Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-10-08

r1a need 90 County Court.
The Georgia Eclectic Medical College at
Atauta opened Its fan session Monday under
most favorable circumstance
Rev John F. NcClcliand, OF Stone Noun
fir, has Doen presented with a $50 suit Of
clothes ly member OF his congre CATION.
Au-usta's market fees during the past
month amounted 90 S3lI 81. the bridge ss04
me wharf SO. and the Police Court 1856.
lre building OF the old Methodist Church al
|.- Tavern was sold last saturday az public
..-cry. and was bid on by Mr. Whitehead at
RI. e. Bryan sheriff Of Catoosa county. was
rr-,el ln Chattanooga. saturday. He is
..Ir-ti with assault and battery and false
rre-t and imprisonment He gave bond.
I-a Liucolnton Neics states that the new
owners of the sale gold mine have Just re-
...Eel tWo tu-horse power engines, aud will
proceed at once 20 operate the mine on a big
SALE
meeting 90 the bar Of Richmond county
NI DE- held at the Superior Court room on
Thursday. Oct o at 10 O'Clock. for the pur-
oi A-signing cases before Judge II. e.
s.acy.
The following squad was selected by the
.-0uu volunteers to compete for the prize in
t. columbus Guards prize drill, 10 come OF
-r. Eon SIMS Floyd Ross, owen kenan
Hrl Monroe Jones
Au-usta's new waterworks viii be running
u c. T. The pump viii supply 100000
-...Hls day. and viii be auxiliary % the wa
-r power pump which viii supply 100000
-a.uu-- Inc conduits are 50-iueh pipes.
~rITuuiG Telephone: We learn that the Iiq-
.1r traffic has been again started on the Mary
t-her. and we call upon the grand jurors,
lal all Jaw abiding citizens to see that the
law Is uot violated while on the waters ada
cent Co Scriveu cG--iy.
LcIilrtown Afrerfiglr. A. @. Bullock was
.afiV cut at Fish creek on SATURDAY. night last
n. WCbo heunimOre. who Gt once left for
parts unknoWn. The attack on Mr. Bullock
WAS oastarily attempt at murder. Mr.
E-1ck's wound was IA the throat, but is not
r--llercd fatal.
William kimsey. Jr.. died at Ellfiav on fhe
dave DO the election, about O'Clock, from a
sound received on Sunday night previous
h.m-ey was &C Blue Ridge Church, near the
f.nufu county line. ON sunday night. when
H"a Woody and Webb tindiey got into
shooting -crape, ana was trying TO part them.
when he was accidentally shot. Woody was
severely. % not fatally wounded. ElnGley
-UUt Woody in the right hand. or he would
probably have been killed or wounded.
EarutsvIlle Gazette: UpsOn county made q
r..Hri last Wednesday that, so far as we
lraw. was not duplicated by any other coun-
r- I'D lIe state. she elected two preachers To
-...Hs-l 90 her and the state in the Senate and
I.r-e of Representatives during the next
session. 0f the Legislature Ii we We're vain
enough we might claim some of tie credit for
q result. some years since we labored
-.r months 90 overthrow indepeudentism in
r.a county. our readers in UpsOn viii wei
r.rsuler the series OF articles we wrote As
.r.lHueuteuti-m has been weakening ever
-lra re are left 70 conclude that our labOrs
..rs been crowned with more OF less SUCCESS.
.fUUHu Eratulate our neighbOr on sending two
ministers Co the legislature We doubt very
Materially whether we can congratulate the
ministers.
About four miles below Dallas, near the
TrammeI place, sunday morning, about 4
o'clock. the first section of the freight train
-..r. south ON the East Tennessee. Virginia
and Georgia Railroad struck a young man by
-.e name oi j. e. Adams, who was sitting on
o.. end ~ the cross-tIes, killing him instant
.r-urgakiug his neck and fracturing his skull.
Nr. Adams has two brothers living near
H... rr-H T. ~ aH no V-4z
aa emuIove 81 the Georgia Pacific, and that
E. aaula up Us far as Hiram on the passenger
.rlil. where he got OF and started 20 walk up
-1 lls brothers, but becoming tired sat down
.r rest aud frll asleep. The accident happened
U- 81 curve. The engineer saw him when he
turned the curve, but not in time 10 stop the
engine
To-day the Georgia Baptist Association viii
ErlI iLs one hundredth anniversary at " ash
r.-t1n. Wilkes county. The Baptist State
llureutiou meets with them in the celebra-
Irltion. and the occasion promises to be one
ur great interest. Among the speakers are
IIou. =. L. NJ. Curry, ID. D., Of irginia, for
mer'y a member Of the association. CLancel-
Dor Men, Dr. HIlyer, Dr. Burrows- aud Hon
I. I.I. Black OF Augusta. Hon. j. i. Clark,
and Drs. Holmes. Wharton adj others. Gov.
Mcdaniel Is expected on Friday or Saturday.
Delegates have been appointed 10 this meet
laZ from an parts Of the state, and the tide OF
visitors has already set in. One hundred
wears aEo. when the association was organ
Irei. there were only I'D members ana hYe
..rurrhez and one association now there are
iu Georgia $4,000 members, 600 churches and
Zee associations.
