Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-11-20


.-...-. the question Of the nomina-
----.. .td.ers-
.- arge and unprecedented attend
.-..- l1ty schools ia Gordon couu,y
--..-...- the School Commissioner states
.-....--. Ed. school fund will not pay near
-..a as Il Iaid last year
--.... #.Il--s are out for the MayOraIty
..e.-s. and Others are get 70 hear from.
-.- school fund Of spaIding county
greater this than last year.
p H f5ri. Esq, Of Cartersville. has
...- aed as the right man for the
v..-. o. that thriving city.
-l- shipments from Washington,
1-v. are considerably ahead Of what
.-e--. lest year at this time.
v- H I'D Smith. who runs two mule farm
,--r..- from Washington, will make seventy
......s s-..-.u ri year Good farming and
v- alfred Hsrzsdale. OF Early county, has
...e ..-.- Tem0nstrated the problem OF
ehss thirty-seven fine hogs TO
..-. .u..r and has not lost a single one
g.lr.
rrr.rI Robinson, of Sumter county, raised
..-r.--.r "a one mule farm "A bales cotton
.1lu and 10 bushels potatoes. A
owing for old Sumter
r-..f- re.asioued by the recent burning
tue f.-y House at Americus was seen in
r.r.y. fifteen miles from the place Of
a-. r- grafton.
Ae.-.sr sr1Ed-ur writing from Eastman un-
5--.l-- a -hs lglh says: tits reported here
rssv-rat Sir Allen Caldwell, Of this county,
rs- -1- over and terribly mauglei by the
- - Clauncey lsst night Mr.. Caldwell
came u. 80 Eastman yesterday to attend the
circus and sven. back to Chauncey on the south
bound freight aud passenger train. He was
s.r.Hla- i1.lEicated, and when he stepped
l-t. e.rs b. reeled and fell on the track, and
t---.r ram over him, producing almost in
s-4. -.4tl-"
C El-tman correse7 e7ndent says Of the rs
l-u-e-.l exhibition ia that place: AT rough
f-u-t- there were nearly three thousand
r-- lis st the show on the 10th instznt, with
seventy i've cents general admission, besides
I= -slll side shows and various other tricks
a1i umbuEgery for getting the peoples
u-r-r. it is no difficult task to calculate whst
a-r-l5 5erl0le sum was thus withdrawn from
circulation and from the business Of the coun-
g. The effects Of this will necessarily be felt
t-- some time yet to come in a small town like
Eastman. The only trouble Of any interest
that occurred was a street fight between two
5-.umers- No weapons were used, and con
a4lently 40 serious harm was done"
On Thursday morning last while 0Ir. Thomas
stroud was attending 10 his duties as assistant
.lIer ST Swaiusb1ro. he was knocs ed on the
bead By Ed. Cluyers. the negro incarcerated
10 lliI and under sentence to be hung on the
sa-f December next The negro broke one
rle chair posts from the chair furnished for
-.omfort and when he heard Mr. Stroud
sending the steps. secreted himself behind
u-ioor, and, rs 1Ir. S. opened it and stopped
@ So his breakfast on the floor, he struck him
90 -l- head with all the power at his COM
ul-i. after which he passed out Of his cell,
u- iy descended the steps and passed through
t1s main entrance into the yard Of the jail
and fearing he could net scale the wall. con-
l-a.ei himself under the building. Mr.. Eden
field and two Of the Colemans hearing the
sa-r seized their guns and went to the Jail
AMI. after G. short search. discovered the pris-
---- his hiding place and marched him back
into his eeii where he has been chained to the
fl-r. Mr Stroud's wound though very severe
su1-e considered dangerous.
The following is Georgia in a nutshell:
Population. 1.5iO,1sJ; whites, SIC. 300; c0lored,
1-ei, number OF families. 1900; dwellings,
S.-f. persons TO the square mile, 26.15; fami-
lsso,L- square mile. 5 "a; acres TO a family,
III area. 5lqs0 square miles; number Of
voters. s--43s; white vote, 17s,957; colored
vote ID. f-I; school population, 507. Sol
E.--- trains, two passer ger and two freight
ea-l vay ulT pass Camilla daily.
lu Saturday last 1Ir. W. II. McCurdy, an
Old a-l highly esteemed citizen OF Madison
county. t-iI dead az his nome at PaOn. The
cause supposed TO hs heart disease
The ril house Of Mr.. Reuben H CalIaway,
Fa1 Ives miles from Washington, was de
s.-.ys- Hy fire THURSDAY afternoon while gin
lla- vas going on. The loss is heavy, about
Twelve .-Ies Cf cotton. besides the machinery.
