Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-04


Brunswick is taking steps to secure an ar
tesian well.
The reorganization Of the Richmond Hus-
sars is probable.
CatoOsa county viii have an election on the
fence question on April go.
The Glynn county agricultural fair will De
held on the zlth, 2Sth and 10Th of May.
\ lodge of Good TempIars has been organ
l1eu at McRae with twenty-five members.
W. II. HOdgsOn. Of Athens. announces that
ne Is first cousin Of lion. Thomas Ochiltree
By marriage.
DR.. H. r. Casey, OF Augusta. died at Alba
ny Tuesday, where he had gone for the benefit
Of his health.
The present roll call Of the Newman Baptist
Church. as deposited in the corner stone
numbers 269 names.
East and south Rome and De Soto are in
cluded in the annexation scheme which Rome
proper has In contemplation.
Fire broke out on the Safold place. two
miles west Of Sandersville. Wednesday, and
burned five houses and probably half mile
Of fencing.
Lace Moore. Of Loganville. has a wagon
body Just finished which has been in process
0I construction for y years. Five parties
have worked on 1t.
At Heard court were tried John NJ and J .
Daniel Owensby for arson. The State made
a weak case, but there were eight Jurors for
conviction and four for acqUittal.
The following municipal ticket has been
elected at Fort Valley: For Mayor. W. +.
Brown; Aldermen, \. d. Skellie, 4. b.
Greene, IL. \. Mathews VI. l.. Cooper.
The Governor has ordered the TaXGollec-
tors Of eighteen neighboriug counties 10 paw
into the Bank of Americas. which Is now q
legal state depository, ''all moneys col
lected by them for and on account Of State
taxes"
Wednesdays Athens B1aner says: There
is considerable excitement on the outskirts Of
Athens, and cOwhides and pistols are brought
into requisition. 1t Is feared that the end is
not yet, as the trouble Is expanding instead Of
diminishing
Saturday the old court house at NIoultrie
was sold for Sl3. 1t cost upwards Of $500
three years ago. The contract for building
the new court house was awarded To Mr.
hendricks, OF BullOch county, the lowest bid
der, for $ 500
At Macon, Wednesday, the large two-storv
frame house known as the Mansfield House
was burned. Seven or eight negro families
occupied the ten rooms. and they had time to
get out nearly all their effects. The building
was insured for 900, which VIII fully cover
the loss.
The dwelling formerly occupied by D.
Abrams, on the corner of First and Poplar
streets, ana ON the site purchased by the
Macon Volunteers for their new armorV. was
sold Wednesday. The main building was sold
70 Capt. II. L. johnson for S235. The small
house was sold TO the same purchaser for $50
Another small house was sold to Capt Carnes
for $50.
The Cochran correspondent of the News
writing on April ., says: about O'Clock
this morning the dwelling. barn and stable Of
James to0uy, Who lives mile from tlWn.
Was entirely consumed by fire The flames
are now last spreading over his plantation
Assistance from town has been furnished.
high"
The Cherokee Adcdncs SAYS: "Col. II. NJ.
Field. of this county, Is now turning his at
tentlon to stock raising and at the same time
successfully conducting his large farming m
terest. lie now has fine lot of cattle num-
berlng some so OF more, although only few
days since he shipped to ranchmen i'm the
West about l36; of the so he has left some >
or more OF them are JERSEYS of the finest
breed
The Brunswick Herald SAYS: Farmers in
Glynn county whose crops have been depre-
dated upon by crows. have a novel mode Of
Kidding themselves of the nuisance. They put
stryChnlne inside one end of an egg, and nut
several thus prepared in an open box in full
view OF Mr.. Crow. He sees the eggs. and
loves them too. and never refuses them. and
darts down ana gobbies up the eggs, and fire.
quently falls 10 the ground Immediately after
tasting"
James W Burnside, an old and respected
citizen Of DahlOnega, died a day or two ago
Mr.. Burnside was originally from Appling.
Columbia county. He moved to that place in
1850. His father was killed in a duel with
GOV. Crawford, and was related To Gen
Burnside of the Union army. He was a
bachelor and leaves only brother and nu-
merous friends to- mourn his death. Col.
Price remarked of him that nobody ever
charged him with dishOnOr.
