Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-03-12

DsOn county. who Is wanted IN monroe
county on charge of murder committed
in that county last June. and tor whom
there is a reward offered of $l50, was ar
rested in Butler last Saturday by Sheriff
G. A. }. Pope and others, and the sheriff
of Monroe county was at once notified.
AT Americus Monday young man shot
al a dove flying over, aud apparently
wounded it. Tine dove flew TO tree near
by, and before it could rest on the limbs a
large hawk made swoOp after it. The
poor bird turned and few into the swamp
near by, but being weak, stopped in some
bushes, and the hawk followed. The
Young man then shot, killed the dove in
the talOns Of the hawk and afterwards
killed the hawk.
Near Dranesville, Marion county, Jo-
sephus PassmOre, ST., and his son, Jo-
sephus, Jr., had misunderstanding
about mule, and quarrel arose. Young
Passmore became eXasperated and pushed
the old man down, then jumped on him
and stamped him with his heels. The old
gentleman was rescued by the interven-
ton OF others. He was severely bruised
and badly hurt in the side, probably sew
eral ribs being broken.
The Governor, Wednesday, issued the
following commissions: NotarIes public,
Benjamin +. O'Kelly, of the 3S3d; l.. SOr-
rells, of the 43Sth; Jacob Niece Boggs, Of
the 3S2d districts of Madison county; +.
Nj. Collins, of the 1,272d district of Doug
county; Francis NJ. Turner, of the 5Sth
district of Emanuel county; f. NJ. Wad-
dell, of the 704th district of Meriwether
county, and +. A. Grimes. Justice Of the
Peace of the 204th district of Madison
county.
The church at White Plains, Greene
county, was destroyed Monday by fire.
The building was a large, handsome
wooden structure, erected Ia 1872 at a cost
of $500. 1t was handsomely finished,
the chandelier alone costing $125. Moth.
ing was saved except the organ, the chan
delier and small piece of the carpet.
The building is total oss-there being
no insurance-and will fall heavily upon
the church and community. Evidently
the fire originated just where the stove
pipe goes through the ceiling.
Morris, the Habersham county MUIR
derer, is we'll connected, having been born
and reared in Franklin county. He is q
nephew OF Hon. Thomas Morris, OF Carnes-
vile, who represented Franklin several
times in the Legislature, and of A. j.
Morris, who was at one time Ordinary of
Franklin. The doomed man in his youth
went TO school to Judge Estes, and this
may be the reason that caused the Judge
-
Judge Estes for long time was also the
law partner of Hon. Thomas Morris, his
uncle.
Mr.. Wood, of Washington, was driving
a pair of tine horses late Friday evening,
and when near the Baptist church one
wheel OF his buggy ran off. He jumped
out or fell out, and lOOsed the lines. The
horses started to run, and turning across
the street, one of them tried to jump over
til ,N I'll b. N.al..r rab
but failed to clear the palings, and was
impaled on the pickets. 1t required the
assistance of several men to get the horse
freed from bis perilOus position, but he
was finally released. His wounds were
found to be very severe, and at night it
was decided best to kill him.
TIC. Crenshaw, Collector of Internal
Revenue, makes the following report of
the business OF his Office during the month
of February: Total collections, $21, ago "a,
derived from the following sources: Tax
on brandy, $4, 1879 81; on corn whisky,
S14.729 $40 on tobacco, snuff and cigars,
$l,459 90; on fermenled liquors, $5l8;
from retail liquor dealers, 1906 %; from
dealers in manufactured tobacco, 1858;
from manufacturers of toba co. 81; PEN
alties, 81 81. Seizures were made during
the month as follows: steam engine, 80
illicit distilIeries, mules, yoke of oxen,
wagon, IS gallons of corn liquor.
George Kirk has recently discovered
Two valuable mineral paints on his farm
at Kennesaw mountain, one a red and the
other a yellow. lJ is an ineXhaustIble
supply and seems to be first class arti-
Gle. He proposes to work the mines and
see what can be developed. He will have
it tested. and if there is any demand for
il, there is enough in it to make him a
millionaire. He is the same gentleman
who discovered natural writing ink in
an excavation at the base of Kenresaw
mountain. This ink is pure black, and
is used by the Ordinary Of Cobb county in
recording official papers in his office.
RounsaviIle Il Bro. have purchased an
eligible lot on the corner of Howard and
C0ury streets, Rome, and will on May l
begin the erection of a splendid three
story brick building. About the same
three handsome brick stores on Broad
street. During the spring, the Gibbons
and Flowers Disc Harrow Manufacturing
Company will build factory. Tue build
ing OF another public school house and
the establishment OF a park and the eX-
tension OF the street railway thereto, are
among the certainties of the near future.
Among other contemplated i'm provements
is the remOdeling OF the Presbyterian
CuuTCu ab a CU5b VI FOsODV3 pAaCiUS
some new fronts in several Broad street
business houses, etc.
The wife Of j. II. Barton, the swindler
of Butterick pattern fame at Atlanta. is
trying to get her husbands fine RENTED.
Barton was convicted of cheating and
swindling in the City Court and fined
81. 600. He has since been working in the
county gang. Mrs. Barton called on
Chief of Police Connolly Wednesday and
asked him to aid her IN getting her
husband out OF the gang. She says that
he is in very bad health, and rs getting
worse daily. She claims that it will Kill
him TO continue working in the gang. She
thinks that If she can get One-half OF the
hne RENTED she can pay the other half.
Ii she fails in getting the fine reduced or
RENTED she will endeavor to have her
husband transferred TO the jail. She will
appeal 10 Judge Van Epps, and Will also
call on the Governor.
Near Blackshear Wednesday morning,
when Lem johnson went TO the house OF
his brother, Andrew Johnson, to see him,
he found Andrew in bed unconscious,
weltering in his own blood, and a CHASTITY
wound m ade in his face with an ak. An
drew's wife was present, but said she could
give no explanation of how the wound
was received She said she went out Of
the house Tuesday night after Andrew
had gone TO bed and when she returned
found him in the above described
condition. The physician pronounced
the wound dangerous but not necessarily