Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-11-21
1,.-,stered at the Post ONCE I'm Sa-
.-.r. "a second Glass Matter.
Georgia Affairs.

Ne r1tsrt7n Neiu South reports that Silvie |
--rsv an old negro woman. died in Ebert |
--,--v last week, aged 1O7. There was. it says. |
-.. rrcertainty about her exact age, but it |
--r-,,-, that she was over 100 and it is gener |
-r-ts,-svsd that the days OF her years had
.s-.bet the above figure
" lanes Seay, Of Athens, who was stricken
-+,F p,-slyss last Monday night died about
,,-s- O'Clock Friday morning. He was an old
.-itfghly respected citizen, and his death is
generally deplored
The TimBer Gazette says the large arrivals
climber made business quite active in Dsrien
last week. The following are the latest tim
ta- o10tstions in that market: ''square-6OO
average. s 5oa6 90; zoo average, S6 soar 90;
s1sverage. s. 25aS 90; 900 average, IS OOa9 90;
,r0sverage. 50 OOa1O 90; 1,1OO average, SO OOa
r-m.ral0 average. SO sOa12 90. Scab-3OO av-
s-,ys g. tOa6 50; AGO average, 81 5Oas 90; 500
average. S 75a9 50; 500 average, so 5oa11 So"
The 0gIsthorpe Echo reports that many new
b-u. have appeared on the cotton plants OF
O,I-th0rpe county. and one farmer says If he
bssalittle more warm weather and no frost
bsuiu make a full average crop.
According to the Greensboro Herald, there
has been a decided emigration Of white people
from Greene county during the past week. On
Tussiay last about seventy-five persons board
Cd tb. train at that point for Arkansas.
communication from Jesup states that the
Robertson Hotel, designated there as ''ROber-
SIMS Folly" and for long time an eyesOre to
tbatown. fell Thursday hight with loud
crash. which greatly alarmed people living in
The vicinity The building was in a very rickety
Ho, Iona rad that II
mfsh. fall upon and injure either children play
Ing ia IT'S neighbOrhOod, or some luekless
plsser By. It's source Of qualification to
the citizens that it has fallen andthe danger
threatened has been removed.
Under the caption The Last of the Newton"
the Albany NeIcs says: THE steamer Newton
sank az Lucky Island yesterday TO rise no
more. Her position between two rocks at
that point was chrOncled IN our issue OF
yesterday, and the news OF the gallant New
rOu's demise was not entirely unexpected
Thus nerished thu work, hopes. and we may
say lauiabe ambition OF one OF the most I'M
urins. energetic and iuvincible men that ever
I01med up from Albsny-Billie Sutton His
many friends IN the city sympathlze with MN
in his misfortune"
Rome Courier. From Prof F. w Flentje,
who wss a passenger on the narrow guage
railroad running from CedartOwl to Carters-
Vile and known as the Cherokee Railroad. We
learn Of q frightful accident which happened
on that road late Wednesday evening. One
mile below IaY lOrsTllle IS a tTestle ABOUT enc
hundred yards long and about forty feet
high. AS the train was crossing II
a the time mentioned, one span OF II
fell in. just after the engine and nrst
car had passed over, throwing some OF the
freight cars into the precilice The passenger
coach was thrOUn partly over, but by some
means IL Wss caught b-fore being enurely
wrecked and the passengers escaped through
the rear door without being damaged mate
rally. though a few Of them received bruises
This is we believe. the first accident OF any
consequence that has occurred on this road
since il passed into the hands OF Col West. its
owner, and no one will regret It more than
he"
The warm weather this fall has, it seems.
caused the cotton crop to be much larger than
vas expected il " uld be a short time ago.
The Sparta Times aud Planter says: Mr j.
CDuggan, one Of Washington cOunty's snbstan-
bal farmers. called at the Times and Planter
Office Yesterday. We learn from Mr.. Duggan
thar the farmers Of that section are Just now
eat-d over an unlocked for blessing. Ii comes
in the share OF a second growth or the Gotten
crop The farmers OF that cOunty had settled
into the conviction that only half Of an average
crop would be made. Now. Mr.. Duggan Is
THE opinion that two thirds or three-fOurths
o. a crop viii be made. Mr. Duggen estimates
that the second grOEth alone will be worth to
Washington county at least one hundred thou
sand dollars. He assures US that he had picked
out his entire crop when the second growth
brought MIN two more bales, The second
growth has created a demand for cotton pick
ers II our neighbOrs have been sent bles-
sing q this kind, we may reasonably conclude
that Hancock has been similarly blessed"
Greensboro Journal: "COL n. E. Cory, OF
Illinois, was in the city on Saturday and Sunday
last stopping with DR.. W. B. Arlington The
C0.one. was looking up the lezatees OF Sir
Admiral Drake Of England, who died pos
sess-d " a very large estate there lt being
eutaiied. the last male inheritOr OF the estate
hsvug died some four wears ago, the next or
En being now 40 the United states, and II IS
found 5v tracing the genealogy that the late
Archi AID Drake, OF OglethOTpe county.
