Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-02-15

ed and consigned to the penalties their villainy
merits The buildings consumed were DR.. Ar
nOld's Office. the store houses Of Rowan, Dor
sey and Whitehead. Insurance on two Of the
buildings.
Lumpkin Independent: "On Friday night
OF last week the tan yard OF Mr.. !. G. Singer
was visited by some one and six sides of
leather stolen from the vats The leather was
missed on Saturday, but the thief left no clue
by which he could be traced. During the
early part of the week suspicion rested
upon Jim Jones. well known cOlOred shoe
maker Of this place, and on Tuesday night
search warrant was obtained. and in the house
o. Jones the six sifes were found and
identified. During the search and before
the leather was found. Jim walked
out OF the house and made good his
escape. IL is not positively known whether Jim
stole the leather himself or whether he bought
it from some one else. as he did not stop to
make any explanations. ard is still at large
Jones came to Lumpkin from Columbus some
five or six years ago. He was generally indus
triCus. and by adding farming to his shoe
making had nearly completed the payments
on a comfortable home and over hundred
acres of land. He leaves behind him wife
and several small children 10 look out for
themselves"
jefferson jackson county, Herald: "On
last Monday negro was found hung TO black
jack limb. with trace chain. near the Jeffer
son and Lawrenceville road, lust over in the
edge Of Gwinnett county. The following &C
count was obtained OF the matter; how true it
is we cannot say: a horse was stolen In the
neighbOrhOOd sometime during the week. and
this negro was suspected OF having committed
the crime SO body OF men organized them
selves and went to Mr.. Tom Billiards where he
WAS hired, and broke open house and cauR ht
him. He was carried out and whipped until
he confessed the crime and pilOte1 them TO
where the horse was tied out in the woods.
He was then hung in the manner mentioned.
We know that horse stealing is a grave offeuse,
and that no punishment is too severe for a thief
Of this oharapfar h1rr a the m time take
the law into our own hands and punish man
without trial. is not in accordance with well
settled opinions Of what il takes 70 make civ
illZad people It would have b en- much better
to have left the matter to the courts, for the
law in its punishment OF this class OF Of
tenders is ample, and there is no doubt but
what 1t would have been speedy in its cOndem-
nation Of this culpTit. AS it is, the partici-
pators in this summary proceeding have laid
themselves liable, and they will, no doubt, he
made TO 81 fer IL il IS possible to discover who
they are. for lynch law IS as dangerous to a
community as a horse thief"
Cedartown. advertiser: In another column
we give an interview with Capt. A q. West on
the subject OF the prObabie extension OF the
Cherokee Railroad. While the Captain says as
yet that the matter Is one OF uncertainty, yet
il seems to US every thing augurs favOrably for
the project. There IS no use to ATTEMPT now
to enumerate fully the advantages this road, if
built, will in the end be 70 CedartOwn snd sur
rounding country. II. as Capt West says. coal
will not be a move favorable spot in Georgia
for manu- factOries. The 10 est figure at which
Chattanooga has been enabled to procure coal
is So so per ton. Atlanta, with her Georgia
Pacific, can do little. if any, better. The fields
to be reached by this new line will be
bOuntiful in yield and the quality is
said to be excellent. The Cherokee
company control about seven thou
sand acres of the richest of these fields They
lie mostly If MT all, in st. Clair county, Ala.
after these are exhausted, should they ever
become so, il not before. the road VIII be ex-
tended 10 Birmingham. from where the
famous Warrior and Cahaba fields are easily
reached. The advantage of narrow gauge in
penetrating the coal fields will be appareat,
for with easier facility the mines lying at diff
cult points among hills can be reached. The
difference in expense of running the narrow
and broad gauge will enable the former to
make transportation for doing shipments
much cheaper. Indeed, we are told that
Captain West has said that with this proposed
road he can lsy coal down cheaper in Atlanta
10y the aid cf Colonel Cole, we suppOse) than
she can get from any other source"