Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-03-07

,,,r9s wants town clock.
-. bsnsebolders bewail the nightly deple-
- ,b4fr stock OF wood aud coal.
c5,pubus Tunes states that the new
,-.[.5, church is rapidly nearing completion
s.-.,,.mep are now busilY engaged plaster
-. inside. aud should the weather con-
-. favorable they viii soon have the build
&C f,r public services. It learns that it
-sr D.. 5.iicsted about the sth Of May.
Dsr.sn Timber Gazette reports that the
.of v4ss-s. J. & J. A. Walker was robbed
,.E,,t FIVE hundred dollars worth OF goods
s..,-4ev night last The scoundrels who
.---st-srsi this outrage evidently knew all
-, rbs rlace. for they went right to the
-..i,l., az the greatest value. in the smallest
~. W hone that our local police viii be
=. q, ferret cut AMI bring to justice these
s..-.s That Is what We have them for, and
,s.s.v, don't do it the community will have no
,-,.sftf5u except by Outsids help, which we
.,ytt hat 10 be required TO call in. The burg
h.. are still at large but it is our opinion that
,bsy are not far from Darien.
T5s Henry County Weekly says the mer-
.s,pts on Hampton have never before had as
r.sry applicants to sell goods on time at this
ssss51 of the wear since they commenced bust
IS and the demand Is increasing daily.
The HswkiusvilIs Dispatch states that the
03tFeIows Hall. now approaching compile
s-r will b. one Of the handsOmest and most
,orsl f,aous buildings in Hawkinsville. The
r5Jf Is now being put on, and the building will
b. srrmounsed wish an imposing tower or
t,ns IL IS proposed to Place in this dome or
tsrera a large e ocg, something Ike that on the
court house dome in the city Of Macon. The
Cfy Council Of Hawsi. sStEle appropriated at
ne last meeting fifty dollars TO assist in the
purchase Of the clock Underneath the hall
are twJ large and elegant store rooms, which
vII be for rent
Marietta is 20 have a steam fire engine. The
tremea of that city have already succeeded in
Fstlng q good sum of money subscribed TO-
vrds the purchase Of the steamer.
Atlanta hopes soon to have female college,
ts seventeen thousand dollars have been OBJ
baiaei, and it only requires three thousand
dollars more % insure the building.
Tcccca NsICs. "Ou last Saturday the engine
All tF0 font cars Of freight train OF the
uhLs passing through our town Th- acci-
dent vas caused by a misplaced switch No
HH-v except several hours detention Of
trains
ssys the Th0mRsyiile Times. 'Mr EasOn B.
Alien anu Mr JACK Moore hitched up and
started 90 the river on Tuesday morning in
oleE0rse wBgur- just as they were starting
tae horse took fright and ran away Mr. Allen
Eas thrown out. the fall resulting in the break
Ing o his leg little above the ankle. DR.. w.
Bruce on had the limb properly set, and
Ar Alien is now doing we'll"
Jeslp SsHhHel; "a coIored man, named
Simon 61ri0u, got into an alteration with a
woman of the same color named Mary Smart,
VIII whom he is supposed to have been living
Astu-terF for some tine, in defiance Of the
AVS q sod and man. aud ON last Saturday cut
her throat from ear TO ear. from which she
tsd almost instantly, when the scoundrei left
l01 parts unknown, and Is still st large He is
stout man, dark gingercake color. with
sar under one eye When found, the cash in
tle woman S throat was filed with ashes The
coroner not being found We are not aware OF
hay inquest being held over the body. which,
" are informed, was carried to her former
home 10 Esttnal county Tor burial "
Lsjrange RepOrter a rumor was in circu-
Alol last week 70 the effect that the proprie-
sofs Of Iroup Factory had failed The factory
lAs oeen m successful operation thirty-hve
years, and the report was quite a stlrDrisa
Aessrs, Robertson, Leslie & Co. the pr6prie-
soIst nave called for q meeting Of their credi-
sefs. nearly all Of whom live in this section
La5 ha lilies Of the firm are about S5OOrO,
~ assets q an available nature. together
sitn cash on hand amounting to $50 600 the
t4lt5Fy. grain mill and eleven hundred acres of
A4L L IS the opinion OF mary that at a fair
'A.-At-0u tlls VIII meet all the Indebtedness"
Ile N9rth Georgia Times says From all
M "a iesFn a laf ger acreage Of cotton will be
ss-'s1 sss-se-L " aurray county the present year
tIal ever before. Farmers are already pur-
e4=slk anu preparing the fertilizers in large
Quantities, and if the yield OF the fieecv staple
1- aI1--l e as good this year as last the county
VI number her bales by the thousand -
Fsfry Home Journal, zone night last week
tlle ar T. I. Martin Wss coming down Car
~ s-letl, On ms way 10 his room, he met a
lAl leaTlF Ia front Of the clothing store nF
: 2. ochliiing & Go. Thinking the actions of
= - q ah suspicious SIR. Martin determined TO
- ls-I lni- ana when he entered his room
49, Us room mate, hr. c. T. Gilbert OF his
v--t5-s -t5-5i-s Acllng upon them. he went to a
80 @ ell looked out, when he heard a noise
ri.5s1uls s1uls one breaking through a door or
HuA. Mt Glleers then went after sheriff
s'.lL --~AL 10 the neantime Dr. g. T. Miller
y 80 s5 ", ang together they went to the store
f5sE q 9lnIiilns & Co, finding one Of the win
rs tfoEeu open. Lighting a lamp. Sheriff
,,.-- ,t-c.ll entered tie store and found the bur
-. ---eF t-eF me eud Of one OF the counters far
- - llOln TIE door. The thief proved To he A
80 man James Hammond, whose mother
bi,.5-,.e oa Iae plantation Of Mrs. c. E. Kemp, in
ps5Silf s55Sissfssyille Gazette: Last Monday a very
3SFr- ,alc-qeht occurred on the place OF Mr..
