Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-09-15

r9i-oned on the Line OF Hancock and
baldwin Counties.
GEORGIA.
---- County Court meets on the third
,r.r-Isr Iu each month
-..-s Is q Young man in Darlen who chaI-
r-.- anybody in the county for foot race
-.- t1 $50 @ side.
TH.Iate B1urbe Spalding, OF SapeleO, was
--.-ter 81 ext United states Senator Pope
BARLOW. Ql AtAtn7-
f.-ar'5 new Academy Of Music viii be
-.-.,Er open 20 the public week from to-
-H. local talent giving concert.
7..s heavy rains during the week have in
..-l.-..I with the rice planters. Darien has
--f4r shipped about 1900 bushels Of new rice
I'D savannah
va 4. gheshire's residence at Gainesville
-HraIly consumed by fire at about 7:30
...el saturday night. The loss Is $1,000.
rrareWa= no Insurance.
Till. case of W. A. Gamble vs.. the South
western Railroad, suit for damages, which
.s- Uelu ON trial in Talbot Superior Court
t..- ueck- resulted In q verdict for the plain
tEllr $500.
ID. E. johnson has grown two Of the largest
--sI-- of sugar cane in Pierce county, SO Tar
Us beard .rom- one stalk Of ribbon cane has
Isl IKE Joints, and the other stalk Of green
cane has IL jOIlts.
THr residence and outbiIdings of e.. W. Cole,
.r Ilc suburbs Of spring Place, were con-
.#urt NV lire Friday noon. Most OF the con-
-....r- 55r thf house were saved. The fire caught
BOD some -EaNIugs from q wash place near by
.ut thence TO the smOkehOuse and dwelling.
There was no insurance.
The trial Of John DAVIS for the murder Of
Henry Foster, which was begun IN the Su-
uerIOr Court at Summerville last W ednesday,
has been one IN many respects unparalleled IN
the history OF that section Of the state. After
more than i've days On which % consider the
Jury was unable Co make verdict and were
dismissed ON last Tuesday afternoon
At1Iadison. iu the trial Of the state vs.. DR..
~. L. Hitchcock. charged with ''lnvOluntary
mau5IauEuter Iu the commission Of "a lawful
.rt. without due caution and circumspeC-
rlru- the jury returned a verdict Of not
guilty. lie was so greatly provoked by
7..r5 named Felix Jackson THAI he shot him.
Tll negro bore the reputation Of being yiO-
Tent character.
Capt. Bensscc, money clerk at the Athens
hasa unice. saws that Matt Davis informs him
.a.t Doe has no wish or intention to remove
..r 9i hlS assistants. and VIII not do so unless
his ulud-meu dCWdud Dc, which they have moi
81. yel done. Davis reason for changing hls
H"uI-mcu was that there mad been SO much
discussion over the matter from both Demo-
Gratis auL Republicans.
professional runner named DOhsOn, of
pennsylvania, pretending To be from Gaines
Willie. ba.. took IN Augusta Saturday after
n.lu bv beating Harry Roberts, a youth
almost us fleet as his brother. Louis Roberts,
tu-u-ta'z champion, in a hundred yards foot
ra-t. he left Harry several yards and made
Il- course in lC-4 seconds with ease. DObsOn
rruei Iu purse Of S0O and more in private
t.--.
lIapaha correspondence NEWS, Sept. 12:
ina match game OF base ball played here this
afternoon the sumner club came out vletorI-
.r-. Following Is the score: sumner club %,
N'HUaLd I3. lime Of game, two hours and
tr.-fv minutes. Seven innings only were
-.4veI ON account OF darkness intervening.
Iua bali tonight was quite nice one, and
.U PARTIES will return % their homes much
'sasej with tbeir visit TO our village. "Oh!
ile.r girls
4.,- " two ago q little child Of Mr.. and
mrs W H. Dennis, OF EatOutOu, came near
receiving sari0's lt not iatal injuries DT being
-5rs.I br a COW. 10th OF their children were
tfrvluE in the ward wls@n the COW made her
--.-.arsurt, The oldest child, q little girl,
f-I from danger, but the little b0y ItMalheu
rs -u1 ground and was attacked ~ the COW.
li5- clothes were considerably torn, anu IL IS
extremely fortunate that the child was not
badly hurt.
ErI-.-Gen. Ben. Harden Helm, of the First
kentucky Brigade. was killed at the ChicSa-
TlaU-a battle. ami, twenty-one years ago, ms
body Wls buried IN Oakiand cemetery az AZ
I.u.u. Wednesday it Will be dislnterred and
ns-red back to Kentucky and laid beside his
ancestors. The local military VIII turn out
and honor the dead Confederate hero, ana
win escort the remains To the depot Cen
EIeim's regiment will have q reunion at the
Helm place, near ELzabethtOWns hentuckys
on sept. ly auu ~.
AtCumming "a milk cow of Mrs. f. IT. Mich
OILS fell into AN Old well - feet deep, on the
-lIthWUstcru corner of the square. Ii was
not long before crowd had collected around
rhe well, aud after some delay puueys were
liked above the well and negro hired to 20
down and fasteu ropes around the cows head
and body. The ropes were run over the pull
I-vs, q number of men pulled with all their
might and out came the COW head foremost.
size was alive. and in % few minutes walked
or home somewhat stin and sore.
