Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-16

d Inc wooden building on the corner of
broad and Stella streets, at Augusta. oc.
cupied by j. NJ. Philpot as a grocery. was
1Otally destroyed by fire Tuesday night.
Inc loss is probably $4,000, with insur.
ance III small amount. Just as Pioneer
Truck reached the fire, Henry L. Platts in
! sprlnglng to the ground, fell with his
weight on one foot. He sank to the
ground, and in answer to an INQUIRY from
some one who saw him fall. said: "Mv
leg is broken" He was picked m nv
several members of the company and
borne on shutter to a house. Or. Ford
found a cOmminuted fracture of both
bones OF the leg four inches above the
Ankle The bones were set and the leg
put insplints.
- A few days ago James Belts, living in
forsyth county, lost a lot of meat. and
susplcloned Bob White, colOred. of taking
II, and with some one went and searched
Ine premises of Bob, but found no meat.
Two nights after the search four men
Went TO Whites house, bound and gagged
nm and carried him about 400 Yards from
nome and beat him numerically, using a
nandsaW and an iron square to whip
with. His flesh is hadl> bruised and lac
Grated and his sutfcrings are said to be
intense. The negro recognized the party
as beng James Belts, James Rohbs. d.
M. Patterson and young Holbr0oks. 1t
Is SAID that there are strong proofs against
these parties. The case Will likely un-
dergo an Investigation soon.
Dahlonega correspondence News, April
10: quite sensation occurred in Dab
lonega to-day, caused by Mrs. Wash. Jen-
klns hanging herself. Her husband left
the house as usual after breakfast, to at
tend the duties of the day, and when he
| returned to his dinner at noon he found
hOCOr1 ho,
70 small chestnut tree near the house.
Inc children were too small to give the
alarm. Mr.. Jenkins Immediately cut the
rope and his wife fell to the ground, after
which he ran for physician, wLo, after
arriving, decided that medical assistance
could avail nothing, and that the wife
ana mother had passed away forever.
me excitement was very great Mr..
Jenkins made several attempts to kill him.
self, but has been kept from it. He seems
quite deranged. The Coroner's Jury are
investigating the matter this morning.
Canton correspondence NEWS, April IS:
The Cherokee County Sunday School
ASSOCIATION will meet at Canton May p
A great number of extra large wild
turkeys have been killed near Canton of
late.-We are having very late spring.
There was plenty of ice this morning. The
forest around town looks about as it did
III january. Inere IS not swollen bud
in the wOOds.-An eccentric man by the
name of Conner selected himself home
amidst the steep hills about two miles
east of Canton and about half mile from
any road. AT the foot of a very steep
hill, about ninety degrees, he dug a square
out Of the side of the hill, about twenty
feet wide, running into the hill till the
turthest wall was about eighteen feet
from the floor to the top. There he cut
out of this wall a fireplace and made a
hole like a small well to top of hill for
chimney flue. He fastened up the sides
and his wife, with two children, lived for
We irs, no one knows how. Some times the
house is vacated; no one knows where he
goes. Nobody ever sees him or any Of the
family. He is now gone again.