Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-04-28

$40 B. c., and they come from the site OF
the ancient city Of eippara, which furnished
five out of the ten Chaldsan Kings who
ruled before the food.
Col. Sir Richard T. Gilpin IS dead, 10 Egg
land, in his eighty second year. For forty
years he had been Colonel Of the Bedford
shire Militia, and for thirty had sat in Par
lament. With his regiment he was an espe-
cial favorite, and in politics he was much
esteemed by persons of all shades OF poll
tics. His father before him was Colonel OF
the same regiment, and held the place for
another forty years. Sir Richard was created
Baronet by the Conservative party In 1876,
but as he died without issue the title has be-
come extinct.
In deciding recent libel suit against the
New Orleans Times-D Democrat, Judge Rightor
said very emphstieally that the evidence
had established beyond the possibility Of a
doubt the utter falsity of the cruel accuse
ton, which bad for its basis the equally false
official reports of the police. But he added:
cit is equally clear that there was no DELHI
crate intention on the part OF the paper to
iDhtct an injury upon the plaintiff. The
whole arose from the carelessness OF the re-
porter. He was too hssty in giving credence
to police reports" Damages were assessed
at 500.
The elements seem to be on the warpath
of late, and their destructive power is di-
rected particularly against this land Of ours.
| Floods have swept over States, and storms
have devastated towns and settlements. Cy-
| clones dealing death and destruction In their
path are becoming slsrmingly frequent, and
we are visited with heavy snow storm In
| the middle of spring. All these unusual
| 0npnrrnOpne tn he attributed
to the existence of disturbances upon the
| face OF the sun. Whether there is anything
In this theory or not, there is field for the
study of scientists, and especially these de-
/ voted to meteorolOgv, into the causes OF all
these atmospheric phenomena.
Kingston (Ulster county, N. W Leader:
''Mr. Yelllg, of Wilbur, has a black spitz
dog which weighs about fourteen pounds.
1t is said by Mr.. Yellig that when storm Of
rain or snow is brewing, within twentYfour
hours before 1t comes the dog lies down
upon his back with outstretched legs. When
it is going to be intensely cold the dog is
seen, a few hours before 1t gets so, to put
his nose as far under the stove as he can get
it. These statements are verified by q large
| number Of our most respected stove meT-
/ chants who have seen the things done TO
their cost, as some have made bets upon the
| fact and lost. Mr.. Yellig has such conf
| dence in his canine that he is willing to bet
almost any amount of money he will do
these things every time without a miss"
The death Of Jesse James recalls the fate
of another equally desperate bandit, 'sam"
Bass, who made the plains Of Western
Texas the scene of his exploits. This
noted robber, for whose capture, "dead OF
alive" large sum had been offered, was
| finally eDtrspped with a comrade in the
town OF Round Rock, in the summer of
| 1875, and after short but bloody struggle,
| in which the Sheriff of Williamson county
and two Of his deputies, as well as the com
psnion of the outlaw, were left in the streets
dead and dying, Bass himself fell from his
horse In the outskirts of the town MORALLY
wounded by ball from a Winchester rifle.
He was buried with much "pomp and cir
| cumstance" in the cemetery at Round Rock.
| Songs were composed and sung in his honor,
aud his grave is even now often strewn with
flowers by sympsthizlng Texans. His gang
was broken up, many OF his partners in
crime going up into Missouri and joining
Jesse James. Two of them, Crank" Car
ter and John Underwood, have figured con-
spicuously in several recent train robberies