Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-01-28

i salcS " NenIral railroad stock were made at
lOs, lOs54, and lOs55, and the market closed
/ Veiy strong a. iO9 lid and 10 asked SaVan-
nan bonds are firm at 81 bid, 50 asked. Geor-
4 ga railroad stock is quiet at unchanged quo
/ tAtlons Memphis and Charleston Railroad
stock Is firm at 44 bid. IS asked, with orders on
/ the market for large blocks"
/ Says the McDu6fe Journal: Since the first
/ week IN November We have hardly had two
successive days OF clear good weather. 1t has
| ralned. showed or sieeted almost necessarily,
i with more cold weather than for years, and
/ the consequences are most unfavorable 10 our
| farmers A considerable quantity OF cotton
/ mas been left 10 rot in the fields. and the small
/ grain crops have not been planted II is now
/ too late TO SOW wheat with much hope OF sue
4 cess; but we learn that many farmers have
| determined TO try it anyhow if the weather
I get along without the wheat crop but oats
/ have got to be the most important grain crop
that can be cultivated in the South. and If
none, or very small crop, Is made this year
/ the farmers are bound to lose heavily "
/ The Henry County Weekly publishes the fol
/ lowing UerbdtinI ct Eterdfint notica It has re-
/ Gel. ed OF eol5red marriage in high life in
that community: ''Kernal Adams married to
/ Miss Ellen Prior on the 18th of January by
/ Preach Waters. the Faster Of st. Peter Church.
/ Sunny Side. and while he was standing by her
| sid he had his. Lip primped in Ways She
had on MarelnDr SILK est one dollar and q
/ half yard the table was praised to Be worth
/ 12 5. Out Of one hundred people nearly all of
/ them got somthing TO eat Her father is ve'y y
| gone" The Weekly has no doubt that it was a
! very happy occasion.
] The Marietta Journal relates the following
! remarkable occurrence: 'Mr. ira Croft, of this
/ county was a gallant Confederate soldier in
| the late war. aud during the seven days fight
I around Richmond. Virginia, in the month Of
4 Juiy, 1862, he received a severe wound, mis-
! sile striking him on the left cheek just under
I the eve, SCATTERING the bones and decorating
| the desh terribly. It was not considered posi-
| be for recovery TO take place. The doctors
I were unable 70 find the missile. and gave it as
I their opinion that it was piece of she'll and
had passed out mr. Croft did recover
however. the wound healed up leaving
an honorable scar on his cheek, similar
to the one that scars the cheek OF the
noble and brave Gen John B. Gordon. The
war over, Mr.. Croft returned TO the peaceful
avOcatiOn OF the farm. He has experienced
no pain from the wound during the many
years since il was inflicted. A few DAYS ago
Ir. Croft's throat became painfully sore and
he was almost unable TO swallow ANYTHING
His throat was dOctOred and everything done
% afford relief On Monday night last Mr.
Croft felt something in his throat. which he
tried TO eject. end IN one of his efforts be sEit
up an ounce minnie ball, evidently the one that
eighteen years ago made such g fearful wound
on his check. This is wODde' ful and re-
markable occurrence. and We give it because
il is true"
Under the heading James NJ Elliott vs. The
Western and Atlantic RailrOad," the Cedar
town Free Press says: This case has been on
the docket Of our court for nearly or quite
eight years, and has cost the county B good
deal OF trouble and expense. Captain Elicit
week. The two first awarded him IS Coz dam
ages, the third Si59O, and the last s. $50
Three new trials have been granted by the
/ Dresidiug Judge in each case The suit WAS
drought II 1873 by CeptaiI Elliott, the cause
OF action being his ejectnent from the
plaintiffs cars because he would not
sign g printed form on the hack of
his ticket releasing the road from all
damages that nigh occur to him " hile on the
train. Captain Elliott was President Of the
Georgia and Alabama Steamboat Company,
and Es such hal pass over the road, he hav-
ing given officers OF the Western and Atlantic
Railroad like passes over his steamboat line
We are not informed whether the attorneys
FOR the defendants viii move for another new
trial OF not. We hope not 1t does seem that
forty eight good men aud true, upon their
oaths. ought TO preclude further struggle uDon
t5e part Cf the defendant and let US be done
with further expense and trouble in the case. -
Under the heading "Inrormation Wanted y
the sparta lines ddd Planter saws :
Or ]. I. Andrews, the efficient Clerk OF the
Superior Court OF this county, is in receipt of
a letter from one MIR. J. A. Rogers, OF JeSup.
