Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-10-31
BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY.

Paris dispatch says: "Prince Murat and
M. jacques Abbattucci have fought a duel
Prince Murat was cut on the forearm"
Advices from Honolulu estimate the in
coming sugar crop of the Sandwich Islands
at one hundred and fifty million pounds.
The gale Of Friday caused great damage
to shipping at various ports on the Spanish
coast. Twenty-Five fishermen and sailors
perished in the storm.
The schooner Flora Woodhouse has been
discharged from quarantine, and sailed yes
terday from Key West for New York. She
left four men in the hospital.
The Woman's Home Missionary Society
OF the Methodist Episcopal Church is hold
ing It's annual session at Cincinnati. Mrs.
K. b. Hayes, the President, and about three
hundred delegates are present.
A Paris dispatch says the. river Seine is
rising rapidly, and the water has DESTROYED
seven brigs at st. Raphael. The floods have
stopped traffic between Marseilles and
Cannes. The latter town is inundated.
The family Of Alvis Reyer, a hotel keeper
OF Buffalo, were poisoned recently by eat
ing pancakes containing arsenic. A boy,
eight years OF age, is dead, and the father
and mother are In a precarious condition.
There is mystery about the matter.
George E. PepDer, aged twenty.three
years, and Arthur E. Petite, aged seventeen,
have been arrested in Boston on the charge
OF being operators in a bogus express pack
age swindle, by which many people have
been victimized during the last two weeks.
The Equal Rights Club of Newport, R. 1.
at meeting recently, adopted resolutions
denOunciDg the action of the Board of As
SCISSORS sin refusing to tax nearly two hun
dred American born citizens upon their per-
aOnQl In hot
at the coming election"
Assistant Engineer Wheeler is at Vicks-
burg in charge of the boats Illinois and
Kentucky OF the River Commission, with
surveying party Of forty men. They leave
tomorrow for point seven miles below the
city, and will make a Typographical survey
OF the river down to Natchez.
J. Minor Raymond was killed few days
ago at Greenpoint, Long Island, by the
bursting OF his gun. A piece of the barrel
tore open his throat 1t is said that some
malicious boys had "crOoked" the barrel of
the gun, and placed wet sand on top of the
load to make the gun kick.
Milton MundY, OF Newark, n j., has
been delivered to Deputy Sheriff of that
city, In Washington, upon a reQuisition
charging him with horse stealing. He is
also wanted in two cases in Maryland and
three in Pennsylvania. Besides this he is
charged with bigamy In marrying a girl in
Rockville, Maryland, while he had a wife In
New York.
Govern Burt and Peter Lamb, miners, re-
Gently entered an abandoned portion of the
Delaware and Hudson Canal Company's
mines, at WIKI esbarre, to get a lot of old
iron. Ihey carried naked lamps upon their
hats, and the result was the terrific explo-
sion OF mine gas. In the new workings over
one hundred men were laboring, but all
made their escape. Subsequently force of
men searched for Burt and Lamb, who were
found In the Pine Ridge shaft. They were
blown several yards away, and were burned
to death.
Charles Schwartz, aged thirty.fve, fore
man OF the feed handlers of the Third
Avenue Railway Company, in New York,
few DAYS ago, attempted to kill his uncle,
Lewis Lyon, President of the company. He
went into his uncle's Office and deliberately
fired two shots at him, but without effect.
Schwartz then committed suicide by blow
Ing out his brains. Mr.. Lyon says he
Is entirely ignorant OF any motive for the
attempt at murder, and can only believe
that Schwartz was seized with a sudden fit
Of insanity.
A theft Of diamonds, silks, laces, velvets,
sealskin sacques, table linen, etc.. to the
amount of about 5000, was discovered
recently at the house Of General urgis, at
the Soldiers Home, near Washington. A
warrant was sworn out for the arrest of a
French governess named Poinmard, en-
ployed by General Sturgis' son-in-law, who,
with his wife, is paying short visit to the
General. policeman searched the gov
erness' trunks and found three of them
packed full of the stolen property, about
$1,000 OF which was recovered. Diamonds
ana other articles to the value of So 900 are
still missing.