Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-25

The Recent Fatality at Pye-Fifteen
Thousand Dollars Worth of Lost
Bonds Recovered at Augusta.
GEORGIA.
Gov. Mcdaniel has reappOinted Hon +. l.
Little Judge of the County Court Of Hancock
court.
r. N. johnson, who has been confined in
iall at Albany for the past two years, charged
with an assault with intent To murder. has
been released on 81. 900 bail.
A labor union has been organized at Au-
gusta The object Of the union is to better
the condition Of the laborer and 10 wage "a
war, II Is said, against convict labor.
Near CfdartOwn, Monday. Aaron D. Wies-
ner, CONFLICT guard. shot and killed Mack
May. m0ulder employed at the Cherokee
foundry. The homicide occurred at the house
Of the former Weisner made his escape.
Athens Banner: sNear High Shoals there
lives a man who is sa1d 10 be the biggest
eater In America. At one sitting he consumed
two large chicken pies an entire hog, peck
things i'm proportion. Parties often club in
and buy food just TO see the fellow eat"
An old negro woman, named Emily Corum,
over 30 wears of age, living near Tattnall
square, Macon. left her house on Monday af-
teruoou 10 gather some brushWoOd. Up to
Tuesday night She had not been seen or heard
from. ana az least ten negro men were scOur-
ing The city for her. Foul play is suspected
Cartersville 4 Aa,ericGH: ''The food last week
uncovered an Indian graveyard in Henry
Iumlin's field. No one knew that a burial
place was In that field. but the recent wash
lngs Of the flood have discovered pieces of
Skeletons Indian pots, exc, plainly indicating
lhat there the abOrlgnes Of this country
buried their dead.
\ certain legal document i'm some way was
lost in the Sher07s office at Macon, and for
two months BaillG Jones has been on the hunt
for lt. He searched all the shelves and draw
ers In the Office and failed to find il. Monday
ulght he dreamed that lt was among lot Of
papers lu Il certain drawer in the Office. So
impressed was he by the dream that he looked
over the papers dreamed about, and the miss
ing document was there.
jug Tavern correspondent Walton Nelcs:
Mrs. Park. who lived few miles from here.
died ON the 9Th inst. but owing to the warmth
that still fingered the body was kept for three
days without burial. When it was decided TO
bury 1t there was still little warmth in the
region of the heart. but no other signs Of life.
Many Instances are on record which show that
~ is not unircquently the case that persons
are buried alive. NodOubt proper preCaution
was taken in this case to prevent such a mis-
lake She had many relatives"
The store Of ". II. Whaley x son. at Jesup.
was broken open ON Monday last. The thieves
did not get into the retail department. and
the goods i'm the warehouse were too heavy for
them To move. so there was no loss. some
weeks since an attempt was made TO set fire
10 the same premises. There Is large crowd
of IDLE negroes about the town who DO moth
ing but gamble and drink whisky: the latter
they manage To buy by the jug fun in Savan-
town. and it D. supposed that they are the
depredators.
Pye correspondent NEWS, April 10: -'Sincc
my communication of the 18th inst in regard
90 the yOungster that was killed by the tim
ber wagon ON the 10th inst. his father Mr..
w healer, has come up from Brunswick. bring
ing photograph which proves his identity.
Mr.. Nhealer says the boy ran away from hlm
several times previous TO the last one. which
proved 10 be SO fatal.-CrOps are looking well.
