Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-02-13
feefsrered ct the Post Omee In Sa-
rann-h as second Glass Matter.
Eanrria Affairs.

r,.=rvteriln chur, at Brunswick on Thurs
4.~ The Goth day Of March. The convocation
will consist OF the pastors and one ruling elder
r---- sseh church in the Presbytery- There
y.rH- about twenty five delegates present.
aU-.re son Of Mr.. John Smith, of La Grange,
fr 4r.lsavoring to climb pile OF logs, pulled
The tau one down, and it rolled over his body
l--rlisinr his face. breaking his collar bone and
i-ft-ir- Lis breast and spine. His injuries are
mt te,essariIy fatal, but painful and disabling.
Tine re.idence OF Captain J. l. Todd, in Rome,
was entered by burglars one night last week,
81. carried OF all his provisions
v- r. d. Irvine calculates that $500 would
r.~.- the expense Of premiums for exhibits at
.r. .r--posei art exhibition at Macon, as well
--rH- fnsurlu~e upon exhibits, salaries of on
-.-s and attendants gas and other incidentals-
T--r..t this outlay an attendance Of six hun
5-af ard forty persons per day, for twenty five
flys. at fifty cents apiece for admission,
would De required
Tie state Agricultural Society meets in Au-
r1.ra tomorrow and vii sit three days.
Elaborate preparations have been made for
tl reception Of delegates.
Ta. barn Of T. s. Baisden, in schley county,
WAS destroyed by fire few nights ego. The
harm contsiued 11OC0 pounds Of fodder. 400
bushels OF cotton seed. some corn, and buggy
b=.5u-inr to 1Ir. Livingstone. The loss is
estimated at ei ght hundred dollars, and there
was reinsurance.
& new fire engine for Vigilance Company
80 2. OF Americus, has Just been cOmPeted
90 waterbury, Conn.
A c1I1red child was smothered to death
Few nights ago in Griffin
Nicholas Jones and Jack Dennis. Of Telfair
r7gu-y. escaped from the Eastman jail on
Monday last
Alta, daughter Of ". Il. Harden, Of Fort
Gaines. made a narrow escape from horrible
death few days ago. Passing near the fire,
her clothing became fgnited. but by the prompt
action OF her mother. whose hands were Sc
verey burned, the little girl escaped with slight
Injuries.
Hon. Juriah Casey. who had been for some
tiu- past Judge Of the County Court of Nc
DI1e county, died in Thomson on Friday
Judge Casey was thirty-four years Of age, and
1ls prominent in his section.
Macon, too. is figuring on the cost Of a paid
fire department, and estimates are the order
Of the day.
In these columns, in Saturdays issue, the
Uoy who was detected in robbing the mails in
BuII0ch county, was spoken Of as the ''cOlored
boy johnson Colts" "Colored' should have
read orphan"
& horrible story comes from Hancock cOSpty
To- the effect that a negro woman brought to
Sparta half Of the trunk of negro infant. The
missing half had been devoured by dog.
The Bainbridge Democrat states that Mary
Lambert, one Of the wi. nesses in the Williams
BracEatt murder case, was arrested Saturday
u.ghs az She was about to board the steamer
R-h-ccl Everingham. and lodged in Jail.
Webb. another witness, disappeared some time
ago.
A bold theft was peEpetrated at Weinmeis-
ter's Hotel, on Forsyth street, near the custom
house, in Atlanta, Thursday evening. There
are two handsome cigar show eases in the
rrsce. one in the saloon and the other in the
office, but both easily accessible from the
street. About nine o'clock some thief entered
Che Office CoOr and removed the case. with its
coutan-s. The next morning the stolen goods
were found az the corner CT Spring and James
streets, the cigars untouched, except by the
rliu. which had completely ruined them.
Tie Brunswick AdUertiser aud appeal learns
from Superintendent Dixon that the road run
ming from Waycross to RepQard 8 Walters
u-e mill is now completed very nearly to the
mill site. aud two car loads OF improved ma
caiuery are now on hand ready to be put in
position as soon As the balance Of the road is
completed. He hopes TO have the mill running
in about ninety days.
Athens WafcbtCan: "Work viii begin on tie
extension OF the Georgia Railroad In this city
ar Cuee the agent ar Cur depot already having
received blank pay rolls for the hands. We
learn thlt grading viii begin about a mi back
from the depot. when a decline will be struck
that Eil enable the road TO cross the OoOnee
on a low trestle and a short bridge.
