Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-20
GEORGIA.

,b0.s is being built in Auraria.
nser are killed almost daily about TaIlulah
a ssoe factory is to be started in Cumming
rez. year.
ne Thgmasyille Oil Company are enlarging
--s.r works.
p.r ID. $. L. Douglass, OF Townsville. died
reire-iay, aged nearly 73 years.
Dal'0uega man has invented a sewing
--.tue propeller which Will run il without
--g Effort from the lady operating the ma
dime.
NJ John johnson, Of .Jonesboro. had A
.trEen killed Tuesday, andin dressing it for
M ub.e she found silver Scent piece in its
ruarl.
t1ra been quite liberal. About $500 worth
N. IeFr .Ouated. Congressman III. q. Tur-
--rhls sent $40 IN cash.
lr.1-era IS playing sad havoc with hogs in
..7 vicinity Of Boston. Many Of the farmers
tsre lost about all their meat hogs and in
-.-v Instances farmers have plenty Of pin
~. potatoes. etc IN the field, but no hogs
In O. eat them
trsrtTeman who visited ssdrV county, on
tg Macon and Brunswick Railroad the other |
saws he counted ninety nine jugs in the !
rr1t tr the little town where he stopped. and |
discovered that they didn't contain artesian |
u1ter bF @ lugidl-
Phil Jackson, Of Lee county, while killing !
t--s saturday, happened To a serious acci-
lsr- He had shot one, and while climbing
n the pen t0 shoot another the gun, a breech-
t11fu- shotgun. was accidentally discharged, |
-ta-lar passing through his wrist and several |
5--ik1- his face.
The approaching elections occupy the time |
--I attention Of the numerous candidates and |
-1.-.ellus IN the county Of Dodge. On Sat
--Iar. JAM g, the people eject Justices OF the |
p.fs. and C0nstables; on Wednesday, Jan. !,
re-e.eet county officers from Ordinary down.
Oh Monday. JAM u, Eastman elects a Mayor |
md Aldermen.
lanes Henry. aged about , years. infant
moi ~eab0rn Jones, Of Dodge county, was
-.avic-im of q fatal accident a few days ago.
Tas little fellow erawled to the hearth and
upset pot oi boiling not c0nee upon his feet,
fi1l, and arms, so fearfully scalding himself
t-lt De died in about 80 hours
WrightsviIle correspondence NEWS, Dec. II:
The dwelling and kitchen Of John McAfee
f'rr miles west of this place, was burned last
rl-tt lie saved nearly all the furniture. The
f-eIs supposed 20 be the work of an incendiary
with strong suspicion resting on a certain
rsrtv. There is no insurance Kerosene oil
and newspaper were used TO facilitate the
burning
AtUamptOn Wednesday afternoon a negro
Il wears O.d. attempting to fire dollar and a
ha.f gun. exploded it. 4 piece of iron was
driven into his forehead, crushing the bone
ant mlsIug An aperture OF half an inch in the
I0Ee from which quantity OF brain eXuded
Dr. Folsom extracted a spicula of bone half an
i-eb long and q quarter wide. The boy walked
amIIe after the accident, and the next morn
iuz was aole % eat his ratsOns.
An election ''fOr'- or "against whisky was
hsII.u Barlow county Wednesday and re-
-uI-e.i iu a majority of against whisky. At
lariersyIlle 10 was very quiet and sober
election. polling S44 votes and giving ma
.0rry OF IS against whisky" The vote Of the
county was ZOtS, which shows that all the
people were Interested in the general result,
a1I the majority was quite a surprise to the
friends OF prohibition, as they counted on a
very .arse majority.
j. Z. NJ. Wilson, a farmer living within
three miles Of IrwintOn, reported at Macon
) Thurs iay that his house had been robbed of
fL.61i Iu $40 and SO gold pieces. He had been
saving mp his money for a long time. and not
Wishing % put It in a bank concluded TO keep
rI hIs house. He placed il in a cheap trunk
Eu0Wu as q shoe trunk. and on top OF the bag
70 money he placed a quantity Of tobacco.
THIS was to give the impression that the trunk
Contained only the tobacco used on the farm.
O1 Monday morning, having occasion to get
some tobacco, he pulled out the trunk from
under the led, where It was always kept. AS
le did 30 he noticed hole in the floor under
tls bed. ON investigation he found that the
hole ldd been bored from beneath the house.
lli bad gone through into the trunk and the
money taken out Mr.. Wilson has no idea of
Wleu che robbery took place, but suppOses it
must have been committed sometime Sunday
For the past two years Booth Bros, butch
grs iu Athens, have had IN their empOy a
negro named Charles Ivy, in whom they had
implicit confidence, always dischargIug his
duties faithfully. About two weeks ago he
Tls started OF with thlrty-hve head OF fine
H5sVl=. Upon reaching Augusta he wrote
tlsk .0 his bosses that he could realize more
1y carrying them on to Charleston, where
pr-e- were better. Nothing was thought of
tl.- until Air. Booth. IN the meantime, had car
1el mother lot himself TO Savannah, where he
sound ready sale, and also learned that Ivy
reached Augusta Friday night, on his way
home. He telegraphed his brother to look
Cl- for Ivy, but received an answer Monday
saving he had not put in an appearance. This
aroused Mr.. Booths suspicion. and he sought
information Of Col. +. +. Dorsey, of Augusta,
% learn if he had furnished Ivy with pass
CD Athens. Col. Dorsey stated that he had
given him one to Atlanta. Mr.. Booth then
l.eEraphed there 20 look out for him. and
also -lught for HIM in Clarksyille, but learned
llll he nad left for Texas. The cattle were
-aiuei az s5Jl a.
