Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-11-13

------ Il home ri1erless. Inquiries were MADE
.ttr tqrit was not uutI Wednesday that
o.. r.-..~ became anxious. and suspicion Of
-.+-rr.sv was aroused. On Thursday last
t.. friends discovered where a body had
-..- s-s---f in the cotton patch OF a negro
-.s Calvin Johnson. A party was forthwith
--.s----i 10 follow the trail, and the body was
s-r-sfr q gully on the plantation Of Mrs
.,----. aa5ut C. hslf mile from the starting
--.-- Tho body was very much bruised. and
+af..i terribly beat'n and cut.
Tho r..rr.s-ed election case OF DR.. r. Proc
.,-s-i Anthony Wilson, for Representative OF
c1s-aa county. viii be called up for hear
--.-- Tuesday next and continued from day
--ttruu-u terminated.
Mr. John Bartlett. Jr., Of Rockdale county,
living f1l- miles from Lithonia, was found
+.stla front Of the door OF his house on last
r-g.sisv morning. with an empty army
-4. lying beside him together with
knife. ammunition. etc. 1t is
.-re1s-i thsr tue deceived was preparing to
tss. hunt. and had accidentally shot himself.
rs-sa-tt took effect Just under the breast, and
death must have followed Immediately. The
wife ami child Of the deceased were absent at
ta. time visiting a neighbor, and on their re-
and father lying at the door OF the house.
Nr George W Hancock, Of Augusta, had a
narrow escape from dea-h on Friday n orning
Re was riding across the city bridge at Au-
s-s.s. when his horse. becoming frightened by
Hs-uIi-u blowing Of a whistle by an engine
rrtre South Carolina Railroad bridge, pushed
against the railing Of the bridge. which gave
rsv and p-ecipitated the horse and buggy
over the edge. Mr. Hancock jumped out in
time t1 save himself. and endeavored to save
tie horse, which hung suspended over the river
By the harness. but finaTy the harness snapped
under the weight an struggles of the animal.
and Le was precipitated into the river and
drowned.
There are now twenty-three inmstss in the
Blob county jail One Of them, Dock Wilson
has been sentenced to the penitentary for life,
and another, Nathan Smith, OF Dodge county,
has been sentenced to death for rape. The
o-hertwe- ty-one are awaiting trial.
At Ousley, Lowndes county. on Saturday
night Mr.. o. H CarroIl's store was broken
into. and goods 70 the amount OF S75 stolen.
The burglars were subsequently captured by a
worthy cOlOred man nam Lucius Baker.
There we're three OF them-a negro named
Freeman his wife and sister-whO have been
arrested aud are now in Jail
The gin house OF Mr.. c. T. Lathrop. near
Hawkinsvile. was burned last week, together
with several bales OF cotton.
The oil mill at Hawkiusville Is in successful
creration. The company have already, this
season.. purchased over eight hundred tons OF
s5.ton seed aud is still buy ing. for which they
usv Islk a 70 cents per bushel
Wr.J. W Gardner has assumed editorial
control OF the West Point Enterprise and in
very decided editorial announces his inten-
zion 70 make the Enterprise an instrument for
the accomplishment of good
Colonel J J. Rogers and Mr.. Edward Elder
are the opposing candidates for the MayOralty
of Barnesville in the ensuing municipal cleo
ton. They are both prominent gentlemen in
The community. and the contest will be close.
Cutrbsrt is to have s cotton factory, and its
srindIes viii be whirlng in less than sixty
davs The machinery has been ordered and
viii arrive in two weeks time. At present the /
company will manufacture only thread rope.
ball Irvine. etc but will work in looms for the
manufacture OF cloth as early as possible.
TaI5ottou is now progressive Georgia city,
and wants a steam fire engine aud a good IRE
department
Athens on last Thursday night in celebration
oftHe Gambler victory and the defeat Of Emory
speer. Between five and six thousand people /
met In and around the Opera House and form
ed q grand torchlight procession in honor of |
The event.
Some vile miscreant, says the BUIIOch C0tiH- |
ty Blruer a few days since put fire under !
Mrs JEFF les barn and burnt her entire crop. |
u-s Jetfriss is poor widow with poor help |
less father and several little children to care
for. She is left almost without a morsel ex-
cepr what the hand Of charity hiss bestowed.
