Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-22
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD n PARAGRAPHS.

The DeFoor Murderers Set at Liberty
The Markham Hun Suit Settled and
the House to Change Hands-Death OF
a Broken Heart at Athens.
GEoEGIA.
There VIII be nine Contestants in the foot
race at Albany tomorrow.
The Forty second Georgia Regiment is TO
have "a reunion at Ponce lie Leon Springs.
Harris county has followed Chattaho0chee /
in declaring for Hon. II. X. Harris az the next
Democratic nominee for Congress an the !
Fourth District.
Daniel Boon won the O-h0urs gO-as-yOu-
please loot race at Newman with score Of I
eleven miles. The total receipts were S4i Is. /
Half of the profits go TO the local library.
It Is announced that the wedding ceremony [
viii be performed at Marietta on Tuesday I
United states Senator, to Miss COrnella Jack (
son. daughter Of Gen. Henry r. Jackson, as [
the high contracting parties.
Several days ago stephenson Lodge. X p /
OF Gainesville challenged Calanthe Division
No. p II. r.. Of Atlanta, 20 a SIX hours gO-as-
vOu-please walking match The challenge /
has been accepted, and the match viii take
place M Gainesville on the 18th inst.
A few weeks ago JOnne Clayton was
drowned while bathing IN the OcOnee, near
Athens. He was engaged to Miss Octayia
Kerney. a beautiful yOurg working girl, who
died last week OF broken heart, so the doctors
say, and was buried beside her lover.
Count HerOs Won Brooke, the brave knight
yrhO left his fine estates in Prussia and came
to America to offer his sword and services to
the south when the late struggle commenced,
will be remembered by all OF the old veter-
ans who wore gray. He has accepted an in
vitatiOu 70 attend the Rome encampment.
Lem Welsh stabbed a young man by the
name Of Strickland near Tom Terry's resi-
deuce iu Mills district, Dekalb county. They
had been to prayer meeting at sylvester
Church. and we're returning home in company
with some other young folks, when they got to
quarreling about young lady, and welsh
stabbed strickland. Welsh was arrested.
Barlow correspondence MORNING NEWS:
Mr. Turner ScarbOrO, living near Barlow,
lost his cook room and dwelling by fire, caught
from a stove pipe. He saved what he had in
the dwelling, but lost all the kitchen turni-
ture. NJ insurance to cover any of the loss,
which was from $500 TO S500.-Farmers are
suite busy in consequence Of the recent heavy
and freQueut rains.-PrOf. kinman closes the
exercises Of the Barlow school next week.
ALBANY Estrs and Adrerfissr; In making a
hastv review OF the Tax Receivers books yes
terdav, we see there are fourteen persons only
who pay taxes on estates over $4,000, nine
teen over $4,000, eight over $4,000. SIX over
$4,000. and only two over $4,000. Among the
largest taxpayers are y A +. lift q Co,
Nelson Tiff, \. a a. r. Tiff, r. b. 4 5. B.
Lewis. Morris Mayer, John a. Davis, Mayer
& GIaUber, Richard Hobbs, J. Il. Fort, John
Jackson, Greenfield a Brown, B. G. LOckett,
Jacob Ventulett and Jesse W. Walters.
A circular railway has been built at Ponce
Je Leon Springs. The new railway IS a
wooden structure forming a circle, being
feet wide. 500 feet long. inside of which is laId
the track for the cars and is so graded that
thc cars ruE themselves, the highest point
above the ground being - feet inches, and
the lowest point touching the ground. Mr..
Wood. nc one time poor carpenter, OF To-
ledO, Ohio. is the inventor Of the circular
railroad. having conceived the idea from wit
messing children slide down the hills on their
sIde-bOards, he arguing that If they could
slide down hill, they could also slide up
hin, demonstration Of which is witnessed in
the circular railway.
Atlanta Journal: The Markham House
viii change hands on the third day Of July.
The public is familiar with the lawsuit in
which Mr.. VIM. Markham, the owner. and
Dir. W a. Hun, the present proprietor of the
house, have been en2aged. For the past week
Ar. HUI has been in Macon; but Thursday he
made q proposition by wire to Mr.. Wm.
