elDoW,
she crawled into the barrel and there drown
ed herself while the life blood was oozing
from her veins.
Ezra G. Sanger died recently in Peoria
III. In 1873, by the death of his father,
Judge Sanger, he was left fortune OF
$4,000. He went into the leather business,
but soon retired, and then began 3 life Of
recklessness. He went to Chicago and as
sOcfated with notorious gamblers ana cIlnni
nails. His great ambition was to be 81 th'
head Of thieves, and on the outcssts OF SO
eiety he layished his wealth. When raid
was made on the thieves Of Peoria few
wears ago he spent $4,000 to secure theil
release from Joliet. An attempt was onct
made to have couservator appointed, buI
fsfIsf T,hfs vras followed bY his mother