Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-12-08
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,f Municipal Elections in At
Be'- and Augusta-The Flames In
--.-s--,iIle-Attempted Suicide-Daw-
Mineral Wealth-A COnvict's
Cleeer Escape
--.to Of the municipal election at Au-
t..Ieeu definitely settled, by the full
--'--...li shed in the C0HstitutiOn0list yes
n. morning. Il. II. May. for Mayor, re-
7 -.-.sfaritv i'm every ballot-bOX in the
his total majority was 1919 votes
.-.- s-i SIS colored. The whole May
..- elected. and the members Of COun-
.-tIlYw-: First ward, &. +. Coffin, NJ.
-. d d. Bredcnburg; second ward. +.
---r. John Doscher. !. X. Evans:
...-.. VIM. Bennett, Joseph Myers. {.
...-. Fourth ward. NJ. r. Hill. VIM. F.
- D..r-e B. Lombard. The new Mayor
,.....ru were maugurated in office at
.....s .,-tcrjay-
--r.t at the municipal election in At
- -.-u- from the tone Of the press Of
........ ua- 90 great surprise. All the out
-........ .-uu- point 90 the election of John
.u.. .- Mayor, Or. +. J. Roach and
......E.Hu a. seals being defeated. The
. .a-,ci arr a- follows: Alderman
-... d. Ne.a-un. Comcimen-J. \. Gray.
.. fi.r,l.r-. So W. DAY. Il. r. Langley and
Bliss Hannah
r..-. fI- "a large sale of real estate in Co
-- .u Tsc-day of the realty Of the late
.r-Hr D. Thomas. located ON Rose
- ..ri. .. tIe city. consisting Of forty
....-. ...t t.r Thomas residence. The prop
- .0r the aggregate sum OF SI3.S95;
..-.-...-tl0ri cash, the balance in one and
.-....l-. at = per cent. interest.
u- MONDAY Ia-J the ain house of Mr.. ID. d.
t.--. 1T ,-tNiur,l. and the contents. were de
.-.... .. Gr.. The gin was q public one and
..r.. tneuty--iN bale- Of cotton.
u- FRIDAY might of last week the gin house
..1r- T..-- Riley, near Box Springs. Talbot
-... u.- burned. containing four bales of
...... -a.f 81 large amount of cotton seed. II
ans .r-.r-H-
..-..I.. minister Of the NJ. +. Church
...l kentucky sent 60 the mission rooms
. Nashville. Tenn, check for $1,000. 10 be
....r.. t. The Central Mexican Mission. where
r. De- rs. MacDoucll and his excellent wife.
Miss Taehic Williams. of Macon. are To-
.t.. l -a,ucu i'm the bounds of the West
... Virginia conference also sent $500 for the
..r. mission. This iS gratifying news To Mr.
.-l N-- NarD3ucu'- friends in Macon and
~.uHraH.
Oil. atlor county Democrats have uomi-
PRIMARY election for county officers ON
t. irl INST.
OH. rlIurtd Mcthodi>t~ of Talbotton have
.-.srreJ IL nice organ for their church al that
ra-.
T.-r.-.Jcucc of Mr.. w scott Brown at the
.f stephenson place. in Talbot valley. was
...ntI. destroyed 10y fire. With his residence
u- Gr.au also lost $500 in money. all his
t.l-s.'.-. aud tine product of twenty hogs in
I....stou receipts at Taibptton up TO De
,r..r I-t were 4,a00 bales, and IL is estimated
5lat .Ht to;ai receipts ,hi- season will bc over
y- hlir-.
1. Ja-. B. Cook. Of Talbot county. had
... .sU,sud -iN hundred pounds cotton seed
-u.r..t hy fire Wednesday night last
u. Tuesday last one of the holde~t conceived
escapes ou record was effected al the Dade
.... ame-. I'm Cole City. Joe Moore had been
--.'suced i'm Catoosa county for horse steal
r- fp five wears labor in the penitentiary.
N.ut S O'Clock Tuesday morning last super
-.-aarnt Reno took Moore atolu a mile from
ia. mime to iiN a di~0rderei pipe. They
rearlel the spot ami the convict Wa busily
sz-l.-ed at work and at moment when
R.ul-- attention was diverted. the convict
.I,.t, ID pistol from his bosom and ordered the
~uucrinteuden, to throw mp his haad~ point p
.r- the pistol at his brad. Up the hands went.
Reno was -upcrhly armed. arpund him wa-
Huckled % belt containing % navy siN-ShOotcr.
and Moore said with great uouchalauce. --cut
the beit.-' Reno s'iI as rouuia u'lc,i. and thc
belt and pistol fcll 60 the ground. The next
command o the convict to Reno was ''strip
quIck.'' and ina less than three seconds Reno was
.a bis shirt sleeves and drawers The convict
Ua- now complete master Df The situation, and
.lauulu- the coat and hrecehee of the Superin-
teuleut. and picking mp the navy ~jN shooter,
sali to his di-rohed antagonist; I'D LII YOU
sam. way if you wasn't au obi man. Good bye
Yau may go back and put yoJr hounds after
ue bat ypu can never take mc alive" With
frt-g remarks he strobe of armed with two
pistols aud was -oon lost to sight i'm the woods
Nr Reno then went 90 a ncighboring house.
borrowed some CLOTHES aGd soon had the blood
bounds uu the track of tte fugitive. hut ~
Hr.U tHe dogs had LOST the ~rrat OF the bold
convict 500 the laurel bushes.
T.--. .rul, product of Dooly county esHc
aryn .hi- season j. said 10 DEE immense. There
4r. u.. barrels enough ln the count. 10 hoid
t The ItHIf+Jtar -sNr: I'VE heard gen
..ar.ru remark "a TeN duyz since that hc would
..r.I-.f .fIfy have in pour part of hi, syrup on
,a. -rraud. a- he had sent te fiau knsville
I1I MYstrZuma. and been over the rGuEty
.u-. attvr barrels. but could find none.
Mr. TIllman Jennings. an old and highly c.
-.e..i citizen OF tse seventeenth district Of
sumter county. having Tor some time showed
-H.l signs of mental abeIfation a. to alarm
Dis friends. attempted on lass saturday to
commit suicide 10y cutting his throat The in
-lrmrrt was either t"0 dull or the watci.iul-
f f.urs- or his friends prevented the fatal deed.
H.s1et.elyd. however iH iahictmg wound
HHr tauEeruu~.
-aav Code of Georgia i. NOW running
tl. -auijst of criticism. one uf the most
important T--olutiuu- Of the session was IN
--Hm..I iu the senate uu Wednesday 10y
Senator UuBiCnou. q was for the appoint
l-rt rl Sd committee uf three from the senate
sod. f.e from the House so 2aanne the new
tHl. .uI -,.t what errors II contains. anu
-.-" directing the Governor to pay .. more
a.r-. go fhr publishers ON the states sNo-
rI--Hu l1I fhe present.
IHe -rntitmeuof the retiring board of tOUn-
U.mer of N0uteZuu,a take their places back
.H.u tHs midst 0f the people with the indOrSc-
meU, rHst the board has been the most success
iu ami economical in its administration that
ODE town ha- ever had u has collected more
money, uIit of more debts. and has more
HHn-. remaining in the treasury than any
In.edu- Council. and. h-idC~. IL ComprO-
.-.-.I debt which had been hanging over the
r... t.r wears.