Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-01

BUCl Ct Greensboro RecalIed-A Hang
ing Booked for Burke County.
GEORGIA.
Crops look we'll about AIiIlen.
Tie new Baptist Church az Rome has just
hllt completed.
The Hamilton Colored Temperance Union
l.7 4'l members.
AT 1hlleu two negroes stole George Hazel
IuIst's boat Hope
Abrm Burke is candidate foT reelection
as Treasurer OF Screven county.
The trees OF j. II. Parnel-s rruit farm, near
West Point. are heavy with fruit.
1t Is probable that Atlanta VIII purchase
machinery and bore an artesian well.
A Buuoch county farmer was boas,iug Of a
stalk Of cotton with thirteen forms c-l II a few
days ago.
Gen. Robert Toorabs Pas become a member
OF the company that Is TO complete the Kim
baIl House IH Atlanta
number az the friends OF William Can
naay. ~ ~wa5usloro are seeking to bring him
out Tor Representative.
sam Williams. colored. was sentenced at
WavuesboTo 20 hang on July is, for killing
tlaal -lzllsl-, gr0. ia 1883.
Statesboro was visited by a furious wind
storm Sunday which leyeled consiferahIe
fencing aud badly damaged crops.
Mrs Anderson. of Gainesville, swallowed
large dTaUght OF hartSnoru by mistake sun
day night, and i, is feared that it Will cause
her death.
G
froRl the arm 0f owen Coleman, OF SWANS
boro- leadcU bullet that had been in there
two years.
Rev. !. r. Respess. Of Butler. has just re-
ceiv-d account sales of three crates of peaches
shipped from his orchard to New York. They
uraGEHt 500.
At Thomson. StovalI & Boyd. general mer-
e.aU.Isr dealers, have assigned. The liabili-
TIES ARE +Estif tEe assets 4-z4e, and The pref
Neyj Tuesday Is the day fortEe Democratic
uH-- uectiuE In Wr-htsyil!e 90 select dele
-l.r- tl rue atlanta Convention and TO the
Congressional Convent ON at SaudersFille.
y. D. Mcdonald, Of New y 0rk. has present
et zine Columbus Guards q handsome medal.
t5 Doe awarded TO Jhe best drilled member Of
-La company after it has been won by him
three consecutive times.
A negro prisoner set fire to the Neriwether
county jHIl night or two a@O. but when the
flames began to gain headway he yelled lus-
THY fHr help and the lire was eNtiuguished
before much damage was done.
William j. Jenkins, who was sentenced ia
it.eHwou1 county To serve two years in the
FeHlteutiaFt for forging ms brother-In laws
ufWc t1 au order for Slj0 worth OF goods, has
been partiOned by the Governor.
Friday, Saturday and sunday evenings last
almost every portion of UElctbOrpe county was
tru through the crustcd ground and making
that which had been chopped out take pretty
start. I'm fact, all crops were greatly bene-
utea- and the prospects are very bright for
au abundant crop.
Augusta Ns5ss: 10 Is now pretty well set
tied tbat cur next state senator will be the
Hon. John $. Davidson. One or two other
prominent citizens have been mentioned in
connection with this honor, but they have de-
cIiue5 to make the race. and this leaves the
2ell open for the able and eloquent gentle
man from Warren B OcS.
New York Times. Charles Rodgers. so years
a.j. who described himself IS a bOO6keeper.
off SO. So Mari street. was aTraigned I'm the
Essex Market Police Court Wednesday as a
rHH.H Hr#a M.rr na.aH Har.
Central Office. stated that the prisoner had
been arrested uuDu "a TELEGRAM from Georgia.
where he was wanted FOR the crimes Of bur
ElarE auu larceny he d known IN different
parts oi that state as EUfus Maynard and y.
j. Jackson. st tie request Oi the officer he
was remauded.
>tasesborO EGgfr- Our town vas thrown into
considerable excitement last Wednesday
morning. A fellow that gave his name as
William " arreu. who said that he came from
Isle OF Hope, was arrested on suspicion OF
having robbed the store Of NesSrs. simmons s
Jones. Nr. W. b. Griuer, whom me was work
ing for, found In Eis possession goods which
He e1uld not account for. lie was carried be-
lore H. O. Moseiy, ESQ, Tor trial. lie plead
guilty % the charge Of robbery. and, being Uu-
able - give h0cu, was carried TO savannah
Tor safe EeeFiug, our jail being Insecure.
