Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-03-23
j. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.

der. and kept In that manner r-uptiI
hfe was extinct HIS son got a = hoat
and tried to rescue him from below,
% Pns ne S1GsAm NJ was too strong for him to stem
head above the water and fioated down until
he couid4And- DE1H H-Harnaon- was ,eaIl@d
IN N and dld All tnar could bedens to Essuscitate
tno qesd man, but 70 no avail The doctor Is
OF the opinion that Mr.. Simmons was seized
il51{ sino15l1{ WIZ yeFtlgo or apoplexy while on
the platforn, and cOlhds therefore render him.
sen sen - snce He is induced TO this opin
Ion tnsougn the turgid expression or the de-
ceaseds countenance. Dr. Simmons was
ABOUT Iorty years OF age, a brother Of Mr. J.
y. simmons Of this city, and of Judge T. J.
SIX o. seven children. He was a man OF promi-
nenca IN Dooly, well thought of by all an his
loss will be sorely felt -
Lumpkin Independent: ''on Tuesday night
last olfhcuity occurred between a negro boy
named Henry Hardwick and his father-in law
simon Lassater, both of them being employed
on Mr- Moreland's plantation in this county.
Ihe dispute was occasioned about the moving
the elder negro got an axe with which he at
tempted 70 strike the younger one, who. how
ever, proved too quick for him and knocked
simon down with his fist. SIMON succeeded in
clinched, when Simon stabbed Henry with his
knife under the right arm, infiicting an ugly
wound. about four inches in length The
wounded man was able 10 come 10 town on
Wednesday naornfng.a when his wound was
carefully examined and dressed by DR. g. B.
BR tie. We are informed by DR.. Battle that
the wound did not reach the hollow. and the
probabilities are that be viii soon recover.
Before the wound was sewed up quite large
lot OF clotted blood was removed from his side.
So far, no arrests have been made"
BerrieH County Nelns: ION Friday, the l1th
inst, VIM. Brown and Charles Levett, both
eol5red men, then living ON the plantation of
Mr.. Eeaborn Sheffield. near Arlington got into
q quarrel about Levett's i'll treatment to his
wife, who is the sister Of Brown; Hot words
day. and il is said that Brown, wishing to avoid
Levett, sYapped work with another hand in a
different portion OF the farm, when 1t was
thought the trouble had ended. However at
an early hour Saturday morning the difficulty
was renewed, and Brown struck Levett with g
piece Of hickory, or white oak. about four feet
long and two by three inches thick, killing him
Instantly. Mr.. Jas. Butler, the Coroner sum-
moned jury, repaired to the spot and held an
inquest. Their verdict is as follows: We. the
jury. find that Charles Levetts came to his
death by stroke on the left temple with a
stick in the hands Of VIM. Brown VIM.
Brown fed and has not been arrested up to
this writing"
Says the Augusta NeUs at looks like an
impossibility forzAugasta to get ahead OF At
lanta in anything. While the heavy rains were
pouring down last week, and the Savannah
river was rising and threatening to food the
cisy, the complainant Augusta man consoled
himself with the thought that Atlanta had no
river 10 OTGfUON utI DOEuEEot LHlS DHT-
ticular at least August2 would have the inside
track. But accounts from the Gate City rep
resent the damage done by the rains to the
streets alone at ten times the amount done in
Augusta. to say nothing of the thousands Of
dollars damage from water 10 the cellars and
easements it was unprecedented ia the his
tory Of that very historical town"
SAYS the Hinesvi!le Gazette; "a very heavy
rain fell here and In the surrounding country
on last Friday night. The creeks and branches,
which. until the rain, were comparatively low,
were booming in a short time, ana some rem
deFedr almost lmpassable. .Itis said by. many
that so much water has scarcely ever been
known to fall from the clouds in the same
length of time in this locality. The rain was
accompanied by heavy thunder and lightning" :"
Says tbe Gainesville EdgIe:, The work on
our Jefferson Railroad goes braYely on. An
arrangement has bsen effected by which Capt.
Lewis, veteran railroad builder. with large
force OF fiLe, able bodied trained hands will go
to work 0nstfRe second section below Gaines
vile on the first of april, With three such
contractors as BlacBstOck & Gould, Captain
Tumlin and Captain Lewis, backed up by a
President such as Colonel Gambler, the road
will be- built withsa- rush. CAndler neyer falls
with anything be undertakes, and he has said
this road shall be built, not only TO Jefferson,
bHE-tO Jug rTaEern. il the people down there
want it, and he means all he says"
The Greensboro Home Journal offers the fol-
lowing Word TO Farmers" We can hardly
suppOse that IL Is snecessary for as again to inn
fr1ess eponuoUr farTlerS the great ttnportance
of raising this year, particularly, more corn
and less cotton. The present deplorabie condi-
ti0n of a great many Of the horses and mules
AID other stock of all Kinds, owing, in part TO
the severity of the winter, one would suppose,
conveys a sufficient admonition on this subject.
For want OF proper care a consideFAble portion
of work stock is now in no co edition to make a
crop Of any kind. There are those who seem
to think commercial fertilizers can
only be used adyantageouSly on cot
ton. Corn and small ii aims and grasses
HeedAtileln qaits1As much We suggest that
the agricultural interest in the cotton belt is in
a perIlous crisis, and that every farmer should
make the utmost effort this year to raise his
own supplies unless he expects TO emigrate.
Plant corn, peas, potatoes and sorghum, and
SOW spring oats in well prepared patches. Pre-
pare for the worst. The present outlook is not
very encouraging, but the skies viii soon
brighten we trust"