Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-02-18

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W. y. -..t..,z,n Of Wednesday devoted two
Ems and a half 70 her.
,. announced yesterday that Mr. Frank J.
-- a4.-7r and proprietor Of the Rome BHl-
~ I'D 5eciird to abandon the daily and
the Sud . Bulletin, because he
f...--y- that Rome could support three
MA N Wednesday IS issue OF that paper
Zen announces that he has sold the pa
[v- Andrew Moseley, who viii continue
5.rv and weekly as heretofore.
---+,z Roman found himself in very en-
-.ssfr, predicament the other night. 1t
time appointed for his marriage. and
,r, bour came no was laid up with a
.s r,uups The Courier does not say
-r..t=- the affair was postponed or not.
-.rs-- Gaines Tribune reports that the
r-s-t-r which prevailed in that section
s,fays or more was Interrupted by rain
,r.-t,rr.,bt which con inued through Tues
l.r tuesday night and Wednesday. The
--.5sF.l lust become passable and farmers
-.-.fHsy preparing for another crop. The
y4 W. weather. however, has given
.z.- "a .gsst. and farm work OF all kinds is
AZ sta1dstil
U.-e v.ll be iuaugurated on the Rome and
,t-.-sr5gya Railroad within the next sixty
days
P55irs srs So thick in Burke county that on
s--5sgs a negro man Of Waynesboro amuses
t-..4f b7 catching them with fishing
t-rs He bats the hook and throws
NJ Ha, over the limb Of the tree on which
NJ birds most do cougregate, and waits
+.- them TO bite He caught twenty five in
tasuay last sunday
6r the tith inst. Hon. A. H. Stephens was
az.y-aine years GA The Harlem Advertiser
t.1es be may live to be exactly one hundred
adj thirty eight
Ne see 1t sravey stated that the funeral
directions. Of Georgia will hold a convention in
Atlanta ou the 4th day Of 'xt May. All un-
t.-tassrs are solemuly invited to meet with
them.
urJB Heuirick. one Of the Oldest and best
citizens OF CoyinEton. and for more than foi ty-
i've years q practising physician OF that place,
dead
Nrs George j. Johnston, widow OF the At
arra bin poster who killed himself with
opium q few nights since, announces her in
tsntiou Of removing from Montgomery, Ala
hama, to Atlanta, TO carry on the business es-
t4blisLed ty her late husband
The recent high waters washed away about
thirty feet Of the dam Of the City Mills OF
Columbus This sccident viii cause the mills
ucease operations for three or four months,
and win involve the proprietors in serious
loss. besiIes throwing several persons out OF
employment.
The Athens Blaneris to be enlarged and i'm
proved TO a few days.
According 90 the Marietta Journal the far
mers Of that section will have to buy largely
of corn and bacon 70 run their farms for the
comirg season It thiI ks this is certainly a
tadEay TO farm
Four hundred and fifty dollars reward has
been offered for the arrest Of Doc Wilson, the
negro murderer of Mr. James Tinley in Macon.
Of this the Mayor OF Macon offers one hun
drei dollars. Mr. J. J. Tinlaey two hundred and
tity dollars and Governor Colquitt one hun
trei dollars.
On Wednesday last Rev. Augustus Watson,
cg'orsd. pastorof Mount Zion Church. Atlanta.
was arrested on a warrant charging him with
Bsecherisn. His congregation have always
regarded hlm as above guile, and are greatly
shocked at the developments
The Covingt5n Star says that Mr. John
NHaan, 9t Henry county. was instantly killed
90 me % INST hy falling out Of a tree. He was
engaged ia trimming up old field pines by
climbing up and cutting of the limbs after
climbing up one about seventy FIVE or eighty
l-tl eaJt ng on the limbs, and was coming
down. be lost his hold in some way, and fell TO
tl- gr1uEt, distance OF about sixty feet,
1-tds'ug bis neck. hack, arm and knee. He
irii wife and two children" "
Albany N.Ics and Aduerfiser: 1--WE hear ft
flm9rf1 that a murder WAS committed in Lee
y.AA-4 ca the lU-G, under the following cir
clnlstauceS. Mr. Ledbetter went out fishing
elt- alotl white man and a negro al mill
pond about fifteen miles from Leeshurg. All
returned on time except Ledbetter Foulplay
~ -spected, and search was instituted with
~. arlsy Nothing could be heard Of the Mrs
W man Finally the pond was drained. when
~ ~ found with his throat cut " e learned
l' l-FtHer particulars
SAYS the Americus Sumter Republican:
tA-re years ago a young couple Of Sumter
--s! were engaged TO be married The daY
VI II, license bought the guests invited and
ae-slllt or the Peace on hand to tie the knot
~ l-7 t3Fe sometimes has 'ketches and kinks
"a. mars the sm0Othne>s Of its course Ir
= n thls case The bride elect smelt
t-'s en .le breath Of her lover. a. d broke
~ l..h -Len and there To prOpitiate the
s-..e1 friends. Two other lovers arose and
NJ married The young man rejected left
-eAllTy and the State A short while back
i5lstarne1, found his loved one true to her old
~ ai-li MS return in a sober and manly
,--.9a, renewed his proposals. and the two
--.E . 1.t.L-l a. lle Barlow House in this city
~ ne zenith Of this month ."
