Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-05-21
r.Orrin Affairs.

- acton is nov on tl9 AAi
vert IoN5s IN extensive building boom in
There rrr,ber Of elegant residences and
s'a's. --,rements are in progress.
ohsr ~ iu-v Of Epson county recon-
ne s.tsf rbeir Senator and Representative
rslls- f-fnence to have passed bill now
l7 wv trown as the general liquor local
Rome Bulletin states that Mr.. R. R.
III NJ Chattooga county, was recently
F's'7-, s,- hands. His cotton was lin the
p-a's5- 80, 10 was in a dilemma. He was at a
gas What TO do At this juncture his
ls ,rbo are attendants upon Shorter
~ t.sripg Of their fathers plight. went
C'-5s Tbe following day they were, hoe in
oe.iiug cotton
5ll'' ,h.ss corpus case Of John Slater, the
ll hotel individual, was called in the
3 ,.,,1rt at Macon on Wednesday. Mr..
.t- proprietor of the hotel, testified.
E'l .4.r-ffvirg the prisoner as Slater, the
tl"s t,i robbed his safe. The prisoner
ll7 lime "a bring witnesses from Balti-
s'A7- ,-ove himself Martin Eagan. He was
.-v davs. and remanded to jail. Mr..
e. :--a.rd returning at once to St. Louis,
I'M -srrain in Macon and fight the case
olL 49,, v,ossons.ar train dina at
-, We fnesday afternoon at 6:35, arrived
thirty odd minutes behind time, owing to
----.,,,sa.i bv a wreck on the track near
as two freight cars having run off,
Emo the ears considerably, but hurting no
-ttrr 10 the Courier, company is to
aarfzld for the purpose OF running four
-, Is r lme This is the new substitute
-..---rs cars being much less expensive ana
-'.rsry Way more desirable
~. ,ys-sfn-ville AdUancs reports that lit
4-.- M ,Ir. Cha lie Cooper, while up tree
.fl ruru9se Of gathering pop ar blooms,
.. 4av last week, nv some means lost his
ana fell $ me fifteen feet to the ground.
t.o. 3ss----T,0sr The accident, Nhile considered
la--s.,,ssstr.lv fatal, has placed the little fell
rather critical condition
,r,.,7 telegraph aud Messenger reports
~ Wednesday, in the Superb II Court, Stiff
-ir rrIrr-d and Georgia Ann Pierce white
ta-n indicted for adul cry. exhibited
-. license and e. rtificate of marriage,
41t-.7--rai twelve Years ago The court sus-
w f.tgnent and put them upon notice
E+-b. rnarri sge was Illegal.
,,-=.-s r,rrr7idI. Mr.. Dave Elliott a con-
.5-1n tr. stare Road happened to a nearly
ei-l-..-4-rf Friday. His train was running
l-.-r.aa Marietta and Smyrna, when piece Of
ar fan from a car and striking the
tlI II hurled through the cab door,
E--.sir., thu stove over. and striking Mr.. FL
A-.- nnrfaE hum in one corner and iDflicting
.--- serious injuries
7rtraSIav. in the Macon Superior Court.
.-is-..1 ~uet- C3lOreI. found guilty of the
80 IF Thomas Booker, also cOlored. on
l---i irh Iast. was recommended by the Jury
rir.-i-1ument for life in he penItentlary.
.-I. be- remembered as the case occurring
--s-rr-b Macon where Speer struck Booker on
~ head with a coupling pole, Eli ing him.
NTH reference 20 the Heu's Bottom cases
- jsr.--rrH and Messenger of Thurs 1-y
s--. Yesterday was the day set fer the trial
f... H-Is Bottom cases It will be remem-
--4r that the telegraph and Messenger two
,rrr. since exp JSrd Il net Of cOrrupteTs in
w rfetrtsy n4me5 whites and blacks living
,---. a. man AMI wife. On the first case
st.I TIE ~taIe failed TO prove the woman in
r--I "a white woman OF unmarried, and she
rs fluui NOT euuty. The other cases were
.,rtnu-i INIT Z Tuesday next, hat additional
4vTience might be obtained"
7rsp,wson Chronicle: ION Monday of last
v--sa Sir Clark. living on the line OF Taylor
,1rgsv. went TO the residence Of Abraham
p-l--rs au inOff-nsive cOlOred man, and,
5snr Intoxicated. bt gan to beat and abuse the
u-Fl ana children OF the cOlOred man The
Vie ran % the field for her husband, who re-
tr-nei with her TO the house and found Clark
an beating his children numerically without
b. slightest provOcatlOn. The huge stick
zl,wr4nched from the hand of CLARK by the
rsurst-d c0lOred man, and light beating
administered to him. But it seems as if the
~. ant viii ky we're too much for Clark, as
Be succeed d in dying as he ought to have
tlus Not any effort has been made to arrest
BE c1iored man, every one thinking him
dglL
-5 urs-l-sf,esr N-.st~e raDorfs that tbara
cane near being a serious accident at Mr..
