Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-12

iol'pNDarlng Leap for Liberty of a
inmbus Convict.
GEORGIA.
roan will have new bank by Sept. 1.
piing county's new BRICK courthouse
T. last about $4,5OO.
- II Greer, the Clerk OF the Superior
of Macon county, died at Monte
aa day or two ago.
~ stokes, of Cochran, is an applicant
- postmastership Of that place.
lineton will have town clock on
wv court house that will cost $1,000.
- were three deaths in Albany du-
Narcn. or one for every 500 Iphabi-
- is man in Ebert county who
at the sight Of blood, no matter
81 ere il comes from.
I,,is Bros, OF Hawkinsville, have COM
Locs6 work on their new bank and store
MIdinein ValdOsta.
#rh.re is some talk Of getting up an eX-
Ian from Buena Vista to Savannah in
III early part of May.
Hrn,,rfon's vacant Postmastership has
vel been filled. L. W. Cleveland is
#ncorarilv filing the position.
III 4 MI
+1rc cent. in value it the prices paid at
Edirlcapt ,heritl's sale are criterion.
EHaury Truel, who lived like a hermit
- Dalton, was found dead In his bed Il
M two ago. Natural causes are
Margcaoe with the demise.
lain ;. Gambler, of Atlanta, will de-
YER he address for the Clio and Gallo
= Societies at their annual celebration
2 "a ttf Of
Mqmse College.
Alb Keaton, CT Baker county, a few
- AGO. while hewing a pine log, met
- serious mishap. His axe glanced,
#triEing his foot between the instep and
-. almost seVering 1t.
Athens has decided to impose the same
A,vofl per cent. upon bonds and stocks
Mneb it mas been levYing upon realty.
ii re.0lore the tax upon securities has
II one-half of per cent.
snake was killed by little boy, near
washington, day or two ago, with two
s.inct heads ard four perfect eyes.
~ heads torked off from the body about
#U0inches. 1t was water mOcassin.
"a Vayor Dorsey, OF Athens, fined q white
8an named Meade, who lives near Prince
n factory, So and costs for selling beef
#athal not been inspected. Meade mad
- disposed If dimes worth When the
lice g05Dled him up.
n Ebert Blackshear and Thomas jack
H.. coored men of Webster county, who
Hemnted to burn out of Webster jail
IN time ago, have just beer tried in the
#lperior Court OF that county. They
re found guilty and sentenced to the
Msuitentiary for life.
NAtCoweta, Boon Saunders caught hold
MY.C Thompson last Sunday in play
manner, but with rather a sudden
Hoyemant, and in some way sustained a
lent shock. His entire body on one
Hde was benumbed, and he suffered a
kreat deal. 1t was feared at first that it
Nieht prove serious, but he is gradually
tproying.
tHIohn Pratt, a 14-year-old boy, will be
Al on trial for his life at Atlanta this
lKek In December last Pratt had some
~ lords with a negro in the Fifth ward
; Dr.. Blows passed. Pratt went for his
sly blade. and plunged it into the ne
Hro's neck, severing the jugular vein and
Him bis adversary. The prisoner is as
#0l as cucumber.
A. Huntington, of Cedartown, one of
members of the firm of huntington 81
81 right OF that place, whose failure Tor
l00l0 recently created big sensation
that part of the State, has just been
ntenced TO serve 80 days in jail for con-
#mpt court in refusing to obey a legal
rler enJoining him to cease interfering
#tb the receiver of the firm.
Yadosta Times: Some time since petit
ons were sent to Washington indOTsing
Llis Lang, Capt. MOsely and j. A.
#isher, ST.. for the POstmastership Of
#a.dosta, but information was received
ION Capt. Turner that no action would
n taken until the voice of the citizens
as heard by ballot, ana Thursday bal
b was taken in town with the following
salt: Lang 123, Mosely 16 Dasher %,
#ut3.
There was a general jail delivery in
Weesburg on Wednesday night. Several
n #egr0 prisOners-One under sentence Of
ath for a nameless crime. another under
#entence of four years for manslaughter,
#nd several others for minor otfenses-by
sing railroad spike dug through the
all and let themselves down to the
found with a rope made of strips of
anket They carried off the jailer's
hoes and pistol as trophies.
Jackson, the negro guard who shot and
led white convict at LOckett's con-
let camp last winter. will be tried at
atlanta tomorrow. The negro claims
lat Faulkner sprang into the river and
as trying to escape. The cOnyicts who
0 l@ the occurrence swear, so it is said,
b TAT Faulkner fell into the river and was
yng TO get back to land when jackson
loi MIN, remarking as he did so that he
ad oetn watching sometime for a chance
Nil him. DOrse Wilder is arrested as
n accessory TO the killing.
&c. Pirkle, of Atlanta, has an odd
rec OF currency which was in common
10 North Carolina a century ago. 1t
ABOUT three inches long by two inches
III, 'ue and looks ike it might have been
nlougn a cyclone instead of printing
ess II bears the date of May 4, 1850,
Tu in lle middle is printed the words,
his bill entities the bearer to receive p
pauish mill dollars, or the value thereof
sou or silver. agreeable TO an act OF
soenaOiy passed at Newbern, May A.,
while on the other side appear the
"u'' Printed by James Davis"
- week is that of Julia Whitfield,
rged with infanticide. Julia
Is a young negro woman who
ftl 90 q child several months ago.
u-Hrored 10 conceal that fact, but
eI. al whose house she was stop
Iad her suspicious aroused, and
ah Investigation. The result was
NNh4 Of the dead body Of the baby
Wen. The woman was put under
e' aQ an inquest was held by the
uef ON the remains of the body. A
hnfitm examination revealed the
1lei the baby had breathed. The
i claimed that the child was born
ae time ago w. S. Davis, who lives