Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-05-07
EVIDENCES OF A CRIME.
THREE BLOOD STAINED DRESS.
rs FOUND NEAR ATLANTA.

rs FOUND NEAR ATLANTA.
Wuke, County Prisoners Trained
r.r.-A Musical Mouse at EatOnton-
snake in a Dublin Dogs Foot
0rher Georgia and Florida Notes of
Interest.
GEORGIA.
r-. blood d-stained dresses have been
AMI. -1 O. woods three miles from Atlanta.
..- surmised that a terrible tragedy has
-. recently perpetrated in that neIghbOr-
. Iha finding Of the garments and the
..r. af the blood recalls a terrible tragedy
-... VAS enacted on Tan Yard branch.
M ming. about eleven years ago, Lena
r.-.-.. b. pretty little girl. aged thirteen.
-.f..r. murdered on the hillside near the
-a yard branch. Her head was beaten
ler ihroat was black where cruel fin
-H.l choked her life ont. She had lived
H. woman named Fannie Sockwel. who
arrested on s1*sharge of the murder, but
- ui-ted ami subsequently died. On
-- bed she was deliriOus and begged
..rt.rGau-ly for Lena to be taken or of her.
r --ery has never been solved.
Stier- white man who has been con-
r.e Wilkes county jail for some months
. ~ the payment Of q fine, has turn
t- wits in many ways in amusing himself
l-1- other things he has turned artist, and
..-frlvu an excellent likeness Of Garfield
f-a . picture Of him in an illustrated paper;
r.l.- also drawna very good likeness of him /
En- Besides this he has been tanning the rats
rrr tIe Jail. and had them so they would
.reu.e1 he called them and eat out Of his
5.-l 3 lew days ago a man with a fancy
ri terrer induced the prisoner to deliver mp
s--s,- i5r The dog to practice upon.
is not the state for TRarusrv,, tT,or-s
-sr. u the country. Mr.. Pelot, of Eaton
IN r.- .auturcd a mouse which. it Is said. Is
.-r....I uhenOmena. Not TO be OutdOne, a
n-rIr.re comes forward and tells that dog
H was bitten 10y a snake some eighteen
r- ago recently gnawed opened the
-... drew forth mOccasin y inches in
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H. GRAND Lodge Of knights Of Pythias
meets .u Atlanta ON the 18th inst.
T1-r rre several flower girls in Atlanta
-..aara their living by selling bouquets.
e-r1r has it that the management of one
-1rnta- leJding dailies is soon to change .
lll
Townsville is jubilant over the successful !
---.lta past winter season, migratOrily .
-.ls1--
Rev. Milton G.. Smith, of ThomasvilIe. I
-.r- bis wife. who died on Wednesday last.
Washington claims that some of her negroes /
r-e7r s- rUr month.
Wargu county numbers among its popula-
-r llam.Ig who have been engaged for sew
.- -.-erations past in the manufacture of .
.r-r--
Master James LOngstreet, son of General F..
james L.1--treet. has received an appoint
a.o l-.u iae President to a cadet-ship-a
lars. -. Annapolis, and ha been instructed
fr Secretary ef the Navy Chandler to report
..tt. academy on the 18th inst.
E.utmy.1u- have been picked at ValdOsta
Tic Augusta iiremanic parade and contests
e..ar tomorrow.
Macon declared for fences by 2l6 majority.
Ala-g o. white leprosy has been developed
r Newton county, near Social Circle.
B Calhoun farmer has litter of ten Berk-
shire pigs two months old which weighs Ss4
I..1t-.
Ia. construction of Atlanta's new cotton e
l.l win be- commenced very soon.
Governor Boynton's bride is worth $4,000
3D. aer own right. She is about forty years
uae af Eome's richest residents commenced
life 7- railroad labOrer working for fifty
cents day.
,smug. Lust. an aged Roman has just sub
IttL iu the amputatlOn Of one Of his limbs
above -le knee
Hae Gould and party are expected to stop
sr. While in Rome on their return from their
southwestern trio.
},r Frank Heidt, of JOnesboro. who had
been cutie feeble for some tine. died Friday
morning from an overdose of morphine.
AIartersviIle COW. who lost her calf some
months ago, has adopted a mOtherless goat,
ami Herlorms al the paternal functions to-
V.r. 10.
Tl. nine cotton factories Of Augusta have
g. .lltll stock of S4.SgO.0O0. 1t Is claimed
r.at tue next census VIII lind the city's pOpU-
..H1 10000.
