Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-23

The new arteslan Wen al haSInan 10
.oarlv 800 feet deep.
the Hart county jail mas not had an &C.
-..,,ont since court.
CUT I..o negro children were burned to
~ in a cabin 10 miles from Americas
Friday nlghI' - .,....,
well edited that one can never
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,,l.Eodist Episcopal Church convened at
,I,,iov Nov. 10, Bishop W. +. Mallallew
presiding.
nero who was driving wagon sew
q niles above Columbus Friday night
en- od and broke his neck. BE was drunk
A. the time.
" AGREE. wanted for several petty
.-i,,as in Ebert county, had to be shot by
0nassp saturday before he would surFen-
Sar He was not seriously wounded,
however.
". Stafford, Of Barnesville, has
.binned a lot of cotton to BROOKLYN, N. Y,
~ he used in decorating Talmage's
courch on Thanksgiving day.
John L. Down, who disappeared from
his home at Henderson. in Houston coun-
~ has been traced to Union county. His
wanderings are uneXplainable.
There is clash of authority between
tho Coroner and Commissioners of Sum-
TOR county which bids fair to be settled
AMY bvan appeal 10 the higher powers.
meeting OF ladies will be beld at the
roons of the Young Mems Christian Assoc
aiefion at Columbus to-day for the pur-
nose OF organizing a society for the relief
6f the poor of that city.
Tine city regist1 alton at Columbus closed
Satur ay. Only 527 whites and 1871 color
Cd registered, which is the smallest num-
her for wears. There is no opposition for
any of the city offices.
A meeting of those in Columbus inter-
ested in base ball will be held at the Ala
hama warehouse Wednesday afternoon,
for the purpose of completing arrange
ments for the support of a club there next
season.
Saturday, Charles Brown, colored, of
Wavcross, was paid out of the State
treasury the sum of 5000 for the arrest OF
Robert Pascal, colored, who is charged
with having murdered his daughter IN
January last.
1t was rumored at Americas Saturday
that Henry Burghard, who skipped town
a few weeks ago, had been arrested in
(l8LIdOOORds Mt udAl D6Cu OOuflCbCu vi
gambling. and the case was taken to the
Supreme Court, where it was affirmed,
upon learning which Burghard lett town.
VA. Austin and Miss Austin, of Phil
adelphia, advertised to give an entertain
meut for children Saturday afternoon at
Macon. 1t is alleged that they secured
about $50 and then failed to carry out
their promises, thus, as alleged, most
egregi0usly numbugging the little ones.
Gen. Ira r. Foster died at Gadsden,
Ala, a day or two ago. During the war
he was Quartermaster General of GeOr-
gia under Gov. Brown. A the time of his
death he was member OF the Alabama
Senate. Mr. Foster was IA years of age,
and leaves a wife, three daughters, and
one son.
julius Marley, who lives four or five
miles from Ellijay, had his barn burned
Thursday night, with all its contents
corn, fodder, wagons, and some cattle
and his little son, who had gone there to
sleep, was so badly burned that he died
soon after he was taken from the flames.
The origin Of tho fire is not known.
The Sheriff of Madison county has been
untirng in his efforts to capture the me-
who were guilty of beating a negro to
death, but up to the present time has been
unsuccessful, and it is thought that they
have left the county. Isham Cheatham,
one of the accessories to the crime, has
Voluntarily surrendered to The Sheriff.
At Augusta Saturday a meeting of old
Union soldiers residing in that city was
held, and a Post of the Grand Army of
the Republic organized. There were some
twenty Of the ''boys in blue" present, who
alter the organization Of the post ad-
lourned to the supper-room, where an old
9ghionaJ Of
tack, etc., followed.
Friday morning the iron-iawed woman
Of sells Brothers. circus drove into Amer
icus from Andersonville on the search for
about $3.50, which she lost there in some
way. How she lost it, and when, she is
unableto tell, as she did not miss it until
sne reached Andersonvile. A Vigilant
search was made for it. but she was COM
PEELED to leave without finding it.
AT Cochran, Saturday, while a large
crowd was cOngregated in bRr-room, a
quarrel arose between c. B. White and
James Willis, Jr.. which resulted in
ngnt, during which Willis was shot. The
Oall entered his thigh near the groin,
passing through, and lodged under the
SKIN on the other side. DR.. Morgan
dressed the wound, and says it is quite
serious but not necessarily fatal. White
was arrested, but gave bond and was re-
leased.
Columbia county is somewhat excited
over the murder of the Pressleys, Of
Eugeheld, by Robert Jones. Edgeield is
Vlose To Columbia, and only separated on
ine northeast by the Savannah river.
oohes IS the son OF Mitchell Jones, de-
ceased and lived in Jones county for
!ears' and was a peaceable, unusually
guiet person. Ii is said that he was sub
Jecl 10 spells Of insanity, being always
man OF weak mind.
day or two ago, as the north-bolnd
PASSENGER train was passing point near
Marshalville, young man EN- route to
o"h, seeing the train coming, stepped TO
Vne SIDE Of the track, and as the engine
IN, opposite him the fireman hurled
Gi1e' 9l Hghtwood at him, just missing
t IN FROM the force with which il was
SSlJ"h' as eyinced by its striking into the
I pa1e beside hun, it wo Id probably have
A''leu hlm had it struck him.
Az Augusta Saturday night John II.
tn.Iscl, proprietor of a small grocery
Ire not and killed Albert Allen, me-
~ VINO was drunk, and had been elected
gu GU the store aud subsequently returned.
1 o5 IN a threatening tone: "Pm ready
~ you now' kirsch considered his life
siiut"uger' and snatching up gun, fred,
Linnk me negroes brain with shot and
on'ng nlm instantly. The negro was
man w 9V"DOlnS
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