Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-20
TENS IN THREE STATES.
aEORGI7, FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CABOLINA PUT IN TYPE.

CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE.
Shocking Story OF Alleged Murder
rom Newberry-A window Light Made
of 6,OOO Pieces-COlumbua to Have a
NOBster New ReservOir-A Conti-
aentaI Biz.
GEORGIA
a negro boy has been fined IS for jumpin 2
3n tram while 1t was in motion at Fort
valley
The President last week discontinued the
2t-t Office al Double Branches, to take effect
July D, 1884.
Jehn Cutler, OF Perry. and Miss Lorena
Horne, OF spalding, were married Wednesday
A the former place
Sergeant Bates ia out with an explanation
indicating himself from the charge Of de-
fraudng a no eI keeper out OF a board bill.
An election was held IN LsGrange Tuesday
Jn the public school question. and ''no public
school" carried the day By an overwhelming
majority.
On the 18th Of February the Fourth Sunday
sch oil district, consisting or Baker, Calhoun,
Dougherty, Early, Lee and Worth counties,
VIII meet IN convention in Albany.
A. Lexington the ground for the negro col
.'ge for he Methodist denomination was sur
Eeyed on and decided by DR.. W II. JarreU TO
HiGh haNwcll, col, - trustee OF said college.
Building VIII probably be commenced early
next fall.
T. 9. T0lbert. who lives above Nicholson,
left home last Friday morning afOOt to 20 10
Harmony Grove and has not been heard Of
since. He was traced to jefferson and there
.9st. No cause is assigned for his conduct.
ue was "A man some GO years Old amt leaves =
wife and three children behind.
Tne EcHo SAYS. ''The Council OF Lexington.
AZ e last regular meeting, placed the slree.
SAX al four dollars "a year-m0re than any city
.n the South requires. A ClamOr was inn
uediately raised and we hear 10 said that the
august body VIII make II optional 20 work on
the streets or pay IS cents for each day that
utizsR does not work. We can't see much re
IuctOR In that
The Iiucolnton Velc' saws: Mrs Fannie
Warren one OF the largest share holders IN
.lc sale q ld Mine. sold her interest, lit being
. 0ue-sl Interest," t0 T.. j. IIarda Har. OF
.hArle-ion. for s. 800. The deed was sent 70
SIR Hs-l5n ReaQ Ifai Wce@ -or record, and 10
<ptes--,i tie above consideration. II DC is
cons fae mas look for further purchases
soon. All sales of iutere=t. however. VIII be
subject 90 the ten years lease Of Or. Lane and
aptaiu Cadc. 80 one need be surprised II
thi- mine should turn out TO be worth Isu-
Jon ao lars
T,rr-~lsy Julian Allen, a yonng man III the
..ilrinvrnaar # Webb x Wood. was engaged
200 timing the In-,,'' 81 t"e pi3nk klih' al
Blanchard & Findley's ~. .uiHg mlil al Gaines
,iiIe. Tie Syorkmen h:tI iust finished q scaf-
f0id about seven feet high. and were .'reP'ir-
ug So commence their iabOrs when pair u
aipuers fell % the ground. Young Allen, who
Was very sprlghtiy. caught hold OF the seal
f0ld and swung of in order to recover the
missing tool W hilc doing SO his hands clipped
ana he frli with his bowels across sleeper.
lie die w ednesday morning
Il hls been discovered that the iron casing
through which the water of the Artesian
u0use we'll at Albany flows is possessed OF
magnetic power. knife, when rubbed on
the aside Of she piping where the water comes
boiling over az the rate OF forty gallons per
minute. partaSes OF this magnetism. and will
raise = needle the same as Is would II II had
been brought in contact with q regular mag
rst orr "a B gbsfOup In frlllIul bOr
the well the drill doubtless passed through a
stratum Of oadstone. and, IN being drawn up
and down through II, transferred TO the IN
side % the easing or outside pipe.
The Moutezuma Record says: MIR. Heimcr
mas p window light in one OF his paror win
t0Ws which is remark able for its design and
cNecHt on J he glass T. the fnll s!ze OF an
ordinary window. and it required 5000 small
pieces ef glass u make II. IN it, centre Is
likeness Of st. Paul, not painted, but composed
Of thsse small pieces OF glass, each piece
snapped and COCred before 10 placed on
the Wif dow. 1t has the appearance OF having
heen carved, but il is relief work prOdHCed by
adding thousands Of small pieces OF glass.
lhe cOlOrlng ts composed Of every hue OF the
rain bow. and the likeness Of It. Paul is col
Jred almost as natural as life. Mr.. Heimer
5aFs thr window WSs mail in New Ork to be
placed on exhibition, and was sold for $500.
