Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-20

<@H'iAi - " - VI
4 Sturdy Ola Oak-Ihe Burch Trag-
edy.
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ho'l-9 a. Jus 'iouH0 LuW pAlu.
A vein of mica has been found near Clay
ton.
Hon p q Humbar of Putnam ia ma,
toned Tor state Treasurer.
AzeI Freeman Clark. a weU-knoyyn resi-
.fart and old soldier of Macon dia5 or7 ~
fav -'ii
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-1 n, y 5tllldeoo' t nee Singing ConN ent on
rea COUNTY in October 5eSt a. y asii' me- i'ei-
mia r-,;t' '..-.,....,.. ,.,
itc Il Alt ~ apoIdtOI 7chtlhe' WhcH was re-
cehtlE boomed az CIrllhn. appears 10 nave been
"t- -rt''S sisAo" 20 d grave
Henry Wilson, pardOned negro convict
I'm iee" 'lLt cguu.Y j. "S@tll @ ln tLe 'Oil7
iiU a'OIo Dale % COTTON "1 - l,iei i1'7'
Work on the new bapli7l CAuIeh an Macon
PROGRESSING 9dlisiaDlolils ~. " tIIeh
VIII not leave the city, as erfOne0usly ru-
moreu-
The Knights oi Honor al Lumpkln have re-
GelFeH q ciiecA ioI f-siyI lf! tylS 70 AiIs- 1 ".
Iit7leFs DeiIe 'S lil''.ut lot "lllcH WI I1ea-
teI " '7 ll7'i e.' 'i 'iii7 VI tel'
\ lz-year-old nero OF Amerlcus stole
Naluaole e5-4 W Wttc. @ from rom W !. ~ Dreen, but
AN oHer to sell 30 Tor 81 - aroused suspicious
which ended ln The recovery Of the umepiece
anna tHe hiaAt 81 the Doy.
Tonight Col. and Mrs. Alexander W.
Mitchell VIII celebrate the fftieth
anniversary of their marriage, at their resi-
deuce iu Atlanta. Col. Mitchell is one of the
Oldest residents OF the city
Rev. Christopher Jordan, colorej Of Lump
klu. returned "a batch of l3 marriage licenses
to the ordinary office at one time this week.
lie says that I'm, fees run from 30 cents to 81.
and that he realized about $40 on the entire
lot
There Is no doubt from the way that private
subscriptions are pouring in and from other
indications Of a generous financial backing
that the Macon firemeu viii have a successful
tournament despite their tit with the City
Council.
Arctic Mcmillan. son Of John Mcmillan. of
Bro1bdeld, Btrrien county, had his hand
caught Iu the gin while feeding it on the 18th
instant. 10 sawed his front finger open and
badly maugled other parts of his hand and
arm mp tO his elbow.
The new Presbyterian Chanel constructed
near sfbev Mil near AIgIst, l,v Wm o.
~iMrv for the use of his o1eratives and for
1-rIf.. zrar-biD of fhe Heiohliorbood ,,-s. DO
ir4tcl last sunday aficrnooon %ritb most
appropriate ceremonies
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~ H. e - - ~ 80 - ~ ~ COUNTY GalueIeu 'vO
sl,,1a far,,,1 ia,t a. S1 80 ,i If; ~ C't
t0n fr,n which H. bgs satG,raJ am Il,1 w. -
81 RI b9Ies a resr for tha I.-t < ,l,s,,- ~
highest number for amy on. YEAR Itsi,.-, .s
heavy bales.
Postmaster Wilson, cornr,f--i.,,, li,f mot
reach ATLANTA an F1i,ia,- rirtt b.. II m.
-.t..g r. ,-,7.I5 IN -. -. ,f " -
i i .. IN ",ii,', M @ ~, iliiV l,I"mPlI4 10 manu-
.'- '.-'' - i .iy' a allduld tt ShI
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t, " o. c'''"P 'At VI IeI
'.i "o' 'l 'iii1e oF'l I'D I'llI-
~ cue II'tAdt" tIlct OF blbb county, three
"Neh7 "-", negro DoN was murdered 10y an
ether negro the corpse strapped in "a wagon
clHih, mddcu ~ the woods. and only discov-
cred q day or two ago. Although the affair
was WiuttN known lu the vicinity. no men
Hon oi lt was made TO the legal authorities.
