Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-10

uereu IN stewart county.
GEORGIA
Cotton planting in Greene county is about
completed.
cotton is peeping up on some plantations in
Columbia county.
Tie LaGrange oil mill has ceased operations
t1r The season owing TO lack Of seed
HuEuley * Co. have abandoned their in
telton of building an opera house at West
Point.
At West Point. chicken though born with
four legs was unable 10 walk. 1t lived but
three days.
Judge Logan f. Bleckley's home on Scream
er mountain, IN kabun county, is 5000 feet
above sea level.
The total valuation OF GainesvIlle's real es-
tate j 81 1855. an increase during the.past
year 90 Sl2f.350.
J. vs.. Colycr is "a candidate for reelection
te the Office of sheriff OF Houston county, sub
iect o. Democratic nomination.
IN Irwin county, DC IS feared that the June
apple crop VIII be am entire failure this year.
The plum and peach crops were never better.
steps are being taken in Perry to secure
funds with which 90 erect memorial monu-
ment ln the local cemetery TO the fallen heroes
Of the late war
Hawkiusyile merchants have been paying
tWeuty-oue cents per pound for wool this
week The market has not fairly opened.
~hearluE season is yet few days OF.
IN their presentments the grand jury Of
Charlton county say that the County school
"a
balance.
The members of IaGrauge's new municipal
board are, Mayor II. j. Harwell. Council
lneu--lOtn o.. Whitfield. VIM. y. Gray, NJ. l..
Fleming. W ", Turner, j. ID. EdmundsOn,
G.. q. Cunningham.
The term of IT. Fl. Whitfield as Judge of the
County Court of Pulaski expired on April 30.
fs~4. J.. O.. Ryan. Esq. has been appointed as
cine successor of Judge Whitfield. Besides the
fees % the office the county paws the Judge a
salary ot $500 per aunum-
An Atlanta jury of twelve white men has
gwen ~ h- traukIlu. a negro who had ore
~ his legs SD badly injured by a train on the
East Tennessee. Virginia and Georgia Rail
road that amnutaton was necessary. @ YER
t-et for $500. The plaintiffs witnesses were
4ll negroes.
Charles Greer and Benjamin Nix, both col
sresl- luarrele4 over the hoeIng OF row Of
cotton near Dawson and NIX shot Greer in
-le abdomen, causing DEATH Nix was beaten
about the head bv noe lu Greer's hauds af-
ter abe latter had been shot and his skull frac-
turei. but no mortal injury inflicted.
Eastman T-nes- y petition has been gotten
Np aua largely signed during the past week
requesting the Town Council 20 postpone the
building oi town haI for the present. and
BORE au artesian well. The petition was pre-
=auted to the Council yesterday morning and
refused W learn chat the Council will order
an election on the well question at an early
dav
The county Of Terrell has been sued bv Mr.
Thomas Irotman- Of stewart. for damages.
lu Che sum of $3.50. Mr.. Trotmau, some time
last year. IN attempting 10 cross Welb0rn's
bridge. In the northern part Of the county. be-
came eutaHEled with his team. bv reason Of
the disorlered condition Of the bridge. and
claim@- therefore. 90 have been damaged TO
-Nr extent Ql the amount sued ior. I he case
VIII uc brought at the next term Of Our SUI
Herlur Court.
I'm Houston County Court. last Monday. Jim
simmons. negro man. was tried on a charge
oi malicious mischief. in scattering poison on
the premises ot All. Richardson. on the G.. f.
Brown farm The evidence did not disclose
tile reason for putting out the poison. but the
fact was shown that bread. with poison on it,
was scattered around rather pr0miscuouslv.
Fortunately. only chicken was killed. Upon
conviction simmons was sentenced to nine
months ID the chain-gaRg, or TO pay "a fine
cambridge Democrat: A negro. aged about
81 wears. named Richard Washington. who
Aal- from Bacont0n. we learn, fell overheard
trou tne barge OF Mr.. BRYAN on It's up trip.
between the POllevs Malls aud the oil factory,
aHl drowned IL appears that the pole with
which DE was engaged in polling the craft up
stream broke. throwing him overheard. and
lu eve witness thinks he feIl on the end of the
broken pole which probably iufiiced injuries
which caused him 90 drown. Tie rose but
once. and then only for an instant, and sank
fH rise no more.
Garii correspondent NEWS: I have had a
pretty good opportunity to see the crops in
thls section within the last week and find that
EAeE are generally looslug we'll but need
some ram. hut as yet are not suffering for it,.
We have three turpeutine stills at or near
here. owned and worked by Messrs. T. Har-
rer, J. B. James and > L. Bennett & Co.
They uuu labor scarce and very unreliable.
and that DO gets more SD each season. Mr.. T..
Harper VIII have his new storehOuse ready
Lor occupy ing DO Anew days more. hlSS Rosa.
second daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. i. ID. Girls
-elte. az this place. but formerly of Conway.
