Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-01

appeal O. the people OF Decatur county 70 hunt
down and bring TO justice the vile, cOwardly
savage who recently assassinated, by shooting
a lone. defenseless sick woman in that county
Mrs Brocset. No murderer, among the
many. has descended deeper into execrable
c0wardice and infamy than the lOathesome
creature who committed that dreadful deed
A shooting affray took place on the streets
OF Greensboro recently between tw) young
men by the names Of English and
Hall. in which the latter was struck in the left
leg, but not serious y hurt
Mouie Tucker, colored. in Meriwether couD-
ty. lost her little three-yearold girl for two or
three days, and found Ler at last mile from
home. in a cane brake Wilson Hardy, col
ored boy and tramp, disappeared about the
same time as the child and he has been hunt
ed up. arrested and put on trial under suspicion
of having carried the child away.
DR.. Samuel J. Jones' formerly OF Liberty,
now Of Thomas county, viii read an essay be
fore the state Agricultural Society, during its
session in Rome next week. on the cultivation
Of upland rice"
Mr. f. T. Byingtou has returned to journal
ism. and has bought the Fort Valley Mirror
In the last issue Mr.. S. B. Burr. the late editor
aRd proprietor. re,ires from the paDer, and
Mr Byington takes the editorial chair.
The Svaiusbcro Herald prints long account
of an affray between Hooks and Smith, broth
ers fn-Iav. i'm which Hooks gouged Smith in
one eve and Smith bit Hooks finger so severe
Iy that he is now suffering from gangrene.
OglefHoyTe Echo: Judge Gilman has a
poplar trough four feet deep, four feet wide
and about forty feet long % was dug out
Hs r "a and ueeu To salE bacon
down il"
AuuI-ta FreufEg Nelrs. Jerry Horton, a
GeorLIa convict. escaped from the stOckade at
the pate riues Wednesday ruiug by jump
inl- in d ctr which stood at the heao of a steep
descent. opeuet the brakes. and the car moved
al the rate OF mile q minute Tor ten miles,
thus eyaliug his pursuers
Ouirmau Free Press. I'VE make the follow
fns extract from letter received from a fr end
at Alapaha. Berrien county Terrible drought
in this vicinity. cotton shedding fodder burn
ing up. wells drying up, and the outlook Is not
pleasing one TO contemplate
Oglethor8e Echo. Mr.. J. VI. Crawford. Of
this place. has % home-Woveu towel that was
In the I0om when Jackson whipped PakeI,-
ham at New Orleans in lslS II mas been IN
steady use nearly ever since that time. and
will outwear a gross Of those you buy now"
Oy1efhorpe Echo. 'Some weeks since we
stated that the express office at Crawford had
been entered Since then the company has
hai q detective no work. and We learn THAT the
thief has been found ont, but there Is not sniff
cieut proof 20 convict RumOr says It Is a
white man
OgIetHorDs Echo. LEST week Marx Young
v-as ts.r King "A drink Of water aud swallowed "A
yellow iacket that stunR him in the throat
Mark SAYS when he can get whlskey to burn
like that dIi when 20 goes down he viii call it
the pure stuff. that DC was the only satisfactory
drink he has had in ten years
OgIefh0rDe Echo: "a few years ago several
gentlemen down rhe railroad sent % Tennessee
and paid from so to $50 "A piece Tor hne cows
When the animals came iG was found that the
purchasers had "a CoWpeu full OF cattle that
wouId give more milk than these high-priced
boviues Most of them oIed the first winter.
and the rest were slaughtered Tor De
Ogr-fb0rDe Echo: I'm 1876 Dr. Ben. Willing
ham and another gentleman. Of Lexington,
bought fifty acres az land in the heart OF the
present city of Atlanta for $3.50. but when
nav-dav came they backed Out. deciding that
Their purchase included FeachUree street, run
ming up to the kimhail House
Atlanta Constitution. Last night Just be
fore nine O'Clock a gentleman and lsdv in a
buggy were driving rapidly down Decatur
street aud when near the 1oung Mems Library
ran over dray that was standing i'm that To-
cality. The occupants Of the buggy were
thrown out and both sustained severe an
juries."
