Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-31

wards, aud was found the following
Ihursday IN dying condition. From the
looks OF the ground aud fence as far as he
eeuid reach around him, he must have
made desperate efforts to extrieate him
SELF nsdis shirt was all tori of. but the
poor OLD man was too weak and feeble to
get up, and with death staring him in the
lace ne hung in that agOnizing condition
three daysa aud a half, and was conscious
up 10 the last.
Y, \. There IS some Impotence at Macon on
account OF the Legislature's delay to pass
the Dill establishing in Macon city court
Inc county Court was abolished bv act Of
the Legislature at its last session, and the
absence OF a court with similar powers
eau ses' nardships to all classes, that have
business coming within its jurisdiction In
the county jail there are some prisoners
whose cases must be brought before the
City Court, and the Legislatures delay
causes them to spend unnecessarily long
terms In confinement, and also causes un-
necessary expense to the county. 1t is
claimed, also, that many civil cases can
not be tried. Some Of the business men
complain that they may suffer loss on this
account, and are very anxious for the i'm
mediate establishment of the court.
Butler Herald: Jim searcy. white
man who has been living on the farm of
w. q. Bateman, had an affectionate wife
and two interesting little children. On
the same farm lives dim Curtis, the
father-in-law of Jim Searcy. For several
months past an Intimacy has been carried
on between Searcy and little daughter
OF Mr.. Curtis, about 10 years of age. A
few nights ago Searcy, accompanied
by Miss Curtis and Young
man by the name of Rodgers,
left for parts unknown. leaving Mrs.
Searcy and her two children in a lonely
and desolate condition. Everything in
the way of bedding, wearing apparel, etc. D,
that could be carried away was taken
from them. 1t is said that Searcy has
two living wives, besides the innocent
girl he has ruined. 1t is thought that
Alabama will be their future home, where
1t Is hoped some mysterious plan will
bring them to justice.
Americas Recorders: A few days ago we
saw man who had one gray and one
brown eye. This recalled to mind a man
whom we knew before the war in another
State. One of his eyes was as black as
coal, the other was cats eye. The
pupil would contract and expand just as
feline's. We asked him why they were
different in color, and he said: ''When
was child stuck the
point OF pair OF scissors in
that eye. The matter in it ran out
OF the wound. An old country physician
was called, and he said probably the eye
could be saved by putting cats eye in
the place. A cat was caught, treated
with chlOrofOrm, and, while under the in
fluence, the eye was transferred to me.
In four or five months [ was able to go
out of the dark room in which had been
kept, and could see better than ever out
OF that eye. Why, can see in the night
as good as any man in daylight. / have
been thinking of having my old eye re-
placed with new one"
Albany NelcS and Advertiser: Recently
poor woman Miss Sallie HObbs) was
tried by legal process in this city and ad-
Judged to be an idiOt--a subject unfit to
be at large. She has an uncle living in
Lee county. She was put upon the cars
and sent up to Leesburg, in the eXpecta-
ton that she would be given a home and
shelter by him. We are informed that he
refused to have anything to do with her,
and she was put on the cars and
sent back to this city Monday night. She
remained at the depot until Tuesday.
Officer Richardson supplied her with
something to eat, and Marshal Smith col
lected So with which to defray her ex-
penses to East Florida, where she wishes
to 60. She was sent off on the train Tues
day--whither, she probably knows nOt-a
poor, wltless waif. We take deeper in
terest in the heather that are afar off,
across wild waters and under strange
skies, than in the human wrecks that call
for pity and protection in vain under the
very shadow of our churches.
The shooting of Sheats, by Grant Duke,
was without any prOyOcatiOn whatever.
Sheats and Duke are two young negro
boys, living in Brooklyn, near Athens,
and on Sunday night, as they were re-
turning from church, Duke accused
Sheats of going into his watermelon
patch, which Sheats denied. Duke wanted
to measure his foot to see if the track did
not nit the one in the patch, and Sheats
agreed to it, and Monday evening started
over to undergo an investigation. Duke
was walking behind Sheats with an
old musket on his shoulder. They
had not gone far before Duke told
Sheats he did steal his watermelOns, and
that he intended to kill him for it. Sheats
turned around, and as he did so Duke
snapped the musket at him. Sheats
begged him not to kill him, but 1t had no
effect on Duke, for he Immediately cooked
the gun and fred, the load going through
Sheats' shoulder, making very large and
dangerous wound. Duke Immediately
fed and ran through his house, leaving
the gun and getting his coat. He is still
at large, but will. in all probability, be
caught.