Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-10-20

Mr.. Rogers retreated to his house, closely fol-
lowed by the infuriated negro, who had by
this time secured an axe with which to do MS
bloody work. and doubtless would have ear
rled out his murdeTOus design had not his
WOuld-b be victim entered the house and locked
himself within. Coffee was about breaking
through the door with his axe when a colored
woman appeared upon the scene. and through
her protestatiOns and pleadings for Mr.. Rogers
the enraged man finally deslsted and walked
away
The following are among the paragraphs
embraced in the report of the Houston county
grand jury: After thorough examination
Of the tax digest Of 1888. we find a number of
parties who have returned their real estate at
too low figure. and according TO the special
charge of His Honor. and the law. we have
noted opposite each amount the change for
the guidance Of the Tax Receiver for the sue
ceeding year. We respectfully recommend to
our Legislature that a special law for this
county be passed bY them, establishing a
Board Of Assessors consisting of three free
holders from each district III the county, to
assess all property. We recommend the fol-
lowing appointments Of Notaries Public and
EN-OiiiciO Justices Of the Peace, to wit: Henry
= Feagin. for the 7j9lh Dist G.. NJ. to Gil the
vacancy caused by the expiration of the term
Of Office Of X. W. johnson: NJ. A. Edwards for
by the removal of :. ). Taylor. former officer
out oi the district j. c. Ellis for the 542d dis
trIct, G.. NJ, in lieu of Thomas II. Rentz,
whose term of office has expired. We also
recommend the appointment of Mark Faux
a. Notary Public and EX-Oificio Justice of the
Peace of the 910th district. q. NJ, Of said
county. We have elected NJ. G. Greene, Of
the upper 18th district, County Commissioner
to I'LL the vacancy caused by the resignatOnOf
W. F. McGehee. and recommend that he be
commissioned accordingly. We have fixed
the pay Of jurors and Dailiifs at - per diem,
as heretofore, and the pay of riding bailiis
at So
There seems TO be 4 war pending between
Postmaster z. L. Lawshe, Of Gainesville, and
ny 81 II .f..Ta
Nichols has been indicted for Fining a regis
tered letter and has made an effort to have
LaWShe indicted also but failed The case
against Nichols Will come up in few days in
the United states Court. Ina January, accord
ing 10 the Constitution. a man named Hollis
at fOsevllle, Arkansas. sent three money or
ders. amounting IN all to Sl24, to Mrs. Allie
Hollis Of Cumming. Forsyth county. As
Cumming was not "A money order Office or for
some reason could not pay the orders they
were sent by Nichols to LaWshe with the re-
quest that he forward the money by regis
tered letter TO him at Cumming. Nichols
gave his receipt FOR the money orders and
Mrs. Hollis sold the receipts to man named
Heard who was 10 get the money when 1t was
sent back from Gainesville. The Hollis
family then went by Gainesville and called
at the post Office, where they stated that they
mad come over to sign the transfer which
had not been done al Cumming. Not suspect
ing anything wrong. Mr.. LaWshc paid the
orders and notified the Postmaster at Cum
ming. The Hollis family then departed for
Arkansas, leaving Heard out OF the Sl2I that
ne had paid on the receipts. That Is the case
ON which AN effort was made to have LawshC
indicted The Hollis family. in the meantime.
cannot be heard from. The case against
Nichols is as follows: y man named Porter
and man named y. J. Camp registered a
letter at Cumming containing $}5, and direct
ed TO J. ID. Camp, at Dallas, Ark. 1t is
claimed that Nichols substituted an envelope
containing no money, and ior that o1ense he
stands indicted. Nichols thinks LaWshe was
instrumental in working the case against him,
and hence the two are at daggers' points.
Nichols viii be tried in a few DAYS.