Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-10


An.-t,.- of a Building-An Assassfna-
n the Dark in Berrien County
u'- of the Mitchell County Mur-
tsrsrs.
GEORGIA.
s-reri0r Court is in session.
Iaa.er. Of BuHOch county. has $50
George F. Reese died at Dawsony1Ile
l--ar tH1 ago.
~ ..-l o. land 10 GAINESVILLE sold on Dec.
~-s than $780,
DANIEL has taken charge Of the Black
nd SigHdl.
=. r.r-esviIle Hotel property was bid of
-..H- ID. r. Ayers, on sales day.
Hearu. Of Fellowship Church, raised
r.- 0f sweet potatoes this year.
-n wilson moved his cigar factory from
y -t-rear -1 Beaufort, = C., last week
-.,. rra school fund Of BullOch county
--r $3.50 81. This year IL Is Sl.772 81.
--. that there has been more cotton
Eaesshear this season than ever be-
-l- tTl -t-I7-
r--.Ir Institute. with Prof. J. o. Hicks.
.I.Iu. opened Monday morning, Dec. l,
uaIa U0al Mining Company Is said to
$1,000 per year on the 400 cOnVicts
er lease from the State at $4,000 per
-.-.r.l-l OF syrup on l.lO0 square yards Of
at7 cents per gallon the yield Is at
-.-..a ll si.l 81 per acre.
,-.rt-iu three covered wagons. six bug
Sand -ro Or three on horseback, from
Carolina bound for Florida. passed
~ Is lJsvile last Tuesday.
IL Frausln Register viii be published and
r.. . l-,5 uy Miss Ellen j. DOrtch. Of
--.Ia Ia daughter Of Col. J. ). DOrtch,
.... Conducted the same paper.
r- .a-le every morning at abOus >
.- OBJ luuuuHce his arrival at the bar,
v.lr soon you viii see the early bird on
4 de election for Mayor Of FOrestviIle,
SD .rlaE, the two candidates. r. W.
-.s and p. ". Gillian, received an equal
ara. votes A new election viii there
held.
H1 GI-sHs- The bidding for the ferries
Ile-day was quite lively. The keep
t.. B.ackshear ferry was bid on by Mr.
q. Weaver 90 fl93, and the Dublin ferry
10. E Jones, for "Ferryman Bill,' for $3.50.
Mister iOmmIe COWsert, Of Hamilton, was
rr aVcrciy Durne about the face and
thursday night by applying match to
.--- quaint ty Of loose powder. There Is a
l-l-y that he may lose the sight OF one
Hr-ntsville Recorder: At the Sheriff sales
.rluEnt high prices. One tract Of 3o5
-- I1r $1,000, and sold Immediately after for
ONO uA AoA aele1 AuI eaNJs one OF Lul
- Tor sl,oJ-; one OF llz1a acres for S662 50,
-.s4e of 100 acres for $500. All these tracts
bought IN 10y Mr.. Hartman.
Be- Marietta sixteen bales Of cotton on Win
-- l LeEE's warehouse platform caught fire
q clay from an engine on the Western and
tuuc Road The companies and citizens
--.Hiet promptly, and the fire was cNtiu-
.l.i before much damage was done. The
laiIy covered by insurance.
thursday night, on the Wiley place, fifteen
rtHf A
uf cotton belonging to Bob GOOdsOn piled
.. -.rl n front of q dwelling. During the
-.uC thief loaded one Of the bales on a
-.-..--a wagon and drove on with it. Al
-.-l parties were out early in search Of the
yet no clue had been obtained.
Is lnueNatI0n OF DeSOtO, HillsbOrO and
f--r.lle t0 Rome Is being agitated by the
0l those suburbs. The population OF
.lr.- towns ls about 2,50O-the value of
-.rr.t estate about half q million dOllars.
Ll- .uU.Ic school system. recently estab-
EI- aroused this agitation. and it is
rrs. tIat the result VIII be annexation at
r. -e--s lIy-
I-u Gt-stts- Last Tuesday was a busy
lr Dublin. sheriff and Baiiif sales, the
.- ui the ferries, the meeting Of the
l-r.u- County Planters Club, and taN-pay-
- -I, irew large crowd to town. Every
le seemed to be healthy, and eYlnced no
s-- a. having undergone the pangs of
--.r. although complaints of hard times
F.le heard ON every hand
N Mcdonald, Of Reidsville, had rather
d. curious experience one morning lately.
H-.a eating 90 piece OF beef he discovered in
-II tU-u- metallic, which, upon close cX-
THa-uu. proved 90 be a Singer machine
-elo- fue needle was bedded IN the flesh
a lr-ket- was smooth and per.cct- but
.a. probably furnished from the action OF
81. H...- IL tle beef. Ii Is not known how
-al-tl- zoo lodged In the beast.
