Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-07-09

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.- ~ month u June than any June prior %
-f- one for - years
Mrs. james A. Lewis. wife o. james A.
rarf-. prominent wholesale dry goods inef-
-.elt lf columbus. died Monday.
NEGRO woman ln CLARK county gave birth
-- trs.e children satur1ay- she ls - ears
fsrI is the mother Of p children
q. I'D said that calico print manufactur-
@ ar.rnluV contemplate removing lis
--E- frlm Lowell, Mass, 20 Atlanta.
0- Friday Perry simon, small negro boy
.-s- bound over 90 the superior Court u Doug
Fl county f1r placing distractions on the
v. Nora Pomar, oT Douglas county, who
---Frlred with h1n0rs 40 Mrs. Ballard 3
..Tin Atlanta two weeks ago, died with
typhoid fever on fr-day.
--ra f.-.rs ln the burnt walls Of the Newton
.---e aas.rt house have been sold for s155. l.
vs.. Brown AMI z. IS. Basby were the pur-
cla-er=-
r.-- g..II NOS be- held In consequence Of the
.rr.--r1t rains placing the people 30 far be-
hind ullH their crops
r-rt. T. B. Martin, a wel-inown citizen Of
Carroll county, la- three very lndustri0us aud
rr. IL. Hras tllt are raising % little helpless
rr...z. The Ir-- las -l, the second ., and
ueu.lii g..
Thomas COOK. 0l Washington county, has a
tr...-. r.I.l 10 corn. mostly che watkins Vari-
-+- fUaI HII average from four % SIX well
t-.-..I care 6T corn. He has been offered
L. tr-Us.- t1 the acre for Do now aud re-
fs-s. t1 tlkelt. some Of the stalks have nine
ear- ol iL.l-
,arHfrv-a Guma on sunday. Capt. Jackson
f.uVai nu Monday. and a lively encounter
'-errarral Iu chat county which VIII select
I..r-ltU- tl Che Congressional Convention
1ltf saturday. DO wlli be the first county To
aHr IHe result Is doubtful.
Ntt8umhus D.. b.. Keys. negro boy, has
fsfr arrested charged with assault with in
t.rr fu murder. lu an alteI cation with
another negro, Ed. Evans. at ST. james Afri-
can Methodist Episcopal Church, last Tues
asrnl-Hi. he -trurs Evans over the head with
loaded cane, cracking his skull. The
yr.rHleI IuF lies lu very critical COudi-
don. auI hcls Is held 20 await the result Of
f.- wounds
The e-fatcof9lrs. sarah CLARK, deceased. val
rU.I af $500 ..Wa- e-cheatcd to the state az Co
Trmuu- Monday. To goes into the public school
fru.f ffle county. 90 is the nrst ca-e OF the
LrH tlaf ever occurred in that circuit. Mrs.
Oars was au English woman, and came 20
this country from London in 1914. and TO
Columbus some 81 years ago. She left sister
iu England, but though advertisements were
Inserted u several English papers. nothing
was ever heard from her or her heirs.
Do was a-cCTtaiueis last week that T.. j.
Flood would rot comply with his bid for the
building ui iIe ueW court house at COylngton,
ami Or saturday tderc was meeting Of the
County Comml-sI ouers and building committee
fur rIlr purpose UI taking action in regard to
Che matter. After ma' ure deiiberatiOn DO was
decided tU give the contract TO James Smith.
Of SPARTA who agree to build the house Tor
Sz-.UlH, this being 500 less than his first bid
auI $1,000 more than Mr. Floods bid. ue
promises to have the building ready for the
holding Of court at the september term Of
next year.
I'm wilkinson county q man named Doc
Henson was charged with having stolen some
clothes from Jonah Byals, "a farmer living
near the Byals settlement. Henson was taken
t0 Gordon, where his preliminary trial took
place, and was acquitted. " hile on his way
home he was wayIaId by some men and given
fearful beating. lie was then tied with
rope, and the rope attached 20 a wagon or
buggy. and the unfortunate man dragged a
considerable distance over the rough roads.
From the effects of this rough treatment, lien
son died, and was buried by his torn 1ntOrs,
and the grave pl1wel over. Three farmers Of
Wilkinson are accused Of connection with the
crime, and Do b. said thai they have defied any
one 90 begin an investigation. There seems
% be no me lInation TO look after the case.
Charlton county correspondence NEWS.
July g John III. Reilly, of Camden county, Is
GEdiu teaching school iu this county after an
absence of eight years. rOUs are looking
finely after the rain, auu the hearts Of the
farming community are beating with
potai1es.-tOttou Is looking Well.-Ium-
Der has got 90 such low figure that an of our
heavy lumuermeu arc aJout quitting the
drIye.-lJmcs are dull i'm the COutry, as it Is
LlMaE~ FEHHlN- IlI-. lt1lilEfA fAllAI CONTEST " e
an hope they VIII give us good maa % vote
for, but good or uad tharltOu is Democratic to
thr curc--Ne have two prisoners In the Coun-
ty jail, both for murder. One Is a white man
named Thomas for killing q man named
Crews about eight years ago in the bend OF
St. Mary river, 90 frOiic. The other q
negro for killing negro at Dyals & UptOn's
mill short time ago.
s writer Ia the Quitman South saws: While
al oust} / counted On pOmegranate tree
ls5 pou Cgrauatcs. An acre planted in pOne-
ErIuIte7- l'Alu- would contain 3 trees. and
these would average in four years 80 to the
tree, making tO.al 10 the acre oi 1880
T0megrduates, and these, at cents apiece.
