Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-06
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE.

4 Narro~ Escape from Murderous
Assassin at Perry Walton County
Lady Kills the Man v no Iusulted
Hsr-FulIer Particulars OF the Hunter
Padgett Tragedy
GEoRGIA.
Hamilton has had = furry % snow
Brunswick has a population OF ADO T
one in 90 IL last years death rate in Atlanta. +
D. e.. oliver Is Athens new Chief % Police. .
6. F. Freeman has been elected Mayor u
Culhuert.
The thermometer has been down TO L at f.
" a-hl uElon.
Daniel MaIloy. Of Tsifair county. died
few days ago.
The Thermometer registered I5 below zero It .
Rome thursday morning.
The dwelling of james Woods, two miles
from atklnsvlilc, a. burned " edueeday-
Col. James B0yd. one 0f the oldest and most
h 5uty esteemed citizens. died % >lirlughlil "a
rev days ago.
IN the munici pal election At Cuthb-rt Free
man received ls0 votes and Mcdonald us. Il
wlH bes contested.
Little Mamie clyde, Of Eastman. attempted
20 drink creusOtc ant = a. badly burned Her
recovery is probable.
John Lamb, living near Watiey, has lost
his new house ami all It- contents by IRE. In
ceudIarlsm j. suspected.
Henry Potter'= house on the Chattaho0chee
river. II miles from Atlanta was burned
down Ihur-day night
3. w. Brown. died at his re-ldence near
Hayues lle, last sunday lie was = member
u tie secession convention OF 1851.
Howard Thomas. of Walton county, ded
sunday, and was buried aI betnieh@In camp
ground Monday with Masonic holor=-
The whaIcr Franklin IS Lu port &C Bruins
wick di-CharEing her CARO- % 0ll, 2l- barrels,
worth In round numb $500 90 $4,000 ln
gold.
Several % the principal business streets in
Atlanta 0tE IEH Belgian NtpF Ks.
aud several miles u brick sidewalks WllI be
laid.
Gen. o. A Doagutry. Cool springs, Wukin-
=o1 county. has gone 70 the wall he assigned
his stock of goods and solt out. He has
number Of creditors in Macon
The following nom nations have been made
At Eastman, For Mayor. l. VI. Peacock; Tor
Aldermen, W W. A-nplrn. Dr. james d.
BuchAu j. I. Waite amt a.. " k2WlI7s-
jos G.. W. Rawlus. oI Eastman. made
~ oizument last Friday Ter the oeueuI OF
thelr rrditors. Their reason " p their IN
ability to collect. judge " Wm- AcRae vas
appointed assIg gnee.
Several negroes who left Burke county for
Florida some mOuths since returned during
she past week They say That Burke county
is the better place Tor the negro and they now
propose 10 stay there.
Up to Monday last f. A. Pollock, the Tax
Collector Of Pulaski county had issued sew
eral hundred executions against tax ayers
VINO hsti not paid their ~tate aud county taxes
for the past year. About s3.Qoa remained un-
collected.
d. N Roberts, who lives some twelve miles
south Of Blakely. on the Cedar Spring road,
loss his llrge stable by fire. on SATURDAY night
last, about 1 o'clock. considerable quaint
" 90 oats and fodder were destroyed Ihe
iess Was about 500
ln Atlanta Thursday the Southern Tele-
graph Company placed on record. at the Re
corler'- Office. mortgage to the Farmers
Loan and Trust Company. % New ork, on
ali It's property iu the district - secure e lean
of $1,5oldu0 bonds issued oy the company
A liitie negro boy. son u -eab0rn Walton,
living near Rel Hill Mill. Burke county, was
accidentally shot and Killed by al elder
brother a few days ago. Il seems that the
older bOv had raieed the gun % ire. when the
smaller boy rIn before the gun ami received
tbe contents 0f the gun killing him almost IN
stantiv-
The Dalton Citts4n says: IA large party OF
emiersnts from lower Georgia passed. through
tHis place one day last week for Texas and
tanooEa returning from those states To their
ola homes in Georgia and Alabama. which we
iTnagine was not very encouraging 20 the out
goHa party
AtFiua Rica. sam Ayres .colors3l died on
last Thursday very suddenly. sam had been
complaining for several days with very bad
cold and one OF his cojoref friends told h5m II
he Woult take a dose Of Kerosene oil 10 would
cure him He took & swallow ami died Inn
meuiate.y- He never spoke OF drew a breath
after taking it.
chr -tulas dav Y Z. Hargate and Tom kiag.
two young men of Harris county. went ont
hunting. The following Is the actual count of
the game they bag-ed. - squirrels. o rab-
measuring four feet AMI four inches from tip
% tlD. All thi- u as done with q single barrel
shotgun and hound dog
Ia ante -helium days LaGraneC hOasted two
female colleges. Of zoe yOln- latieS each. al-0
BroWnwo0d institute AMI high school for
young men. the two numbering over 30
pupils. since the war the female colleges are
stii prosperous bus DC has seemed impossible
So Wuntain : school 0f any uOtOriety for bows.
on the 18th Of this month the taxpayers Of
she ei.y viii yote upon the question Of free
school. 20 be sustained ly taxation.
