Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-04-24

President.
Gporpia Affairs.
r7,a rryly County NeiCs learns that on Tues
4.rrf,bt last a storm passed across the coun-
--- +b-1uyh Miller county. from west to east,
sb-r- two miles below Colquitt, demOlishing
Gam, houses and fences in its course. A negro
child was kiled near Co'quitt
.-ro horse wagon. with load OF fifteen
t-r4-ef hounds, passed over Aleck Reagan's
r.,rs s,r. in Covington. the other day. Besides
F--ssss there was no other injury done to the
el5
srew steamer is to be put upon the Chatta-
-,-ebae river atlCoIumbus. 1t will be $50 feet
t,rrsrd zi feet across the beam, and viii be
,-rfrrai partly with the machinery OF the
srrsea steamer Gunby Jordan.
r-+r- son OF Mr. Andrew Henderson, OF
rrp-r-. was bitten by a rattlesuake last Sun
9,v week. An application of sunpowder and
ts-1--n. oil was made, which relieved him i'm
meiiats'y.
THE GEORGIA Medical Society, after al urn
i,- vent on an excursion over the Georgia
pseiec Road. a out ten miles west Of Atlanta
arruzta is delighted with the electric light.
ss,-rsr exhibition viii be given on Broad
street soon
,r--r. dsugr ter Of AIr. N. H WOoddall OF
Fsf-ruru. fill cut Of a doorway last week and
br5ke her arm
tf~H-eHs~ indicator: Jake Faver, col
o-s4 fve4 with Wr Morris Crouch in the Mid
fs Nrrt District near Flat Shoals Bob Mar
fi- al.0 c0ioref. lived in the same neighbOr-
t-07 upnH the plantation OF Mr.. Reuben c
Stroller An unpleasantness has existen oe-
trser the two men for some time, on account
az rar0-tad remarks made by Bob respecting
Jases wife Last Friday the parties met near
Wr strdzier's snd hard words led TO blows,
vha1 Jak struck Bob with STICK and Bob
Stabbed Jake On the heart with a knife. A
c0muirrsl OF isl was held lsst Monday at Jones'
V7is and rhe killer was turned loose upon the
ground that he c-ed in self-defense."
au4-icus Recorder: 'The profits OF sheep
rs-n- in a small way are illustrated bv Mr..
M Howell. who has a fl ok OF nine sheep.
uhch th s year had nine lambs, end OF Of
which Do sb arcd forty-fOur pounds Of wool,
flr whic1 he got 27lS cents per pound So that
ouar i-v-stmaut Of sl3 50 he makes profit
ofsI sf flr WOOL and has doubled his flock
Asf1-t e. cost Of keeping. it is simOly moth
frz they living Of the pickings Of farm
Tfera i- no farm buE Whist can carry without
extra cost from y 10 100 sheep, and our farm
ars will find IL profitable, for the wool will
bring them the money at time when they
most need m ney, while by having few in
good condition they can always have the most
wholesome meat at comparatively no cost"
Atlanta Constitution: Mrs Cherry lives at
20 NcAfee street FOR several nights past she
his hae annoyed by a scratching sound under
tie fl0r but until LAST night was at a loss to
know what ir meant Shortly after sTk. as
sa- was 81 ting in her room with only some
snail children with her, this peculiar noise
vas azsin heard. By ard by Mrs Cherry
u-ucei the carpft raise in the centr~ Of her
r-om anl this with the noise so frightened
hsr that 'he called in aneighbor, to whom she
td ail and by whom an inves tgation was
MADE. Wbi ,h ended in escertaining that four
aug-r holes had been bored through tne floor
aaspace apart wide enough to admit Of a
man'- body after the pieces bored had been
aEei through"
Harg County Weekly: a novel sight was
uitressei here Inst w, neSday. Capt W B
Johnson. of Atlanta. has been Masking a tour
o. Hiide GeOrgia in the interest Of his firm,
f1rtUO weeks past, travelling exclusively on
bareback. On Wednesday OF last week he
kt- R0wd1n. Ga, and when about one mile
from town he observed a hog following close
upou the eels OF his hOrse--a position that ras
+ maiufained thrOrg ghout the whole day. Since
then be has Travelled one hundred and seveEty-
thrpe miles visiting successfully the towns of
fn1kiE COrinth. HOgansYille. Lutherville,
Gfeeuv.e Flat Shoals. The Rock. BarneSvile.
Miner Griffin McDonOugh and Hamptan, and
he hog has been his constant cOmpsEiOn dur
rEtle entire trip. There appears to be a
both"
Atlanta P0sf-AupeaI: THE night before last
absHd lf robbers entered the house Of W. F.
