Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-11-28

sault and attempt TO murder l.. X. Gum,
of Taliaferro county. The difficulty
occurred near Sharon. In settlement
between the parties named, hackney
claimed that Gum had not paid him some
money that was due him, and Mr.. Gum
said that he had paid 1t. Then Hackney
! called Mr.. Gum a liar with an oath. which
Mr.. Gum resented, and Hackney drew
! his knife and tried to cut him TO pieces.
| MIR. Gum had his clothes cut in several
/ places, but received no wounds on his
/ person.
Monday a young man made some
| purchases at Miss Kate CannOn's
millinery store at Waycross and
gave her a twenty dollar bill. In
| giving him the change she made a mis-
take and gave him nifty dollar bill for
| five. She did not discover the mistake
until that night, when her brother Dick
wentin pursuit of the young gent, over
! taking him at Glenmore. Alter some per-
suSsion and threatening he gave up the
money. He had got the bill changed at
LanieT 81 Youman's, where he made some
other purchases. He gave the name Of
! j. b. Morgan. said he was from North
| Carolina, and was to be married In
! short time.
a. d s. Rosenfeld, clothiers, at the
| corner OF Whitehall and Alabama, At
lanta. made an assignment to Joseph
| Fleishel Friday. Tho assignment was
| due to the fact that the tirm had paDer
| falling due which could not be met. The
| liabilities amount to $4,000, the greater
| portion OF which is due in New York and
| Baltimore. About s., 500 is owed to the
| Merchants Bank and the bank of w. Nj.
& r. j. Lowry. The sum owed 10 the
! banks is about all that is owed by the
! firm in Atlanta. The failure was due to
| dull trade and poor collections. The
/ assets are about $45, 200.
| Col. 2. NJ. Slaughter, who has charge
| OF the government Improvement works
on Flint river, was in Albany Tuesday
and wac interviewed with reference TO
the work on the river below Albany. The
bafges are now at MingC's island, eleven
| miles below that city, and the river is in
good navigable condition, at low water,
up to that point. Col. 81 ~ - esti-
mates that five months &C, will
bring the barges and open yer to
| Albany. Goat island and the D4..e springs
shoals are the only places that will give
much trouble. Thirty-two hands are en-
ptoyed on these bsrges, and last month
the force removed LOO cubic yards of
| rock at an average cost of 60c. per v ard.
| The condition of the river has been very
| favorable for the work during the last
| three months. Col, Slaughter says that
| he has been ordered to make a survey of
dian agency above that point.
G. c.. Raines. a merchant of Bruton,
had an encounter with a negro by the
name OF Green Pullen on the evening OF
Nov. 10, at Lovett. The negro had pur.
chased goods from Raines on credit.
and, meeting MIN at Lovett, he Raines
asked the negro when he intended TO pay
MIN; told him that he had frequently
promised to settle his account, but had
failed IN every instance to do so. The
negro then declared that he had m ade nc
such promises. After telling him once
or twice more that he made the promises
and had them denied by the negro, Raines
struck him with his fist. The negro then
cut cash on the forehead of RaInes with
an ak that he bad just purchased from
one OF the stores, and made . break fol-
the woods. Raines, blinded by the guam
thy Of blood that was flowing from tht
cut, ran after him, brushing back the
blood and firing at him at the sam,
times several shots. 1t is not known
whether the negro was touched by tn,
bullets or not, for he had not been home
at last accounts and no one at Lovet
could hear any thing Of his whereabouts