Sparta Times aud PlGRfer: From private
Information We learn that TappaD, Bro & Co,
c- White Plains. have made an assignment
Their li bi ities are S35NUl The immediate
of $. r. Coleman & Co. OF Macon, to extend
paper 20 the amount OF : .o9J- The assets OF
tl- firm 6-e unknown. Some say they viii
l.r la able 70 pay ten cents on the dollar"
S-d-viI'e Enterprise: Last Sunday there
were rw0 little n-gr es in neg -o house on Dir
~. j. H8rIey's place by themselves. and from
some cau-e the house took fire and burned
cQau 0Ee OF the children m lde its escape,
hu- the Other pPrished in the flames. The fire
Has under hradWay when discovered. render
iuzaaV assistance TO the little sufferer within
utterly imp0ssi ible. and the building burned
down before the remains could be removed
SFerai other buildings stood near BY, but all
escaped d8msge"
Glrnueff Herald: "Hines Holt, young man
living iu R0cknfidge district. accidental ly shot
himself some time since He was out hunting !
IL luits with double barrel shotgun He OF |
tL ne barrel and jumped Oh a stump 70 uatcn |
tne 2ame and while standing there uneef TOOK |
-a reload the barrel just shot on. When ne got /
p .1F 20 ram down the chGrge he let the gun |
down IS it descended he hammer OF the /
-15 I'd barrel stuck the stump, the gun fired, |
-slug the whole load in his body. lt was az /
L-s thought the wound would be necessarily |
latai. tut under careful treatment he IS rapidly
improving"
c0rrespoudeuee TTfregrass IdtehmGn
RAISING on through Tatuall there was moth
a-E t1 break the sameneSs Of the scenery OF i
nifrzfa.s aud tail pines till We reached the i
---alltu little village Of Excelsior, BuilOch /
county near kennedy's bridge Outhe CanoO-
--e- rver. where We saw much sgns OF pros
t-rIlF- the country for miles around being Il
TED with eat farms ana handsome cottage !
.-iirlces. Doubtless no people IN georgia 1
orc il a more prosperous conoitlOn man the /
pzep.e or Builoch- They have learned % keep 1
OF ceol and let guano alone We noticed
-lt. t1e oat crop throughout this belt OF cOun-
~ is excellent
Rome C0grfess- 'DOunally & Co. have three
liin-red and twenty-five hands employed on
t-a D0.teWah and Red Clay Railroad ard the /
seventy i've. The former contractors have ex-
cave ed nearly enc hundred thousand yabds Of
Elrta and are pushing the work vigorously
-le rains VIII deisy the work sOmewha and |
rave proved very serious drawbacks, and in
5llsr4uenca the completion of the road will
ullr[-ess b. Celay ed tully month after the
stipulated time. Only ten davs could be u il
.1-i Ias- month. yet the contractors consider
themselves fortunate in having suffered no 1
manages by the rains except DELAYS The Il
--a4Hs on the road have been deepened, and /
'-t Foad-bed orought to better level"
- Brunswick Aduertiser and AppeaI: 'If NO.
p. me arst. we understand, Of a lot OF twenty i
s-sel c1teDsS now in process OF construction /
-3r tne Fast tennessee, Virginia and Georgia /
ele'em- be an index Of what Mr Cole pro- |
fuses using over his lines, the people Of Geor-
~ may we'll congratulate themselves on hav-
such a system. The cOsGh is simply L
Saul-everJ thing In fine style The seats /
&c VIDE ana airy. and the car will comfOrta- |
m a7st seventy. no matter how fat they be. i
- --7 stove which Is perfectly danger-prcOf, /
u ~ SO constructed that no fire can get out L
y even n the ca upsets. Is placed in a zinc
r.5l tIl closet, and dffuses its heas throughout /
ele car by pipes. which coil underneath each /
80, - iist oeiow the fOot-hoard. thus rendering
'-l ihperatuFe q the car even"
Rome BuLstin, 10th Instant ''We were
@t5-Hel on earring y ssterdsy OF an ARRAY
t-i-ieh TOOK placs Wednesday evening near
81 I85--ss,on, between two young men-BOb
4yNell and Drew RanseT-both OF ChuIfo dis. |
-, -, IN Enieh tie latter discharged his pistol
- - l1e az re former. both balls taking effect
- ~ snLehle the 3Orehead Just above the left