Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-18

organized.
The intercollegiate debate between Mercer
Hld EmoTt bnIVersiues occurs on Thursday
evening Of this week.
james n. Shuptriue was appointed and
c1mmlssioned. on the 10th inst. Postmaster
~ Mcleod, bingham county. a new poet
Office.
There is a movement on foot to secure an
ine9riate asylum for Atlanta. The matter
VIII take shape between now and the first
meeting Of the General Assembly.
Mr. Jett OVERLY, 0f the Nineteenth district
Of Lumpkin county, lost his dwelling house by
IRE last week. Fortunately the building was
insured for 500. Mr- overly viii rebuild at
once.
sylvauia TsfsDb0ae: =. II. Hill sends ms the
us that DE has seven acres that d blooming
out rapidly. He viii probably ship the first
bale from this section.
The residents Of a certain section OF
LumpkIn county are eNasperatcd because a
fsrmer pI0wed up Ulaf used as a rrave-
yard and planted 10 with cotton. The de-
structIOn of the crop is threatened.
a g0-irs- uspleaze walking mate b took place
% Ieuuilie on W wednesday iast-tWo mile race.
The best time was made by Edgar Brown,
age ls- 2li5 minutes: second best j. T.. Ham
llton, - minutes. 4. a. Lewis, 2llz minutes.
Hereafter all suits brought against the East
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad for
damages viii BE- transferred % the United
states Courts. The company allcge that they
are not given q fair showing in the state
courts.
In June, lSS2. Andrew J. burden. 2 we'll
known carpenter Of Atlanta had "fraCas"
win 'lohn " stevens, planning mill man,
lu wulch llurIeu was Worsted- He now sues
Tor $1,000 damage. stevens asserts that he
d.i not treat Durten as harshly as he alleges.
Green Stokes has filed his suit against the
Georgia Pacific Railway Company. demand
ing $4,000 as damages for series OF injuries
which be- alleges were inflicted upon him by
the reckiessness Of the company's employees.
lie was engaged IN coupling cars during the
shifting Of trains.
Appung correspondence NEWS, June "a:
We have had delightful rains for the past
wees IAe oat crop p very good. a cou-
r-'ltEauie storm OF WiuH and rain passed
through the mort theastern portion OF the county
yesterday, and fencing an trees were blown
down. No damage % buildings.
SIR. McNral, Young man iu the service og
rank harfeu, near Dawson, was thrown
from horse on which he was riding from the
neld. the gear being Ou the horse at the time.
He was dragged Iu the gear in which he got
caught ln the lall until he Was terribly man
glcd and finally killed. McNcai was married.
ON The 2t Of May. lSS2. Charles r. McBeth.
while acting ms q train hand on the Richmond
and Dauyille Railroad, was caught by the
bcll-rOpe ~ n freight taain and precipitate {
% the raIls Of the road, near NorcrOss station.
The train passed oyer his left leg and so man
gIed 10 below the knee that its amputation
was necessary 90 save his life.
The Southeastern Tariff Association will
leave Atlanta on the 18th instant for Old Point
Comfort, Virginia. where the annual meeting
of the association viii be held. The meeting
viii be convened on the lst OF July and quite
am amount Of important insurance business
viii DE transacted Nearly all the insurance
companies doing business in the South Will be
represented.
ON last Thursday ID. r. Adams. who lives
about i've miles from I.umpkin, was out in Tie
woods with his little dog, which attracted his
attention By coming % him whining and eN-
hlbiting signs Of great pain. Suspectiug that
10 had been bitten 10y a snake. he went To
where he first heard It whine. and found a
large rattlesuake. which he dispatched at
once. The little dog had been struck i'm the
side by It's deadly fangs and lived about Ii fteeu
minutes. dying In commissions and the utmost
agony. The snake was 81 inches long and s
inches i'm diameter, and had rattles.
Judge Roney has declined 20 grant the petit
tlOn restra' ming the operations OF the no-feuce
law, which law was ordered by popular elcc-
lion ln Richmond county last January. and
the provisions Of which were ordered bv the
Ordinary 10 gOintO effect IN July. The aupiica-
tl0n Tor injunction was denied in the Supc-
riOr Court. and as the ease could not be heard
10y the supreme Court before the first OF July.
the orators appealed To- udgc kOney for tenn
pOrary restraining order. His Honor replies
that he can see no grounds for the granting Of
such order, and the law viii take its course.
Thursday night as the down train on the
Brunswick and Western Railroad approached
AlapJha, some two hundred yards from the
depot young man by the name Of %. Il. Gid
dins was lying on the track and was caught
up by the train and carried TO the depot. liter
ally maugled and llfeiess when discOY cred. one
Lex being cut on near the body, one arm near
lut -uuulleEr LLe breast torn open duN mead
and lace badly crushed 10 is reported that
Glddlns had prepared himself for a combat
with Mr. Fur'ong who was expected on the
1850 train which did not arrive that night
until 3 O'Clock. lie was sitting about the depot
and 40 a late hour walked Up the track 10 point
out residence 10 @ friend and 10 is supposed
sat down ON The railroad when he stopped, and
Iel asleep and was unconscious Of the trains
approach.
