Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-11-22
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--.-,-oy, es second Glass Matter.
Genrpia Affairs.

,4-7nEen husband in Athens the other day
.-,l- his wife in his buggy and started for
80 driving in the most furious manner.
r.r,-s they cleared the town both were thrown
s-,-, the vehicle in rounding a corner, and
-. ,-ifa vas badly bruised VIII le he escaped
unhurt
The death Of Judge E. H. Worrill is an
-,-rc,i at his residence in TaIbotton last
r-bur-dsy. Judge Worrill was remarkable
-,s, a successful lawyer and eminent as a
1r4-e Of the Circuit Court. when removed by
Psllrcz. the scalawag Governor. in 1868.
Rome sent the largest delegation Of visitors
- anv city to the At nta Exposition.
Mr. stephens hiss returned to Washington,
and occupies the very room that Henry Clay
died in
C.pr Henry R. Jackson will shortly deliver
e srs.ture in Columbus for the benefit Of the
Public Library
The Christian advocate says that Bishop
Wishtman lies in critical condition, his
symptoms beirg more alarming than at any
previous period Of his life.
On saturday last in the Superior Court az
Macon. C H. Franklin, charged with murder.
was found guilty. with recommendation that
he be imprisoned for life in the pententiary.
A gentleman from South Carolina on his
vav 10 Texas was robbed OF $500 in Atlanta
Tuesday as he stepped from the train
Intelligence OF a big fire in Fairburn, Sunday
morning. reached Atlanta at night So far the
facts are meagre. It is reported, however,
that fourteen houses were entirely consumed
bv the fire. The amount Of the loss is not yet
known
The MilIedgevilIe Herald reports the willful
murder Of Stephen Young by Warren Owens,
in that county, last wetk. From the evidence
i. s1p- ars that Young offered resistance,
ami vas shot down in cold blood, Owens firing
athin several times with pistol.
The Atlanta P0st-AppeaE reports an ugly
murder in that city Friday night, in which one
George Lowe, a peaceable eOlOred man, was
80 badly cut by Columbus Webster. another
e5lored man, that be died il a few minutes.
No one. says that paper, witnessed the diff
Guilty. but Lowe stated before he died that Co
lum5us Webster was the man who did the
csttiug The murderous affair took place near
the Fulton county Jail, between nine and ten
O'Clock at night. Webster had not been cap
tured at last accounts, but was being pursued.
The Americus Republican reports that the
receipts OF cotton up TO Friday evening, the
18th. at the warehouses of that town were
1870 bales. against O.4Ol up to the evening Of
the 18th Of November, 1SSO-3.134 bales short.
jim Jones, the night-watehman of Quitman,
has skipped the town The Free Press says
that for months past he has been systematical-
Iy rObbing stores which he was supposed to be
guarding. and last week the grand jury found
two true bills against him for larceny. His
stealings, is is thought, will reach up into the
thousands. When last heard from he was at
Union Springs, Als- \ reward has been offered
for his arres-.
The Pike County EelCs states that from a
recent trip through = good portion Of the
county it ascertained that nearly all cf the
cotton was gathered except on the farms Of
those who had been running gins the present
season 1t does not now think that onstenth
OF the crop is yet in the fields.
According to the Courier, about two
hundred negroes passed thrOus h Rome Friday
morning, bound for some station on the
Georgia Pacific Railroad. where they VIII be
put 20 WORK grading that new road These
negroes were inclined TO be a little turbulent
and while iu Rome one Of them succeeded in
getting knocked in the head by a locomotive
engineer. Il IS also reported that when they
reached Cave Springs they all got on the train,
and while lingering around the depot got into
a quarrel among themselves. One of the
party drew pistol and fred at another. He
missed his elm, and before the officers reached
the spot. all hands boarded the train and
moved OF down the road These darkies have
evidently not recovered from the effects OF the
recent election in Virginia yet. but the Courier
l. a.. L. - rar
two before they have been long on Georgia
soil
On Friday morning last a little three-y year-old
son of Mr.. Jtf. Culpepper, Of Columbus, while
playing on the rear balcony Of his father dwell
ling fell to the ground, a distance Of about
twenty feet. He struck on his head. fracturiug
The skull. aud has neither opened his eyes nor
spoz-n since the unfortunate accident.
