Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-08-28

me C-eel-s. and the Disappearance of
the s-.,,tive A Cunning Attempt to
- Loop hole of Escape in Buena
vista Jail.
GEORGIA.
- .-,Iar Of deaths reported in Augusta
l-- --aaE ending August p were Is.
i9. +frq4 dollars and fifty cents reward
Nss-5-I far the DauIelsvllle lncendiary.
-.--1 woman near Paoh. named Emeline
I-- ~. gave birth 10 triplets-three boys
L----51e about ten pounds each
N,-.,7.i,u of fifty freehOlders Of Hart
i f.s been filed with the Ordinary ask
En- election ON the fence question.
~ ,r.tv has voted upon the question twice
heretofore
s---r- Jones saws that he will next year
-. stock raising. especially mules and
extensively. He viii SOW 300 acres in
tr.i make mo- special effort for the honor
rmarketmE ihe hrst baie-
,-.fr..r4 Glass. Of Walker. threshed during
.. -e.-.r Z. .2l9 bushels of wheat. i,426 BUSH
.--.5.sf- szf bushels of barley. and One-half
strufrve. The best work done by the ma
-l.-a Wa threshing l.l6I bushels of oats in
.ty hours
..-.-.s Inns three thousand five hundred
-f rIretv-three manufacturing establish
--- fr which 60 capital of S26.612.4lO is in
ra+ arI tet 81 thOusandth part of the
.r.iIltf- water power IN the State Is still un-
upraFrI
DO. heirs tllt z AEI estate nave entered
nj As. thc Georgia Railroad, To be taken up
.--HarrNr term of the Superior Court OF
l.srs- county. for the recovery of the value
5ftae tluuiu- uu the site of the Old depot.
Tr..fe.m I- lJr $1,000.
trr.mueut citizen OF Danicsville. Thur.-
...r morning. attempted suicide 10y cutting
#.tHr,ll rs Ith % knife. as also TO shoot HIM
srE lat friends iuter1cred and prevented
h. rash act He told his wife last week that
f. intended Co Kill himself
-H...f-ra .atfray occurred in Fauuin fo1rD-
rrraar the Gllmer line. the latter part of last
g.ass. u which Jerry Clayton shot a Mr.. VIII
-.u iu the left breast and seriously wounded
Em clayton accidentally shot his own son
during One atray, which it Is thought will
Urutc fatal.
Mr.. So. II. Dean, near Athens, has - acres
af cotton ON bottom land that good Judges
estimate viii make between 80 and 40 bales
ft has NOT suffered a day for rain. and the
stalks average from 100 20 40 grown bollS
Hr D.. VIII also make plenty of corn lie
ha- sold this year over $1,000 worth of goods
from little store on his place.
There are five inmates in the Hart county
a.I, including negro woman. One of the
prisoners ls charged with attempting 10 raue
igU Ui his own daughters. 4 true hlll was
found against him fourteen years ago. but he
tei the country, and was not captured until
tbe lI-t camp meeting az the Hartwell camp
Tlqnd, which he thought he was safe in al
tutug
Near Louisville negrO's house was burned
place.
which Dave smith was living. was also
.lrued last week. Tie lost everything hc
Io~5essed- There are good reasons 10 believe
HAT both houses were set ON fire. About
lBrce weeks ago Mr.Suquctield lost heavily bv
fire i'm that vicinity. and party is now lu
FAIL charged with the burning.
Frank Caudcil. cOlOred. who was In the en-
rlUg of SebrOu DUckct last spring. attempted
% commit "a rape On a little daughter OF his
employer, but was prevented by the hrOtherof
tug father, Mr.. Ellace Duckct. made his cS-
cape. aud had not been heard Of until last
week. iu jackson county. near Harmony
Grove lIe was arrested by some Of the citi-
Eru~ ui Banks county. put in Jail To wait his
trial. dud, doubtless, viii be convicted of the
trimc-lf they can keep him in the Homer
iaIi until court.
From the tax digest for thi, wear il appears
that there are IN Jasper county no white and
only twelve cOlored de1aulier-. There are
>-a white and l.05l c0lOTed polls. There are
---.IU0 acres of land. worth S67l .527. Of which
Eroes- The negroes are worth S4S.66l.
and the entire taxable property
valued at Sl,206,lS for Isl.
while Do Is estimated at only SllS2 4gg last
Eear-thus showing that the county is S23.6a6
richer Low than it was I'm lSS2.
The Dawson J0HrHGf SAYS. "a few miles
from thI- place. In this county. and near the
residence Of i. B. HorsIey. a sanguinarv
battle was fought beetwen the Greek Indi-
al- anu party of whites i'm 1896. These
Indians We're eudeayOrlng To reach Florida To
unite with the Seminoles In this battle the
father Of Mrs. &. y. Cheatham. of this civ
Va- kIlIet while gallantly doing nobIv Il
soldier part. At point near where Graves
station now stands the Indians were engaged
again. making them to divide. a portion
going u the direction Of where now Chicka-
rawhatchee stands. firing house on their
way I'm their flight an Indian sQuaw left
behind her an infant boy of hers which was
taken charge Of and reared. and up 20 the
time Of the late war was serving i'm the ca
pleity oi a servant I'm a family ina tins county.
