Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-04-10
a CHAPTER OF HORRORS.
--,DrOTS HAPPENINGS IN GEOR-
NJ GA AND FLORIDA.


30 villages i'm this state.
GEORGIA.
-..-s were twenly-six burials in Atlanta
as. week
,r..rar. is unchanging in his avOwal that the
-.r-rr was done in self-defense.
mad dog was dispatched on Cooper street.
,tIerts. saturday, by an officer.
Ir,ram Johnson, colored, was discovered
..r5.- fin q large box in the cellar of G. E..
,..-.. hardware store in Atlanta Saturday
Pm abiding favorable hour for robbing.
~ was turned over to the police.
-ssrch OF his house revealed
i.-vs amount Of valuable property, which
.-7rsblv the result Of a long series Of rob
80 which have been mystifying the police
f.~s5me time past
A. Atlanta correspondent thinks that if
...s-1101 given by Senator Brown to the
r--.rs--.tv had been donated by any other
,.-s,r il would have excited none save favor
.fre comment.
Gen. Toombs, who speaks seven languages,
--e,rei day or two ago that he landed in
r-l.---s rtpr the war almost without a cent
.-ti.ramc. Within a short time. however.
s.sesirei $1,000 from an acquaintance for an
--s-f,u on some American securities. Gen.
r,,r,rs. who. by the way, is nearly "A years Of
'- IS -reatly grieved ON account Of his wiie's
Ealing health.
mn, census taken in connection with the
.,--,fstion Of the city directory shows that
,r,r.ta has population Of nearly $1,000.
r,fsh Terhuue. eolored, increases the
-.u.r,v victims in Rome to three, one Of
-ror. il win he remembered, is already
bar.d.
T.tn Clancy, an Incorporate weaver OF
lsr,mbus. ended his life with morphine on
r-itv. Dependency was probably the
..n-a. Tie leaves a family.
T-a trorting match at Columbus, Friday.
,f.--ie d. won three heats out OF four. defeat
-wsrrie T.. The best time was 3:lOia.
q, tbe sd instant John Bowman, Of sum
...-,rle. aged twenty-three years, went fish
,-,uith party Of friends. While they were
in the midst Of the spOr'. Mr.. BOwman's
r-.-l- were suddenly startled by piteOus
,,oscomiug from the spot where he was ang-
r. Rrsniurto see what was the matter they
t.--a him living on the ground with the blood
,.,,.r- from an ugly pistol wound over his
s and his face badly burned by the powder
.r-ted5-rhargei revolver. which lay between
biz r,-- His line dangled from the pole,
which was stuck upright in the bank. Mr..
r,rmau remained in an unconscious state
srreqrTv ten hours before life finally became
extinct. Whether the shooting was accidental
.-iureutional Will probably never be learned.
I1r0b Grant. worthy negro, died near
Madison recently from the effects of injuries
.-t--sri0uslv inflicted about his head. His
wife is under suspicion as being instrumental
resusiug the death.
pr. Franklin George. one Of Madison coun-
tr'smost esteemed practitioners, is dead.
One of the prrttiest girls in Georgia is said
t1Hp employed I'm an Athens factory.
Putnam county VIII have bought l,5OO tons
af -uano by the close of the season.
Georgia lettuce sells in New York at 50 per
arrl Other long forage crops are not re
ported
John Pratt. a youthful son Of Ham. Ian
!ui.he- iu Jail 40 LaGraRge for stealing and
destroying letters in the hotel mail box at that
r.ace.
Tie college building in Hamilton. now
nearly finished. is said TO be the most impOs-
iu--rlool CdIfce in the state built of wood.
GAINESVILLE mOurns the death Of +. II. Ste
Vhel-. one OF its most promising young men.
scores 0i sheep and cattle are dying in Ber-
reH county from peculiar disease. The
n4e k uf the animals swell up, in some in
staure- tbev froth at the mouth, ana iuvari-
abs live but o few hours after they are at
tarkel.
A Berrisn county negro who was put in the
uari house burned the lock OF of the door
ami made his escape 1t Is thought that he
ult au assistant outside
Miller county's Treasurer is Sl,1OO short in
DIS acrluuts.
The most noble Romans Of them all are
frightened by the report that a panther is
rr1ULu- ON the outskirts Of their town. The
animal Is reported 10y an aged negress TO be
la exceptionally fierce one. and has already
lut several dogs to flight for their dear lives.
