Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-10-25
Georgia Affairs.

Decatur county is sadly in need of q good
aue law. SpOrtsmen commence slaughter
1s nsr young quail as soon ss they are old
cough 20 fly.
Tie people OF JOnesbOro and vicinity are not
a-sied with the action Of the Governor grant
zga respite to Tom Belts. The murder of
.-ige Moore by Belts was brutal and cold
--1ied affair, and people eonversant with the
AXIS are naturally indignant
AIRS. Parham, near Cedartown, in par
-r7sm Of insanity the other day. set her house
u fire. deliberately helped her husband anC
ot-lsto remove the household goods out o.
anger and then silently regarding the cOnfia
gsli9u for a few minutes. she turned and fiel
mo the woods, and though Immediately pur
Est she escaped, and bas so far eIuded the
z-EdiI.geut search. She was the mother oi
tur small children, and her case is regarded
ssC1e OF extreme sadness.
Marshal Harrison, OF CedartOwn. tackled
tr-e young rOwdies the other day, who got
him down. and with knives were preparing to
carve him to their own taste, when Mayor
Glen came to the rescue, and the youngsters
we're bsggsd- Justice exacted Of them twenty
tlars each for the fun
An Indian student, direct from the Indian
Territory, is shortly to enter Oxford College.
Georgia
Tom Dancer, colOred, who some months ago
lii his leg 50 injured in the quarry at TOccos
IS 90 necessitate amputation. thereby changing
li occupation to that Of shoemaker, turned
our recently to be Adam Fifer. an escaped con-
7c- Who stll owed the North Carolina peni-
,=llary twenty years service for highway rob-
1ey committed about five years ago. He has
s1ls back to HqTidate the claim. Adam was
-ll-shiHg under his new name and in his
leT traie, when, in an evil hour, he turned
sly L1t1ario" and made improper advances
% ,ls vile Of an old acquaintance, who re-
'-a-i his secret TO the Town Mar hal
Greensboro Herald: 1--WE are glad to see all
e-i ii-uers, knowing and realizing the sh-Tt
llps putting the greater portion OF their up
a-- 10 small grain. This Is as il should be"
cumming Clarion: One evening last week
IS IS lFe-.ing house Of Mr.. A. H. Wilkie, OF
s---"rF district. caught on nre accidentaliy
- - 1as wholly consumed, together with one
l--lrrl bushels OF wheat. The loss is heavy
'-e ga good man and clever citizen"
Albany NeJCs: 1t really begins TO look like
II -ie never 90 have enough rain TO wet the
,.l ...--l 10 this city aud vicinity again Ii Is
.----1- uuusual 20 have drought IN this sec
~ ll during the summer months, but a dry
--- Is something remarkable"
Al1ens HGfchmGn. Mr. Sam Smith was
s-- in the belt Of a gin at Nicholson the
y. lAT tur fortunately escaped injury at
ss,se el Lls ShirL-A negro man got his foot
~, -Aa>hed in a gin belonging to Mr.. John
Iel-' while another was hurt in gin at Mr.
80 Dorsey plantation"
BA-1-ls ls u GtchmGH: "a negro man named
e--l-1, 06cksmith. was killed in Har-
I.--ii 1Fu'- saturday night. at fair. by two
--els uamed Will and Tom Cooley. It ap-
49, -Aa- an Old grudge OF ear standing
-.s.el etEeen the parties and il culminated
-7 loh that cost Bob his life"
1i,yally Neir,. "Mr William Allen. white. cut
-. a.el clloreu man named Solomon. with
c----,' e. m on 9-r sam Masby's place in Terrell
49, -5aF ,le p ugherty county line. as the
fr.'- ~ ALteFtiSer was informed yesterday
c---7 7--.. man from that neIghbOrhOod. We
t-sg-s.l -l- learn any Of the particulars Of the
- bA.-etjn; We are pleased to learn
f----- IAN A. McHan, who has Just retu ned
E-s- - = -ress canvass in Middle and South
ga tla- during the entire trip he did
~ ~ or hear Of anyone in financial trouble.
c5se-f-i7- i7-sls -, are making good crops and are
lsrr- so prosperous, and merchants are
1g 80 = -,- %. iarse stocks Of goods and boom
Cls-rst- -'ehs. "A surveying party OF the
l-ooc1ee Canal Compsnv psesed through
- ~ q few davs ayo. Selecting a route for
1sfLtael canal 70 Atlanta. They thought
ra must Practicable route. The site for
to s.I---I ~ use has also been selected. With
bars'y L.s canal and a court house, We
Ter AIyN what aspiration ClarkstOn will
An mp ne may get up an exposition
e-5-5 Netcs: In the presence Of a large
lcl-s 80 - 1re alarm bell was swung to its
-ar a. lhronateeska engine house yester-
so5g- 5-5l 5ln As the weight OF the bell was
sss a. -. pounds. plaeing it in the belfry
lstir y1>4 work II took twenty men 10
q, ~ y llh Us fixtures. belfry, etc, il will
-rss 4-Il.lty IN the neighborhOOd of six hun
res scs- IL Is a beauty. and its clear
- heard good distance"
sasr.s- - e Reporter: REV. J. n. Lowry, the
ls,46- -, % 4ruup circuit has applied for a
t1gsv - - very useful invention IL is a
g le ~ NJ a.3l, ch, faStened 20 the rim
l,l,scrs ~ 4 ell exten0ing over the dashboard,
tesn Le ne inmates from both sun snd rain
tSl' E5s.I adjusted as 70 ward OF the rays
q. 1si,- 1et they are vertical or horizontal
z tie ---iluay but st early morn or late
tl- tbir-..tlou- Buggy manufacturers say it
they have long sought"
IN Sro.1Lo Herald: "a cat belonging to Mr..
l,is1gs 80 mas been showing lately quite
e2-e In i-s i-sa losltlon TO fight everybody who
sTci,enIsrt -ay' Inc animal created quite an
tyrsIsll Yesterday morning on our streets
Tie ~ an attack on Mr. John z BarnhaFt's q
10y Wss -, llie- We sre informed the little
psoes NJ ven and scratched in two or three
slie befors Lar I5. also the same cat. a short
lsioI s6o-.Ss uit a little negro here. Several
Lus-. soon dispatched the animal"
gsqt n Is ,RegtlblicGn: 'On Tuesday last
eees tst ~ I5oilins worth discovered one Of his
tsiors =. sad been killed by aa owl The ni9bt
Fls depTs5IstSoolae = aeelyed the idea Of capturing
' VI MS hen rOosk he built .