Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-01-20
BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY.

The Senate Yesterday confirmed the nomi-
nation of G. F. Woodcock as Postmaster at
Morgan City, La.
The impression seems to be growing in
Washington that the jury in the Gu'teau
case will disagree, one or more of the jury
men believing the assassin to be insane.
Clarkson n Potter was suddenly seized
with severe Illness In Albany a few days
ago, and is confined to his room. 1t is said
he is suffering from nervous prostration.
In Quebec recently a carter picked up a
package of dynamite in a market hall. The
package was about the size OF an egg and
scientifically" made. The matter will be
investigated.
During bull fight at Matauzas, Cuba,
part of the scaffolding supporting the seats
gaqe way, and nearly three hundred people
we're precIpitated into the stables below
One person was killed and others were
more or less injured.
General Carr, Colonel of the Sixth United
States Cavalry, has been placed under ar
rest IN Arizona, by order of the President
It is understood that this action is the re-
suit of certain DEVELOPMENTS made at the
recent trial Of the Indian scouts.
Twenty-fhree persons were injured by the
railroad disaster near New Albion, Indiana,
this week, three of whom are not expected
to recover As already reported, an infant
was killed. Two of the cars caught fire
from overturned stoves, and for time many
of the passengers were in danger of burning
to death.
The Philadelphia Record states that Wm.
B. Stevenson, a bookkeeper at Dsston's saw
works, who has a wife and two children,
has eloped with Miss nellie Stenton, here
tofore highly esteemed young lady of Ta-
cony. The same paper states that Steven
son is 81 600 short in his account with his
employer.
The opposed pilgrimage from Madrid to
Rene has assumed q Carlist character. The
Marquis Via de Armij0, Minister of For
eign fairs, has instructed the Spanish Am
hassad0r at the Vatican to urge upon the
PoDe the expediencY OF preventing the pill
erimage from becoming a political manifes
tation. It. is believed the pilgrimage will
number ten thousand.
TIE annual product of precious metals in
the States and Territories west of the Mis-
souri, river, including British Columbia, and
the receipts at San Francisco from the west
coast OF Mexico, reported to Wells. Fargo &
Co are as follows Gold, $31, 1863 $50; sill
YER, $45 or, 7,829 California shows an in
crease in silver and a decrease in gold, Ne
vada shows q falling off; Utah, Colorado
and Arizona show an increase.
The ravages of scarlet fever and diphthe-
ria in Buffalo. N. Y, have been terrible
during the past six weeks, no less than sew
enty-fve deaths from these diseases having
occurred during that period, the great ma
1ority being children. The mortality 10 said
TO be greatest in districts where the sewer
sge is poorest, or where there is no sewer
age at all. Part of the blame is laid upon
the bad sanitary condition OF some of the
public schools
The board of education OF quincy, H.,
assigned all the children of African descent
residing In the eight school districts into
which the city is divided to one school, and
excluded them from all the other schools.
A test case was submitted to t.lhe State su.
preme Corr 0y the Attorney General, as.
sisted by ex Gov John NJ. Palmer, and that
tribunal has rendered decision to the ef-
feet that children of African descent must
attend the schools OF the districts in which
they respectively reside, and their assign
ment to any other district is violation OF
the laws of the State.