W. ID. Paris, OF Atlanta, lost both Of his
arms at the elbow in a wooden syrup mill
when an orphan years old The owner OF
the mill set him to feeding it, when. owing 70
the careiessuess and iEnOrGnce of young child
hood his hands were caught and drawn into
che MIL. neceszitating the amputation ot both
arms iust below the elbow. Notwithstanding
tuls serious loss he has supported himself and
CarnIIv. and has never asked Tor charity from
rH. Nn
UI Elverte county, at the early age OF ~. ana
has two children. He is EOw y years old, and
l- travelling for an Atlsnta hGtsss. He Is
candidate for doOrkceper Of the Senate Of
Ile1rEia. and is impruvlng the opportunity AZ
l1ried him by his USsiness 10 become ac-
Tuafured with the memuers~elect OF the next
-.rste and % make his caudl0Gcy known.
Mr. PARIS can Uze his arms with Wot--erlul
facility. writing good, ieglble hand. anu DO
.r- almost ANYTHING that person with hands
.au DO. He saws he has many influential
friends and Is very hopeful Of being elected
tI the posltion. which VIII be a great help 10
hmm Iu supporting bis family.
Wadlev correspondence Of the MORNING
NEWS. Oct. g.: In your issue Gf Oct. appears
ar article from "a correspondent ca fhe NEWs
from Barlow. in this county I'M reference 70
One ate election. which is calculated 10 make
wrong Impression upon the minds Of the
Democracy 0g She state That -rIter says:
-A r. TGrger and >. W. BrlusoE were
elected by an overwhelming vote OF the
whites. o. well as the solid vote 9t the
ur-r-rs.' ~ The only fact he tells is that 1arver
and Briusou were elected, and that the
ra-r1 vote was ''-Oiid' for them. lie Is
--ur-aur OF the strength Of the white vote IN
Jefferson county. Tarver and Brins0n did
NOT receive q majority OF the white votes, but
enc nominees OF thc regular ORGANIZED Demo
cratic uarfr Messrs. Geo. T. Palmer and John
B.. R-lers.- did. Tarver and BrlnsOn were
tas.et by negro votes Less than halt OF
tt white voters, about one-tiifa, Noteu
with the negroes for Iaryer ami Lunson
They eudeavOred by every means IN their
power 20 get a majority OF the delegates TO
Ole county convention through the prlmarles-
N hen the convention met or sept they only
lad ID and tue autl-TIrver and Brinson dele
-ation vas -. The cOn-eniiOn was duly or
-lulLel. alu the l4 at once bcs4n business D4
uleriu- resolutions that were UNANIMOUSLY
adopted by the convention. They then a.
tempted O. dictate 70 the majority D. ohe3lhs
lle name ot man las ctsss1p PROMISE. but,
Utilrc ballet was taken they Withdrew MS
aame and themselves from the convention
They then came back and partiei-
Fatea I'm the convention until Its close
t1eu went OF % themselves. held a convention
aud nominated IGrrer aud Brius0n. the very
men who had been fairly defeated at the pri-
uarles by she white voters. They then went
Or work aud organized the negroes They are
elected it is true. but the Democratic party Of
salerzou county want lt clearly Onoerstool
t-at Tarver and Brinsou do not represent
i-eu- DEMOCRAT
st the convict camp Of B. q. LOeketl s Co..
ON tLc Chattahoochee river. SIX miles from
Atlanta. sunday evening I. II. FauikneT,
h.lie man sent % the PenltehtiAFy Lfotn lhe
re.-hlorhood Of Gainesville. was shot and in
s,lut-v killed by Dock johnson, negro guard.
Eau'k kner was in a squad Of conYicts who
were carrying the refuse Of the camp 70 the
river % De thrown away. on reaching
tra brink Faulkner plunged IN ana the guard
.raI on him Zs he was swimming away,
HIS reputation Is that Of a desperate charac-
Ger, and he j. credited With having made sew
eraI plans 10 escape. Capt. IOckett says OI
1ial- when the Grant hands WSre divided
On May last Faulkner was given 10 rs. When
DE was brought 20 the camp / noticed that
De was heavily irOned having necklace and
heavy double shackles. I asked ME. Bingham,
who brought him. why he was SO heavily
lrlued. and be said that he regarded him IS
The most despEFatc man he had ever dealt
WITH ! told FaElkn1r tlls. and told him also
That would knock tue double shackles OF
and remove the necklacs 2Eu Jet him wear
tlt single ahackle like the balance II tile con-
Ficts. lie promised he would work uko
laan iu every respect, and would take no ad-
vantage Of the liberty thus gave him. About
two weeks after he came skere he planned an
1-tempt 90 escape. IL was 70 kill me,
tle guards. one az q time. and release 6ne
camp. There are nine guards on duty during
ne day. surrounding the camps This scheme
vas discovered. The next plan was % IRE the
t-lting some night and escape IN the eE-
cteUeur. That was discovered and prevent
Cd. About q week after he made bold plot.
aud one thst would have been pretty easy Of
eEeeution H5z idea was to xiii the engineer
q TIE brick ergine, spring on n anu run II out
ul the ward snd dONn the track before any
one could urevent H. AZ tHeTe was an engi-
Beer in the crowd that would have e2sn very
eAsE, especially as Che COuVicfs crowd aDQstt