Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-10-17

-rss Meeting In Progress at Augusta
rrskett's Negro Guard Arrested on
q Charge % Murder.
GEORGIA.
Az wf--r Wednesday Prank Bloodworth
.Hr -lrl who had followed him from
.ra- $50. aud she announces her intention
w NcW York via Savannah TO find
ruent.
fast Friday night Miss Fannie Robert
a- -se ADOPTED daughter 81 james G. Robert
20 ~ alton county. left home. The cause
fr leaving and her present Whereabouts
am iu mystery She was kindly treated,
fholgLf oi and none suspected her
re- departure she ls only u years Of
lri made her exit through window,
r- some Of her clothes with her.
r =lrvirors of Company b. Third Georgia
-r-rt. e. :. A., VIII have their reunion at
Hrf ll-r grounds. on Thursday, Oct. 90
-a-on VIII be celebrated by basket
t1-etaar ami ~ speeches, the follow
.ueu having been invited % make
--. col. George 7. Harrison. Opelika.
E..I .ut- Col r. II. Bacon, OF Albany, Ga;
--. |..1 II. Foster. of Th0mastons DIR. W.
N.- and j. H. Martin, Of TalbottOn.
ul Fs-ss1n, the negro guard at Lockett's
.awr- who. on Oct. :. shot and in
h'et Ut. Faulkner, a white man.
was irving o. escape. has been arrested,
u tE murder lt Is claimed that 10
lowered that there Is grave doubt
man ever having attempted % es-
...- -ali that BE fen into the river and
far help. beIug shackled. and thst
inc in the river, the negro de-
-....H lHI cruelty shot him.
r u..la hiceclists have arranged 10 hold
Hr.1ut open = al amateur wheelmen
--rH lurlnE falr week The following
RI. rEc races and the prizes: Five
rr. rrlFe sla9 ln value; two mile race.
e.. - raIge; one mile race. prize S25 in
ra ra-e- SO Tar1lz. prize S15 I'M value
rr. rare VIII be decided upon 40 future
Irf entry fees viii be. Five mile
= - one nile s., slow -. time
must HH made on the scratch
.-.r-r- uuzt he made hv Oct - to the
--lr- 1- The Macon Bicycle Club.
r.-rI c5hu near Macon sunday nignt
H-. tlr tar-et Tor a fusilade OF small
-.- ... relales- " hence they were thrown
Ht Ea discovered The negroes became
r-r Hl.r frightened. One 90 them had been
8H.ur expedition durIug the dav. This
at..u ai t4e Sabbath was finally settled
e uezracs as the cause 81 the lombard
lae Alck0ries were consequently car
t el tEe house and thrown IN pile in
-a a few minutes later they became
-- e. Ese3 lv the mysterious attackers.
r-l search of the vicinity failed 10
tae solution q the mystery, and it re-
r-- Es luexplicabl as ever.
Ma cht. late special examiner OF the
-.ll9ut Of Justice. has been appointed
E#-..ut n-tc1 states Attorney by Attorney
. brewster IhIs was done at the re
90 District Attorney Speer. Mr..
resigns the position of Special tx
H-rrf The Department OF Justice which
cal $1,000 until ms esiguation was sent
ID. takes the position of Assistant United
-.- Attorney on a salary II sl.SO0. Mr..
r-.. .- @ lawyer. native % Maryland. and
- - hayhood has been in the service OF
Hlr-lneut oi Justice. ana IS familiar
E.. details of government business He
maize lis home Iu Atlanta, where he will
l.s profession He IS 25 years old, and
carried
r. perk ns IS rated as one OF MacOn's
r#Hr co.urea citizens. and for a long
ems Invested his money IN United States
- ana na man enjoyed clipping or the
ra- more than be. Recently he bought a
-#.r Fourth street. near Hollis corner, and
rr.# Is brick stnreEOuse. Pete's greatest
being the victim of the vagaries
NJ aH-aFT woman who has imagined for a
f-e that she was his wife. She watches
rr- and when he appears she abu-es him
.r-.r..u- Ler money and not taking care
..-- do what De would, Pete could never
-ear her on. and she clung 20 him. Pete is
F.- .-It Iu color. and when az saratoga is
- auV white man. The woman. who
rss- one name Of Henrietta Perkins, is as
..-. a- luk. and the contrast as they stood
.r. Che Recorder Wednesday morning was
err King. He had been troubled so much
.- r that be- had her mp FOR disorderly con-
She rold the court that she was married
u.t. la Clinton. on promising to cease her
-.----lI1as -he was discharged.
rr.rrett Hrr1f. on next Thursday the
-tr- 90 Eockbritge district Will tackle the
e#E Jaw far the third time About a year
tl rEa question was voted on and fence
carried rIc district. An election was held in
.ruber. and there was q tie, and now the
f.r tween the TIVE Sides anu the excitement
srH t1 a white heat. An amusing incident
0---rrst 10 the Lass election. Two neIghbOrs
u.r a.rH On friendly terms concluded 20 put
rl-- together and 90 over IN a wagon. One
furnished the wagon and horse, and the
."ar a mule. They started. and talked
r.l-lrtv until the stock law became the
r 90 conversation. and, unfortunately,
cars offered The more they talked the
-a.' 'ar they got. until one Of them swOre he
you'd uat rlde with man who held such
~-HHrWE action 10 the words. ne
t.E E- mule loose and rode OF, leaving his
r.-.tHr with one horse aud his wagon. But
Ta- equal 20 the occasion, and hitched
r--.l t1 che tongue by the side Of his horse
l. .st.y drove mp % the precinct.
