Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-03-02

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--.--~ % shad in the Altamaha. it is said,
..---ssr50d as usuaI this season.
-.-,ss from rust is reported in Washington
--- rh-st fields
7-.r.-.-, is on a regular BOOM The COun-
----. having a market house built. and other
.--.----s are in course Of erection or in con-
temp l-.la-
-.. -4s -euce of DIR. Barnum, in Lumpkin,
.,,-r- FIRE few days ago. The Independent
--..--. that DIT. Gregory mounted the roof
s--,- the outside with a bucket of water held
-..-a-- his teeth. The flames we're quickly
sr-azu shed
rsre-rs- was excited on Thursday by the
.--,s--rs- conduct # several disorderly
----ss rt- resisted arrest and exchanged
.-..sv.-1 rle officers The negroes we're at
Lr--l secured
rrL p. Turner died suddenly at his resi-
-.-.efr Thomas county on Saturday, the S5th.
r- served ss senator from that district in the
1s-..rs-.-s OF -sS and 20, and was one of the
-.r5-fry wbl voted against the impeachment
5sTr-lsurer Beufroe.
Tuesday. G IS R9salie. little daughter Of Mr.
n I Dixon. on Third street, Macon, was reach
rr-rp o. the mantel, her dress caught on fire,
,rf before assistance could be rendered she
s1s bsIIy burned.
Y- Co., sm-lh, Of Johnson county, on Sun
5sy " last week, while walking through his
ssfs. disc v.red two very large hawks. and,
-4.r--.az t8 the house. procu ed some strych-
--4aaI 5ai-sd for them. On Monday he went
ts.yt5 the place whsre he had baited and
fund them both dead One measured four
t--aui eight inches. aud the other four feet
sruch4s from tip to tip.
s-tls meeting Of the ThOmasville Council
rlssi8y a peJirionwas presented from the citi
1s-s asking that the tax on barrOOms be put at
yW The petition was taken under cOnsid
srl-5r blr a compromise was made. The
urbthert1 imposed was doubled, making it
r1ry.T Mr T. o. Thompson, one of the
Aldermen voted that il be fixed at 500 per
r91,l. blt the motion did not receive
aoui
The CRIB and contents on DR.. J. A. DamOur's
farm fsv miles from Macon was otally de-
Erlyzi BIZ fire on Saturday last. The house
est a50u $50 and the contents were valued
aratogr sdJJ The fire was accidental, caused
Iy ydc1lI dropping from a pipe in the mouth
ozone Of the hands.
The Governor has issued the following COM
missions Theodore d. Winn, to be Solicitor
0ttls County Court OF Liberty county; R. A.
Peoples. to be- Judge Of the County Court Of
L5Fli5s county; D A. Ashley. TO be Solicitor
ottde County Court of L0wndes county; r. A
Llve.t. TO be Judge Of The County Court Of
Burke c11aty; W. D. Nottingham. to be Judge
otthe County Court OF Houston county; VIM.
D. Michel 1, TO be Judge OF the County Court
o. Thomas county; ". l. WattersOn, to be
J-iseof the County Court Of Clayton county.
The South Macon town clock, which has been
Silent for four years. has been set in order.
Tie clock was put up in the old matlzet house
cnNulbsrry street by Colonel VIM. B. John
s0ui1 1850. When the market house was torn
-lvnil was put up in the Presbyterian Church
and KEEP. time unsH the erection OF the
lsT court house 1t was then placed in the
nFer Of the South Macon Grammar School.
AmsriCus RecTrer; The ravages of the
ErssIal O are Unprecedented in this section.
Al1 were ir not for good stands and gro Ath Of
grain serious damage might be apprehendsd.
Many farmers are at a loss 30 know Why the
euler blades ot grain have yellow and blasted
appearance. slme attributing it to rust; but
l-e true cause is the depredatiOns OF the fly
no great "a ger however, can come to the
general yield If the crop from this source as
l-eie Is lierty q grain sO@n for the fly and
t-- eellanl OI the country too"
DaAouega correspondence Atlanta COnstl-
.--l9l SIX miles fast OF here, on lot No
L,- Eleventh district, originally Hall, has been
recently discovered a rIch gold lead by Sulli-
van q Adams The lot belongs to Geo. Tubs,
very poor man. Several parties from town
nave 1ren cut to see IN new mine, and
pronounce 10 one Cf il not the very richest
sl1 mine yhey have ever seen. The quartz
y a0lllalt very rich. Also these partiss
lzplil DC % Doe a regular fis ure vein, as its
t--se ls directly across the other gold bear
leads lu The county. Hon. ". II. McAfee,
ho1- A q. Boyd Col r. Ii. Moore and other
.5alllS men are the parties who have visited
MS nine
Aoue Courier, Last Friday morning Lydia
N-slu- an orphan girl, a0Out fifteen years of
s-y yes hVlng with the family or Mr. J.
