Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-10-18
BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY.

j. II. Rnhl. confidential clork of Kauff-
man q Dungie, Of Galveston, committed
suicide yesterday. A report is current on
the streets that he was short In his account
$4,000.
The Prohibition State Convention met at
Concord, N. H., yesterday, and nominated
j. H. Fletcher, of Nashua, for Governor,
and passed series Of strong prohibition
resolutions.
Secretary Folger has in contemplation
another call for continued per cent. bonds,
which will probably be issued to-day. The
amount and other details have not yet been
decided upon.
A wagon, containing Cornelius Heyer and
two friends, fell from bridge while cross
Ing Oyster creek, near Keyport, n. j., re-
Gently. Two Of the men were dangerously
injured by the horse falling upon them.
Mr.. James Card estimates the require
ments Of Great Britain, for foreign wheat
from the 14th Of September, at Is, SOC, 900
quarters, or nearly 100000 quarters less
than were imported during the same period
last year.
A Cincinnati, Ohio, dispatch says: "Wm.
Saube, a gardener, aged 60 years, living on
the western boundary of this city, shot his
son VIM. Saube yesterday morning in
quarrel, and then cut his own throat. Both
are dead"
Aspecial dispatch announces that the first
train yesterday passed over the entire length
OF the SeAboard and Raleigh Railroad from
Tarboro to WILLIAMSON, n q. This road
opens up fine country, and makes import
ant local connections.
The German ship Constantia, Captain
Klucken, collided with the steamship City
of Antwerp, fourteen miles off Eddvstone,
and both sank. All the Constantia's crew
and four belonging to the City Of Antwerp,
have been landed at Cardifeu.
G. s. Wright, sporting man, placed nine
teen hundred dollars in the safe of a hotel In
Cincinnati few nights ago. On Saturday
morning the money had disappeared, and
James Sexton, the night clerk, who had the
keys OF the safe, was also missing.
The last quarterly report OF Rev. Law
renee Walsh, Treasurer of the Irish National
Land League, shows that the receipts of the
League from July 10th to October 10th were
$l2,9O2, OF which New York gave $4,641,
Massachusetts $2,962, and Connecticut
81 1867.
Miss Lizzie Jackson, the pretty daughter
Of a lake steamboat Captain in Chicago, was
arrested by a policeman in that city a few
nights ago "for flirting in the street." Next
morning she was found dead, having
hanged herself with her handkerchief from
ING cell DdTSs
Sheriff Jas. Woods and a horse dealer,
whom thieves had despoiled, on reaching
Minden, Neb., on Tuesday, found four of
the gang, who drew pistols and shot Woods
dead. They also killed two citizens who
interfered and then fed. They are still at
large, but the whole country is aroused.
A Madrid dispatch says {: ''PoliticaI and
financial circles are much excited by the
news that Senor Sagasts, the Prime Minis
ter, has had long and amicable interview
with Marshal Serrano. The incident has
created profound sensation in its bearing
on the situation and the prospects of politi
cal parties"
According to the census report there
were in the United States in 1880 2,6S9 wool
establishments, employing 16l, ,489 hands,
and bringing out annually products to the
value of $267, ,lS2, ,914; 1,005 cotton establish
ments, employing 1S5, ,472 hands, and turn
ing out products to. the value OF $2l0, $780,
3S3; 1,005 iron and steel establishments, EN-
ploying 140,97S hands, and turning out
products of the value of 1896, ,557 ,6S5.
The twenty-second annual fair of the
North Carolina Agricultural Society was
opened yesterday by Governor Thomas ].
Jarvis. The exhibition is the best ever
made in the State, particularly as to live
stock, machinery and farm products. All the
departments are complete. An unusually
large attendance is expected. Senator z.
B. Vance Is expected to deliver an address
on Thursday.