Wu4m ArmItayv's steam saw and planning
mill 40 y shuu q, b. x A. r. r one day last
wees Our informant states that just as the
bands had finished putting up the rafterS on
tls mill house, but mad not securely fastened
tl-u ouiv by stay lathiDg, wnen they gave
nay aud fell, knocking two persons from the
ul Co the ground, a distance OF about twenty
t-et. considerably stunning one and otherwise
sounding tine other, Mr.. lessee Floyd, the
former We don't remember his name. And
strange t0 say. as large as the rafterS were,
falling down on the boilers, machinery, ETC.,
ID not inIure anything or any consequence
Reporting the death OF Aunt Polly" Pool
he WarreHFOn Clipper says: Last Thursday
this 0d christian lady. The last but one OF a
.arze family Of remarkable children, expired
nte- S3t year. She was born in l7go and be-
lngei 10 the CasOn family, one of the best
SHOWN families of this county. She was the
mother Of Hon. i. n. Pool, OF Warren. resi-
ling near our town site aud at whose hOSpita-
BE and aff-cliOnate home she sank to res.
non mortal cares, upon the dOWny pillow OF
Immortality The only one living of this fam
ur OF children within our knowledge Is Dir.
Alan C4sOn. one Of the wealthiest and most
honorable men Warren county ever had
Th0masvi'le Enterprise; Mr.. Hillory g.
Murphy came into our Office last Saturday with
az old gun barrel Ia his hand We asked II
there was anything hosille meant by MS com
1ythus prepared. He said that he only wanted
as1r On the question of the character OF The
Weapon he had brought. The barrel Is three
lli q half feet long, Octagoual, about No, j
gauge and very heavy. The opening IN the sld'
clearly indicates that it preceded the days q
ss-cussion caps, and the peculiar arrange
Rents about the piece would show that u wa
maize prior TO the u-e Of flint and steel. The
ll7rel was fmbedded in the ground under 6
E1r tree. ana ir seemed evident that the pine
1sd grown over the place where the gun was
blriei, although the pine was large enough L
maze twenty rails 70 the cut.
Tue Barnesvl4le Cdzette gives the particu
A-s Of a distressing ARRAY between two
Jr0tlers in that section on Saturday last
They rented the plantation or Mr.. George
Ha-uy, and are living together on the place
William and jefferson Moore are the Guns
lel. It seems that a dispute arose between
l-1. and WiiiIamS wife as 10 the owner snip o.
atUus KEY William took the part or hi
wife. and a fight ensued between the brothers
lie tzhE progressed from fiSticum to knive:
zll then TO shotguus When Doth had secured
lslltgun and got in p sltiOn, they managed
o dis.Harge their pieces simultaneously anC
dlh sb1sS were well directed. William, The
married brother was badly wounded in the
kf- fac- and head, while JEFF, the single
BROTHER was not so severely wounded IN the
sttaru 3th have been in bed since the uu
artuuate ARRAY, tut are perhaps out OF
Jaeger ana viii soon recover
Augusta Nejrs. "A bombshell. doubtless fired
y Ile Eeterals during the late unpleasant
l-ss az the pers n or property OF some ooutn
sfleT, came near Going its destructive Work IL
sap-aIn Il ). EreemaU'S saw mill The otheI
-at- The circular saw was piOugnlnS through
large white oak log, perhaps the hardest
WOOL that grows in our forests, when II StrucR
asllll harder substance, which broke ltS teetn
Al suddenly stopped its progress. Upon eX
ANIMATION they found, bucied in the stock tC
-4- depth of at least eight inches, large per
--s,i1u bomb shell, which, according 70 the cal
s4ltL1lS of those familiar with the growth Oi
lumber, had been there sixteen or seven cen
years. and the tree had grown over 1t until
l-rlt Was out q $ Ight scar lett Forum Iely
zle saw struck the shell, which stil contained
~ Dad so as to cause no explosion"
Macon Telegraph. Yesterday "wednesday
morning the iury who had been out all night,
= tle case Of The state against Joe Gordon
55.-rn-G a verdict OF voluntary mauslaughter;
~ Johnson, the deceased, had q quarrel
eiA defendant, which lasted nearly year
80 which defendant sought to avoid ali that
ss--- vn December 5lsr last, Eesr cross hey 5,
$500 --- Was at WuEE WIEN ucCctAofu Peo-ON
~ some other negro, and made demOnsIra'
+-l- towards aud threats against defendant
-=l7uiaLt then went home followed BY De
-7-arl Do company W th 4 witness, Duke Lyle,
W. was ia a WAGON. When within twenty
aus II defendants house, defendant came
~. et BIS own door. jumped over the fence
- taiue down she road 20 meet them. say
- 20 9acz; d0nJ you come on me; you
-" pistol on me ouce.' etc. Both began
-As-l-SumOuy conflicting as to who nreo
johnson fell dead
-----es later lying with his pistol in hand.
Macon Telegraph: Tuesday night about half
- Ten O'Clock, several pistol shots were
----- On -----n aEEnme. ana ON inXestlgallon