Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-26

4 NCA s1Lueiess, ChS Trial OF the case cOntln-
ued. he was convicted, but will not be
y sentenced until he is captured.
y There is considerable excitement in
Forsyth county abOutmad dogs. A rabid
! dog !, arted at Hightower and ran all the
way to Big creek and back without being
killed, biting everything it came across.
several dogs were bit ana some stock
but 40 person was bit as tar as heard from.
Everybody in Hlghtower district either
carrIesa gun, club or an iron tooth pitch
fork.
AT Atlanta the preliminary trial of
George and Charles Rose and Nolan and
Hart, is set for Monday, before Judge
Tanner. The Rose brothers have en-
pIoyed Col. Jordan to defend them. 1t is
claimed by counsel for the Roses that
ample evidence will be produced at the
trial TO show that neither Of the brothers
bad anything to do with the pay car rob-
berry.
Harrison Sears, a negro of Atlanta.
while intoxicated boarded a street car
and tlOurishing a revolver terrified the
| passengers so that they deserted the car.
He then threatened to kill the driver. A
| policeman dragged him from the car. The
negro refused to be made a prisoner, and
his capture was effected only after a des-
| perate struggle, in which two policemen
and civilian joined.
Atlanta will not have to wait for troops
until the permanent barracks are built
Next Sunday morning four batteries of
4 the Second United States artillery will
| arrive in Atlanta to remain several
months. These batteries We're sent from
Washington barracks, Washington, d. c.,
to Fort Barrancas, Fla, a few months
ago. They are to be brought to Atlanta
| Jeremiah until next winter.
Judge Armand, of Elberton, has re-
\ cefved an anonymous letter, signed $3.50
| Fence Men," in which they threaten to
~'bnrn him out of house aud home" should
j herdeefde the case now pending in his
court contrasting the election for fence"
:, or f''nQ fence" IN favor of ''nO fence"
I whether the law authorized him to do it
/ or. not. The Judge will not be influenced
.t~bHsuchi cowardly threats as this, and Will
certainly 2track the law.
p. A.. Heryiant, Of DUPONT, happened in
pttR right place at the right time a day or
/ two ago. Mrs. Herviant was off on a
/, visit, and during the day the house was
I left alonas except occasionally when Mr..
] IHerviant would walk over from the ware
| hQuse, about 100 yards, to see that all was
1right. When he made one of these trips
thPmet negro man in the door, with
Y $500 Of money which he had stolen from
/. the h0useTsThree minutes later and the
bAlOney have been gone. Mr.. Her
iGvianblet the rascal go without prosecut-
ping him.
! E. T. Shubrick has returned to Wash
/ ingtOn after round over the State visit
I ing the convict camps aud a stay of sew
| eral days in Atlanta. He says that con-
victs are much better cared for than
/ people generally suppose they are. There
are about 1000 convicts in the State, and
/ Of this number only % or 30 are sick, and
none of them seriously except one, who
/ has consumption. He says they fare
better than the average free negro in
/ Georgia. When inspecting the camps he
| has the guards to retire and he hears the
complaints, if any, privately from the
/ convicts.
| Walker County Messenger: A clever
| lady, now living in the Cove, was once
caughtin the wrong. yet extricated her
| self gracefully. She was trying to milk
her first COW, her husbands gift, and in
her ignorance had stationed herself on
the left. 1t was near the public road. A
man riding by, stopped at the novel sight
and blurted out: Madam, you are on the
wrong side of that cow" 1t was news to
| her, but her ready mother wit came to
! her aid. ''Yes, sir,' was her pleasant
reply, ''but this isn't common COW.
She was raised by left-handed woman"
She came off cOnqueror.
At Buchanan Wednesday night, as J.
T. Barnwell was going up the street, Bob
Brown rode in front of him and ordered
him to stop. Mr.. BarDwell turned and
ran, when MIR. Brown fired at him, fol-
| lowed him and fired the second time,
neither shot taking effect. After firing
the second shot, Mr.. Brown wheeled his
horse and left in a hurry. Sheriff Hol-
comb sent several men after him, but
they failed to get him. The difficulty
grew out of prosecution over the alleged
theft of ten-dOllar gold piece, two years
since, in TallapOosa. Mr.. Barnwell was
tried and acquitted at the present term Of
colrt.,g s,r
+ John Smith and his wife, who lives near
Monteztfma, spent Friday with the family
\ OF Alex. Taylor. During the day Mr.. and
I Mrs. Smith, In company with some Of Mr..
Taylor's family, went out into the apple
Or6haFdsto nget some fruit. leaving their
I little hoy, aged is months, in the yard.
/ TAei little fellow spied lard can half
d lledwfth water in the yard. The little
! boy approached the can, placed himself
on The rim and endeavored to reach the
\ water. WITH his hands, and in doing so he
lost his balance and was precipitated INTO
\ the4watar with his head submerged and
hisifset above the water. in which POSI-
! ton he died? ro
Frank Philips, a brother Of NJ. NJ. and C.
/ Cb PtaIbpS, prominent merchants Of Ac-
worth, returned from Arkansas last
spring on account of the sickness OF his
family. He was the head of happy
famiiyo consisting of himself, wife and
five bright, and beautiful girls. During
thetaIlef 1884 his entire family became
FRUSTRATED with fever, and three Of the
children died, AS soon as he could ar
range he moved his family to Acworth,
hoping to restore the surviving ones to
their wOnted health, but disease had taken
TOO deep hold on them, and he has lost
another one OF the girls. The mother and
remaining one are quite sick.
Leary Courier: Mr.. John Jones, the
nero Of the l7-fOOt alligator story, which
appeared some time since In this paper,
brought us last Saturday the foot Of big
black bear that he had killed on Pine
island last Thursday. Pine island is a
tract of land surrounded by the two
pr0ngs OF the Observation-Disclosures creek,
and thus isolated, has long been fayorite
hunting ground for the hunters OF this
section, from the fact of the great guam
tity Of game which inhabit it. John Jones
and Pink, his brother, own a considerable
portion OF the island, which is unusually
fertile for this section. IL is said there are
plenty Of beans on the island yet, and
other game in proportion.
Al Milledgeyille Henry Lane has been
acquitted for killing William Written.