Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-01-04
EReefstered II tbe Post Omce IN sa-
vannah as second Glass Matter.
Gaorgia Affairs.


strangers 20 that section, ard the Tim"s learns
that they lived at Siost's MIL in Ciinch county.
higgins is Ga Jail in ValdOsta az present.
The EuIg County " Irs learns that two ne
gro chil Jren were burnt TO death on the Salter
place fu that county one night last week As
usual in such cases. the parents had locked
their ch ldrea in the house and gone of visit
ing or froHcking. and returned to end both
house and children consumed by the flames.
The Jackson HerGlf got ont a whole sheet
during Chris ms week It did this this year
because f. regards rh= oil practice Of takiog
holiday for 2 week bec use Christmas day
happens to fall somewhere within the week
old f1gyish. This loOls like progress, and
wec1mmeud our contemporary on its enter
prise.
The Toccoa Ne1cs learns from a party Just
returned from Eberton that Judge Alfred
Oliver. an es Unable and prominent citizen OF
EIbert county. was seriously i-jured on Satur-
day last by a Mr. Almond A difh sulty oriRi-
mated between the parties because Mr. Al nOnd
was hunting on the lands Of Judge Oliver con-
trs w 70 the wishes Of tie latter, and during
the alteration NJ. Almond struck Judge
Oliver with his gun, inhicting injuries that
may result fatally.
A few days ago, as the passenger train from
Macon was approaching the depot in Columbus,
a stone was thrown through the window OF a
passenger coach, and came very near striEing
httie gid Fortunately the conductor saw
the person wh1 threw il, a negro woman, who
endeavored after committing the act to make
her escape She was pursued and finally
caught, and now lies in the Columbus guard
house. She turned out to be a thief by the
name Of Josephine Thomas, and she will be
likely to learn. before the courts get through
with her, thst she can neither steal nor try and
kill passengers in railway trains with impu-
nifty
Alb ny is progressing city-wards Two
shows are announced there for thesame night.
With the last issue Of the Griffin NeiCs Mr.
A. Niles took his leave Of the editorial chair
and the management Of that paper Mr. Doug
lass Glessner. late Of tbs Hancock Courier, or
Findlay, Ohio, has purchased the NelUs, and as
he has capital, eLerry and brains proposes to
make the paper better than ever.
A large number of our State exchanges are
drawing siyhs Of genuine relief because 1881
has passed avay and Mother Shipton's prophe-
cies are still uufulalled.
According to the Grifin Ne1rs. a gentleman
Of that city killed a whole covey Of partridges
last Friday. and Immediately started of to
Atlanta ~ hunt no Colonel MarcelIus E
The Albany ar,esian well is three hundred
and twenty feet deep. and no water yet.
Says the Griffin Nelrs. "Our reporter is au-
thoriz q. from good authority, To say that
lady by the name OF hrs Caroline Ray for
merry OF Upson county, passed through Griffin
last week en- route TO Texas, " no is now Just
IhirtY-tWO ears OF aga, aud is the her Of
thirteen children two Of whom are married
II Uus1u IS not entitled To the premium, we
would hss to hear from the next"
''We met" ssys the ToccOa NeICs, Judge
". +. Bowers, President OF the Carne~ville
Railroad, in TOccoa a few days ago, and, in
the course Of talk with him, asked II he
would nuild the Gainesville Railroad, He re-
pliei: Yes. am going To build it. may have
to go slow for lack OF abundant means. but L
feel conf ient I can nuiid r. and intend doing
it. even though should have TO construct it on
a cheaper plan than desirc 3 And what Judge
Bowers says he will do, he rarely fails 70 do"
The Jackson Herald reports row in
Clarkeslor1 district, Jefferson county. as fol
lows 'Clarkes7Oro Cistrict has been for sew
erat mouths past enjoying quite favorable
repu alton for subriety. etc. but since the
advent uf the wholesale liquor huu- within
her territory the devil has commenced hrs
work again On last saturday a Mr- Carroll.
OF thar district l0a led himself up with liquid
lightning at Bill Spence. = harrOCm- and pro-
ceeded % whip cut the crowd After having
two or three fights his friends got him on
home, but he was not at all satisfied with the
DAYS work, so he armed himself with
a r.z1r and returned - the grocery
be rot into a difficulty with Mr. Ed.
