Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-03-03

singing school, and while standing with her
back TO the fire. her clothes caught on fire and
were In light blaze before discovered. Mr..
u. w Hires being present. Immediately flew
70 her relief, and got his left hand badly burn
ed The IRE covered the outer clothes of Flor
ence and almost burned them or She had
long hair and it was hanging loose. and was
burned so badly it had to be cut of. Her
mother and older sister being in the kitchen
and hearing her screams ran to learn the
cause, Florence at the same time flew to meet
them, and as they met at the water bucket it
was soon emptied upon her and the flames ex-
tiuguished at once. Florence only receiving a
light burn on her hand"
Americus Republican, ION Saturday night.
18th ult., DR.. A j. Easom and his wife living
in schley county. were awakened by loud
roaring noise, which they discovered proceed
ed from their burning smoke house which was
soon entirely consumed The doctor saws he
lost ssven or eight hundred pounds of good
cured meat quantity of lard. meal. two sacks
OF flour. and ali his syrup, potatoes etc be-
sI1es ms hen house with number Of chickens
AFTER the nre, II was discovered from a hole
dug under the side of the house that it had
been robbed and then fired Track of feet
we're found and followed to the house Of Jesse
Porter. negro. search warrant was pro-
cured and the house searched, the product of
which was tao shoulders, one ham and some
Il our. Jesse Porter, on seeing the bailiff
Jumped from window and left, and has not
been arrested We learn that the citizens in
the neighborhood viii give liberal reward for
his arrest
Atlanta Post-AppeaI: mot many weeks
since lady came 70 Atlanta and registered at
one Of the hotels from Columbus. Before she
had been here a great while it is said that she
got on very intimate terms with a colored
porter at the hotel, and he being married
man. the green eyed monster seized hold Of his
wife and threatened to raise the mischief in
the family. AS time wore on matters began to
assume more suspicious phase. The lady
seemed to he infatuated with the crlored man
How the affair was kept secret is a profound
mystery. But such things cannot remain for
ever hidden from a reporters prying and in-
quisitive mind and ow it leaks out that about
two weeks ago two tickets TO Cincinnati were
purf hased ami on these tickets the aforesaid
lady and colOred porter took their leave Of
Atlanta. The presumption is that the couple
contemplated marriage, but knowing that the
laws of Georgia positively prohibit intermar-
riage between white and colOred persons. they
determined to go where the laws on this SUB
ject are less stringent. At any rate their be-
haviOr indicated such purpose, and they have
not been heard from since leaving the city,
Atlanta PoSt-Appedl. 1st: "a pretty heavy
gale Of wind struck the city yesterday evening
about 4 o'clock. " ich although of short dura-
tiOn, was sufficiently severe to cause consider
able alarm among our citizens especially the
ladies' ana children. and those Of our brave men
who feel that thev are not ready to leave this
mundane sphere just yet. But beyond blow
ing down fences. shade trees, opening gates
making ribbons of a few awnings, capSizng
one or two old rickety cabins and outbaildings
and smashing few paneS of glass in the can
itol. the storm did but little damage and no.
body was hurt. though number were badly
frightened. About half past o'clock the rat
Ting of furious hail storm AGAINST the win
dOws attracted the attention OF our citizens
In some parts OF rhe city window panes AMI
blinds were broken, and the driving winds
damaged fences to some extent. In the first
ward building in which a colOred woman
lived was blown down. its OCCUPANT receiving
/ several severe bruises. Another honse on
Haynes street was lifted from its foundation,
but did not fall to pieces. The door of Evans
chanel blown off its hinges and a
quantity or fencing was prostrated" -"
Rome Courier: For several months after
| Col. c. NJ Pennington became the lessee of
| Etna Iron Works, twenty miles below this city
| he and his General Superintendent, Mr. John
| f. Suillwell. were greatly annOved by men who
came over the line from Alabama and secretly
| sold to the furnace operatives contraband
/ whisky. About twelve months ago some of
| these men were arrested and bound over by
United states Commissioner The arrests, to-
| gether with a stringent rule which was adopt
/ ed by the Superintendent, had a good
effect in stopping the sale of whisky
near the furnace. Last Saturday night
/ some one walked the Superintendent
/ and informed him that the moonshiners were
| selling whisky to the negroes. and that they
/ were IN a field about three hundred yards back
/ of his house. Mr.. Stillwell at once armed him
/ self. and. in company with William Sparks and
/ John Duke, who were also armed, started in
| the direction Of the outlaws They walked up
! to within thirty yards OF the whisky men, who
/ had around them several negroes OF the fur
/ mace, before discovering them Mr. Sullwell
/ called out: Every man of you stay right where
| YOU are or the first one moves will be shot.
| The negroes recognized their Superinten-
dents voice, and to a man they sprawled
| themselves on he ground The Moneys. three
or four in number, broke to run. One of them,
| Just as he was crossing a feuce. turned and
/ fred at NJ Duke. one small shot taking effect
| in his left arm. Tuis shot was q signal for the
| pursuers to begin, and for few moments
| Ihings sounded ike a small sized skirmish In
| that neighoorhOod. Unfortunately none OF the
| whisky men were captured, but it has since
/ been learned that one of them received an
/ ugly gun shot wound in the leg. The next day
| after the affair one of the men was traced
some distance by blood. and it is presumed he
was the one who received the wound in the
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