Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-09-25

,pentlne firm Of W. c. Yates & Co. near Ha-
Zlenufst ana having become indebted to their
EMPLOYERS for $40. attempted to abscond.
negro boy named Robert stark. Il wears
Jiu' put ground glass in the bread of the fam
ny OF Robert Callaway, who lives four miles
IRON Athens, and Mrs. Robert Callawav Mrs
Nlllam CallaWay, of Oglethorpe and a baby
li are J. a a crltiGal condition. The boy has been
arrested and lodged in jail. He acknowledges
girl. ~ 7''
Inc colored people held convention and
organized an agricultural club in LaGrange
recently. They resolved that going in debt
was detrimental to their interest: that the
buying oi homes was desirable; that excur-
9ipns were nuisance. and that preachers
Mho y. encouraged them were unprofessional.
IL was also regarded as highly advantageous
10 raise diversity Of products.
\ ii. Hambrick, of StOckbridge. has an ear
OF eorn-or, rather. q cluster of ears-that is
"a genuine curiosity. When the stalk was in
Iull Sllk there appeared in the tassel fortv-
Two uimlnutive, but perfectly distinct. ears of
corn. each separate from the other and dis
tmctly marked with rows of gram In addi-
tion TO these the stalk bore two fuIl-erown
ears IN the regular course Of growth and ma
turity.
The editor of the ALBANY Ns,rs 075 4drsr-
User mas been presented a terrapin or turtle
ol some KIND IN perfect state of petrifica-
tlpn, being as hard and almost as white as
piece ol solid marble. IL weighs about a
pound. and ON the outside all the marks Of a
terrapin shell are plainly to be seen. ON the
back OF the formation Is the imprint OF a star
fish, which Is also as plainly marked as the
terrapin is.
quarrel occurred on Watkins street. i'm
Augusta, last Wednesday night between Al.
eNander Roscoe and Rebecca Stewart. both
cOlored- During the fuss Roscoe made a
threat 10 the woman that he would burn her
oul. Ihe house in which Rebecca lives in is
on W atkins street, below Elbert. and is occu-
pled by several other families besides herself
Roscoe set fire to the house on Thursday night
but the flames We're speedily eNtinguished
saturday Roscoe was lodged in jail
ON Wednesday last. at the cotton gin Of
Messrs. Gordon. McElhannOn X White in
Danielsville, L. J. McElhannOn undertook to
put belt on pulley while the machinery
was IN motion, and the belt caught his hand
IL Jerked him from the floor and threw him
against an upright post 2X4 inches with such
force As TO snap the post in two like pipe
stem. On account of their being so terribly
cut and bruised the three first fingers had to
be taken on. but the doctor Is confident that
the hand and arm can be saved, though con
siderably bruised.
Saturday morning r. III. stanford walked
from his store near Cottage Mills TO Column
hu~. In lonely part of the road, about 5
miles from the city in Chattahoochee county
near patOI bridge. he was suddenly CON
fronted by two white men who demanded his
money seeing that resistance was useless
he submitted TO being robbed Of what money
lie had ON his person, which amounted to $50
The men then allowed the old gentleman to
proceed ON his way. The two men remained
over the previous night with negro near the
scene of the robbery. and the uegao saws they
rIHed his pockets. but as he was ''hard up.
obtained only 20 cents and pipe. They have
not vet been arrested.