Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-04-09

OF the car which got of the track. 1t was a
tnrouSh car belonging to the Green Line The
passenger train from Savannah and Florida
yesterday morning had to pull up at the
freight depot in consequence of the accident
put good force was Immediately put to work
70 ~ SleI Ihe wreck and repair the injured track,
ana everything Is now all right again.
Says the GtCinnett Herald: s'Crimes Of high
grade are increasing in the country. Just be
Iore christmas we chrOnicled two homcides in
thls county, and nov another man has been
hesday Elias Puckett and ]. H. Bailey met two
negroes, Israel Hunt and Frank Hunt, ia the
roao IN the upper part of the county There
was some misunderstanding between Bailey
and Frank Hunt, and they soon engaged in a
nght- We are unable to gather from the testi-
nony adduced at the COroner's inquest the
cause Of the difficulty, but while
tney had hold of each other, Pickett
stepped up to part them, when Israel Hunt
struck him on the right side of the head. be-
hind and little above the ear. from the effect
OF which he staggered off but did not fall.
Both negroes then drew pistols and threatened
TO shoot the white men. This ended the row,
and Bailey and Puckett went to the house OF
the father of the negroes and informed him OF
what had occurred, and threatened 10 prose
cute them unless the father took them in hand.
he replied he could do nothing with them,
and Puckett started home. accompanied by
Bailey. Before he got home he commenced
complaining OF his head, and was able to walk
home. When he arrived there his strength
failed, and he sunk down to the floor. He was
incOherent remark as he was laid.down. He
never spoke afterwards He remained in that
condition until Saturday, when he died. Hunt
was arrested the next day after the fatal stroke
was given and bound over to the Superior
Cour in q recOgniZance of $500. He gave the
bond and was set at liberty. AS soon as Puck
EFT died he was re arrested in Hall county by
John Smith, and was delivered to Sheriff Pat
tersOn on Sunday. and is now lodged in Jail to
await his trial at the September term
Dahlonega Mountain SfqnaI: I've have
nothing of particular interest to the general
reader this week to mention while it has been
a jubilant one to the mine owners. Nearly all
the mills have made full time. the exceptions
hours. The weather has been up to Tuesday
all that could be desired. and the plates that
have come under our observation are showing
nearly as well for the half week as they did
for the whole Of last, and we have similar re-
ports from those we did not have an oppor-
tunity Of visiting. 1t was our good fortune TO
witness the fruits of another rich strike. We
gallon of dirt and accompanying
rock debris was panned out and the
tailings therefrOm beat in n hand mortar and
repanned The net value of the product from
all this process was $3.50. At present we are
bound by promises not to give particulars of
locality At the Danae they have struck it
rich probably as rich in proportion to the
anywhere. There Is in sight an apparently in-
exhaustible vein Of ore sssaying 500 per ton,
and the dirt Is panning splendidly. We will
give further particulars next week. We hope
our readers from abroad viii in the near future
begin to see that Georgia gold mines do pay,
and greater in proportion to the capital in
vested than any in the world" d"