Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-20
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.
Macon Puzzled by the Ways of a
Swarthy Italian-A Rome Banker sued
for 100000 for LibeI-Singular End
ing of "a Wife's Elopement-Infantici
near Madison.
GEORGIA.

rourndmeut May -.
The Jackson sunday schools viii 90 on an
excursion TO Macon on the 9th of May.
Every bridge In FORSYTH county. on Big
creek, is washed away. except Col. Rusks.
An old settler says In 1874 Marietta had her
FIRST licensed barr00m, and now fifty years
thereafter she is without one
The Pioneer Hook and Ladder Company
were fea-ted and In other ways royalty wei
coined on their return TO Athens from Macon
w r. GaulIen. Of Brooks. has a field of
oats which hc planted about the 2Jth of Jan
uary. and they are now in fan bloom, or head
ing out
Leonidas johnson. the Henry county rapist,
vino is this week To be re-entenced TO hang,
has sold hs corpse 10 an Atlanta physician for
SIS cash.
Walker $. Barnes, of Senoia, wko was
travelling for the grocery firm of Tolbert, HOyt
s Co., ot Atlanta, diei IN bed at FORSYTH,
Wednesday. after having been on a spree.
William Fleming, of Atlanta, whose mania
consisted in asking women hc came across 10
marry him. was fined SO. and having no
money went 20 the chain gang for thirty days
There are six Masonic Lodges in Henry
county. located as follows: At McDon0ugh,
Hampton, Locust Grove. Stockbrldge, Snap
ping Shoals and sandy Ridge-representing
about 400 members, though all are not ailll-
lates.
At it, regular meeting Monday the Cuth-
cert Fire Department decided to have their
regular annual parade on the 2sth of Nav.
The Cleburne and +. B. Young Fire Compa-
nies of EufaUla VIII be invited TO take part IN
the contest and the feast 20 follow.
4 negro church was DESTROYED i'm Baldwin
county by fire a few nights ago. Some think
il was done on account of dissatisfaction
among the cOlored people about the speech of
clark. a church was also destroyed on the
and Ut Harvey Dickson, COlOrCd, because he
would not allow Clark TO hold his meetings.
The Perry municipal election passed of
very quietly. the following ticket being
elected without opposition: For Mayor, Il.
\. HOltzclaw; for Aldermen, F. $. Cater. Z.
]. Dennard, George Paul, J. W. Clark, John
". TAYLOR /. Picard. 1t Is presumed that
AIr. r. ). smith VIII be reelected Marshal.
Crawford Hoaitor: "The novel wedding of a
forty year widow and Young man of twenty
predicted I'm a few DAYS i'm Tins community.
The widow has SIN children, two of whom
are married and the young mans mother is
living. 10 is 10 be hoped that the children
VIII look after the widow and the mother of
the yOHng man.
Mrs. Ferrill. of COWeta county. elOped with
& young man named jenkins. The woman s
husband pursued and overlook the pair. and
on condition that jenkins would never more
make has appearance ln!the Congressional dis
irlct in which CoWeta Is located. torgave his
wife and took her back to live with him. Jen-
SInS goes to Florida.
Monroe Adrertiser: During the past week
four of the veterans Of Monroe county have
ulcd-Mr. Thomas Dew WbeTTY: Mrs. PhinaZee.
the widow Of the late Rev. Hiram phiIaZee d;
Mrs. Fuller, the widow of Rev. Billy Fuli -
VINO was q famous PRIMITIVE Baptist preacher
3 generation ago, and Mrs. Chancelv. who
uFei IN the Nlcnlty of BankstOn. The first
named was 81 years old; the others were be-
tween 20 and So.
Dawson county owes but $500. In regard to
education thegrand jury finds that the common
school system Is working satisfactory and
that the per centage Of ignorance is greatly
less than under the old system, and earnestly
hope the day is not far distant when we can
truthfnlly say that every child IN Dawson
county can read and write, and to this end we
are DESTROYS of giving the Door every doll~
possible In this direction. -
The Carroll county grand jur
county $ Indebtedness to be ".ooUf M the
1Hs t''sh on nlhl fooo %, Ther@ arr, $500 %l,''
iuTv bdIieJe + ne cou"... " farm. and The
,,'5vi,ic LAT some of them ara allie ~
ptoN'c toT themse' rTia,i ~ %use -
81 Tso r, tax be assessed for the year
-.,iii,ors ~ dnty purposes, Is per cent; for
y per cent; jall expenses 10 per
- bridges, 5 per cent. Total. A. per cent.
Le uniforms which Will probably be adopt
Ell by the Jeh Davis military company. of
GAINESVILLE, Is made of white flannel with a
sailor collar. On the back centre OF the col
lar viii be worked J. ID. I'm silk Itis trimmed
with blue and red. with blue vest front. Orna-
meated with q row of pearl buttons. The
front Is laced with white and red SILK cords.
and the sleeve cuffs are bound with red and
blue. lt will mo- doubt be adopted by the COM
pany.