Albany Nel-s. Mr.. C. F. West. of Baker
county. brought in the first bale of new cotton
sold in our market this season It classeG
middlug and was sOli by MessrS \. x a
Tift & 60. to Mr. Jacob Torch for II cents
Mr. West is thrifty farmer, and expects to
have forty bales of she iieecy staple in market
by the first of September
Thomasviile Tunes. ''NessrS A. P. Wright *
Co. have contracted with Capt s J.. Moore 10
rebuild their warehouse Captain Moore. with
a-stroIg force. weat 90 work on Wednesday
morning preparing the foundation. The new
building will le considerably enlarged The
dimensions Will be l5J by 49,
ThornasviIe Times. "C0l If s Haines. Gen
eral Manager of the Savannah, Florida and
Western Railway. was IN town on Tuesday
He Is looking out Tor the interests pt the cor
pGration which be- I~ managing with the skill Of
a thoroughbred railroad man There are few
better railroad men iu the state. or elsewhere,
than Col. Ii. \ Hal1tS-
Cuthbert IupsGf An assault was made
upon Mr.. r ~ Player, OF this county, a few
days since. by q negro girl. with an axe. n Sc
we're blow was ztru X ir.Piayer upon the head,
cutting an ugly Essh- The girl Is now in
1siI-Nlr Hays. who was recently shot by DR..
Durham. in Dover. Is rapidly recovering. Dur
ham is in jail IN Dawson
Rome Courier: 'sTbe weather predictions
for AUGUST, by Prof Gather, of Alabama, are
publishes on the first paEe- His predictions
FOR july which were published Ia the q C.urfer
about the last Of June. came 50 ar an being
true that We have begun 70 regard him as a
wonderful man. He certainly taxes the buck
wheat er NeBEOr
Oglefh0rue Echo: "Mr. ". T. DOSter says
that he never saw poorer crops IN his life than
are nOW growing between Camak and MIlledge-
Vile They are burned up, and even rain wOn {
save them now. lie said he saw one thousand
acres Of cotton that won't make ten bales. and
a similar area in corn that won't produce ten
bushels He says crops are bad enough IN this
county. but ten % mes worse there.
The Augusta EUeHiHg NesrSSays: The Au-
srlisr nura Der Of the Hrierl Farmer s Monthly
is at hand, and. as usual 50 ~eil u lsd win the
discussion of topics so vitaly interesting 10
farmers and planters that ir viii be necessary
10 reproduceit entire. or. which would De bet
ter stiIl. send s. to j. H. E>rll. savannah, and
b aaH "a rn HH. hast 40
riculturaI paper in the south. No household in
fbs country should fail 70 have IL reach them
regularly every month in the year
Harris county correspondence Columbus
Times: ''On last Wednesday evening. about
two miles below this place, little ten-year- Old
negro boy was shot by a negro man. his
brother-in-law. He claims that the shooting
was wholly accidental The weapon used was
a shotgun loaded with No shot The little
fellow breathed his last this morning II
seems that the boy and MS sister we're running
across the yard, and The gro man fired his
gun as the boy passed a certain point 10
Tighten hin, but was TOO fast TO pull the trig-
ger"
Brunswick ADDeGi: "Wednesday night when
the alarm OF fire was sounded al Cook Broth
ers' store. paSser-by observed flames IN the
warehouse a. ff0iuiug the store, and stored
with hay. The alarm was gwen and parties
near by rushed 10 the spot, carrying buckets
and tubs Of water. sud breaking open the door,
extiuguished the Flames before they gained
much heaiway, the ba Is being too compact
10 burn realty"
Msritrefter I-iHdiclfOr. 'As DR.. r. F. Hall
was crossing the little bridge across the race at
Douglas mill, above town. last Saturday
morning. his horse slipped one foot through
mole IN this bricge The doctor. Spurring his
steed, caused the animal 70 make an extra ef-
fort 10 recover. il which the saddle girth was
broken AMI the rdeF thrown violently on the
bridge. The doctor vas severely bruised
though not seriously injured. and will soon be
out again
Griffin NelCs- Last night. about eleven
oiclo2ks " lle policemen Doe and Gloss were
on dslty. they scented the track Of a notorious
negro aaEle4 tllup Whitehead. who has long
been Uante1 zl=reahouts- The bows gave
Esuip lively ttssae in the alley back of
Schensuman.s 5. but being rather auiciz on trig-
ger he went humping away. With the oficars
In pursuft Young Bill Powell however hear
ing the rumpus. gave the lying thief a coupIe
OF applications with a hickory stick fetched
him 10 and turned him over IN limp condi-
tiOn 10 the law"
Rome Bulletin: ''MOllie Cotton. a negro wo-
mao who lives about two miles from the city
on the place Of l. A. Todd, came over 70 the
city on the afternoon namedi the festive Mollie
had not Ealtzed around the city long before
she got "a little dizzy, OF little en- her
'cazippe as it were and while in that tx she
concluded that she was tired Gr living
MOliie made her Eay to a drug store. procured
bottle OF laudanum. and drank a large z pan
sity- Sheiwas found in a stupe6ed condition by
per friends, who hastily summoned DR.. Henry
Battey. Under the influence Of medicine given
her BY the Doctor the festive damsel soon be
came herself once more"