Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-10-18


other place Of ike size in the State. The
.1luaI trade amounts to more than 81, l,OOO. 600
-- bonded debt, originally $4,000, has been
silced to 3 900. and in a few years more this
nave been paid
The IfddlsOnian is willing to hazard its
ru-ation as a political prophet that Cand
-s majority in Hail county will exceed
peers majority in Clarke county.
Madison s well and largely supplied with
flcatiOual institutions OF the first class. The
sa1rgia Female College is one Of the Oldest and
-1s- h1urishing fe rale institutions in the
.ate The Madison Male Hish School has a
zb reputation as an excellent training school,
ri tine Forest Home Institute for females
ai1ys we merited reputation among the
ucau0nal Institutions of a state. A place
studded with such gems must be a grow
and pE0perous community.
Fealhtrees in and around Fort Valley are
.1omiug
The barns OF Mr. f. L. Manly, six miles from
HaHn on the 1IcDonough road, were set on
Dr. on Saturday last, and entirely consumed
Fi-l their contents, $50 bushels Of corn and
srz- quantity Of fodder.
Flyerte county voted on the fence and no
-1cs question on the 18th inst, and the result
ss -feuce" by majority Of 145 votes.
Ils criminal business in Pike County Supe-
1r Court, including several murder cases (the
=sa.- of liquor has been postponed to an ad-
burned session, to be held the first week in
december.
Miss Laura Moor. the Georgia soprano. viii
lase her debut at the opera house in Atlanta
.u Thursday, 18th inst. She will have a large
lli-lce 10 hear her sing. The Boston Post
lys her voice is wonderful
Cotton receipts at Griffin since September 1st
-ave been 4U73 bales.
Ila election for Superintendent OF Public
schools for the city Of Augusta. to fill the va
.l1cT caused by the resignation Of B. Neely,
Eul AXE place on the second Saturday in No
-em5er.
A destructive fire at Augusta on Sunday
light burned several houses in the western
.5rdou OF the city. Three houses were de
t-cyed and the occupants lost nearly all their
-olsehold goods. The water supply was sadly
deficient, and only one engine could be used in
be- emergency.
Tile fan term OF the Superior Court of
Richmond county opened at Augusta on Mon
.ay last
SIR Robert Sibley has been associated with
Lr. Vim. A. Breckenridge in the editorial man
.gemsnt Of the Ph0Hir, published at Senoia,
r5Teta county. The paper will be enlarged,
lui it is the intention OF the proprietors to
lake it the equal OF any county newspaper IN
55oreia
A grove Of eighty banana trees. eighteen
f0n,hs old, is bearing good fruit at Waynes-
l1r5.
Nine ,ivorce cases are on the docket Of Bibb
|luer0r Court for trial this session.
The little waif picked up Saturday evening
the Union Passenger Depot at Augusta has
,aeu adopted by a kind-hearted resident Of
bat city.
Use Shipman, one Of the condemned Eastman
t5ters, has seventY-fve dollars hid near his
|1-mer home on the Brunswick read, but ra-
uses 20 tell his wife where it is becauss, he
avs, she viii never find it, Perhaps Ike thinks
will have an opportunity of finding it him
.sf.
Rev. Henry W Cleveland has severed his
connection with the editorial staff Of the Post
sDpsGL
A negro woman who died in Greene county
,eceutiy rode eight miles to procure medicine
rom an old female cOnjurer, drank the stun,
Ind died in an hour.
