Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-01-04
BRIEF TELEGRAPnIC SUMMARY.

I. +. Burgess, eX President of the old
Transvaal republic, is dead.
The Khedive of Egypt has sent four hun
dred dollars as a contribution to the Gar
field Memorial Hospital fund.
William Howard, aged thirteen years,
committed suicide by hanging, in Buffalo,
recently. No cause is assigned for the deed.
The wife of Benedict Sehlessenbeck has
been arrested at Dover, N. j. on the charge
of having killed her husband by giving him
strychnine on Friday last.
John Robinson, aged sixty years, ianitor
of a Grand Army hall IN Washington, was
found hanging by the neck in the hall. He
had apparently been dead for several days.
Seventeen persons-eeven Of them wo-
men-died in New York during 1881, whose
ages, it was alleged, ranged from 100 to 106
years. All but three Of them were of for
eign birth.
George s. Reed, a widower, killed his
mother In law, dangerously wounded his
eight-year old daughter, then ommitted
suicide, in San Francisco. 1t is bell eyed he
was insane.
Thomas Oliver, aged sixty years, has been
lodged in j all at Mount Holly, New Jersey,
on the charge of feloniously assaulting a
nine year-old girl, who, it is feared, will die
from her injuries. Oliver has family of
The factories in Richmond, Virginia, sold
during the year 1881 $32. 800, ,756 of their
products-$8, ,097 864 more than In 1880.
The shipping of the port of Richmond in
creased about fifty per cent. during the
year.
At meeting of the creditors of R w. L.
Rasin q Co, in Baltimore. the firms liabii-
ties were stated at s ,66S, 800, and its gross
assets at almost the same amount. The
actual assets could not be estimated, large
part of them being bills receivable, which
cannot be counted until collected.
Two sisters named Croughan have been
shot near Mullingar, county Westmeath,
by an unknown assassin, who entered their
mothers farm house early in the morning,
and, after greeting the family, drew a re-
volver and fred, killing one sister and
fatally woundiDg the other.
James Carr, % years of age. was shot dead
by Joshua Anderson ip g saloon in Wash
ington few nights ago. There was little
or no provocation for the deed. Anderson
escaped arrest. He is said to have killed
three other men, and has served 3 term of
fifteen years III the Maryland penitentiarY
for homicide.
Daniel Cash, aged 80 years, burglar, was
assassinated in Sing Sing prison few days
ago, by Angelo Cornetta, fellow convict.
There had been no words between them,
and no reason is known for the crime except
that 1t may have been IN revenge for Cash
having appeared as q witness in a murder
case against q friend and countryman of
Cornetta.
Mr.. Martinez, the Gillian Minister at
Washington, has received dispatch from
his government, stating that the latter has
issued manifesto to the former, giving the
reason why Chilli went to war with Peru,
and defining Gin a measured the Gillian
policy in reference to the present Difficult
ties. TIE circular has been forwarded to
Mr.. Martinez and other Gillian ENJOYS by
mail.
John Peterson and Henry Ackerman en-
tered dining room IN Brooklyn and went
into a rear room. Soon after pistol shot
was heard, and a waiter found Peterson
lying on the floor with a bullet In his sbdo-
men and revolver by his side. He said he
had been accidentally shot, but subse quent-
lY accused Ackernan of shooting him.
Ackerman, who asserted thar the shooting
was accidental, was arrested. The wound
is expected to prove fatal.
There was q terrible dynamite explosion
few days ago at the extension of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company's new line,
on the north side of Beaver rive, near VAN
pun, in the western part of the State.
King Smith, director OF a gang OF work
men, placed two dynamite cartridges in an
old powder keg to dry, at noon, while the
men were taking dinner, and the keg was
placed about eight feet from the fire. The
cartridges soon exploded, iDjuring six men,
one OF them, named Wilford Cunningham,
fatally