Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-07
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS


Professor KessIer Astonishes the Citi-
zens of Macon by Being Proven a Mar
ried 8Ian-An Escaped Negro Convict
Killed while Resisting Arrest in Madi-
son County.
GEORGIA.
sarzeaut Bates advertised that he would
lecture at Augusta last night.
Augusta has i've IRE engines and hose
company is pettiOning for another.
An Oriental bazaar, conducted by Turks,
has commenced business at Augusta.
There are ten felonies to be tried during
February court at Monroe, and the deien-
dants are all in jail and cannot give bond.
There was once "a line of fat boats on the
ChattahOOchee between Atlanta and the
Coweta falls, near Columbus.
a negro congregation at Preston INDUCED
lu free fight over The election ol tne pastor
from the pulpit. The dominic was the only
one arrested.
A I7-year-olI negro OF Athens has betrayed
his fellows ia crime. and it is expected that
burgiarIcs viii cease IN LhaJ city EiSht ar
rests have been already effected
The Atlanta Council has decided to eXpend
Sl3s,g25 In improving the city streets, Of
which the city viii pay S4j,30S, and the own
ers of property along the thoroughfares, $92,-
6l1.
Tuesday Of last week John Burns shot jim
Rivers at hline's saw mill, in Screven county.
Rivers died two or three days after. Burns
is >rill at large, and no warrant has been is-
sued for bI- arrest.
The Pulaski Cotton seed Oil Mill Company,
of Hawkiu-viue, Is now running their ma
chucry day and night. They manufacture
y barrels of crude on i'm the - hours. This
OH finds ready sale in New York.
con the might of the Zd inst. the grist and
saw mill and cotton gin Old. singletary & son.
located near Ochl0ckuee, was DESTROYED by
fire, with nine bales of cotton and about 300
bushels of corn. The loss Is about $1,000. There
is no insurance.
Neal Marlborough, the last of the so-called
Banks county hu-kluN, was sentenced at At
lauta Tue-Gay to serve Two years in the
Albany pcuItentiary and pay fine of $500.
1t viii BE remembered that he was for a long
time too lll % De sentenced.
The Road Commissioners Of Dodge county,
under the new road law, met at Eastman
Monday at the court house and elected q. W.
RaWlIu- superintendent for the county at
salary OF $40 per month. several new build
Ings are going up IN Eastman,
Andrew Williams, who was convicted Of
rape at the last term of Telfair Superior
Court and sentenced to four years in the
pentcntary, and who escaped ON the day of
the hanging of the Eastman rioters. was cap
tured In Nashville, Berrien county, recently
aud mas been lodged in Jail at Eastman.
Austin Brown loaned q fine rooster TO Tom
Taylor. Both are Macon negroes. Tom killed
ur sold the rooster, and Brown had Tom ar
rested ON a charge of chicken stealing. In the
evidence before the County Court Tuesday
year, and as the time Is not out yet Tom was
discharged.
HThe sylvania Telephone says: "The Town
Council ought to enforce the ordinance
against the selling of amy ythlug of an intONi-
eating character within the town limits.
Jamaica ginger undoubtedly comes under the
provisions OF the ordinance. yet parties come
into the place and lu short time are rccliug
ar1ut the streets from an overdose OF Jamaica
and cider, 10 the great annoyance OF ladies
aud all Who may have occasion TO be on the
streets. Let the Council look after the mat
ter and enforce the penalty against selling in
the town
Two female occupants of small house on
lle corner offspring street and Cotton avenue,
Macon, were arrested Monday charged with
maintaining q dlSOruerly house. The arrest
developed the fact that one of the women Is
the wife OF Prof. kess.er the well-knOWn or
chcstra leader of that city. She had lived
there two years and lt was always sup
creates sensation. The Professors intimacy
with Miss Ihrclkeld, rs she was called. was
remarked, but their marriage seems to have
never been suspected by the public. The
question arises whether the marriage exon
crates the woman from the charge against
her. Her companion is also married.