Henry Eckman. a well known Maeonite,
V-- aerIaentally drowned Friday. while fish
'- u the Ocmulgee river near the park. Il
-r-.u-lt he had vertigo.
I.-..av thc LAWYERS Of George Hin. the ne
81. -trreured % bc hanged AT Athens on Fri
"... lule lJ viii make a showing before
Brown asking for new trial.
E.e capitalists have bought the Cooper
.n.- Works. which are situated on the Et0-
V.H river. four miles above CartersVille- IN
Barlow county. The property has a fifteen
... horse power.
lrl-e Branham. Of Rome, overruled the
l.."r l.r 90 new trial IN the case Of Enoch
tr....u- tle negro convicted of murder
.H ago and sentenced 10 De hung. The
ll-e ..l De- carried 20 the supreme Court.
Henry ~ smith. of Gainesville. has lately +
"..r appointed Deputy L Jnlted states Mar
s..'u rHt place of James NJ. Robinson, con-
F.I. the United states Court of present
ne -laa Iuleut accounts against the govern
u.a-.
T.. annual meeting Of the stockholders of
Che ra. ue-Nille. jefferson and southern Rail
r...- Ua- held in. Gainesville ON Thursday.
ami. r.-U.tgJ lu the election Of Hon. \. ID.
.....r President. and the previous Board Of
lr..-.r-.
Towers sullivan. pillow manufacturers, Of
l. laNc applied for charter and will .
Ht-r...rr conduct their business as a stock
Company. This summer they will build
---. .Nu--t0ry brick factory ON lot recently
.---l--
Au italian yeuder of images has recovered
Overcome thousand dollars damages from the
>r. .i Douglass county. two prominent
...r-. and au CN-memhcr of the Legisia
t-r. Wl. broke his images and rolled him
.-'ru.. tle foor.
leV revenue officials made raid ON
..-'..Wu. 60 section of country nine miles
u.-...a-- of E.uiay, on the night of the 25th
I .rt seized large wash pot which was
- Used a~ still hy some person IN making
.... whisky.
sixteen shares of Georgia Railroad stock,
Belonging COB the estate Of John L. smith,
Ntr go public Outcry at Washington
- L.U~.IN ny the executor. W illIam X.
l..IU.r- The shares brought Sli7 each, y
.-- -lt bv T. 4. llcgue and four 10y Rev
p. We tlIaWay. This stock was quoted IN
N-- t.e same day 40 Sli5 50.
s.. ~ Neal. charged with rape who had
.Hr lcufnCt in jail go Conyers since Feb
f-lrr st. escaped Friday night 10y procuring
s.s luI unlocking the door Of the jail.
H..r sheriff Mitchell carried his breakfast to
. saturday morning he found the door open
... t.r prisoner gone. The sheriff oilers
rHar. Hl s-5 Tor his capture.
Something moro than year ago. Mr.. sim
-.- Hi Talbot county. Instituted suit I'M
Talbot superior Court against the south
N'-,f Railroad Tor S6.ooQ. The jury found
-f.r..t u iayurOf Mr.. singleton. un mo-
t.1 - Tsu trial was granted by Judge sim
W1u Sat uu the case in place of Judge
WIS. The plaintiff objected 10 new trial
l.- carried the case to the supreme Court.
N...l sustained the verdict of the jury
lHC Monroe ddrer'iseF has the following;
-. .- worthy of note that the grave Of the
U... Federal soldier buried IN the FORSYTH
cemetery was not only remembered IN the
ration oi Thursday. but II had more
..HDr- Than any other grave. \ stranger IN
a-.r4u-c land. and at the time OF his death
..-al tribute from the hands OF the country .
.'nen oi those who wore the gray.
tEc AtlCu, B1uner- WdfchmaH, in speaking
@. rrr Chair of History in the state Unlversi-
l- SD e. This position was created Tor the
benefit 10 Mr.. stephens, and the Professorshlp
lu..r.l lnE. but upon the election OF the
're1r tamia6per TO Congress he declined the
..a.l. uhrn GcAeral Browne was selected.
We think it advisable TO do away with the
o. which can be run vcrs successfully with
Ne Agricultural Department Df. Jones
u...I make an excellent man. II be could be
...f Io return 20 Athens.
FLORIDA.
rs Duval county jail is free Of prisoners.
Watermelon. are dfty cents apiece IN
TAMPA.
lle White sulphur Springs an Hsll county /
".--" open on June IS.