Wayne county, Co.. making inquiry concern
ing hs relatives Of Thomas Johnson, late de-
ceased, Of that county. DR.. Andrews being
unable TO give the desired information. and
believing in the efficacy Of printers ink has
handed US the letter for publication We give
the substance OF the letter: A few ears since
q man and woman, claiming TO be husband
y
name as Thomas Johnson. His Tifr's maiden
name was King. He was men OF middle
age. OF light complexion. and it was be-
ieved by many that he bad desc tied his
family for the woman with whom he was
living, she being quite young The writer adds
that johnson worked with him one year, and
that he did well Recently both the man and
woman died. leaving two children. a boy and
girl-twO orphans left in the cold woFlt alone,
homeless and fFiendless. Then follows an
earnest plea for the orphans. " ould the clerk
this county, IL any Of their relatives live here
50 that they might be informed Of tie lonely
condition OF The children II any of our
readers should know anything conc, rning the
relatives OF Tom Johnson or his wife they will
confer a favor by impartlng the information
to either Dr. J. T. Andrews, OF this place, or
James A. Rogers, of Jesup. Wayne county.
Let the press throughout the State take hold
Of the matter and viii see IL advertising
pays"
Columbus EEquirel-Sun: For the past few
days an old man giving his name ae James
Ross. has been lOafiing around the streets, get
terday he applied at the Office OF the Clerk of
Council saying he wanted some thing to eat
and bed. He is old, very fee Bile, blind in one
eye, and has a crippled ann He stated to Mr..
Moore that Re hHd been living with bis sOn-in-
law. Mr.. Harrison, near Cusseta. Ca. for
some years; that for number OF months he
was sick, and could do nothing to make sup
port. A few days since, he says, his son in. law
brought him to this city in q wagon. and on
arriving said: Now, you are IN ColuU bus; 90
TO the court house and the county will take
care of you The old man was then left aloI
In the streets. without money or friends,
but at last as stated, found his
ferred him 10 the County Commissioners. DR..
Bacon. President cf the Trustees OF the poor
house. to the hospital committee, but no one
could inform him where he could get .helter.
he was ref rred 70 the county physician, but
he could not hel0 him. and night coming
On. The poor old fellow, nearly exhausted Dy
walking, had found no place 10 sleep. Mr..
Moore endeavOred 10 have him quartered for
the night at the no. .pital, and suppose he sue
eeeded. 1t looks as if it should be some ones
business 10 see that such po5r cutcaStS should
havs shelter. There is a place Tor such, and
certainly some one has authority to order
them sent to such house. II the paupeF be-
longs to another county. then he or she should
bs sent back, but not left in the streets to die
with hunger and cold The cesertion By his
sOn-in law, if the old mans statement is true,
was cruel indeed. In a strange cit on bitter
cold day, which was calculated in his feeble
condition to bring him to his grave IN short
while without food, shelter or the means of
getting the same, was the cruelest OF the cruel.
Some are II the opinion that at times he is
visionary. Whether this be so or not he should
be taken care Of and sent to the institution es-
Isblshed for such cases"
The Atlanta Post AppedIt tells of the cewardly
and brutal conduct of some reprobate in that
city towards young lady clerk In the. post
since Postmaster Conley appointed Miss Llbbie
Tulier, popular and much esteemed Young
lady, to Fhe position OF stamp clerk in the At
lRnta post office. The choice was applauded
on ell sides. and the friends OF Miss Tuler be-
IieVed that she would encounter no difficulty
in discharging her duties, and giving entire
satisfaction TO the public. Her window at the
post office Is visited daily by ladies as well as
gentlemen, and complaint has been " his
Dered against her affabiiity or efficiency. A
couple of days ago Postmaster COnley
received a postal card without sigma
the stamp window clOsed and was
uncertain whether to knock for attention
wait until he was voluntarily recognized by the
isdy clerk The facts are that the window,
on account of the cold dTaugh6 or ar, IS Kept
down but an opening is left through Wh.chihe
clerk can readily nsss money anu anu sianlps: -
seems that this place did not suit the writer,
but it suited Gov. Conley, and. having no
means to explain to the ANONYMOUS
party, no notice was taken Of his card. hester-
4 ty the same party, without doubt presented
himself at the stamp window and proceeaed
to vent his ire upon the little Iady Ia ques,
ton He cursed her in the fouiest terms, ana
applied TO her the most villainous epithetS that
a blackguard tongue could utter. his language
was too vile for repetition, and Miss Iulleri
under the frighUful words OF the brute, broke
down completely and wept mos5 piteousiy-
She was too frightened and astonished 70
summon assistance until the rascal had
made good his exit from the building:
When she could summon courage TO tell
what had occurred the indignation or the em-
plOyeS was intense. and could the perpetrat0r
OF the cowardly act be IN ident fed he would
have been dealt with In very summary man
ner. Miss Tuller describes him as an elderly
man with gray beard whom she can readily
recognize She has seen him in the orice
einca hut refused to point him out for fear OF