Corn Is nearly all worked out. Cotton plant
fsHE All
spring has fairly set in. causing vegetation 10
grow finely. All crops are at least two weeks
IN advance of last season, with the best pros
pect i ever saw
Eastman correspondence NEWS April 23
Mrs. y. j. Roar died suddenly of apopeXy
yesterday. She was in only about twenty
minutes, and had always been stout healthy
woman. SHE was the wife of Dodge county 5
Ordmary.-Ihe Eastman Band Minstrels gave
very credltable amateur performance last
night, and Viii perform again tonight eX-
clusively for the negroes--The dOckets of
Dodge superior Court are loaded with about
one hundred and seventy y-five cases. several
terms OF the court could not dispose of the
busness.-Col. l.. 4. Han saws he Will pub
iish a card in the local papers this week an
nouncing his candidacy for the LEGISLATURE -
Gardi correspondence NEWS. April %: THE
negro Jerry Ferguson. who was shot at
James still on The night of the 2lst bv Charley
Joiner, died Tuesday night He was attended
by DR.. r. 4. Hack, who saws there was no pos
-ihle chance for him to live. Coroner ". T.
morning and mpaneleu a jury and held an
inquest. The jury decided that Jerry Fer
CURSOR came to his death by pistol or gun
shot wound at the hands of Charley joiner,
and that il was wIllful murder The muir
dered man was said to be from Tattnall cOun-
ty. He had been down here but a short while.
lie had worked awhile on the section of the
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Rail-
road here; but had quit that and was working
boxes for Mr.. j. b. James. The murderer is
40 large as YET
Atlanta Constitution: Tuesday morning at
? O'Clock Rev w lillian j. Ellis an EpiscODal
divine. was found dead m a chair at his resi-
dence on Houston street. He had been in bad
health for several years. but his death
suddenly. He was sitting up and
several watchers were with him, but
none of them were paying very strict atten-
ton. not knowing he was at the point of
death. At o'clock one of them went over TO
Mr.. Ellis and found him dead. Medical aid
was summoned, but it was too late. Death
was the result of dropsy of the heart. Mr..
Ellis was about % years OF age. lie was pas
tor Of Christ Church IN Nashville up TO 1876,
at which time he left there and came to
Georgia. spending his time partly IN Atlanta
and partly on his farm in Meriwether county"
Fifteen thousand dollars worth
of bonds belonging 10 the estate
OF Mrs. Fannie smith have Just been
found at Augusta Last February William
Painter, the administrator, discovered that
these securities had mysteriously disappear
ed. Advertisements were Immediately re-
sorted to throughout the state, but to
avail The house and store of the deceased
lady were searched untiringly. and detectives
We're busy in every direction. Mrs. Smith
was known as a business woman. and on this
account Do thought she might have been
robbed Tuesday while Mr.. Painter was
rambling among some of the old remnants of
dry goods, some papers were observed pro-
trUdng from a roll of mating. On eXamina-
tion they proved to be the lost treasure. The
will of Mrs. smith Is still missing, and part
OF the mystery ls still to be unearthed. Mrs.
smiths estate is valued at 100000.
Augusta Chronicle: THE Superior Court
was occupied for some time yesterday in the
trial of the case of W G.. St0v V. James H.
CranstOn. St0y claimed 10 have made loans
20 CraustOn from time TO time during a period
of two years and until month prior To the
bankruptcy of CranstOn. taking promissory
notes for the same CranstOn made no pay
ment to his creditors. on going into bank
ruptcy. but did. 10 was alleged, pay periOdi-
callv to StOy. after his discharge from bank
ruptcv. small amounts aggregatlng about $50.
and promised TO pay the remainder Of the
amount due. CraustOn failed 10 make anv
further payment and the plaintiff brought
suit. The defendant set up his discharge in
bankruptcy. and claimed that the sums re-
ceived from him by the plaintiff were intend
ell simply a. gifts and not as the payment of
debt. and could not be considered a a renewal
of a debt. Counsel for plaintiff in reply con-
tended that one of the legal essentials of
gift was lacking, viz: acceptance of the same
as a gift. that the plaintiff took the money as
a legal right and not as gift. Counsel for
plaintiff further cOntended that there was .
moral obligation TO pay. acknowledged by the
defendant, which was consideration sufficient
TO uphold pr0ahise 10 pay, and which nulli-
fed the idea that there was a gift. The jury
found in favor Of plaintiff for SJ35. with in
farosf frpU .TulV . 1870