Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-03-25
RegiEtsTed at the Post Oftiee tn Sc.
vaDual1 "a second Glass Matter
GenrgIa Affairs.

The residence Of Mrs. A. J. Howell, one-halfl
mile from Duluth, was consumed by fire onl
Wednesday, with all that was in it. Loss about
1900: small insurance.
Henry Adams, farmer, ffty-four years old,
living near DahlOnega, after eating dinner as
usual on Monday. returned to his work in the
eald. when soon he was stricken down and was
acorpse in an hour thereafter and from apo
ple1y it Is supposed
one hundred feet Of the bridge over Turkey
Creek. in Laurens county. was swept away by
a recent flood. A negro plunged into the
stream to save piece of timber. aud being
r 10 swim narrowly escaped drowning
W. H. Edwards. white man. and Doctor
Martin. coIored, charged with murder andI
burglary respectively, escaped recently from
the Reidsville jail
BebleT Johnson and Walter Evans. two
vouuy negroes. became involved in a difleultv
In Houston county few days ago, in which
the latter struck the former with piece of
iron. iufictiug wound from which he died on
Thursday.
Up to Monday last there had been shipped
from tie town Of Hawkinsvilie by railroad
fifteen thousand two hundred and ninetF five
bsles Of cotton, against eighteen thousand two
hundred bales for the same time last year. The
figures show a falling OF Of two thousand nine
hundred and five bales. Probably thousand
bales or more were shipped by boat
W s Maury who lives about two miles be
low Buford, in Randolph county. lost his dwell
ing and smoke house. with all his provisions
bvfre on last Sunday. Mr. Maury had been
to church. and on returning home found his
house in flames. II is thought to be the work
Of an tncendiary to cover up robbery.
The Richmond and Danville Railroad au
thorities have secured enough steel rails toI
equip, in addition to what has already BEEN
laid. one hundred miles OF the Atlanta and
Charlotte division Of this line. This will make
about one hundred and seventy-five miles of
steel track. and viii place the road upon an
equal footing with any line in the South
On Friday morning last, about O'Clock. Al
duh. heavy sound wGs heard in Cuthbert, and
a runner to town soon disclosed the fact that
the boiler Of Mr.. Jas. A. Fosters steam saw
mill had burst In the explosion Mr.. Fellows,
the fireman, was badly hurt, aud has since
died. The whole shelter overhead was knocked
down. Mr.. Fosters loss wilt be about s., 500
Rome Courier: Joe Ray, negro man vho
lives down on the COosa river about four miles
from the city. became angry with his wife on
Monday afternoon and dealt her feerful blow
on the head with piece or plank. At first 1t
was not thought the blow would result serious
w. but it appears the woman has been growing
worse ever since it was inflicted. Rays father
removed her tO HE own hOu yesterday, and
we learn that she is very low and hardly exI
pected to live. Ray has not left his home yet
He has been regarded as possessing a character
above The average Of his race. The matter
should be looked into Immediately"
Rome BttIetfa. 23i: Yesterday morning q
marty of men, women and children. numbering
about fifty souls. from the neighbOrhood of
CedartOwn PO K county. took the cars on the
Rome Railroad on their way to Colorado,
Their tickets were bought to AlamOsa. town
in the southern part OF the State These peO-
Die are quite intelligent lO6king, most of them
were dressed comfortably, and bOrs with them
A Fair Quantity of baggago. This exodus ia OF
the results OF the teachings OF the Mormon
elder Morgan. who passed through the section
from which these people came some time slece
1t Is said upon their srFiTal at their destination
e. AlamOsa, land viii be furnished them
cheaDly, and the Mormon Chgreh Will provide
such Of them as are needy with provisions,
stock, tools. etc, with which to make crop.
and 20 help them on generally
DaiSan Citi-en: Saturday evening, about
dusk voE1g man OF rather prepossessing an
pearance went u Q the residence OF Rev J. w
Lee. pastor or the Metnodlst enuTen. 1 anu an
representing himself to DC the son OF Rev. Mr.
Simmons formerly Of Atlanta, and nephew OF
Rev. ". A Simmons, formerly or the North
Georgia Conference also brother-intaW o.
