Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-21
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
-opCIA. FLORIDA AND SOUTH
OC-HROTINA PUT IN TYPE.

VC-4ROLINA PUT IN TYPE.
.,--.d in a Honeymoon at EIberton
i.11r,,,n,aston's COunterfeiter Jailed
pe,,arkabIe Birthday Gathering at
A,,,r-Lost Bonds Traced in Colum-
Pathetic Death Scene.
GEORGIA.
.-..-Dfed Athenian COW thief is recOv-
er.ug rapidly .,..t.o.-...
5r tfe vicinity Of Perry
- rr-seut crop Of watermelons is the
L-- '.r-r raised in Taylor county.
---r.l r. utherford. an aged resident Of
.,Ir- vFa- found dead on Thursday morn
Tr. e.-9rei boy who made an attempt at
t.r Atlanta oH Wednesday, has been ar
r.stei. .-.. .,..-,-. ~,
----.a. Virginia and Georgia Railroad is
l4Tei Garfield.
5..r.re thousand children gathered at the
pe-Ii.r- county sunday school rally at Dal-
Jason wednesday.
~. name OF the post Office at Dasher's sta
In tie Perry Branch Railroad, has been
i-r-aI r1 Myrtle.
Aae-r5 child on the place Of james Ray, in
-. r-r-a another negro child.
8 Hlekson and Tom Miles. living near
l-tr,.u we're both badly slashed In "a fight
lin knives over a slight dispute few days
ago.
-r -rfee-- of their plum crops. Several
f--rs.s ul common field plums netted $ per
fl=Iel.
M. citizens of DeKaIb and Rockdale
..-nt.r- are going to build a bridge across
-s--f river, where Parker's bridge was built,
ar Pamela.
trcrro eirl named Easter Moody from this
--grs. Was fatally shot last Saturday night at
ks-r.ist0Wu in the act Of theft two balls pen
Grating her person.
Andrew HOusers saw mill with 10000 feet
.fmHer and grist mill belonging to ;. B.
Fra was burned at Fort Valley last sunday.
There Was mo- insurance.
THeue-r0. Dan Miller. who IN resisting ar
TEST ia- Wednesday morning was shot at
tfuIer DIS Marshal Hardy. died in iail al
Hamilton Friday morning.
Do IS rmnred that on account of the 0pposi-
tou ui -3me parties to the road passing over
rler .auL the route Of the >ylvania railroad
WI De- changed to some other point.
Miss Mary L. Colclough and Miss Mary
West, were thrown from buggy while their
horse was running away in Rome Thursday.
and Miss t0lclOugh was seriously hurt.
A horse belonging to George Papot. of Tel
lr county, while being ridden by negro ON
sunday last became frightened at something
ami ran away. killing himself and fatally in
iUrIu- the negrO.
Nothing has been heard from Mitchell. the
Atlanta coiOred man, who abscOnded with
SLHm belonging 20 the Good Samaritans
Mitchell was reared Ina Newman. and may be
secrered in that village.
Up TO this time the East Tennessee. Virginia
audi Georgia Railroad Company have trans
ported live hundred ear loads OF melons over
their line. The Central has carried in the
nei-hb0rhOOd of nine hundred
Ed. Partridge, ColOred. who beat a step
child 20 death two or three years ago in
~ehey county, was arrested near Cedar
ID ma inc
aieI iu the Ellaville jail the same day.
At Albany last Monday W. p. Burke. Clerk
oi the superior Court, recorded mortgage in
favor of the New I Ork Trust Company. given
ty the Brunswick and Western Railway
company, for S3,50O,OO0. IL was a lengthy
document. making eleven thousand words.
The Coroner's jury agreed that the little
negro -o badly beaten at Chipley came To her
death from bad treatment at the hands of sam
johnson. Charles johnson and Carrie John
s0n. al negroes. They have all been con-
utJad TO Jail without privilege Of bail to
await the next term Of court. Carrie john
son was mother Of the child.
