Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-11-03
BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY.

Five children died recently in Houston.
Texas. from the effects Of eating locust
beans.
Ms1or Philip Speed, a prominent merchant
OF Louisville, KY, died Wednesday nfohf
in the 6Sd year Of his age.
A dispatch from San Antonio. Tex saws.
"The saw mill aud steam cotton 0fn were
| burned on Cibolo creek, few miles from
town, to-day. Loss over SIO0O0.''
The United States Legation at Pekinp has
received formal request from the Corean
| authorities to convey to the government at
Washington their desire that an American
Envoy be sent to Seoul.
A telegram from Boston says Madame
Christine Nilsson Informed a reporter there
last night that a large case containing her
operate costumes and a considerable
amount of jewelry was burned in the Park
Theatre fire.
The Alhambrs, sporting theatre. on
West Twenty seventh street, New York,
was burned down Wednesday night. There
was no performance ct the theatre, It being
closed ON account OF the death OF one OF the
proprietors.
William z. Supat, miner, while bunting
near the head Of Mammoth Gulch, IN
Colorado, few days ago, was attacked by
huge bear and so frightfully manvled that
his recovery is despaired OF. He succeeded
in killing the bear.
The German Protestant Churches of New
York united in a service Tuesday night in
ommemoration of ''the birth OF the Refor-
nation" on October 3lst, 1917, when Mar
tin Luther nailed his thesis on the church
door in Wittenberg.
A considerable revival of Nihilist activity
is observable in Russia. The NlhiIists'
organ declares revolution to be imminent.
Increased precautions have been taken 10
insure the safety OF the Gar, and his future
movements are kept secret.
An assignment for the benefit of their
creditors was filed Yesterday in the County
Clerks Office. at New York, by Richardson,
Boynton q Co, stove dealers, to Samuel
Shethar. The preferences are all on prom
issorV notes, amounting to over 5000 na0s r
Michael B. Ronau, New Yorker, was
knocked down aud fatally Injured by Geo.
Plum, in Newark, New Jersey, q few nights
ago, because he refused to give Plum "a
chew of tobacco" Ronau died soon after
being taken home, and Plum was arrested.
At Taunton, Mass, recently, in a suit in
equity brought by Miss Crabtree (better
known as "Lotta''), the actress, against B.
f. Randall, cotton broker, OF Fall River, for
money lent him for business purposes, the
auditor made an award for the plaintiff Of
SII.UUU.
The London Times Yesterday morning had
an editorial disapproving of the plan to
place bust of the poet Longfellow 10
Westminster Abbey,on the ground that that
building should be exclusively devoted to
English worthless and should not be made
cosmopolitan in its character.
During a recent trip of the steamer
Oceanica from Chicago to Buffalo, she fell
into the trough OF a heavy sea, aud the
lurch caused her boilers to shift several
inches from their fastenings, and throw
steam and hot water into the fire hold,
John Christopher, deck hand, was scalded
to death.
Louis H. Zerega 81 Co., prominent
change, and for the past three years
among the leading bull operators in cotton,
sent word to the Exchange Wednesday Of
their inability to meet their engagements.
The amount of their liabilities could not be
ascertained.
Fifty colored colonists sailed recently
from New York for Liberia On reaching
their destination each family will be given
twenty-six acres Of lana, and shelter and
provisions for six months, after which they
will be expected to support themselves.
More than five thousand coIored persons
have been sent from this country to Liberia
einee 1869.
lsiadFe ~, VIC was discharged bv
Rieh4z1AiH. fze u Maataf 81 e. Ia. Is rs <he -.
kQszis apd IzQn Mo10fsln KANroa4 t1
m3k6ea suieA fn# 6aS4 $40 Ia LlAslM
Rock. Fis ssn. 10 fsNaSl lna lns lsislE', saIissE
at the Office Of The Master MeehanIes ana
finding him absent, shot and mortalIv
wounded George F. Barnes, his clerk. At
the inquest Mrs. Cassatt testified that "she
heard her husband and son make an agree
ment some time ago that the former was to
commit suicide and the latter to kill Rich
ardson."