Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-01-16

o,tcu S-tcu yesterday morning to have his teeth
eNtfacted. and DIR. LOvelace was called i'm 10
~ ffehi .l Ile ahgerous fangs. To safely accOmp-
Il9u u 1Ile work lt was decided to put the mon
ASey under the influence Of cbIOrOfOrm.
HACKNEY went out 10 tie up the animal n
W~s an undertaking that proved most hurtful
~ nsicAhey- Tor when he attempted to tie the
u5tolAey u new into a passion and made
vigorous assault on that gentleman. burvinS
u. sharp iangs 10 the ne in HIS hand. This
set. led Jake's fate. Hackney defern,inad 10
klii him and called for his nistoI a Iar,,s ,,s -
revolver. IL took three bullets to kilI fbe
monkey Dr. LOvelacc fred two of THEM
and Hackney the third.
NaldOsta Tines: Fire insurance in Valdosta
i just - per cent. higher to-day than IL gss
SIN months ago To-day we have a 81 900
lsDs steam hEe engine supplied with 1000
ieet i on nose, wei manned and equipped. The
business portion or town is supplied with fOur
ldFee water reservoirs fun OF water In AL .
ultiOn 70 TINS We have a good hand engine and
so9si nook and ladder truck manned by 90 of
oGE jest cOiored people. No town in Georgia
0I lts size Is better protected from fire Siv
months ago we had three water reservoirs-
two empty-the hand engine and the truck.
Inc companies that do business here have
ucen hotinod Of the almost perfect system Of
YuI nIe department, and still this extra and
uuIuehsolne rate IS put upon US Our business
community from long business habit, are 10th
20 aDanHon the policy Of insuring with the
regularity with which they make necessary
expenditures, but II better rates cannot he Sc
,,,',l 0[e IL WI pay to quit insuring andEuse the
--f' e-"n AADiA tueln IN nirluG night
Watchmen. The premium on one buiIdin0
alone ana lts contents, in this town. if insured
70 70 Iull amount allowed, would hire "A compe-
tent night Watchman for a year When in
eurance gets that high, under present cOndi-
tiohs 10 aldOsta. the people will be forced to
"Ddhtoh lnsurlng altogether.
Arlington correspondence NEWS, Jan. IA:
On the night Of the 18th inst, a terrible
tragedy occurred In Blakely, Early county,
in m the killIng Of Judge }. b. Jones by Z. W
laws. Doth prominent citizens of the cOun-
~. Judge Jones was perhaps upward of six
~ years VI age, but carried his age well. He
mas been ordinary OF the county for many
years, was the incumbent at the time Of his
uedth, ana was reelected at the last election;
ne haq also individually or in cOpa rtncrship,
owned livery stable in Blakely for a long
time Davis is a young man, probably twen-
ty-three or twenty years old. the son OF
IOl. X X. DaYls, of Calhoun county. Young
DAVIS went 10 Blakely about three years ago,
ana was employed as clerk by
Col r. IL. Robinson, whose daHgh-
Ter ne afterwards married. 1t
seems that Davis and Jones had some sharp
words about the management of couple of
horses which Davis had left temporarily at
Jones stable. The dispute between them was
terminated 10y Davis shooting Jones dead
with pistol. Both parties, and their fami-
lies, are well and favOrably known through
out TINS portion Of the State. Young Davis
has always borne the character of q sober and
discreet young man, and this fatal affray is
his 1rst known difficulty. Jones was also
The news Of this terrible TRACE iy has shocked
the entire community. At the COrOner's in
quest, held during the night of the killing. a
Ncffilcf Of Justitiable homicide was rendered.