Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-10-22

lii' - che Capture of LaGFange
~'I' 4 Brawny African Preacher
W.. d, Commotion at Waycross-
,I.-,icide i'm Welaka-
GEORGIA.
AM. 100000 Baptist IN Georgia.
rsu5rted that eggs sell in Franklin
U.-f.r DO cents per dozen.
a'- --.. sr. about sixty pupils in attendance
.-.s ~tlFauIl Acadeih4-
'. ~myth viii assume charge Of the
A-.t. t-,-t Office November /.
A..'-.- ..i.,..tter has selected Elberton "a the
~ ,,ErfHf the district parsonage.
...,,-- has relinquished the proprietor
Ai. ~ Whitehead House at COnyers.
watkins. former slave Of DR.. Wat
H,f EIert0n. has nearly paid for a 5000
1sultou.
.f voluntary manslaughter IN killing
Igrr turptT
'---. .,.,nr men Of Cedartown, who are to
10Y Farf Mason. Fla.. have started to
-- ff.. Trip by wagon m three weeks.
.raul mrg of CImch county reported
Ls7rrr laIl as useless and recommended
~. 9a.l rhe erection of a new structure.
-.tert. superintendent of the Atlanta
Fs- i- NOT an applicant for the Post
,.---.ain at Mar0n- as rumored in the last
.t..n.r Nora Baily. Captain Barker.
~ -1.-Iar live daVs after the schooner JO-
~, UIrag captain Rogers. and has not
r bfari from since, aud II Is feared that
~ ha- also been lost
tFWa-eIrt. the negro who was stabbed by
oIsh Henderson M an alteration AZ stock
t--i-s several weeks ago. died on the 9TH inst.
-5 ra.. effect ui wounds then received. Hen
ler-5u Is -tlll al large.
rf.fu-tre not for her artesian wells Albany
riI now De without water. Wells and
...-l- h4rr zone dry an through the COun-
CAD Nsf nj Iffl driven long distances
t-oster The drought Is unprecedented in
-..r..-tllu OF country.
,tTu.aD Point some one l. in the habit Of
..rgiaz thp Academy bell AT odd hours Of the
..lt- very much To the annoyance Of the
-.'5nuuifr. 10 was rUng last Friday night so
..-rr rn.t "a Gentleman two miles in the coun-
--rr1t alarmed and ran his horse all the way
town to iud that nothing was the mat
FER.
Rev. 60. R. Mccall. of Griffin. Ga. will visit
,.ray.u. the county of his birth, ON the Both
M tl attend the annual reunion of his
Uher family. His father. Rev. NJ. y. Nc
gsu >r-. viii. 30 that time. have reached the
I-.ui ai years BY request he Will preach at
fiddle Ground Church ON Thursday, NOvem-
Ifrl before his return 10 Griffin.
The Atlanta Presbytery has dissolved the
l.-Iarai relationship between Rev. r. Me
uurae aud the LaGrange and Long Cane
pr--ntferiLn churches. Rev. McMurray
ur1rfrl hi- farewell sermon in LaGrange
rt-terilr. Rev. Dr. Strickler, of Atlanta,
rs- moderator. and Rev. Dr. James Stacy.
eerN. The next session Will he held at Jones
UalU-
4 Ir.ter who stabbed b. r. uudspeth
q. ta- heart. 40 Fort Gaines last " Wednesday.
Was i.uHd guilty of murder in the second de
gree hy the turoner's jury. He is still at
nrFe Huispeth left a wife and five small
children. who were dependent ON him for
support aud the wife Is ia a bad state of
health. Jester also has wife and several
children.
Tae wife of samuel Hill. who murdered
John simmons in Atlanta several years ago,
i- suing for divorce on the ground of deser-
LiUu. She bears "a questionable reputation.
4Hi simmons was murdered On account OF
supposed Illicit relations with her She
rlaims 'ie5rrtiOn. but as II Is NOT wilful on the
part 0f her convict husband, IL I- not probable
ihlt she VIII be- successful.
The Carlrrsyillc free Press says: doe
Iumphrie-. the child murderer. is deter
iumei 90 cheat the gallOws anyhow. He. 10y
some Iu trumeut unknown. cut his throat
iuf0 tbe Wudpipe. and ID was only BY extra
ordinary efforts uf the Jail physician, Doctor
shepherd was his life saved. IL it thought
that De- dId the work with his finger nails.
which were very long at the time Of his at
tempted ~rlf-,ie-tructiOn.'
lnIrr tbr new charter Of BarneSville the
time uf holding municipal elections II changed
from December 90 July or August and in
stead 0i having annual elections as heretofore
tleE are t0 be held every two wears. which
Wil make three of the Aldermen and Mayor
elected iu December next short term officers
their places tu be supplied in july or August
HeXf. the other three Aldermen will serve
unUI tue summer election OF 1883. This necpS-
sl-atg- the election of Mayor and three Al
armen every two years instead Of a Mayor
aul SiN Aldermen every year.
