Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-17

survivor of the Custer Massaere-The
Matrimonial Desires of Young Lady
of Elberton-A Horse shoe Half Cen
tury Old.
GEORGIA.
James Bent has been elected superintendent
s. Of Streets at Atlanta
Mrs. Green T. Dodd. of Atlanta, is danger
4 0u=ly IN at Thomasville.
Mrs. Hettie Holland. one Of the oldest resi-
dents Of Columbus died Monday.
Nineteen residents Of Hart county have
just emigr0ted to Texas M q body.
r. O.. Smith. of Bakely. has settled with his
creditors at 60 cents ON the dollar.
Mp. Harbeu one of the oldest citizens Of
Dalton. died at his residence there Tuesday.
Whisky won the day at the HOgansville |
election. Or. j. II. jenkins Is the new Mayor
Col. A. J.. Back. OF Atlanta Is confident of
Farrow' appointment 70 the Erskine Judge
ship.
West End. the new Atlanta suburb. begins
the new year with Si.5I5 20 on hand above all
Liabilities.
A graOm near Athens gave a friend SO to
hand TO the preacher, but the friend pockcted
the money himself
Joel Webb has killed Hugh Price at Milton. |
Tine victim Is alleged to have been Of q quar-
Ielsome disposition.
& proposition to raise the whisky license at /
Lumpkin 60 $1,000 viii be discussed bv the |
Council Of that place TO 0-night.
SIR. Locke. the Petroleum V. Nasty of Con-
r
publisher Mr. sheppard. are al Atlanta.
T.. T.. Weston, Of Dawson. was To have been
married yesterday. but instead lay nigh unto |
lcath with his iance overcome with grief.
Hundreds OF young pigs and chickens are
reported 70 have been frozen % death in the /
state during the recent arctic-like weather.
Keuuer 4. Fcrriil died suddenly at Law
teuceviiIe fey days ago of paralysis. lie
wa- once Judge Of one Of the County |
Courts, and man OF wide acquaintance.
charles Burkhaiter, the negro who muir
ItrcI Allen Gresham. another negro, in
Marion county, on Friday night. was cap
urei by sheriff Rushin on sunday. He is now
i iu jail u Buena Vista.
4 letter published in the Griffin Ye7rs has
reunited two brothers VINO had been in ignO-
rance of each others whereabouts for forty
wears. One of them is John BOatucr. OF Nc
Uou0ugh- The other is in Texas.
Gev. DR. Bunting, of Galveston. was called
to tbe paslorate charge Of the Rome Presby-
teran Church sunday. X fun congregation
was present, and the call was unanimous.
The salary was fixed al $500 per annum.
~. g.. WILDLY, Of the Southern World. has
been invited to address the East Tennessee
Farmers Convention, at knoxville, IN May
ucst. upon '-Ihe Southern Industrial Empire
-Iier Resources, Needs and Possibilities"
Prank Jones, train hand on the Western
and Atlantic Railroad, had ms left hand bad
.v crushed between two bumpers while trying
t1 couule two freight ears at Atlauta Tues
day. The thumb and little finger required
amputatoG.
N =
nessee Road, had his right foot crushed at At
anta Monday. He had just jumped from a
freight train and lit upon the track in front of
d. switch engine. which caused the accident.
The foot was amputatcd.
nc is thought at Washington. ID. c.. that an
the Georgia counties which have not vet been
supplied with carp by the National Fish Com
mission Wlil De accorded their quota IN the
-urug. The counties alphabetically below
Hancock are the ones still in expectation.
Mrs. y. y. Minor. of Merriwether, swapped
two hens Tor shoat year before last. On The
-lth ot last March tins shoat brought ten pigs,
which were raised about the yard on slOps
un iAe second day OF January these ten pigs
norc killed. and weighed l,ISS pounds net.
s negro girl. about y years OF age, the
daughter oi William Pace, was burned 10
death 81 few days ago on the farm of Mrs IL.
j.. HUchl0rj in Harris county. Her clothing
eaUght, and before the flames could be eX-
liu-uL-hed she was 50 badly burned az TO
prove fatal.
Tie municipal officers to serve the town of
Acworth for the ensuing year were elected
saturday. resulting IN the election or y D.
Narthcut. Mayor: J. l.. LemOue, !. y. john
-oa, %. Awtry, q. q. Phillips and Z. NJ.
MITCHELL Commissioners. and L. H. Tanner,
Senators Brown and Colquitt called on the
pre- dent Saturday with a petition for he
PARTON of George Rice, convicted aud sem
fenced 60 three years IN Albany y. " pcul-
teuuary, l0r rObbing the mail at Lula about
tvo Years ago. \ strong showing Is made
fur his pardon.
tiIe Nl ilE. larXerF UunalO- QIGd at IOiUm-
bus sunday of Indigestion. He had not been
accustomed 10 eating corus and having been
fell ON It @ good deal. WAS unable 10 digest IL.
dc was the W ldest OF the lot, and Dr. Carver
Says that it was always very dangerous to at
Tempt To ride him.
