Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-10-26
BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY.

An unsuccessful attempt was made or
Monday to blow up the recruiting office IL
Lyons.
Alexander Caufman's "CalIed to Ac-
count" Company disbanded at Atlanta yes
terday.
j. Schrieber, OF the cotton commission
firm Of Schroeder d Schrieber, of New Or
leans, has been missing since Tuesday, and
yesterday his body was found 10 Lake
Pontchartrain.
The Southern Railway and Steamship As
sociation met at Atlanta yesterday, but did
nothing further than to appoint a com
mittee to consider a division of business.
They meet again tomorrow.
A Chinese coin three thousand years old
has been found by gold miners who were
| digging in claim at Casslar, British CO.
lumbia. 1t is supposed to have been left
| there by Chinese mariners wrecked on the
coast long before the Christian era.
A prize fight between:Bryaa Campbell, of
| Colorado, and William Lynn, of the Pacific
coast, came off at Pueblo recently. Eight
rounds were fought, when Lynn claimed the
stakes-which were paid to him-on ac-
| count OF foul In the last round.
Thomas Nugent. painter, was killed re-
Gently at Baltimore by the breaking Of the
scatfold on which he stood while painting
the spire of church. Joseph Tfnckner,
who also fell from the scaffold, was so
severely iurt that he will probably die.
The Spanish Government has resolved to
summon the Cortes to meet on November 5.
Ga the reassembllng of the Cortes the gov
eminent Is expec ed to make q statement
declaring It's opposition to the reform of the
constitution advocated by Marshal Serrano
The American Institute of Architects be-
gan their annual session yesterday morning
at the Gibson House, Cincinnati. Colonel
George Ward Nichols, of that cItv. deliTered
the address. Reports were read from the
Cincinnati, New York and Philadelphia
Chapters.
At French Cabinet council Yesterday It
was resolved to prosecute speaker a. an
anarchist meeting in Lyons, who said he
was quite ready to murder President Grevy,
Since the explosion OF bombs In Lyons
similar explosions have occurred In Mont
pellier and Lyle.
The revolt in Herzegovina is increasing,
and many conscripts are deserting and Join
Ing the insurgents, who are now said to be
In formidable numbers iu the hill regions.
The insurrection has reached such serious
proportions that large reinforcements are
urgently demanded.
Albert Hsrdies was killed at Chicago a
was drunk and engaged in an alteration
with his wife on the sidewalk. Hardies at
tempted to act the part of peacemaker,
when Mrs. Miller slapped his face and Mil
Ter severed his jugular vein with knife.
A special from Alton, H., says: "Sunday
afternoon, at the residence of Richard
White, seven miles from town, two OF his
sons were handling revolver, believed to
be unloaded. Suddenly the pistol went off,
the ball penetrating the brain Of the younger
brother, killing him instantly. The elder
brother has been unconscious ever since the
tragedy"
The family Of Col. John Brady, living iu
the vicinity OF Johnsonville, Ark, consist
ing of wife and four children, were pois-
oned by eating bread made from meal in
which India berries had been mixed. The
Youngest child died soon after eating the
1000, ana the other members of the family
are not expected 20 recover. The berries
were introduced into the meal by an un-
known enemy while the corn was being
ground at neighbours mill.
At Amherst G. H, Va, on Monday even
ing Mrs. Jane Roberts was returning from a
Visit TO Richard Spencer's, accompanied by
her daughter and two children. Near the
church they were met by DaveY REYNOLDS. a
young man who had attended the protracted
meeting the night before, when he had pro-
fessed religion and in boisterous manner
emphasized his profession by jumping over
the benches and finally through window.
His zeal had not cooled, and bent on max
ing proselytes, he seized one Of the Spencer
children by the hand, saying: "Come up
to the church with me and get religion. -
Mrs. Roberts and the others interfered, and
the infuriated enthusiast at once fell upon
Mrs. Roberts with club and beat her Ia
tally, also terribly beating others. He Is in
jail.