There Is tiuge of the pathetic
In the following tom the Elberton
A-c N1Hth: william CHM, son of Satter-
white Glnn, was found dead in his field ON
Monday afternoon. He returned from Texas
l1-t fan. was married in the winter. and with
li- Young wife was beginning life this wear
with bright prospects. Going to his work on
Monday, though weak from chills. and not
returning to dinner, his wife went TO the
field to hunt him, and found her husband
dead He was good citizen. Peace TO his
ashes, and our sympathies TO the heart broken
wife,"
Last fan Mrs. \. G.. BedeH. of Columbus.
lost satchel containing about s. 900 in bonds
As the bonds could not be found payment was
ordered stopped and Mrs. BedeH. being
strongly convinced that they had been de-
stroytd, made application To be allowed TO
give bond and have the bonds reissued 20 her
This morning, however, the Treasurer re-
CeIved notice that the April coupons Of the
stolen bonds had been presented for payment
through the Park National Bank and payment
refused. steps viii be taken at once 10 trace
the bonds To their present holders, and IL Is
likely that the mystery of the robbery viii soon
De solved.
Tie Dalton Cjti-sH says: Captain Fred
Cox. of this county. gave a birthday dinner
on Thursday. tine 18th, which was his 10th
birthday. at which were nine of the oldest set
tiers Of this portion Of Georgia most of whom
were here before the Cherokee Indians were
removed west of the Mississippi river. We
give the names of these old settlers and their
ages a. follows: Gideon smith. a.; David
Delk. 6l. Rev. Levi BrOthertOu. y; G.. W.
heith, u; Judge j. p. Freeman, %; John
Oats, %; Fred Cox. 20; samuel Cox. 81; Colo
mel J. A. ". johnson. 80: and Robert Cox. 80.
lt was not an old stag gathering by any
means, for there were a number of ladies
present, among them Mrs. David Delk, Mrs.
j. p. Freeman. Mrs. John Oats. Mrs. Robert
Cox. Mrs. J. W. WOrsham. Of Knoxville
Tennessee, and several other married ladies.
@I
teens. The occasion Is said to have been
very enjoyable one, and the dinner superb"
The Eastman Times pictures a pathetic
deathbed scene as follows: ''While quietly
resting on his bed, Just ten minutes before his
demise he inquired about the time of dav
and was told that il was fifteen minutes after
III O'Clock, when he remarked TO those around
his bed that II was dark as midnight He
then called for his father, Hon. Nicholas
RaWlins, who stepped TO his bedside, when
the son affeetiOnately held out his hand and
placed 10 within that of his fathers. bidding
hlm farewell, at the same time telling him
that he must go. but there was nothing in the
wiz. He asked his father TO prepare To meet
him in Heaven, and to request the rest of the
loved ones TO do the same. He then shook
hands with his brother George and with two
friends who were standing By his bedside
bidding them goodbye, and turned his head
rs lf looking for others, but there being nOOne
else immediately present, he took both ms
hands and, passing them over his ewes and
face. quietly fell asleep
j. C.. Jemison, the ThOmast0n cOunterfeiter
who was taken from his house and beaten
several weeks ago by neighbOrs whom he had
Do Is alleged, swindled, has been arrested and
lodged IN jail at Macon to answer a charge of |
eounterfeiting. In conversation he said: -
own twelve hundred acres Of land in Epson I
county. nine miles from ThomastOn. On the
night Of the 10th of last Nav. six Dr seven mon
with masks on their faces came TO nv house
and broke open the doors and assaulted me.
They held me while they robbed my house of
foL ana then tied me up by the thumbs. trv-
ing to force me to tell where the balance of
my money was, saying l had some buried
Then they took me out about fifty yards from
the house and beat me with sticks and leather
straps until was almost dead. recognized
their voices and saw the faces of some of
them. j went before the grand Jury of our
county, and a true bin was found against
SLY Of the party for robbery and assault Now
these men have been hiding out. and now
have me arrested on this charge Ii Is en-
tirely false-nOt word of truth in it, never
passed or made any counterfeit money i'm my
iife."
FLORIDA.
DeLand is to have a military company
called the "DeLaud Guards"
The wires between Jacksonville and Tolla-