Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-10-06
having 51;yt nearly severed his foot while cutting

having nearly severed his foot while cutting
with an axe.
The trial Of Dick Dates. the negro impIica-
Ieu by Margaret Harris, who hangs at Cal
noun. october 18th, in the poisoning of the
Lewis children, viii come up before Judge
ram about the 18th or 18th inst sheriff Tav-
Tor has decided to Use the same stvle gallOWs
a. the one on which johnson was hung IN
rome several years ago. and Will put il up on
tHe county land recently purchased Of Squire
fulllam. The gallOws has a trigger under
meath and when this is jerked out by means
OF rope, the whole platform falls.
At Cuthbert last fall an Oat Club was or
ganlzetL and a premium of two bushels from
each member was 10 be given TO the man
making the greatest number of bushels to the
acre. and one hushel from each to the man
making the next greatest number. The land
mas just been carefully measured, and the
following result announced: John MattoN. 50
bushels; l-ham Weaver. IS bushels: j. 4.
Allison. So bushels. After cutting the oats
Mr.. MattON put the same acre in cotton and
though the caterplllars greatly injured the
yield. il made half a bale.
\ postal card was received in Macon a few
days ago from the sheriff of Butts county.
asking for the arrest of two white men. Allen
Parker and William FLOYD. These men were
witnesses IN attendance on the United States
Court. The prisoners are charged with rape
They say that the crime with which they are
charged was committed some ten wears ago.
They were indicted by the grand Jury of Butts
county a short time after, and have been
quietly following the lives of farmers in New
ton county ever since: that they could have
been arrested at any time hy the officers Of
either Butts or Newton counties and that
their arrest in Macon was because of their
being witnesses against certain parties in the
l Jnited >tates Courts. They say they are in
nocent OF the charge and viii SO prove on trial
negro man named Charles Hicks was
found dead IN the public road ON last Safur-
day night, near Pitts Branch. few miles from
ny ne~horu. The deceased had been stabbed
just above the right collar bone the knife
ScNerlng both the iugular vein and the cartt
lld artery, and entering the wind pipe. The
deceased. IN company with West Barnes and
three other negroes, left Waynes bOro Satur-
uay evening on a wagon. On the way
Charles Hicks requested of West Barnes the
privilege of smoking his cigar, who replied
with il. \ feud arose and the two men cot
out of the wagon and settled il as already mar
rdied- y long keen knife was found i'm the
right hand of the deceased. and "a bundle i'm
his left and an empty whisky flask in his
pocket. The jury found that he came to his
death by wound inflicted by knife in the
hands Of West Barnes, grading the crime as
voluntary manslaughter. West Barnes was
arrested and committed 10 Jail to await his
trial.
The Louisville Nesrs aud Fayo,ey has the
following: About three years ago Agnes
Sapp, wife Of the pastor of the A. NJ f.
Church Of this place, noticed a small hard
lump forming ON her right breast, which
gradually grew until 1t had assumed the
idtHeI lisllhllplu proportions oil an S-pOuuu
iulnor. The tumor was cancerOus, and was
what the doctors called the encephalOid va
riety. About two months ago her husband
took her to Augusta and consisted DR.. Henry
Fraser Campbell, who. she claimed. offered
her very little encouragement to have an Ope-
ration performed. She returned to Louis
vile, and upon advice of Drs. Herschel V
johnson and Powell X Wright. whom she
consulted. she decided to have an oDcration
performed 10y the above named gentlemen
sunday. september 23d. The whole of her
rlght breast was removed. As Indicated
above. the tumor weighed eight pounds The
~ucCesstuT operation reflects considerable
credit upon the gentlemen who undertook SO
'uhicult an experiment. Up To the present
time. her physicians report her condition as
being very good, with fair prospects of re-
coNerV."