Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-08-31

Morgan county develops n hOrr1-
bIe MonstrOsity.
GEORGIA.
chickens have the sore head in some sec
ri0ns Of Schley county.
The name Of the post Office al Gintown has
1.zsu changed 10 Parkerville.
The state and county tax for Houston is 80
IN ererv 81 900 worth Of property.
The negroes around TalbOtton are said TO be
tarriblv excited over the fence question.
Tbe coIored teachers Of Walton and adjacent
counties are TO meet IN Monroe on Saturday,
september j.
Iadv aged 63 years, living in Pulaski
county. saw train Of cars for the first time
on Friday last.
oa-lv shot Tuesday by Adam Belcher. The
..-u-e Is unknown.
frCOv's mill at Riverside, a suburb Of Au-
austa. was damaged by fire to the amount Of
$500 Wednesday
NJ. E. Duffy, Of Atlanta, accidentally shot
himself while hunting day or two ago, and
MA, buried yesterday.
George MahOn Is in Jail in Lawrenceyille.
charged with committing rape on the person
of au old white woman.
lIe-srs. Sewell, Gibson 4 Co s store at Tai
b1ff0n was bUrglarized on Saturday night.
but no valuable booty obtained.
NJ n. Young, who lives about three miles
from Antioch, has concluded to build a fine
mil on the shoals, on his place, near his gin.
AZ Idlludu. Alfs. Nancy smith. dgeu 100
wears. is dead. She reared a family of sixteen
children. and never had a physician for her
self or any member Of her family.
The dwelling Of Mr.. Ashford that was
burned sunday evening week IN Watkins
willie. was the former home Of Judge Asa NJ *.
Jackson, and was a beautiful place.
Ten thousand dollars of the Wesleyan Col
Ic-e bonds have been sold. II Is an unfavOra-
DIE time for placing securities OF all kinds,and
all the bonds have not been signed.
of IA,
Washington, ga, sunday night last, the 26th
inst. after an illness of about three weeks.
he was the son Of Mr.. Nat Bennett, OF Har-
lem.
re- on the streets OF Lawrenccville. Mr..
Parks, the Presiding Elder of that district,
preached in front Of two barrOOms there last
Wednesday
The turpentine still of Messrs ID. II. IIend-
ley x Co. IN Pulaski county, was destroyed
by fire on Wednesday last. The loss was
about $500. The fire was caused Jy the sull
boiling over.
In TalbottOn on SATURDAY. evening Mrs. John
d. OdOm, OF MuscOgee county, died at the
residence of ID. y. Barron, alter long ILL
ness. She was niece of the late Governor
Alex II. stephens
John Wagner, c0lored. committed an out
rage upon the person of a little negro girl,
NOT over ten wears old. al Monroe last week.
While a warrant was being sworn out he ran
away. and has not been caught
Jesse c. sumner aud Levina sumner, both
deceased. left a large family connection. Jas
Branch Sr.. gives the number as follows :
Descendants of Jesse q. and LevIna sumner
now living, 20z; dead, 53. Total. 23j.
4 man. giving his name AS 4. !. Herring,
and representing himself from Macon. Ca.
riding black stallion, has been arrested al
Talb0tOn as the man who stole horse of tine
exact description of the one in his possession
at NOngesbOro. Ala.
General H.. johnson. bright and useful
Young man, died near Lsgansyille last Satur-
iIav with strange kind of fever. which has
puzzled the doctors. He and Mr. Langiv
went 10 Cobb county few days ago. Both
came home and died.
Hawkinsville Is to have two more mer-
chants. W. +. Taylor. of AmerIcus, VIII
omen next month "A stock of fancy and family
groceries i'm the store now occupied by w \.
Ferguson. and Mr. J. G. Barrett. 0t Perry.
will also engage in tine grocery business IA tne
store now in possession of JnO. Fale X Co.
t4u Tuesday the residence of McTyier. near
Battsfnrf. ON the line of Webster amt sumter
counties. was destroyed by lire. some Of tine
furniture was saved The loss Is about twelve
or fifteen hundred dollars, and the insurance
one thousand and fifty dollars. The fire Is
supposed 10 have been the work OF an incen-
diary.
Last week W. B. Jordan. of Schley county,
owned a fierce dog day or two ago he
fought a rattlesnake. The snake cOlled around
the dogs legs and the dog got a portion OF the
snake in -IllaIltlf--lhe snake tried to get
away but the dog would not let go. The
snake was finally torn into half dozen pieces.
An hour after the dog died.
in Warren county. about two miles and Il
half from WarrenJon. Wednesday morning,
George Phelps, popular and worthy citizen.
shot and killed Peter Bloomfield. cOlOred, who
had used some OpprObrious and insulting
words 10 some members MIR. Phelps family
MIR Phelps stands high IN his nelghbOrhOOd.
and is said to be greatly esteemed for many
tine qualities.
