Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-08-25

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~. Remains of the Eastman Rioters
- 1r.+erred-The Savannah and Au-
-, steamship Line Ready for Organ
s..tion-FIorida's LibeIed Steamers.
GEORGIA.
rFanqsville. Tuesday, hght0ng killed
.l.,rriIes owned by Mrs. Mary sloan.
farfthcr's barroOm at DanielsviIe
We tlrued ont o day or two ago with a loss
g+..mHoat will soon be running on the
r-e1.e. II determination can secure the funds
1puf % there
t4t,rsie- Of new cotton had been re-
sist tHe different warehouses in Ameri-
.rn tJ Tuesday night.
f.,,.- Mcdonald. OF Atlanta, charged with
-5rr Bud Brown. has been discharged for
I..r.l evidence 10 convict.
rf- q. Pearce. aged about seventy wears.
5-sf ur DIS farm IN the southwestern part Of
p-rI-sI county, On Tuesday last.
Ur Z. o.. Scruggs is on trial at Gibson for
-.. r.ur.Ir of his brother law. Adrian Tn
leruro5. by shooting a short time ago
,r-He close Of the warehouses on Tuesday
.,.rin.. zIst INST, there had been received
,r Usuk.nsyille fifty bales Of new cotton.
t,r zi5h of September the town of But
-ry,r vote 0u the Issuance Of bOuds To raise
money llr fhe completion of Butler College.
rv.p vear-Old cOlOred child in Augusta
drowned iu TIVE, feet Of water IN a basin of a
f,rrrslr u front Of Its mothers house Thurs
day.
Niek Wilson, white convict from Cobb
earrr.. escaped from the Marietta and North
E.lrla Railroad some three weeks ago. and
Is-t.l aI large.
,rlartersville, Wednesday. a negro fell
out Of e. second story window on Bank block
5u r1 the pavement below. but as he fell on
t.- head no serious injury resulted.
The Alabama Fair Association, which holds
u- ll.ro ou November l3, VIII offer prize of
y-0tp the best drilled military company. 1t
|,rmUrrd that Georgia Will be represented.
~ut has been entered in the Superior Court
ar Atlanta by John F. Rucker, against the
southern Express Company for five thousand
dollars damages for injuries sustained by
being run against by one of the express
wagons.
A reunion of the survivors of the several
companies that went 10 the war from Craw
fort county. and composed the Sixth. Twen-
tIetl and Forty fifth Georgia Regiments. Will
ie held at Beaver Dam Church OH the first
Saturday i'm september.
The committee canydssing for subscriptions
tu thc steamboat line between Augusta and
savannah has obtained a sufficient amount TO
authorize the organization of the company.
There viii De a meeting for That purpose this
morning in Augusta.
Extensive preparations are being made for
LIr reunion OF the surviving members OF the
oII Fifth Georgia in Augusta. ON the 2Jth of
This month, 4 big barbecue and Il ride up
tIr canal Will be IN the programme. Captain
irCuLE AtAtAli0s ono OF Llt Ola lltliutl-s " lli
deliver the address OF welcome To the visitors.
veterans, and at the entertainment 90 Dee
Liven on the 30th.
One of the old Fifth Georgia now IN Daw-
son, has "a relic in the shape of "a Bible, which
was IN q side pocket resting over his heart.
40 the battle Of Chickamauga. when grape
shot struck 10, badly mutIiating the cover.
Iut saving the life of tine owner. The Bible
s of the tightly clasped kind, and upon its
c.acJicity the bail spent its force. falling
larmlessly by the side of the veteran. This
Bible was captured from the army stores of
the enemy at Lawrenceburg. hy-
4 few days ago the bodies Of simon O'Gwin.
Joe king. Reddick Powell. Bol. DonclsOn and
Ella Moore. the Eastman riot cOuViCt-. were
eXbumed from their graves In the jail ward
and removed To another place of burial. The
fact that all the bodies were found where
they had been laid. refUtes the rumors that
were published, and generally believed. soon
after the prisoners were executed. stating
that several of the bodies, if not all of them.
haj been taken up and sent to- the Atlanta
Medical College.