The TshDtde}ite SAYS that years ago. near
Mount Hope, in Hancock county. james Me
Cray was having well dug where at the
icpth Of about fifteen or twenty feet he struck
1r rock. lie continued 10 work in the rock,
yOing twelve or fourteen feet deeper, when
She project was abandoned. The particles Of
rock removed from the well contained well
formed and fully developed sea ehells. Some
gime siuce Mr.. j. NJ. Hold. in the same
ueighbOThOOd, endeavOred to dig we'll and
was met by the same rocky formation. and
had 20 abandon it. There Is nothing unusual
in the topography Of the country where this
formation il found. Il is clear open piny
woods land The rock ia composed eN
nN 1ws1IN Rf Hf hpl hfg IN
stratum of sea shell rock in its fnll extent can
never he known.
The work of constructing a new reservoir,
costing $4,000 and having capacity of from
9,00O,0O0 to S0,0O0,O00 gallons OF water, will be
begun at Columbus about February /. The
reservoir VIII cover an area OF thirteen or
oof'ee" ~ @eie p c6 6no rssSTo0sr sIIo9s
40 the building Of the second will
give the company a storage capacity Of
about 10000, Oj0 gallons. At the present rate
~ 1fConsUmptiOn this would be sufficient water
So supply the city for two hundred days
WithsHt a crop Of rain during that time
The company has in contemplation the build
ing of a third reservoir should 1t ever be re-
Iu1rcd by the growth OF the city. Il viii be
luIt just below the present one, ON land
purchase, OF Mr.. j. T. Holland. The capacity
would De nearly $40 000,0t0 gallons. and the
supply of water would be obtained from the
McEivy creek and the Stewart branch. The
work OF tullding the new one Will be COM
HletCj I'M 80 days.
lF OEltlN4IIit r CFto says " e " ere SHOW u
1hts week bv Mr. George &. Smith. Of this
place. curiosity in the shape Of money. II
ts continental bill for four dollars. dated
tl c. On what NAV De the front side IA some
rute scroll work on the edges, in which is
worked. The United Colonies. Continental
IuTruncv. FOGr DOllar-.n cut OF hog
.itIug 10 q spear head. with the motto, "AH
feTs 70 FitG DecOrG,' and tie inscription.
FCry p.HIuly printed In old style type,
~ihIs ban entities the bearer to receive
four Spanish milled dollars, or the value
raa..Fr Fr 81 affu Trler tn
luton Of Congress. passed al Philadelphia,
4Hg 8, lIs6. and signed A. Fay bout ana Jo-
-cIb -- the surname having become sX-
nnctI. 4 gorgeous border surrounds the
other side at the TOP OF which Il -Four
Dollars" followed by what was intended for
scroll work but which looks more like sKele-
IONS or limbs Of trees. The bill Is 81 by 3
Inches printed ON common card board and
bears tbe imprint in large letters. "P' inted By
Hcit >eterr IN Philadelphia, lI1o.'
The iaGrange Reporter publishes the fol-
IasF ing: During the holidays poor, half
WitteI negro. John Henry. living near
1iuuntville. ate. without leave. the Christmas
.akc of one OF his race, FOR which he received
go the hands OF qulntette OF cOiored nends,
ulust brutal whipping. The records Of
auklua Ourrages for which Southern white
neu now languish IN Northern prisons,
contain nothing more inhuman than
lie details of this cruelty in
t.ctcd upon q witless negro by his own color
tar trdlug Oiense. The black brutes were
A'ru BRAY. Sorvan Boddie. Howard Harris,
ntHry Mullins and shade tidmmelt. y Lew
i.c came up he was a'sO induced 10 lash
Nurry. The whipping was done with thorn
bushes. vines and kdOtted pillow lines, and on
tAe bare hojy OF the Idiotc boy. His flesh
wss feaTfui.y gashcd and swollen from the
blows. which numbered nearly l51. hr. ".
g.. Porter saw over twenty marks'ab0ve Hen
ry'- waist. where the skin hard been broken,
come n hem being four inches long. The
lower part of his body WAS also much LAGER
7tel" The negroes are under bonds.
FLORIDA.
Iay7res has two mails per day now.
LeeshUrg ia sinking an artesian well.
Ex-SheriI Dyches, OF Sumter county, is