Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-04-28
Gsnrgia Affairs.


Senator Brown was sIxty-one years old on
tha 18Th instant.
B-var Superior Court meets next Monday.
Chief Ju tics James Jackson is reported dan
rrnously iI at his residence in Atlanta.
TIE grade OF the Marietta and North Georgia
Railway has been completed to within two
miles Of Jasper.
Congressman H. G.. Turner viii assist in the
prosecution of the negroes who killed Roun
tree
The residence Of Mr.. John Herman, on Butler
street. Atlanta. was burglarized early Tuesday
evening while the family we're at supper. a
quantity OF clothing, two gold rings and
necsIace were stolen
Oats we're badly blown down in Hancock
comfy BY the vind on Saturday night or beat
down bv the rain, which fell in torrents Fields
where the land is rolling were badly washed
Ene-H Lod-e Of Perfection No ?, A & A s
r ofFree Masonry. was instituted at Albany
Monday night the cath inst. by the Honorable
Albert Pike. Grand Inspector General OF the
Thirfy-third Degree. This is the second Lodge
Of the kind now in Georgia, the one other being
at Augusta
In difficulty on Thompson street, Atlanta.
ata late hour on Tuesday night, between
number OF young white men and a colored
man named Sheets. the latter was severely cut
in the left side He was taken to the station
house. where his wounds were dressed.
The aggregate value OF the property OF col
Ored people throughout the State is set down
atSi.4sS,951. being an increase Of s67f. .179 over
the preceding year.
-ff Of fH4sE
ser Brothers. near No .. 8. F. W. Railway,
we're destroyed by fire last Friday. Some
tvelveo OF fifteen barrels Of spirits wsre also
destroyed.
On Saturday night the store Of NJ. E. Ware,
az MsrshallviIle, was burglarizsd aud robbed
OF considerable amount ofe1ods, the burglar
eTecting an entrance by breaking the guards
% the front window.
A Miss Shealsy, near Grangerville, was at
tacked by q vicious COW with young calf on
Friiay. She was thrown down. trampled upon
and hooked by the maddened COW, and but for
the prompt assistance Of her brother, who
came to the rescue, she would have met her
death
Last Saturday night one Of the heaviest
storms for years visited Hancock county. ac-
high winds and heavy rains. 1t occurred
about midnight and lasted an hour or more.
The lands are very much washed and much
feucing was blown down. The mill dam of Mr..
Andrew Rocker, near PoweltOn. was washed
away, and fish ponds generally were damaged.
Saturday afternoon heavy hail fell at Barnett.
On Tuesday the corner stone Of the colored
blind academy was laid in Macon. The build
ing is an offshaOt Of the Georgia Academy for
the blind. Of which Prof. W. D. Williams has
long been principal It is designed for the edu-
cation and instruction in trades and professions
OF the colOred blind Of Georgia. and is being
built Withan appropriation from the State.
negro, witness in one Of the criminai
cases tried by the court. was waylaid and shot
Just az dark, at Buena Vista, on Wednesday
It Is supposed that the defendant in the case.
anegro, was the party who cid the shooting.
The total value OF the property Of all kinds
OF the Stale for the year 1881 aggregates $27O,-
ss3sSs being an increase of the preceding year
OF sis995,5l1, which does not substantiate the
assertion made by some evil designing poll
ucians that the people Of the State are grow
ing poorer every year. The aggregate white
polls is lS7 ,S22, being an increase Of 2999; OF
colored polls. 94,74S, with an increase Of 64s.
There were 9572 poll defaulters being an in
crease Of se9 over the preceding year.
Thomas Kenny, in company with Mr.. S. 8.
Monk and Jasper Elliston, Bailif. was shot at
RON the woods twe've or fifteen times a few
nights ago on the Csrsonville road in Taylor
county. Il is thought that the parties are
known, and they viii be brought to trial at
once, charged with assault with intent to MUIR
der.
Last Sunday night a negro named Jerry
Hamilton was shot and killed by another negro
n Ielfair county. near McRae, the murderer
escaping. The circumstances were as follows:
4aey we're both employed BY the Georgia Land
ana Lumber Company on their branch road
appears that Hamilton had been transferred
rom the road to cut timber. As rule. those
employed on the road and those at the mills
sept in different quarters. When Hamilton
made his change he did not change his sleeping
quarters, whereupon the negro who did the
Killing objected to his staying in the
same quarters, and ordered him to leave,
Elich Hamilton refused to do. The
olner negro then drew his pistol and shot
hamilton, who died almost instantly. The
murderer made good his escape. The Georgia
.And and Lumber Company offer a reward Of
~ Tor his apprehension. The county also
oAefs the same amount, and the employees OF
.-s company made up a purse OF 500, swelling
'Ae total amounts OF rewards to $500 for the
apprehension Of the murderer The action Of
eue company Is to be commended in Offering
reward so promptly. as also the action Of the
county and employees. and it is to be hoped
u-Ae this prompt action and the amount of the
,'Nafa viii result in bringing the murderer to
justice.
meeting OF the State Democratic Execu-
I'VE committee has been called by lIr. L. n.
-i-hmel Chairman. to assemble at the break
IAst room OF the Kimbau House. in Atlanta. on
.He 18Th day Of MAY next, at two O'Clock D. m.
a iuA meeting is desired, as business Of import
1lcs Will be before the committee The fol-
-o"hg named gentlemen are members Of the
10'nnlittee for the state-at-large: ]. E. shu-
nate K ]. Moses, L Nynatt and VIM. Phillips;
Isl district, J. J. Jones, Burke county;
'" Grubb, Mcintosh county; Sec
OHu district, Richard Hobbs, Dougherty
Solntyi W. A. Harris, Worth county; Third
T-A-riet, John a. Cobb. Sumter county; George
T. woods. Pulaski county; Fourth district, A.
= Aorahams, Troup county; J. D. Willis, Tai
-. .colntyi Fifth district. W. 7. Newman, Full
va county J. h. Mitchell, Pike county; Sixth