Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-05-19

Now this reminds me of friend of mine
VINO purchased new bell and put it on
MS COW. Next day he was out walking
ABOUT The farm with a friend. Suddenly
re stopped short, exclaiming, Hush!
Don, you hear that bell? Now that cow
is ABOUT three miles of. and we can hear
IL Just as plainly" They walked on about
tnifty PAGES, and there stood the old COW
nloDling the weeds in fence jamb. After
that the farmer lost faith in the efficacy of
bells.
W. E. Courtney is a timer of Brownies
Nlile, Ala, and does work of that charac-
/ ter Tor the MuscOgee Manufacturing Conn
pany of Columbus. He usually rend rs
MS bills monthly, and heretofore there has
oeen complete satisfaction, both as to the
work and the amount charged. William,
his son, was his collector. Saturday
morning he presented bill for 50 so to
the superintendent of the mills, who, after
inspecting and finding 1t to be correct. APP
/ proved the same and returned 1t to the boy.
/ When Mr.. Parker entered the office soon
afterwards the bookkeeper, j. d. Carter.
showed him the bill which he had paid
/ Young Courtney and which now amounted
toS7l 81. The original amount 80 81,
which was correct. Young Courtney,
after obtaining the approval of Mr.. Park
er, added to the bill $50 for work which
had never been performed. The bank
was at once telephoned not to cash the
check, but 1t had already been paid. The
| ponce were notined and a search was
begun for the young criminal. He was
arrested, charged with forgery.
Athens Banner Wdtchmdn: ''The stu
dents are not bad here now like they were
before the war" said an old citizen.
"Ihese young fellows that we have here
now are tame and lamb-like to the wild
boys sent here before the war to get an
education. Their parents were generally
! rich and their boys were sent here to get
the finishing touches. l went to circus
one night in 1856 and there were at least
fifty students, all dressed in fantastic
style, and as soon as the horses would
leave the ring the STUDENTS would pile
INTO 1t, and, together with the clown, they
created more amusement than the circus.
basket Of provisions left in a buggy
was picnic for them to find. know
one student that stole the dinner of a
large wedding party and carried it to his
room and invited his chums up to help
him eat lot of good things sent from
home. Tying calf to the bell rope was
a common occurrence. They were a bad
set, but things have changed now. The
boys come to get an education, and the
little amount of fun they have don't hurt
anybody to a great extent"
Louis Bell, colored, was shot and in
stantly killed by Violet Jackson, also
cOlOred, at Columbus Saturday night.
The woman herself, as soon as the fatal
shot was fired, went to notify the police.
She was arrested and lodged in the guard
house, where she rected the manner OF
the killing. She says that Louis Bell was
| in her room and she was sitting on his
lap, when Frank johnson, also colored,
! entered the room. Louis arose and said
he believed he would go up town. Violet
said: IF you try to leave PIl get my
musket and shoot yOu;" after which she
walked over to a corner of the room,
took up the musket, leveled it at Louis
and fired. The load took effect just
| below his right ear, and he fell dead on
| the floor. The woman claims the shoot
! ing to have been accidental, as all the
! conversation was very pleasant. and her
| remark about shooting was joke. Frank
Johnson, the third party present, sub
! Stimulates the WOman's statement and
says the killing was accidental. Both
Violet and Frank Johnson were locked
up to await the result of the COrOner's in
worked on the Columbus and Rome Rail-
road, and had gone to the city to procure
more hands to work on the road.
Bailey correspondence NEWS, May 16:
! The adjourned term of the March court
convened here Monday last, holding until
yesterday friday. The first three days
of court were consumed by the hearing of
the petition to his Honor for a mandamus
requiring Judge Tillman, the Ordinary,
to order an election for the removal or
nOn-remOVal of the court house from BaX-
ley to Prentiss. The matter was put be-
fore jury, and decided adyersely-tO the
nO-remOval party. The election has been
ordered to come off on July next. The
reasons given by Judge Tillman for re-
fusing to order an election upon the
petition presented to him, containing two
fifths of the polls OF the county, was that
q great many of the names thereon were
shown him to be forged, upon which he
based the opinion that the whole thing
was fraud. In the case before the Jury
a great many OF the names on the petition
were shown to be forged by
parties swearing that their names
appeared thereon and that they did
not put them there or authorize any one
to put them there. The Judge charged
the jury thai the law presumed all names
to be genuine that had not been proven
otherwise, and that the jury could not
throw out any names that had not been
shown to be forged, hence the verdict.
! After settling the court house removal
question the Judge took up the criminal
docket. The first case called was that of
Dock HerndOn, charged with numbering
negro man ABOUT tnree miles from mere
about seven years ago. HerndOn was
convicted with recommendation to
mercy. His counsel moved for a new
trial. HerndOn is a white man. He was
taken TO Savannah to-day for safe keeping
in Jail there. Bill Surrency, little negro
boy about - years Of age, charged with
murder, was convicted of involuntary
manslaughter, and goes 10 the peniten-
tiary for one year. He killed another boy
about year ago. West Johnson, cOlOred.
charged with perjury was convicted, and
goes to penitentiary for four years.
FLORIDA.
At no time before in her history, has
Waldn been ON snch q building hmm