Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-02-28
j. Fl. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR.


the residence of her son near Thurman Ala
Mrs. johnson was the first white woman that
ever went 70 Troup county, and when she
snSre tne country was filed with the
year at the time of her death.
Albany Neigs and Advertiser: "On Wednes-
day last Mr. Charles Arnold a man of some
% noeorle5y In the vicinity Of Quitmen where he
Is famliiarly known as Uncle Charley was
killed oy runaway team under the following
circumstances: He went to town with a Young
man lot load OF guano, and whilst the wagon
was Delng loaded at the warehouse the mules
took fright at something and started to run
Sneie Chariey ran up 70 the wagon to catch
tne s hnes, ana was struck by one of the wheels
ana knocked down, when another wheel pass
ed over his body. crushing him badly He died
IN less than an hour"
Columbus Times: YESTERDAY Henry Love
was brought to this city under the charge of
morse stealing. He stole a horse from Mr.. lisa
Lynch and mule from a negro, near Scha-
tulga, last Wednesday night as soon as the
stolen animals were missed a search was in
stituted, and Henry was captured about six
Teen miles from this city, in Harris county.
gong westward. He was bound brought to
this city, ana carried before Judge w. f. Will
Hams. He acknowledged the crIme waived
preliminary examination. and was sent to jail.
he VIII. no doubt, suffer for his mania for the
animal fesh.''
Rome Tribune: Yesterday morning about
ten minutes after five O'Clock the alarm Of fire
was sounded, and our sleeping city awoke to
+.
on upper Broad street, was in flames Every
fire company in the city was soon on the spot,
and the gallant fremen did all that they could
to stop the devouTing flames, but it was OF no
avail and the house was soon reduced to ashes
Most OF the furniture was saved, and the family
escaped from the burning building safely.
While Of course it is not definitely known, it is
supposed that the fire Was caused by a defec-
tive fiue in the parlor chimney. The dwelling,
which belonged to Mr. d. J. Powers, was only
covered with So 900 worth of insurance, and
while most of the furniture was saved. it Of
course was more or less damsged-to the
amount, we suppose, of about 500"
Columbus Times: "On Wednesday last a
gentleman living near Smiths Station, on the
Western Railroad, whose name we could not
ascertain, had all Of his clothing stolsn. He
and his family were gardening, and a negro
boy who had been living on the place for some
time entered the house and took therefrom all
his wearing apparel and several other articles.
The boy then took the train for Opelika. The
gentleman took the next in pursuit OF him, ana
at Opelika he learned that the thief had gone
to West Point. He continued his search, and
yesterday returned with the rascal bound hand
end foot We hope he will be made TO Suner
the full extent Of the law.
Darien Timber Gazette: 1.-THE timber mar
ket has not been very brisk this week, although
there has been few RATS down since our last
report. The prices for square timber have not
fallen but little since the large drift came in.
Taxing everything into consideration timber is
certainly bringing q good price at
present figures. Scab timber is always In
good demand and brings good prices The
vessels that are now on their way to this port
win take in all the timber that is here, and
will need q great deal more besides. Owing TO
the fearful bad weather and the long passages
of vessels, the timber season of 1SS0-S1 has
hardly opened yet. Our timber merchants ex-
pect to do large business between now and
July. We now have no doubt but that over
100 OOO, ,OO0 feet of timber and lumber Will be
shipped from Darien this season. This will
probably be the best season since the war"
Americus RepuDlican: ''On last Friday even
ing the wife OF Warren WimblSh, negro man
awaiting trial in jail for heinous offense, asked
Deputy Sheriff Cobb ic he would let her in to
see her husband at night. He consented to do
so, and at the appointed time she was on hand.
Mr. L. I. Smoot, who boards with Mr Cooo,
went with him TO the door OF the cell. On
opening the door, Dir. Cobb said to the woman,
Get in quick, but Wimbish threw the door
open violently, saying, Get out of my way,
and grabbing Mr.. Cobb by the throat tried to
force his way out. He was pushed pack, but
again tried, and succeeded in throwing the
Deputy Sheriff down several steps, bruising
his head severely, and raising the window
ATTEMPTED to get out. In this he was foiled
by.Cobb catching him by the leg and pulling
him back. When he threw Cobb down the
steps he Cobb shouted to Smoot to close the
door and turn the dogs loose, and as Cobb
caught hold of Wimbish' S leg and pulled him
from the window, he said that he woult give
up thinking that he heard assistance coming,
but as soon as he found he was mistaken he
started again. Mr.. Cobb called to the boys to
bring him the keys, and then the negro grew
quiet Wimbish and Sim Mole were the only
two that made any demonstrations. although
Wimbish says that it was a concocted plan Of
the entire six prisoners in the cell to over
power the jailOr and escape.
Fort Gaines Tribune: "a serious shooting
ARRAY occurred at Mr.. w Fl. Shaw's place on
Sunday night last, in which John Spurlock,
colored, received severe wound in the back
from a pistol discharged by Dir. VIM. Shaw,
Jr It seems that several negroes were having
a general row at Mr. Shaw's negro quarter,
and some women became frightened and went
TO Mr.. Shaw's residence, which was some dis
tance from the quarter, AMI begged himto go
down and do what he could to quell
the disturbance before somebody was
killed. Mr. Shaw and his SON VIII
the former armed with q shotgun and the latr
ter with a pistol Just before they reached
the negro quar- er they met Spurlock leaving.
and lie had in his hand a wagon spoke, 10
which was attached a part of the hub. Mr..
Shaw asked him what he meant by COM
Ing on his place and raising q row.
He replied that he was in the pub
lie road and that he should do what he d-n
pleased at the same time walking right up to
Mr. Shaw, with his mallet or club in his hand.
Mr.. Shaw showed him of and young Shaw shot
him. Young Shaw claims. however, that the
shooting was unintentional: that he cooked his
pistol when he saw Spurlock approach his
father thrsateniDgly or defiantly, so as to be
prepared to shoot il he should attempt TO
strike him with his murderous weapon, and
that the pistol went of accidentally. The ball
struck Spurlock Just below the shoulder blade,
and, it is thought, glanced around and did not
enter the cavity. Spurlock is severely wound
ed, and may die. Mr.. Shaw came to town
Monday morning and gave himself up for
trial We learn that Spurlock is somewhat
better. though it is possible he may not
recover. The ball, it is said, Is lodged near the
liver"