Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-09-09

-, rfudfug Of "A NegrO's Corpse Near
iT.rf.bassee Gives Rise to Ugly Suspi-
narrow Escape from a Snakes
T,rr. at Lumpkin-CIarke County
voters. ,r-,.
crawford has received her fifth new bale Of
r-.-e were i've beavers trapped on Sandy
a-.-l .a-. Weeh-
-.r Athens factory hands were paid or this
--- r..G checks on the factory store.
r.... superior Court commences next
,r. TU- is the first OF the fall sittings
-f-.. .-..t. circuit.
,-.r-.-- annual trade in mules aggregates
sa Fifteen thousand mules change
f O. ring thl7 about.
r.a-.Ir Blues are raising a fund to Sc
-- -r forms Iu which % play the Atlanta
r..-r..r- .u Atlanta on sept. -.
,..r.-- l- being made 70 induce Miss Lulu
rr--. during her stay at CedartOwn TO give
s. -.rterraument for the benefit Of the Pub
Dr. Library
4mr.eu urier department in the Fort Valley
Ha. Hl- been forwarded 10 the Post Of
.a Department 90 Washington.
W...Ha Mason. now on visit to Athens,
wear a scarf pin made OF lain white flint
r- r.-.', polished, that contains drop Of
rs- water iu the centre. The stone will
b-r- q. It was found by some children in
T.-.# county.
county Lut " llllE voters OuLuuALl-
f.r .He blacks about 80, but taxing into count
those disqualified for uOu -paym Of taxes,
the Hl-le majority Will run up % over 30. In
Oh. ..Eut Athens the negroes slightly out
number the whites.
T.ef Jury commissioners for SpaIdirg county
have complete the revision Of the jury lists,
ar. found l55 grand jurors and S55 traverse
Jurors. The jurors were made up from the
tlE digest II .ssi. and persons having failed
@. return poll tax Will not be found on the
.-rT li-t Tor the next two years.
Last year the real estate in TOccoa was as
-.--ei at $4,000. This year 10 Is s6i,41O, thus
showing AN increase OF S29,4.O. This Is not
fE. result Of higher assessment. It is the result
at Improvement from April, 1883, % April,
r~-i- Since april OF this year several valua-
I.. Ul idlu-s have been erected, prominent
ewHuE them Che NIckcry warehouse and the
Ervarts stOrehOu-e. According To the tax
l1.e- Edward >chucfer has tue most valuable
business house IN town. IL Is assessed at
5000.
Tosr1a Vars: Last Monday night Mr.. John
1..au-, living seven miles south Of this place.
tu-r li- dwelling house by fire and was badly
burned himself The tuilding evidently
caught from fire i'm the Fireplace sometime
during the night, and Mr.. Manus being alone
and very hard OF hearing knew nothing of il
until h-s face, hands and arms were badly
lurueI, and he was burned in several other
u.a.a- Iu getting out Of the house. The next
ulH his face was swollen 50 that he could not
z.r. but application of remedies reduced the
swelling SD that he could see on Wednesday,
auU Ht Fest accounts he was doing WELL and il
Is thought VIII soon recover.
columbus Times: The business men OF Co
-guH-s. who have recently T. ceived copies Of
au r--ua of September, 1883. Of the Insurance
T.... ut Ncw ORR. bearing tine stamp Of -
I rAllister, Special Agent United States
II.e luSUr tnce Company, Columbus, Ga"
aut containing charges of dishonesty and de
c.rrHu Do the management Of the Mutual
Reserve Fund Life Association of New York
ara respectfully asked to suspend judgment
upon the same for a short time. The said as
H. rruzrHss a H.r-Hn
Superior Court Of New York a judgment for
$4,000 damages against the Insurance SDecH-
iE"r. of New York for similar libelOus
charges uttered against it, and which are
g1V.e.i lu the issue Of the Times above referred
o.. The undersigned will take Immediate aC-
tr"U rI fix the re-pDnsib lity for their recent
circulation in Columbus where it properly
a..1I-s. Respectfully. JOHN NJ. MCFARLAND,
General Agent for Georgia NJ. lS. +. l.. AssO-
5.atI0n-
ulriau Timber Gazette: About O'Clock on
sunday morning last our citizens were
aroused from their peaceful slumbers by the
grTJf fire ON Broad street. The building Oc-
cguigj by Charles ROthschild as a store,
81l owned by Thomas A Bar ey. was the
place discovered To- be on nre. and before the
engine coult De hrou hit into use the house
was almost completely consumed. The build
Eug was evidently set on lire ON the inside,
and had doubtless been burning for me time
before 10 was discovered The small
brick building adjoining. owned by MIR.