Elder Wilson, one of the Mormon preachers
recently Indicted by the grand jury in Clay
Ton county for vagrancy, has been in Atlanta
several days and processes To be engaged in
preparing q defense to the charge in the in
mo- frf fKrf11 lao FtafI Ia. D
jauuei term of Clayton court during the
fourth week iu November. lie announces
ihat hc i~ authorized by the officials Of the
Mormon Church To make a test ease of this
Indictment, and that he will be furnished am-
rie iuuI- f0T the employment of attorneys and
io give h0hd while the ease Is pending IN the
courts.
The Cedartown 4drsrfiser saws: ..The tlour
SUD EriSt mill belonging % the Messrs. Chuhbs,
aat situated on Lake Greek. about six miles
north ol this place. was consumed by fire on
Thursday night last. The fire was discovered
Wlen well under heddWay, between aud
O'Clock. 10 is not known how IL originated,
tlt l- supposed t0 have been at the hands Of
au iHrrnd1rY. The loss is estimated at about
t.t. There was no insurance ON either ma
chluery or huildine. These gentlemen have
been peculiarly unfortunate in sustaining
o--es having had mill ON Cedar Greek
washed away few years ago.
The school Commissioner Of Irwin has made
the following report for 1852: Number Of
3. total. a9. Number 81 white children attend
lls school, 'E4 number Of colOred children log;
Total. 5Ht. Average attendance. 3i2: monthly
esi OF tuition per pupil 81 SO; amount of
lhs monthly cost paid by the state, 81 cents.
Amount 0u hand from last year. SIS IS;
amouut received on polls, Siil as; amount re
crifeu from state, S529 81; total school fund
Cor the year. Sl.0A 81. BY reference TO record
e- vouchers in Office may be seen amount paid
l'r tl- year SLOl3 Oh. which leaves balance
ui SEQ ..
Tie uarIen Timber Gd-ettf SAYS: Timber
i- selling at extraordinary good prices. raft
N leei average sold FOR Sll 0u the average;
another uf 300 feet average sold for s. -. It
D. true TIMBER IS scarce and prices good. but
tle market having opened IN this manner we
llluk % viii continue So throughout the sea
son. There Is a great demand for Georgia
pine aud we would advise cutters 10 get their
lumber ready for market and hesitate not.
iue crops up the country were good, and IL
"as predicted that timber would he scarce.
nat we look at it in another light. Good
crops VIII enable the cutters 10 have their
tmher cut. and bringing 10 to market at this
Time rtaping rich harvest
4 local inventor is made the subject of the
following notice at the hands Of the la
Grange Rep1rtsr: mir. }. r. Perry. who has
turn dt lnVeuting. has built him grOcer's
counter after unique pattern. The coffee.
sugar, meal. etc. viii be poured INTO separate
4rtepiacles from which 10 will be drawn,
when needed. through apertures IN the bot
--ll- Round openings covered with glass. in
tle Side. Will display the articles To the ewes
% customers. track under the hOppcrs will
l".u 9 dummy, a1Ording easy transit. On
llis the bags or vessels will be placed. Mr..
r. mas shown much ingenuity in the construc-
ZION OF this novelty and it Is worth visit"
the LaGrange Reporter fathers the follow
ins- Governor Mcdaniel offers elsewhere
reward Of $500 for the apprehension of the
negro Alfred CLARK, who murdered Mr.. James
stewart, in this county. IN the year lSs1. and
fe.i flola Justice The circumstances Of Mr..
HrI aH N1a4rsN
c0ls-having been shot down in cold bOud
Wnile at his wood pile, after uightfall- y ne
gro answering the description and having the
'dme name as Clark, was subsequently, ar
iested- but, as DE was clearly the wrong per-
SON. Was released. The blood Of the murder
ei man stiil cries from the ground for Justice,
ana II lark j. alive on the earth, the aveng-
nu his track"
! call for convention Of cOlOred people in
Auanta. December Il next. has been issued.
E isnel o. an the leading cOlOred men Of the
state The call declares that the condition Of
ihe coiofed men in Georgia Is daily growing
worse Recent bitter articles against
tAe education Of the negro that
have appeared in leading news
papers ~ the state and the bill presented 10
ne state legislature separating the tax paid
p White citizens from that paid by cOlOred
,ltAens FOR educational purposes. and pro-
.lule thui colored people should only receive
l-e benefit Of taxes paid By themselves. 20 10
now that large part of the white popula
ugn oi the state are determided to deny the
.o-ofed man in Georgia equal citizenship, and
.-al al Tue negro shall not have the same chance
" Fise as his white brother. These facts are
gwen as reasons for che call.
j. hGrculean negro, passing under the title
Nt i4eF john Wright. was arrested at Way
,Ioee. few DAYS ago. for using prOfane Ian
s-ase- An imaginary slight heaped ON ac-
,i.lt 81 his color upon his dignity in the eat
tls-house excited his ire. He claimed that
..e " Nits born ~ the State Of OHIO; became