Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-18
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.


TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.
senator Browns Free LabOrers Refuse
20 Make Way for Convict Hands-Goss
Acquitted OF Arson in Richmond
County The Augusta Bank Robbers
Given seven Years.
GEORGIA.
IE- N iilcr's store at Acree. eight miles
trnm A'aauy. has been burned.
Wars on the Mitchell House. at Thomas
E..o. Vas commenced Monday.
Art.e bsv IN Ciarksville has SIX grand
mothers, al living and able to work.
The Augusta bank robbers have been SEN
ttncet lc serve seven years M stripes.
The recent fair ~ the Gate CITY Guard Of
Atlanta uVttct between $4,000 and $1,000.
The erection OF q hotel VIII De discussed at
81 pua.-e meeting at Andcr-onville Thursday.
A romor current that the LaGrauge Bank
ms ANA Trust Company had LOST $4,000 IN the
NcW farA failures Is pronounced untrue
NJ. II. Ear,y. of Lumpkiu county, Is known
an over bis section rs the man who raises big
WafcrInc.on-. lie has grown them 70 weigh
l- muea as .r pounds. and sold IN DahlOnega,
twenty melons that weighed over 1000 pounds.
Bohert Turner. an old negro of Atlanta.
who Was eeait blow in the head bv Ebert
w are colorei aeout q week ago. died Friday.
Turner arc ,ientaliy stepped on " ares fsOt as
they were passing each other on the street
aul art, tn 90 ht OF passion, beat Turner over
She head Nith stick.
William Brewer. Of Hamilton, attempted
-ulclae uF cuttiuC his throat while alone in
his bsrn. RepcnuuE. q few minutes later,
De stsEScrcd to the house, covered with blood,
and q physician was called. Brewer Will re
o'ver- hc says that he does not know how
or sEy De cur BIS throat
Washington GIrstt. a very large and
hcass -ait-miil left this place for the Magru-
Ger mines la-l Monday. There We're several
wagon loads. The heaviest load weighed 6,S5O
pounds, AMI was drawn by siN oxen. This
u
Fcry active state of operation.
n Ttaf.tlt9f~ We have somewhat Of
curiosity .n our midst Madam Kate Jumbo,
.-lr.1u l.I-- The operation was performed
au tlc -tlh u.tImo while the mother was in q
diving condition. ana out Of four pigs only one
WAS aIlre- and that one Is now living, nursing
bottle aui growing very fast. ami II good
fortune should smile ON her she VIII De root
u- aul -runrag around visitors feet at the
examination.
Some 90 Cartersville's best citizens
have organized an immigration and
Improvement Association. At their
I1-f meeting the executive committee
recommended that the society prepare and
make Au exhibit Of the products of the soil
and minerals and manufactures at the state
ialr aut also at the New Orleans Centennial,
under the auspices Of the state Agricultural
Society, which was adopted.
An inquest was held at Covngton Friday
Hfer t-e hoHy of negro named stephen Nor
r.-. WHu aicl suddenly the night before The
testimony taken indicated that the deceased
-al probably been poisoned, and the COro-
rtr.- sHrT decided to have a post mOrtem eX-
animation. This was done and The stomach
Cl rhc deceased was turned over to Prof. }. F.
t.'uEr-. uI oxford Tor the purpose Of having
r-- contents alIIyzei. IL It should prove that
.raf. uas caused HF poisoning. the wife of
tlt deceased who has already been arrested)
ull be trlCl lnr hIs murder. as the evidence
disc .1-ed shat she was not on good terms with
ler husband. and had recently made threats
against hiIn.
Ia Grange ReD0rter: The remarkable sue
10 Is nj U1 an
a-eueut. l- proof, clear and convincing, that
cotton manufacturing In the South viii pay.
On Tuesday last the stockholders met and de
claret dividend Of Sl,s0i, or per cent of
the stock. froIn the earnings OF the last six
months >iN dividends have been declared IN
three wears. amounting 20 Sll.j24. In addi-
tou ro this. there i Il reserve fund of Sl3.056 IS
BOW ON hand making total of S24,5S3 -
gross profits ln three years. In other words,
tle factory has about paid for itself within
thar period. This reserve does not include
money already spent IN rcpalrs-which has
been cnu-id -ideraule-but that actually on hand.
A-b- Abraham was re-elected President. and
i,. C- Ferrril. James NJ. Truitt. =. p. smith
and John IS. Park were chosen directors.
John ". Goss. charged with setting fire to
bis store ia Harrisburg. ON the night Of the
-'il ri March lNS3- the purpose beng 10 re-
cover Insurance money, has been acquitted in
Richmond superior Court. There was but
one witness who claimed 20 have seen the act,
Mr. MsIluda Oswald. who swore that she
WAS awakened about O'Clock sunday morn
luE be- Miss Kelly. also known Mrs. Nc
Il.
who informed her that he was setting
ll- store ON fire; that she went i'm
ne.ilat--y across the street, peeped IN the key
uHe- lul through crack saw GOss spread a
ulrce IS 10th from one end of the counter to
rue other. pour kerosene on it and set t on
ur.- That the store and dwelling We're soon
after consumed. Miss Kelly was put on the
stand Tor llc defense and cOntradlcted this
testimony. A number of other witnesses We're
also Iut on the stand 20 impeach Mrs. Oswald
nE proof ul contradictory statements, offers to
"a rHararfpr- ha al
motive of the witness was the expectation of
l reward from the insurance companies. 4
great mass of testimony was introduced on
both sides, much oI which was unsavory
The jury rendered verdict Ofnot guilty.
Atlanta Constitution; Reports reached the
cty yesterday from Rising Fawn furnace. the
property largely of senator Brown. that
trouble was brewing among the lah0rers who
La4 heretofore been employed 10 operate
those works When Capt. W. Grant re-
Gently sold ont has lease OF q portion of the
cauflet-. senator Brown was one 0f the pur-
rHa-er- and received about seveuty-tve of the /
ronFicts. Having already under his former
LEASE q sufficient force OF couvicfs 40 the Dadc +
coal mines. Dee proposed 90 employ his new
gang ~ c0uvict- 40 the Rising Fawu furnace
u lieu ~ the free labor upon which he had /
heretofore depended. a day or two ago no
tIre- were posted at the iron works to the ef-
fe.t that lu q few days the free labOrers
wuula ht relieved from employment and their
aces supplied by the cOnvicts. To this
brief and uercmptory notification the free
.4horer- have taken bitter exceptions and
arc lu state Of excited discomfort Some
ot them are much curaged and are said
la he counselnS resistance by force TO the
work of supp.antlng them with felOns. They
Ifrm thHt the discharge comes upon them
uupreVare'i and subjects themselves and their
families tO enforced idleuess and hardships at
very critical season of the year. They are
reported to have sent protest to senator
Brown. UttalunE their grievance, and are
awaiting his reply. The majority of the
men. while IN il-humOr over the state Of af-
fairs. are not disposed TO violent demonstra-
|HrIr NaHrn Hnnf my
turbulence or interference with the safety and
proper custody of the cOnvicts would involve
tlcm IH serious conflict with the State
authorlticr- livery precautOn VIII be taken
tH -uard the cOnvict-, either from personal
harm or from liberation 30 the hands Of the
free lal0rers.