Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-02-03
BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY.
The bullion withdrawn from the Bank of
lgland Yesterday WAS shinned To Parls

The bullion withdrawn from the Bank of
England yesterday was shipped to Paris.
A Madrid dispatch to the London Stand.
ard says: "The Bourse settlements here and
at Barcelona passed off quietly"
The President Yesterday approved the bill
granting an additional pension to Mrs Mary
Lincoln, President Lincoln's widow.
The Parnellites in the House of Commons
have resolved to vote with Sir Stafford
Northcote against the admission of Mr..
Bradlaugh to the seat he claims in that
body.
A Paris dispatch to Reuters Telegram
Company states that NJ. Gambetta has re-
fumed editorial direction Of the Repu6ltqne
FFdncaiSe.
John Morrison, employed in the picker
room OF the Bridgewater Mills, at Chester,
Pennsylvania, was fatally burned recently
by the ignition of the cotton.
A freight train and a construction train
on the Scioto Valley Railroad collided near
Hanging Rock, Ohio, killing two workmen
and severely injuring five others. II is said
the conductor OF the train "was going with
out orders"
Twelve thousand dollars worth of silks,
stolen from the store of Camp, Morrill, g.
Camp, at Jackson, Michigan, last Wednes-
day night, have been found in the Office OF
lawyer named J. NJ. Welsh, adjoining the
store. Welsh is in jail.
At the regular meeting of the Philadel-
phia Board of Health, the Health Office
submitted report showing that in January,
1881, there we're S35 cases of variola dis
eases and 1874 deaths, and that in January,
1882, there were 321 cases and 78 deaths.
VIM. Steele, tramp, who had feloniously
assaulted woman near Logsnsport, Ind,
was caught and lynched by her neighbors
last Saturday night. After hanging him
until he was dead, they piled brush around
his body and burned it beyond recognition.
There was great sensation in the Dan
ish Folkething on Monday in consequence
OF Ministerial organ having stated that If
the Radicals prevent the passing of the
regular finance bill the government can pro-
vide the necessary funds by royal ordi-
nances. The crisis is acute.
The Athens correspondent of the London
Times says: "The reception of the Kings
address at the opening of the Chamber of
Deputies was absolutely unsympathetic.
The silence was unbroken at his entry and
departure. The people in the streets were
equally cold, SO decided an expression of
public disfavor was never before seen since
the Kings accession to the throne"
A large anH-polygamy meeting was held
~ OOhSi VSobAOudl SuuICug III
st. Louis, few nights ago. Rev. G. J.
Nichols presided, and addresses were made
by Bishop Robertson (Episcopal), Rev. DIR.
Wilson, Rev. DR.. Fulton, Judge Brecken-
ridge and others. Bishop Ryan, Roman
Catholic, sent letter expressing sympathy
with the meeting.
A warrant has been issued in Chicago for
the arrest, on the charge of conspiracy and
malfeasance in office, of Cornelius Gala
CHAN, captain Of Preventive Watch and
Detective Agency" which has been largely
patronized. A private watchman, former
lv employed by Callaghan, alleges that
Callaghan has beeu in the habit of increas-
ing his business by playing the role of
burglar on occasions.
In Newark, New Jersey, one night last
week the gasometer of the Citizens Gas
Company exploded, leaving the northern
portion of the city in darkness. The iron
cylinder became tilted by the weight OF
snow upon 1T and by the force of the
wind, until the chains holding it In place
broke. The top of the gasometer then
struck against the brick sides of the tank
producing a spark, which caused the explo-
sion. A sheet of flame leaped two hundred
feet into the air, suddenly lighting up the
whole city; the next instant the whole
northern section was in darkness. The gas
ometer contained 100000 feet of gas The
loss is estimated at $4,000. No person was
injured.