Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-16


warrant reduction, and large majority of
the people expect lt and claim that il should
lie done. On July 9 Treasurer Moore re-
ported S9,o5s 81 in the treasury. The tax
digest shows taxable property in the county
10 the value Of S2,63l, ,446. an increase Of
sl4-Sl9 over the returns OF 1883. The large
surplus IN the treasury and the increase in
tne valuation OF the taxable property, form
together a sufficient warrant for a consider
able reduction in the rate Of county taxes.
The reunion Of the Fifth Georgia Regiment
VIII take place IN Macon on Aug. q and % at
Masonic Hall. The regiment is composed OF
the following companies: Company A, Clinch
Rifles, Augusta; Company b, Griffin Light
Guards, Of Griffin; Company G, Irish Volun-
teers, Augusta; Company ID, McDuhie Rifles,
WarrentOn: Company i. Dawson Volunteers,
bert, Company G., Schlcy Rifles, EllaVille:
Company II, Hardee Rifles, Bainbridge: Com
nanv /, Georgia Greys, Columbus; Company
X. JpsOn Guards, IhOmastOn. The regiment
was formed in Macon. and went into service
In May. 1861. and was mustered out Of service
at Greensboro. y. C., In May, 1865. One in
terestng feature Of the programme will be
the TestOra ION Of the cOlOrs Of the regiment
10y Capt. Young. af the FIfty-seyenth New
York Regiment. The cOlOrs were captured
near Savannah.
Athens B1ansr- Wafclmau: The desire for
udf pets reaches its climax when a man is
content 10 have q box OF rattlesnakes to amuse
himself with. This man Is Col. Bob Gillian.
OF MaXeys. He has in glass fTOnted box
i've large snakes. two blacks and three rattle
snakes. None OF them have had their fangs
removed. but are as dangerous as when cap
tured. The largest Is over five feet long, and
has thirteen ratJles. They were all captured
by Mr.. Vince Sanford, on his farm in Greene
county. NOt long since. Mr. Gillian had a
very large king snake in his box. and OBJ
tanning "a BLACK snake he shut the two in
the box and watched for the result.
For several days the king snake would
eat nothing that was given him and only
watched the black. Finally one day strange
sOunTs and @ desperate struggle attracted
those I'm the store where the reptiles were
kept. and 10 was seen that the king snake had
the blacks head In its mouth and was endeav-
OriuE TO swallow him. The two fou ght,
wrIthing and lashIng their tails, for an hour,
hen the black snake was dead. The king
snake was three weeks IN swallowing the
black. and for six weeks after he had COM
pletet this, he ate nothing.
Cuthbert Enterprise: With the assistance OF
Judge GOrmley we are enabled to make the
following exhibit from the tax digest of Ran
dnlph county for 1851; POlls-white. S99: ne
groez, Sg7; lawyers. :; doctors, 10; dentists. :
number OF hands, 1921; acres of land. 254,-
06iia; value Of land, $3.50 2i5; value of city and
town property, S239, go; amount of money and
solvent debts, including notes and accounts,
S24~,Olj; merchandise Of every kind, SPLITS;
cotton manufactures, $4,000; household
and kitchen furniture, ssh AS; watches. silver
plate and Jeweiry of all kinds, Sl02 0S5; horses,
mules, cattle. hogs, sheep and other stock.
s. 6, 2-O; plantation and mechanical tools, law
aud library books, pictures, etc, S34.S15; cot
ton. corn, annual crops and provisions etc.
helt for sale April !, $3.50; value of all other
property not before enumerated. $43 $50; total,
Si.9l1.Sl0; tax on professions, S2i0; tax on
p Us. $l.I95; wild land, 2,6S5l4 acres, valued
at SO. urOueFtV owned bN cOlOred peoule.
5,sala4 acres of land. valued at SLIPS. They
have $3.50 worth of city property. Money
and solvent debts, $40: value of household
and kitchen furniture. S4.Go5; horses, mules,
cattle. ETC.. SIS $50; mechanical tools, etc,
$500; total negro property, Sj3. .265; total
white property. Sl.s62,615.
