Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-12-19

Since Jan. l, 1856, 155 post offices have
! been established in Georgia, thirty-eight
/ discontinued and the names of eleven
/ have been changed. or this number
Muscogee county gets one new once ana
! loses none. Emanuel county heads the
/ list with tive new offices, but loses one,
! and L0wndes comes next with four new
/ offices and one discontinued. NerlWetn-
/ er county gets three offices, as does sew
! eral other counties. The total number of
offices in the State up to Nov. %, 1856, was
| l,505, with 1875 money order offices. We
! have two trst-class and four second-class
offices, while our neighbor, Alabama, mas
none OF the first-class and four OF the
second-class; South Carolina has one
f1rst-cless office and two of the second
class. Alabama has total of fifteen
more Offices than Georgia and South Car
olina has $50, or little more than half
the mum Der in Georgia.
DR.. r. M. Patterson of Macon has to-
bacco pipe that possesses very interest
! ing history. 1t is made of laurel and in
laid in beautiful, artistic manner with
solid silver. The work was done by a
Federal prisoner at Andersonville, where
DIR. Patterson was a surgeon during the
war. The bowl Is covered with scalloped
silver work at the top, and oblong plates
on the sides and stem, on which are
silver shield on which the coat OF arms
of the United States was skllfully en-
graved. The engravings has been worn
away by carrying in the pocket and fre-
quent handling. The only tools this
wonderful jeweieT possessed were
pocket knife and a stone hammer. The
silver was OBTAINED by beating out sill
yer quarter to the requisite thInness. The
doctor values the pipe very highly, he
from
presented it to a friend, at whose death 1t
was returned to the purchaser.
At Dalton last Monday the adjourned
term of Whitfield Superior Court con-
vened, Judge J. c. Fain presiding. The
grand jury entered indictments against
William huffman and Charles Patton for
the murder of Matilda dudger, whose
body was found some weeks ago in creek
near Dalton, mention of which was made
In the NEWS at the time. Huffman is
now on trial. Little trouble was expe-
rienced in getting jury. The evidence,
which was secured from the two defend
ants, shOws conclusively that the woman
remained in the well at the gin house,
where she was murdered, from Monday
night until Tuesday night following. The
body was discovered in the well Tuesday
evening. Both defendants drew the body
out of the we'll. Patton hired horse and
buggy late Tuesday evening; called for the
buggy early in the night. Huffman
wrapped the body in some cotton bag
glng and they both placed the body in the
buggy. conveyed it to the creek and
threw it from the bridge into the creek
below. Lizzie Holcombe, who, at the
time of the finding OF the body, was ar
rested as an accomplice, was placed on
the stand by the State. She says that
she, Matilda, Huffman, Patton and her
little sister, child IL years old, spent
the night at the gin. They arose Tues
day morning about O'Clock and all went
down to the engine room to warm before
starting home. While standing around
the engine, Matilda said to Huffman:
"You have ruined me and you must mar
ry me-" Huffman replied: "You will
never live to marry any man." he then
struck her above the left ear with a piece
of iron eighteen inches long, which
knocked her down. After she was down
he again struck her ON the head. Patton
| then picked her up and threw her into
the Well. The little girls testimony was
in substance the same as her sisters.
Huffman, in his statement, says that
Patton and LIZZIE Holcombe killed her,
because she abused and mlstreated Liz
zie's dog. The woman was about five
months pregnant, and the general optn-
ion is that one or the other of the de-
PENDANTS killed her, fearing that she
would annoy them, but which one did
the deed is hard to decide. The jury was
still out at last accounts.