Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-04-05

on spree in Augusta. Ever afterWard it has
seemed not altogether right. Several weeks be-
fore he committed suicide he loaded the right
hand barrel or his gun. and when his father
and brother would go hunting he would
ask them not 70 shoot that barrel, as
ne had loaded il for a particular purpose.
Ifey always tried to please him and never
used the barrel he had loaded, never
once thinking that he intended to shoot
himself with it. A few days before his death
he worked several DAYS without eating any.
thing His father told him not to work any
more until he felt better. The day before his
death he went into the woods with his gun
and stayed until eleven o'clock. When he came
home he washed himself. put on clean clothes.
and placed his gun by the side of the window.
as the family went out 70 dinner he was lying
on the bed; but as soon he was alone he pulled
on his shoes and coat. got out OF the window.
leaned against the house. placed the muzzle of
the gun to his side and pulled the trigger with
his toe. When found he was lying against the
house dead, load Of buckshOt having gone
through his heart"
Oglethorpe Echo: Il was. with several others
called on matter Of business to the pine
region of the State. We have a knowledge
that they saw lumber and make turpentine
there, but have no definite idea of the extent
OF the business or results to that section of the
State. Along the Savannah, Florida and
western Railway before the war there sprung
up. OF course, little villages, but like such
places generally do, they drowsed out a half
sleepy existence. But the enlargement OF tn Sc
new industries has given them an activity
Wlthln the past lev years. The old houses
have been painted and torn down and given
place to more pretentious structures and
those villages. without exception have a
thrifty appearance. Along the line OF the road
the larger timber has all been cut of and en-
terprise and money has carried miles Of branch
railroads int the Interior, and the whole
country is prosperous from the product of the
pine. To an up country man it would excite
surprise to see the scarcity of farms. but this
land is not good for tillage, but iu spots are
swamp lands whose richness is almost
done The railroad. after leaving Savannah
is perfect airline for f1fty-four miles. or until
it crosses the Altamaha river, and then it turns
southwark to Albany and the Florida line. 1t
has become a highway for the Northern travel
that seeks the far South during the winter and
spring, and all the equipments of the road are
strictly firstclass While our trees are only
beginning to show the smile OF spring, there
the rfume of the thousand fi0Wers of that
region I'LL the air; the most magnificent roses
aud eXOtics adOrn every garden In the villages
and all smile with prosperity and happiness
The truth is, we cannot realize how great
Georgia Is without an intimate acquaintance
with it from Florida to the mountains, which
hide from even Georgians land whose beauty
is unsurpassed and whose fertility is a marvel
In the far South 50 lavish is nature in her pro-
ductiOn. the streams so filed with fish, the
woods with the choicest game while the
generous earth yields the fruit so acceptable
in a warm climate, that it is the lazy mans
paradise; he can live without work"