H9rTE county. = e., was united ln marriage
a. Alr. A. g. Hack. OF Hcudarln HacktOu1 on
tle evening OF NAY L. at the residence Of the
brides father. bv Rev. Mr.. Quarterman. The
young couple went TO housekeeping at once at
Pen1arin.'
The wife OF William Jones. Of Lula. who i
saI4 20 De- q hard working clever man. has dis
appeared. carrying with her four or five chill
HIen- fef some cause Aer ana Jones old not
=ei along rnloolAly. ana they had been separ-
ated SOME time. Jones having the children
ana She flying around. RumOr saws while she
was going 90 Ciarksville some time since. she
was somewhat hurt hy an accident on the
road. and had collected about $500 damages.
one Thomas J. Hughes who was then United
ing her adviser Snee that time he
has lost his position. and has been
STAYING at Lula awhile. About three weeks
a-o Mrs. Jones succeeded IN getting her chill
treu and left. carrying them with her. and in
few days Hughes also disappeared. RumOr
says they have ahscOuded together, but where
taeT have gone nobody knows.
The Troup county grand jury recommend
tLe sale of the present pauper farm and the
purchase of new one. The county has a
balance on hand Of 4.36l 9l. The population
year 1888. as ascertaiued by the enumeration
of the school census was 6,l59 children be-
tween aud Is wears OF age. or these a,02j
are white and g.. las c0lOred, showing the col
ored to exceed the whites more than Two to
one. Dl these Liz whites and ,-G6 cOlored
children attend the public schools. There
were , schools In the county. 53 white and Il
co.ore1- Ihe aggregate amount Of funds re-
celved was S5.2l2 05- The expenses were
1856 go. There was paid to teachers on audited
accounts. S4.s5i Sd. being 81 50 per average
M |srr- q
D. lSSIN-reuths per cent The jury declares in
favor OF prohibition law for the county.
About Q week ago woman named Mary
Davis. who was EMPLOYED as a cook hv Mr.
Tom Jeu Hines was found dead in her bed in
her house on Nj. Hines place near Green
Hill. Stewart county. so miles southeast Of
Columbus. DR.. Lee was summoned, and
made an examination OF the body. He dis
covered marks Of violence about the WOman's
meek. and upon raising the Aid Of her eve. saw
that q uistol Shot had evidently been fired
into her brain. Notwithstanding these cir
cumsrauces. the woman was buried without
an inquest being held. The body has been
eNhumc1 and q thorough investigation Is in
progress several negroes rom the vicinity
have been Ia Columbus and have made con-
fietiug statements In regard 70 the affair
Their statements imphcate the fair name Of
those who are above suspicion. Mary Davis
was white woman aged about 20. and was a
daughter Cf Dan Davis. deceased. She has
been m the employ Of Mr.. Hines FOR nearly
Weuty years.
~ainesviIle Eagre: Mr.. d. VI. Stringer, Of
7, ity, Is the happiest man i'm this whole
Try. Last fall he owned a gold mine
THlt i've miles from the city. but sold II for
zoe TO Mr. Kirk, who was to erect a five
stamp mill. and place into position other ma
Cllucry used lu mining within 90 DAYS from
date 0f sale, or forfeit the land. with all the
machinery. Time rolled on. in which
Mr.. Kirk bought his machinery. and
was about 20 place 1T into pO-
sitiOu. when he became involved in some
money transaction with Northern capitalists
and Fan away. The ninety days expired and
Mr.. SFinger agaln took possession Of his
property and went 10 work TO more fully de-
velOp it. Last week his efforts were crowned
with glowing success. In sinking a shaft
about twenty feet below Waterieyel he struck
the richest vein Of silver ore, perhaps, in the
soutn- The specimen handed us. and now in
our Office. assays S210 per ton Of gold, silver
and lead II is said there Is an ineNhaustible
supply Of it.
Bell Montgomery county correspondence
Eastman Tones: Seeing an account a few
weeks ago in the Tjlaes of a rooster 81 brave
a. 20 make attack and badly cutting up a
Peddler's mule. will give your readers the
benefit Of knowing what took place here few
days ago. There was a large hawk that made
Il bis business 10 come and take OF one of my
small chickens each day, and on hearing my
chickens give the well known alarm few
days ago. ran out only 10 see the haWk ny
up with = chick in his claws closely pursued
by my game rooster. which. when the hawk
had lir fell anon him tearing out and making
the feathers fy az such a rate / could see
neither hswk nor chicken. when q moment
later the hawk fell to the ground dead. being
spurred through the heart. When chanticleer'
triumphant notes were heard. he was Growing
over She body Of his fallen victim. at least -
feet from the ground. IN the top of a yellow
pine. from which he few 10 the ground
Mapped his wings, croWeu and walked of
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