Eould yield yearly income Of S730 10 the
acre of trees. These trees, attaining acc, will
lleld as tHt one named above. This fruit is said
10 furnish for the sick room the finest acid
knuWu-superUr TO the lCmOn-aud will keen
alter ht1us cut for days, so none Of il is lost.
III makes hne beverage for those who are
wei. Properly prepared with nice white
sugar DO is exceedingly tOOthsOme. Our climate
suits The p0megranate, they nOufish here. and
am glad 90 see some are turning their at
tentlou 70 the growing OF this delicious fruit,
anu soon % DE the most popular fruit grown.
In our LeDouJe pears and pOmegranates
south Veor-la has boom.
Griffin Nsrs, The evening train from At
lauta Monday brought All DOyal 10 Griffin.
lhe man Who over TWO years ago shot and
klled Policeman Hancock in this city. It will
De- remembered that the Supreme Court
granted hoyal another hearing OF his case.
aud DE is here 90 stand his trial for the second
time IarEc crowd. mostly negroes, were
Waiting the arrival or the train. and DOyal
attracted general attention as he disembaT ked
IN charge OI sheriff COunell. He walked
TisElut irons mp 10 The post Office corner in
elafsf of the sheriff At that point Officer
WalAef. Ui the city police, joined the Sheriff,
anu to-eiher they accompanied DOyal down
hr0aiWay to the cl Jail. DOyal stopped st
Gie posi- once corner and shook hands with all
nls az iuaiutauces. lie looks pale and uySpep-
me, uut wore q pleasant smile. The bullet
marx ON hls forehead, received several years
aso while he was a guard at the state capitol,
= sll.l "a startling and ugly feature of his face.
MS ease Wiu DE heard this week, a special
Term having been ordered for the purpose.
Ile usual sabbath quiet Of AHens was
changed 10 excitement by TIE rcvc-
lajiou Of an attempt to kidnap the
Erwin. Alex had LEFT his home alone intend
ing -o spend tEc day At his auut's. But before
reaching her residence he was seized by
negro man, threatened with shooting il he
tilei, ana thus carried out OF Tire city limits
anu through the woods four miles in the
country, In she direction Of the Georgia fac
iofl. when they had gone thus far the negro
lelt aim short while and went TO a clump OF
Saeins near By, telling the little fellow that
DC would shoot him If he cried or left the
spos. However, as soon as the negro was out
Of sight Alex SET Of, running through the
woods in the opposite direction, and fOrtu-
nateiy reached the ZIG road along which two
!lea were passing In a buggy. They were at
U4cted by his Tears. and after hearing his
story brought him safely home. Alex, who
= 1oo1t years Old. gave very tull descrlp-
ION oI lle negro, and party Of volunteers
Immediately started in pursuit.
sunday night about II o'clock the people of
NaFrolltun were awakened by the most ter
tiAc sul boistcrous roaring that was ever
near uelQre- On going 20 their doors they were
confronted by the darkest and most angry
eoAluE cloud that they had ever looked at.
y tNss I'm the northwest. and appeared 10 be
= Hlr fanr=Nrr fHr
lv1tiug We peculiar sound not to be de-
scElpet. and cOCid be heard as the roar Of a
ue+tn loaded freight trains while of ten
mites. On and on came the noise. getting
nearer aud nearer. while occasionally a cloud
apparently The size Of a large house would
lNfsL on from the main body. and after being
HHfieu upwards with great force. would be
-llstef-e0. Nobody there ever witnessed the
llAe before. No one can be found who ever
Aearn noise that bali equalled 1t. livery
10Y was alarmed and frightened. vet one
could nSt help aemIring the fury. The light
LLus was lncessdnt, NOS the space OF two sec
o-ts intervening between one fash and an
gluer, and yet DO serious damage was done.
4le wind seemed to be too high TO do any
MIlledgeville Recorder: Gen. TOombs re-
malhed IN the city from Tuesday evening till
LLuFslay morning. He met several OF the
ol1 citizens with whom he eniOyed pleasant
NV NeFs9tlon or the Olden time. The General
tNgtgn a years old on last Wednesday, still
holus ms own IN conversational powers. hav-
lns magnetism that draws the crowds
around him wherever he may be seated. In
sllsNer 70 questions asked he spoke on many
toEiI7- lie freely gave his opinion that Bay
sLU = tie very best man in the Democracy
l-eueh ne thinks Cleveland will take the lead
sl+ i nkely to be the nominee at Chicago
q an folis the Democracy is bOund to wiz
EL-a tear. lie said Blaine IA a smart man. an6
s.-.e"Q politician but q bad mana very baC
1au-Wh0 Il VIII not 90 40 trust That Mr.
Dasaru would not steal l15s cents in fouI
years, while Blaine VIII be hail fellow wei
Mel, anu would 'Jine the bandn Of his prede.