Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-01-20
j. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.

gone far before / saw scme one coming. run
ming horse towards me, about twenty five
yards OF attempted to turn my horse to the
left. The one meeting me was leaning en- the
right of his horse The horses ran together
his horse striking my horse about the wethers
and his head struck my breast about the same
tine and knocked me from my horse. He fell
from MS horse. 1t was about five minutes be
fore could look up When looked could
not see him. His horse was lying on him
John Mack came up. The Doctors horse got
up. John vent to the Doctor and then asked
me what was the matter. He asked me if I had
shot DR.. A The Doctor and l were perfectly
friendly. The examination by Dr. A. G. White
head developed the fact that DR.. McNorrill's
neck was broken and his face badly confused.
The verdict Of the jury was: We, the jury,
Ind from the evidence that the deceased, DR..
X +. mcNorriil came to his death from acci-
dental causes. J. L Fulcher. foreman; J. s.
POlhIil, j. T. Wilcox, r. 4. Rhodes, B. G.. Win
ter, sr-, g. B. Banks, A. g. Whitehead, ]. A.
Stroller, W E Zorn, T Eulcher. W @. Mat
thews-' DR.. hcNorrill was q large planter and
prominent physician he was graduate OF
several medical schools. He leaves a wife and
i've children. His home was six miles from
haynesbOro. The Augusta Chronicle SAYS
that telegram received in that city Monday
night states that MIR. Nixon is up and all right.
says the Montezuma Weekly: 1T becomes
our painful duty TO record the enactment of a
deed which our county should ever blush at the
remembrance of, and her citizens invoke the
retrfbutIOn OF a Just God upon its perpetrators.
4 school house was recently built in the upper
portion Of the county, near Garden Valley, and
we learn there was a disagreement as to who
should teach in the building Dir. A Jones' a
highly respected ard Influential citizen, having
heard OF a threat that the school house would
net be standing on the following morning, met
there in company with Dir. John Hamilton to
protect il from some midnight marauder
They secreted themselves in the top of fallen
tree very rear the school hOGse. and determin-
ed to await the wOuld-be legendary. Between
/ and ? o clock two men put in an appearance,
AIMED with guns and after talking in a low
tone fer few moments one of them proceed
ed to the school house, and having saturated it
with kerosene from bottle, applied the match,
and the building was in a sheet of flame. Mr.
Jones, becoming so infuria'e ed, fired
upon the william, and at the same
moment received dangerous if not
fatal wound from the other party. Mr.
Jones is expected to die daily but we seriously
hope he will survive this unfortunate occur
renee. Three men-ThomaS and Joseph
Hobbs. his father, aud Zachariah WorshaTn,
the sOn-in-aw of Joseph Hobbs-were arrested
and brought before Judge Allen H. Greer, OF
OglethOrpe, on last Wednesday, but owing to
the peculiar wording of the statute regarding
contiuuances, a continuance could not be mad
fer the absence of Jones and the case was s.
missed on motion of the State There Is no
doubt es to the guilt OF these parties, as Mr.
Hamilton identified two of them as being the
perpetrators of this nefarious crime, and on
examining jos. Hobbs twenty small shot were
found between his shoulder and elbow, which
points cOnclusivelv to his guilt. Why they are
understand. If there is no statute in our Code
to keep them in custody, we certainly need
one The Weekly states that since the above
was written Mr- Jones has died.
Atlanta Constitution Yesterday morning
it was rumored throughout the city that two
accidents hal occurred on the State ROad-one
az Chattanooga and ths other near Marietta
and that an emplOye of the road had been
killed at the latter place. In order to ascertain
the truth of the report a representative of the
Constitution visited Mr. Bsardsley, the train
dispatcher, when il was learned that the pas
sengsr train which left here Friday at 250
O'Clock D. m. was thrown from the track by
misplaced switch just as the train was enter
ing Chattanooga. No damage was done and
the track soon cleared. The other accident,
which happened at Marietta, occurred about
40 yesterday morning, and was also caused by
a MISPLACED switch. The engine, it is said, wss
turned completely over, blocking up the track
to such extent that Il was found necessary
t. build track about one hundred aud fifty
yards around the wreck ia order TO allow the
regular trains to pass. Apart from the in
Jury to the railroad stock. no damage was Go1e.
By hard work the track wes cleared By 3
O'Clock yesterday evening, and all trains were
sJoD on time ag ain"