Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-09-07
Registered al the Post Oface in sa-
vannsh a. Second Glass Matter.
Eeorgia Affairs.

pistol at the Sheriff.
Sheriff Ennis. OF Coffee county. last week
carried Mrs. Young. adiudged lunatic, to the
Asylum at Milledgeville, and had to return her
70 her friends, as there was no room for her in
that institution
The publisher Of the Monticello Ga. HACK
eye employs no other labor in the office than
that Of a little girl-Maud Penn, ten years OF
age, and her little brother Henry, seven years
Of age, as typos. These little people can set
up each one column during the day, and they
are justly proud Of their accomplishment
Our Liberty county correspondent writes:
Il have inquired from the rice planters to find
out what were their losses from the storm and
find it is very heavy. Taking the places in rO-
tation, commencing with the lower ones: W.
A. Jones. HOpew,H, loss nearly tOtsI-salt; F.
S Lyons. nearly total; J. W. Vim, loss nearly
total-salt; A F. Wiun, nearly all; Z. F. Kel-
Ter. threefOurths; B. F. Allen & Bro, about
half from storm. Being the extreme upper
place, it did not suffer from salt. Buildings
down: Jones &, Winn 5. Keller 4, c. C. Jones
T. Rev J. Jones 5. The damage to upland rice,
from what have seen and can learn, is about
three-fOurths; in fact the rice crop with US is
almost a total failure. Old Liberty shipped
last year j,O,O bushels rice. From ell can
learn she won't ship 1O.OOO this year. The loss
TO other crops is heavy, but not "a bad as rice
The above ere reliable gentlemen, and this is
a true statement Of what they think their
losses are"
Atlanta had runaway sensation yesterday,
horse aud wagon making it lively among the
vehicles on Broad street, and greatly endan-
gering the lives Of women and children.
HOyle Martin, a discharged hand at the
camp Of the Macon and Brunswick extension,
near Atlanta, has been trying to get up a
strike.
Governor CoIquitt has signed the bill grant
ing the Cole charter.
The Chattanooga Sunday Tunes tells Of the
narrow escape OF an Atlanta girl from kidnap-
ping aud being carried away and ruined in a
Little Rock, Ark, bagniO. \ well known hag
had carried of the girl and arrived st Chatta-
n0Oga, where the girl was recognized as a
member Of a respectable Louisville family
lately moved to Atlanta. Inquiry was made
and the facts discovered that she had been
XII mapped and carried eff by force. Il ou ht
to be a crime punishable with death TO kidnap
and eOnspire the ruin CT a young and innocent
girl
Mr.. W. I. Mccullough, of Jones county, died
was one OF the sterling men Of his county and
respected every where, being once Comptroller
General OF the State.
EsThere are forty-one insurance companies
now doing business in Georgia, seventeen Of
them foreign. The premiums received by these
companies during the year ending April 1,
1881, amount to S975,Oli. and the losses paid
SsSO4f3.
Our Lexington correspondent says: The
cotton crop in this section will be almost an
entire failure. Not more than one third OF
crop will be made. The corn crOpwill average
with that made last year. In this immediate
section we have not had rain enough to lay
the dust since the 10 OF June. When the ter
ribie storm was raging with so much fury and
devastating your fair city, here we had quite
gale. but it wcs not accompanied by rain
Augusta Evening NelCs: "One of the largest,
aud perhaps the finest, stock farm in this sec
tiOn is owned by Mai Thomas =. Branch, and
at 'Beulah Farm about five miles out OF
Augusta may be found the choicest selection
OF thoroughbred cattle in Georgia Large
numbers are raised on the farm. and Mr..
Etter, the manager, is very successful in rails
ing and Improving the stock. Several noted
Jerseys were brought from New York this
spring, and some Of the finest were imported
straight"
Augusta Fuening Netrs: Many people high
" prize a choice cup Of coffee Tor breakfast.
But they seldom get it. The muddy, ,slOshy stuff
that is put on the tables Of ninety mine out Of
wanderer can strike a mining camp in the
Sierra Nevada OF come upon lot OF dllapida-
ted greasers in chihuahua and be served with
coffee, made perchance in 8 tin pail or even a
skillet. ft for the gods to drink. But the
higher civilization OF the American kitchen,
furnished often with new-fangied boilers,
steepers and percOiatOrs, Is satisfied to turn
out dirty, Gisagreea .le liquid. resembling
coffee about as much as the waters OF TIE
Missouri do the choicest Sauterne."
