Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-17

Of the summer in business circles must
be couuterbalanced by mysterious
r0mauces in society.
Miss Harriet L. Greenwav, who was
adiudgcd insane before court of Or
binary At LawrencevilIe, believes herself
in the lower regions, and that the sui
phurie flames OF that dismal abode are
continually proving upon her, and that
the lost OF all yes are ever arrayed before
1 her in all the hideous deformity Of the
devil himself. This deluson has such a
strong hold upon her that she is perfectly
wild, and prays and blasphemes alter
nately for her deliverance. She says she
will be pardoned out of this dismal abode
after a certain period.
| A good Joke IS told on a fashionable
Jewish lady of Atlanta, who went to bear
/ Rev. Sam Jones preach. After the SER
mon Sam called upon every person who
| believed on Christ to stand up, and the
| entire congregation rose to their feet,
with the single exception of this lady.
/ sam espied her, and shaking his index fin
! ger at her, he told the congregation "he
! reckOned she must have the rheumatism."
| The lady sprang from her seat as if she
had been shot. After the services the
! Conscientious lady went to the rabbi to
make amends tor her actions.
Saturday night David Altman, Mitchell
! Altman, Jr., and Green Barield went to
| the house of one Jake Higdon, a negro,
| who lived and worked on the premises OF
| G. c. Moye, in search of some things said
to have been stolen by Higdon from Moye,
! or to see the negro about some reports
about the matter. The negro was in tine
house, with the door closed, and was
called by the parties and ordered to come
I outside, which he refused to do. After
some parleying, one OF the party went to
the door and put his hand against it, when
the door fell down and the party started
in the house. just then the negro, who
had small siDgle-barrel shotgun, fired at
the crowd, striking Green Barfield some
two inches below the hip Joint, SCATTERING
the bone, and iniicting a wound which is
apt to prove fatal. The negro then fed.
Mount Airy correspondence NEWS,
July IA: The Prohibition club of Haber-
sham county passed through this place, on
the AIRLINE road, en- route to Clarks-
Vile from TOccOa City. They were ac-
! cOmpanied by flags, banners and a brass
band, and made quite an imposing dis
| play. At GAINESVILLE a spirited meeting
was held in the grove in front of the Epis-
/ copal church. Stirring temperance
speeches were made by Rev. Mr. LovejOy
and Rev. j. Fl. Iyey, and addresses by
Rev. Mr.. Williams and others. The cleo
tion will take place on Aug. ), and YigOr-
! Gus efforts are being made to carry the
. GOuuby lOl DlOnAUlblOus lutiC Is OltlH NHG
| barrOOm in the county now; two have
just been closed at TOccoa. The towns
are all dry with the exception Of one
| bar at Rabun Gap junction. Mount Airyis
becoming quite lively. Albany is well
represented here as well as Savannah.
Roland Ross, Ordinary of Jones county,
had rather peculiar experience while in
Macon day before Yesterday. Tuesday
night at an early hour Mr.. Ross engaged
\ I I e.. s..
he felt something pulling az his coat
sleeve. He looked around, but saw moth
/ ing, and concluded that his sleeve must
| have been caught on the seat in some
way. He had not ridden far before
he experienced the same feeling aud look
ed around again. He saw something run
ming towards the back of the seat, and
concluded that it was rat. After the
| lapse of short time the sensation was
again experienced, and. thinking that he
would kill the rat, Mr.. Ross ordered the
hackman to stop. AS he did so negro,
who was perched on the rear axle,
dropped off and ran away at rapid rate.
He had been there for some time, and was
making a systematic effort to rob Mr..
Ross pockets.
Mr. NOland farmer Of Irwin county,
was left a widOwer with girl child
few wears ago. He kept the child with
treated it until the child sought the home
and protection of her mothers sister,
Mrs. AycOck. This worthy lady under
took to rear it, and, after the lapse OF
some time, Mr.. holland married again,
and he and his last wife wanted the child,
who is now about II years of age. Last
Sunday, after the services at Friendship
church and while the congregation was
preparing to take dinner on the grounds,
! Mrs. AycOck noticed MIR. and Mrs. holland
leading the child of between them, and
she inteTpOsed; whereupOn struggle
for the possession Of the child took place.
Mrs. AycOck seized one arm and Mrs. Nc
land the other, and both contendedln strug-
giles and vociferous language for Its pos
session. Mrs. AycOck called upon her
husband for his assistance, and he prompt
~ responded, while the congregation
gathered about them. Mr.. holland threat
ened by gesture to strike Mr. Aycock.
but was told bv the crowd If he did so
they would land him in jail. The crowd
interposed then, and Mr. and Mrs. Noland
left the grounds, the child remaining with
Mr.. and Mrs. Aycock, whom it seemed to
prefer. The law will probably be resort
cd to.
When Mr.. Knight, of Macon. committed
suicide a few weeks ago at Millen. he lett
aH estate valued at about $4,000, con
ssting principally in stocks and bohds.
These were taken TO Atlanta by Malcolm
Johnston, the administrator. and placed
in the hands of Mr.. Paul R0mare, cashier
Of the Atlanta National Bank, for safe
keeping. Soon after the property was
put in Mr.. Romare's hands John A..
knight, a son Of the deceased, began pro
ceedings to obtain it. John White OF
Millen, claimed that the deceased was m
debted to him to a large amount, and
put in his claim for the property.
Mrs. Julia A. knight, Of Atlanta,
whose husband was a son of the deceased
also began proceedings 20 protect her
rights. She claims That the money IN
question was the property Of ner deceased
husband. She obtained an injunction
against Mr.. Romare TO prevent him from
delivering the property in his possession
10 John A. knight or 20 any one until the
legal rights OF the claimants could De
tested. At Atlanta Wednesday judge
Hammond appointed Samuel Barnett Or;
receiver. He IL required TO give bona
in the sum of $4,000, and TO take possess
sion OF the property pending the Geterinl-
nation OF the litigation as 10 the owner
ship OF it. The case will probably De
tried at the fall term OF Fulton superior
Court.
FLORIDA.
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