Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-02-01
BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY.

The President yesterday withdrew the
nomination of Henry B. Nichols to be post
master at Norfolk, Va, which was sent to
the Senate on the 9th ult.
The Senate Yesterday confirmed Clifford
Statham as postmaster at LYnchburg, Va,
Charles Guirker at Elizabeth City, n. c.,
and 7. II. Hines at Suffolk, Va.
A rumor has been set afioat in Texas to
the effect that the Mexican State Of Jalisco
has seeded and set up some sort of a pro-
vlsional government at Guadalajara.
The steamer Katie Stocksdale went
through the wrong span of the Beaver
bridge, near Steubenville, Ohio, few days
ago, sustaining considerable injuries Three
deck hands jumped overheard and were
drowned.
gang Of eight youths, ranging in age
from sixteen to twenty-five, brutally as
saulted an old lady, sixty years of age,
named Bridget Callaghsn, near Shenau doah, ,
Pa, Charles Willis and Henry Sheeb have
been arrested on suspicion that they be-
longed to the gang.
The fifteenth annual exhibition of the
American Water Color Society has COM
menced in New York. Six hundred and
fifty water colOrs and etchings were received
and hung. Sales Saturday aggregated $15,-
0OO Abbey's picture of "The Sisters" sold
for 81 600.
Sir Henry rkes, the well known Austria
lian statesman, has been commissioned by
the governments of New Zealand, South
Australia, Queensland and Tasmania to re-
present them in an endeavor to have the
duties imposed by the United States on
Australian wool repealed or modified.
A dispatch from Coas Bay, Oregon, says
the bark Rainier, bound from Puget Sound
to Honolulu, capsized and was lost on the
5th ult., about two hundred miles west of
Cape Blanco. Captain Wulff was killed
when the vessel went over. The crew were
taken off the wreck by the brig Orient on
the oath, and arrived at Umpqua on the
25th.
John Horan was awakened by burglai
breaking into his room, 81 uated In the sec
Ond floor of tenement house in New York
city, a few nights ago. He got out of bed,
when the burglar took fright and jumped
out of the window on to the fire escape, but
missing his footing, he fell to the ground
and was killed. He was recognized as
Thomas Hutton, aged twenty three, known
to the police as professional thief.
Bronze medals have been struck at st.
Louis for the delegates to the Chicago Con-
vention of 1880, who through the thirty-six
ballots steadfastlY voted for General Grant.
These mementoes are represented to be 2Sz
| inches in diameter, 3-16 of an inch In thick
ness, and weighing nearly pound. On the
| face is profile head of General Grant sur
rounded by a wreath, and on the reverse
side will be inscribed the name of the re-
cipient.
Dispatches from New Haven, Conn, state
that Blanche Douglass has made confes-
sion, giving damaging testimony against the
Malleys in connection with the death of
Jennie Cramer Asa Curtiss, the fisherman
who took the body of Jennie Cramer from
the water at West Haven, Conn, and who
is an important witness in the coming trial
OF the Malley boys, says that in Blanche
Douglass so-called confession the jury
learned many things which have not been
published. He is confident the State has a
strong case.
In the progress of an investigation into
the conduct of DR.. Lawler quarantine
physician at San Francisco, who had en- =
forced the vaccination of immigrants be-
fore landing, it was testified by the mate of
the British steamer Mary, which brought
676 Chinese from Hong Kong, that the
ships physician had made pretence OF
vaccinating the Chinese before leaving
port, but one of them told him that there
was no vaccine matter in Hong Kong, aud
that they had gone through the form with
mucilaQe