Last Monday morning about Q or 10 O'Clock,
about seven miles from COvington, near
Brick store, negro named Homer Perry. or
bud ferfT' committed rape on a little negro
girl between aud wears OF age. He took his
knife and lacerated her considerably. He
then beat her with stick, breaking her under
jaw and skull. He hid her in the woods. COW
rring her with leaves. and left. Perry then
gave negro boy qsart Of whisky 20 swesr
that another negro committed the crime.
The negro accused was arrested and the above
facts came out on the commitment trial, the
defendant proving complete alIbi. Ia the
meantime the glrl came 10 life and told her
story. She ls still living. Homer Perry fed
the country. He is light mulatto. between
Is and Is wears of age. Il a low. chunky,
heavily built fellow. with broad cheek bones.
and is about feet or inches in height.
Macon Telegraph and Messenger: We learn
that quite sensation has been created in
Rutland district bv the mysterious conduct Of
MIR. r. ;. Smith. who has been overseeing on
the plantation Of Mrs. John ". Iiun. II seems
that on Friday evening he was seen sharpen
ing his knife. and afterwards get bottle
of laudanUm- He told his wife he was going
20 Kill himself, and before any one could find
him the buLzards would have picked the meat
FROM his bones His wife entreated and tried
60 Influence him 10 do himself no injury. and
did all she could TO get the knife aud iaudl-
mum from him. but all IN vain. as he pat the
knife tu his throat and SAID he would Kill
himself on the sTot if she did not let him alone
and hush her entrcaticS. lie left the house
going in the direction Of ECheconuee swamp.
and, though diligent search has been made,
no clue 10 his whereabouts has vet been dis
covered No cause Is known Tor his strange
conduct, and II is deeply deplOred by the
citizens of the community.
Cochran leSsenrer: Last Tuesday evening
DR.. T.. D. " alker was sent for 90 and dress
q wound on Mr. Tom Sanders, which hal been
inflicted by MIR. John Horne. The particulars,
SIS near as we could get them, are that Mr.
Horne was in town during the day and had
been drinking quite freely. In the afternoon
with several OF his friends he left for his home
q few mites rom town, taking supply Of
whisky with him. The party did not stop At
Mr.. HOrue's house. but went on short dis
tancc to Dir. Sanders house and called him
out lie got i'm the wagon and all went down
the road piece and stopped. The WAGON.
with all the men. except Mcssrs. Horne and
Sanders. soon left. While they were talking
together an argument arose between them
about working the roads which termi-
mated i'm fight. Horne inflicted severe
wound on the back OF sanders head with his
pocket knife. The cut was about an inch and
half deep. and bled freely. DIR. Walker
thinks be viii soon be all right again. san
ders used q stick pretty freely on Horne.
Augusta CEr1afc7s: But for the timely
waking ON Friday night Of Mr.. Scott the
agent Tor Mr. BlaiGC's book. the Central
Hotel would have been the scene Of q terrible
condagration. About O'Clock he was aroused
from sleep, and looking about HIM discovered
bright light shining into his room from the
room adjoining. Upon closer examination he
discovered THAI there were flames in the room
He rushed into the hall and called ont tirp
loudly and repeatedly. He tried To get into
the room where the fire was, but could not get
the door open. BY this time the boarGers
were rushing about in all directions. and the
night clerk arriving upon the scene burst
Ha sfer Tfa.ar FrrTr
tiou with smoke. and flames were leaping IN
TO the ceIling from table in the room. Calls
were made 90 the occupant Of the room. but
no response was received. and on reaching
the bed lt was found that he WAS in a state OF
EufiOcatiou. He was carried out i'm the fresh
ar and revived. and by the timely efforts OF
the boaruers the flames were eNtinCuished.
There was IN old grudge existing between
Amos Hall and Peter Wilcox. two coiored
men. Last Wednesday, while Amos was
working in field in the lower edge of Pulas-
Ii county. near the line of Dodge county. on
the Ocmulgee river. Peter went 10 the field
where Amos was aud commenced abusing and
using very offensive language about Amos
wife. and remarked that If she made a Ger
tain statement she told Ire. Amos did not
like this. and told Peter 10 leave him. Peter
told Amos he would thrash him, to which he
replied that he doubted il. as that was some
thing that had not vet been done. Peter
started To get over the fence into the
field. and Amos told him he would kill
him II he did get over; that whenever he un-
dertoOk to come over he tAmos) would knock
MN back Ana when Peter climbed upon
the fence Amos struck him on the head With
a hse and Knocked him down. and then gtrnck
him again on the back Of the head Peter
WAS not conscious afterwards. and he died