Derar1, No Warner avenue and took a
double case silver watch and $40 in morey
from TOck-tbOok. leaving the Docketbook
where they found it after emptying II Of it's
contents They also en. cred Mrs Flynn's resi-
dence at the corner Of Martin and Pettis
sfetts, and got a silver watch gold chain, and
some money ~ arrra NIGHT thay afnfa
rom The house OF hsckmaD namei Beckto. s
warner avenue, a sum Of money. The houses
q several lored people ia the same neighbOr-
ho1d We're entered and valuable articles
stolen The gang ATTEMPTED TO enter Mr.. Den
afls house again last night, but q ere pre-
t-rt-d About two weeks ego several houses
.4 me same vicinity were burglarized. among
tl-ll me boarding hruSe OF Mrs Smith, from
Ehicl four watches belonging to her bOarders
were solen. It is thought there is a regular
organized gang OF burglars making these bold
Rome Bulletin, 20fh: Yesterday morning
5-e Iac. Thar a grain firm under the name Of
S-oa & Mc5hee has been running for some
lne was made known and no sooner had the
I5perL gotten out than their doors were
S'erl, tnev being inside This IS the way
-lilsS have been working: For some time
gis- Henry McGhes has been at work for G pt
!. A. Bale and Henry Cook has been hanging
Slolnd Bales wagon yard By some means
~ Bale corn has been diminishing, and not
sll-rrs jim Brown and Marion Byers were 90
Ls up hr0ad street. they saw one OF the
sLala grab1ers' lust in front OF Hamilt0n'S
Soy with sack of corn on his
e-l4d-r, and susDecting something
wong made Inquiries as 70 who the par les
49, as1 where the corn came from Being
lzllee-'F satisfied that il was stolen. they ar
$50 o.In Cook and Mcs3hee and lOcke1
.L .-eL lh Upon inquiry the officers learned
:, az ~ lleSe two parti had sold some sack corn
y "Is1t % B van, e b Y aRSy. MI Davis
-e1lg Hamilton and others These facts we're
- --.ls AloWn 90 Mr Bale. who saws according
= -c-lal couut he is minus about fifteen sacks
zS-ll- lue prisoners were before Mayor
-1 Ar>ler0aT evening CHARGED with lar
Ss--{; Lney waived trial, and in default Of
uonl each we're sent to jail So Bradstreet
~ ~ frport Messrs Cook & McGhee as having
----1l % DO their stealing successfully"
~ sycross REPORTER. I'VE give beloS per
-, -, statement OF the capitol employed tributa-
~, ~ " eycrOss in the mill, lumber and turpen-
S1- 5l,l' = ess VIZ; RepDard & Walter, $3.50
heppLrd & Walter (CIiuch county mill
S.ll--, Ssl3-5,l ad q Co. $4,000; " F. Bailey & Co,
Ss,,S5 tIe'er 1li Is, $4,000; AIhertson Bros
equal 70 $4,000. 10 addition
s-,,nle me above there are several
,sssiesats say 10000. or a to
- -stfFgata of S70l011 In addition to the
SSIy,I S'- O. safe 70 say that capital OF between
ir---,=l1n. ln. e5lO 0uOts employ ed In the various
t5C rs, ich. together with the mill In
49,, a<sfeg gates at least one million dollars
T--5t employed, which has paid q net divi-
n = ~ uol less than fifty per cent per annum
sce .-e capital invested. When we take into
Ts--At the vast increased value OF real estate
saeti ~ the past two years in this
Al IL VIII not be astonishing at
hsv. 5 ~ me mill and turpenune men
4 orb --vN9 so opuient Remember thai this Is
49,. 49, Z partial statement OF actual facts The
y ~ - oI labor alone for carrying on this
Il er-r,-LA - Is equal. per aDnum. 70 the capital
.eu' Nnlen viii serve to give you an idea
Cir---i allouhf or actual cash that is put into
'.i9n mere each month There Is per
49, ~ DETER point ia Southern Georgia nor
t-sf-g1 20 We know OF one so good or so cen
ress' sliu4,ed for large distributing busi-
a. fvb-r-~l br~l - provisions. prOVender. etc etc,
rlereb -,.-i,-, prices 10 consumers aud country
s1 Ieqs SIC 1 Recorder, 2ist: The Georgia Bap-
maj - - convention met in the sixtieth an
&C., Srasi1n, In this city, on Thursday. at II
rrzs,ts az which time Rev. r H Harris
foT -l - the convention sermon. The conven-
N,5se.a.s called to order BY Rev p h Nell
G Ds-ll--'i-f Wno appointed W. A Overton, d.
II 49, T. u. Campbell, ]. II Cawood and E
4 io1rD-S s en Commtt-ee On Credentials. Ad-
f sfte~r--.O ~ 2. N. In the afternoon session,
ginis F'a4t 4tf Oy Rev. H Hatcher. Of the Vir-
Il Crs5s..C ConVentiOn. the Committee on
a pe mas submitted their report. A
q b. f6e ~ organization was Effected
Il N unanimous election OF DR.. p H Nell as
Rev Is LOT, Rev g. Mccall as Clerk. and
or5e- -. Narswel as Assistant Clerk. The
ed p BUSINESS or former convention adopt
C5u--I' ~ rs W bus sey = the Ame-icus Baptist
II arrs sltered an address OfweicOme to those
sppoirt.'s1u su-e upon the convention. The chair
i Rev = a. as the Committees on Preaching
q Er-l-o q " B1lssry. Dr. q COorer CoI = II
# q ~ rev. Y Wilkinson w II START 9