Arnold They pitched IN to cutting at each
other with the following resu Z: IT Arnold
got gtsh across the stomach eight inches
lOng AMI ore acr - the thish- Mr.. Carroll re
ceived several cuts in the back aud OF mis-
shoulders From what We can learn, Mr..
Carroll il the most dangerously hurt.
dOuh5s are entertained of MS recovery. IL Is
but isice N all the parties 10 state thai there
are different runOrS about the occasion Of the
row. and we Rave trie TO get the .mOS- inn
uartisl acc suns of the matter thai was posi-
ble fr m cur me. gre source n Information "
"On Christmas eve uirht.'i saws the Gaines
willie EGlle. when most Of the people were
engag. d in ANTICIPATING the happy times of
the morrow. or rafpel in elu Der. some
Others were engage tn the burglarizing Of the
Airline .eplL more daring robbery ms
rarely ever been perpetrated young man.
Willie hOltn. was Siteping IN the telegraph
a. office VIII ch Is o-l- 4lss,"ed frC m the AGENTS
private fl - bY thin plank partition. Not
withstan lag this, the thieves broke Open the
door Of the private office. rolled the safe out
on the platform. and deliberately broke It
open. scattering the p1pers IN every direction
and securing about $3.50 in money. They
dropped one express package OF 500, or she
loss would have been just tlat mich greater.
The young man who slept in the Office
SAYS he heard nothing OF the burglary. II
must have been very qniet piece or work
Cf that character. The rObDers we're evident v
persons well acQu iutAd with the premises and
doubt ess expec ed much larger booty than
they got Onls the day nefor- Mr.. Johnson
had seut Off several thousand dollars, and IT Is
presumed that the superstition that thi- amount
was Go the sac was what prompted the rob
- berry. Ir was indeed fortunate for Mr. john
2 soE that there vas TO TOre in the Office. The
safe was small ami inferior one aud the rob
bers had li5Je difi .ulty in breaking into II
after thes got il out on the PLATFORM There IS
no C ue as yet to the perpetrators OF the deed.
but sincerely hope that just &C may over
take them. 81 e have doubt il will. Mr..
johnson has the sympathy Cf the entire com
mnnitV IN the loss. which viii doubtless fail on
him Individually"
On Friday nj ht last a serious difficulty oc-
CURED in Gainesville between two young men
named Gibson. young man named Gilstra2,
ami Mr. Jno. B. N eTTitf, a citizen Of Hall county,
in which the latter came mar losing his life.
The Gainesville EIgle give< the following par-
ti-Ulars of the affair; We have heard half
dozen different st0- les about IL but the version
mos generally creditea is that Fhe young men
gOr into row in town during the aft ruoOn
with a c0lored man who l. in Mr.. Merritt's EN-
plov a his mill Mr. Merritt took the Eegro's
part and Ould not sIlow the men 10 interfere
with him. and The fuss was stopped. Subse-
auently as r Merritt aud he negro were On
their way hone, the row was renewed at the
Last Chznce' barrOOm. ana a general fight
euslIed in which Mr. Merritt received perhaps
not less thau dozen more or less
severe wounds from a knife IL the hands
Of one OF the GibsOus. and q pair OF
brass kuucks ard q club in me hands OF
the other men DIS. Bailey and Ham were
sent for and attended 20 the wounds OF the
suffering man. There Is one wound in the
right lung and another extending eimost half
around the body on the left side, besides nu-
merous VI unds in the face and other parts OF
the b0iy. We have not seen Mr.. Merritt, but
are informed that his face fearfully gaSbed.
and that one ey G is perhaps badly in1ufe ed. one
Of the Gibs0us and Giistrap have been arrest
ed and lodged I'm jail. but the other Gibson, the
one who is said 10 have used the knife with
such fearful effect, IS still Il large.
The Marshal and fherins have been
unremittng in their ehOr-s to ef-
fec his capture and we sincerely hope they
may yet succeed in bringing him TO Justice.
The knife used was fearful weapon, being
what is known as q 'hRwkbiir Enife. and it was
haudled Is hough the man VINO used it intend
ed 70 murder his victim. The next morning
Mr. Merritt was removed 10 his fathers resi-
dence in this city where ne is at present We
are glad 10 know that e. this writing he is doing
well. and is in fair way for recovery. IL Is
hardly necessary to say that the attacking
- party were all IN liquor, AMI that but Tor this
We would have perhaps never had the sad duty
Of chrOnicling this outrageous sff4ir. Com
ment is superfiu Jus" "
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