Rome Courier. ''We had the rIaas,,ra ~ a
W te-ehty from Mr.. j. w Anderson OF
-p-ley valley, BlOunt county Ala Mr.
11--t-elseu informs us that bis father. Mr. I'D
son brought 10 Rome and sold the first
f--.i tet.'n ever sold in Rome as a market
s-r staple. Tie was then living at Spring
warden, Ala, and the cotton was taken 81 gin
t--.s sAefe being no scales then in the little
Fs AriSh ns cotton. The senior Mr. Am
r5vt-sl : sl.-i an active business man. being
5-- q Tie firm OF Anderson & SON AT
-,+.t--e! 'aLey. II is quite a commentary
tbst-L slON 90 or the cotton trade of Rome
is- - Eeht eflan who opened the market
sF-,5L'I ing 20 see Rome's cotton receipts over
s-st--f ~ thousand bales wear. with scales
-- o4l4nces and compre>ses all over town y
lfl1ss tle Walker County MESSENGER. 1.-The
ss=I has lost a subscriber on Wednes.
80 ~ Is t-sl week the wife OF Tom Allen a col
6r,.-zlA - 10 ne town district, went to one of
Pr Is I I9r whom Tom had worked and
- u9iar 10 buy some meat When Tom
d5-g ZONE et night and found what she had
tE-s,.s = as very angry, and getting his gun
r1s l-1l 60 shoot her A cOuple Of cOlOred
t6. ~ came IN and stayed all night, kept
uorrj1r -tJ Gown After they left in the
h1usa 49, lle VIE took the gun Off from the
sts-ts7 a-l' after firing il on hid it. This
tH-zu mat! efS afFeSb. Tom in his rage
cU-ffr. ~ chalrs out Of the house and began
him ~. len up with an axe His wife told
chair go. ~ e.l 50 simple, and tried to take a
So away from him What bsnnened neTt
beai - ~ Alow. but when she came to her
She h1.f race We're badly cut and bleeding
but f0rz.,-o zen Knocked down Tom has left
SUI % leave his address
-As 1acou Her1Id tells of a ron,ar+i. and
Fslzrg g-. g. v eldlng which took place at Fort
eTrass+.e ~ sunday evening last. bv which an
OF MS - -lllegrOOm found himself cut out
Thar rs--e s-t-e elect forever. 1T seems" " saws
and cba.z, tnat one Of the most beautiful
eugsye47 .i-ilg ~. young ladies Of Americus was
Of grasT 80 ~ ma RED to certain young man
o. An7art -i1n anu nigh social standing, also
Ineurs f-.-is and all the preliminary arrange
and tba " a4Tls ~ nappy event had been ssttied
evenfBg nj -rt was 70 have taken place this
bsrss, The young lady after having rnads
e5muIarir,' - ~ Macon for the purpose of
For We her bridal outfit. stoned over AT
si5y for rs L ol ner return to Americus, osten-
friend s,t5 5 purpose OF visiting a Young lady
Amerfare ~ turns out that before leaving
give her 80 80 ual consented and arranged to
Of elusII - ana hand TO another young man
4laIifea-{i sOod social standing and business
Fort VaIIev - - p O'lded he would meet her at
slmrsfs = a. a. the appointed time and con-
Anle-io,5s '4.9 marriage before her return 10
panied ~ t,I1 lngly, the young man, accom-
Valley On n STT S|o q mis- friends, arrived in Fort
evening al NE morning last and on Sunday
were made one 'ne happy
dent me- - A!tlhens !lns Daily Banner renorts an 600,
day, which ,saen asuens Branch Railroad last Mon
AS tbe tra,s was grand smash up II saws
tine-whiefbi ifi1 was was going along on schedule
tnrty miles a. IN I'm Aa1ey's to Union Point is
tack and s-sl g.lI OF bairdstown, it got on the
aaefnitsIvI ksSl general havoc ensued. II is MOI
Z Z Is supposed - Enat the cause was, though
The track IN % have been the spreadins ~
freight -. me trucks OF the tefser ana y .
saine on, and thew Tera Trsorss 80.