Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-06-24

"a. sold on Wednesday for g.. .5sl, or an aver
age OF S52 6S8. The Chronicle and CORstittg-
futiondlist says: These prices appear TO be
high but L is no exeggeretion to say that in
less than I'VE years this very property will ap-
preciste from fifty TO one hundred per cent
The real estate boom In Augusta has come to
stay, and We have no doubt Of Augustus rapid
growth. When the Enterprise, Si0ley and King
Mills are in full operation. Il will not be long
before other factories are erected on the eligi-
be mill sites remaining on the canal
A brutal murder occurred at Red Clay, a few
miles above Dalton, one day last week. Two
colored men. Silas Stephens and Lee Jackson,
working on the Red Clay and Ooltewah sx-
tension. became engaged In a difficulty over
some trivial sffa'r, which resulted in Stephens
shootipg Jackson. The assassin crept on his
victim as he lay asleep. deliberately shot him
through the heart. and then made good his
Is ape. Sheriff Cox and Bivings went in puT-
suit Of the murderer. but as yet he has not
bsen clpture6.
Eastman Times: From a private letter we
learn that sheep are dying at a considerable
rate in the lower edge Of Laurens. The writer
thinks il is caused from eating something poi
sonous. for the sheep are fat, and will drop
dead while feeding along, without any appar-
ent evidence OF disease; nor does the carcass
show any signs except foaming at the mouth,
Z his strikes US as rather startling news We
remember good many years ago, and so far
as we know it may be true yet that parties
driving sheep TO the Savannah market
were more or less troubled. When within a
few miles OF the city, IL was said there was a
poisonous weed, OF which sheep were very
fond. but would soon die after eating il. Can
il be that this weed, or something similar, has
found its way up the county, Since writing
the above We learn from DR.. J. M.
Buchan OF our town, who is a large sheep ?
raiser. that sheep have been diving in his
range at an unusual rate since sheari1g time.
He thinks the fat Atty is attributable TO natural
causes, superinduced by the overcrowded con-
oition OF the range in certain localities"
SandersviIle Herald: "On Sunday afternoon
Sandersville was visited with a heavy rain, ac
compsnied with considerable thunder and
lightning, as well az with hail and violent wind
The rods upon the Gilmore House. Mrs Brook
ms residence. and the houses Of Mr.. William
Gailaher and Mr.. ". H. Boyer were all struck
by lightning. but happily none were injured, in
each case the current running harmlessly down
the DDS. The points at the top OF the rods oil
Mr.. BOyeF's house were fused by the flash. His
little son was for time much stunned. tree
near Mr.. Minton's residence was com
the subtle fiuid. IL is hut seldom that
so many points as near each other
are struck during one storm. The hail on
Harris street beyond the court house square
was very heavy, and crops of Mr. r 4. Pounds
B Hooks. and others on the road towards Mr.
Bryant Watkins residence are completely rid
died number OF panes Of glass were broken
out on Harris street, we learn. Several shade
| trees were blown down by the wind, which re
sembed q cyclone in its rotary motion. Sc
| thick were they near Mr.. Tapper's and also
near Mrs Happ's residence, that the debris
had to be removed before vehicles could pass
| One tree was blown across the residence OF
| Mr. b. X Smith. on Haynes street. We are
grateful, however, to be able TO add that we
have 10 casualty 70 report"
Baiubridge Democrat: "Our readers GER
| tainy have not yet forgotten the terrible
/ tragedy which took place near the city on the
night OF the 18th OF July last. 1t was the
assassination Of Mrs. BrOckett, in which three
/ miserable wretches, ycleps men, played diff
/ ferent parts The three men were Walter I
/ Williams. John Williams and Robert Durham
The murder was arranged by Walter Williams
/ who paid his brother John and Robert Durham
l after plying them with mean whisky. TO go tC
/ The humble log cabin of the widow Brockett
and take her life He tWalterl then goes to O
| neIghbOr's house and spends the night, in
order to prove an alibi before the
/ CorOner's Jury, which he knew was inevi
/ 70 Mrs BrOckett's house. saw her lying on the
floor with her little child beside her when
Durham fired the contents Of the gun, buck
and small shot, into the victim. killing her al
| most inst ntly, and wOunding the child. Such
| in brief are the facts under the testimony
/ The men were all arrested two weeks after the
/ murder. and all waived commitment tria
aud went to Jail Learned. able and eloquent
| legal counsel was employed by the William:
Il brothers. and Judge Fleming called an extra
| term OF the Superior Court last August to try
/ them. After several days il was decided to try
/ John Williams alone. For over a week. we may
| say. the trial raged with fury seldom known
/ Delay seemed the policv of the defense. anC
/ immediate trial that of the prosecution. How
ever, Williams went to trial. and the jury re
/ turned a verdict by vote OF 5 70 4 of imprison
ment for life. Sentence was passed, couuSe
appealed TO the Supreme Court, " here the case
/ no " stands unreached. and John Williams has
/ been in jail hfre ever since awaiting their de
cision Bail had never been asked ia a crime
| so shocking and the other prisoners were glad
/ to wait ia durance vile the trial OF their crime
In the meantime the lamented Judge Flem.
ing died and Judge Warren. a confirmed in
valid. was appointed in his stead, hence the
/ other trials have never been proces ded with
| The counsel for Williams, however. were never
| idle-always at work. so they asked Judge
| Warren 10 turn Walter T. Williams out under
bond and TO fix his bail This the Judge con
sented 70 do, and did 10, fixing the amount oi
bail at six thousand dOllarsl Our community
we're startled. shr cked. stuT efied, when thi:
announcement was made six thousand dol
| lars bail for the instigatOr Of one Of the mos
/ FOUL. bloody, inexcusab.e and damnable as
sassinati0ns that ever stained the records oi
/ crime, Last Tue day the bond was given tC
the Sheriff, and he a. once set the prisonei
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