Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-04-09

Il Curiosity-Other Notes of Interest
Ahoat in Georgia and Florida.
GEORGIA.
The following narration Of a romantic love
and death comes from the Columbus Enquirer
of Friday: "Quite a sensation was created
IN this city yesterday morning about s: so
o'clock by a report which was rapidly cir
.-fsted that a man had committed sui
eide az a private house on lower For
.rth street. An investigation proved the
snort TO be true. and the unfortunate man
. IA. found to be O.. W. Pheifer, tailor. who
4 had been i'm the city only few days. Pheifer's
tsrle was in New Orleans, but he had worked
4 4, his trade in this city a greater portion of
. al wear. While here he met a widow
s5v to whom he became very much
attached. He made known his infatua-
,i5n. and was delighted to learn that
his love was reeiprOcated, and dav was fixed
f,r the wedding. Pheifer. however, had one
tssetting sin-the love Of strong drink. In an
Unfortunate moment, and about one week
before the wedding day, he visited his af-
danced in an intoxicated state. and his con-
duet on this occasion was not such as to win
the admiration Of the lady, nor even to excite
hsr pits. and she bade him leave the house,
ror 10 return again. So the engagement
vas broken and Pheifer saw that all
y.as over with him. He accordingly
lsf ior Montgomery, where he remained
sb5ut three months and a half. On
last Tuesday he returned to this city, no doubt
Trusting that By a renewal Of his suit he might
succeed in winning again the confidence of
the Iadv without whom he had decided he
4 eord not live. He visited her house soon after
tis arrival, but we learn that she refused to
Xa-far.f7nv runrufucr bsa trauf To tho
borbar shop Of Joe McGehee, cOlOred, and re-
. quested him to buy pistol, saying that he
desired to kill himself. This he refused TO do.
and Pbeiier left the shop, saying: Good bye:
I Imavnever see you again. He went in the
direction Of the lady's house, having stated to
Joe that If she still refused to marry him he
would Kill himself. shortly afterwards the
rerort Of pistol was heard, and parties who
rushed to the scene found the unfortunate
man living in the door Of the house of the
woman he loved, bleeding from
a wound in the head. He was
unconscious and died in a few minutes.
Pheifer was about dfty-twO years of age,
and lived in this city about thirty years ago.
He afterwards went to New Orleans. where,
We learn, he has a son and a daughter. He
was fond of drink, and was under the infiu-
ence0i liquor when he committed the rash
act which ended his miserable life. When his
person was examined yesterday morning,
two dollars and twenty cents in money was
= found. besides two unimportant letters and a
pocket knife, etc. Coroner Brooks had his
remains Inferred in the cemetery yesterday.
In the above report we have withheld the
name Of the lady because we do not believe
-he should be subjected to the humiliation of
further publicity than has naturally been
gwen the matter on account of the rash act
OF an insane man."
OF the 225,Co0 acres in Clinch county IS per
cent is swamp land. The people are spoken
Of as contented and happy, however.
Greensboro wants a fire engine. A week ago
Yesterday lightning started a fire az the court
house which caused damage amounting to
{l0.
John II. Parnell. a brother of the famous
lr-h leader Of that name, owns the largest
peach farm in the world. II is situated about
six miles below West Point. There are I25,OOO
peach trees in it, besides a large number of
other kinds Of fruit trees. They cover over
-l acres. Mr.. Parnen has planted 500 acres
Of young trees this year and reports his bust
ness paying one. This years crop will be
to-erably good Notwithstanding the freezes.
Macou's fire department was inspected
Thursday.
Alexander II. Stephens had longer obituary
notices in the London papers the morning
after his death than any American who had
died in the last quarter Of a century
Redding sims, OF Wilkes County, has jug
that Is knswn to have been in the sims family
more than one hundred years. 1t is not known
bow much older the jug is.
The greatest s0licitude is felt concerning the
condition Of Ex-Governor Charles J. jenkins.
Hs IS very feeble, and has been suffering of
late ir0ul an acute attack Of rheumatism, and
fears of fatal result at any moment are en-
tertaiued.
Macon has been made signal station.
The knights Of Honor of the State of Georgia
win hold their annu3l session on Wednesday,
tde 18th inst, at Rome.
