Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-01-04

The first Georgia hanging this year cores on
:, .H. 2.s .st inst when Tom Belts, the murder
Or Of Judge Moore. in Clayton county, viii
swing.
Tb- C. ,lunibus Enquirer reports the death Of
sf,r- COWS ID one dayin that city, caused from
ast-rg evergreen branches, which, weighted
,I-rabv i.e, hung within easy reach
THE Rome Tri- Weekly Courier thinks that
- ali tie charges which Mrs. Kate Chase
so-s-ue makes against her Willie in her bill
t1r5iv5-cs are proved true. Mr. sprague viii
5,v. tH. inside track for the Republican nOmi-
nation for President in IS ="
7b. EI3auy Netcs and 4dUertiser says the
,,f-aa fields Of that section have now about
vi4li.d up taeir last. and are ready for az
other year
w-Ie4rn from the Macon Telegraph that on
Saturday last aontezUma received another
visit from the dre iend. The fire broke out in
tH- store occupied by 1Ir. Abe Barnett. and
baf,-e il could be checked three buildings we're
n asbas In addition to the store Cf Mr.. Bar
rstr one Of these was occupied by Mr. J. n
Rozser as a grocery store. while the third was
uu5.cupisd- The total losses are sI1,O00. The
Ts,syrtuE says in regard to this disaster:
HDtAtT "a A-A1tAA AAC Wv @ AAAs7 AS~A%
par-, stock. The remainder was Uninsu ed.
AbiI was in progress at the hotel. and the cry
Of fire vas promptly responded to- The burnt
b1illfrgs we're located between V. A. COleY's
sDtth. livery stable and we're near the cotton
warehouse. Fortunately the winds were
favorable or the loss might have been much
more serious"
The Rome Tribune touches in its last issue
onas subject Of exceeding interest to the entire
state being the servant girl question. 1t says:
"We have repeatedly been requested to ask If
our people cannot devise some means to get
ridOf the existing house servant nuisance. 1t
istrue. as many have represented to Us, that
many Of our present servants are utterly un-
reliable and q great nuisance to housekeepers.
Perhaps the Chinese would be an improve
ment. and perhaps il move was started in
that direction that many Of the ili-paid and
almost starving seamstressss Of the large
cities would gladly accept places as servants
in Southern families, where they wou d be
vel treated. We VIII allow reasonable
srsee in our columns for q discussion OF this
important aud vexatious subject. At present
the burden under which hOusekeepers arc
suffering is one they should resolve not to
bear"
The Rome Bulletin relates = sad instance Of
accidental death from the discharge Of what
was supposed to be aa uuloaded pistol Ii
seems tina, on Thursday last a Mr.. Davis, Of
Ridge Valley, about eight miles from Rome,
gave bis little son the supposed harmless
weapon to clean. The little fellow while play
ing with the pistol accidentally touched the
A.. ~, g
into the head Of an iafant who was sitting on
the f.or. and instant death followed.
We see it stated that Uncle RemUs" has got
into bis fourth clifton. Mr. J. c. Harris re-
ceiyei a letter from Appleton s Co, stating
that they had received a Cablegram from
London publisher about its Publication there.
The work is meetiog with an unprecedented
success
Spe-kfng Of the Georgia Western, the Chat
taECoga Times says One OF the most emf
aeut railroad men in the South seid to the
editor Of the Times that we were right IN ad-
y sing Atlanta 70 anandOn the GeOrgi " estern
aud 90 for another connection with Chatts-
naoga. in order 10 cheaper coai, iron and all
other raw material used At the former city
This prominent gentleman further said the
Cahiwba cosi veins, which the Georgia
Western would tap. are OF small account
They are thin and the coal inferior in quality.
he further said the Atlantese could by building
only sixteen miles Of road reach the Birming
ham coal field, which amounts to something.
Finally. h. pronounced the Georgia Western
compound Of wind and moOnshine, and de-
clsrei that com non sense pointed clearly to
the Chattanooga connection as the only one
worth tllEing ABOUT. es a means OF relieving
Atlanta from her present enibarrass ment
Albany EeIrs. Yesterday afternoon two
colored boys. who have just attained that dan
geTOus age which empowers them with the right
20 vote, got into a dispute on the race for
Il H. l.
