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


Back Lost Saddle.
GEORGIA.
It IS thought that work on the new capitol
vrrrT be begun on or before Oct. =.
A nero mother Of Atlanta gave her year
and-a-half-Old child 50 little iOou lhat ueatN
ensuei.
f-- eh7ut forty bales Of cotton, was destroyed
81 Gre near Louisville Ihursll ~. Ai1eT , sha ~,
tiur down for the day the engineer Ieit tne
engine room and went 70 the INT ROOM Win
spark OF ire on his coat
SCOTT Bramer shot and killed Ike Freeman
near Crawford Thursday. scott and Ike were
.-o-Efun together. and went home perfectly
s-,e-lIIy M fornd their wives in fuss
which soon involved the men. scott Bramer
GOT his shotgun and fred at Ike. killing him
instantly All concerned are cOlored.
Tue Atlanta military post was organized
FriIav night in the Gate City Guard srmOry.
The uost is composed OF five cOmpanies-the
cate CITY Guard. the kennesaw Rifles, the
Governors Horse Guard, 81 Atlanta. the
Jackson Guards and the Walton Guards.
Each o. these companies was represented IN
the meeting.
Rome Cesrier- Yesterday morning Lewis
BaU- s. respectable colOred man living near
tte ~iX Mile station. very fOOlishly attempted
t1 mix q lighted pipe with two pounds OF
powder Bail was sitting on the floor smoking,
and emptleQ the powder lnto can. When q
spark from the pipe caused an explosion. Ball
sEt bis little girl, who was sitting by his side
st tbe time, was painfully burned The e1-
rI1-Iou set their clothes on fire. and before
tlcv could be pul ed on Balls arms, breast
a-t neck were burned until the skin peeled
~ iu large fakes when his shirt was torn OF.
ills beard and eyebrows were slnged on and
bis face frlghtfully burned. The little girl
-C-taIued painful injuries, though not IS
severe as did her father.
Judge james W. Locke, presiding in the
United Ststes Circuit and District Courts now
u session at Macon, l. plain spoken In the
matter of burdcuing the docket OF the District
court with trivial cases. He regards it as an
H..HH nHrHnH AL uN N
government The great majority Of these
eases are for retailing liquor without having
paid the special tax thereon, and in two
tllr1- % the cases one drink - the cause OF
the arrest. and Imprisonment and trial. all OF
which entails q heavy expense. During the
term there has been quite large number Of
cases. ami Judge Locke has in two or three
instances ordered the jury TO bring IN yerdlcts
of uot guilty. the evidence being Of such
fimsy and Unreliable eharltt r
Macon Ts1sgr1pA and Messenger: On next
TUESDAY Mr.. ". NJ. Wimberly. in behalf OF
Lr. ". T.. Jones. VIII return TO Hon. Jeffer
son Davis the saddle used By him while trying
t0 escape through Georgia. When Mr. Davis
was on biz way from Washington county, aud
.uzt before he was captured, he passed through
Hl1Et1u county While watering his hOrse
sra rUFlnE. thirteen miles from Macon, he
4rw s hnv and asked him II he wanted
.-.-+,- saddle His object was 20 turn over
l-.--44fe w. sch he valued highly, 10 some
--e VINO would let e 4all into the hands OF
---e Southern family " - hogld take care OF
rather than let 10 be eapture,s 1Y the FEEDER
als The boy replied that he would like % nave
.- Mr. Davis covered the saddle with blan-
set and gave DO 10 the boy. who placed 10 in
tEe hands ot Mr.. Adam Jones, who gave it 10
E- brother, Dr. ". L. Jones, who has kept il
ever since. Not long ago Mr.. Davis wrote tn
Mr. Howell Cobb, OF Athens. about the sad
Ee detailing the circumstances OF its loss.
Nr Cobb wrote 70 Capt. John G. Rutherford,
~ Macon. who placed the matter in the hands
% Mr. Wimberiy. This gentleman discovered
t.at tle saddle was IN the possession OF Dr.