The Darien correspondent of the NEWS
writes, on April ,, as follows: "a white man
named John Cobb, who has been for some
time In the employ of James Townsend, died
suddenly yesterday. The verdict of the IN
quest WAS Providential Cause.-McIntosh
county sent four delegates to the Brunswick
Convention; \. C.. Gould and June Gordon.
elected by mass meeting held Saturday. 29th
ult.. and Richard jackson and John NJ
Brown, elected by small number of citizens
on Monday, 3lst ult-''
The HaWkinsviue N6}cs says: among the
packages shipped by express from this place
on Monday last were two miniature hives Of
Italian bees. Each OF the hives contained
three frames Of comb. with honey sufficient to
last the bees during their journey. a tested
queen. few drOnes, and workers enough to
keep mp the business of the colony until rein
forced from the brood nest They were shin
ped 10y Mrs. y. b. Mitchell, Of our town, to
hr. " Z. Guerry, OF Fort Reid, Fla. and are
expected 70 arrive at the latter place in about
SIX days"
On April the Canton correspondent Of the
NEWS wrote as follows: Tuesday while Mr..
e.. NJ. Day was blowing near Hickory Flat
IN Cherokee county. he fell dead. The COro-
ner was sent for. who organized jury. After
the usual examination. q verdict was rem
dered. The deceased came to his death from
natural causes Air. Day was q good, re
liable citizen and piOus Christian. He leaves
a MlIe anu SIN EllHll tlllUEen To natlie lie
conflict. y good number of our citizens are
digging storm pits. No corn planted in
Cherokee yet. We are now enjoying the first
pretty weather since the first of last Decem-
ber."
The Cherokee AdrGacs Of yesterday saws:
To-day Thursday Judge Brown will hear
the argument of counsel for the motion for
new trials in the cases OF Geo. Hin and Jerry
Marshall, both colOred. sentenced AT the last
term OF court TO be hung on Friday. the llth
inst. OF course we cannot say what Will be
Judge Browne s decision. but even II he does
not grant new trial the case will 20 to the
supreme Court, which meets in September
next. and the negroes will not be hung on
April II. In this connection we would sav
that the condemned have behaved themselves
well since placed in jail. Jerry Marshall is
the most stubborn, and has but little to say.
Geo. Hill tries 10 be as cheerful as possible
under the circumstances. and says if he finally
has 10 hang why of course it must he right.
although he claims 10 have killed VIM. BRYANT
m sclf-deiense.N
On the 9th of March difficulty occurred
on the plantation of William Watkins. about
eight miles south of Jackson. between Lewis
Dickers0n and George Williams. both color
ed. The origin Of the difficulty was about a
half pOue of corn bread. They only passed n
few words. and George stepped ont of the
house where the difficulty started and picked
up a stick, and then re-entered and cursed
DickersOn, and then turned as though he was
satisfied, and as he turned Dickerson sprang
on George with knife in hand and stabbed
MN lu llE NGtaEA anu nOMtls. t0llRifltlA us
embOwelng George. it is said that George
went ont of the mouse with his bowels in his
arms. He died on the 30th from the cuts. 4
warrant was issued for the arrest Of Lewis
Dickerson. ana after considerable trouble said
Dickerson was arrested.
Major Lamar Cobb. Secretary Of the Board
of Trustees of the State University. has ap-
piled TO the Governor to issue a bond of
$4,000 for 20 years al per cent. interest per
annum in lieu Of % of the per cent. Nutting
bonds held by the University, which have
fallen due. 1t will be remembered that seVe-
rai OF these mammoth bonds have been is
sued- Gov Colquitt issued several. Gov.
Boynt0n issued a $4,000 bond for the Brown
donation. This $4,000 bond will probably be
the largest State security that will ever be
issued by Georgia. as 10 Is not probable that
the State University Will again hold at one
time large an amount OF due securities
The State funds instead of paying these bonds.
The State has been paying per cent. interest.
which is Si,boB yearly Al per cent. she Will
now pay $500 year interest, or an annual
SAVING Of $3.50
The Newman correspondent OF the Macon
Telegraph writes rs follows, dating his letter
April >: ION the 18TH uIt., cyclone passed
near The village of Whitesburg. jugt acr0s;
the river from COweta. in the county of Car
roll. The fuu particulars of that cyclone
have already appeared IN YOUR paper. Prof
". II. Andrews teaches a school which mum
bers seventy-fve or eighty students, il
Whitesburg. Hearing the cyclone cCmine
Prof. Andrews and his wife and five small
children THE youngest being about thret
months Old made their way to a railroad eX-
cavatiOu near theirresidence. Mrs Andrews
jumped into the excavation and Prof. An.
dreWs threw down TO her the five
Fmall children while she caught then
IN her arms each one fell. The
cyclone passed over anu the andrews family
were uninjured. From the exhaustion incl
dent to this exercise, Mrs. Andrews had FULLY
recovered, and yesterday superlntendet
the planting and arranging of her flower
yard. Last night she retired much improved
10 health, little expecting that death wa:
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