Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-07-15
BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY.

In Mincing Lane markets during the week
tea was very dull.
Juan B. Aiavardo, Governor of California
from 1886 to 1913, died at San Pablo on
Thursday, aged 73
The Senate Yesterday confirmed ex Sena-
| tor John K. West. of Louisiana, to be Com
missioner of the District of Columbia.
Michael Higgins and Jos. Rooms, youoe
men, were drowned by the swamping of 4
small boat by a Hudson river steamer In
ROndout creek.
The annual meeting of the National DI.
vision of the Sons of Temperance has be-
gan in Concord, New Hampshire E. j.
Morey, of Cincinnati, NJ. w. P, presided.
Three or four hundred negroes engaged
in a fight with revolvers and knives, on one
OF the principal streets in Havana recently.
No arrests were made. Such fights now
occur almost daily.
Two masked burglars entered the house
of William Ford, at Altoona, Pa, few
nights ago, and assaulted the inmates, bus
an alarm being given, they fed without
securing any plunder.
telegram from Boston says the "Oranga
and the Green united in q picnic'' on Lon.p
Island on Wednesday, under the auspices
of the Brian Boroihme Society, and the "ut~
most harmony prevailed"
Two men, named Harman and Wagner.
have been arrested in Omaha on charges OF
fraud. burglary and embezzlement of the
money of their EMPLOYERS, John Bratt sG
Co., OF North Platte. They stole over 81, 900.
The steamer Colon, which was declared
pirate by the President of Venezuela ar
rived at Puerto BellO, United States of
Colombia, on the 14th of June, and was de-
tanned until the 2oth by the Colombian Gov
c nment.
Philip F. Umscheider, a lawyer, onlv
twenty-six years Of age, shot himself dead
in Newark, n. j., a few nights ago. 1t is
said he had been depressed in spirits since
the death, few months ago, of a younger
brother, of whom he was very fond.
By sudden food in Turtle creek, at Le-
banoD, Ohio, caused by heavy rain, four
barns were swept away and great damage
was done to other property. colored
woman, who had been sick for some time.
died OF fright when told that the reservoir
had broken.
APortlsnd, Oregan, dispatch says: 'S!x
business blocks in Dayton, Washington Ter
ritory, were burned Thursday night, includ-
ing every store and hotel and the bank. The
loss is estimated at $500 600. The details
are delayed owing to the burning of the
telegraph office"
The Captain of the schooner Wayerlv oe
Rockport, is said to have discovered valu-
able fishing ground fifty five miles east bv
north of st. Ann, Cape Breton, The fisIl
are reported to be very abundant and OF
superior quality, and the grounds "far bet
ter than the Grand Banks"
The Ways and Means Committee baya
directed Mr.. Kasson to move a suspension
of the rules in the House at the earliest onr-
portunity, for the purpose of passing Mr..
Martins bill, adding to the Revised Statutes
clause providing that "steam and sail
vessels built for foreign account. of
domestic and imported materials. shall he.
entitled to the benefit of a drawback on tbe
imported materials"
Yesterday the First National Bank of
Findlay, Ohio, was authorized to extend its
corporate existence twenty years.. Its
charter expired to-day, and It is the first
bank extended under the new act. Tha
Farmers National Bank, of Frspklinvtlle.
N. T., was yesterday authorized to com
mence business, with a capital of $50 OO0
upon the deposit of $40, 900 in United States
bonds. This is the first new bank Organized
under the new act.
In the Police Court at Cincinnati. Prose
cutting Attorney Caldwell recommended the
dismissal OF all cases pending on or befor.
June 10Th for violation Of the Smith sundau
law. The cases, numbering several hmm.
oreo, were accordingly dismissed. The
prosecutor said there was no REASONABLE
probability Of securing conviction, and ha
did not regard it as his duty to incur III.
cost OF trial in each case when the resul.
would be acquittal.