Athens Chronicle: ION Wednesday night
last thief entered the lot OF Mr.. Galloway,
Fh0 lives on the junction OF Milledse ave
1ue and Lumpkin street. and stole one OF his
carriage horses. "
Hacon TsIegraph: "a tevy Of girls. eighteen
10 number. from Eufaula, and en- route 20 the
Exposition, enlivened the Brown House las
night 10 e the opinion OF the Macon boys that
Aia5srHa girls are beautiful"
Mli-dgeviIle Herald: The trustees OF the
-4naiic Asylum. on yesterday. accepted the
ga ot F. hCfinty. OF Athens, Tor erecting
taa new buildings for four hundred colored
led him Of the fact"
Rome Courier: 1T was not long after day
lsht yest-rdas morning when the guests a.
s1s Sergeant House aseert ainei that bold. oa
5lrgisFs had paid a nocturnal visit 70 several
rooulS, an had pOcketed about SiVO 10 clean
cash, besides two watches"
ssys the Bainhri5ge Democrat: "a writer in
Sle Atlanta Post. 10 view Of the fact that the
- t1peSiton management have set apart .,It, gay
.9 co honor to General Sherman, suggests that
ll-y give jeff. pavis q day also We hope
.t-the people OF he South, end the lovers OF
,9e true and the good the world over. honor
AE jefferson Davis every day in the three
-lnore1 and sixty y-five. Besides, il is nothing
IS than pr0fanafiOu TO mention bis honOred
l-lae 10 the same connection with Sherman 8
Says the Jackson Jefferson county, Herald:
"leh people begin TO sneer and talk ngnty
Of the benefits that will be derived from our
ltrQad. sc can refer them TO ConyerS. u
5.oeEdale county In twelve years 1t has IN
lI1ased its POPULATION from three 20 sixteen
--ldred inhabitsnts, and is one or the best cot
~ markets in the State. Il is oniy station
" q railroad controlled by one or the largest
-llopoiles in the world. aud has every olsao-
.sl2ge. in the way Of freights. to conteDd
siih- Don't talk about our rot coming out a.
urad of the procession. We tell you thAt
emerson dead days are past"
C1derthe heading "a Fall OF Thirty Feet.
- Rome Courier says; The accommodation
road which leaves this city AZ = ociock
u, alWays stops to take on water at the tank
- hls -lde the bridge across the EtOWsn
- night, while the engine was taking on
Tgr passenger named Daniel j. Mooney, OF
E--sFll'e thought he would step on the ca
se- - SLd wax around a little. He did not %
- ttal the cabOOSe was on & bridge. so ne
1870 ieariessly OF, but before reaching
h.fau' ha u' ma he had fallen full thirty feet He
- -1el Tor assistance. which was soon render
el -Ll ne now lies AZ the Sergeant House with
st,sIalned wrist. gashed head and dislocsted
-ler- HIS injuries are not serious"
~. ne Columbus Enquirer gives the following
s-tT Tor saving bacon. IL says: "As il viii
r ~ oe time 70 kill the hogs. we give the ex-
es-ie OF gentleman who has been vefy sue
~ u ~ 10 Keep NJ his meat from the ravages
Re sApper-the pestlential enemy OF all
DO tlade bacon He say take your meat
h tlsl as soon as il is dry enough 70 pack
tbs-o- - aHQ scatter layer Of cotton seed,
gDfii i pJi 10 layer OF meat. and thus continue
thasae4l 81 your meat l. packed, covering with
-e7el He says that ne has been doing this
az number Of years and has never seen a
49, prtt-l 10 ms meat since he commenced this
Dsr oI putting up. We commend this
is-- 70 the Co sideration of the few OF our
Og6 -nho nho are sensible enough 70 make their
Jon ,S-e on their places Try IL. Suppose
@''s lev hogs 20 see how il will work"
tt-sng Pawn Gazette: Last Fri4ay evening
A. az gers. apparently iron men or drum
s01,s - tH the freight train at this place,
tta - NH9n went TO the works and some TO
bee,tGle honse. They might easily have
pr6-r.eu Tor iron prOspectors, but they wer-
eorsfsctttng for something else. The partV
one T7l TS77el q one United States Commissioner,
Dernr- Ss - states detective, two United States
IA Selectors and one United States Mar
E-,--s Is known that parties have hen en-
~ 70 TIE business OF tVrildcaIIIIls-' .rffsf-r,