Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-06-30

son, lying naked in the water. dead. His
clothes were found in a different part Of the
creek, weighted down by rocks. On examina-
ton it was found that the mans ear was beat
to jelly. and there was large fracture in
the rear portion of his skull A Coroner's in
quest was held next day. at which little intor-
m alton throwing any light on the killing was
obtained"
The Monroe Advertiser SAYS: .Our colored
friend tledeer, who is the head and front of
the Republican party in Georgia, certainly
aspires 70 high promotion. President Garfield
offered him the position of Collector of the
Macon district which offer he declined. The
position pays eighteen hundred dollars Why
Pledger declined we don't know"
Marietta Journal: ION Saturday Mr.. e. W.
d. Cochran left with us a couple Of stalks Of
cotton twenty-four inches in height each,
with blooms appearing. He has seventeen
acres Of it. IL IS the cluster variety. Il is the
best stand OF cotton in the county. He used
home made fertilizers most altogether Mr.
Cochran is one OF those farmers who does not
buy corn and meat and hay, but raises plenty
at home"
HinesviIIe Gazette: "An attempt was made
by little negro boy last Thursday near No 2lk
to wreck the fast train. bar of wood was
thrown across the track. but the engineer saw
it IN time and Stacked up so that the fireman
had the chance TO step down and throw the
obstruction of. The offender. who we learn is
a small lad, was chased down and arrested A
preliminary examination was held before JUS
tice Norman last Friday, and the offender
placed under bond for his appearance at the
Superior Court"
Blsckshear ADVANCE: "a negro named
Charley Jones had his thigh broken last Tues.
day night at waycross It was done by an
other brother with an axe. Whisky was the
cause"
Atlanta POst-AppeaI: "a SiIo is a cistern or
vat, air and water tight on the bottom and
sides, with an open top, constructed of ma
sonry and concrete 1t may be square. rec
tangular, round or oval in shape, with per
pendicullr sides, used to store in their green
state forage crops, such as corn, sOrghO. rye.
cats, miilet, Hungarian grass clover and ell
other grasses. The forage is cut and taken di-
rectly from the field. run through a enter
which cuts it into pieces less than half an inch
IN length. and trampled down solidly in the
Silo, and subjected to heavy and continuous
pressure. The structure is the Silo, which may
be low ground, or partly or entirely below
the surface of the ground. The fodder pre-
served ia Silos is Ensilage.'
Augusta Chronicle and Constitutionalist:
Sunday morning in the lake the body of a
cOiored man was found. The person had evi-
IDENTIFY been drowned some days, and was sup
posed to be Jack Long, a colored man, who re-
Gently, IN a deFanged condition, lett his wife
and was seen to Jump in the canal and swim
across the stream. He has been missing ever
since"
Jackson Herald: 1--WE learn that Mr.. Frank
Bowles. living in Cunningham's district, lost
his dwelling house by fire last week.
Cumming Clarion: From half-past twelve
O'Clock until sundown one evening last week,
Mr.. ]. A. Nuckols cut one hundred and fifteen
shocks of wheat. Says he didn't hurry either,
but it took two hands to keep up binding"
Chattanooga Times: 1.-THE Dade county (Ga.l
Coal Mining Company now employs about five
hundred hands, and turns out fifty cars of coal
daily. The greater portion OF the hands are
engaged In opening several new coal leads.
The company will put about one thousand
men at work in the mines next wiLter, and
mine nearly one hundred cars of coal per day.
Seven hundred men were employed last win
ter, and the largest amount mined in any one
day was seventy seven broad gauge car loads y
Thomasville Enterprise: I'VE learned on
Monday that Mr. Neal Coyle had killed T.
Phillips, at Jasper, Hamilton county, Fla
From private letters resolved here since then,
we learn that the killing was purely IN self-de.
fense. and that there will be no difficulty in
showing this at the preliminary trial"
Townsville EateTprise: THE alumni OF
the Sta University. who organized branch
association here last winter. held a meeting
lest Monday in the Office Of Col. A. 7. McIntire
The meeting was rendered the more enjoyable
by the presence of DR.. p. H. Nell. Chancellor
of the University, Hon. p. W. Meldrim and
several members of the Board of Trustees
Several pleasant speeches were made, and the
occasion viii be long remembered by those
who were present. The association was grant
ed certain privileges which will be of material
advantage TO boys from this section who wish
to go to Athens. Mr.. S. G. McLendon is Presi
dent, HanSell Merrill, Secretary, and any young
m an intending or wishing to go TO the Unlver-
sity would do well 10 confer with them at an
early day. There was quite number of the
South Georgia College students present, and
| some good work was done for the University
This branch society has received the privilege
of naming twelve students for the State Agri
| cultural College at Athens, and they would like
to I'LL up the list seon."
Thomasville Enterprise: Col w. J Young
| for many years President of the Board of Trus
/ tees of Young Female College, resigned his
position as President, and also as a member OF
/ the Board on Thursday last. Col A. I. Ne
/ InUyre was elected President of the Board, bat
the vacancy on the Board has not yet beer
/ filed
Rising Fawn correspondence of the Chatta
nooga Times: ION last Thursday Mr. Albert
/ James. an ore contractor at this place, was
preparing to blast, when the powder became
/ ignited, causing an explosion, which blew him
a considerable distance being, very fortunately
S aved by some one from falling over very higt
/ bluff. His eyes and face were badly burned
/ and it was thought he would lose his eyes. He
/ is resting as well possible under the circum
/ stances. The knife has been used here pretty
/ lively lately among the colored people. Or
last Saturday night, at a ball. Ed Jackson
\ stabbed Nose Tolbert in the left breast, max
/ ing an ugly wound. Also. on the same nigh
/ and at another dance, Gus Gaines stabbed
Martin Webster several times in the back ano
shoulder. Cause, mean whisky"