Ie who were I'M the Union depot at Ma
ON Monday night saw a very sad sight.
srila|ff hos -rrrrf f1trI-s zrflrsr
ll.r.l.. tIalr TO the Georgia train was man
-r. Richard sanders, Of Macon county,
F-. U-- a rheumatic, paralltic and lunatlc.
l.- .IH- lIlu ul not changed his position ON
Oh. .e. lIr nineteen years. and was almost
1...et CD -kiu and bone. He was being car
--- g. ,-c asylum at MilledgevilIe.
griffin y.lrs. The electric lights in the cot
-- factory are now I'M full operation and are
.-.-el up every morning ami evening. There
4.. SOME I1Iuf these incaudescent lights, each
candle power, so that the factory is
gifted an with the equivalent Of nearly 2.GO0
l.- Tie lights are clear and soft and
se the best lamp light, though far
r, and have attracted number Of par
--- --r-u- the past week 70 witness the work
-l. factory. which Is now turning out
.--- llLlttr of cloth every day
Nu tle morning of Nov. %. in Enigma, Ber-
-.- county. Ellis Williams and stanly Dick
s- .. some words, but no one thought any
a- 1- until abO Q dark that night, when
--- ls called -tauly 10 the door and fired
.ra, t1 lind Stauly shot through the heart
F..l .s-elIUre ball and Just breathing his
---- Jack higgins went down next morning
-- summoned jury and held an inquest
..-- .-- body and returned the following
N-i.-- "Iuat DE ,Stauly} was killed by a
, shot at Che hands of an unknown party
--.-e aa- uo proof on Ellis Williams. but as
r1iei the night of the shooting and
-- rr been seen there since, there is no
@ r the parties at Enigma that iJ was
L.a vs. -.l-m- who did the shooting
Columbus Ea4 4Iirer-S sun: The remarkable
-.-.,- achieved by this city may best be seen
+. a comparison Of the business of the present
r .... Ni l,lI and few years thereafter,
.-. --r new Columbus began To take
E -e. The first year after the war the
DO cotton amounted 10 81, ,iSd bales,
4 lowing year TO 44,Tz5. and in lS57-6S
i. >l.t,5- The year following the re-
uuued down % $500. and IN lS5l-I2
~ Five years later the receipts again
rs B, rlchiuE 11,j34- In iSs0-sl the re
..- -.I steadily increased until they
lll.i3l, and at no time have they fell
--. .-ltl until last year. when they fell
-.a- owing Oh q short crop. TO S2.5Si. This Is
.-.L .Nu.Uned. when it is remembered that
... N.- falling OF In the total crop of
--.,-ls| bales. 10 will thus be seen that the
-..- .r4'e In Columbus has more than trip
--..----l since the war.
5. Atlanta, Monday morning, Mr.. stevens,
. r.r-t tl street planning mill man, turned
-, l'r-e- loose iu the yard about the mill,
a-- short while one Of his best and most
e animals killed himself. When the
-a were hrst released from the stalls they
--l-s 0l fan running and jumping about
--rl- Finally two or three OF them went
- Oh. uuI and one Of the hands who was
.-'e-'. fearing that they might lnjurc them
'es went into it 20 drive them out. He
boz driving all but one out OF the
-.-- ll.s one ran into a part OF the mil
--r tlt door is several feet from the
----. The sides Of the mill are open, and
tlt horse saw that he was still pursued
a INN nnanHHf nrnfrf
-. no the mill. As the horse started 70
tll ground the top Of his head came IN
. contact with the large beam. The
seem Ws stationary. and the top of the
la-l was knocked clean of. causing
- i-lrl- The horse dropped 10 the
-tr2 an unearthiy moan and all was
-.. lae top Ol his head was torn entirely
E tle yIO euGc Of the blow.
-.se heeJ0n. coiOred, the murderer Of
DoiWin. Mrs. Malinda Gregory. his
--aeruer. and her son. Richard, farm
.--.- near Pelham. Mitchell county, on Tues
--li. Dee. 2. was run down and appre-
- 80 Columbus Monday by Sheriff l.. +.
.-ttl, Cl Decatur county, after chase OF
-es. The negro showed fight, but the
---- q O. pistol which the Sherin thrust IN
-a -suJlued him, and he surrendered.
.Ia and child were with him. the former
GEAR by. thus giving him away \
-- a-ougInE 10 the murdered man was
b. li~ possession. lie was also ldentl-
IT. N Eennan. of BluntOWn, on the
--.f Oh whom the negro had sold the IN are
buggy which he had stolen from Mr.
"-n after committing the triple murder,
-t HA0 was assisting the Sheriff in the
--.l- Tie negro and wife confessed on
- .uterrOgated separately, telling sub
---.--g the same story, cOnyictlng the man
.-e murder, the weapons used being a
ss-.e and an AK. The object was money.
--- -lL1red dollars was in a bureau at the
-- lll which, owing 10 their hurry and eN-
r,-e1l, they failed TO get il. The Sheriff
- --lA his prisoners for cambridge. Other
-es are implicated in the murder also.
r. NAerin only struck the trail on Saturday,
is-ing As FAR down as jackson county,
d. the IuriffWne dnuh1fuer on him like a