Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-07-30
GEORGIA.

is dead.
James Hay. c0lored, OF Carroll county. has
lust died, leaving an Cstate Of 5000 or sS,pI''
The first money order sold 90 Newman was
purchased last Monday by John T. 7 feI'e'o7''
10 was Tor so 30.
EN-state Treasurer ReDfroe says thAl ne y
out % politics. and viii uqt De q c,-li-iitl.e ~
reelection 70 mis- old oilce uhHeI any 'iouil-
stances.
A drove OF l03 sheep. ail rams. were driven
Though GEORGETOWN last Tuesday. They were
bought by MAJ Reeves. and driven out 70 his
ufautati0u Thursday.
The game OF ball PLAYED between the Cleve-
rs-f-. 81 GEORGETOWN. and the Fort Gaines
rTrl Ta-t Friday. resulted IN a score OF z6 10
l- BOD favor Of the latter.
Trpre escaped from Liberty county jail re-
r-r--. two prisoners. An opening was ef-
s.f.I Ir the wall Of the building. Conjecture
--trlt they were assisted by friends.
0mrar Nolan, ~ Atlanta, who insisted on
..-.r.I.rr q woman whom be suspected Of
--.4rrz $40. has been suspended from the
force f1r l5 days The woman claimed that
tfauaIrcr made too critical an examination
rr her person.
Trrmss Calhoun, popular young farmer
on Beach l-iaud- acro-s the river from Au-
~. -uirIded Monday morning. shooting
himself with pistol through the brain. lie
Ms found dressed lying on the bed in pool
afUIlaJ. with the pistol in his hand. No cause
i suoRu. He was descendant Of John Z.
Calhoun
a Macon broker viii advertise in few
O..
frar dollar for dollar In Confederate money
ana Hnud-. 10 is possible that some Of our
people who owned slaves have preserved the
= uT sale DO is not known for what pur-
pose tIc broker wants these documents.
Frank Hogan has just completed a well on
his Do lre DOB the northeastern portion Of Quit
uaH county. I3Z feet deep. When he had dug
taa depth of about leo feet he began To despair
rf ever reaching water, and had made
-uHU auzar with which he sounded the earth
ant struck 40 the depth named. Tins is prob
ably the deepest well in this section Of the
country.
georgetown Echo. The warm weather Of
tnr past few days has been Of great benefit 10
ra-rlu- DC Is growing TapIdly and taking on
fruIt every day. Occasionally a caterpillar il
seem, UUt they are too scattering TO do any
damage. and If there b. no trouble from them
flr rr.s sUect for q heavy crop Is very good.
TLe-uru crop is above an average. and the
bread supply is settled for another year.
FImer- Wiii soon commence pulling fodder.
Pens and potatoes are doing well, and the
planter is confident Of a good Weld. In fact,
az this time there ls every reason FOR the
cheerful spirit iu which we find the farmer.
THeg say the prospect was never more prom
is.Ug.
Georgetown Echo: Last Monday Mr. J. D.
Adams was run over by the pay train at the
wire bridge, two miles above town, and so
terribly maugled that he died on the follow
iu- night. lie had just returned from Eufau-
Ia. where be had carried his wife TO meet some
friends, and having a business engagement
with Mr. Jolly sat down on the track % wait
Tor him, and soon fell asleep, with one arm
thrown over the rail. When the pay train
passed by. at 10 O'Clock, he was not seen IN
time by the engineer to stop the engine before
DO and three boxes had passed over the unfOr-
tunate man, crushing his arm and shoulder
into Jelly AMI bruising his head. Mrs. Adj ms
was sent for, but did not reach home before
her husband was deal.
At Cuthbert Harry Hun, cOlored, a noted
well digger. while cleaning out Mr.. Phletus
Jackson's well, about twelve miles in the
country, lost his life by some old curbing and
dirt cavlng I'M upon hum while he was in the
bottom Of the well. which Is go feet deep. The
cUr1ing and dirt fell 80 feet. covering up the
man % a depth of feet. Friends dug Harry
ont. aud found that-he was killed by the fall
lug plank. colored man was covered up in
awcl near Cuthbert twelve years ago, and
actually lived in the bottom Of the well a
week or more D. fore he could be rescued. al
though several feet Of dirt and debris had
fallen in upon him. Thousands of people
visited the scene during the week only TO be
h0rrIhed st the pleadings Of the poor man for
help. Death, however, came to the rescue,
alter which he was taken out and buried.
Georgetown Echo: our streets aud sidewalks
are Don 4 terrible condition, and we fear they
cannot be helped now. The town treasury.
We learn, is at a low ehb. and the Council is
forced % ccouOmize. The only revenue at
their command curing the whole year is SlG0
whisky license and about S61 street tax, and
30 would be unreasonable 10 expect them TO
drmuch with so small a fund. Under the
present charter, we have been informed. the
Council is u1werless TO levy al CaI0rszq tax.
ami lu0N nave ueCu NfNluA 10 run the Town
ON tle very small revenue mentiOnet above.
