Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-04-11
J. Fl. EsTILL, PROPRIETOR.

oNerrun these bitches, and now the soil in
tisauy iy nslIs m @ hes Durled in the sand. Many and
4eep are the gullies made by the recent floods.
Lana broken before the Sc rains is now so mack
ed and baked that the work of the
ghman, In most cases. is lost. Where corn
mas been planted and was not washed IN by
me ram, 1t has been killed or damaged bv the
intense cold or the regnant March winds. than
Nncn, Tor buster, none is superior to the
nlOntn "Lhcn mas Just blown out. In some in
stances farmers say their corn Law in the
ground Tor five weeks, and then came to be bit
Ten oy the frost The ladies say nothing has
~ @PaosPeIel Win tnem. The gardens, if planted
are ruined or injured. Their hens have failed
70 match, the COWS are too poor to yield much
mix, the shrubbery gardens are in ruins.
mere IS general cry for warm weather"
says the Americus Sumter Republican: ON
thursday night we had the heaviest rain that
mas fallen ia this section for years We have
neard some OF the farmers complaining that il
mas almost ruined them. Mr.. U S. Isockett says
tLdV olIcReS were washed in his fields knee
deep, where not trace Of ditch existed, car
Tymg away his guano, corn. cane and fences
lie says that John Sims and C8pT. 7. NJ. Allen
are damaged to a considerable extent. He
places his loss alone at $50 or $500. Much loss
IN TINS manner is reported from other sections
OF the county. Here in the city, gardens and
streets have suffered greatly. The rain seem
ell 10 fall steadily and heavily all night accom-
panied by strong wind. loud thunder and
vivid lightning. What the damage to the farm
ers will be cannot be correctly estimated for
several days yet, but we have heard that it is
pretty heavy"
Atlanta Post-Appeal: "From Mr. Thomas
A- mcKinnon, resident of Kirkwood, who
nad come to town in great haste after DIR.
Willis Westm0reland, q P0st-Appedl reporter
learned the following particulars of das-
tardlY and brutal assault on an old gentleman
named J. 7. EctOr, who is a resident of Kirk
wood, and near neighbor of Dir McKinnon
Dir. McKinnOn says that he had his attention
first drawn to EctOr's place by the screams of
a negro woman, and Fastening to the spot, he
found Mr. Ector lying on his back in an insen-
from a h0 hn1
ceived across the bridge OF the nose from
some sharp cOrnered instrument He also
found that the deadly blow had been
dealt by negro boy who goes
by the name Of Squire Moore, and
who Is son OF the woman who set uD the
screaming so loudly. Our informant says tn at
the wound looks as though the deed was done
with the back Of an axe or the end of plank,
having crushed in the nasal bones. AS soon as
the foul deed was done the negro left for De-
Catur but he was watched bV Mr. McKinnon
all the way, while his father also proceeded to
Decatur and swore out a warrant for his ar
rest. Moore was taken in custody and lodged
IN IN Dehaib county jail 10 await an Investigation;
Mr. +. NJ Ector, a nephew OF the wounded
man. and Mr. McKinnOn, returned to Kirk
| wood accompanied by DR.. Westmoreland, on
the y O'Clock train, to render medical and sur
gical aid to the wounded man. No further par
ticulaIs of the affair can be had up to the time
we go to press"
The following we clip from the Washington
| ID c. Republican: "One OF the boldest cases
I
the country occurred last night on the platform
Of the Baltimore and Potomac Depot, while
passengers were alighting from the train from
New York, which reached here shortly after
[ n o'clock Among the passengers was Mr..
A. g. HaygCOd, of Atlanta, Ga. who carried
valise in each hand. He had reached a point
about half way up the platform, when he was
Jossled agal1St By party of men, one of whom
knocked his right arm up, while a confederate
slipped bis hand into Alr HaygoOd's pocket
and deftly extracted pocketbook contain
u mo ard Mr. AlnwT fnrgrf
so surprised for a minute that he was un-
a0le to give an alarm, and when he did
recover sufficiently to state his loss the gar
rioters had disappeared in the crowd. Officer
/ Kearney, who is on duty at the depot, con-
/ Quoted Mr. Haygood to police headquarters
/ where he stated his case TO Detective Acton,
| who at once started out to hunt the garroters
Owing to the m6aSre description given Of
| them, however. il is considered DOUBTFUL if
1 Mr. Hayg0Od ever .es men or money again
/ The robbery was done so quickly that none of
/ the other passengers were aware that any
/ thing unusual was going on until it was too
4 late to render any service. According to Mr.
/ Haygood'S statement there were four men
| concerned in the affair one of whom was very
/ tall and dressed in light clothes Every hotel
| and restaurant in the vicinity of the depot was
/ visited last night in search of the perpetrators,
\ but no traces Of them could be found and it is
/ supposed that they were old professionals y
The Columbus Enquirer-Sun publishes an
! account of diabolical attempt to assassinate
I Mr.. f. A Bush. OF Green Hill, Stewart county,
I ana q worthy CltlGen, on tH6 btn
I inst. as follows: about ? O'Clock in the
| night some one came to Mr. Bush's gate and
] halloOed. A lady, who was a relative and Wis
\ iting the house, heard the call, and in mo
ment ne was heard to call again. At this the
| lady called Mrs. Bush, who heard the third call,
\ and awoke her husband. Mr.. Bush got up,
! dressed himself and went to the front door
I He then stepped outside on the portico, and as
\ he did so ne heard tn click of the gun as it
/ was cooked. He turned his head to look
/ around. and as he did so, the assassin, who had
\ entered the yard and cOuched down under
meath the pOrtico fired at him through the rail
I ing When he made The cowardly shot he turned
I and fed, going in anortherly direction. Though
/ the would-be murderer was only about ten
4 feet from him. he did not accomplish his foul
| design. Fourteen bucllShOt passed through
/ Mr. Bush's hat, and three buckShot struck him
above the left ear, cutting through the skin.
i He was also severely shocked, and has been
| confined to his bed since the occurrence,
I though DR.. Austin, his attending physician,
/ does not consider him dangerous. Mr. Bush
4 has not expressed himself as to who the man
\ was that did the shooting, though he is known
/ to him, as he saw the features by the light
| from the flash of the gun. He has stated that
\ iU was white man, AMI it may be he is not
/ sufficiently assured in the identity to give his
\ name, little time will doubtless develop the
whole affair. and it is due. not only to MIR.
/ Bush, but to the community at large, that an
/ investigation should be made"