Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-11-28
j. FL. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR,

Rome Bulletin: "On last Tuesday morning.
Belle Jones. little colored girl living in South
home about nine years Of ag-, and In the en-
well for the purpose Of drawing q bucket of
water. Just about the time she had let the
bucket into the well, her little sister came up
and commenced playing with her. Belle turn
ed to shove her sister away. and as she did so
lost her balance and fell headforemOst into the
well. a distance OF about seventy feet. With
presence OF mind wonderful for one so young
she caught on to the bucket which was h0atipg
IN the well, while the sister ran and told her
mother Of what had happened. Soon the
mother was on the spot. aud the little nine
year old girl was ere long resting on terra 9rma,
scared almost to death, but, strange to say, not
hurt IN the slightest particular"
We learn from the Augusta Nelrs that s'a
very shocking and sad scene occurred at Capt
+. W. Halls store. in Dahlonega, about three
O'Clock Thursday afternoon John Bell shot
ana instantly killed John Blacks,ock. both
Young men The parents of Blackstock live in
Dawson county and those of Bell have recently
moved there from Duckt1wn. A fight had oc-
CURED between Bell and young man by the
name Of Weaver during the day. After this.
Bell obtained pistol and made threats and
ATTEMPTED t1 shoot Weaver. Blackstock was
using his influence to keep him from doing the
act. and had been successful for a time but
finally Bell became offended with him and shot
him without provocatton, the b II passing ne ar
the heart, from which he expired in twenty
minutes. SEEING the excitement at the time
was the cause. Ais =, on the same day. there
was an alteration between Willie Davis and
Henry Cannon: in which Davis cut Cannon very
severely and dangerously with a knif-. It Il
said that Davis acted in self defense and was
sober, and that Cannon was drunk and rushed
on him with his knife in hand. This occurred
at grocery three miles from town"
Oglethorpe Echo: I'VE give below an &c.
given by himself and two negro witnesses On
last Saturday night as Mr. ID. was leaving
Crawford, in company with negro boy, he
was accosted by a negro. Bill GOOdsol, an I,
being asked, gave the negro permission to ride
on the hind part Of his buggy to where the El-
berton and Lexington road fork. They had
gone some distance when Mr. d. missed his
pistol from hi pocket and stopped to s-e ahout
Il and told the negro he had lost his pistol, and
Bill GoOdsOn offered to get it for So. Mr.. d.
agreed to give him that for it ana the negro
started back. saying he would go to Alex.
JOhnson's house and get light and find it,.
The other negro whispered to Mr.. ID that Bill
had the pistol, as he saw him takei it. Dir. then
accused him Of having the pistol, ann said he
wanted it. Bill told him he was a id liar, and
Mr.. ID started toward him. Bill then drew out
the pistol, cooked it. and threatened to shoot
him. The negro compelled him to go to the
house OF Alex johnson, colored, and made
him put the two dollars in Alexis hand, and
then tried to shoot Mr.. D., who grabbed the
two dollars and ran. but fell in the yard. and
was covered by the pistol. He got eleven dol
lars from Mr. D., and after going nearly back
to Crawford, fired of three barrels OF the pis-
tol. and then deliberately attempted to fire the
remaining two at Mr.. d but fortunately they
were not loaded, then threw the pistol down
and ran. He was arrested Sunday morning" "
Decatur Netrs: 'One of the most brazen rob-
berries we have ever heard Of in this county
was perDetrated near Duren's N II on Monday
Pleasant Snow. an old gentleman sixty years
OF age, living in this county near Macedonia
Churc1. started from home to visit his daugh-
ter near Stone Mountain, Mrs. George Ham
brick. When a short distance from Duren' s
MILL two negroes, one thick, chunky yellow
fellow, and the other a sparely built black
man, rushed out Of the woods and knocked him
down. covered his head with pistol and pro-
ceeded to rob him of $50. The old man had
bought some land, and had the money with
him for the purpose of paying for it on that
day. He never saw the negroes before, and
has no idea who they are. One of the
negroes wanted to kill Mr.. Snow after
taking the money. but his companion
prevented him. Upon recovering Mr..
Snow came to Decatur and notified the author
tiles ana all day Monday they we're in search
of the scOundrels News of the robbery aud a
description of the negroes was sent down the
road as far as Cony ers. On Monday evening.
we are infOrmet, the Sheriff of ROckdale
county spotted the ra Gals and made an effort to
catch them 10 doing so both the negroes ran and
! the sheriff fired at them, striking and killing
instantly the one who desired to kill oln an
Snow. The other. the black fellow, escaped.
We have not yet heard il any Of the money
was recov red. The facts as 70 the killing
were obtained from pas enger on the Georgia
Railroad train from Conyers."