Bailey ami occupied 10y Charles %. Ful on as
NA-N.llt=- -llllis va t-p NGelINFtti- IL D-LuE
impossible, owing CO the scarcity Of fremen,
Eu get the Lester In readiness. We are told
tu RorhSchit was insured for 5000 Mr..
Bailey oulv had 81. 900 Insurance on his build
ir- Ini Of course has sustained heavy loss.
The building occupied as a butcher shop was
total loss tJ friend Bailey. there being no
insurance ON 1t.
Iumpkin TnfeDeH9sHf. A few DAYS $50 while
E. A. Bush. Esq.. was in he country he took
awsIS through sugar cane patch, and, while
walking along looking at the tops of the cane,
il urirr to select a ripe stalk, ne felt some
ching strike ann upon his leg. Tie looked
down aut was H0rrided TO ses that he was
staining upon the body of a very large moe
cl-u snake, and that lt vas making vigorous
Efforts tD Lje him. Mr.. Bush's foot was too
close t1 che snakes head to allow it full play,
ami. rs it-truck at him, the fangs only reached
hts PANTS. Mr.. Bush is not a man that jumps
lr conclusions. but he concluded TO jump this
time and be- made the best jump of his life,
covering about 10 feet. He secured a pole
alt E-let the snake. which proved 10 be seve-
rl. issl long aud as large around as mans
arm. Nr. busn made narrow escape. as
the -r8Ee was q deadly poisonous one and had
fsr-- sveF an inch long Hat 10 succeeded in
fastening these fagES into Mr.. Bush's flesh he
would never have lived 20 reach home alive.
u.ruau Free Press: No observing man can
Gar. -r u1te the progress that temperance has
male Eu Che past few years, not only In our
own immediate section. but throughout the
Isn't HHI,ky drinking is on the decline. It
is af- fashionable now at conventions and
ulrt.E- and On public occasions 20 nlt your
ssrr gvlrI red lig-er-r Hundreds OF the old
t1rar-. who are high-tOncd gentlemen, but
vl1 US O. matter Of habit and cOnvIviallty
trHs dozen drinks day, are now
.uf No It is sad &c Is nevertheless true that
between QuItmau and Atlanta Won will
sc r...E meet person tunles5 he Is from Al
lluE eru viii ask YOU 10 smile IL Is right
that &c -IUGId be Sd. This decided improve
ueut DID the matterOf temperance arsues also
AN Improvement In the moral and intellectual
t'la Ht uur people. The habit ci taxing
trlA together as au evidence OF frlendshipls Is
ft-t -llaE out Of style. and We rejoice at the
change. fanatlclsm has had no n&nd IN lhe
temperance reform. except 10 retard Il. lt
lI- H"-u brought about by that sober. sensible
c1H-"r tUye and liberal means called moral
sga5eu.n
Irwin county CORES spOndenes Bsrrisn Conn
f t.r,- Dr. NJ. q. Brady came 10 this county
l.u. tW0 years ago from D1Oy county Ms
Registry boz Clerk of Courts Office reads: NJ.
Co. Er..lV. Wilkinson county. ia, Puiladel-
pra, FJ Eclectic Medical College, April u,
ISL fIe La4 never succeeded well in prac-
t-a of medicine here, all OF his patients being
uial %. IbOu 90 wears cf age; he has a cancer
NE Que side Of his face which adds 10 his
1ttgrs..r ugly looks. Mrs Reueeca Rodgers
WAS taken sick several weeks ago, shout 10
.e .fHdued, suffering pains lncidentas 10
r-l.tHlrLu- DIR. Brady was called
90 a- attending physician. His mode II treat
rg ne consisted I'M giving hinge doses OF lauda-
rr-- Nt--terIuE tue body from head to foot.
IN. -r above facts having been nOlsed
sIr.-.F GitaFits made 10y several isules
s. l-u ~t6Fut, Brady was arrested
aug brought before Ju- ~.,.5T ~ fved AT
EtNej examination. L. q .ag.rsd f,.afv
t--...- The warrant of arres, .7Ersaj fh-
n.tL HAu-laughter Ia having "a became
NaaUI Mrs RlfItnFz RUSS