The citizens in the neIghborhood of sandy
hold fia.s
Iith instant for the purpose Of taking steps to-
wards the erection of a first -ciass hlgh-scho0l
building at sandy Mount. subscription list
was opened and the sum of $3.50 was subscribed
Iiv those present at the meeting. Itwas UuaU-
imously agreed that the building be at least
% by 50 feet.
The Worth Star says: "Mr. q. E. Williams.
n southwest Berrien, saws that the easiest
part of his farm work is that of making plenty
of meat. Indeed he sells meat every year,
and he saws there are q number Ot Farmers m
ms section who have bacon 10 sell now lie
says that cholera IN many cases Is nut an
other name for negligence or poor feeding ON
the part of the farmers
The Hawkinsville Dispatch prints the fol-
lowing statement of freight shipped from that
point Tor the fiscal year ending june 20, ISIS
Cotton. pounds l0,630.UOO; cattle. 10000; sheep,
10000. lumber. z2j.OOO; Wood, 6,U15,0uO; wool,
b64O0; vegetables, 1880; melons, 10000; cotton
seed oil III 900: cotton seed meal. 200 rosin,
469 100: turpentine, ll0.S0O; brick, 100000; old
machinery, 100000; miscellaneous, l.iJ0,973.
f.
ton shipped amounted to y. .2i0 bales.
OF Manning. Powell * Co.'S turpentinC
works the Eastman Times says: This is the
largest rurpeutiue dIstIllery i'm the state. and
Is perhaps the most successful one. They are
working sixty crops Of boxes this year. and
calculating 200 acres to the crop. which Is a
low estimate. makes total Of 1900 acres OF
land that are being operated ON by THIS CON-
panv: giving steady employment TO between
is5 and $50 hands all the year round. They
make an average of Il barrels of spirits daily
during the distilling season. besides the rosin
accruing therefrom-
An aupIicatiOn has been filed for the incor-
l0ration Of the kimball House Company. The
incOrpOratOrs are: Joseph Thompson. Robert
To0mhs, NJ. 4. kiser. +. Z. Howell i. q.
Healv. /. W. >cOvllle. Charles Beerm ann.
EHas Haimau. !. W. Culpepper. ". b. Lowe.
John L. Glenn. e. W. Hunuicutt. j. W. Eng
lish. ID. NJ. Balm. Joseph Thompson, Jr.. Hoke
smith. j.. e Peck, II. /. kImball, ii. W :.
Grady and W. +. Newman, twenty in all.
They state that they desire to build hotel at
q cost of $500. 900, but ask the privilege of IN
creasing their capital stock To Sl-e01,OeO.
The Crawford Nelrs- N0ait0r has the fol-
lowing: "ReliabIe intelligence reaches us Of
4 strange child that was born In Morgan
county not long since. about seven miles from
Madison. IL lived to be three weeks old.
The rhild's body was perfect. but its head
resembled that of an elephant. Its nose pro-
iected to the length Of about five inches, like
The elephants snout. having two long teeth
almost exactly like the tushes Of the monster
animal It's mouth was very small. too
small fo1. il 10 obtain food enough To sustain
Iife and it died about too weeks ago.
stRome. Tuesday, LOUIS johnson. colored.
Manager of the Blind Jubilee Singers, was
arrested lust as he was about TO take train
Tor selma. Ala. last November when Cole s
circus was IN Rome Mile Audie Austin
Coles leading equestrieune. Whiie stepping AT
the Sergeant House. lost handsome cluster
diamond ring. When arrested. johnson had
on q diamond ring which exactly answered
the description Of the one lost by Miss Austin.
johnson. through his attorney. got out pos
sessOry warrant, and carried the case before
Squire Walters. who ordered the ring re-
turned to johnson. and made him give bond IN
the sum Of $50 for his appearance at the fall
term OF the Superior Court. johnson claims
thar he bought the ring of q ieweler in Nash
vile. giving a watch and So for il.
Levi Lewis, a young negro. waylaid and
shot his employer. james J.. Burnside. in Nc
Durl county. on Friday morning of last
week Levi had been refractory and sulen.
and had refused to perform the labor assigned
him bv Mr. Burnside. He secreted himself
IN the woods near the road where he knew
Mr. burnside would probably pass. armed
with a double -barreled shotgun and waited
until Mr. Burnside had gone about twenty
steps beyond him. when nc attelnpted 10 shoot
hut the gun snapped. Mr.. Burnside, who
was on foot. turned towards the sound, when
lae negro fired the other load ana ran. Mr.
Burnside drew his pistol. and at the nrst
shot. Levi fell but before Mr.. Burnside could
ftt % hm, jumped up and ran on. ana Wnen
last seen was in Columbia county. several
Persons who saw Levi after the shooting, say
tlat he was shot thrOught the thigh, but not
dangerously hurt. Alr. Burnside received
three wounds in the left thigh and one on the
inner side Of the right thigh, all from bird
eAot and none OF them serious.
The Worth SfRr saws: ssThe famous Ross