A Monroe county farmer shipped a coop OF /
ten turkeys OF this wear s crop to Barnesvile /
last Saturday, and they were every one sold in /
les, th % three hours time at the round sum OF /
one Cu lear each.
Fa.d1sta has received uD to date ASA bales /
or short cotton and $50 bales long cotton. Esti-
mating one bale OF long cotton as equal TO two /
or short. which Is small esti ate, we have /
grand tota Of 1874 bales received up TO No /
Feu1e- llth.
W- dni this item in the GrifHa Dailv Netcs:
"a negro g. Baruesville on Wednesday, gave
an elephant iu Barrett's ci Gus chew OF to-
oscc'. for which the ungrateful beast caught /
mmup iu his tru K snd injured hun so that he
oIr1 next day. The calOred brother should be
careful how he s-es the elephant. as it often
gsis away with the white man"
Dr. j Emmett BlackshaRr. who is a very
earnest &-sou has been created deputy of
ne eSup-eme Council for the Southern juris-
ce-1l OF the Thirfy-thirt Degree, and last
e-2r-- or the Ancient and Accepted Scottish
sl[e of FreemasOury- At the late session of
,L- supreme Council, in Washington city, Dr.
b.4c6 shear WIS elected a knight Commander
liIe Court Of HOrer the highest honor with
ln 5ie sI.t Of the freterui y
Fort Gaines Tribune. a dead body was |
l3lr- in the OhaJlahoochee river. at the sand
oar just above Peterson & Sutlive's warehouse,
-11day evening last II was past all recOgni-
lln- relng 10 such state of decomposition
llat Ir wss impossible to tell whether It vas
NE remains Of a white man or negro. The
1ar Rad all left the head. and the greater part
= tLe fish ha1 fallen from tia bones. The |
olly o. 1stleton han on an aurOn, which caused
s'ue 60 f5ink the deceased was in life me-
c1allc
AT zin house rear MaIlOrysville Wilkes
county. there occurred isst Friday an accident
slcl suited in the death OF a young lad
1---l Ersnk Ovens. aged about fourteen
-. de was playing around cotton press
80 vas rul by steam. The press IS one or
- Al11 which revOlves with the bale OF cot
IN. 2ul &. is thought the boy was riding on it.
~ f-Flulous the press crushed the little
toe sEaiust some Of the timbers. and killed
=. IN instantly. No one saw him a. the instant
- = y as killed. and when discovered he was
go Ills body was terribly crushed.
HaEsusville Gazette: The two cribs Of Mr..
I--- W. C0f e, OF Dodge county, were fred
- @A lusnown incendizry on Friday night
-. - al- totaliv nsumed with all their con
I
f'7- 20 a daraged cOnditien. Mr. Coffee's
vas two hundred bushels OF corn and two
-f-s-1d pounds OF fodder. The incendiary
- - @-rosens. as a stack Of fodder near by,
--- was saved. wss found covered at the
f--Al Nlth the OIL Mr.. Coffee has within the
E--e- zen years sustained a hevy loss by the
--- --ls u cribs. barns. dwellings, etc
n -il. sta Times: The numerous friends Of
eF.- W. A. smith will be panied to hear OF
gE-5-ln For some time he has been strug-
st- st-- Niln mat dreadful disease. consumption.
T-- l"o months ago he went 10 Atlanta,
lle change would help him. But last
Cz-zslag morning he was called from earth. |
ft--l cilil has been a citizen Of Raldosta
l7ais, ana ives ever enlisted ia any enter
i--tt 30 would advance the interest Of the
f5. ne was good citizen a kind and affec-
e. zee husband and father, and an honest and
h ---oiaoie man IN every relation of life We
Hz-.on '--LL.on with the whole town, extend 70 his
el family our sincere coincidence
-ne biennial repfrJ Of Capt :. W. Nelms.
pa Seeper 6f the psnitentiary was
c,ssssa.9 S1 &C FFlaaK atternoon. Il contains a
tsrv 3 list OF the cCPylets In the peniten-
s,I There were on the SFlson lists October
I'm 1850. 1856 cOnviets. and SFoH that date to
) efober 20. 1852 SIS, making total OF LIZA.
rrhers have been 324 discharged, 1O9 D pafdonsd,
s. escsDed and - deaths. That leaves now In
the penivenEary 1Si3 oonVicts. OF that num-
Der f3O are colored and the remainder are
whites There are 1l2 white males and one