ga. was the seventh from Sir Francis, and
hence NJ Drake, o. OglethOrpe. is the
eldest male ia the same line. and would be, II
an E1gsh subject, sole heir to at least one
hundred million dollars-perhaps double that
s1m-but he being a citizen Of the United
states, n the estate Is recovered, it Will be
ciVied among some fifty legatees. Mrs Ar
rngion of this place, is one Of the fortuuate
number and trust our esteemed friends
nay realize their most sapguine hepeS- hon
Jlish p Benjamin and three other legal gen
lenen or great ability have been retained in
London counsel. II energy. money and
60 shlity vii avail, the case is in the right
he f0iOVing terrible and fatal accident is
relate in the Athens Banner under the head
ng Burned to Death:'' Early yesterday
morning Coroner Jennings received iDfOrma
lln from Doctor Henry Hinnebrew. who lives
Lf-e miles in the country, that the evening
.eiQ-r house on his place had burned and
san negro child had psTished in the flames.
c'soeer Jennings summoned a jury and went
". al gl~- 70 hold an Inquest. which develop
q ne following facts. The child was eleven
..-1l-ls Old, was named Eva Mary, and was
Se Daughter Of Floyd Malcolm, one Of Doctor
A-lne1rew's tenants The father and mother
~ worked in the field and had been in the
--l-- q -aving the infant with an older child,
-t-l -l Iouf years Of age, in the house alone,
e--e they were gone On Wednesday after
--l- lneg were left as usual The mother
- ll-re was no fire in the room except
~ tn1ers, which she carefully covered up,
- l-t both the children in a bed in one corner
= .-5 flon1- About sundOwn. or when time
y 4Ht work came, the parents started home,
- -. lad not gone Tar when they saw their
- - ta 10 hames- They ran with al speed. but
v -. tle iathsr reached the house one corner /
- a.llnz in right over where the bed stood.
~ - l-sled INTO the door and found the older
- - la another corner OF the room de
s--Ell it up and saved it, but the younger one
e. burned 20 death before his eyes. Tne
- NaS accidental and the living child could
l-sA l-aA nlthlng- The jury rendered a Ferulcs
1l-oflance with the facts
s.a-lesFlle EIgie. The sad and tragic
-i- me- " A. D. Henderson is still fresh in the
49, v-s oI cur people. though the horrible deed
fpetrated over year ago. We do not 1
n sLsn 70 recall the bloody affair, or even |
trssi,iIIo9 llio me cetais as to how be came so
g. sita-ly -t4-ly q MS death. Sufice it 10 say that
rg---s " m mutuated body was discovered in the |
M. 3 % lne rear OF the Georgia Baptist Fe-
g.. l.slllarS by two urchins, and after the
e1ir-I inquest. Nat and John WOodlin, |
c-rs were arrested, charged with the
Es5 otged In jail and subsequently
ID q preliminary examination, but, ow-
t. som hitch 10 the testimony, |
- we're discharged The excitement /
q o-- -+ nse- ana numbers of the best citizens |
ave. Sly were determined, il possible, 70 |
hi.se ne crime. But the cycle Of Time soon
az tt l- .l- angry volcano Of human passion, |
dr. cruel and brutal death Of poor Hen
ctz-- vas dropped from the minds OF our
the -. " Is true adage that The mills Of
kg,S u grind slow, but they grind exceed |
hsvs IL Is & weiLknoWn fact that We 1
a1vri-- tE tglE midst two a. good detectives as
Ia - - lu lhe south can boast Of and although |
rs,-7lal public had quite forgotten the err
yst on 49, connecting this mysterious affair
eass 5,ectlves were sile tly working up the
a50va -n ,--n eliminated in the re-arreSt OF the /
q f-r ga person, who Is now safely lodged
R1i5rc tlLne and space viii not permit Us 70 /
III ,is i. ili detail Of his trial this week We
e"7 Il IN fun in our next"
roa5 - OF the Augusta and Knoxville Rail
"Ite e f- g"FOHicte and COHstitirfionaffsf saws.
f0sd go "a OF the Augusta and Knoxville Rail
iror s sAo AoN been laid 70 a point thirty miles
stHa -slsta. and large force is Progressing
Ihs sf,Ill1 ol over a third Of mile dav
nie ove-i az Greenwood viii be able 10
e11verfii.. .uelr own road to attend the annual
eease6 - r..1 ae1l Nay. The road has Just pur-