Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-01-12

The President yesterday nominated Chas'
Gutken to be Postmaster at Elizabeth Civ,
N. c.
Edward Hoppe, fifty years old, was smoth
cred to death by falling down a shute in q
hay NOW at Westield, N. J., few nights
ago.
The ice in the st. Lawrence river is NOV
Ing at Sorel, Quebec, and the river is rising.
Such an occurrence was never before known
al this time Of the year.
In response to a request from business
men, the hotel keepers of st. Albans, Vt.
VINO recently closed their houses rather than
stop selling liquor, have agreed to reopen.
Two girls and boy, each about sixteen
years OF age, were drowned by breaking
through the ice at Brookf-ld, Mass, recent
~; Inc boy perished In trying to save the
others.
Parties at Toronto and Montreal have an
piled for a charter for the "Internatiopal
Colonization Company OF Canada" the OBJ
lect being to colonfze Jews from Russia in
the Northwest.
At Lexington, KY, a colored girl named
DruslIia Jansy jumped from second story
WlndoW TO escape a whipping from her
mother, and injured herself so badly that It
is thought she will die.
commended for the medal of honor of the
first class, he having proved that he has,
within the last i've years, saved thirty-four
persons from drowning. Queckberner Is
only tWenty-three years of age, but was for
a long time Master Surfman at Long Beach.
New York.
Three masked men entered the broom fac
tory Of j. NJ. Rasbsum, at los North Lasalle
street, Chicago, and demanded that Mr..
Kasbaum open the safe. He at first refused,
but the persuasive argument offered by
three revOlvers finally prevailed, and he
nnally complied with their request. They
secured only nineteen dollars, and imme-
d1ately decamped.
A fire occurred at Toxic, December Is.
which destroyed one hundred and forty
houses. There is no immediate prospect Of
the establishment OF a legislative assembly
In Japan. Northern China will soon be
opened to the world by telegraphic COM
municatlon. at Albany, Philippine Islands,
a great eruption of the volcano Mayor broke
out on November %.
Among the mail matter received at the
Dead Letter Office was box containing a
miniature coffin, addressed to Chas Gut
teau, with the greeting, "Happy New
fear" on the outside wrapper Being in
sufficiently stamped, it was sent to the Dead
A-~NVSA OAASCt Ao OulJcdu IeluHeu 30 pay bQe
proper postage, saying that it might be an
Internal machine.
Advices received at New Haven from
Hong Kong state that Chin Chin Chan, the
Chinese student who left that city, where
he was fitting for Yale College, and returned
TO China laat Summer, has been beheaded
because ne carried on a correspondence with
young lady in that city. All the Chinese
students were recalled because the authori-
ties found that they were becoming Ameri-
canised
Officers are on the lookout for Ellis Thur
man and his young grandmother, who
elOped from near Grand View, Spencer
county, Indiana. John G. Thurman, aged
near seventy, married a young woman ~
twenty. His grandson, Ellis Thur. an ltved
in the house with him, and hc-,ore the vene-
rable grandfather's h,onevmoon was half
over the grar"rriess Young grandson was
maAlnp love to her with all his might.
Oscar Wilde lecfured in Chickering Hall,
New York, Monday evening, before large
aud fashionable audience, on the "Euglish
Renaissance" which he said was the work
of the aesthetics. He was attired In ''black
dress coat, white vest, an extremely low cut
shirt, with flowing white silk cravat, black
knee breeches, brown stockings and Slip
pers." In concluding his lecture he said:
H'You have all heard of those two now-
ers dear to the aesthetics heart, the
rose and the lily. But we do not
love them for the reason given by
Mr.. Gilbert, nor for any vegetable prefer
ence, but because they are the most perfect
specimens OF design, the rose with its leon
inc beauty, and the lily the emblem of
chastity and purity. Then why look further
for the secret Of life, when the secret Of life
is artV