Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-05-02


money 10 finish paying for the Confederate
monument
Ms CRAWFORD fell from the door step Of
vrrf,n Rfnard's house. in Marion county, last
-aaE. and sustained severe injuries.
The Chattanooga, Columbus and Florifa
Railroad is looking up, and, it is thought, will
ba bufr within twelve months. This is the old
cambridge. Cuthbert and Columbus Road. and
,.r+vrriIes Of It was graded ten or twelve years
-, II bezins at Columbus and terminates in
r.5sisn county, Florida. The projectors are
hopeful
The Madison lfadisOnidn learns from Mr.
r-.~t that during the hail storm last Saturday
evening a valuable buggy horse Of Mr.. Gres-
han, I'm Walton county, was killed. The man
rrov-irv him had unlOosed him from the plow.
br+the storm battered him to death It riddled
the elothes Of the plowman. and was several
inches deep on the ground, completely destroy
ing vegetation
The TTiregrass WdfchmGn reports that
many Of the fruit trees now carry the ap-
psarance Of mid-wiuter, while others have an
OCCASIONAL bloom dotted here and there. and
not leaf on them. Some have few scatter
leaves and no blooms. Some are sprouting
only at the ground: others only along on the
trunk Many young apple trees have budded
from the ground about half way to the top,
while the branches bear no semblance OF bud
ding.
The BaruesvfIle foundry. but recently estab-
Hs6ed. is reported to be turning out engines OF
first class quality.
Ata citizens meeting in Thomson on the 29th
uIt. resolutions were passed eondemning the
administration OF law by the Superior Court as
week and inefficient. and charging it with IA
voritfsn TO persons or their attorneys The
trouble appears to glow out Of the recent set
Element Of a difficulty between two attorneys
An Indictment was found, but was mol pressed
The True Citizen. a new journal devoted 70
the interests Of the people of Burke county.
has begun publication at Waynesboro.
Asurveying party left Cedartown last week
to lay out the line for the proposed Cherokee
Rafr0ad extension.
Our CartersviIle correspondent writes: THE
wheat and oat crops are splendid The farm
ers uotwithstanding the late spring, are well
advanced with their crops. The small grain
crops are more promising that at any time
since the war; good season and no want OF
rain so far. It will. however. be tight squeeze
disasters OF last year"
Dale County Gazette. 1.-Two convicts were
killed at Camp No. ,, at Cole City, recently
The negro who. at last September term OF
court. was convicted or murder and sentenced
% prison for life, struck fellow-cOnvict on
the head killing him instantly In the other
Instance a convict sts bbed another. from the
effects OF which he died The above is true
statement Of the facts as we received them" "
Wavcross Reporter: I'VE have cheering re-
ports from All parts of Southern Georgia and
Florida OF the crop prospects. They are said
90 be excellent, and betOkens great prosperity
for our Southland. One gentleman writes US
from near NaldOsra that the oat crop since the
rsins have set iu are splendid The great need
Of the South is a large provision crop. and the
present prospects indicate it will be made this
year"
D1fs COimfy Gazette: son Monday last
We were shown a curiositv in the way of pet
rifed TOOTH which was picked up near Craw-
1Sd creek last September IL was seven and
hsli inches from the back 10 the front. three
and half across the face, three inches below
the gums, and about two a. owe. The top was
nor .t Ike those OF animals who grind their
t01d. but came up in five sharp rows, which
has led some 70 believe it belonged to some
h-sh eating monster IL is rather small for
the tooth Of a mastOdOn."