George Lynn. who was tried last week for
.he murder Of RolersOn, ten months ago in
Liberty county. has been acquitted. This case
F as somewhat peculiar. About ten months
10 Lynn, 10 "a sudden heat Of passion and un-
ler great prOvOcatiOn, struck his brother-in-
w, George ROllersOn with an OK yoke. inftict-
= mortal wound. Lynn Immediately left
Do parts unknown. AT the last term Of the
lrt he came back and voluntarily surren-
cred himself TO the Sheriff. and while at court
IS house and all he had in the world were de-
fuye1 by IRE. The case came on for trial at
is term of the court. He was ably defended
p lr Meldum- and the jury, after a short
l1sence, brought in a verdict OF acquittaL
Dublin Gazette: "a gentleman who lives
F circumstances OF q bru al murder in the
er county on last Wednesday week Two
le5-les we're picking cotton, and on the day
n tue election one OF them went to the gentle
IAN with whom they we're working and asked
1r q settlement for both himself and the one
no had been working with him. He stated
the gentleman, from whom he
lssed the settlement, that his pard was
ck ana asked him to get his money
isu- The settlement was made for both. the
ne getting six do lars and the absent one
eVeu. Once the money in possession and the
end made OF. The same day the one who
az .H NAEeGnAEu 10 .hC eiEh was A0uuu 10 DC
nur-ered az a spring in the field. with bullet
lole iu the back Of the head and coming out in
Ile forehead. The whole matter was now plain
Enough. he had been murdered by his com
'aniou while drinking. and for the pitiable sum
p seven dollars No arrest has yet been made,
l1 the rascal Is still at large"
The grand Jury Of Perry county in their re-
-nt general presentment incorporated therein
e4r views II the working of prohibition in
at county as follows: I'VE 90 not think it
70 with ar1fr ants
| e. result Of our observations and Inquiry as
/ the workings OF prohibition in our county,
lt only that lJ affects directly the interests.
,-Cuuiary and moral, Of our own people, but
,scause this matter is now commanding so
-rge a share Of public consideration that in
'lrmation concerning IL is eagerly sought in
,rder 90 apply it, n practical, 10 the cOnServa-
ion Of public morals and economy. We think it
.afe to say that most. IL not all, the money
lItlertO consumed here by alcoholic beverages
: now used in the improvement OF homes,
'1e procuring Of comforts for the family. an1
Pc education Of the children, and could fur
llSh many instances 10 prove 1he truth OF the
lssertlQn, IN proper regard for the sensibiltles
u men permitted. How extensive this good IS
III appear when we state that in Perry alone
ne traihc 10 spirltuous liquors exceeded Sl5,UUJ
per annum, which we estimate to be about
'ne-ihlrd OF the amount so expended in the
'Ounty."
Ihe Atlanta Constitution, explanatory Of the
canly appearance OF the paper on Tuesday
nOrnlng, says; Yesterday morning two Of the
Jews force OF the office we're discharged for
'easOns that appeared good and sufficient to
Ehe proprietOrs. AT l. O'Clock many OF the
'emaining printers OF the newsrOOm. twenty
our in number, waited on the business mana
Ter and demanded that he discharged printers
J. reinstated. This demand was. Of course
isregarded. The printers thereupon threw
'p their cases and quit work. They
ere informed that the prOprieuOrs Of
be Constitution were determined TO manage
10
'ictatiOn, and that In no event would the dis
narged men be takeu back, but that all OF the
lher printers who resumed their cases by six
CLOCK yesterday evening could hold them, a
bat hour ten printers, mostly those who had
ever Joined IN the demand, but disapprOved
d Il, were at work, We shall speedily ill the
acant cases and put the Constitution back 70
3 old standard. In the meantime We ask the
ndulgence OF the public for any shortcomings
hat may be apparent in the paper"
The following extract from an editorial'in
yesterday Chronicle and CO1lSfftUttOndtfSf.
p reference to the seven Eastman murderers
Ind rioters who are sentenced to be hanged on
riday next, explains itself: 1T has occurred
% US that while these people have been guilty
u revolving crimes, justice may not have been
empered with mercy, and that the law has
cen enforced with too much severity. It has
so occurred 70 US that all the legal remedies
u the prisoners have not been exhausted. If
rs be true, then we express the hope that
Governor COlquitt will stay the exc
ltiOn and let every legal remedy
Known TO the law be exhausted II
our boast that our laws protect the white
an and the black, and that all our people
and equal before the law. While the prison
rs had 40 mercy upon the unfortunate young
an whom they so fOully murdered, is il not
artul reiributiOn to send seven men into eter-
Iryf Let US bear in mind that the crime was
le onsPring Of passion, a sudden ebullitiOn
temper provoked by the killing Of
pc OF their own color. The crime was not
be result Of design. Il was not manned and
aeeuted in the darkness Of the night. It was