Two Young white boys We're taken to Tumn-
Bin from Columbus to 20 to work. \ NIGHT or
Two ago LieT tired of their tasks and q
-.gai-hs several tools ana some food started
OH toward columbus. The stolen property
was recovered, but the boys were allowed To
t'uluue their tramp toward vagabOndage,
r1-callty and probably the Jail or SallOws
Saws the (iri0in Vars 81. youDtr man Of
thI- county last fan sold his farm ami 1-ert
t3 California to locate. believing that he couId
j0 much better there than on the poor soil of
Georgia. The next thing heard IF him no
wa. Iu Atlanta, then up i'm Carroll county.
aud Yesterday we were informed that he has
f.t- rau.-ut q blind ruuIa and como m NJ io-,rr
ur the very land th9t ne Ieff and Il je+a,.9
mined To work out his salvation on his native
leath."
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gs II. follows. 0ur farmers are ms ~ ~
r.i- IN ,,iq,t ,,.bii .1,1o D., ~ ~ 80 - 7O...7 7
M stI, ~ " fi ,',-' 7,''lo liHN Z pIdHlIu corn,
2 ,.A IN A. 3i LsIlicl w carry 10 P'''Hl Ior lear
Irr fI and winter anG Therefor. thi,i ,t
farmers Should lie careful. Our coYnTnnnifg
was somewhat startled by the breaking open
auI robbing of me store of 9Ir. d NJ Hpd-
t..-. nj Reddish. threa niIes soI,tb ~ fb;s
.ull.e. last night. The burglars to1k one cold
watch and other goods to the amount Of S90o
f- is GoueI that tbev will he cYlgbf and nm
I-laI some time ago some feudisb rascaI
went TO Boards Blum and burned the ferr-,--
mans flats. and there has been several deurt-
l4tion~ committed i'm our community lately
Do is hoped that our next Legislators viii
amend our vagrant law SO as 10 nd ms of so
many vagrants
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-..s7 a,f d,,-,, - ~, - Ht 80 ~
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Tra tree h4d b-eu dead and rGtten for. ! I.,,,,
r-ra AMI tbo ava ,r,,,id barii, -, +i7
.l.ir- III In tha -fu,t, i,.t ~ ~, -, ~
-.r.rar.e. half yvay IrtJyeen tbe beart ,,,i
The outer edge of the tree he found a small
r-rI 1,+tI,7 with ~. ,,,o.i,,.,i ,.i- ,,,; ~
d qrI vaf me hoftIe fiIiei l,srtl[ ,-irfi i,,,t
which was evident Y Ia-f of fi-, ecr,tI IF t
tree. and partly with some soIi9iiGed HGuid
sticking in the bunk i'm tbe bottle was "a I.ir-a
u.i-f4-Itouod uiu the head of which ,,as
made spuarate from the body and attached
tlterWards. rs was the fashion when pins
were Ht7t m4de- fiity circles OF growth mad
pt77tA ilV'iiu ltlc "vttlt IittE IL Wit7
.-l lAs g tlaL II na!i btch lhefe AdlI q cen
tu.t- ny of now ll was placed there can
1 7'1 49,. - l. iltieii. s e H"sG oeen soHle
iuii1H gllll iii' ON pd. ol inc Nouuou Ilte OF
1"l'Ni7t 7ttt4Yt9 HeaiV'
Yesterday Augusta Chg0nfoEf contains the
following additional particulars of q tragedy,
already alluded 10 in the dispatches
tl Tie NEWS: "Iast week a shootIur
-crape occurred about three miles
from the city ON the Washington Road. which
caused considerable excitement among the
people of the neighborho0d. e. d. w Burch
is said TO have entered the house of John =
White and frightened Mrs. White. He then
went back home. procured a shotgun and
returning aimed 10 at Mrs. White and snapped
it but the gun refused TO fire. Mr. White AT
tins time ran in his house aud got shotgun.
Du his return Eurch braudfshed his
gun around and White shot him. Sew
erll shot entered his body and one
penetrated the brain. which proved fatal
causing his death ON last Saturday r,r1.riu,r
Coroner Pirouet was nOtitied and Inn in0uesf
was held The Jury returned a verdict that
the deceased came 10 his death from gun
shot wound in the head at the hands of John
- White. and that the same i'm their opinion
was iustilable homicide Dr. Lamb held an
4ur,i,-,- and 81 was found tl,at rya .I,1+ an,
t.rat iLo braiu ,,-birI ,,-a. M. l..,,gl ~ t,is
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E,t 60 - ,Ct,'.,-,.,5 -. ~ stI =, @ ,,l"
,arri+ i'm aftsr tsires ,1,"rtaiiv yro,Tad ''9
negro, whose llie was rather eventul ami
-t'l OK the following mention I'M Monday
,iin II5 +, etfs- ON IhuTsday evening the BODY
iitttNS en- W oo'tW tI"' cgipitu' was louhu
Of mile hac of W. 1D"U Gbrrc J"' io qealiGI s
dl-frief u ,-ii.- 80 ~ ~ ~ -, ~ 49, ~ @ si
last seen ON the morning Of Saturday. Feb. >,