Since then nothing has been heard of him.
dHd hl- absence Is wrapped i'm mystery"
The Bueua Vista drgas SAYS: Last Satur-
day night about o'clock Nr. r. j. Jordan
vas informed that the lail was on fire ON the
M~ile- lie immediately went 10 the place
and found the report TO be true. 10 appears
that every night during the week the inmates
hat been cautiously burning the side of the
sail, and So iudiciously did the job as 10 burn
hole of ample size for a man To crawl
through. about ten inches into the wall. leav-
lng not more than two inches 90 burn tu Cf-
feet their escape At late bedtime they would
start their ire, and with piece of quilt and
bucket of water keep the flames under per-
iecl control until near day. when they would
eNunguI-h No.. In the day they would throw
their bedding and other articles of the iail
against the spot % conceal it. In this manner
Ahey worked at night ami rested AT dav until
a week had passed, and their escape had been
well nigh accomplished. The fire was soon
eAtingulshet. and the prisoners transferred
To the cage
4 novel Law suit is given publicity by the
Macon Telegraph and Messenger. as follows:
- are informed that Mr.. George \. Taylor
mas instituted sult. through his counsel, X. W.
Patterson, Esq, against the Western Union
Telegraph Company To recover 5000 damages
resulting from mistake In sending a dis
patch. IL seems that Taylor was offered "a
situation with drug house ln Columbus.
Lacharias X Co. The firm telegraphetI 10
Taylor that If ne would come over that night
he would be given the situation. otherwise
rfl.n-a wa FF,T-r.
would get it. Taylor claims that ne tcIe-
-raphed Zacharias that as there was no night
train, he would be over the next morning.
The message, So TAYLOR claims. was given as a
day message. but was sent as "a red message.
and was not delivered until = .30 O'Clock next
morning. When Taylor arrived Inc found that
the telegram had not been properly sent. and
that the Columbus Young man had been en-
p.oyed. He therefore places ms damages at
$500
The Eastman Times says: 'Our readers
viii remember that the rioters. who were
hanged at this place on the 10th Of last Octo-
Der, were, with the exception of Bob Donald
son. who was sent TO Cochran. buried in one
corner of the Jail yard. Here their bodies
have remained undi-turbed until Thursday
morning OF last week. when they were disin-
TERED by order Of the Ordinary. Judge Roar
and removed to the negro cemetery. about
one mile above town. The collins were all
opened, and the bodies found to be therein
Just as they had been buried. though I'm a ter
rDle state of decomposition, except Joe King,
whose remains. il Is said. are partially petri-
het. This seems TO be the opinion of nearly
every one who saw him. and Mr.. J. /. Waite,
who made a close examination Of the body,
SAYS there can be no doubt about it. and adds
that If the corpse had remained UudIsturbed
three months longer it would have become
solid rock. This idea Is strengthened 10y the
heavy weight of the collin and contents. il he
ing estimated to have weighed at least SOC
pouuds.r
The Chronicls SAYS: ''Hon. VIM F. Eve.
Judge of the City Court of Augusta and cN-
0ticI0 Commissioner Of Roads and Revenues
oi Richmond county. publishes the assessments
upon the state tax for 1888 Tor county pur-
poses The levy Is 100 per cent. on the state
YAK OF Z-a mills. or . cents on each 500 of
taxable property 10 may not generally be
AnoWn, but 10 l. equally true, that the state.
-cn0oi and county tax is > cents on the SlO0 less
thah last year. The state tax this year Is -
cents on the Sl00: the county tax Is - cents
en- lhe 500, and the school tax - cents on the
fiu1-uelng ln all % cents for Sl00 OF taxable
property. Last year the total levy was 75
fents on the 500. There were last wear. in
al the l31 counties in Georgia. only four cOun-
lt- Id which the levy was as small as in Rich
mont county. and this year the showing VIII
ue equally fair. These facts and figures 20 10
prove that the finances and affairs Of Rich
M9ud county are most honestly and ecOnomi-
ea.ly administered. This is matter of de
Elled assurance and Of strong congratulation
20 the citizens and tax payers.
FLORIDA.
10 is reported that gold has been found at
Archer
l. =. King. near Ochesee. realized over 500
'n four and half acres Of corn last year.
kiTe hundred thousand cigars and two
aandred barrels Of pineapples were shipped
N'm hey West TO New ork last Saturday.
There were disposed Of in the Jacksonville
market during the week ending Saturday. -
IeeFes, II Tennessee sheep, 656 pounds