Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-09-27

Georgia Affairs
rrs-..sI receipts q cotton az Griffin up to
s...-4sv last were ~ bales. One hundi ed
..sfrty bales we're received On Friday last.
There are said to be one hundred and ten
..rs .a G-ifn. the most Of them having
,--..I there from other points
The Democratic nominee Of Stewart county
5-[-.-o-.r bv q colored Republican for the drst
time ia several years.
TIN. Board Of Roads and Revenues OF Marion,
~ .rs session last Tuesday decided to grant no
man. license for the sale Of spirituous liquors
.s Marion county.
Columbus eats during one day 1864 pounds
,r-,4st. including beef, mutton. kid and pork,
-...--fi1y 20 statistics Of the Columbus En-
s-.rsrguu. It is meat that this fact be pro
,-u.es-rI among the vegetaTians Of the En-
rn- State.
rripl-ts we're lately born in Oconee county.
They weigh three pounds each, but are doing
we'll
Cant. l.. r. Ray, Of Coweta, is a candidate
f.-th- speakership Of the next House Of Rep
-eseatatives. He shines out early in the 20
uueaI horizon,
Reports from the various county districts
are most favorable for the success Of Searcy
a1dthe regular organized Democracy Of SpalI-
Ing county.
The new water works at Columbus will be
.8mpIeted within the next twenty days, and a
uu supply Of cold water will be turned upon
the really thirsty people. The rock reservoir
very nearly completed, and its capacity Will
be4uJO0O gallons Of water and will supply
$4,000 gallons daily to the people.
Health journals insist on lying on the right
side and claim that it is injurious to lie on
both sides A glance at.the politicians Of Geor
Ea at present will conviace the most skeptica
t5at d healthiers set Of men are not to be found
and they invariably he on both sides
The progress OF making arrangements for
tls electric light in Macon is satisfactory so
far as Co enable the announcement to be made
that q public exhibition of the light will be
made 0u the 18th day OF October next.
WrrtoH County Argus: "CoI Z NJ Butt has
letter from Col. F +. Burke. OF Americus
asking if the people o, Mari a-a willing 70
sign deeds % the right Of way 10 Ju. ah
aud Pacific Short Line Railway on co-..I-lol.
that the road IS TO be built We believe that
they are-everY one Of them. If the road is
non Quilt nobody is affected by signing the
deeds, and III the road is built every body will
be- renedted. Let every man take an interest
tlis natter
At "a meeting Of the CITY Council Of Ameri-
cI-, held on the 18th inst, the following pream-
bic and re- 1lutiOns were unanimously adopted. :.
WHEREAS. The Savannah and Pacific Short
Line Railway Company has procured a charter
under the laws Of the State OF Georgfa au-
tlarzInE lt TO construct and operate a railroad
from the city or Savannah TO or near the city
uf Columbus; and, whereas We deem it highly
Important 70 the interest OF the city Of Ameri
Gus to induce the said company to pass
through said city in the location and construc-
u1n Qf said railroad; Therefore, Be it ordained
aY tle Mayor and City Council of Americus,
altIt IS hereby ordained b. authority OF the
a4lr- section l. We hereby give and grant
90 said The Savannah and Pacific short Line
Railway Company the free and perpetual right
ue1ustruct its railroad, TO lay IFS track and run
.-s trains through along and across any of the
public streets or al ieyS IN said city. Section :.
h- BE- further ordained by authority of the
same, That Wo hereby guarantee to said The
Savannah and Pacific short Line Railway Com
psny free right Of way for the location and
construction OF its railroad through the limits
NJ tle city 0f Americus. and " q further guar
aurar t0 said comp any free Of cost sufficient
ground for the erection Of its depots, work
shops and other buildings"
The Griffin sun of the 2lth in an extra, pub
lslrs the following: Last night at II O'Clock
h->Srs L. W. Fambro aud +. b. IsOn had a
difficulty with a man from the country, whose
name we failed TO learn. In endeavoring TO
-at olt 10 their way the man ran into the
saloon of O II. IsOu, and was chased by Fam
lr1 and ls0u, and was knocked down by them.
tr. 9- IT, I,on and his clerk, Mr. Rube ".
