Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-10

socially the members of the company.
Paying rent and other Incidental ex-
penses, however, kept the treasury pretty
well drained all the time, and the an-
h0uncement a day or two ago that the
commissioners had at their last meeting
decided to pay the hall rent for the boys
was hailed with delight. The company's
revenues from monthly dues and fines will
hereafter be expended in procuring suita-
Die reading matter, etc.
About five weeks ago a negro man died
IN the Providence neighborhood of Stew
art county, who has record that is hardly
ever eQualled and never eXcelled. He
was 10 years OF age at the time of his
death, and left an aged wife who died few
days ago and who is said to have been
10 years old. This old man was former
slave OF j. A. B. Ward, and his father and
he and his wife lived with the Ward family
nearly fifty years. He was never heard to
swear an oath, never accused of lying or
theft, never had dispute or quarrel with
his wife, never had whipping during sla-
very nor was he ever known TO take a
drink of whisky. Was always faithful
} and obedient, peaceable and reliable. He
and his wife had sixteen children, and
they lived to see 120 descendants, who are
now living. Occasionally heroes are
| found in the humber walks Of life, and
but few can point to brighter and clearer
record than this unpretentious old negro,
who now fills an unmarked grave among
the old red hills of Stewart county.
At Hawkinsville Saturday night a
stabbing ARRAY took place at Bells gro
Gerry store, between two negroes named
Lewis Mccormick and BrownSeruchings,
both under the influence of whisky. Mo-
Cornick went into BelI's place and bought
box Of sardines. While eating Scrutch-
! fngs came In. 1t seems that Sorutchings,
who is quite young, had used abusive
| language to McCormiok's wife. AS soon
as Mccormick saw him he told him he had
a good mind to use the knife, which he
| was eating with, on him. Scrutchings flew
| at once in a rage and before anyone could
| separate them Mccormick was fatally
| stabbed several times in the breast, the
rightjugular vein, the knife sliding dow n
| the collar bone near the lungs. Scrutch-
| ings was only slightly wounded on the
breast, apd after be out Mccormick he
iran, Mccormick following, but for only a
few steps, wnen Mccormick fell, weak
ened by the wounds he had received.
Mccormick was taken to Fables drug
store, and died twenty minutes later.
hScrutchings was caught while trying to
leave town on horseback and lodged in
jail.
Augusta News: One Of the incest
| young gentlemen inthe city, and a general
| favorlte, especially with the ladies. went
out to Dublin last night to make social
call on one Of his young lady friends. He
remained rather late, and when he started
home lost no time on the way, and while
revolving IN his mind the pleasures of the
evening spent in the society of his fair
sinamorata, and when in the neigh borhood
of the gas works suddenly brickbat
came whizzing past his head, striking
land breaking a paling on the opposite
side of the street. The sensation
produced by this unexpected recep-
ton had hardly subsidized before
it was followed by shower of briokbats,
sticks, OLD TIN cans and other handy mis-.
siles, completely unnerving the young
man and producing serious shock. In
an effort to successfully dodge the flying
brickbats he lost his hat, and not taking
time to look for 1t in the pitchy darkness,
very sensibly concluded that discretion
was the better part of Valor, and took to
his heels. Fortunately for him he was
not hit by any of the missiles, and beyond
the loss OF hat and severe nervous
| shock, he came into town at double
quick and related his startling experience