Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-10

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The Griffin sun says that two negroes,
charles scott and Anderson Alexander, were
.srybt stealing hogs the other night, and
promptly jailed.
The citizens Of Monroe county have held an
enthusiastic meeting and determined on the
.ro fence" law
s,rvaDia Telephone: From the general re-
r1rr If crop prospects in this county it y
IraFa aIe that the cotton crop has been cut on
ar least OUe half hy the bad seasons Corn has
Taer badly injured, but not so much as cotton.
Uue-thirt will cover the damage % that crop"
UrbIin Gazette: Last week. in Wilkinson
county lust above the edge OF Laurens, on the
r-antati0n of Mr. Alfred Hall, a negro child
about three years old was drowned in tub Of
water IN PLAYING around the tu~, where its
mother had De en- washing and left for some
CAUSE o. fell head foremost into the water and
was unable 20 get cut. When found it was
dead"
rlrrasriUa Gazeffe. Last week the rain
came in refreshing showers. too late perhaps
flr corn but still in time to do rice and cane
much good Although very late in the season.
some II our farmers are planting vines. as
there was no rain IN July Tor this purpose.
We hear that iu some places before the rain
came that some cut down their corn and saved
10 tor forage"
SaudersviIla MerctfrU. ''Mr. RObt Pounds
left his house on Tuesday last 70 visit ole OF
his fields to se- how his hands we're getting
along and In crossing a creek on log his foot
slipped aud he fell and dislOcated his right
shoulder and had 70 lie there some time before
he could make his hands hear him. When
they found him he was suffering very much
and could not get up until they pulled his
shoulder i'm place"
Franklin Register: I'm his speech on last
Tuesday, Dr. Carlton explained the principles
upon which the eighteeu-iuch guage railroad
IS built He also exhibited an engraving II the
ears and track In The Scientific american
The cars are seven feet Woe, and the track but
eighteen inches broad. yet owing to the peculiar
construction. the trains are run with as great
safety as on the ordinary broad gauge road"
Macon Telegraph. Mr.. George l. S=ney has
again bestowed a mdnificent git upon the
Wesleyan Female College Of this city $50 coo
90 Wesleyan was s. ltO1. S25.OlO OF which was
20 ia devoted 20 the building The building
fund he afterwards increased by gift OF
$4,000. A few days since he gave $4,000 TO
tndOw Emory, making IN all $4,000 70 that
college. His last gifE to Wesleyan puts it on
an equality with Emory. and makes happy
che MethOdists throughout the State.
Dublin Gazette. "One day last week. while
1lr- William Martin was driving cattle in
swamp which was muddy aud wet, he jumped
from one high point 10 another, and as he
made the jump the sharp end Of a limb was
thrust into his ear, which gave him great pain
end threatened to destroy his hearing. This
was done in the evening, and no assistance
could be had till the following morning, when
he came TO Dublin and had il taken out by a
physician The stick was about an inch long,
the outer end only visible"
HiuesviIle Gazette: Last Friday, as the Sa-
vannah bound train approached No 3. a herd
Of cattle were crossing the track. At the
sound of ths whistle all scampered away with
the exception Of a five-year-Old He was
caught by the train, and, springing up, his feet
were caught in the bars OF the cow catcher,
and he could not eXtricate himself. He stood
up with becoming dignity enjoying his ride
Hr.. ueefeF
auce Of a rail he was released from durance
wife. avi went scamDering on through the
woods"
Macon Telegraph: The legislative com
mittee have reported unfavOrably upon the
yorktown bill or. in other words, recommend
that the state send no representative.
GeOrgia is the only one OF the original thirteen
States that will not be officially represented at
the Centennial. Twelve States have made ap-
propriatiOns 20 send troops, and France will
send a ship load OF representatives The En-
pire State OF the South won't cele brate on this
occasion, and the Governors Of North and
South Carolina VIII have 10 drink by them
selves as OF old"
Swainsboro Herald: "Mrs Henry Young
blood came very near beiLg killed by being
thrown from buggy on the &iih ut She was
in company with her daughter ard sOn-in-law,
Mr Wilson Atkinson. when the horse became
frightened end ran over another buggy IN
front. throwing the ladies' and a little baby
out Mrs NOunghlOOd VA caught in a buggy
wheel and dragged about twenty steps She
sustained some serious injuries, breaking her
shoulder and several bones about her BODY.
which rendered her inSensiOle for some time.
Her daughter also received some serious I'M l.
ries The baby escaped with broken ankle. y
Griffin Neirs: Yesterday four o'clock pas
aanEer brought Mr. Butler Hudson, OF our
city. who had in charge Henry Jones. the
Young white man charged with committing
rape on a small negro girl some months ago
on the plac Of Mr. ". z. Hemphiu The cap
ture was effected in Gadsden. ala and was
the result Of well laid plans bv Dir. Hudson,
who gets the handsome reward OF one hun
dred aud fifty dollars for his trouble. Jones
sife went down TO see him at the Jail, the
meeting being a very affecting one HIS crime
Is q frightful one. however. and, unless the cir
cumstsuces can be mitizated, the chances are
In favor OF his swinging from q beam"