Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-10
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

Captain John Byne walker. of Madison
County, Dead-Jeiferson Davis One of
the Executors Of an Athens Will
Cold bIooded Murder Near Eaton
ton
GEORGIA.
Forsyth county has completed a new jail.
A drunken man was frozen in the Dallas
guard house on saturday night.
Hon. John r. King. Of Augusta, has donated
500 to the fire department OF that city
Miss Chi-o.m. Of Barnesville, VIII be assist
ant editor of the Netcs under its new manage
ment
Peacock. Patterson & Co., Of Neville. have
sold their turpentine busidess % j. J.. Man
ming. OF Dodge county.
Dr. J. q. Gibson, Of Lexington, in the six
teen years since he has been ordaiued
preacher has married 200 COUPLES.
Two hundred dollars iu greenbacks have
been found on the person of negro arrested
ln Athens for fighting in the streets.
Col. John Byne Walker. the prominent
Madison county politician died a few days
ago. He was born lu Burke county February
y, 1865.
At a temperance meeting in Gainesville on
the Ist inst working committees were an
pointed for each district in the county. An
election on prohibition viii be held on July 81.
Charles Wright, who killed his cousin. WI.
" Ham. near UniOnville- in Cumming coUn-
". last July, has been captured in Bourbon
county. by, and lodged in Jail at FORSYTH,
This State.
Convict ingenuity in saving bars and bolts
Of -ron with instruments which would seem
absolutely unequal 90 the task. was again
demonstrated few days ago bv am almost
successful attempt at jail breaking at Cedar
town.
When Nelson Davis, colored, ana his wife
retired. az Columbus saturday NIGHT thev
placed their three -mOnths-Old child IN the
bed between them. When tLey awoke sun
day morning they were shocked to find the
child dead 1t was perfectly well when put
TO bed ana no doubt 1t was smOthered to death
during the night.
Ia East Rome Monday afternoon J. ".
Fletcher, OF Chattanooga. Tenn, shot and
killed john Griffin, OF East Rome. Ii was the
tragic ending OF an Old feud and was wit
messed only by 4. J. Gibson. an esteemed
citizen OF Polk county, who was on his way
20 Rome. II is said that woman is at the
bottom Of the affair.
Some time ago five convicts escaped from
the DgiethOrpc camp. and ID. ". Meadow
started on their trail as "a detective together
Wlth p0hceman. The convlcts were found
IN chattanooga, and three of them have been
brought back. The pursuers have now gone to
Tennessee for the rest. armed with requisi-
tiOn from Gov. Mcdaniel
The passenger coach which was thrown from
the track in the accident which occurred on
the savannah, Florida and Western Railway
Saturday afternoon, mention of which has
been made IN these columns. was iammeI
with passengers, and their escape is regarded
as something miraculous. sixteen were in
While /. ID. Mccormick. Of Chauncey. was
absent last Monday night some one made an
attempt 90 burn his residence by boring
several augcr holes through the floor lust uu-
der the closet, and forcing q basket of shucks
under the holes, set them ON ;ire. Dr. Harris
son, VINO was coming zap to take the train. saw
the fire ana gave the alarm. and succeeded i'm
putting It out.
Robert =. Pulliam publishes the followingin
the GAINESVILLE Register. - hereby give
notice 90 an dramseners and dramdrinkers
that have left the old way with the old year.
anu nave tuIhe,i into tue new way with the
new year, and want all of them To give me
the go by. Intend 70 redeem my name and
character, and shall look upon the man vino
oilers me liquor as my deadly enemy
Mrs. Martina steele. of Atlanta. has been
visited by an unusual succession of severe af-
hctlOus lately. In February last her husband
died. In the last five weeks she has buried
two of her sons, and third died Monday. a
fourth lS 40 the point OF death, and Il NTH wls
taken with typhoid fever Monday. The one
who died Monday was John B. steele He
was taken with typhoid fever four weeks ago.
Near Eatonton last summer, John Malone,
i'm picnic difficulty, shot Albert Redd. Civ
ing him a serious wound. Ever since Redd
has threatened vengeance not only against
his assaIlant. but against all his relationship
They were IN deadly fear of him. and kept
close after dark i'm order to avoid meeting
him. several nights ago Willis Malone. who
resides in different part of the county. was
attracted by cries of anguish near midnight.
and gong out he received tuU charge of
buckshot, his assaiant eXclaimiug: an show
YOU how John shot at me- The wounded
mGu died next day, and warrant was Is
sued for tine arrest of Redd.
At Atlanta on the 18th of December Butler
Waters hailed car on the Metropolitan line
near the county court house As the ear
reached the negro he attempted To catch the
front platform. but missed IL and fell and was
knocked around, "a wheel OF the car passed
over his right foot, cutting it somewhat. The
driver seeing the accident stopped the car.
The negro hobbled to the Office Of DR.. Howell.
mt 1T
Talbotton. was i'm the office at the time and
scwed up the wound. which appeared to be of
little consequence. DR.. Howell was subse-
quently engaged to look after the wound. The
negro appeared TO be doing well for a few
days, when the doctor discovered that erysipe-
las had set IN, and from that time ON the ne
gro showed Indications of blood poisoning lie
continued TO grow worse until sunday night,
when he died from the effects of the blood
poisoning.
curious development in connection with
the viii and estate of the late Geu. William
NJ. Brown. of Athens, Is reported. Gen
Brown died suddenly. and the closest search
could discover no Will Judge Howell Cobb
was appointed executor by law, and immedi-
ately begun closing up the estate as the law
requires. All personal and perishable prop
ertv was converted into money, and other
necessary steps taken. \ day OF two ago, how
ever, Judge Cobb received a letter from Hon.
jefferson Davis saying that he had Just then
received by mail he knew not from whom.
the last VIII ana testament OF cen. Brown,
sealed with his seal, etc. By this viii, he Mr..
Davis and Judge James jackson. of At
lautd, are appointed executors. The other
articles of the will are not given. Ii remains
mystery as to where the will has remained
SO long. Judge Cobb has suspended all action
in the matter. and awaits the appointed eX-
ccut0rs.
The Athens BrnHeP- WafchnaH SAYS: "a
certain book agent from an adjacent county
speut Christmas in Southwest Georgia. After
selling an Old darkey a Bible he crossed his
back with a rabbits foot, and told him thath
could never now be conjured or harmed. The
negro expressed great gratitude and wanted
20 buy the foot. No, 1 can't sell this was the
reply, for il is worth $4,000 TO any one. 1t Is
tie left hind foot of y rabbit that
~as killed in q graveyard at Tuscaloosa.
Ala, and possesses peculiar virtues: but
am looking FOR a fresh supply from there in
a few days. and Will perhaps sell you one"
ON going into the country next day he shot
two rabbits and cut OF all their feet. When
Ee returned the gentleman found the darkies
wild with excitement, and as fast as he could
receive the money sold cut his stock of rabbits
feet at s. each lie now THINKS Of going eN-
clUsWely into the business, and SAYS il the
darkeys are to be fooled out of their money he
bad as well have II as any one else