We are glad 10 know that an amendment to
che charter viii be applied for at the next
term ui the Superior Court. and an al CT
J.rs tax he levied another year to enable the
Council 90 pay q good man a salary as Mar
shall. aud 90 keep the streets, bridges, wells
etc, Iu better condition.
horrible wife murder. says a Chattanooga
spCra. t8 the Louisville CoHrisg-sf0uFRlI. Oc-
CURED near Spring Place, last night
FIua Petit, a Substantial farmer, and his
wife guarreed several years ago, and they
separated by mutual consent, he going 10
Alabama 10 live. Yesterday he UNEXPECTEDLY
returned, and &C once proceeded to her house.
Hg inquired OF his daughters the whereabouts
90 their mother. and they piloted him to the
Kitchen. a soon az he entered he demanded
that She reiiuqui>h a deed to a tract OF land
De- gave her on her marriage day. She re-
fused, and DE thereupOu drew his pistol and
nrei 20 her lOur times, every bullet taking
eject Ia her breast. She fell at his feet a
corpse The screams OF the girls who wit
messed the horr bic affair attracted a large
crowd, uut before any organized enort could
D. made iu hold him, the murderer made his
escape and D. sim at large. The country IS
being secured for him.
Macon IsisgrInb and Messenger: On Friday
morning FL Seibert, the hackman, was fined
81. lg the Recorder for violating the depot /
Orllulr ce- Tn the money he gave in pay
meut was a S. bin on the National State
Bank oi Troy, y. Y, No. 99I. The bill was |
handed tu Chief Wiley bv Officer Henry, and |
saturday the Chief dIscOvei ed that the bill |
was counterfeit, and 10 was returned to Om- |
Ger Henry, who remembered that it Wa pass |
ei on him hy Seibert I'm payment of the fine. |
Lieut.. Myle hunted Ed up and tod him he |
must m kC the bin good. Ed. he says, got the |
hl. from q woman, who refused 20 replace il. |
sfy.us that he did not get it from her, Yes
tclday warrant was sworn out before United |
siaie- commissioner Erwin, charging Ed |
WIN fa--i ing counterfeit money. In the mean !
time ehrers Charles MOsely and Henry went |
on LtC lookout for him, ana finally found him |
s-stl-e freemsn,s Office He was taken TO |
tHa barracks and there kept until his wife /
ll.l lnt - due the city. lie was then taken |
win ttc warrant by Deputy Marshal Cash |
ana carried 90 jail 10 awast an examination.
At anita Consultation: Yesterday afternoon
DR.. w Ills W WestmOreland. Ridley, Orme and |
Howell Erobod for the bal in Mr.. Arch Orme's |
Leai- The patient was placed under |
l-tl tEeuCe of ether, and it was discovered !
thar tle ban had passed entire through the |
uI1iE- he probe sank four inches into the |
aperture made by the bullet. Just over the /
Esit ear. About One-f0urth OF the ball was
l-SeH out from near where it entered. sew
Slal small pieces Of skull were also removed. |
~ ls evident that the remaining part OF the |
pl.et passed ON through the brain and
no" rests near the skull on the side opposite
~ entrance. When the patient regained cOa-
--sle>' ana the wound was dressed, ne
was as well as could have been expected. He |
Vas Resting easily when the doctors left him.
4Le operation yesterday showed that the
wound wac even more serious than was at !
NJ. supposed. This fact makes Mr.. Orme's ]
Ef19ab.e recovery al the more remarkable.
--Htt-t- WGlAs ANtA AllG HtiiNe hA ms tNAtA-
Q.tte recovery are now better founded than
ever. The ease is considered bv the physi-
Clans as one OF the most remarkable on record
Macon Telegraph and Messenger: Monday
night. about ESQ O'Clock, a negro woman
came in town and reported that a difficulty
o-llrre about o'clock at Andcrs0n's brick
lafl between Emanuel 0dOm and Anderson
tanner. two of the yard hands, in which
tanner j, ceived a bullet in ms right temple.
IRON what we can learn. several OF the
4an4s, among them OdOm, Tanner. Prince
naTgrove. and others in the yard, after work
u-stusse1 the degradation Of some women
NO were recently sent to the chain-gaug
nom TIE Recorders Court. Odom and Tan
Ter gUarTeled. and Tanner displayed pistol.
ulgn went into the feed house ana sOOs re-
tGrnrd with pistol, and the quarrel was re-
stmel. Tanner fred one shot at Od0m, VINO
llrned and plugged Tanner in the right tenn
pc odom th. secured his effects about the
safu ana LEFT. saying that he vas Going up
tyWn tO have Tanner arrested. DR.. Mel tauer
attenteu the wounded man. VINO died. so we
-S4rn. about 70 O'Clock. The police were
l-t on the track Of OdOm, but up 10
l4.e hour Monday night he could not be
FLORIDA.
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