Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-31

son to Hang at summerviIIe.
GEORGIA.
An adjourned term of Spalding super1o
Court viii be held this week, commencing thi
morning.
The editor Of the wayeross Reporter saw
that his town viii be sCOurged bv tvphoiC
fever this summer unless it Is made NOR
cieauiy.
Rev. john T. Kimball has been pastor o
shiloh Baptist Church, IN Monroe county
thirty years. His congregation presented
MN with gold-headed cane on sunday last
sidney Wolfe. youngest son Of Fred Wolfe
President of the Brunswick and Western
Railroad, died at the residence of his parents
IN New ork city. Thursday night. lie was
about eleven years Old.
Strvchuine IS iu demand for dogs that Kill
sheep In Glynu county. hen their sheep are
killed farmers pat strychulue IN the carcasses
OF the dead animals The dogs return for q
meal. and are killed bY The strychnine.
The ueWly-elected officers of the Augusta
Fire Department are: W. Edward Platt
Chief: James NuLali, First Assistant: FlOvd
Thomas, second Assistant; A. +. Austin,
Secretary: Charles J.. Coffin, Treasurer.
The committee of arrangements from the
various sunday schools in Brooks county, will
meet in the Methodist Church in Ouitmau
saturday, A pril >. at II a. m. to determine the
Time and place Tor having the sunday school
celebration.
An agricultural fair meeting Sis to be held
at Michelsou's Hall at Brunswick, tomorrow
evening. The meeting is called 10 organize
or reorganlze am agricultural association on
the joint stock principle. for the purpose OF
holding annual fairs and promoting the cause
ul agriculture generally.
The Athens BIauer saws: "A gentleman
who is very reliable, tells as that in Oconee
county "a rat came down the side of Chin
uey and went Co hens nest close bv got an
Eout. wound his tail around it and carried
tus same To its nest i'm the chimney. some of
the rocks We're taken out to see what the rat
had iu its bed and at least peck of egg
shells were found. with silver spoon that had
been lost for several years.
Writing on the 2Sth inst. the Alapaha cor
respondent of the NEWS SAYS. ''AIr. ". j.
Nelson celebrated the opening of the new
hotel bv giving dance ON Thursday night
that surpassed anything of the sort nat ever
happened in Alapaha. Mrs. MalcOm Luke died
at her home near Alapaha to-day. Mr. W ;
Walker is confined TO his bed with sickness
The family OF Mr. E. l.. Cav are all sick
Two new stores have been opened this week
Messrs. b. h. johnson and Frier Il Co.-mab-
ing boz all twelve business houses in Al3paha.' 90
- The Qutman Free Press saws: "a negro
woman named Eva Thomas. charged with
kilIug her s-year-old child. was arrested by
sheriff McNeifO on Monday last. The Coroner
had investigated the natter and verdict
charging the mother with the murder had
been rendered Upon investigation, how
ever. the proof was found TO be entirely cir
cumstantial and not sufficient To convict. The
woman seems 10 be a half-Wittcd creature.
lAltL DO l0 tltEf Nl tf lE LllAL Nllt commute
the crime probably in q do of frenzy and un-
Intentionally
the Oglethorpe Echo SAYS. son FRIDAY
last delegation Of Aleth0dists from this place
was in Crawford selecting "a lot 10 accept i'm
exchange for the one give that demon ination
lu that Place by Mr. oliver. upon which Ia
erect q church, from Dr. y. G.. Gibson. The
lot owned by the church was adjoining Dr.
Gibson and he proposed giving anv lot Sc
lected in the town for 80. \ site was selected
back OF the old railway lot on the new street
which viii be "a beautiful one for a church
building y church viii probably be built i'm
The near future"
Last Saturday. about ] o'clock, "a colorcd
woman. Louisa Irlpp. living on W. II.
@wanu- place. near Golfers station. in Mon
roe county. was burned To death while going
TO tine spring. She was carrying some clothes
ON her head to- DE washed at the spring when
her clothing caught fire from the pipe She was
smoking. As she discovered her back all
ablaze She began screaming, but deliberately
put the clothing she was carrying down,
thinking She could eXtinguish the flame Be
fore aid could reach her from the house. a few
hundred yards of, she rolled over in ditch
near by-dead.
I'm addition 10 the two fatal casualties men
toned elsewhere IN this column Monroe cOun-
tv had "a murder last week. difficulty last
Monday night between two negroes. John
Dewbcrry and Henry Hathorn. employed by
Capt. w &. Corley. resulted in the death o.
the latter. During the afternoon of Monday
they had had q quarrel about hitching up q
mule. That night DCWDerry went TO ITa-
thOrn's house. and the quarrel was renewed
10 is not known what passed between them.
but HathOrn drew his knife and DeWberry
fired his pistol, the bail entering Hathorn',
side.