Markham to pay him $500 and give up the
Markham House on July Sd and drop the
suit now pending. The proposition was ac-
Cepted by Mr. Markham, and thus ends a suit
that promised to occupy the time Of the
courts for several months. 1t is thought that
Mr.. HUI may now begin hotel life IN Macon
10 Is rum0red that AIr. MarceNus Markham.
son Of Mr. VIM Markham VIII be the new
proprietOr.
jefferson ys5rs and Fayansr: Last Saturday
evening "a terrible accident befeU Alr. Thomas
BriusOn, aged about Il years, and son OF Judge
y. w. BrlnsOn, who lives near Stellaville. On
that day Mr.. Rivers was at Judge BrinsOn's
thrcshiuE with his separator. Late in the
evening Just as the steam was cut on, and they
were stopping the separator, Thomas stepped
upon the separator to rake in the heads Of
grain that were carried mp by the elevator.
Accidentally his hand was caught and drawn
into the machine. and his arm was torn on
above the elbow. The arm was entirely
beaten on, and the bone exposed just above
the elbow. sunday morning the arm was
amputated by the doctors. But the patient
was IN great distress, and every Indication
was that he could not long survive the terri
bic shock. he gradually grew worse, and
Monday night at 10 O'Clock died.
e.. II. 4. WilIiugham, i'm Gainesville Free
Press We are not 'the senior Of the frater-
nifty i'm Georgia" AIr. john II. Martin, of
Dalton C.tissn; Rev: J. ". Burke, Of the
Wesleyan Methodist; Mr.. Charles W. Hancock,
of the Americus Republican. are our seniors
''Of the fraternity in Georgia We have
been over thirty-five years connected with
the Georgia press, with an iutermissiOn of
three weeks. Many Of the old fathers in the
journalistic Israel i'm Georgia have passed
away, ami there are but five of Us left 10 tell
the story Of more than q third of a century
ago of journalism i'm this state. The old vet
eraus-the old guaPd-then actively engaged
IN newspaper labor. are all in the eternal
sleep. Thompson, Rose. Christy. Andrews,
Chase, OrmC, and others, are all gone. and we
see none on the Georgia press now but the
tour names nEst mentioned when we came TO
The guild.
Atlanta Constitution: Another singular cpl
sole iu the history OF the mysterious DeFOOr
murder. IN 1873, is about TO occur. IL will be
remembered that about year ago negro
named johnson was arrested in Macon and
made confession. in which he stated that
himself, John Brown and Tom Savinger were
Che murierers Of the DeFOOr couple. His
story was that Brown and Sayinger had
forced him 70 80 with them TO the house Of
the DeEoOrs and aid them in the commission
OF lle hQriFnle crime. JohnsOn's story was so
wei. told and 50 circumstantial as 20 carry
with It the conviction that he was telling the
truth Brown and Savinger were arrested,
ial to await trial. johnson was taken
before the grand jury and was thor
ousliy s.fted by the most expert cross -ques-
TONERS 0f hst body. The result was the in
llctmcur of the three men for murder.
When Brown and Savinger were put on trial
johnson was used as q witness. and repeated
his story fuliy and with all its mnutic. The
jury found the two men guilty. without a
recommcndatiOn to mercy, and Judge Ham
Mond sentences them % be hung. Their
counsel FRANK l.. HaralsOn. moved the court
Lor new trial. and Judge Hammond, after
bearing the case fully argued, granted the
MOTION upon the ground that the confessions
or Johnson not being cOrrob0rated sufficiently,
.-s ~ llenee ln the ease did not authorize the
conviction solicitor General Hill has since
sept the men in prison and sought
every where for further proof TO strengthen
tle evidence. but has failed TO find
any additional cOrrObOratiOns for JOhnsOn's
story lie has. therefore. determined not to
Flt the court and the country TO the trouble
a.t ..e expense of another trial. Even should
tlal De had and another conviction secured
tto4 the same testimony. the courts would
not let lt stand. 10 Is his purpose. therefore,
.lAt Werh 20 set these men at liberty upon
.le-r own rec0guizances. BY this action they
N-t -tLl pr subject 10 Tearrest and trial
-t ihe state ever secure additional eyi-
.tlce % warrant such action. These men
---- pass from under the shadow Of the gal
II" = q, ald their predecessor. Asa Gum. and
~ Det oor murder again takes its place at
rs leld Of The list Of mysterious tragedies in
FLORIDA.
A new church is TO be erected at kissimmee. /
me new ne-el at Orlando is up and framed.
r EA-ns have greatly benefited crops around
tallahassee