Fridays Atlanta Constitution: Yesterday
afternoon DC was currently rumOred that the
John 1T. James Bank had began paying out
to creditors. When the matter was investi-
gated it was found that one creditor, q gentle
man named Heidi. who lives at Dallas. had
received $500. being TO per cent. on his clam
OF $500. and that was the only money paid
out. The probabilities, however, are that
the bank viii begin its disbursements to-day.
but this Is not certain, as there are COntin-
Eeucles which may arise. and which VIII defer
the paying out Tor few days. Several
creditors who have not signed have agreed to
accept their disbursement and stock.
which is equivalent 10 signing. and the
assiguces are determined TO disbUrse to
them first. One Of them. Mr.. Heldt,
has received h,s disbursement and stock
The others are expected to come for
ward to-day. So soon as this Is done nothing
more, it is said, Is I'm the way of the settle
ment, and unless something unforeseen hap
pens the disbursements viii then be begun
regularly. Those in position 20 know say that
the adjustment is an assured success, and that
substantially all the creditors have agreed eN-
cept two uOu-resIdeuts. It is probable that
the general Li-bUFscmeut viii begin to-day.
but 40 what hour cannot be stated, as some
minor matters OF detail have vet TO be per
that DO viii begin at feast bv Saturday, and by
this nearly 100000 viii be at once put out in
Atlanta. and trade to that extent enlivened.
The board OF 81 rectOrs was IN session all day
Yesterday and the day before, winding uD- the
matter, and the con -ract between Mr.. James
ami company as TO the guarantee has been
signed and most Of the details perfected.
shortly after Conductor Broyles' freight
train had left CarttrsyIlle at O'Clock Tues
dav morning three negro tramps were dis
covered stealing a ride. They were told 10
get OF 90 the next station. Rogers. and did so
after vainly irving to iutimIdate the train
hands with clustering words. As the train
moved out OF Rogers several bullets were
fred into the CGbOOse, none Of the train men
aboard being injured. A. Kingston COnduc-
tor ErOyles turned his train over TO
himself and one of his tram hands
named Peoples. Broyles, accompanied by 4
few friends, walked mp the track towards
Rogers 20 arrest the negroes. At q curve,
half way between the two places the OppOs-
ing bands met. Conductor Broyles called on
them 90 surrender as he stopped and threW
his gun forward. Two of the negroes quickly
threw their hands high above their head and
announced that they were ready 10 give in.
bat the third pulled his pistol and began Gr-
ing. The ba Is whiZZed close to the railroad
mems ears. and then the loud report of the
shotgun rang out. drowning the sharp report
of the uegTO's pistol. again the shotgun
gave forth its Charfe, and one of the negroes
dropped 10 the ground dead, while another
fell beside him mOrtallv wounded. As the
two negroes dropped the third one sprang of
the railroad and rapidly disappeared in the
woods. The next morning when an early
freight tram passed Hamiltou's crossing the
engineer saw tie dead man beside the track
and near him lay his wounded cOmrade. At
Kingston the engineer told what he had seen.
ana in a short while the Coroner OF Barlow
county repaired to the locality and held an
inquest. The wounded negrO's power OF
speech still remained, and before the Coroner
and his jury he related the midnight meetngOn
the railroad track. and told of the deadly duel.
He also told of The stolen ride from Carriers
vile 10 Rogers, ana Of the encounter and
quarrel with the railroad men az that place.
but said nothing about shoe ing into the cab
as the train left Rogers. There was no other
evidence before the jury, and no verdict has
yet been returned. The dead body and the
wounded man were then taken on to KIM gstOn
where they were cared for. The wounded
negro was 'Ound 10 be IN a dangerous con-
dltIOu. but was subsequently removed to his
home IN Cartersyillp, where he was alive at
last accounts. Conductor Brovles and his
train hand, Peoples, have not yet reported
FOR duty. but viii be accessible to
the law when wanted by the authorities.