Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-01

M Murder of a witness in u Hog
,i,o, Case in Burke COunty-A FA-
.ocisent on n Hunting Trip in Ir-
win County.
GEORGIA.
citizen of jackson has a Herdic
,oacb. ,, ..
v,0onough Wednesday.
Tee work of painting the court house at
,tdc5n mas been completed.
-, no batteries of the Fifth Artillery left
,.ionts sunday for Florida for the win
ter. Gu. 4A.,,,, a4o.o.
~ paople's line, arrived at Columbus
sunday.
ofSwiss bell ringers, died at Thomas
ss;fe last " eek Of consumption.
1,bare "a no doubt that Columbus will
-aa hase ball club next season. The
l l"oole are subscribing literally to the
enterprise.
20 6eeu arrested at Warrentown for
u@tton stealing. Smith was one of the
'oe.t trusted and prosperous negroes in
the county
,olen a nat from a hall rack, leveled a
'r1n At his pursuers, but the sight OF a
sisrol leveled at his head brought him to
,srns and he surrendered.
A. Arnold, OF Shakerag district,
'genry county, had the misfortune TO lose
he hern by tire last Friday night, together
,gifb its entire contents, comprising his
tspr's crop of corn, fodder, etc. The
.riyin of the fire is unknown.
AtC0umbus, Saturday. lens was ex-
,rSetedbV DR.. Billiard from the eye of a
Sind man. 1t had become Opaque and
cataractous, producing complete blind
sess Immediately after it's removal the
man exclaimed: Now | can see."
Jonn T. Rankin, sheriff of Fayette
.onaiy. Tex. arrived at Columbus sun
5av fdr tie purpose of Identifying John T..
.NSyis. ihiai there, and supposed to be
t1e man y. no stole horse at LaGrange,
Tex. Mr.. Rankin says Davis is not the
man be wants.
last week three houses with their con-
this were burned on Wiley Carriers
paee.utar Friendship. They were Occu-
he'd bv a negro woman. who lost every
Hing she possessed. The people in the
aaighb0fbOod made up her losses. Mr..
TgyfeFs Loss in buildings was 5000 or
$500.
sbeolE, wins caused balliff at Ty Ty a
day or TWO ago, TO levy on section car
and pair of scales belonging to the Bruins
wick and Western Railroad company,
takes the action because the company re-
lnsed 10 reimburse INN for the loss of a
lit of hou sehold furniture lost out of the
Depot at ~ Ty three or four years ago.
Frank Burke, the 14-year-old son of j.
+. Burke, of Wilkinson county, was acct
dentaily shot on his fathers plantation
Friday VIII lie out hunting with one OF the
negro hands on the place. While the ne
rr0 was loading his gun it was accident
qlly discharged and the load entered
Young Blu ke's stomach. He fingered
Until Saturday afternoon, when be died.
Tom Harris, a colored man employed at
the Dixie works at Macon, met with an
accident Saturday by which be lost his
left hand. he was attending to machine
called panel raiser, in connection with
which there are two knives. he acct
dentally brought his hand in contact with
one Of these knives while it was in motion,
and cut it SO badly that the doctors de-
cided to amputate it.
G. W. Wright, of Macon, has a Spanish
men, years old, noted for her laying
qualities. The hens feathers were
always perfectly black until she COM
menced shedding about six weeks ago,
when few white feathers were noticed
10 appear. The white have continued to
increase until now they are as numerous
as The black. Mr.. Wright thinks the hen
vii continue to shed the black until all of
her teah rs are white.
Ane1ro child about years old was
burned Seal i in Sheffield district, Rock
daie ecu last Thursday. The negro
woman q On Mrs. Francis place, near
Old Sleil j she lett the children at the
f0use, ana went TO a neighbours house to
wash. The screams of the child attracted
the attention Of some one picking cotton
near BY and when they reached the house
TIE clothes mad been burned entirely of
she child. 1t died in few hours.
AtPink McCarty's, near Snow, in Dooly
county last Wednesday, his son, Eugene,
who mad charge OF the engine. put a COM
mon COW horn on the end of the band
shaft just for the fun of watching its
peculiar evolutiOns and no thought OF
Danger he went too near the horn while
1t was making probably $50 revolutions
per minute, and his clothes were caught
BY the norm. wrenching off his arm and
Glielns him internally on the chest. he
lreefAd until Friday and was buried
Lizzie Griffin, colored, raised O terrible
racket n The grand jury room at Monte
yuma Thursday morning. She was asked
2 swear what white man was the father
y her chlId, and she told the jury that
sac weuld f5tiH jail before she would d.
'ulge the secret. Bailitfs we're ordered to
tske hep to jail for contempt and she
. ought Ike a tigress. The row disturbed
pe court, besides testing the muscles Of
Two or three Strong men. After spending
d eY hours in Jail she decided to give the
"Aole business away.
Alady living not far from Ringold has
\ her pos session a valuable relic Of revo-
tuuonarg times 1t is a breast pin, which
W. Was presented her grandmother by George
" nashhston, the lady being then a Miss
1f9Wn,and afterward married Mr.. Belcher
boston, Nay %, 1898. The pin is OF oval
hsIe, about an inch and a half in cir.
euih'erence, and is set with twenty-lour
,siua6e diamonds. The stones are worth
Spaut S20 each. There is no doubt about
.ue history of the pin, as 1t has been given
/" each successive generation by their
ggTceslors in remembrance Of George
Washington.
me pnesentments of the Burke county
s 80 jury show that there are % white
, ,s5 gl ia the county with 81 teachers,
suq oocolored schools with AS teachers,
r rnu taat The funds appropriated for school
eaposes are sufficient 10 pay ali con-
uaeIs for this year. They report a bal
~ OF Sl.92l IS IN the County Treasury.
a'.uey express considerable qualification
Que growth in taxable property. the
sooAs oil The Tax Receiver for this year
hing total valuation Of 81, s44, I5l. an