Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-06-16

The Waynesboro Herald says: San old hen
IN her search for worms scratched too near a
hive Of bees belonging to Mr.. W. ID. Chance.
near Alexander, short time since and tbare'
by precipitated hOstilities The hen ret,eae
ed 10 where two dogs were tied, and one Of
them was stung to death and the other made
i5I iS,l tne WSoas and STAYED two days. The bees
theH attaSked some pigs and came near civ
ing Mr. Chance some fresh pork
>. =. Cralg's suit against the Central Rail-
tSa1 S lOr S1O,OOO damages, is on at Macon.
ssrslg - S some some time ago secured verdict for
sometime afterwards had Craig o iySu ia
ulcteu Tor perjury and he suffered
LbiSSe LaS weeks Imprisonment in default of
o. oall. men the case went to the jury he was
acquitted, and ten Of the jurors were anxions
70 lndorse on the verdict, ''malicious prosecn-
ton. The present suit is founded on the
imprisonment. - WIZ
~Bill'' Drake, a brutal negro working
near Woodstock in OglethOrpe conn.,
ty, beat his wife, when She fell
prostrate in the field where she was
hoelng. He then dragged her by the hands.
bleeding condition, to the house, which was
solae zoo yards of, and left her to take care of
nerseli, without sending for any physician
Inc woman was IN delicate condition and
mas since died. The brute has not been ar
rested. 81
y convict working at the saw mill of A. r.
steele n Co. near Dubois. on Saturday lasf
Mas hidden, all save his head, from the guard
fAASs -AblANtldlluk TIE Gnanfe
Tor escape, the convict dOffed his hat. and
placing II on top of a stick as a blind severed
ms shackles and escaped. The guard, seeing
the hat, did not suspect ANYTHING wrong and
several hours elapsed before the tsscape
was discovered. A pursuit was instituted
;ind guard finally came upon the convict rs
ne was tramping or along the railroad ties
An ofuer 10 matt was the cOnVicts signal TO
rll.s and he made toward a nearby woods AT
luu speed. The guard drawing his revolver
hred three shots, each OF which took effect
ana brought the fugitive TO the ground, An
examination showed that the wounds were
mortal, and the convict died the next night
The CorOner's jury decided it case of iusfi-
liable homicide.
The 4 nlericus Recorder mentions the exis
tenoe Of remarkable character who lived n
Few years ago near Brown station in Terrell
county. He was the father of the nrespnt or
binary OF Lee county, G.. G. Edwards The
senior Edwards moved to that county when
NJ " as Lee, about fifty years ago. when itwas
one OF the frontier outpOsts Of this country
living all the time in the same double nen
Lighthouse that he erected on his arrival. He
was classical scholar and classmate of Rob
Ioombs. For fifty years he kept by him a shot
gun, IN the bore Of which an old fashioned
silver quarter could have been dropped. and
curing the Indian troubles in this section he
kept Il loaded with seventeen buckshot AT
one time this gun was called into requisition
anu with its heavy load was discharged at a
body OF Indians in kinehafoOnee creek. re-
port saying that he killed several. At one
time an Indian crossing log at the creek
near his house was shot ami killed. This gun
Is stiil IN the possession of the family.