Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-27

Particulars of Jealous Mrs. Hawkins
Crime az sanford.
GEORGIA.
Nicholas Robinson. an Atlanta negro, is
under arrest for 0utragIng his fourteen year
old sister
CoI. C.. W. Hodnett is a candidate for Rep
re-eUtatlFe ln CLAYTON county, with euc0urag-
ing prospects Of success
Cave spring g. % have an interstate FId-
..ers Convention and contest on july l5. a
cash prize Of SIS viii be awarded the best i'd
dler-
EIbert Ware. who killed an old Atlanta
negro named Robert Turner last May. has
been sentenced o. three years in the peHiten-
tiary.
on wednesday, July 2, semi-weekly ser
wee VIII commence on the man route iead-
Iuz from D0rmIney { mill via Minnie % Ocilla,
in PULASKI county.
Hon. james II. smith is a Senatorial candi-
date lu the Thirtieth district. IN the Thirty
sixth district Hon. III FeathersrOn and Hon.
J.. II. Ray are candidate.
Judge w.. Ira Brown. Of Wilcox county, met
wItI d serious accident on the 18th inst. He
went t1 step upon q tramr0ad engine while in
motion. and DO ran over one Of his feet and
mashed nIs toes so badly that some Of them
lal t0 De amputated-
mon iu Campbell county. so years old. has
just married q girl y years Of age, who came
bone from b1ari@1g school and nuFsed him
through q severe lines Her parents approve.
90 th match. and in return for her saving his
life Lc has promised % pFOlOng 30 twenty
years more- as his father and grandfather did
before him.
Elijah B. Pate. OF Do0lv county. saws he
knew tHe resting place or den Of one alligator
sl years before the gator was slain. and that,
when the gator was Killed. Do was found that
boz had 50 teeth. which. according % the theory
af OLD hunters, made the animal - years old.
a. their ages are determined by the number Of
tecJh they have.
a letter has been received in Macon from
Lieut. W " Cornwall. % Company q, First
Regiment Illinois National Guards, from which
is Cleaned the Information that it b. probable
that company viii take Macon iu their rOUte
from Chicago 90 New Orleans next February.
Company q entertained the Macon Volunteers
uu their visit o. Chicago.
BIackshear correspondence NEWS. June 25:
We are having unprecedented rains. and IL is
feared that the cotton and melons are injured.
The indications for more rain to-day are good.
-~everal ear loads Of melons have been
shipped from here, and for several days past
the wagons have been constantly going pre-
pArat0ry % shipping more.
Al. =. Cerr. of Augusta. won in the twelve
hour foot race in that city Wednesday. cover
ing So miles and = laps. He received 500.
The other prizes were taken "a follows: see
out, oue-lfth net proceeds % William Rum
lev, 90 Augusta. 81 miles and g laps. Third.
oue--INth. BrithertOn Qf Atlanta, 50 miles.
Fourth. three-tweutieths, 10 orr Of Atlanta. 81
miles g laps. Fifth. one-twelfth. to Lax of
Augusta, 4j miles Al 5 laps.
Monroe Nstcs: Mr John ID. Fred. Of Macon.
has contracted % build the new jail. and it Is
thought that work viii commence on il about
July T. The Jail viii cost 5000. and will
have two--tory brick residence attached.
Iu other words, the jail proper viii be built
lu~ de the cll 0f a fine brick residence. 10 is
not definitely known where the building csm-
mittee Will locate the jail, but we hear that il
VIII Pc built where the old court house stands.
Americus Recorder: Saturday evening Oscar
Au~iey. at l.. Nheatley's, sold sam Glass. the
bootblack, about SIS worth Of goods. WheU
sam went 90 pay for them he showed two -
bills, and was asked where hc got so much
money. He said he found it. As the matter
looked suspicious Mr. Wheatlev gave sam q
receipt for the S3S, and reported the matter "a
the police, who put sam in the guard house
for the night. Monday morning Geo. Mcneil
came % town and reported having lost Tho
money, and after describing it and where il
was probably lost sam said the money wa:
McNciFs.
Irwin county correspondence Hawkinsville
Aelrs: Wool growing has ceased to be a re-
muneraiive industry in this county. The
going out Oi the range. together with the in
crease 81 disease, the loss by hogs and dogs,
hardly pays for the trouble. Several Of Oul
sheep owners have disposed of their entire
stock, while others are wanting TO sell. Thl
demand Tor sheep has greatly decreased with
iu the last two wears, though there has been
but little fan OF in the price. Large numhcrs
Of wethers are being sold and driven from
the county, with the hope that this class OF
sheep, being thinHed out will improve the
stock Mrs. Ann Paulk. while having her
sheep gathered TO shear, out Of 100 she got
only 4 Lambs
Dublin Post: a few davs ago the pastor OF
church pa this county, DESTROYS Of finding
out how his flock stood on the whisky issue,
put 20 90 q vote. He said: "AU in favor OF
whisky being sold m the comfy viii signify IL
by rising" One man stood up. The preacher
WAS certain lie had the thing solid then; that
all the rest were against So. He then. with
victory iu his eye, exclaimed: "All opposed
90 the sale Of whisky in the county viii please
rise" Not a single person moved. proving TO
t-e nar-ou. that uy q majority Of one the
whisky truiic was favored. At this the anN-
tnus divine became offended aud gave fhena
one month 90 reconsider at the end of which
time. DC they bad not changed their minds,
he could serve them no longer.
Americus Recorder. on sunday last Mollie
Thompson, better known as Miss Stickney
died 40 her residence in this city. For several
years past she has lived in q wretched little
house and subsisted upon the charity Of the
people. After her death, In loOkiug after some
papers.Ssto - in currency and silver was found
lU au Old Washstand drawer. and in yari0u,
places around the house were found bolts OF
sheeuug and calico. a lot Of baby clothes
twelve pairs Of shoes which had never been
worn. auo a number Of spOOls Of thread. some
of these articles had evidently been hid away
Tor number Of Years. The woman bad been
sick Tor q long time 10 Is supposed that "a.
money and articles were left her uy her moth
Sr, IS h' died about wear ago, and who- Whcr
living, occupied the house with her.
Columbus Erguifer-Sun: The examination
of witnesses iu the ease Of the state ". Bill
Jones. charged with the murder Of smith Aus
TIN. consumed the forenoon in MuScoEcc SUpc
riur Court Tues iay. The defense attempted &,
weaken The confessions of the prisoner by e.
tlbiIshiUE an aiiHi for Jim Pope, who. JOIfC
stated was his accomulice I'm the crime. Pro
baby the strongest testimony introduced by
the state was letter written hy Jones 10 th,
pastor cf his church in Macon. In which h'
confessed the crime q d begged the prayers o.
his brethren. The testimony was concluded ;
few minutes before l2O'cIock. and the prisoner
waS permitted Go make his statement. lie de
ui-t thar he committed the murder. and sail
that DE made the confessions because his fel
lnW-U prisoner told him that IL DE turned state
evidence he would Dc given his liberty. Th'
jury had not reported at a late hour Wednes
day night