Champion, endeavored 20 stop the afray and
-tr lson caught hold OF Frank lsOn with the
aim of persUading him to cease
DIS l1Srllties against the cOuutryman who was
1ilE stretched on the floor senselesS from the
blow, Thought to have been struck by Fambro
WlIl a billiard cue. lir. lsOn received two
severe cuts ln the left thigh, which, as we
write lra bleeding prOfusely, though the cuts
a5r not considered necessarily dangerous. Mr.
champion received a fearful wound in the left
,-ll.c. which was prOiuSelY bleeding aud was
an uSy wound The wounds were being
dressed as we issue this extra, and the wounded
men Nr-e resting easy. The cOuntryman was
severely stunned. bat was able TO 90 home, at
it-'. De was absent from the saloon when we
-t- tls report IambrO and lsOn are both at
large. Fambro was arrested but he, by some
means, managed to get away from the Police
---- rs uu, ot their way. A warrant for the ar
@. ot .son was issued about O'Clock, but we
% A3. snow whether it was served or not, at
Al} rate, he was allowed 10 remain on the
street.. With the result as above stated. We
eEe tne best statement os the affsir TO be ha1
= 5ls .ate hour U1:f5 p. N. Saturday nightl
o-i Without comment Cause, whisky
Macon Telegraph and MesseHg-r: There
came near being wholesale jail delivery and
perhaps some oloOdshed at our jail on Sunday
li.---3s- About midnight on Saturday night
'i-is roster and Deputy Jailer ReynOlus went
On tLer usual rounds Of inspection. They
ht-- through several cells and found every
st-eeEer an right. even TO obstrepe GUS Sam
-t-.F over the stairway and con
---- only two prisoners. Isaac Ship
--AN and Bob Donaldson, both East
-Al rioters and condemned to be
L-is Cu October 2Oth. Mr. Foster went IL
side el the CELL leaving sir. Reynolds TO stand
-larI with q light He soon found that both
fslrers We're loose from their shsckles They
l=l been chainS d by one leg TO the floor the
t--,Is being locked with new locks. Keeping
Perfectly cool at his discovery. Mr. Foster
--lr T1e TWO men sit Gown AT the far end OF
.e ceI, and then by quick movement got
--.s-e. Locking the door, lie told Mr.. Rev.
-s.-S % keep watchout for a few
MINUTES He tuen went down Fourth
1e- and secured the services Of
g1--rls Jaeger and james and returning
--+ --- lte snackles In position with other
CT locks. The men ere thoroughly
1870, as N6S the cell but nothing was
b. 2. lAr time that could possibly have
.-- 1850 DE- u1 -eking the locks. On being
y, Axe ShDman said that he had
IN ~ ing llr The shackles TO drop OF. and
So --.-5 tl.rHng he was standing at the
-'-Al,S l1 Ella Moore, the condemned
N-,feSS tho is imprisoned i'm the adjoining
e- "-rl all at once the shackles fell of,
FE anew the good Lord had answered
ttl5e- lie so told Ella, and his COM
---- LOB Donaldson. set to work to see
were Nas1 e as much virtue in a little stick
--- procured IN some way, as in Ike's
ts -. me little stick was a success and all
friday and Saturday they keDt their
sla-AleS on their legs with pieces ~ shoe
a search on Sunday revealed their
$500 It- roster carefully searched every
--A ll lne cell, but found nothing that conId
.-se aided then. The locks, though Ilsed for
--e lrsl time on these men, were no account
"as aIterWard proven. There is no doubt
No. mat grand break was 10 have been
-sle for liberty on Sunday morning
~ inst day they knew but few
tlelte would oe in the street and
5 -elqt their programme was 10 knock down
-le l4ller or his deputy when brea kfast was
Ttfei' and then make dash for the woods
---- always cautious Dir. Foster now has
r5- extra precautlon 10 prevent anything
Ag a recurrence Of the affair OF Saturday
r-- 1hese Eastman rioters are desperate
-. --.--. aul they viii struggle hard to keep from
+-1s tne death penalty. Six men doomed
- Al4s, with the black day less than
-tA tA on viii sell their lives dearly If but a
" ~ nope De given them. To confne them
r--i+sa-l +sa-l IKE ours Is g hazardous business. and
----ls less than the most tireless watch and
--ost precaution can keep them"
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