Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-09-20

Hawkinsville Dispatch: Special detectives
3Thomas S. Jones left Hawkinsville one day last.
week for Lake City, Fla, with requisitionI
sfrOm Governor Colquitt for Jesse Coley, col
ored, a member Of the PnlasH county chainl
gang, and returned on Monday last with hsI
1prisOner. Jesse was tried before Judge Whit
3Of cotton from Mr.. John ]. Watkins. convicted!
and sentenced to one year in the chain gang
but escaped after a few days service
Hawkinsville Dispatch: "A most horrible ac
cident occurred in this county one day lastI
week The little three OF fOur-year-Old boy of
+ Mr.. Sd Pearce was playing about under thel
@gin house while the gin was in motion TheI
Z little fellow climbed up to ride arOund-asI
Schi.dren frequently dO-and was caught be !,
-tween the arms and band shaft of the ma
rchinery, and his head was literally crushed toE
pieces, scattering his brains out upon tn
s5ground. 1t was a sad and horrible spectacle. 4
Sparta Times and Planter: "Mr A NJ
g Day was heard to remark on the street the
fOther day that he had sold in Sparta since 1Ss9l
4Sl.OOO worth Of eggs. One year he sold 50
4wOrth He frequently sells forty and fifty
csd1zen at a time. While Mr. Day has seventy
! five OF q hundred hens and frying size chick
sfens all the year round. he raises no chickens
ito sell He says it pays him better to sell the
zeggs. He keeps books and knows the quantii VI
) fhe has sold, together with the amount realized
on the same"
q Mlledgeville Herald: Last Saturday was
another and very interesting meeting Of the
= tsFarmers' Club Of Baldwin county. The specia
= fence law, and Judge A H. Hansell, of
9 Thomas county, being present was invited tol
s make some remarks on the subject. He SAID
she was not much Of q planter and not especi
Esally interested. bat he had recently been inl
lSOuth Carolina ami seen the workings Of Ihe
efstCck law ana found everybody satisti I'd with
.tit He thought it might be a good thing for
q Baldwin C unity. but not for Thomas county
ezas they had so much stock and range"
q The Amerlcus Recorder has appeared in its
= large eight-page trade form, and is about One
sOf the neatest trads issues we have seen. Itl
zsays: The annual expenses OF Sumter county
5is near llOO1. about One-haf Of which is con
lSumed by the courts IN the administration Oh
-sHhe law. The report of the County Treasurer
ssJudge Sheppard, shows over 500 on hand. and
= the County Commissioners have just made anl
ss3assessment TO raise $4,000 additional for the
Sexpenses Of 1881. The grand jury allows the
ICOunty Commissioners TO levy tax of 81 25l
fon the State tax for county purposes. but the
commissioners have levied q tax of only 81 10l
q The state tax is g on the thousand, and 81 I'd
EEOt this is s. 20. making the total State and
scOunty tax for 1881 s. So The total tax for s
SIS s. 65, which is a decrease now of IS cents
5Eper thousand"
81 Columbus Enquirer: "a few days ago the
= eEnq,ireT sun gave the particulars of terIi1
fole cyclone and wind storm which passed
sthrough the county a few miles east OF thel
Getty. Mr. Greer, who lives in the Eighth dis
Strict, near Edwards court ground, gives us
ssOme further facts in connection with it. OnI
: "wednesday, between u and O'Clock in the
sEmatiOn he had Of a storm a heavy
frOaTing noise south OF his house. Withinl
five minutes he looked out and saw
sthe trees begin TO fall and In al
szimoment he felt his house begin tol
lssmove. His wife. his three children andl
s,himself were all in the house, which was built
.esOf logs. He was lying on the bed at the time,
5 and his wife picked up two OF the children and
Iran under the bed, the other child standing
sg linst the wall. The wind blew the roof from
.sthe house, and blew the logs away until a penl
Sonly three logs high was left. The most of thel
&furniture in the house was blown away III
@was not more than OF two minutes duratonl
= in doing the damage. The wind blew down.
.strees and fences in every direction. It was
4Only about two hundred and fifty yards
9<wice, but carried destruction in its path
y .rties from that neighbOrhOOd heard Of the
ecyclOne about Upatoi creek, three niiesl
i below, but they did not know how much fur
: 'ther north il extended. It blew the top of Mr
tGieOrge Bryant's house of before it got TO Mr.
rGreer's a man living about hundred yards
ssfrOm the track OF the storm, says that he saw
lt for miles before IL passed by and could see
trees, raj ?. brush, etc in the air. The noise III
emade was fearful We are told that number
S-Of houses we're made rOofless on Mr.. jack
-lOdOm'S plantation, and the damage IN thail
esectiOn TO forest timber and fencing was very
Sheavy. A number Of telegraph poles were
blown down. Ii is exceedingly fortunate that
5sthere was no loss OF life, or If there was, weI
s have failed TO receive the information"