I'm 1883 there were 2.549 children i'm attend
auce upon the public schools I'm Warren coun-
tv OF this number S33 were white and lII6
oolored OF the public school fund the white
schools received Sl,3l0 80, while the amount
paid to the COlOred schools aggregated 81 76O
%. showing an excess of $3.50 63 received by
the cOlOred schools over the amount paid ia
white schools. The CLBDer saws that the
method Of disbursing the public school fund
has since been changed. however, and by the
new system the fund Will be more equally di-
vided and give better schools.
r. y. Burford, of Virginia, is suing A. T. NJ
Brewer, the Rome banker. for $4,000 for al
legged libel. The examination of witnesses de-
YelOped the fact that the plaintiff was con-
ductor on the Pullman ear Imperial on the
2Sth Of September. 1852, and that Mr.. Brewer
was passenger from Washington 10 Dalton.
and desired TO get a berth on a sleeper. The
sleeper was crowded, and some alteration
ensued between Mr.. Brewer and Burford. the
upshOt OF which was that Brewer preferred
charges against BurfOrd, and after much cor
rcspOndence the Pullman Car Company dis
charged BurfOrd from their service. 1t is al
legged that the letters written by Brewer tC
The company were false, malicious and libel
l0us
Speaking of the Cincinnati riot the Gibson
Enterprise SAYS: ''A few more feudiSh mur-
derers and cutthroatS turned loose upon liz
by perjured and professional jurors VIII in
stItutc IN Georgia a reign Of lynch law with
all 0f its cOncomitant terrOrs.N 1t then goes
on TO say. Nv c here relate the rcmiuis cence-
Nl one OF our bt1A tAALLtu-s WHO Will. II III Is
necessary, give his name. This gentleman
has recollection of murder case which was
tried in the courts of Jefferson county
wherein every claim of justice was ignored
and set aside. Hamilton Rayford and
Michael Wall were neighborS. Rayford, not
wanting W all TO travel certain road which
lay through his premises. cut tree down on il.
The removing of thIS tree bv Wall constituted
& crime for which he was killed by Rayford
Hamilton Rayford took his gun and went
coolly and deliberately to Michael Walls
Rayford- IN the superior Court of Jefferson
county. was tried for murder. The iurv
rendered verdict Not guiltvr Be
astOuIshcd. %, heavens. and weep. o, angels,
Shameful. shameful outrage. The farce wa,
enacted twenty seven years ago. Since then
the family of RayfOrd has come TO nothing
His only son. II he Is vet living. Is in the pemi-
tentiary. charged With and convicted of the
crime of seducing his niece. And the mur-
derer bayfOrt living lOngenOugh OCOufess that
ne could see wall al any time. and that he Raw
ford' was continually suffering the pangs of
hell. We have not related the above 10 reflect
In tie least unfavorably upon the good county
of Jefferson; but a. much just Indignation ,ya-
manifested by the citizens of said county to-
wards this unrighteOus verdict. we have re-
ldIed tlls in PROOF OF our assertion that TIN.
spirit Of righteous resentment Is not confined
alone 10 one section of our noble country. but
reaches north and south 10 the confines OF
Canada and the Gulf of Mexico. and east ant
west To kiss the waters of the two great
oceans. It Is said that the feeling Of mdigna.
tion ran SO high until open insults were heapeo
upon the jury. and the feeling against gen
Wright was 80 great, who defended the crmi-
nal. that he was forced to ask the Judge to fur
uish him with an armed protection 10 escort
him To his hotel.
telegram AMI Messenger: ''SOme time last
October there quietly dropped into Macon a
small. wirv. very dark complcNiOned Italian.
who registered his name at Browns Hotel as
Francois TussO. he was not regarded rs a
protest. Ional gambler though il was known
that he was expert with short cards. and
PLAYED a great deal There was nothing loud
about his dress or manner. He appeared to
be a cOnsumptlve invalid. who wanted no
company but his own, rather than one of the
bOys. This reason and his extraordinary
luck at cards, gave him sort of mysterious
air. and while endeayOring apparently to
~hun the gaze Of men, rather attracted it,.
The sporting men about the city began to
regard him as an evil genius Of some kind,
and gave him the name of The Dag0.' by
which he was almost entirely designated. His
luck was marvellous. All night long he toyed
large amounts. The cards showed up as he
wanted them ana his fingers were nimble and
magical While others were talking and
cursng their luck, the DagO sat quietly and
Won pile after pile Of money. The regular
sports eyed him with suspicion whenever he
appeared among them, and one faro dealer
Went 50 far a- to carry his cards IN his pocket
When he left the room for fear they might be
UeNllched by the mysterious Italian. His
winnings IN Macon, from last October. with
me exception of short visits to Florida, are
estimatcd a, $4,000. As he did not spend IL
.allshly and recklessly a. do most gamblers,
= L supposed that lie treasured it up and has
Il sS'' ffiHay morning at O'Clock he was on
idsl mani train. with his baggage
checked for Atlanta bttt for same rnasnn was