EatOut0u HsSseHgeF; Messrs. :. K. Law
renee and W. Il. Pearson went to Morgan
county % arrest a certain negro. They went
into "a house and failed to find the one they
wanted but arrested another whom they sus
a.etei. from his actions, OF having done some
shiag wrong. Upon inquiry they learned that
ue was wanted by the railroad authorities for
breaking open their cars. His name Is Aleck
Aulrv. and we learn there Is q reward OF S5tO
offered iJr his arrest. They delivered him 70
tHs sheriff Of Morgan county, who imprisoned
lim iu the county jail.
The delay Of vessels in unloading ballast at
the Brunswick quarantine has been over
come. The United states Government has
placed jetties In Turtle river to change the
5urraut 20 as to make rs run near the city
,.5. -rves. and 20 catch the floating mad and
Hi-= -ul ON up the channel on the opposite
s5fe CB "irman O'Connor, OF tue Harb0r
5.-s,. - soon as he heard OF the com
Miami .f,,-,t 70 n at quarantine Tor unload
ing belfast went To "oFh 10 Hatt tile I ESSeis
unloJieJ at the jettiea, -fnasrs want 10 Get
where the government en- 80 feerev ~ -
IJ lu order 10 make the cham,
NaIj0sla Times: A runner came 80 &c
Thursday night from BelIvilIe, Fla. ioF tHS
purpose Of telegraphiug for Dr. Jelks,
NUItmau. bringing the report that Mr.. Iho-
H1.lI.l had been dangerously, il not mOrtally,
cut Hv Mr.. Bob Mccall. aided perhaps by his
brother. The McCalls had fallen out with
Mr. PolhIll about hog, it seems, and they
went Oh kOWiant's mill. where Mr.. POlhll
was living By himself and caring for the mill,
@ut the quarrel eliminated IN ulihculty, IN
which 1lr. POlhil received four or i've CHASTITY
cuts. Dc Is Thought that Nr. Bob Mccall lid
tle principal work, il not all Of II, with the
kuile.
benjamin Brasweu died in Madison county
shout 1917. beQucathinE the income OF his
whole estate 10 the education Of the poor
orphans of Morgan. The fund is now about
s..HI. Saturday the annual memorial cele-
lra.lon in hs honor was held az BrasWei
paris. near the line OF w alton ana Oconee. n
@uWWtu1us dinner was served. ana nearly
5000 people were there. The Masonic
fraternity laid the corner stone OF an elegant
b. .gw nuiljing-BrasWell academy. The cere-
Ill luE was led and the Masonic speech dellv-
rr.. I Hy Rev. David +. Butler The regular
Ere- well memorial address was made by
T..T-s TIT. W. Baldwin, Of Madison.
,r-r- tgcviIle ChronicE6: The families OF J.
F. C-Te Fay and J. A. Ray, together with
1Tr. W.U- and son, all living on the line Of
% I.urrr- q nj Baldwin counties, We're all pol
-11..I rGe M aPk before i2st by girl who was
frs ...5l- af \ r. RaV, and who put rat poison
ia their food The poison seems u have been
administered in such swan quantities lrOm
day to day that its elect W. NO suliclgiS ~
1eJj t0 any inve st CATION uoln Afs. hss us
covered me disappearance o. rhe rat pOison-
and urlhgbIv that discovery, togctneE Win
ta. sickness Of the parties meut toneu- leu 20
su investigation. For the want OF absolutely
positive pToof of guilt. the girl W as SIMPLY
dismissed from employment and aI'OWeG 70
so ar large, but we learn that more l'i-lu m
Festiz cation Will probably be made aud posi-
l'vu shment may yet Overtake the SuiltH
u5rtv Those who were made sick, sc under
stand, have recovered.
James Harris, the colored man, who was
made 70 Macon TO figure. by traveller named
4 Campbell, as one of the riuEleaders OF a NoFth
Carolina mob In which Campbell was VIC
tim. Is OF yet i'm prison. Lieut.. v Oou, VINO
went 90 Hawkiusvtile to get Harris. whence
he He'd. and was reported under arrest,
fOdnu the negro still at large. auu
returned to Macon without HIM. Harms mas
been working iu the Red Bar barber shop at
ago went to Macon saftcr an assistant bar
Der. Tt was uuriug this visit that he saw
Campbell and fled from him. On his return
lie informed his employer. J. E. Ladder, pro-
ing iu the mob story, but that ne once had
fight wlth man in North Carolina. and that
II there was any price put upon his head he
'td not know It, In addition TO this, there
been a man registering his name rs
a. u-ien, from Ebert county. whose deserip-
- 'ad played himself on as deaf mute IN
IT- usTlilc, and, coupling the two facts. IN
IVA e.. Ladder to take his part, which he
,isI ~, 'tg refuses to surrender the negro
,,,,+ii ~. a.. II story Is authenticated.
-,r-,,l.,.- - = -slfrs, '-Sua: The preliminary
+-s,l'.fs' lS Atz m cbs rged with the killing
OH an c7-Vfsif-A1e - Chips>y was concluqed
Fr7ia,l r-.-5,,.-u -, 'clock Alter nearing
the testimony and arm uent of q Unsei, - .ne
court held the prisoner g. -. ~ ~ ~ 1ltS SU-
oi murder at the October e f0r no,I mo r