Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-07-26
BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY.

John c. Hamilton, son of Alexander
Hamilton. died yesterday at Long Branch,
New Jersey.
| Joseph Eckert, while asleep, fell from a
third story window In Baltimore recently
and was killed.
The President Yesterday nominated NJ. s.
Joslyn, of Illinois, to be Assistant Secretary
of the Interior, vice Alonzo Bell, resigned.
The monitors, Montauk, at Washington,
and Nantucket. at Annapolis, have been OF
dered to get ready for sea to test their sea-
worthiness.
A four-Year-o child named Farber was
scalded to death a few days ago by falling
into a boiler of hot water, in Scranton,
Pennsylvania.
The Vienna Press states that q conflict has
occurred on the railway between peasants
and laborers at DombroVa. Fourteen per-
sons were killed.
Thos. Guardis. who has presided over che
destinies of the Republic of Costa Rlca for
nearly twelve years past, died on the 9TH
instant. His death had been expected for
some months.
Senator Kellogg's amendment to the river
and harbOr bill, providing for the construc-
tion Of q lock at Bayou PlsQuemine, La,
was agreed to by the conference committee,
and remains in the bill.
All cases against the lottery men and kin
dred frauds at st. Louis have either been
nolIe pressed or deferred to the September
term, when they will be dropped. This
ends the fight against that species Of crime
there.
Richard Garland, who killed Joseph Ad
Olson in an 'Impromptu duel" in Luuen-
burg county, Virginia, last week, has been
examined before three county Magistrates,
and committed without bail to be tried for
murder next month.
John Donaldson, of Milwaukee. has issued
the following challenge: 81 hereby chal
lenge any man in America excepting John
L. Sullivan), Tug Wilson preferred, to fight
me with or without gloves for 5000 side,
the fight to take place within 500 miles of
Milwaukee and within six weeks from the
date the articles are signed"
Star route men dread the evidence OF
MacVeagh and James, to be given this week,
embodying the confession of RerdelI, Dor
seY's private secretary. 1t was ruled out
once, but will have to tie admitted under
the recent decision in the Walsh case. Rer-
dell and Walsh, together with other evi
dence on hand, will, according to the prose-
cutiOn, convict the thieves.
The Acting Consul General of the United
States in Egypt telegraphs Secretary Fre-
liughuysen from Alexandria as follows '1
remained at Cairo up to the last moment.
Our records and my personal effects there
are Lost. All American citizens are saved.
General stones family insisted on remain
ing at Cairo, and their destiny is unknown.
Communication is now interrupted"
An express train from Boston on the
Providence road, while going at a speed of
fifty-flve miles per hour, was thrown on a
side track recently by misplaced switch,
and before the brakes could be used the cars
were partly tilted over. Just at the critical
moment the drawing-room car struck a
baggage car on the side track, and this pre-
vented the train from capslzing. The pas
sengers were "thrown in heap" but no
one was seriously injured.
The Cuban Government has approved the
imposition of fine of $500 gold on the
French steamer Vile de Bordeaux for hav-
ing, on May 10, clandestinely sent to the
hospital sailors afflicted with the small .pox.
The Havana Gazette publishes a decree ap-
plying the law for the repression of crime
to the carrying off of persons for ransom in
the provinces of Matanzas, Santa Clara and
Havana, where such crime has lately been
prevalent. The law requires trial by court
martial.