Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-12

anu immediately began striking at Nj r.
parker, but was prevented from putting
us hangs IN his flesh by the weeds entang-
ing 1t. Mr.. Barker, who is old and heavy,
says he made the brag Jump Of his lie
landing about twelve feet away. The
s s1ake followed, receiving crushing
ploW with the back of the hoe and died.
II was about sixteen inches in circum-
ference ana sported eighteen rattles.
Liiseyville correspondence GAINESVILLE
Gazette: Your correspondent witnessed
IOr the first time, a few days since. one of
our highly-respected ladies following the
plow-handles. Her husband, for some
months past, has been unable to do
manual labor. He had in his employ a
negro man whom he thought trustworthy,
put for some unknown cause he skipped
ine country, leaving his employers crop
IN deplorable condition. The services of
no one could be procured. This estimable
lady seized the plow-bandles, and has
been following them ever since. She is
considered a capital farmer.
McDufie Journal: A dark and lower
ing clowd passed over or rather TO the
north of Thomson on Monday afternoon,
1t was accompanied by some rain and
wind, but the remarkable phenomenon
was shower of diminutive frogs, which
fell In large numbers on upper Main
street as far down as Barton's drug store.
About half pint Of the little Jumpers
were gathered up and presented to the
Journal office by Willie Hadley. None OF
them were much larger than a grain of
corn, and some were found by DIR. Dur
ham not much larger than a grain of
wheat, but all were lively, and soon hop
ped away in every direction.
GAlmerieus Republican. The residence
OF Capt. q. NJ. Patterson, three miles from
the city, was destroyed By tire last Satur-
day morning about ] O'Clock. The entire
FAMILY were In great peril, as they only
aWoke just as the roof was falling In and
barely had time to get out Of the burning
house. Of the household goods, a bureau
chair and three trunks were all that
could be saved before everything was
wrapped in flames. Mr.. j. w. Bailey had
his shoe soles burned Of and his feet
badly blistered while trying to release a
dog that got fastened under the house,
and whose piteous bowls attracted his at
tentiOn. His efforts, however, were futile.
A sensation was created in the North
commons, just outside Of Ma
con, Wednesday, by the discovery
Of the remains Of an infant
which had been buried in a garden. RATE
Ray, cOlored, was engaged in cleaning
up lot on what is known as Collins gar
den. In digging hole the pick struck a
wooden box and knocked it open, display
ing the bones of an infant. Inquiry de-
velOped that about two weeks ago a col
ored woman named Terras Daily, who
lived on the lot. gave birth to q dead in
FAINT. The body was given to a negro
named Jacob Ball for burial, who. in
stead of interring 1t IA the cemetery,
placed it in a box and buried it In the
garden. After the facts became known
the bones we're reinclosed and inferred IN
the cemetery
Dublin Post: Intelligence of a shoot
ing and cutting scFape has just reached
US from Montgomery county. The diff
Guilty arose between a white man and a
negro because the latter refused to pay
for two sacks of guano which he had pur-
chased from the former. One or two
white men went to the aid of their
friend, when the negro took to
his heels, ahead Of two bullets,
one Of which overlook, but failed
to stop him. At this stage of the game
another negro came up to the battle
grounds, but was soon dispersed at the
sight Of knife. One of the white men
ran in pursuit of him and finally overlook
him with board In his hand, which, being
little decayed, was broken over the pur-
suer's head. Being deprived of his weapon,
the negro made another break for a lone
lier spot, when he was grasped and liter
ally cut to pieces. Both wounded negroes
were doing well when our Informant last
heard from them.
Panther creek correspondence Newman
Herald: | learn that young man by the
name of AttaWay, son of Written Alta
way, who lives just over the line of Cow
eta and Campbell counties, killed a young
dow az ErnFra
what l can learn of the case they were
working in the field, and Mr.. Attaway
said something to the negro about his
blowing, whereupOn the negro told
him that if be fooled with him
he would cut him in two, or cut his
head of, and made at Attaway with
knife in hand. Report says that the young
negro's father had hold of young Alta
way, and that the son cut Attaway three
severe gashes, one just below the shoulder
blade; whereupOn young Attaway stuck
his knife in the negroes temple, from
which he died in two or three minutes.
Attaway may die. He is II years old and
weighs about 100 pounds; the negro was
% and weighed about 300 pounds. The
COrOner's jury pronounced 1t justifable
homicide.
Police Officer D. L. Thomas made two
important arrests in Macon Wednesday
afternoon. The first was that of Ander-
son Durham, c0lOred, who attempted to
rob the money drawer in Charles Ander-
sons confectionery store on Fourth street..
Anderson detected the thief and chased
him out behind the store INTO an alley in
the rear of Browns Hotel. At that point
Officer Thomas caught Durham and cook
him to the barracks, A warrant was
sworn out against the fellow aud he was
lodged in jail. The other arrest was that
of a negro named Eugene Bryant. He
was employed as house servant by Charles
Anderson, the same man whom Durham
attempted to rob- Last Monday, while
Anderson and his wife were out Of the
house, Bryant, who is a burly black
scoundrel, tried TO commit rape on the
person OF Anderson's 2-year-old daughter.
BE was detected and fed before doing any
injury 10 the child. Wednesday Ander-
SON saw him on the street, and had Officer
Thomas TO arrest bin. A warrant was
sworn out against him and the monster
was lodged IN jail.
Talbotton Nelg Era: Addie Walker was
a daughter Of Susan Walker, cOlored, liy-
ing on Mr.. j. NJ. Garrard's place. She
was 10 years old aud did service as nurse
in the family of Mr. RObt. W ind. Late Sat
urday evening, May %, she was going to
her mothers home, quietly walking along
College street with another negro girl
Younger than herself. They were talking
about crazy woman supposed TO be- In
town. DOllie rF-ice, c0iored girl about 10
years old, saw them coming aud heard
them talking about the crazy woman, aud