Baldwin superior Court VIII convene next
Monday. The case of the McMlllans. Wilson.
aut iug0uid for the killing of John IOllison
.- the 10th OF November viii come Up for
-rai- LipgOuld. who escaped at the time OF
the killing came IN last Saturday and gave
lHscii up 10 the Sheriff.
John S. Harris anu sIis5 Cora McOIullen
were married at Quitmana DAY or two ago.
after four years cOurtship. The mother OF
tine lady did not regard the marriage with
fit0r, and it adds another to the runaway TO=
TuanceS which have been so frequently chrOn-
'cIcd in The State Of late.
team of mules ran away with heavily
.sd5t wagon at TaIbOtton. and it was sent
amb,.ng down steep embankment. !. ".
..eF whit. Everybody wno saw the acci-
teif supposed that he would be BILLED.
strange 10 HarTate. however, ne escaped I'm
Lurt
Tho hrst quarterly meeting Of the Catanla
Circuit of the Methodist Church was held at
l.oEer's church on Saturday last. The fol-
lowing assessments We're made for the sup
1t the ministers for the year: Clower'5
-rH, $3.50; Pearce Chapel, 500; Shiloh
tlareu. $3.50; Bigham Chapel. Sleo; As5erry.
$50. making total OF $50
st Talhottou Wednezdae John and Tom
Davis. both c0lOred, ana aged tes DeCt irelv
YEARS. were NAAg Al= " AAt 4 AteHts N4AA
pistol, which they found ia the residence OF
GeH. NJ. Bethune. John dropped the " eaPon
aai -- vent of. the bullet entering Iommie's
ely Uug producing a wound which caused
.lslh In less tnan IN h0ur
Tine raiirsad Incn 81 Montgomery are work
r- hari for Robert Lynn, who Killed ton
aclii nc Chlpiev about ten days ago. liey
arc confident that Lynn Will ir cleared :
purse has already been made up foE Ass de-
lau5e. and Capt. W. \. Little. OF Columbus.
g. Russell. Of Chipley, and II. {. Cameron,
tsfrr NFfa s4ff tIfnFHn \
Mack McB arand. a noted character in Tai
bot county died CHi9 home south OF IalbottOn
au Tuesday last at an aQySured age. illlam
SIAN, aged 50 years. also wldeis sCnWn- died
Pa ,Ae same county about the saihe 4l.,,e,
-rIor % the var he was reported 10 be worth
eis.CJl Uut ne died q poor man. MS large
property having dw4ndied away. Both had
acquired en*lable regulations as hafr'sters.
The North GeGvEi3 Conference Of the Alri-
can Methodist Episcopal Lhnrch has closed
i-s session i'm Marietta. The reports showed
-reat progress in religious work. The amount
uf money raised during the year was SECS,
$3.50 of which was appropriated to the build
1s fuud of the Morris Brown college, which
tO pt erected IN Atlanta this year. Dele
4atrs were elected % the General Conference
Lsch is to meet IN baltimore on the first
lasAeay p May next.
,, - &. Parker. OF Prattsburg has
Mr. '-stiss in eircvmierence. Tie
Shoe was cast from the eg,5fg. Gits
stage horses AT DavistOn, Taylol -~sa t,;
years ago. and was taken up and prcse.
lAe late David LOckhart OF Talbot county, i
ana disposed OF at the sale Of his personally (
ABOUT ten years ago. This makes the shoe be- [
tween so and go years old. Daviston was a (
Stage station on the old wire road between
Aacon and Columbus.
Judge IOmpkius has procured from the Su-
lreme Court q rule nisi calling ON the officials
Who have IN custody the NarbrOugh boys and 4
luer associates, recently convicted OF ku -kluN-
ing IN Banks county. To show reason why the I
prisoners are detained. The date FOR hearing
t-e habeas corpus was left blank. An early 1
1ay VIII be fixed for the argument. The rule
llsl applies 10 the three prisoners IN the Al /
Hany peniJentiary. as well as the three in the !
custody of Marseal Longstreet. The c0nsti-
tnuonaiity of the law under which the con-
Fietlon was had VIII be tested when the case
is heard.
The matrimonial desires of Miss Emma But
-el- ~ ElbertOn, las led TO strange complica-
laus. The lady has for several years been
Alrers Marcus Moon and ID. G.. Seymour Up-
ON both she smiled sWeetly. and TO each in
tuFn she pledged her hand. and each looked
WIN Jealousy upon the others visits. not
knowing the real truth. st last 10 end sus-
pense each lover pressed that the day be
named for nuptials, and to each the same day.
~ one heuf s difference IN time, was given
-uI tle pledge which was 10 make each
Y y9u husband. Licenses were procured, and /
s Hli- Moons appointment was for the earlier
.lU+ the couple were married. While rela-
yves and friends were cOngratulating Mr..
& Guy 5irs Noon upon their nuptials, the sec
-t e{ lsllal party, consisting Of Mr. Seymour |
..' iils attendants. drove up. ana were
sfz-t 10 ma that the previous marriage had I
i et3g mace his visit fTuitless. The affair
s.ee.e1 quite sensation, and only good man