Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-06

HedNy ShoWerss however viii enable it to
come down. Several RATS that were on their
way down were compelled TO tie up until the
river gets higher enough to enable them to
come down"
FlOwery Branch notes in Gainesville fE0ole.
Farmers say they have the best crops that
they have had for a number OF years, which Is
good news to the merchants Had it been a
dry year, It would have caused a panic in our
country. Tor people have INDUCED so heavily
in guano and cotton. and went fn debt for pro-
visions, that 1t will take good crops to let
them Out."'
cambridge Democrat: Judge w o. FIem-
ing VIII convene the Superior Court of Deca-
tur county on the 22d INST. for the purpose of
trying the many criminals now In our Jail
The trial Of the BrOckett assassins will come
up az this special term of the court. Judge
Fleming deserves the thanks Of every tax
payer In the county for his prOmptness iu this
matter The immediate disposal of these cases
lars"
Macon Telegraph: "Mr J. w Renfroe has
at work within three and a half miles of the
city a force Of two hundred hands cutting out
the right cf way and grading for the Macon
and Brunswick Railroad extension to Atlanta
W. ID. Grant & Co, at seven miles from the
city, have also large force at work, and have
already established camps and stock and
graded several hundred yards Of road. The
work is progressing as rapidly as possible
under the circumstance"
CuthbeTt Enterprise: 'On Sunday last a
couple Of boys got into difficulty on the plan
tatlon Of Hon. J. J. Mcdonald, eight or ten
miles from town, on Pumpkin creek. Seeing
that 1t was about to be a serious affair, Bill
Thornton, who worked for Dr. Westmoreland
stepped up 10 separate the contestants, when
Barlow Foster, brother of 4CuFgof the boys
drew his pistol and shot him through the alb
domen. Thornton fingered until Monday after
noon, when death put an end TO his suffering
Foster made his escape, and up to this writing
CIuesdsy), has not been apprehended."
| may remember that in the early spring we no
| ticed plat Of ground on which Mr. Arnold
| Hasten proposed to make crop of corn with
| three burrows. We visited Dir. Haisten's farm
/ a few days since, and found his corn all right.
| The yield is estimated by several intelligent
| farmers at near twenty bushels to the acre. It
/ Is but just to say that Mr.. Hasten having put
the rows wider apart than he intended TO, had
/ TO put four furrOws instead Of three. Mr..
/ Hasten has made his whole crop of corn with
| seven furrOws to the row. He always sells
corn
Albany Neiss: "From what we can gather
| from the most reliable sources we conclude
that the cotton crop of this section is, upon the
| whole, very good In some portions of this
| county, and in Baker, the crop has suffered
more or less for rain. but this complaint is by
no means general as to cotton. Corn, how
ever, has been materially injured by tn brought
/ throughout this entire section of the state.
Cotton Is opening very rapidly, and sou1ef arm
/ ers are now picking as much as 200 pounds to
| the hand per day. Cotton pickers are nov ip
demand, and 40 cents per hundred is readily
/ paid for picking-the labOrers furnishing their
/ own ratiOns."
/ Franklin Nelrs: AN accident occurred the
/ other day at HOldernes' ferry on the Chatta-
/ hoochee, which came very near resulting
| fatally. Mr. John Combs and his little son, IN
| q one horse wagon, with blind horse, had
/ driven into the fiat. Mr.. Combs got Off the
wagon TO ASSIST the ferryman, when another
| wagon coming on the fiat. his horse wa ked off
! into the river, drawing after him the wagon
/ upon which sat the six year old boy. Mr..
Combs at once srpang into the water, and,
| though the wagon body, our informant says,
! turned over and caught them under it, he sue
/ ceeded in getting ont, and swan ashore with
mis- child
Hawkinsville Dispatch: "Our friends in Irwin
are terribly upset over the mail from Hawk
! insville to Irwinville bv way Of Abbeville and
House creek The mail from HawlCinSville to
| Abbevilie Is tri-weekly, and from Abbevilie to
| IrWinville il is seWi-Weekly but instead of 90
| ing semi weekly IL is taken only semi-occasiOn-
I ally, and the people never know when to look
for the carrier. The Post Office Department
| should give little attention to postal matters
Ia this section The mail from AbbeVllle 70
Z ITwinville should leave every Friday and Mon
I day. and If the carrier cannot furnish and feed
! q horse with the sum paid by the government
for the transportation of the mall II is his fault
| Tie government is able and willing to pay for
/ any service in its behalf. We are becoming
| disgUsted at the way some men take contracts
ana then fail to fulfill them"
Talbotton Register There are at present
I not far from fifty artisans of different kinds
| engaged on internal improvements in Talbot
ton. New blood is being infused into cur veins.
I The financial currents begin to quicken local
! trade to seek its natural channels, the people
I of all guilds are cheerful and working with a
1 hearty good will These signs Of reviving pros
j peTity quicken the step Of the business man
! End brighten the eye Of the farmer, giving new
business life TO all, and holding out the golden
| sheaves OF plenty and prosperity TO ali who
/ will work. The trowel and hammer are busy
/ with their practical music, brick and mortar
| and wood, obeying the rhythm of progress, rear
/ their completeness in architectural beauty and
] proportion. The cherry song of labor IS the
| sweetest song in all the land"
Columbus Times; 1T is seldom that We are
| called upon TO chronicle a more horrible dea' b
| than that which occurred on the plantation Of
| Mr. o. c. Lowe. near Green Hill, Stewart coun
ty. on last Monday evening Mr.. Bsggett, a
/ tenant on the place, had been plOwing, and
| when his days work was ended, he got upon
| his mule to ride home but neglected to unite
/ the hamestring OF the gear. The mule became
/ frightened at something, and threw him, and
/ his feet we're entanged in the gear as he fell.
| The mule ran about two miles with the unfOr-
| tuuate man dangling by his side, and, when
[ found, he was still hanging to the mule, and
I life was extinct. His body was terribly
/ bruised, and the sight presented was distress
/ ing to behold. Mr.. Baggett was q hard-work
itg man. with a wife and five children de
pendent upon him for support. lie was gen
| orally esteemed in the community as an honest
/ and unassuming citizen, and his sad death is
I much regretted"
Newman Herald Jailer Camp got a hard
| knock on the head Monday mOrning early
| from which the blood flowed quite freely. II
| seems that his bOardeFS took a notion to do al
| extra amount Of singing and praying last
| night, and so disturbed the neighborhOod that
| sleep incontinently fled from all eyes. Mr..
/ Camp had gone up in the prison to demonstrate
/ with them, when Anderson Clemens, a negro
/ who has been awaiting a second trial for mur-
/ der, struck him over the head with an earthen
| spittOOn several times, laying the scalp ODen
| 10 the bone in three places. The
| first blow fiOOred the jailer. The
/ negro then jumped on him. and amid
| the noise OF the scuffie Camps little son came
to the rescue. Clemens is a powerful man
| and though chain-d by the legs, would have
/ put an end to the jailer had not help come at
| an oppOrtune moment. Clemens received q
| blOS rom pOliceman's CLUB in Camps hand
aud would haze received several shots had moi
the pistol missed fiEs. There has heretofore
/ been too much license permitted the fanatica
| criminals who from time to time are confined
in our JAIL and it is high time that their loud
| hypOcritical prayers and bOisterous singing
! were regulated by the authorities"