Marietta .f1arzEf. a party Of men are stop
r- u Marietta,. making bed-springs and
H.H- them Out In wagons through the
town and county They ask five dollars set
t- herr spriugs. or exchange the same for
.atlors. uu -aturday one OF these peddlers
vent into Mr.. 4. i. 6ilbertls residence, and
INSISTED ON putting the bed-springs on the
-at-n % bed. and after he had done so. uu-
..r protest carried or feather bed Of 40 or 50
a-EH.l- fn exchange for the bed-springs. and
$50 = Ar. Gilbert was not satisfied with the
tr.H when Ee came home, that on Monday
H. would resCiud the trade. Mr. Gilbert was
.u. indignant when he went home and
t.rI HHt what occurred, and on Monday he
Hs fUa Ucddler arrested for cheating and
-ar.luE. The peddler gave bond, but the
..-r Ras iuaIlv compromised by the peddler
r.-.rulug the bed, paying al cost, lawyers
rsu hei-tick. We have heard OF other
rar1- where the hCd-sprlng peddlers have
VISITED and insisted on trading. despite the
wishes 90 The owuers-Mr. W. F. Orr's and
N-. Doe Dunn's- These peddlers have paid
cts license, and have a right 70 10 business
r.r7. llt S. a journalist we deem lt our duty
On ltlrm our people that If they have
feathers ,o -eu they can get % cents pound
Or .leu.
fes-erfly's Augusta Ckronicle contains the
r..#urue fuIler statement than that which
II "a rs fafnrwQnhfr
INNS Yesterday morning on the same sub
.t. rW e1uo-tiay morning Messrs- James q.
Lf.e sons, Que Of our oldest and best
tlrr business houses, dealers m groceries
Gl. carpets made bill Of sale Of both de-
ra-.r.0urs 81 their business 30 Mr.. John I'll
k... 90 nominal sum. This action was
rau-al tV the inability OF the firm TO continue
'--r business longer 10 advantage although
t--r friends hope they may be able 10 pay up
ulrl their liabilities. and. continue at least
one branch Of their trade. The legal
crr-el cf thc drsn, Harper Bros. give IN the
to.rUlrE schedule 0f the affairs Of the hrm:
.ltIe=-S20.00o 90 Northern creditors. $50
.. mortgage on stock, and $4,000 due on real
e-.etc- Total $1,000. The assets are entered
-e-1cE F51.oo1. notes and accounts. $1,000;
r.l. estate. Sso.oe3- Total $4,000. Brad
E-llrs agent at this place makes the fol-
ltslu- report 81 the affairs OF the hoEset As
se.--~rlrk SlE.o1s. accounts $4,000. real es-
Rate ff. l,1. securities S5,e00i total $50 coo. ON
Co., -.oes there are two mortgages OF So,Wp
o.. a.-ad1. Afahtilties-dO cages on stock
rsaI e,rate S5s.o0a. .FCommercIaI Bank lin part
g7el $500, due National Bank $500; to-
H Hf>..l.
Al Augusta Wednesday afternoon, about
sa. 1.c.aek. as three men were walking down
Ne Central Railroad track at point opposite
t central depot. enc 0f them said: "BOys,
es che last time you'll see me-" and whip
frE -at pistol from his pocket he put the
u over his heart and pulled the trigger
s. Sudden and unexpected were his move
E.- that his companions bad no time 10
-rlst his purpose before the report OF tho
E-1o1 rang cut on she air, and the man fell
rEart uPou kls face, bleeding aSd ap-
.a1traE dFuE. DF. Alien was summoned in
ee-i tine and had the wounded man taken
- hospital. not Tar distant, where he
-- rcccive proper attention. DR.. VIM. II
N-<-V. IF-. was called in aud the
l rrctcd- Il was found that the
-1l catered Just over the left nipple
olIT . hesh wound. lot IN itself
-L dangerous. The wounded man
e- aut % be George Evans, Of Bellair,
-- been employed Oy John Lambert,
.l'r 90 the Port Royal Railroad. 70 get
..1..ors az q point down the road and was
Tie was considerably under the in
ee go liquor. and could give no coherent
-Hl 20 tGc cause which led 10 his raSh act.
---- at one moment he wanted 70 Kill him.
~ -li lnuctiateiy afterward would deny
ga tHe shooting altogether. Mr.. EV-
-e--s o. De about q wears old. and Drs-
Doughty think. from the eNamlna-
re. clnesiay niEht, that he viii suffer
1Fenleuce from his wound, though
possible a thorough examination may de-
more complicated injury.
Atrst-a Fsuraaf: In June. 1881. a negro
-g-l a11y was found floating in a creek
..-allrl county. HIS body showed marks
= holt -nlHs hat hsah q "a