The Amercus ReDulDc1a says: Mrs
Alma McLain. of this city, is engaged in
making collections 10 build q house of Wor-
ship iu sung Kong. China. sung Kong was
10 have been her home and the field of her la
bor-. huU for the frowning Providence that
.tHiIDIf H1f gyy har Hnupf alf
the work and ycarns for the benighted soul,
n Chat benighted land. The city contains q
population of $4,000 and has 10 church edi-
lice. DIR. \ j. Allen is in China and has the
work m hand. and Mrs. McLaln has already
collected and forwarded TO him $3.50 TO aid in
It's erection
The WUfEer county Messenger says: ,'Sev-
eral Of our citizens vouch for having seen an
extraordinary phenomenon last Monday
night. This wonder was something like the
shadow OF a great comet; I'm fact, we could
not compare 10 with anything other than q
black comet IN order To give one an adeuuate
idea of ITS appearance. As lt was seen about
$3.50 p. M. the tail of this puZzling structure
extended midway the heavens. Later its an
gular form and absolute length had increased
until No seemed dark, semi circle reaching
from the east 90 the west and gradually en-
larEed iu diameter as IT bent in the western
sky"
The sumter Rspu5licaH says: "A few night.
ago "A lady living two or three miles from
town. awOke in the night and imagined some
one had surrcptitiouSlv entered her room
while she and her husband were asleep. Civ
ing him dig in the ribs she put her mouth tC
hls ear. whispering, get mp; some one is in
the room trying to steal The alrlghted hus.
band drew his wife's head down and whisper
et back: Get my gun from behind the bureau
and lll shoot him.. The scared woman was
SO indignant that she blurted aloud. YOU fool
get DO yourself and jumping out of bed mad,
@ light, and found the doors and windows Sc.
cure and no one there but their terrified
selves
The NEWS correspondent at Americus wrot,
as follows ON Friday: by invitation from tn,
Mayor and Railroad Committee Col. +. r
Ferdery. of Augusta. arrived here yesterday
i0 confer with parties Interested in building
railroad from this place TO HaW 6insville
The people here feel that with Col. Nerierl
a- leader the result cannot he other than
4uCcessful.-lt Is learned that the insurance
ou the property lost al the fire Is greater thar
was urst thOj ght. The total insurance IL
about $4,000 ON total loss of $4,000. Tn,
owner OF the burned building, Mrs. +. bar.
Low, intends rebuilding two twO-story store
houses at an early day. She will not rebuild
the hotel"
The EIr1y County Neics SAYS: ''Dr. Edward
Palmer, OF the bureau Of cthnOlogy of the
Smithsonian Institution, arrived here on
Thursday night last for the purpose of eX-
pl0rug the Indian mounds on the MercieI
plantation. ON Friday evening he rode out
TO see them After passing around the big
cue he concluded not 70 attack iU without
further instructions from headquarters. IL,
had been instructed TO cut trench righ
through 10 in two directions. To do this, h,
thought, would cost more than the depart
mrnt had counted ON, hence his decision M
% undertake 10 without further orders. Will,
waiting these orders he is engaged in cNplOr
ing the smaller mounds. As yet we have n,
report from him Of any discoveries made
John Davis, an lS-year-Old white ~, hat
been arrested ON suspicion Of having mur
dered the boy Henry Foster. at TriOn Factory
near home, "a day on TWO ago Davis Is Tho
SON OF Mr. Davis employed rs q weaver at IN,
factory. man working IN field near where
the dead body was found, Tuesday evening
heard the report of a gun and shortly after
wards saw Davis rush out of the woods. com
ing from the direction i'm which the report
was heard. Another. man who was il
the woods also saw Davis running from tn,
direction ia which the report of the gun wa,
heard. Before reaching the factory Dawn
Joined y party of boys who had been out play
ing. and all of them remarked his flushed fac,
tu1 excited condition. Fosters dog wa
!ound Thursday dead i'm the creek about lO
wards below where the body of the boy wa
found.
on Friday the Alillen correspondent OF tn
News wrote as follows: Work on the artesial
well has beoA temporarily suspended. Tn
measurement this morning showed depth q
$50 feet. An estimate Of the force Of tn
stream was also taken by means of fifty-gal
lon empty Kerosene barrel. which was 1lle'
IN precisely fifteen seconds. showing a flow o
zoo gallons per minute. Our citizens ar
Justly proud of this achievement owe
the only difficulty with which Ou
town has ever been beset. y,
one now questions its future growth an,
prosperity. With 4 population nearing 81,
hundred inhabitants and rapidly increasing
SIX commercial houses. two saloons. Nv,
hotels. one Of which. the AIillen Hotel. is TIA
best equipped building of the kind on the lin
OF the great Central Railroad, there appear
10 be no reason why we shouldn't prosper
Mr. George W Dweile departed for Savan
nah to-day. where he will take passage b.
the EteamEhIu fifv IA d faw al
phia. our farmers report corn as coming nj
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