S.. p. Brown was the successful candidate
Ile Fort Valley MayOralty contest. The
election OF the rest OF the ticket goes without
saving
man. monkey. a boy. a girl, woman. a
jear and 90 packh0rse ON which were strapped
rouuIe OF uauoose-. constituted one of the
m.rth provoking features in Fort Valley last
week. The band claimed to fly the Turkish
fl-. hut hy many were put down for Indians
Farmers throughout the State are raising
quite q general OUtcry against the unremu-
usrHtjveue~- OF cotton raisiug, and the truck
farming industry Is promised large acces-
sion.
lo-- Of $4,000 was entaiIed by the recent
burning of Duncan and BrunSon's residence,
near Houston factory.
Nr-. Samuel Hunt. a former well known
Resident ui Houston county. died recently in
Texas. M0uirie Frederick, of WellbOurn's
Nils. in the same county, Is also dead, aged
% years.
A burglar who blew open John y. COOper's
safe .u La Grange Saturday night secured
81 t1r bis pains. His elation was. however.
nppel iu the 0ut 10y speedy capture. lie
claims ,o be Henry Robinson. ian Ohio man"
WoIkiug his way NOrth from Florida.
Nr-. A. r. IIutchings died at Rome Satur-
day. aged = years, and was buried sunday
Gainesville Jail Is crowded.
That hi1 ''vaImint~ that has been creating
20 much sensation prOwling about Marietta at
night uit "on dogs head OF one night last
week.
Boston firm will soon start tannery in
atlanta.
% Ms probable that the parade Of the Grand
l0mmauiery and that Of the Columbus Fire
Department, ON the 18th Of May, will be ST
Au'ancOus.
Last week John Hnson Killed William
i'lns9u at a fishing lrOlic ON the Ogeechee
river. iu Gla-rOck county. The parties are
Well known in that part Of the state.
man with both legs cut of below the
Alta> WApped a policeman in Columbus the
"ller Jay. lu tine narration of the affair il is
@-e-ed chat it was fair fight
Is. Gadien, Of Atlanta, has invented and
p--rnlet q brake Tor wagons. carriages and
portable engines. IL Is self-acting. the driver
Atn- relieved of all labor and Is a protection
o animals drawing the vehicle.
Tie late senator HIIl's place in LaGrange is
"lefeI Tor $500. The residence Is magnifi-
cent. cruWning noble eminence. from which
asp.entld view is to be had. There are 800 or
fe acres Of land attached.
Hans iiarsrave. who lives at lis Hayne
street, Atlanta. had his leg amputated above
,4t Auee. saturday. BY DR.. Armstrong. Mr..
H1i-raFe was shot in the knee during the
hal- ant had since suffered so much from the
"eun'i a7 % render amputation necessary
Lightning struck n very large oak tree
AuLiu seventy wards of Captain r. H. Rhodes
-"tIln- 90 Crawford recently, and literally
REM Do INTO splmters. Strange TO say. calf
pen with two calves in il was in six feet of the
Us.ff fI.Ilwr ffFrrf nf oil n
gas ln The windows Of the Captains house
gtre shaken out, and pieces of the tree were
--I,Hn s. considerable distance. People l'v-
l-- Two miles distant were alarmed at the
currti
Ihe Qpeiika Times saws: "A movement is. on
-9et 10 have a grand military picnic at this
.ht some time the latter part of this or early
-LtAt month. lt is TO be a union picnic in
.Aitl lhe LaGrange. West Point. Columbus
.-l montgomery military companies aud the
1-.-fh cadets viii join the Lee Light Infan-
- 'n making the occasion one of pleasure
--t enjoyment. We nope the companies
-..led WI. come aud bring their friends. Our
tli.-ens Will do their utmost TO make the Oc-
-l'-on pleasant FOR all
ihe forms Of fraud are very varied. The
-,el Tang in Atlanta il the case of q well
-t>sci. plausible Young man Of good address,
EE-t gentle, manly appearance. named NJ. {.
17lh- VI no. under the guise Of charitable en-
5ttpii-eS, has been collecting money from the
I...f lgi MS own support. lie hdu begun Z
-.,t @ l1nk account OF his own. He was quite
5eLc7slul. and a. long as he confined his
talous 70 the guileless and unsuspecting
5-t7 ne tlrived well. But emboldened by
s lccess among the fairer part of our citi-
-s' ne extended his operations 10 the less
-Cluious and more suspicious men, and was
~ snapped up. He rcpOses remorsefully in
i~-- ana his bank account has ceased growing.
N augusta SATURDAY. night officers Moore
~ ~ Beaver arrested negro named Frank
Sellson. He l. an escaped convict from the
f-tn Carolina penitentiaFy. He was senz