Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-12-23

! farmer who resides near Taliapoosa,
! in which it was stated that ON the night OF
( Dec. Il the writer's sons dwelling house
ard stables were burned TO the ground
I by the torch OF incendiaries. The build
ing- coutafntal 300 bushels OF corn, 500 to
| 600 buldIes Of fodder, and large guam
tlty of peas. Mr.. Rowe's son lives few
miles from, Tallapoosa. he is satisfied
thai the fre1yas the work Of the mOOn-
sblners, VINO suspected young Rowe OF
h&t D. given information to the authori-
tfos~ upon which Harris Pope. Wesley
Pope and Marion Holland were arrested
and sheir illicit distillery destroyed.
! Frbmysl private letter received at
Am8SeQss Tues day the following is
mountaineering the shooting ARRAY in
Chattanooga Monday: Mr.. Price, OF
Amsricus, had formerly been employed
by MIR. DJuling, the man he shot, who is
described as being OF an oVerbearing dis
position, and in a settlement between
them Mr.. Douling threw large weight
at Mr.. Price, striking him aterrible blow
upon the head. Mr.. Price, doubtless fear
Ing difficulty. bad armed himself, and
when Douling struck him with the weight
instantly drew his pistol and shot him
through the head. D0uhug's condition is
not thought to be necessarily fatal, though
OF very serious nature. Mr.. Price is
still in Jail in default OF $4,000 bond.
The sensation in Augusta Tuesday was
a cOwhIding administered by Thomas D..
Murphey, the night editor OF the ChToni-
Gle, 10 George Symns, an insurance
agent. Mr.. Symms is man 65 years of
age. Mr.. Symms made some remark at
which Mr.. Murphey took Offense, and he
procured twisted cOwhide and went in
search of hun. Mr.. Symms was found
talking to friend IN the door of Daily IL
Armstrong's dry goods store, on Broad
street, when Mr.. Murpbey attacked him,
dealing two or three fearful blows before
any one near could interfere. Friends
then took Murphey in charge and carried
him away. No one seems to know eX-
actly the cause OF the attack. The friends
OF both parties are silent az to the cause.
The case Will probably be examined into
by the Recorder.
An itinerant umbrella member was run
over and killed four miles north OF Mari
eta Sunday. AS the Western and At
lantic train was running at its usual rate
of speed the engineer saw man walking
on the track with his back to the train,
which was fast approaching him. The
whistle was blown vigorously. and the
engineer supposed the man would get off
the track. SEEING that he would not do
so, the engineer put on air brakes and
stopped the tram, but not until the en-
CINE had run over the man and killed
him. The body of the unfortunate man
was taken up, and on examination, a
blank book was found in his pocket with
the name I'D. Wilson, in it, which is sup
posed to be the name of the deceased. He
was about 5 feet 6 inches high, and is
about 80 years old.
On Thursday last at the home OF Judge
A. III. Weaver in Monroe county, Judge
and Mrs. Weaver opened their dining
with nineteen grand and great-grandchii-
dren seated at their table. When these
mad partaken of the good things before
them, they were followed by twelve others
composed of their sons and daughters,
sOns-iD-law and daughters-in-law. This
was the Judges farewell dining to MS
children in Georgia. Saturday was
sale day at that home, during which such
articles as we're cumbersome and incon-
venient to transport were disposed Of
Sunday the neig hbors were invited to join
with the family. and an excellent prayer
meeting was held. In this way Judge
and Mrs. Weaver babe adieu to their
neIghbors, among whom they had lived in
esteem for many years. Monday night
the Judge and his family boarded the cars
at Forsyth for their future home at Col
linsy!lle, Ala.