Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-28
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE.


CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE.
Capture and FlOgRing of a Youthful
Thief at Greenvitle-A Boy Crushed to
Death by Cotton Sacks-A Monster
Pine Tree Cut Down In Merriwether
County.
GEORGIA.
There is between s., 800 and $4,000 still
uncollected by the Tax Collector of Car
roll county.
a black grouper fish, caught in the Gulf
of Mexico, weighing $50 pounds, is an At
Ianta attraction.
JED Harris had his throat cut by Allen
Murphey at Chipley Friday, but is still
alive. Murphey is in Jail.
The estate of Nathan Stanley, OF An
niston, Ala, killed in the railroad acct
dent at Austell, is valued at $4,000.
Col. D. Pike Hill, in an alteration with
a man named Harris, in the Kimball
house at Atlanta, had his right arm
broken.
There were 80 cases on the Atlanta 20
ice docket for trial Saturday morning.
Christmas whisky probably lodged most
of the culprits in Jail.
little 5 year old boy of w. D. Wynn,
near Shady Dale, was accidentally crushed
to death by the falling of some sacks Of
cotton seed on Saturday last.
The officers report of the Hebrew Re-
lief Society of Atlanta for the year 1885 is
justpublisbed. 1t shows the society is in
flOurishing financial condition.
J. T. Whitley, living near Antioch, kill.
ed recently hog which weighed 40
pounds net. He killed also five others
which netted him 1856 pounds.
The Central Baptist Sunday school of
Ion a H..
James A. Anderson, with a handsome
g0ld-headed cane, and the pastor with
new suit OF clothes Christmas.
DR.. Terrell, of Greenville, has little
hair trunk that belonged to the doctors
grandfather. The key, which is worn
81, very thin, is tied to one or two others by
leather string that was cut 80 or 40
, years ago by the Doctors father.
Charlie Wadsworth, OF the Warrior dis
trict, Bbb county. furnished considerable
amusement to large crowd on Thursday
by placing a silver watch at the top of a
creased pole, - feet high, and Offering it
to any one who would climb after it. No
one could do it.
Capt d. G. Gambler, Of the Banks
County Guards, Second Georgia Regi.
ment, Is passing the evening of his days
in Gainesville with his son, Hon. Allen d.
Gambler, member of Congress from the
Ninth District. Capt. Gambler was ad-
mitted TO the bar long years ago.
Polk Jones, of the Warrior, and James
Smith, of the Crawford district in Bibb
county, went on a fox hunt on Wednes-
day. They jumped what they thought
was fox, and, after chasing it half an
hour, freed it in log cabin. 1t was the
cat. Afterward they jumped very large
gray fox and chased it two hours, but it
finally got lost fIom the dogs.
The will of Edward johnson, lately de-
ceased, of Macon, has been prObated. 1t
leaves his estate, valued at 81, 900, to his
wife during her lifetime, and to his next
Of kin after her death. 1t was Mr.. John
sons intention at one time to endoW a
school somewhat like the Alexander Free
School, but shrinkage in the value of his
property caused HIM to alter his mind.
A difficulty occurred at Hawkinsville
Friday between two town negroes
named Warren Mckinney and Bob
Beasly, in which the latter drew a pistol
and shot Mckinney three times, infiictiDg
serious wounds. A stray shot struck
and slightly grazed Willie Simmons who
was standing inside of his store. Beasly
was lodged in Jail. He is a rowdy negro
and has been in many scrapes. The
wounded man was taken home and taken
care Of.
a large pine tree that formerly stood
on White Oak creek, on the former plan
tation of Mai. John Knight in Luthers-
vile district, of Merriwetber county,
was cut down several years ago for
shingles. Judge Hinton and B. B. Ector,
passing the stump last week, found it
measured about five feet in diameter. The
distance from the stump to the top of the
tree was 315 feet; shingle blocks had been
sawed from the trunk to the distance
of 245 feet. The tree was a regular Cali
fornia giant.
Saturday night the overseer of S. T.
Coleman's place, six miles from Macon,
reported at the City Hall that j. F. Coch-
ran, the Overseer of Mrs. Robert Cox
mans plantation, went to Macon Friday
TO pay of his hands. As he had not re-
turned home his wife was very uneasy,
aud foul play was suspected, as he was
expecting trouble with one of his hands,
and as he had never failed to 60 home at
night. The police had heard nothing OF
any difficulty In which Mr.. Cochran had
been engaged.
Greenville Vindicdtor: Notwitbstand-
ing the large crop of cotton made the low
Vpricer has given many. if not all. of our
farmers big 1T OF the blues. The fact is,
cotton. exclusively will never get a man
out 0f- debt nor keep him free from unfor-
tunate eHtanglements. Home supplies
must be raised on the farm If the business
proves remunerative. Fat horses, fat
mules, fat hogs, and fat pocket books be-
long TO the man who has well-filled
remeke. bouses and corn crib that his own
farm has stocked and stored.
last Friday night the bell Of the cash
box in the store of T. P. Tallman & Co.,
at Greenville, was heard to ring when
none OF the clerks were in the vicinity Of
the drawer. An investigation brought To
4 Hight q little barefoot darbey - years old
who was crouching under the counter.
The Juvenile thief had slipped off his shoes
az tie door and crept unobseived to the
drawer. In attempting to open the draw
er the bell gave the alarm and the little
mig was discovered. He was turned over
IN MarshaI.niatfet who placed him in jail.
Phe- next morning the mother OF the
urDhin paid the costs OF arrest and jail
fees, and begged that the case be settled
in the old plantation manner. Where
upon Michael DeLacy administered the
once common penalty Of 80 lashes with a
new cowhide, and tte youngster Swas
turned loose.
Al Macon. at S:25 O'Clock Friday night,
Eppy Goodman, negro boy about Is
years old, WAS shot dead in @. Perry mans
bar-rOofn on Cotton avenue. Al the time