Zones. and on Tuesday next it VIII be shipped
sa ar. Davis. lt has been well kept, and Is as
r-rt to-day az wren the President Of the Con-
.ra-v looked upon il the last time on that
G.rl lu - q
-.n..l4 Ctrrioa. George W. Baggs called
- Tue-ily and told Us Of a strange old gen
-.ar- ll Fho has been doing clock work IN the
Hopeful nelghborhoOd, but who finally became
.. r.a-- tElL be was obliged To seek home
-.-.4E boz the county aims house. HIS name
s ff. y. Barlow. and he gives the following
-alHt of himself: lie was born in lIs0, near
Augusta. Thismakes him l04 years old He
served In the war OF lSl2 under Jackson and
coffee fn the Florida war and IN the Mexican
war r l>f6, and was wounded in the leg. In
.arer wears ne went to Hatcheris Run near
Petersburg. Va. AMI put up Tnik He says
tae Felerais burned up his mil and every
r- ha had. Kill ell his wife and stock and
wounded him. He lay IN hospital eight
months and then went TO Washington and
-r.ei tl raw a pension as a soldier in the war
8. l>l-- He was put IN prison aud kept there
..- seven or eight months. Then he came
south and was given an Office by Gov. Brown.
Afterwar,is he went to Savannah and en-
-aEai on truck farming near that city. The
great gale 0f August, ISL, blew away every
r-- be had since then be has had TO
.rl from hand 70 mouth. He says he had
owned an orange grove in Florida, but was
cheated out Of it. DR.. Dssher, our Ordinary,
arl j. NJ. Reynolds, the superintendent Of the
aims house. SAYS he gives them substantially
tle same history. He Is very old, yet his
memory appears % be clear.
Two gentlemen fell among thieves whiie at
ID AZ A "a Thmrzrfau NJ
g.. ~ Weallersbee. Of Aiken county. 5 G., pur-
chased peanuts at one OF the stands. In pay
l1- i1r thcm he displayed roll OF bills. The
salesman asked him u ne would not let MIN
eaVe the so bin and take change fOrit, stating
rtlr they got SO much change II was incOnve-
brent o. carry it, and they always tried 70 get
81 many big bills As possible. Mr.. Weathers-
.ee SAID be at once suspected something
wrong. hur thought he could at least risk as
small s transaction as that, 50 agreed TO the
exchange. The circus man then counted out
taree S. bills and Eve 81 bills, laying them
down, one at a time, on top Of each other. Mr..
eltlerSnee then closely examined each
and counted them over. but
EF-t discover no signs OF counterfeit or
.trgr sw,udle. The man, observing his ap-
parent strust said: "My friend, let
UH count it over 90 you again" He repeated
.Ee ur1ce-s, laying the three $ and the nVe 81
.- alt upon The top Of the other as IN the
---t Instance Mr. Weathersbee then folded
t money up and put u in his pOcketboOk
NtUt % ul- seat He dld not take MS
E.-.et.ouk ont Uf his pocket or use any more
money that ui cht. Next morning remember
.-- tle transaction, and thinking he would
-.- over those bills Just 10 be sure that
.E.-s ..--r- was right, he was amazed 70 hnd
. .uc S. bun and i've 81 bills. disclosing
clear ~ 0f $40. He at once saw that he had
.afr n-.liletl- and related the circumstances
3. "a -eut.emau who was with him, and who
.E.- shout two miles from him in the same
.lr-r. He thereupOn confessed 70 a similar
experience but saId he had been ashamed 70
mention To-. He had bought his ticket Of ad-
mission 60 The ticket wagon outside, but as he
rl- about leaving the menagerie tent to
enter t.e circus tent proper, a man offered
.- re-crved seat for 10 cents extra. He
51's 1at bis pOcketbO0k, and in getting the
.E disclosed several bills. The ticket
tr told him n he would Oblige him by
.lsu- change for some OF his bills he would
-E' Gw s. reserved seat for nothing. He
lted and handed the man two SO
Ellis. who Ga turn counted out. one at
time. three $ bulls and i've 81 bills
a-t handed them % him. He put them
s pocket aud passed on. When he
bone AMI examined his money he had
-..-E So biH and five ones. He had been 50
as-u.c- 10 himself at being swindled that he
81. a1illuE about 10 until Mr.. Weathersbee
-.. his experience. Mr.. Weathersbee says
es nos know how it was done. but the
. mat the same amounts and bills were
a- d a1th Instances shows q regularly or
salel -cheme hy which they swindletunsus-
Hll- victims. extracting two OF the $ bills
q eUc -light-of-hand. Mr.. Weathersbee
N-- very indignant and says there is no tell
-'U many men were thus robbed. He
ls people against changing money IN