Henry FEEDER. a strong Le 1better advocate.
Slma urerty harsh words escaped from the
lips Of both and finally Alfred made a plunge
q: Henry with his pOcketkIise. Henry was
slightly cut but the wound wasn't serious
enough TO hurt much. and when the boys get
sober they u be sorry for Ie all
A correspondent from LaGrange to the
Columbus Tunes under date Of December 50.
says: a cold wave unparalleled in d. gree snd
severity. came upon Us las night, unknown
before To the oldest settler or Ot record IN the
states history. It far exceeds in sEd1enneSS
and intensity the memorable cold saturday OF
1895. The mercury a. my house this morning
narSed TWO degrees below zero at SIX clock,
* nine Octck two degrees ABOVE, at thiS
writing p. m. eighteen degrees, being $ Ill
iJug degrees below tire free zng point. he
whole surface OF the earth is covered with
snow % the depth OF eight inches. and
az the small streams OF water, ponds
and creeks are frozen solid enough 10
ssate on The ChattshOOChee river is
hard frozen from either bank to its RAJ id and
tlrhd centre. The snow of yesterday and the
night fefore is hard frozen today, affording
g09d sleighing. which the young people are en-
IlylnS with wild delight. The sun csm out
Clear and bright this morning. but ms feeble
rays are unequal 10 the task Of coping with the
present power OF the frost king he wind Is
here sud sharp from the northwest, and pre-
vents any thaw or Let up in the cold: day or
two further duration Of this spell will cause
much suffering for want Of fuel Our mails are
about Of time. and it will take guess OF wide
margin to tell when you will get this letter"
Discussing the weather Of the past and pre-
F0us years the Columbus Enquirer says:
During the year hich i, about closing as We
Erlle, ives have had some pleasant and some
.l'agr-e1be weather. IL IS almost impossible
Tor US 20 remember correctly the average on
any particular dat, week or month. There is
"le class Of people, as lule, that could not he
convinced they are wrong about the weather,
~ ~ matter If you show record correctly kept
Dallls he past twelve months ram Tell on Que
hundred an eleven DAYS, the total rainfall be-
.ag g 10 inches The hardt st rain ever known
irti on Maya % inches. The average ther-
lllueieF for the year was "a In 1879 there
-sre eiglty-eight rains the aggregate fall Tor
ll- year being So q The hardest fell IN April,
Nllch was l0.SO inches The thermometer av-
s5aged %. By the above il will be seen that
llere were more rairs the past year, with a
sleater tai, than during 1879, and the weather
vas colaer by three degrees.
Washington Gazette: - Jolly mob took
s1aFge Of the town on Wednesday morning
4-s- aILeF the snow. and they Spare1 not IN the
SIaal onslaught with snow balls. They made
gsey holiday of II, and decreed that every
business house should be closed instanter. Re
Illustrating was like talking to the wind, and
10y man who refused TO recognize the decree
" taken out ~ et dT7His and WallOwed in the
ZOE TIL he swore allegiance 10 the mob.
ley oo0y who appeared on the streets was
..9A oailed and they had TO take to Il ght or
..And and join in the sport. The snow was
,Il3le t-an the town could stand. and every
ff-Lls gave way to il. A few slipped out the
60 80 ways. aud by that means escaped the
--1o, OUT woe to those who were caught
me Rome Courier wants to know: Have We
.41A1rd among uS:" and says: "A news dis
@ @r-'-a rom Eaton. Ohio, tells Of the commence
80. 80 q q breach Of promise suit by Dora BOner
sS stSA.usl B. +. Iizzard. The complainant all. ges
"a respondent had promised to marry her
- slat she had accepted him. that the day
s5i y, ed. that she has been for long me
- s,ili Is wiling 10 fulfll the contract on her
- ~, cut the respondent though often request
A. ~ ne Jected and refused, and still neglects
1.-Ileiyses 70 cOInply with and perform the
~ lact on his part. Wherefore she sues, lay
elSier i-er damages at $1,000. The dispatch con-
vs- v-S mus; 1t is iid that the young lover has
a. ,S 1uth and is probably in Rome. Georgia,
hs-51 51l-t ne W as provided with cool 81 ,0)O in
UT the old f.s1lrz To bel ia