The new Talbot jail will be built Of brick
and iron, and will cost from 5000 to s. ,OOO.
Mr. Stewart. proprietor OF the Lanier House,
o. Macon, is lying critically i'll, and his life is
lesnalrled Of.
Tab0tton has received over 1000 bales of
cotton mp TO date, and expects 1000 more be-
FORE the season Is over
AZ GrIdin some one threw a lump of pOis-
oled dough In Abel \. Nright's fish pond.
causing the death of no less than five hundred
lle carp.
The Treasurer Of Morgan county has re-
ctIvet since September /. 1882. to March !,
ISIS. $3.50 20. and disbursed SI.95l IL, leaving
@ palauce IN the treasury Of S3,09S -.
Il. b. Green bought the building in Wash
.uston, now occupied as drug store by DR..
Lyndon. for $500, aDOut three years ago, and
sold 10 last week for $500.
a book agent at DahlOnega was knocked
down by Mr.. McDOugle the other day for in
sultlug his sister. Both had q hearing before
iAe Mayor and the agent paidSl5 and costs for
ms conduct.
Tho a,lia-' Nf,,,,,,.ial As-ociatio,, Of Rs,.,as
Vile are going 10 devise means to erect
marble monument 10 commemorate the fame
ana mark the resting place Of the Confederate
dead buried in that town.
The Georgia Wine Company has 100 acres
10 vines now producing, and 30 acres for fu-
ture Use. They expect TO make 10000 gallons
tlis year. They get four gallons to the bushel,
ana generally gather 80 TO go bushels 10 the
acre.
4 Young man in Crawford attempted to
commit suicide the other day. He made a
Irst-class failure. taking nOur instead of NOR
pniue. Jnrequited love was the cause. His
eyng antics and speeches are said to have
been heartrending.
Thursday morning fire was discovered in a
bale OF cotton saved from the FOntaine ware
house aud which had been sent 70 the COlum-
bus depot for shipment. IL was easily eNtln-
gulshed without much damage. IL was just
two weeks since the warehouse was burned.
The West Point Enterprise says: a large
red fox. measuring three feet four and half
inches from tip TO TIP. was caught on George
Ninston's place Tuesday morning. 1t was
pet fox OF !. W. Griggs in 1854, as shown by a
private mark. He gave it to a friend who lib
Grated it."
West Point Enterprfse: ''we learn on the
best authority that the Oat and wheat crop IN
this section at this time is doing well and
looking very fine. It is said there Is as much
or more small grain planted this year than
last Most of the corn crop i mp and looking
well. we are told
f.,,vr xr~ffh
giitterugore. The gold vein assays $40 per ton.
The principal products. however, are silver
ana lead, which are being mined IN large
Quantities. 4 separator has been sent TO the
mine. which viii reduce the rock three
iourths for shipping.
Thursday afternoon a large one story frame
nuiltllg ON Calhoun street, between wash
!nstcn and Mcintosh. in Augusta. which was
being moved on rollers 10 different position,
suddenly collapsed and crashed to the ground.
\ negro was caught beneath a large rafter
and his RC broken. It is believed that the
seq VIII have 10 be amputateu.
Russell county has Cos square miles and
about 427. $50 acres Of land. By the last census
her population is -. SO. The average price of
itnd IN Russell last year. as assessed Tor taxes,
was s. IS per acre. We believe this was the
highest price assessed in many years. There
were assessed for taxes in Rnssell county last
year 4o5.liS acres Of land
a curiosity is exciting the colored people OF
Macon, Ga saws the Atlanta Consultation. A
AeEfo OQy, called ''the snake baby. fourteen
years old, came from an adjoining county;
MS body is very diminutive, his arms and
isss are the size Of a buggy wheel spoke. lie
ses prone on his stomach all the time with his
ieet drawn back. In the middle Of his back
white spots are seen. His tongue licks out of
bis mouth hence the name sssnake baby He
can't talk intelligently.
The Atlanta correspondent Of the Columbus
EHquireF- syn writes TO that paper as follows:
The Young ladies Of this city have German
club, and il seems that each lady has the
right TO nominate a gentleman for member
shin NforIa~- frx-, Y1rnr,i-