Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-08
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY, AUGUST s, 1885,.

/ party, went to his wife's house, remained
Oil night and returned next morning and
/ went TO work on the streets, saying he
wished TO serve out his sentence, it requir-
ing but one more week. Being questioned
as 10 now he and Moore escaped, he final
Iy admitted that t. N. McNair, a white
man, broke the locks from the door Of the
cAlaboose, opened the door, turned them
out, broke the chain from Moore's leg and
told them to ''git." McNair was arrested
and bound over on $4O0-bond. Being
unable TO make the boud he was placed in
| Jail.
| Summers, the railroad agent at Locust
6rove, on the East Tennessee, Virginia
! ana Georgia railroad, has been arrested
/ Tor cheating and swlndling and carried to
McDOnough. Summers system Of fraud
was petty and very bungling. He was in
Tue hablt OF adding tritiing amounts to
the freight bills Of merchants, which they
paid for awhile without suspicion The
agent would make correct entries on his
books, SO that the company never sus-
pected him. As it happens the question
OF freight charges is very tender one
with merchants, and the fraud was soon
| exposed. Merchants began to complain
to the road of these oyercharges, the mat
ter was quietly Investigated, and the dis
! honest agent is now well wrapped in the
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originally from COvington and is said to
| be well connected there.
Another point has been made in the
Southern Telegraph fight in the courts Of
Georgia. 1t IL that in the contract of the
southern Telegraph Company with the
Georgia, the Central and the Atlanta and
West Point railroads and the Western
railroad of Alabama, 1t was expressly
stipulated that in consideration Of grant
OF right of way it would not merge itself
into or pass into the hands OF any other
telegraph company. Bonds to the amount
OF $50, 900 were filed by the telegraph COM
pany as security for the faithful perform
ance OF this contract with the railroads.
NOW Judge LOchrane claims that the pro-
posed arrangement with the Mutual Union
Is violation of this contract and pro-
poses to ask a decision of the District
court on the question. The case is set for
Aug. H. and will probably he argued by
Judge Lochrane and Mr.. Wise.
At Lawrenceviue last Saturday Mrs
Josephine Rawlins, widow of Jackson
Rawllns, attempted to commit suicide at
her home. Mrs. Moore called at her house.
and Mrs. Rawlins had laid out on the bed
the clothing for her two sons and a dress
for herself. She told Mrs. Moore that she
wanted the clothing divided between
her sous and wished to be buried in
that dress, AS she would not live
long. Tier conduct frightened Mrs
Moore and she went after Mrs. John
son. When they reached Mrs. Rawlins'
home she was lying on the floor uncOn-
sciOus. DR.. Mahatfey was sent for and
responded at once. He found her breath
ing heavily and evidently under the
influence of some Opiate. He
labOred with her the entire dav,
and by 10 O'Clock that night
she was sufficiently restored to talk some.
She denies having taken morphine or any
other poison, but the physician is salts
fled she was under the influence of an
opiate.
Randolph county's tax digest makes the
following showing: Total polls 1913, law
yers 7, doctors Is, dentists 3, hands en-
plOyed on farm 2,0lS, acres of land 269,-
1891 value Of land $685.. $50, value of city
property $263 $40, money and solvent
debts $24l, 100, merchandise $134 1856,
money in cotton mandatory $4,000,
household and kitchen furniture $S,943,
watches, silyer-plat0 jewelry $10,275,
horses, mules, COWS and stock, plan
tation and mechanical tools $780,
$40, law and literary books and
crops on hand April l $1,145. all other
property not before mentioned $47210,
value of defaulters' property not doubled
$1,000, whole value 81, $40, 140, tax on pro-
fessions $210. This shows an increase of
about $2l, 900 above the value of 1884.
What the negroes are doing is shown as
follows: Polls S75, acres of land $500.
value of land SIT ,0SG, city property $13, $50,
horses, mules and cattle ST., 315 house
hold and kitchen furniture $6,415, aggre-
gate value $50, $50.