Within little over SIX months more than
one --.. .re1 persons have Joined the churches
me .-e-oFtery or Athens, in Georgia, on
Profession no faith: four new churches have /
o5-l .---u-z d. and several communities are
lsa.l- l.- organizations.
F-al D1jIg NsJrs. 1T was anticipated that
-- l-uEo. -he t.ac0n end brunswick Ex-
---s.-- would iniure Or flu, but thus far it
aFlesrs -o have had no effect. Our merchants
la'- letter and larger stocks than ever, and
f7-- is lvl.Y.'
l4AlL mug ltA-N AtNAA LOlA . ElDIA
-- -- house OF Nr- ". /. Clark. in Webster
e---F- was entirely destroyed by fire. There
--Ir ..'eeu bales OF seed cotton stored in tt
-l- s-- .si not been used this fall, and it is
.-I that it was accidentally set on fire by
-- a- who had slept in the house during
t1e night
An a--. upt was made last Saturday night to
--rl la sIl house OF Hon. G.. l. Peavy, few
MS above Greenville, Heriweth'r county.
--- -- -as broken into, quantity OF cot
.-- r''.7r ana the remainder set on fire. Being
q ne Seed r-e cotton burned slowly, and the
given the lanes were extinguished
-l damage was done.
q, -- meeting or the Columbus Board Of
-ts-- .-IrsdsY evening last, Csptain Hoch-
aias-- suggested that in view Ot the early
e-rF.-.r .f Congress IC would be well 70 per
--- z- .l-mulsJe petitions for such eppro-
tl-e Is as Columbus was entitled 70 IN the
-.s--...-I Cf public funds for internal I'M
't7.F-l Iie sald Columbus needs new
a custom house 6Cilding and an ap-
l.r ror the carrying on ne WORK OF
--tl2fr rie river. He stated that many
$50 ..-s Importance than columbus; and
-r-c- lmEuuicatiOn with ports. nave
st-4-- appropriations for the erection OF
--' me custom houses en1 other govern
-'7-- -iuEs
p-l- Western Union Telegraph once at
-'-S vas on asst To sday attached al the
s--l 2Ir. John Il. Mccullough. Il seems
a- H- Y sent an important telegram a short |
.--- s.-.- 20 New YORK. It left here all right I
-. N--1 .l reached New York it was dated
Sa' -aral Instead Of Brunswick. This threw
- H.e Transaction into & pi as the New
-S t-U EueT nothing Of J II. Mccullough,
Ut Savannah. nor could they find out anything
a--l- s-sH IN iudivf usl Mr. NJ. claims that
-- las ..s- several hundred dollars by the mis-
az alt made a demsnd on the Company for
-.---s-. Nrich being refused, the attachment
- a-.Fel aud the instruments IN The onice
-7- taken Ia charge until late in the evening
y me Lez- day, when bond was given and the
progeny released.
L-s l1lusvick advertiser aud Appeal re-
t-l- -.- probable .1ss OF the schooner QUICK
-. al. siz ons bui-hen, which Left that
t'. weeks ago FOR ths 81. Johns river Tor
a. n oranges. sugar cane, etc. sac had on
go .--ssrs Ellis Hunter s. A. FacBieF, fflll
-4- selling master. Tom Lacy, ana
&C. -.-e, ar-. q c1lOred boy. The last seen
A. 19et vas about o'clock that afternoon
~ N---r luoy tF the captain and plot OF
-Lzie ana Nellie At thai time sne had
- away lof the St. Johns bar, d y miles
f-s-- Aoout o'clock that night quite
--.e sprung up from the northeast, and
Fss mas been heard OF the bOat II Is
J-r--- -.-1t eAe vas lost before reaching 81.
o. isEr -Er 4r. ". H. Rainey, one OF the
49, lef5 for F 0rida TO see il he could learn
--'-s or lie late OF the vessel and crew.
s,1.siall0ricge Demosat: ION Tuesday after
ve's 's negro vOmaG named Julia Ivey,
mil - engineer Of AlF. BuFketts steam
p0s- az @ .--.s ~ ; went TO the mill for the pur-
vhHst carving her husband his dinner, and
vbiq5 mere attempted TO cross a vertical shaft
hBr--. e running at a velocity CT several
thara igt 9iull1us per minute On this shaft
and f-s+ ~ lr ltr 30 winch there is a set screw,
the -e- az tnIs point she ATTEMPTED to cross
LeF7lglng shsft Little dream.ng ~ tha
ana rHs-SNa 80 vas not careful to lift her skirts.
scrzv- = coming 10 contact with this set
shaft 49,. caught and wound round the
down e-l 80. tne unfortunate woman was drawn
6oor 1j-l ~ ner brains beaten out against the
W.T. der husband was at the time standing