Brunswick Advertiser and appeal: 'Our
tovnsman- ROsendO TOrras, besides his other
qualifications, s quite an inventive genius. We
we're shown ~ him this week two drawings
from the Patent Office. the one descriptive Of
new life preserve or raft and the other
new pendulum. scales invented by himself
Both are excellent inventions. aud, to our
mind, the life preserver or raft is especially So
t. is so arranged as TO occupy but little space
when not in use, but when wanted is easily ex-
ee4eu 20 ITS fuil length by turnlrg loose
splral spring which is cOiled In each cylinder
lie raft when extended looks like the ordinary
NE rait which most sreamers carry. Its ad-
falt'gts however are that it can be COM
pressed INTO smaller space when not wanted
ana ls provided with vessels for food and water,
one being in each or the cylinders We trust
-lr I. rras viii realize heavy sales from these
new and useful inventions
Lumpkin correspondent Columbus Enquirer
san; The trial Of JefT Lyles. charged with
tle murder Of another negro some time last
year lasted all day aud after some few hours
" generation the jury found him guilty Of
murder and recommended that he be confined in
sae penlIentiary for life. The next was that Of
Llarie Nicholson. the negro who was lately
IIlesied ~ Columbus and brought down here
"a, week. He was charged with murder 10
sn3oling negro man in the head with mus
Ast loaded with 5uckshOt. The murder was
eommIted April, 1873, and was a
gld booded act The murderer left
.le county the same night Of
vs. Alung and did not return until the summer
u le'2, when he vas arrested at Antioch and
~. ln ii. Indictment was found at the
,'ctooer term, 1873 Charlie stoutly denied
u. the man, and made so good a showing
5a- me court continued his case. In January,
.1'o' ne broke Jail and was not heard from IN
~ tne streets Of Columbus. He tried the same
s-Le yesterday, but the court refused n con-
4s- MS trial occupied most OF Friday
- resulted IN verdict OF guilty with
recommendation"
Marietta Journal: "a white man By the
- gI Ashland n. Cook. who was arrested
.i-5lty IN Dekalb county for stealing some
I'm from Dir Glore in this county, and
.as placed in Jail at this place. has made
~ 5-le1npts in the last few Gays TO commit
ISle When he made his first attempt he
~ companion in his iron cage by the name
- snson Cox told johnson that he in
.s-aed 10 hang himself. johnson replied: 'AI
49, 90 ahead Cook then took his coat and
--L5uel one sleeve around his neck and the
Wet 49, % q bar OF the cage and swung on. He
-F ~ Ialr way Of choking himself to death.
-sTL 49, sonnsou concluded il would be best to
o-9 E nm OF his perilOus position His sec
sic-. 1'-S5npt was when he was in bis cage
fs.-g- ne tore strip from his blanket and
t-tS-eu one end to an iron bar and the other
~ ~ ca and swung on. He did cOnsidera
~ Alii-Allg and this violent process snapped
.-tlAet asunder and he fell to the floor an
ss,-5 ~ lnsensi0le, with eyes prOtruding and
sblu neck Cook is a young white mau
ehty nve years old, and it Is said he is
ri,t,ssst tsttaole family. He is either crazy,
Fa5-Sii pig Icol, or regular sharper. It is be-
81 ll1t ne Is playing part"
~ syClnlous Juno Enquirer Sun: In speaking of
49, 80 s anoog 3, Columbus and Florida Rail-
Ia H., "a ufday morning. we gave the prospects
Tus ~ immediate construction. the country
S-ssusn which it traverses the benefits 10 be
Wbz4- rom Il, and the necessity Of the road
~ ~e may enlarge more fully upon the
arC,t1et - subjects at another tine. there is
h e eL iee- mat Is OF the utmost significance
pr,SL-tEatetion with the road The present
0rsel.lly is that it will be a narrow gauge
-saqge OF three feet The narrow gauge is
trlf - W "a Investment over the broad gauge,
ton ~ !act alone does not prompt the selec-
sysf... We former IL is the same as the
F7ri5 ol roads now being inaugurated ia
Ebv = therefore, one OF the reasons
Al aTt y VIII probably be adopted is that
mas ss~'1n-lVe system OF narrow gauge
Tsiish ere being adopted. extending from
Eesr E asee 70 Gainesville. thence south and
lo-fs ~ Scala, Leesburg Tampa and Char
anofbea ,oor 70 the west coast OF Florida, and
there ~ lf m Gainesville TO Palatks and from
reasc-- 70 Indian river. There are three-fold
nsrro-- WY this road will probably adopt the
snur5s-s- -9se system, 10 addition to what Is
Ton 4 s--eo above. First, the cost OF construc-
Tie brss IN a5 per cent. TO 90 per cent less than
are a. - ~ ssu- e; second, the running expenses
saugs - - - per cent. less; third, the narrow
eessris1. more nearly corresponds with the ne
fuad ~ VI me country than the broad gauge
tpesk -. ~ al these points, however, we will
ton - 81 " a. We merely wished 20 can atten-
tie rosS e q Iact that there Is a probability that
il use the narrow gauge system"