Nj. joyce. of Walnut Grove. ia Walton
county. had tile top 0f las head shot OF by
lady of the same place Tuesday night He
went 60 where she was living and made in
sultIn- propositions TO her She rejected him
emp1aticaily and closed the door IN 3 face.
A short time afterwards he returned and re-
Peate'i his insults. y nereupon. without tor mai
ceremony. she leveiet q double oarreed shot
gun at his head-he having his head torn 20
pieces from which he shortly died.
Bailey K SchaGer, Of Americus, have failed.
The firm have addressed letters 70 their cred
ators stating that the season had not been
profitable one. THAI they had plenty OF goods.
but NO money; that few creditors threaten
81 attachments and creditors bills % avoid
which they had executed mortgage u all
creditors alike, making it due February :. In
clUdjng an stocks aU't assets. the whole mat
ter 90 9e sabject 20 the action aud control of
tle cred- tors. tneF request that 3 meeting
be- held at he office Of Richarti Hobbs, AZ
bany. January 81. for counsel and direction.
The National Hotel. at Atlanta. Is in the
hands OF the sheriff. Proprietor Whites in
ability TO meet q Chattel mortgage caused the
trouble The MOTEL belongs % John II. Flynu,
Master Mechanic Of the " estern and 4 iantic
Eallr0 90. and ne states tuat enc month and
halls REM is due hlm. For tne hotel he re-
-ceived q rental of $500 per month. but the
lessee sub rented the barrC0m the billiard
room and the barber shop, and received for
these something over s30o. making the rental
of the house really less than s200. Some
weeks ago Maj. White was offered $500 for
has furniture. and from this lt y supposed
that his assets viii amount 70 that sum.
Daniel II. MallOy. Of Telfair county. Is
dead About % o'clock on the night OF De-
eember - Mr.. hallOy discovered ire SO his
miH. and supunsed that his null house had
been fret by an incendiary. He ran toward
the mill and. IN q high state "f excitement.
lost $ balance. stumbled aud feh. He man
aged to q tch on his hands. but the effort was
sufficient 20 pture blood vessel from which
he Gled ln few minutes. Fortunately the
mill house was not on fire IL was q building
near bv. occupied by the miller About two
weeks previous TO rhIs some person or persons
fired the corn crib Of Mr. Mail0v- AMI de-
sIroyet about 4o0 bushels or corn The firm
Of MalOy RUSSELL x Co.. at Temperance.
oTeFs 4 reward of $40 for the psrtv or parties
who ret dre 10 the clubhouse near the mill on
the night Of December =.
Fuller particulars OF the Hunter -Padgett
tragedy. IN EcnOls county have come %
hauH. The particulars are about IS follows.
lseorxs Hunter live- about three miles from
his fathe--in-layT. j. T. PatEett. The hitter
has peen complaining for some time ot Hunt
er's da-s kIluug his hogs ON the day mem
tened PadEett became angry amt determined
% take redress i1 his own hands. H. took a
douple blrreict gun. loaded with buck>h0t,
went O. Hunters house anu kilie one of ms
dogs. ON hearing the report OF the gun
Hunter came out Ct his house To learn the
cause Padgett imme tiately informed him
Elat he had shot his iOg wiki one barrel and
would klli him with thr other Pad-ett raised
his gun and made some effort 10 carry his
threat into execution. Hunter ran bac< into
his house. got his gun AMI killed Pad-ett in
eHautly. the murdered man was an old cili-
zen u EchOls county, being over 20 years OF
age
he Perry Journal says ION last night.
a1u.i. X o'cI0ck. one OF the bodest and most
daring OutTages Was perpetrated uIOl tu.-
pcr-lu OF Mr.. A. J. Psris that we have
known 0n entering the residence OF Mr.. Il.
< Paris. ID which he had been the sole Occu-
nzut for two or three weeks man who had
concealed himself in a bed room began 10 stab
a. D in Mr.. Paris. making desperate aims At
his head Not accom- pli-htnE his muruer0us
intent tie then drew Gus 3 pistol. firing at h's
victim twice, one OF the balls passing through
the sleeve 0f the latter. Ar- jack Psr :. IA
the me tutiTne. al-Q drew pistol, with Viii n,
90 falling TO IRE. he Knocked down hI-
WoIld-b2 murderer. aEallst whom he WOuli
have defended himself successfully but
for the atta-k OF q second party,
Va at THAT fn-f9nr emerged fran ms -.-rr.lr