Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-24

Nnereoh IL was hid. He is now at
WORK hunting for this valuable
treasure, and has sunk a considerable
shaft.
Rome's street railway is now an as
| sured fact. The enterprise has been
taken hold of by men who propose to push
IL through to success without ever calling
malt. >. ID. Williamson, Of New York,
who has been elected President of the
company, took $4,000 worth of stock, and
the rest was taken by John FL. Reynolds,
Is. L. Hughes, 7. +. Howell, Jos. McGhee,
j. A. Glover, E. Loveman, and several
Others. The officers of the company are
j. d. Williamson, President; Joseph
McGhee, Secretary and Treasurer; j. H.
reynolds, 7. F. Howell, j. A. Glover and
Il. Loveman, directors.
Several gentlemen from Washington
county were in lrwintOn on Saturday.
looking after some stock stolen from them
la Washington county. A white man
named William Cobb, who has figured
conspicuously in the courts of Washing
ton county, is suspected of the thetts.
Several cows and a mule were lost by
these gentlemen, and from descriptions
gained along the route, they have tracked
them to Wilkinson county, where they
I We're seed to different gentlemen. The
JhIeYlng has been going on since Septem-
Der last, and it is quite probable some of
the cows will be identified and the thief
| pointed out.
A young man, now living in Pickens
/ county, during the late war donned his
/ Wlie's dress, kept his face clearly shaved
! and wore bic sun bonnet, in order to keep
! from being cOnscripted and sent to the
/ front. The officers in search of available
recruits frequently rode up to his house
| and inquired of his wife where her hus-
band was, and at that very moment he
| could be seen working in the field in
/ female apparel. By the time he had worn
! out seven of his wife's dresses, he became
| tired of masquerading and enlisted and
made good soldier. He now has a large
| family, and is highly respected citizen
/ OF Pickens county.
Tuesday morning a serious difficulty &C.
| Cured on one of J. E. DeVaughn's planta-
| tons, about seven miles above Vienna.
| between Penny Shaggleford, the wife of
| Joe ShagglefOrd, Elias Williams and
| George Bryant, all colOred. The two lat
| ter had attacked Penny Shaggieford at
| her own house while her husband, Joe,
! was in the field blowing, and beat,
| bruised and blOodied her up consider
ably. Joe finally got there to de-
fend his wife, and while asking
| Elias why he beat and mangled his wife
| up so, met the unpleasant response of
Elias coming at him with his (JOe's) own
ak to strike him. The lick might have
been fatal, but Joe jumped behind Elias
wife, and the lick was withheld. ltseems
| that the trouble grew out of Joe's son find
ing Georges son stealing corn out Of the
formers horse stable. Joe and his wife
/ Penny have had warrant issued for
Elias and George.
At Dalton, Miss Lula Mcdonald and
James England were married Wednesday
n al
| stances. Miss Lula, who is the alto
singer at the Baptist Church, and a re-
cent graduate of the Dalton Female Col
lege, was thought to be the happy hope of
another gentleman, who has been long
and fOndly devoted to her, so much so, in
fact, that there was no doubt of their en-
| gagement. She accompanied this young
/ gentleman to the Philharmonic Society,
but just before 10 O'Clock she left the
society with her really intended, followed
soon after by her later sutton, who pro
tested before the marriage occurred that
the lady was his property. The lady's
| unsuspecting family We're asleep next
door. At Mayor MaddoX's, where the
bridal party took refuge, the solemn cere-
mony took place. The discounted lover
walked the pavement on the outside. The
boys guarded and backed up the scheme,
and two of them slipped into the family
outfit for her.
While at Union Superior Court last
week Judge Estes tried two novel cases.
The first was that of Lucy A. Sutton vs.
James A. Sutton, libel for divorce. Mrs
Sutton brought suit to have the marriage
dissolved upon the grounds of cruel treat
ment and habitual intOXicatiOn on the
/ part of her husband. He plead to the
cause, denied the charges, and prayed
that no divorce be granted her. He also
1 filed his cross action, setting up cruel
treatment on her part in iuciting a negro
/ man to murder him, etc. The case was
! ably argUed-twO speeches on each side
/ and after an elaborate charge the Jury
retired, and in a couple of hours brought
in verdict finding a divorce
for the plaintiff. This being the first
verdict the fight will occur again next
court over the second one. The other case
was that of the State VS.. John Hunter,
assault with intent to murder. Hunter
assaulted and attempted to kill one john
son B. Dyer for having stolen and mar
ried his minor daughter. The defense set
up was that Dyer had kidnapped his
daughter and committed by violence and
surprise felony upon his family, and he
had a right to shoot him. The trouble
took place in less than an hour after the
marriage, when Hunter was greatly ex-
ClNtus w nGn ulb pds5Apu cuDsAuel nc
made friends with Dyer and treated him
as a child until his death. After the evil
dence closed the Judge allowed a plea of
assault.
Brunswick Herald: George w. Wash
ington is a respectable colOred man. and
until very recently George had basked
under the sunlight of his wife's smiles.
Bu she got tired Of this delightful climate
anf Georges efforts TO provide for her,
ief for a colder climate. This state
iirs was brought about in this way:
.ae timo IN March last there came here
vessel called the Minnie A. BOunsel, hail
ing from New York, OF which a man by the
name Of Leidg' or Ledge was Captain,
and a Mr.. B0unsel. Of Wilmington, Del,
was owner. Mr.. Counsel saw Georges
fair Rosa durin2 his stay here and became
smitten with h.r. he swore he would
have Rosa if it cost him 81 900. The vessel
made trip TO New York, and returned
minus the owner this time. but neYerthe-
less Capt. Ledge had instructions not 10
return without his boss dusky sweet
heart. At this juncture Gus johnson, an
other dushy son Of Africa, was brought
into reQuisition, and through him
Capt. Ledge effected a meetin-
with Rosa on the Point, and the
details OF the elopement were arranged.
On March % the vessel left this port with
Georges wife aboard, since which time he
has heard nothing from her. lie proposes
l a. fusfttufo nropandiupg for do rna0oe