= 1-A-i, hFe niles in the country. was seated
-e-.fe a sm 40 fir- IN the house drying few
~ "lu-s Ilr the purpose OF making a fan.
---- llls seated her clothing caught fire,
Almost pa a twlukllng she as euvelOped
names There was no one in the house at
- .lr 20 The accident, Dut Mr.. Baker, who
~ p l--1 ear By, heard the girl screaming
l-l % the house. 70 fiud, when reaching
SO -le % te orphan with all her clothes
u-.lrl on and lying PROSTATE on the floor
~ over limbs, aud IN fact her entire body,
gl7 l-aLl uly char d she lived through in
l-.A7tll- uulA sunday morning. Wueu
--at spark N fe left the charred remains" "
Atlanta Constitution "Chief Connolly yes
.S--al received from the Dade county coal
-'a circular descriptive Of two cOnvlcJs
escaped tlertfrom a few days ago, for
fe q F-lre reward S200 had been Of
- L-e ot the COnvicts is a white man
49,. -.-5- = fVd L'rk He is about twenty-fOur
80 1l asf, Is five feet nine inches tail. and
81 --l5l about one hundred and sixty pounds.
5..-1a 51' lisn forehead, sharp chin, and IS
---.-ss- he Is represented as a desperate
r--l 1-4 was serving a twenty years term Tor
r----' lie other convict is a yellow boy
NJ ~ ~ as freeman Clark. lie is twenty years
-sr weighs me hundred and fOrty-ive
So So anu Is five feet ten inches tall. He was
o-z tbl1 bl1l HVe years, aud for his recapture
ssa---5 u q DO lars viii be paid. This Is his
,b--l Aln ladepeHdsnt: IS me time last year
r--- 1lpeare1 IN this county q young white
srT-si-.--el John Tyler, who, after a brief
ds.'---.-aLeer addressed Miss Ardelia Price,
criT1-s lL Dir. John Prrce, an industrious
i-7-.--lt W our county. NJ. Tyler succeeded in
49, lAe Young lady 20 marry him, and.
---l- q license was procured and the
sfr--+ was duly performed. A few months
IerItlL-s IS Dc transpired IN some way that Ty
s1--a,.i e4te. ana, p rhaps, some children. II
LIS l-r section Of this state. The father OF
ss-r-4- --- hearing Of ia fact, drove then
tsr-s ~ from his home. He went 10 Ala
cF-r-. aug, we understand, repeated his
rsr-7s .-u, passing himself of as still single,
$500 E,ilzl Tue third time. and is now living with
Ar5l.isI ~ g I'M a bill for divorce for Mrs.
,r -5ier has been entered"
e,s--t14-l Ae1rS and AdUerffser: 1T is q tough
B-rrs.p p1sse g-rs that tie conductors on the
essl l,t-A 1a.t-A an q Albany Railroad have.often TO
07- GU he negroes that 20 about from
ersrs y mill or turpentine distiiiery 70 anOth-
psss-s lls 44ently the, most numerous OF the
B--luEris On Saturday night en- route TO
s--lsNlcs there were some half a dozen ne
Af5sol On captain CroYatt's train ticketed to
C1isll station. bottle of whisky was cir
stsfi-- freely ln the crowd, and when the
br--'- vas reached one OF the half-drunken
o-s reused % get of saying he would stay
--- NJ g1i his bottle Of liquor, which some
49,. + -ll1l mad stolen. He was elected, how
tB--- all when he reached the ground he
sf0S-la around, whipped out pistol, and fired
B-1l---n CroYatt. A slight change Of position
ffss A-1nus with the shot caused the bullet
tbr1-'glu .or Captain CrOvatt's breast to speed
biz su tne right breast and right sleeve OF
lr.,llll, making four holes. The train was
csr--l run back, and the wOuld-be murderer
UistoIel lie denied being the man, but the
On NJ win one discharged chamber was found
"a P- person. and he was bound and carried
an s@lek- where he bad committal trial,
D. --e enarges against him proven clearly
Vniae brought back TO the jail at Jesup. He
~ --lefgo a Superior Court trial"
be-5s-ec M Telegraph. zone Of the Reatest rob
q ~ nat mas ever come within the visual ken
sr1.i~t lepJrler was perpetrated during the
czFv ~ SIy4fs " OF Yesterday morning at the gro
Tbss ,r ~ Ar K II. Thompson on Fourth street.
tvr1Ie Is next TO CrOckett's foundry, and
IL bsiu OF a broE IN gate access is easy to
his - - yard The thief or thieves entered
Z MI. 5s'l u and gettirg under the house, which
4 sss-i. . ABOUT two feet from the ground, bored
this - ro1l ul holes with an inch auger. and by
Means cot out hole in the door large
Afesu 20 admit mans body.
ed !, getting in the store they seem
an nave made a leisurely inventory
pset y tS9A such a variety as one would ex-
" lna IN the sample case Of grocery