Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-09

GEORGIA.
Cobb county viii vote on prohibition
March 5.
The taxable property Of Randolph county
aggregates S2.O00,0y9.
Ovfre to the sickness Of Judge J. :. Mitch
ell. Thomas County Court has been adjourned
Tor the term.
with shOvels and axes, met the other day and
worked a new road.
DR.. q. Broadhead. the proprietor Of the Ar
HngtOn Hotel. Of WaynesborO, died at that
place Wednesday last.
Uncle Larkin Wilcher, a citizen and native
Of Glasscock. born the 18th Of >eptehDef' HSo'
Is yet as spry as boy ot %.
Rome VIII adopt the electric fire alarm sys-
tenn as soon as she has 500 IN. ~ hsr
This viii probably be about july
o. Jennings WISE of Richmond. Va,
grandson of GOV. Henry a. Wise, and son OF
the late Rev Henry A. Wise, died az Thomas
willie Monday.
The citv engineer Of Atlanta asks the
Council % appropriate $1,000 to secure new
mans of the city No official map has been
made OF the city for several years.
esquire" Ragins Is the oldest Justice of the
Peace in Colquitt county. having been COM
lnissioned for the first time i'm 1855, and hay
ing held the Office every year since.
large wild cat, says a correspondent to
the MURSING NEWS, showed himself IN
Young mars he'd room, near Greensboro. Ga,
Joseph SingIetarv's saw and grist mill eight
miles from Thomasyille, was destroyed by
fire Sunday. 1t was the oldest mill in the
county. There was no insurance. Iucendi-
arsm Is almost certain.
joseph WiikersOn. an aged negro, split open
the skull of his son I'm law. Ebert Williams.
with an axe. at Thomson the other day, eN-
posing the brain. Strange to relate, the negro
stands "a good chance of surviving hls wounds.
The contract has been awarded by the
Lodi .1.7 al "a m
for placing marble head-stOnes at the graves
of the Confederate soldiers In Oak Grove
Cemetery. They expect TO have the work
completed by Memorial day, the 26th Of next
April.
some unknown thief went into John u.
SUmmerford's dwelling in DOoly last sunday
night and took out his trunk. 1t contained
MIR. Smmerford's money. lie carried it
about 500 yards from his house in the woods
and broke it open, and got about $l00 In cash,
and left the trunk lying open.
Since last October but few Of the wells in
Alpbarctta have Afforded enough water for
ordinary household purposes. and several Of
them have entirely failed, and n0twithstand
ing the recent rains. that seem to have fairly
saturated the ground with water. there seems
to he but q slight increase IN the quantity IN
wells.
The rascal who kidnapped two children,
stole two horses and S35 at Madison, Fla,
"a few days ago and was subsequently report
eli rs passing through Quitman was pursued
hy a posse under Marshal Brooks. Of Boston,
and finally Overtaken and killed on the
banks Of the Chattahoochee river at Stifin-
ulga Bluffs.
over TOO citizens met day or two ago at
the court house at Marietta for the purpose
of asking that the new road law be repealed
and that the old one be restored. resOiu-
fi0n was passed, asking the County Commls
sioners, at their next meeting, If IN their
power, to repeal the new system and adopt
the old system
A night passenger train was ditched a few
miles above Dallas i'm a cut Monday morning.
The engine and an the coaches were thrown
from the track. The wreck was caused by
rock giving way and falling on the track. The
engine struck the rock and turned on its side.
bury wing itself nearly half up in the railroad
bank No one was injured seriously.
The Dublin Past says: con the plantation
of Capt. I. F. Williams, of Montgomery. on
last Wednesday morning, a Mr.. Crumley,
While ruling "a timber wagon for Mr.. H0aro
Williams fell from the stick OF timber and
one of the rule wheels ran over lis head.
crushing il as though his head had been q
baked potato. Mr.. Crumley never spoke nor
moved q muscle.
Columbus is excited over the finding of sew
eral articles of W0man's attire at the abut-
ment af the upper bridge, on the Alabama
side No clue to whom they belonged or by
what means they came there could be obtain
ed. Some think that woman must have
committed suicide by drowning. but others
think thar il was only am attempt to get up
something exciting by some unknown parties.
dav. the 29th of November. while eating his
dinner swallowed the shiyer of a bird bone
which lodged in his throat. causing intense
paiu ON ~ cdneSday he came to Butler. and
nr. smith made every effort to extract the
bone from whence il had mbedded itself in
the flesh. but proved unsuccessful, and Shep
herd still remains painful sufferer.
