Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-04-28

district, John L. WimberIy, Twiggs county: /:
John L. Hardeman, Bibb county; Seventh dis
trict, Arthur H. Gray, Catoosa county; N. J,
Tumlin, Polk county; Eighth district, Wiiber-
force Daniel, Richmond county; F. H Dolly,
Wilkes county; Ninth district. c. ]. Welborne,
Union county; T. NJ Peoples, Gwinnett county.
Jesup Sentinel: Several DAYS ago Mr.. G. B.
Tippins had raft of timber stolen from him
by party OF negroes, and they brought il
down the Altamaba river to Doctor
town. where they sold il to Major III c. Dew
endorf. he giving them checks on a Savannah
bank 70 the amount Of $50. They came to
Jesup and got their checks cashed by Messrs
wilkins Bros. and w. r. CauseY, and then
made their escape. Mr.. Tippins followed them
TO DoctOrtOwn. identified mis- timber. and again
came In DOS essiOn of it. vhereupon MsiOr
Devendorf teiegraphed to Savannah counter
mending ths payment OF the checks So it
appears that Messrs. wilkins and Causey are
to be the losers"
Dablin Post: johnson county is much agi-
tated at present over the arrest by the United
States post ofiice officials, a day or two since
OF Mr.. o. s. FOrtner and his sister. CHARGE
with opening registered letters at battle-ground
post office. in that county. Il is deeply de-
plored by the whole people. the parties
under arrest are prominent citizens and have
hitherto borne the best OF character 1t is to
be hoped that the charges will prove ground
less, and that the parties will soon return to
their home. completely exculpated They were
taken 70 Savannah for trial. They are the
children of the late Hon Swain NJ. FOrtner
The young lady is about eighteen years Of age "
MarshalIvflle correspondent Montezuma
Weekly: 'On Saturday night about 10 O'Clock.
the lurid glare Of the western hOriz0 IN indicat-
ed that, in the near vicinity, great fire was in
progress. Although three miles away. the
light reflected from the blended masses Of the
low lying storm clouds made it almost as
bright as day. 1t was soon ascertained that
the valuable saw and grist mill. with the gin
n N a. i
Love, had been t1tallY DESTROYED. There is an
insurance Of about 81 200. but this does not
compensate the Captain. as he has expended
over $4,000 in repairs aud machinery. The
presumption is that the mill was robbed and
then fired "
Buena Vista correspondence Macon Tele-
graph: "A very unfortunate difficulty oc-
CURED on our streets his afternoon. man
by the name Of Pony NewsOme was riding a
mule about the streets trying to interfere with
the drill of the High School Cadets. Mr.. Lon
Mathis. a gentleman who lives near here, in
terfered and attempted to get EewsOme of
the street. Some hot words passed and thirty
or forty minutes afterwards Sir. Mathis was
stabbed in Mr. Sam CrawfOrd's store in the
left shoulder and left breast by Newsome Mr..
Mathis Knocked NewSOme down, rolled him out
on the sidewalk and gave him terrible beat
ing. Your reporter, who arrived upon the
scene toward the close of the fight, thought
that NewsOme was dead man. but he, in the
course o' a few minutes. was able to walk of
Mr., Mathis is painfully, but, it is hoped, not
seriously injured"
Atlanta Constitution: "We learn that the
huge dredging boat. equipped for the purpose
OF mining the heads of the Cheststee and other
gOld-bearing rivers in North Georgia, is at
work, and is lifting ov one hundred tons of
gravel per day. One ton OF this gravel yielded
as high as seven dollars, and the average will
probably reach fiftv cents ton. The earnings
amount to from fifty to seventy five dollars per
day. AS the owners Of the river banks get ten
per cent. OF all the gold, it will be seen that
they have nice income. Capt. Noble who is
in charge of the boat. says that he cannot make
a report Of the average per ton until he has had
a months work A number of gentlemen from
this city will probably visit the scene OF the
dredging the latter part of this week. COnsid-
cradle interest is felt here in the success Of the
experiment"