The Americus RsC0rier SAYS: s'Water has
been struck in the artesian well at Learv. and
the people are jubilant, as well they may be.
DID MOuteZumd, Mir. Clay, the contractor. got
flow Of four gallons TO the minute some time
ago. and finally dropped down to one The
piping was then put down TO depth of 200
icet. and the flow averages about two gallons
minute. The Recorder estimates that the
low viii give each resident and business
place twenty-five gallons day, and thinking
That VIII not be enough, wants another well.
e are very certain that If Americus could
get q Wen thdt would give each place Of busl-
mess twenty-five gallons q day. the people
would be better satisfied than they are now"
The Walton Ns5cs says: son last Friday
NesSrs. T. L. Sheats and As Camp. the Town
Marshal, went out bird hunting. Before they
started Mr. Camp bought half pound of
powder, and after filling a powder flask.
which already contained some powder, placed
the remainder, wrapped in paper. in his coat
pocket. Mr.. Camp returned home and at
tended to his business as usual. On Sunday
afternoon, feeling tired, lie made pallet in
front of the fire and went to sleep on it, While
asleep a coal OF fire popped into the pocket
containing the powder. OF course the powder
iEuItcd as soon as the fire burned through the
paper, and those who saw As Immediately
aiIer the explosion say they would not have
missed it for five dollars. Bomb went the
powder, tearing the tail Of his coat into frag-
menis. and out the door he went like eat
shot with "a box of hot tacks. and yelling fire
every Jump lie ledped over the front gate
without touching it, and was not convinced
that Gabriel had not blown his trumpet until
le looked back and saw his family and the
servants laughing lit to Kill themselves
Friday Mr. Stricklmg, of Madison county.
arrived at Andrew Gilen's. VINO lives in Ogle-
thorpe county, near the Greene county line.
He stated that three negroes resembling the
ones who escaped jail in Danicisville Mon
day, were at negro Sans house ON the planta-
ton of CrOf ZUber. After consulting with
Mr.. Glllen and son for a short time they con-
cluded to get posse and arrest them. They
surrounded the house OF sam. When MIR.
Luber called TO sam to open the door. which
he did. and Mr.. Porter, of the posse. went in
the house. the negroes that they wanted were
lying near the door. and as soon as they saw
Porter with his gun, they made a rush for the
door, which Porter closed, telling them to be
quiet. that he would do them no harm. When
the negroes found that they could not pass at
the door, they made a rush for another door
al which young Frank Glllen stood. Frank
told them not TO come on as the posse only
wanted 20 see who they were, but one, Lige
Arnold by name, seized Franks gun ana
began 60 wrench It i'm his hand During the
scute The gun went of and discharged its
contents In lIge's bowels, from which he died
saturday. No blame attaches 10 Gillen.
Ten miles south of Moultrie. in the Sardis
nelghborhoOd. desperate cutting affrav Oc-
CURED a few days ago Coon Hart and Nor
gan Norman had been dIsputug about the
privilege of woods pasture. The ill-feeling
was emblttered by an old grudge between the
Hart and Norman bows. AS Hart was driving
his cows TO the disputed pasture Norman
sprauE from behind tree and stabbed Hart.
" DO 10 turn struck Norman with a switch.
Norman continued cutting Hart until
hc tcH and begged for mercy, bat the
enraged man never desisted until Harts
vile ran 20 the scene and begged him to quit.
hart = wife then began reprOaChing him for
logging her cows. WhereupOn he set his dogs
ON luc cows. ana. after WhOODlug and yelling
for some time, his sisters brought his horse TO
nm and he mounted and rode away. The
wounded man lay upon the ground for several
hours. lie was stabbed in thirteen places, the
deepest cash being under the left arm. 1t Is
large enough to admit the three fingers. As
he hredthes the air escapes frOm the wound.
thus proving that the lung IS cut. Warrants
were procured and large party are pursuing
Norman. who went in the direction OF Florida.
Hart VIII probably die.