Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-13

large force on the work, and then it will
De pushed forward rapidly.
Gibson Enterp1iSe Warren Wilcher,
colored, was committed to Jail here last
friday ont charge of assault and battery
WIN Intent to murder on the person of
ms VIE. The fracas was caused by re-
Hglous dissensiOn. The man SAYS they
members OF his church acted like dogs,
ana he replied by saying that the people
al her church acted worse than dogs. At
this the row commenced.
gainesville SOuthr0n: The Messrs.
hlng, who have recently reOpened the
tlndley mine, have struck one of it's cele-
Ooated 'hen's nests'' of pockets, and are
taking out gold by the pailfull. One mug
get is half the size of mans hand. and
nearly pure. Pockets in this mine have
produced as much as 100000 in a few
days, mining. We congratulate the
Messrs. King on their good luck, and hope
1t will continue all summer.
Dooly indicator: A gentleman at PEN
saeola, Fla, mas been in correspondence
with Mr.. Lewis about putting one of his
boats in our river. He has been invited
TO come up and examine the stream. Mr..
Lewis promising to go down with him to
warwick. There's no doubt about our
having steamboat this fall if the gov
eminent will push the work of cleaning
the channel. II put through this fall it
Will put at least 5000 more bales of cotton
in our market.
Eastman Times, Col. l.. A. Hall. the
representative of this county, proposes to
introduce a general registration law for
the state at the July session, and thinks
be Will have no trouble in getting it
through Georgia needs such a law, and
through their grand juries, recommended
the passage of local bills for their respec-
tive counties. A general law would be
Cne shortest and most economical way Of
dlsposng OF the matter.
SwainsbOro Pine Forest: MIR. ]. II.
Edenheld, OF this county. killed rooster
few days ago. and found inside of it nu-
merous small eggs and seven large ones,
one Of which had hard shell on it and
would have been laid the next day. The
rooster had full comb, gills and spurs.
and ia said to have performed all the du-
ties incumbent upon him as a rooster.
MIR. L. examined him closely and could
discern but one seed about him. If any
body can beat this let him trot cut his
chicken.
DeKalb NepS: P. Sanders, the veteran
blockader of Banks county, paid Cham
blee short visit Thursday night, return
ing home after an absence of twentv-one
days. lie has been attending the United
States Court. He stopped while in At
lanta with the honorable jailer of Fulton
county. He is said to be nearly so years
old, and has been before the courts twenty
times, more or less. He says Mr.. Speer is
ungrateful, and don't remember his past
favOrs. When he was a candidate for
Congress his corn juice was used freely to
assist him.
About two years ago white man from
the North came to Athens, by the name of
Leon Lewis SeagO. He tried to commit
an outrage on little white girl in the old
cemetery, and for this offense was sent TO
the chain-gang, where he served out his
term, and moved to OcOnee county with
his wife and children. Wednesday he
was arrested for brutal rape upon a
negro child only II years Old, and is
now in Watkinsville jail. He says he is
innocent, but the evidence against him Is
SAID to be conclusive.
Macon Telegraph and Messenger: Yes
terday morning gentleman and his wife
left the nOrth-bound train for Atlanta at
the depot for few minutes, leaving their
three small children in the car. The train
left before they returned, and the parents
were wild. A telegram was sent to the
agent at Toilette, the first telegraph sta
ton, to hold the children until the father
and mother could reach there with a horse
and buggy. The last we heard of the
party they were on their way TO toilette
by the wagon road, nearly crazed about
their children.
Macon telegraph and MESSENGER: Par
ties living in the neighbOrhOOd of Bease-
ley's crossing are claiming that the prem
ises recently occupied by Engineer Jones,
who killed his wife and then himself only
a short time since. are haunted. They
state that Wednesday night a spectral
form was seen on the front porch near the
spot where the double tragedy occurred,
and that it was observed to wave a lady's
hat. The spectre resembled a woman
clothed in white. and was seen by large
number of people who had gathered at
respectful distance. The superstitiOus
in that neighborhood believe that it is the
spirit Of the murdered woman.
Rome Bulletin: We find the following
entry on the tax digest Of 1910, which we
secured through the courtesy of Judge II.
j. johnson: amount OF the tax of Floyd
county tor the year 1870: Capt. Sward's
district, $40 30 cents l mill; Capt. Null
KEYS district, $SS 81 cents 2 mills; Capt.
Aycocks district, SS4 SO cents mills;
Rome district, $1Sl 81 cents mills; Capt
Trout's district, 500 81 cents 4 mills;
Cant. Weathers' district, 500 90 cents 4
mills: Capt. Martins district, 500 80 cents
6 mills: Capt. Selman's district. Sl3 AZ
cents mills. Total 5000 ~ cents mills.
To-day the tax digest of Floyd county
shows the taxable property to amount to
over s6,000,0O
Athens Banner Wdtchmdn: Henry
Moss, a little three by four negro, was ar
rested by the police yesterday and lodged
in the calaboose for cheating and swind
ling. The said Henry is one of those
gentlemen who teach the young idea how
to shoot. he came in and bought some
chewing gum, and claimed that he had
given the merchant half dollar when he
had only given nickle. This is an old
trick of Henry's, for there comes up the
proof from a restaurant keeper that he
once gave two silver 5-cent pieces for a
lunch and claimed that it was 20 cents.
The merchant had a warrant taken out
for Henry, and he Will have a chance TO
make an explanation OF his doubling up
system.
Townsville Enterprise: In 1917, over
81 years ago, when the buildings for old
Fletcher Institute were begun, corner
stone was laid into which were put some
napers and coins. Last Tuesday MI.
caves tore down the foundations Of the
building on the south side OF the campus,
and unearthed this relic Of bygOne days.
The cap, which fitted over the stone, was
not properly sealed when the stone was
put into place, and from contact with air
and moisture the papers had lost their