Greensboro Herald: Not many people are
aware that 4 duel attended with fatal re-
SUITS WAS once fought at Love Spring" in
this place. Capt. Jonas FaUcde was prOmi-
ueut man in the early history of Greensboro.
He was "a FrgnchUau, and did valiant service
I'D command of a company OF militia during
the war of 1872. An officer of the regular
army named Burnsides, on one occasion,
treated several members oil Capt. Fauche's
company IF militia with great harshness. To
this the gallant Captain took exceptions. and
challenged ham to mortal combat. The meet
ing occurred at Love Spring. where Judge
HEARTS fish pond Is now located, and the
c0mbatants were both wounded. Capt.
Eauche slightly and bis antagonist fatally.
burnside died OF his wound, and was inferred
I'm the town cemetery. over on the hill. 1t is
said that the old Captain often visited the
grave and wept bitter tears over it, always
paying tribute to the bravery Of his dead
Rome Cos.risr: As will ne seen by the fol-
lowing postal received at this Office. at least
one of the original fools of Ohio is still alive:
$50 the editor OF the paper, Rome, Ga, that
printed JeG Davis letter: No wonder Jef
don't crIuge; the United states Government
has forgiven the hOary-headed old traitor.
lie knows he's safe. But If they had given
him and dozen more of the vile rebel crew
their just deserts and hung them. they
would not be left to speak about a
for. You are gathering camps and men FOR
another COntederdcy. Try IL once more, and
The North viii blot YOU out as States3and give
your lands TO the cOlOred peOple.-JOhn Good
man, Macon, Ca, True Union Man" Al
though the astute Goodman signs himself
from Macon the card bore the tell-tale super
5crpti0n Of the Youngstown. Ohio, post Office.
Poor Goodman; 1t trlghtens him almost TO
death whenever toy pistol goes of down in
-ul> tLlItGtlou " e IL net cur O0ut5 luat AUOOu-
man never stood before rebel, or anybody
else IN battle.
Jackson Herald: 4 week or two ago some
one on SIR. John McDaniel's place, in Chand-
ler's district, noticed some bees coming out
of q large dead walnut tree that was in one Of
Mr. McDauiet's fields. That night MIR. Nc
Daniel went To the tree for the purpose Of
taking the money out II there was any IN IT,
Cutting into the tree near the ground, they
soon found IN abundance Of honey, and every
available vessel on the place was filed, and
rHH 20 Hnaru
stick was showed up the hollow in the tree,
anu just as far as it reached there was honey.
So Mr.. Mcdaniel decided 10 stop up
night for the balance The
hole in the tree was stopped with old clothes,
and the party returned home. The next night
when they returned they found nothing but
pile Of ashes and a stream OF honey extending
about twenty feet from where the tree was.
The fire in the old rags used in the first nights
EaLi uad not been put entifely out, anu by
some means had ignited the tree and burnt IL
up entirely, and wasted all of the honey.
The second trial of the Ben Mitchell murder
case ended at Columbus Friday in a verdict
Of acqulttal. EN-GOy. smith was one Of the
defendants counsel. Considerable feeling was
created by the result, and about half-p2St
eight that night the city was thrown into in
tense excitement by an attempt To assassinate
GOV. smith, made by Evans Wright. brother
OF J. 3. Wright the man killed by Ben
Mitchell. GOV. ) mith was cOmingfrOm his home
on Iruup street. up town, ana just after ne
passed size post Office and entered the light
from Jones' saloon. next 10 the Daily Tunes
Office, three shots were fired down the sidewalk
from behind. and man ran across the street
anu was grabbed 10y q policeman W no happened
to be near. It proved To be Evans Wright. who
was at once carried 20 the guard house. He
was drunk at the time. which doubtless ac-
counts for the bad craftsmanship. The Gov
eruOr c0Oily remarked, You Will have to try
that over again. He then went on down to
the Rankin House, and called ON Hon. Robert
Crawford. Of Atlanta. He says he does not
know whether the party was shooting at him
or not, but the parties EwhO saw 1t have no
doubt on the subject.
FLORIDA.
The Florida delegates to the Republican Ma
tiOuaI Convention at Chicago left Jackson
vile Friday.
Monday the cOlOred Odd Fellows of Palatka
lard the cornerstone Of their new building
IN New Town.