Tie Wtregrass WGtchmGn says: "Mr b.
Catheart while waking tIie streets o. hetSae sac
at night last week, came In contact with q log
across the Sidewalk over which he fell, receiv-
ing fracture OF the collar bone"
Coffee County Gazette Mr.. B. F. Wall in
forms Us that Mr. H. X Sears snd henry Ds-
Wis, or Montgomery county, had pitch battle
near Mr.. Sesrs' field, one day last week Both
came out somewhat used up Dir. sears lost
part Of one Of his thumbs
Atlanta Post appeal: Late yesterday after
noon Master Cicero Porter. young son OF
Ohicer Porter st the car shed, had the misfor-
tune to slip from the pial form OF a car In the
ward Of the Western and Atlantic Railroad and
break his right leg just above the ankle Both
homes were broken DR.. Roach. Sr., attended
the wounded boy. and soon had him in repsir."
SyIvania Telephone: Frank Usher. who was
convicted Of burglary more than year ago,
s1d sscaped from the guard while being taken
~ the convict camp, was arrested las week by
Sheriff H T. Mills, and brought to jail. He
had been at his home in the lower part OF the
county all the while unmOlested."
s,vlvania Telephone: I'VE are informed that
,-hf5e returning from church, in this county,
one night last week. two young men were ShJt
at BY some unknown party, the ball passing
Through the right hand OF one OF them. lnnct-
ing painful EOund. No reason can be given
for the attempted assassinati0n-'
Svlvania TeEepnOHls. a negro was brought
70 fail on Friday last charged with attempting
20 wreck freight train on the Central Rail
r-oad on last Wednesday night II appears
that a crosstie was discovered on the track
inst below Mfllen, near the shanty where the
NJ and ha
fact was reported 70 him at once. He sus-
pected some Of his hands, and took the one
brought TO jail in charge Shen hsA confessed
his guilt ana implicated two otESr negroes.
both OF whom made their escape and ars still
AZ large Such henious crime should be pun
ished BY death and Il is 10 be hoped that ai
the accomplices IN the Ohense msy oe captured
and brought to justice"
Washington Gazette: Mr. Simpson drained
his pond lsst Friday morning, caught the carp
and counted them There were one hundred
and eighty-seTen found. fourteen having dis
appeared. bird kEOwn as the king fisher
had b. en- troubling the pond and il Is thought
he caught some Of them. The largest carp
was eight inches long, and 8 very fine nsh-"
Macon Telegraph: 'sWe are panied to an
n9unee the death Of Judge James T. Glover.
Nnlch occurred at the residence OF DR.. W.
DAMel, near Billiards. station. in TwiggS
county, early yesterday morning"
Macon Telegraph: Rev. A. J. Battle brought
70 ms once yesterday an octopus or cuttlefsh,
Whleh mao oSen forwarded to him by Rev. A
- ward OF brunswick. The fish, as its name
sslgnifesi Is possessed Of eight legs or arms and
each provided With hundreds ~ little snctio1
ssups by which ft GCtaches Itself r, irs 49, Tf
body Is provided with eyes aud a baslr and IL is
said TO possess the faculty Of diec6argine q
Cark liquid TO diseOlOr the water when mr.
sued This is q monster similar u MAJ -
graphically described by Victor Hugo in sToSl.
ers OF the Sea "
Dublin Gazette: 1--WE are informed ypartiss
VINO attended the picnic at Cool Springs last
week, that Mr.. John A. White was accidentally
.snOt in the arm, while endeaYOring to quell a
riot We learn that the wound is not serious
but bled prOfusely aud is quite painful Not
more than one scar ago, Mr.. White was shot
9R q similar manner in the foot"
Atlanta rOst-ADpedI: I'VE have not hereto
fore called attention to the commencement Of
an action for so 600 againt the city By Wesley
Reddtngs gOung colOred man who was arrest
ed for entering tho City Hall Park. Judge
Wm- 7. Wright on the I'd Of August filed