Pink smith resides mile from Rome. On
the homestead Is well which supplies the
family with drinking water. short distance
away is slaughter house and a dat into
which dead animals are thrown. 1t has just
been discovered that every rain washes refuse
from this death pile into Mr.. smiths Well
This resulted a day ago I'm the poisoning of his
whole family. His daughters, Sallie and Lou
aged respectively Is and i years, died, and
two other daughters were so ill at last ac-
counts that their lives were considered in eN
treme peril
OF Houston county's fight against the new
road law the Fort Valley Mirror says: 1--WE
learn from Col. NJ. e.. BayHe. counsel in the
road law case, that judge Fort granted rule
nisi calling upon the County Commissioners
20 show cause before Judge simmons at
siac0n. on February ii, why the injunction
should not be granted as prayed for. We
understand Judge Forts private opinion is
the law viii not stand. as II makes the refusal
10 pay the three dollar taN or work on the
road mlsdeme3uOr, and makes the County
Commissioners Court to Try the same not al
lowing amy appeal or right of trial by jury
which is clearly unconstitutional If this
part is unconstitutional all viii fail, as the
property tax allowed i'm the bill is not suili-
eIent to operate the law
Rev. j. A. Munday preached on whisky as
an agent of the devil. last Wednesday, in Car
tersvllle. The nieTtet0 says that Mr. Nun
dav was s'fOr four years an actOrOn the stage.
mas been a gambler, q drunkard and clown.
several years ago he reformed, profe ssed re-
liEion, l0iued the Bsptist Church. and is now
an ordained minister of that denomination.
lie was educated by John Ii. James and Jo-
seph T.. Brown, of Atlanta. ga. and has been
pastor of the second Baptist Church in Au-
NF4a anf lttar r1f -,
ballot-bON an effccti We means OF killing the
devil and in that connection used the name
OF Capt Harry Jackson, of Atlanta. as the
proper man TO elect to Congress from the
Fifth. Capt. jackson happened to be in the
audience, aud the complimentary allUsion to
him was loudly applauded, and he blushed
5lke girl"
The Thomasvile Enferprise of Feb saws.
ALast Monday a man named Wheeler made
dastardly assault ON Mrs. r. T.. Duran. out on
the CulVuitt road. Sine was driving along the
road alone when he saw her, and picking up
fence rail struck her ii murderOus blow, evil
IDENTITY with the intention Of stunning or kill
ing. and then rObbiug her. Fortunately
sewing machine which she had IN the wagon
with her acted rs shield and prevented the
blow from accomplishing thc object for which
it was intended. Mrs. Dur3n's screams were
heard by her son, Reno Duran, who happened
10 be not far of, and he rushed to her rescue,
knocked the wOuld-be-murderer down. tied
and brought him to town, where he was con-
signed to the tender mercies of Sheriff Hurst.
wheeler appeared 10 De very drunk when he.
was being taken to jail, bat it Is generally be-
lieved that he was not much 50 as he pre-
tended
The Marietta Journal prints the following:
tNOn Saturday morning about / O'Clock. the
house Of Mr.. Asberry Nann, four miles above
hennesaw. was destroyed by fire. Neighbors
ON going to the scene. found in the smoking
ruins the burned and charred body Of Nann.
HIS legs. arms and head were burned OF.
Coroner w. X. Root held inquest, and the
following facts were deduced II seems Nann
has been drinking. and while intoxicated
abused and choked his wife. To escape from
his cruel treatment, she left the house and
went 10 her fathers home 290 yards Off Nann
in his drunken, inconsiderate condition. put
some pieces Of railing in the open fireplace.
1he ends pr0truding and resting on the floor.
The fire was communicated to the flooring in
this way and soon the house was wrapped in
flames and Nann perished in the burning
building. \ large number of people were at
the funeral on sunday"
FLORIDA.
Col. d. L. Kenan, OF Quincy, is dead.
Lake City has just been out on parade in
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