Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-11-17

The Conyers Examiner reports a case Of
burglary end incendiarism in that town as fol-
lows: ''On Wednesday morning last between
Two and three O'Clock, fire was discovered in
Ine store room Of 5. ID Almand & Son, on
Centre street. The Fire Company was soon on
nand, and In few minutes the lanes were
eXunguished. A large lot of fine clothing was
burnt and the fire had communicated to the
opposite side OF the room, and only needed a
httle air 70 make rapid headway Upon
examination the iron bars over the back
door were found bent in the centre
enc up and the other down leaving
space sufficient to admit the body OF a man
Boxes were used by the burglar to get up to
the opening. The store had been robbed and
then set on IRE sack Of -four was found
sitting on the outside OF the building having a
hole in the sack The parties were fearful Of
the Hour giving clue as to the route of their
departure. A pair OF new pants taken from
Wnere 1t IS supposed they were dropped by the
thief in his flight. a Ii the stock Of goods Is
badly lmaged by fire aud water We learn
that y, . Insurance covered a portion of the
stock or goods Up to this writing no clue has
oeen discovered as to the burglars"
The Sylvania Telephone complains that on
las5 Monday ne Postmaster at Ogeechee failed
20 send the letters for Sylvania in the mail
pouch OF that day, but sent them by hand the
next day- IL says: such omissions Of duty
Cause great Inconvenience. anu often damage
10 merchants and business men here. It mas
always been matter Of wonder TO us how or
NAE HuCl things SnOuaQ occur. lr
tainly be nothing short OF absolute negiigepce
III such Is the e then the sooner such officials
step down and out the better it will be for the
public at large"
The Madison MddisOniGn is evidently dis
gusted with the Atlanta Exposition sherman
Day" IL says, ironically: ''Our people to-day
had rather Ovate Sherman and Grant than ex-
tend the least courtesy to JEFF. Davis. Lee or
beanregaEd, thus proving that people are not
ungrateful even If republics are. 4"
A short time avo and many and loud ,~a-a
Complaints OF drought. Now. however, we are
beginning to receive complaints of too much
rain the CatOOsa Courier. in its last issue
says; Rain, rain, rain, Jupiter Pluvius has
certainly unbarred his celestial fioodgates. and
u thr wet weather continues the immediate
danger 70 those that still have corn, etc on
the creek bottoms will be considerable. Moth
ing but cessation will avert the damage to
some"
Marion County Argus: About the middle Of
) ptember the ATgtts contained an account of
a fight between Charles Ingram and George
Griggs, two c0lOred men, ON Mr. John F. Hol-
lis place Charles had a mischievOus hog
which got into Georges field Of corn. Charles
| thought that George killed his hog and attack
ed him about the matter. A fight was the re-
suit, In which George cut Charles on both sides
hand, on the left arm. stabbed him in the left
temple. between the first and second ribs, and
on the left breast. Charles lived until last Su =
day night, when he died from loss of blood
| from the wounds. George Griggs received two
| slight cuts on the face. Griggs has so far
evaded arrest. The following Is the verdict of
| the COroner's jury: We. the .ry, find that
| Charles Ingram came to his death by q knife
| Wou in the left arm. in the hand of George
| GriggS.'"
Washington Gazette: "a white fellow was
| left here sick by the circus. He was out Of
money, and Mr. Wylie COrbin. taking compass
/ sion on him, Kept MIN at his house and took
care OF him Dir. Callan and the clerks at his
| store gave him pair OF shoes and pair OF
| pants. and showed linn great kindness The
| fellow turned out to be a regular thief and
scJundrel- He sole gold pen and perhaps
/ other things from Mr.. COrbin, and also stole
articles from Mr. Callan's store. He must be
the vilest Of scOundrels to thus steal from peo-
/ pie who befriended him when he was in great
| want. The fellow gave his name as James
/ hilgOre. He left here last Wednesday"