- Ak-n. a two room cabin on his farm vas
tST -t-5! go y Two cOlOred women, who had each
h Le-slgE en- One Of the women was at work
- t.-ll - nell and the other Mr.. Akin had direct
eSi5-..-. NAN az the house and take care OF the
f,-.SS1' instead Of doing this she shut the
~ ~ sIl9llren up in the house and went off
~ Isl Slesl OF the children was only four years
r7c.st M, 80 Ile Youngest a babe OF two or three
e0vs--s ~ AeF absence the house was dis.
res75s5 - y ue u lanes, and Mr.. Akin barely
a. - 3. -, u une TO get the children out. Had
gen Three minutes later thew walIId an
uI-tsI-S - Sa,'tgl 10 the building, which was CON-
&c. suFeloped IN flames the next moment
eiss -e IN SsHed from it with the last child. The
PeriHs - - Z As so dreadfully burned that DIR.
Ha - - = summoned Immediately To its relief
fesbJ bJS1l = tAe child literally roasted alive the
BE e7gf5 OaAed hard all over its entire body.
fsv 1 1-Ill 90 nothing for il and II lived only a
bs5ITs ----es s--ss after he reached IT, Mr. Akin was
a-olcned about the face and neck in his
= % save the children
rSs rS-sallofe Finkenstein died in Roma last uAelr
bsv tFter SAYS: 1t will be- remembered that
YCrE 1see.l - eugnt back to Georgia from New
h.r1 - november on a warrant charging
stterurr.Sf ). ..y7--lhg and swiRdling. and that he
tlslsf 49, 60 80 commit suicide by cutting his
- TIA NLAA NAAC GtE hA1uOH luoE
csrs.I rain reached the citv The wound
b. ~ Lae cutting Of his neck healed up,
ton H!urt 10 MS spine, which T. suited
q hin ~ ~ rom the moving train, inflicted
elyott is 6-,,r-l ,,,gs- intense suffering from the
peC;sd sgsL u Der, and his death has been ex-
'ets Gay from that time"
clrrs5 :, .1slcS a dangerous accident oc-
rslmer g. store OF our young friend, Mr.
" SIuTsl-lp p1oh, on Thursday last. While
flckery ~ - showing 8 pistol to Mr..
eouDfr' .-L alf John 7. McFay. of Franklin
vsIFs53' MO vas in the store an the Time
osiug erttits9 - t1e counter where the pistol was
feet frrl, ,. 5itsd and stood some four or five
No 5ne fIr----.Ltr. -. simpson across the counter
n handlirg + !. OF The pistol being loaded but
gefins - 80 81 y; Y was discharged, ths ball en-
i1g i1s. lsht breast Of Mr.. McFav and pass
4surgaso--' -'ller -r the skin, into his right arm.
osll pfoba5% "a - me1iately called in, ami the
nar.-..ol' .ol' Out was not found
laEng siss.ilI,syile Dispatch reports the fol
tass ssC,J geo robbery, in which a resident Of
a. is-I- I-1t.h Recently aguraJ. s,S,n T,,sS5aT,
.tsder r. rel99ruary, John s. Page. g stock
Ellsviliaa' - ~ a columbus, Kentucky. left Haw-
Coo1bs pany with John W. Gum, W.
White we-s anu IH4 Z N. White. Coombs and
ED ~ 44lnsyIlle several Savs t~sriino sto'si-
VIII Co07,ILI 'efal hundred dollars. He met
= 30 h0r7a - Al4 White, and they concluded
= The col,nt.-e IN Gunn, who lives several miles
yum havirot .1Ig sHq spend the night with him
are Of therJs toia them that he would take
sat sayi81 and and their stock for five dollars,
SSake q tFa5a nat he thought they could
aesiies il a. -s or two in his neighborhood.
Y three nil y. y thslr way to Vienna. Two
iaaItted by -Cl,es C,,-sl from HswkiusvfIe Page was
3ottle ~ Hann e,-i 90 take drink from a bIscI
SSssa ths eansa IN black bottle seems 10 have
sss took 1-.S. =. al gne trouble that followed.
sstsd 6se- - = tsh teh on his horse. Hs was as.
ems Nm = - Us saddle, and rode On 10 Foun.
- Alone so Saa again fell on. Here he was
- aad earrisS iS1e q Tine stterward he was taken
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