H.
bridge. asked II he might stay over night, be
ing embarrassed peeuniarily. Dir. Lee OF
course invited him in, taking It for grented
tfst he was all he claimed to be; but what was
bis astoDs~hment the next morning TO rod that
his guest OF the night had taken ,trench
leave and with him all the money Nj Lee
had in his pockets and most OF ., MIS- Lee :
1sWelry The young man Is about q years or
age five feet high, WearS RED craVat anu
gray coat. and because or his tamly connec7
tons seeks out preachers as victims gets into
their hospitality. and then steals Whatever
valuables he can lay his hands on
Dalton Citizen: Two men who live in the
northern part Of Gilmer County, near the
G0hutts range, made startling olscoVery a
teT DAYS ago. they hao eiaSeu = vei s ~
ing fOx to his covert, Vhieu SroYea 70 De an
immense hollow tree trunk, charred ss,11 niaek-
ened by forest fires. It was comparatively bus,
q huge stump, being not more than twenty feet
high. evidently having been snapped in tW ain
by some fierce hurricane which had swept that
Esy. The WHY r0bber of the hennery had en-
tered a small aperture near the base OF the
tree and ell efforts at smoking him out had
proved futile A. last resort one Of them
suggested barring the fO<'S mode Of entrance
And then Telling the old tree. which, owing to
It's aged and oecas ed condition, would be an
easy TASK. This plan was adopted. and a Few
vigorous strokes OF their axes sent the old
shell crashing to the earth. ana Reynard in
endeavOrTng to make his escape. was sunni a.
rly dispatched zifh an axe AS they were pre-
pairing TO take their departure, one or the men
discerued something white cleaning IN the Old
hollow stump, and. upon examinat'cn, was
horrifled 70 behold the bieached bones OF q dis
membered human skeleton. The men were
considerably started by their strange dlscOv-
cry, and, on closer inspection, powder norm
and bullet pouch were brought to light, to-
gether with few mouliering articles OF RAJ
meut. but nothing else was fOupd that would
identify as 70 who the person had been. Many
c0nlectures have been made as 70 now the
skeleton came and how long it had repos 10
tais stFsnge mausoleum, the affair being pro-
found mystery
Athens h}GnseT- TFafchmanl "a few issues
snce We mentioned the discovery OF some
valuable stones in this and Oconee counties
since that time we have examined some beau
liul 1eWelry that Mr. r. X. Reaves had made
70 New York and set with stones picked up
near Athens We were also shown some
EQ1sh specimens found on place owned bYl
~. keaTes which he viii have cut and polish
ca To the eye they look like the common
Sllslals and pebbles so common IN this part or
ne state, and for years were looked upon byl
glr farmers as an impediment IA the way OF
tAe ploW- Little did they know that these
rucss had value far exceeding the cops
grown On the soil and that these crys
"a mines will some day be eagerly
ssolght after by capitalists as new held
10 Investment. Among she valuable stones
Alfea1y found in the near vicinity OF Atne ns
We VIII mention first a brilliant gem tfi6t Nortl3
en- experts pronounce the nearest oiamSn1
" any substance yet discovered Ihey also
aHlrIn that no stone has ever been 1qund 70
E4lal tnts in brilliancy, it SURPRISING even the
2fazii.sn pebble. M Reaves says il took him
----7 tlie % convince the jewelers. NnAt NJ hdu
~ Drought then piece Of glass These
s-1les SarF In slze from Pea to as large as a
nan Ess, and are thought 70 lisTe nigh com
--eig.l value. a. they retain polish ana
sparkle In the darkness There are vast And
lleThausthle mines OF this crystal, and Il is
saal % De UNUSUALLY abundant in OcoRee. Next
n lLe list comes the emerald, which is small
-e,A SA stone, about ths size and shape OF pea.
@--oug1 larger specimens are some
sS fcund Then we viii add the
T,I 10y 81, topaz, and q beautiful crystal,
- - YET defined. streaileG Vitn all the
SQfs OF the rainbow. Besides these are gems
81 So Clearly defined clouds floating within
- also OF every shade and hue There
- Goubt about the value OF these stones.
We before stated, New York jewellers VINO
s-se tested and worked them pronounce them
sens OF rare worth and express surprise that
- people have so long ignored them, using
more inferior settings for 1ewelry, when
nave right under our feet treasures that
S.e1 Kings guight envy. TIE diamond IS also
-. St.letmes found IN this section, but they viii
~. pay the sesrcher as yell as the more ao1n1
TN-tl mines OF crystal This matter "iH p
.io--el 1p and a Commercial value given tnene
49,, 1hey can be used for many purposes,
uorissI Il % uo!l bless take the pl ce OF the inn
- sooos now flooding the market
Human Suffering Relieved.
intensely severe headaches. constfpstioul