Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-13


| went TO the house of David Carver. white
during Carver's absence and attempted to
! outrage bis wife. The attempt failed and
party OF citizens went in pursuit Of the
negro and succeeded in putting load of
shot IN him. He. however. escaped. CIT
| iz'ns through this part Of the country are
complaining that the Justices Courts are
uSurping the power OF the Superior Court.
! An investigation will probably be asked
LOT at the next term OF the Superior Court.
Some days ago, immediately after a rain
storm, James I. Amerson, OF Washing
ton county. found that lightning had
struck his well. He found q hole in the
! ground as II perforated bv a crow bar or
nole, near and outside the top curb. Two
planks OF the top curb just bslOw the sur
face were broken in, ard below them
" mere there Is no curb for Is feet no egn
/ Of lightning could be seen on the earth
wall. The lightning shattered the scant-
log to tire waters edge that held the
water curb. Ii struck The well notwIth.
standing several trees stood within 20 or
30 feet OF the well.
The Legislative committee on public
property had Il lively meeting at Atlanta
! Tuesday, discussing the question of tho
| substitution of Georgia marble in the con
structtOn of the new capitol. Their sub
committee made a report some days ago
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Die. The full committee was about evenly
/ divided. Out of nine present four favored
! making report for the substitution of
1 Georgia marble, four were against it and
II was not known how the ninth man
stood. The committee was afraid TO put
1t to vote and agreed that the report of
the subcommittee should be reported to
t0e Senate that 1t be printed and recOmmit-
ted. There is going to be p lively fight
over this question.
Four miles from O'Brien. in Glynn
county, Monday, William Stricking and
ID. F. Cox, after quarreling and lighting
made friends. mir. Strickling then went
/ nome, got his gun, came back to neigh
boris house where Cox was, and called
/ for him 10 come out. Cox refused and he
/ (Cox and wife) went out at the back door
to prevent any trouble, whereupon Strick-
| ling ran around, headed Cox off, and shot
HIM with one barrel of his gun. Cox
then begged him for Gods sake not to
shoot him again, as he was already
wounded, but Strickling did not nav any
! attention, and fred the other barrel OF
his gun. Cox fell to the ground anu died
| in fifteen minutes, Strickling is vet at
large, and no attempt has vet been made
to arrest him. Strickling is one of tbe
largest cattle owners o. GlYnn county.
Cox was an ordinary farmer living on
Stricking's place.
Athens Bonner: Hamilton McWhorter,
Of Oglethorpe county, has one OF the best
Wallets we ever saw, in negro manned
George Dive, that he saved from the hang
mans moose. George had killed another
negro at q sawmill, and escaped but was
finally captured by Messrs Shannon and
i Campbell, of Ebert, over in South Caro-
lima, but while these gentlemen were car
rying him to the Oglethorpe Jail he sue
4 in inn MI bo Of
coach on the Georgia road while the
train was running at full
speed, and escaped, only to be
/ recaptured the next day, through infOr-
nation given by a negro in whom he had
cOnfded. George had broken his shoulder
when he jumped from the train. and with
the suffering endured coupled with fear
of capture, the poor fellow was nearly
crazy. We never saw such devotion az
this negro shows the gentleman who saved
his neck. He will 60 through FIRE to
Oblige him, and remains awake nearly all
night guarding his premises.
AT Atlanta, Monday night, W. II. Clay
ton, superintendent of the central division
of the Southern Express Company, was
presented with a magnificent watch. dia-
mOnd stud, diamond collar button, sleeve
/ buttons and diamond scarf pin. He had
made only few remarks in receiving
announcing the death Of his brotber-in-
law. Col. f. F Hoge. The watca is one
I of the handsOmest in the city, and cost
about $500. On one side is Mr.. ClavtOn's
monogram in raised letters Of different
cOlors of gold. On the other side is two
horse express wagon, with driver and
messenger, approaching the depot with
load nf freight. This is in raised letters
of different eOlOrS, and is as near perfect
as can be. The watch is Of the finest
make. A handsome chain is with the
| watch, while the charm has large dia-
mond on one side and watchdog on
messengers safe on the other. Engraved
on the inside of the case is: ''TO w. ii.
Clayton, superintendent, from Employees
Of the Central Division, August, 1885,"
Walton Ne,oS: That the people who are
not familiar with tne shape of this section
may get some idea Of its surface. we Will
state that the lands between Sandy and
Hard Labor creeks are level; that there is
a stream called No-Head branch, which
! rises midway between the two creeks, and
runs in opposite directions without per-
ceptihy any dividing ridge, there being
continuous swamp from one creek to The
other. We are told that the pioneers who
first settled this country. while hunting on
said branch, would frequently get be-
| wildered, as the whole country was
wilderness. They travelled by the course
of the streams, and having started from
the mouth up said branch and passing
the dividing line, would perceive that
they were going down inGtead OF up
stream, turning about and after travel
ing some distance and making their way
through the swamp TO the branch to find
again to their utter astonishment that
they were travelling down instead OF up
stream. And from this circumstance they
gave 1t the name of NO-Head branch.
Rev. A, ". Clisby, pastor OF the First
Presbyterian church at Macon, has been
regarded as Que Of the most learned
dlvines in the state. His sermons have
been very fine, aud he has been personally
very highly esteemed by his congregation.
Notwithstanding the above facts, bow
ever, there have been many in Mr.. CHS
by's congregation who have not admired
his style of preaching. They have IN
sisted that it was argumentative ana
cold. and not Of a nature 20 attract the
young. These nave noticed that the ser
vices, especially on Sunday nights,
have not been attended by the
young people. and they attributed the
cause 10 the style OF the sermons. Monday
night one week ago, the regular monthly
meeting OF the session was held. lhls
body IL composed OF several of the most
prominent members OF the congregation
and may be said TO be its mouth'piece'