Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-10


81 orrible DeSth.
GEORGIA.
,,..sles prevail in many families in
81 : county.
n m,o Coroner's jury expressed no opin-
\ tbe McDufy- homicide at Co
s. nbus
week had $40 gold piece in it's
81 omach.
= ,Ins1qeville has been fleeced by cure
erect doctor, who left the town with
Il N paying his bills.
Il state convention of the Universalist
h no19ination will be held this summer in
4 tson county, near Robert Whites.
-. southern Baptist Convention, which
bsbeld in Augusta in May, beginning
4 me- 6th and continuing until the 18th,
N. eyciting much interest.
q Tbs tenth annual meeting of the GeOr-
Pharmaceutical Association will be
4 ,d in the Chamber of Commerce build
ny at Atlanta, on Tuesday.
\ II has been decided to go back to the
.iainaI plan and build the Crew street
e .naol building at Atlanta Of wood in
,ead Of brick. The cost will be IS, 400
= stead of$l2,0O0.
81 rbe propriety of having Dublin sur
oyeA and Systematically mapped off,
n ralv ascertaining the proper drainage
our6d for the healthfulness of the place.
4 is being discussed.
I3gPph smith, colored, who killed
Huenrg simmons, cOlOred, by striking him
H. the head with a shovel during a quar-
IL AT Atlanta in January, was found
Em1tv of involuntary manslaughter at
HAUanta Wednesday.
q Adam Jones, gentleman residing in
MWarren county, has lived under the adj
y ninistration of every President in the
81 pitpd states from George Washington
II lawn to the present incumbent. He was
& orn in 1894, and is by no means very
Hnfm man.
4 A correspondent of Monroe writes that
H. has a horse to be entered at the races
Nj the coming State Fair at Macon. This
horse carried the boy that delivered the
|order from Col. CrOus to move the line of
hattie that charged and routed Stone
mans command when he made his raid
|m Macon. The correspondent says he
|will be brought to Macon during the fair.
Some six or eight weeks ago a counter
Epiter up North sent a "cOnfidentiaP' letter
|o one of Dublin's merchants, setting
|brth adesire to have his goods" handled
En that place. He wished to send him a
kackage OF counterfeit money, and in
|rder to get it through the mails he pro-
I0sed to mark it ''cigars." The merchant
bal been recommended to the counter
Ieter as the proper man for the business.
BIZ was not of the right stamp, however,
enter into business of this nature.
The college chapel at Athens is being
modelled. A large number of wOrkmen
are engaged IN the work, and it will be
finished before commencement. The
general appearance of the building will
materially changed. The back will be
extended about fifteen feet and a hand
some stage erected. A circular gallery
with elevated seats will take the place of
the old one now in the chapel, while the
auditorium will be arranged in amphi-
.heatre style, with an elevation of four
bet.
Through freight No. IS, which left Au-
,usta at ) 80 Monday afternoon. and was
iue at Stone Mountain at 1850 O'Clock
tuesday morning, came near running
Ver baby on the track. When the train
Mas approaching the track raiser's house,
about one mile east of Stone Mountain,
and travelling about ten miles an hour,
Ln ineer Goodwin discovered a baby
short distance ahead of them on the track.
The engine was reversed Immediately,
and fireman Harry Carey jumped to the
ground and running ahead snatched the
child from death under the wheels.
Rome Bulletin: 1t is thought that this
morning will witness some startling
revelations regarding the dead baby found
ffo .fxr
public has probably almost entirely for
gotten the matter, Notwithstanding the
ieep mystery which shrOuded the identity
II the little waif. But the police have
,een working quietly. picking up link
liter link of circumstanrial evidence of a
'oung white mothers cruelty, and last
light they expected to make the chain
complete. If they have succeeded, this
morning the unnatural mother will be
allied before the bar of justice.
At White Oaks, in McDufie county,
ew nights ago, Mrs. Malone, a respecta-
Die elderly widow, who lives near the
amp ground, was alone IN her house,
NlJh the exception of very small boy.
About l O'Clock negro entered the house
ma oyerpOweTed and outraged the de-
enseless woman and made his escape be-
ore the neighbOrs could be aroused. Ow-
ne TO the darkness she was unable to re-
'ognize her assailant. Everything posi-
'le Is being done TO ferret out the perpe-
fator OF the outrage, and if these efforts
ire successful the courts will not be
Foubled with his trial.
biaekshear correspondence NEWS,
aapfl Z: On Friday, April 3, the "Simms
listers small theatrical troupe, father,
oh ana four sisters, one of which is about
" years Old, arrived here and showed
'aIuruay and Monday nights at the acad-
nly TO good large audiences. Last night
.ue lOur sisters quietly took the O'Clock
.Ia'h for savannah, taking all the money
y lIl Them, leaving father and son with
wy stincient funds 10 pay the hotel bill,
VI 10 get away from town with. They left
h1le giving as their reasons for doing so
vas 10 keep Mr.. Smms from following.
~ was not known where they had gone to
5lhui they were traced by telegraph to
Beaufort, sc.
augusta Nelcs: 1t is an interesting
,'ct mat two of the largest ecclesiastical
.Olles IN The South were organized in
a ushsta. The Southern Baptist Conven-
-ou' which Is TO meet in this city next
ontn, was constituted in the First
ust Church, Green street. in May,
~ Lac general assembly of the Pres
=, ,eHan Church, South, was organized
= os 'ae FIRST Presbyterian Church in May,
9I, The assembly will meet this year
Hay u IN Houston, Tex. Rev. n. Keh
,.itlu and Mr.. J. ". Wallace. both OF
us CIV, We're elected commissioners by
l ~, augusta Presbytery at its last session,
u were instructed by the Presbytery to
tssa ihe Invitation of the First Church
WY ms assembly meet in this city in
, r,l 1856 and celebrate its twenty-ifth
"a ll,grlcus Republican: A good story is
om' y FARMER in schley, who rented