WarreutoE Clipper; A regular Old-fashiOn-
ed negro row occurred out on the suburbs of
WarreutGu Saturday night. Isham Davis,
accompanied by a white man, attended
supper at the house Of EnOc Pryor, and being
drunk became involved IN difficulty with a
negro by the name Of Geo. IveV. He was or
aered from the house and refu slng 10 90, was
put out by force. He soon returned. and
bursting IN the door. entered the house
and sW0re he would shoot Ivey. EnOc, the
owner Of the house, got between the two men,
Wueu Davis. Iu1urlateu by the interference.
turned the vlals Of his wrath upon the would
De peace maker and emptied a charge from
his pistol into his thigh. After this there was
general fight in which ali participated. and
several were badly cut and otherwise inJur-
el. The Marshal, SIR F. 5 Cody. assisted by
Mr Ia turY Hall, promptly arrested all OF the
euUtv uSrties and committed them to Jail.
We earn. however, that the matter has since
been settled aCd the prisoners have been re-
leased It is strange TO us that man with
white skin can stOop so low as TO be caught at
81 negro fro'lc- The negroes themselves nave
u0 respect for such characters, anu When IN
Jruiei upon by them their contempt is mark
c1 ly violence
H1u. L. r. Livingston, President Of the
state Agricultural society. is also the Georgia
Vice President Of the National Farmers Con-
NMa laws nf Tnp nrnVlQe that
Do Che Governor does not appoint one delegate
from each Congressional district the Vice
President for the State may do so. AT the re-
Quest Of Gov. Mcdaniel, Col. Livingston,
Thursday, made the following appointments:
Elr-t district, Morgan Rawls; Second district,
:. G. McLGudOn: Third district, }. y. CObOi
Fourth district, J. N. MObley; Fifth district,
". J.. Peek: sixth district, Robert +. Park;
seventh district, Pierce Horne; Elghth uls-
ulct, j. NJ. smith; Atnth district, >: NJ.
Peoples; Tenth district. Eartin '. Gavin.
Hall 0f these appointments are from the state
Agricultural Society and half are from the
Young Farmers Club. The congress meets
ll New Orleans on Feb. IL. The Young
Farmers Club viii meet at the same time.
Ile meeting of these two organizations VIII
bring together alarge number OF distinguished
asriculturists from Georgia and other STATES.
= j. addition 10 the delegates named. there viii
le r, her delegates from the State Agrlcul-
tur4l = ,ciety and the Young Farmers CLUB.
There is = strange story connected with the
death of Mrs. BerrOn, who was burner 10
death M Auaur9 Wednesday night MIS-.
Eer-5rts jesfL ocei1rred on Wednesday, the
-eventeeuth dav oF the month, and her hus-
band also died on "Wednesday, the seventeenth
clay Of the month. Mr.. BerrOn dieu at
t--5 O'Clock in the evening. ana hds attSu'teu'
among others, by Mr. and Mrs. Schrlmper-
At1.U in the evening. just fifteen minutes
later, Mrs. Berron met with the latal Hcciuent
which resulted in her hOrrlbie ueath.
Wednesday Mrs. BerrOn went 10 the cemetery
with one Of the TrautWein family 10 select
place for the grave for Mrs. IrautWeln, ana
said. You can dig the grave anywhere you
want except right here 1 want 70 De Durleu
here myself" The old lady little thougnt as
she pointed 70 the spot she wanted reserved
lor herself that the grave Woulu ue ,gusast, Eus 80
soon. She was then in good humor. ailnOugh
ID bad health, and probably expected 10 hVe
Tor Years The BerrOn estate viii amount TO
good round sum. Old Peter Berron made
great deal Of money during his liietm ana
Tlen he died his widow found herself worth
probably $50. 600. There is now only one OF the
1erron name left. He IS son OF the Olu
c5gPie.
Rev Jesse II. Campbell, who was. in middle
age, one Of the most powerful reVlFallsts IN
pug South. Is still actively at work as an evan
g1ist in ana near Columbus under the
auspices Of the Georgia Baptist Convention,
although he hat passed the age OF three score
ara ten. He has issued the following address,
Which the papers OF the state are requested
% publish: "Wiu not the people Of Georgia
RrsTlde Christmas for the pOOrf In the next
.ss days expect to furnish hundreds OF 1ain-
---ess WEite and cOlOred, with their Christmas
Nool and then about week hence expect
y make my annual appeal 10 the good people
OF tlls city 70 provide for their Christmas
-erWise. But / am reminded there are poor
~ other parts Of Georgia that need attention.
tley are TO be found in every town and VII
.ase and neighborhOOd in the state, and thou
s-n,ls CT them viii have no Christmas unless
tI I5I more fortunate neighbors provide II Ior