Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-09-17
EeargIa Affairs.


bage in sandersville, and the early sown tur-
nips proved a failure, but there is time to SOW
again.
The sandersyile Herald announces the sad
death Of Mrs Lula Wells. the young wife of
1Ir. d. Z B. Wells. beloved and lamented by
the whole community.
The Emanuel County Courier says Mr.. Bait
Brinson. working in the saw mill Of Mr.. J. fl.
Ellison. last Friday. was caught by the coat
sleeve and his arm drawn into the machinery,
manging his hand and wrist in a horrible
manner. amputation being considered a neces-
sity. He is a worthy and popular young man,
audthe accident is much regretted in the COM
muuity.
The Irwiuton APpeaI says the Superior Court
docket Of that county for the approaching
term is very short
Emanuel county is about TO elect a new Tax
Collector 70 i'll the vacancy Occasioned by the
death Of Hr Hall
Nrs. Crawford, near Jesup, handles pistol
with the skill OF an expert. The other day she
frei at a rabbit and bagged the game
Hrs- d. NJ Cox, of Perry. died suddenly
of ap0pl-xy on Saturday last
Mr j II. Hodges, Of Hawkinsville, was
stricken with paralysis last week. There are
hopes Of his recovery.
The Columbus washerwOmen have bsen
taken suddenly with a severe case Of the
strikes" They have been reading the press
dispatches about the disease.
The Marietta Journal says that John Mat
t5ews, the Hall county convict reported
Whipped 10 death, attempted to escape and
was shot at and recaptured. He was whipped
by one OF the guards Charley Phillips. Jr-, sew
ersl times during the day Of his attempted es-
cape. and on the following day he died That
night Phillips went to Marietta on a hand car
and left for parts unknown. The penitentiary
physician proceeded 20 Ball Ground and had
the body exhumed, but it was so swollen that it
burst the coffin, and was so decOmpOsed and
offensive that a post mOrtem WEs impossible.
The C5r0nor's jury previously rendered YER
dict that the convict had been troubled with
heart disease and the excitement Of running
% escape. being shot at. and the several whip
pings by Phillips, caused his death. DR.. Hawkes.
stated that the skin was not broken by the lash
aud no blood had oozed from hcerated flesh.
as reported, that his neck had not been placed
under q pick handIe-that he had been whip
ped in a standing posture. Il is admitted that
the guard transcribed his orders, it not being
I'm accordance with the discipline to whip con-
victs for attempts 10 escape. The case seems
70 be a bad one at best, and needs iuvestiga-
ton.
Dalton Citizen: "a little child Of Mr.. Young
was run over bv a passenger train Of W and
A r. II while playing on the track at Grays-
vile one dav last week. and sustained injuries
which have proved tataL
Dlblin Post Mr.. Hiram Gibbs, OF Mont
er7rnarv county had the misfortune 20 lose his
..--f. hr-F Ff~a 1re 81 week I'll na CRIB at the time
contained about 80 bushels OF last years eorn.
I- was probably the work OF aH lncendlary-
Joue-boro Nsirs: 1--WE ere Informed by a
private letter that the school house at Miner
srrrs vas burnt a. Z O'Clock OF the 5th instant
It was evidently set on fire, and bad whisky Is
supposed 70 have had something 10 DO Win
the burning"
Gainesville Sltifbr0n: 'On Sunday last Mr..
Bates Mayfiei1's mules ran away, IN going from
Pleasant Grove Church. Forsyth county. 70 ms
home His little daughter. Nancy Jane, about
thirteen years old, being frightened; 9l9pS
out Of the wagon. and was instantly kiiieu
Columbus ENQUIRER. Yesterday a mum
ber OF hands began the WORK o: excavation, pre-
paratOry o laying the foundation OF the new
freight depot. The brickmasonS VIII oegir
work in about one week. The building. IL !,
expected. will be comFleted 10y the middle ol
January, lcc2-
Jssup Sentinel: "a quarrel sprang up be
tween Bill Mcdaniel and Ned O'Neal, at the
turpentine still Of Mr. Poppeli- about some
rsfiOus last week Bill drew pistol aud shot
N,sd through the head and slOped- Ned at last
accounts was stnl alive, and Bill Is stil al
large"
ATbanv Ne,rs- Mr.. A Culbreath, living neal
Hardup in Baker county, owns en-, now
three months old and doing well, Wnlcn was
born into the world with the lde ntlca, artlncla
esrmerLs Of les mother. viz: Smooth crop OF
one ear and split and uuderbit on the other
The best thing about this item Is, mat it Is
strictly true, and vOuched for by reliable par
ties
r,-s---. s.r.f,s Sow the youthful
colonel burglar who was arrested and iucarce-
rated in Whitfield county jail Tor an attempt
TO burglarizs the Berry Bros hardware store
week before lasr. ma Ia bis escape last Salur
siav night by picking the lock OF his cell with a
nail or other small instrument He was recap
tured Sunday evening ct larneH station
whittier he had He'd
Gainesville SOufhron. Mr.. j. b Gsston in
forms Us that sam. Masters, son-ln-iaw oi
WIN. Shore. near Long View. was run over hJ
she down train SUNDAY night, and literally Tori
TO pieces. Report says the unfortunate man
was under the influence OF whisky anu IN sich
a position on the track as TO preclude tne pcs
sibility Of the engineer seeing him untll the
fatal moment had come"
The Americas Recorder says OF the Southern
Farmers Monthly: The september number
of this popular magazine is at hand Like al
its predecessors. the current number Is fully
up TO the marx made for II bY its proprietor,
aud IL is now at the head of the farming puoii
cations IN the South. Its neat typography;
well ". itten views. extracts, etc. are each ano
al timely and fuil or interest
Jesup Sentinel: The down passenger on the
Macon and Brunswick Railroad on Monday.
about a. m. ran into bunch OF cattle and
killed eight ot them. all said 70 belong TO Mr..
George Drawdy- Il IS quite fortunate that the
train was not thrown from the track, there
Is a curve IN the road where the accident Oc-
CURED, considerably down grade and the train
always moves rapidly over it,
Gainesville S0UthrOu: ''On Saturday night
last there was sort Of general row in the
city. Cicero Hulsey, colOred. among others Of
the combatants, struck Mr.. VIM BurIx with mis-
fist without provocation. whereupon Houriet
Cohen knocked Cicero down with a chair. a.,
claring while the chair was descending that
no man. black or white, had some business 10
struck another when he hadn't been doing
something"
Perry Home Journal: "On last Sunday eve
ming couple OF miles this side OF the Pulaski
line we saw a negro woman that was the short
est specimen OF humanity We have ever seen
TO be Of age. She was about three feet high
and had the appearance OF being thirty OF
thirty-five years old. She was well proper
toned except her feet, they being nearly as
long as she was tall che will weigh between
seventy five and one hundred pounds"
Dawson Terrell county, Journal: ''Since oul
last writing the caterpillars have swept ovel
the cotton fields OF this section in their Work
OF death and destruction liKe q mighty ava