Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-06

science for an elderly gentlemen like myself to
have 10 endure IN the cotton patch I'm NOT
n%lucn % IN the cotton business. and am sorry
now that We havegot any, that is, il 1 have pot
70 work Il, and sweat myself to death trying TO
save il from the grass"
Greensboro Herald: 'sIf the North or We,
has any further desire for an exodus we havS
an element in our population here NE ,-c,,,S
be glad to accommOdate them WITH Os
course we do not refer to the colored neonle
IN our midst who are making an honest living
by labor We allude to the class of lOafers
and loungers on our streets without anv req
ular occupation, and without desire for
any-toO lazy to work and too unreliabIe To he
trusted by those who wish to employ laborers
They are gettingto be public nuisance -
OglethOTpe Echo: "we had a call a dav or
two since from Captain J. II. Nichols. of Ma
cOochee. who showed us a couple OF handsome
specimens Of pure gold from the Richardson
mine IN the valley. They weighed res ssectively
twelve and twenty-one pennyweights, and
were pure nuggets Capt. Nichols state that
the work has been very satisfactory on the
mine for some time past the want of water
being the only drawback. 1t is a signifcant
fact that there is no stock of the mine for sale
at any price. and that it is worked entirely bv
the owners Of the property
Observer" in the Carroll County Times
writes: a serious difficulty occurred at the
residence OF ]. Rice, in Douglass county. be-
tween L. H. Rice and James BUD Teal, of
carroll. Mr.. Teal had maltreated his wife who
is Mr.. r. s sister and she had left home and
gone there with her children. Mr.. T. followed
her. and some words passed between him and
R, when combat ensued. Teal struck Rice
seven times. mostly on the head, with hame
and then Rice got the hame and knocked T.
down and got on him and beat him with it
until he begged for mercy. Mr., r. then let
him up and made him promise to leave the
State, and made him leave there in a hurry.
Mr.. NJ. G. b g, who gave us the particulars, says
blood was all about the yard"
Athens Chronicle: son Thursday morning.
about o'clock, Mr.. John H Colt, a well known
and highly esteemed citizen of Jackson county,
died quite suddenly. He arose early that
morning. and went into his shop and sharpened
some plantation tools, and on going into the
house remarked to his sister that he felt very
unwell and was suffering from a severe pain
IN his breast. She applied such simple resto
rativeS as were at hand, and after lying down
awhile, he said he felt better, and began to
make preparations TO go to Athens. having
business IN the city. Some time after he went
out 10 hitch his horse to the buggy, a cOlOred
man informed his sister that something seemed
10 be the matter with him. On repairing to
the lot, he was found in kneeling position
near his horse, but the vital spark had fed.
he suffered from sunstroke a few years ago,
and II Is supposed (aS he had been busily en-
gagged on Wednesday, part Of the time in
the heat Of the sum that this caused his
| death"
Columbus Times: Thursday evening while
Mrs. McLerOy. wife of MIR. F. McLsroy, who
lives a few miles north of the city. was at work
In a field near the house, dog fTOthing at the
mouth, ran by her, going across the field, and
IN short time returned When near, he fell
IN fit, and after struggling while got up and
made for her. Size Knocked him down with the
hoe several times and finally striking him on
the side of the head turned him around so
that when he rose he went the other way.
Running over into a field in which Mr.. Jack
Johnson and some hands were at work he
attacked him, and Mr. johnson knocked him
down with rock Here he bit a small dog
belonging to a negro and ran off. He was
next heard of at the house of Mr.. Sphinx ,
| where he ran under the bed from which ne
| the neighbOrs had gathered at the house, and
| Mr. johnson getting on the bed succeeded in
arOusing the abid brute, when he rushed at
him. springing on the bed, but Mr. j. succeeded
| in beating him Cff and he passed out into the
| yard and was shot. The whole affair was in
/ tensely exciting, and the wonder is that no
one was bitten. The little dog has been
/ killed"