Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-25


striking about half way between his knee
and nip, ranging downward and lodging
somewhere about the knee. Drs. GloDs
and Spence probed the wound Friday, but
failed to get the ball. He did not inform
his parents that he was shot until Thurs
day night, but complained OF boil.
The tax digest of Baldwin county, for
the year 1885. has been forwarded to the
Comptroller's office by j. Hunter Nc
Comb, Tax Receiver. The exhibit is
creditable to him and the county. Total
value OF whole property given in 81 ,534, 033
Total increase of values over the year 1885
Is STA, 1922. OF this increase the whites
return $142,51S and the cOlored $50, 404,
the colored return showing the greater
ratio of increase. The total number OF
polls is 1907.
DeKalb Superior Court has been IN
session since Monday morning, and the
entire time of the court has been con-
sumed in the trial of bill in equity in
favor of Miss Ann E. Doggett, of Atlanta,
against K. l.. Sims, OF DeKalb county, to
have deed set aside to certain Atlanta
property. More than two days were re-
quired to get the evidence before the jury.
The jury made mistrial in the case.
majority of the Jury were in favor of a
verdict for the defendant, but the minori-
ty would not yield.
At MilledgevilIe Tuesday Martin Gordv
stepped into Brakes barroOm and asked
for match. Mr., Fervell handed out the
box aud Gordy helped himself, struck
| one, lit his putfer, and threw the burning
stump down, not ON the floor as he ex-
pected, but into the bung hole of a barrel
which contained probably a quart of
whisky. Immediately there was a slight
explosion and stream of fire shot up 10
| the ceiling, which continued to burn until
the head OF the barrel was bursted out.
No damage was done, but it W as remark
able how suddenly those present were
called away upon urgent business.
Cuthbert Liberal: A partridge made
nest in fence corner on MIR. K. B.
| Speights place. In the Sixth district of
this county, and chicken hen lad two
eggs in the nest. The old partridge made
out the litter with eighteen of her own
| eggs and sat upon them. After patiently
| sitting sixteen OF her own eggs and the
| two eggs of the chicken Matched. The
! two chicks were taken from her and
| placed under the care of an old mother
hen in the yard. She was allowed to take
care of her own legitimate offspring I'M
disturbed. What kin are the two young
chickens to the partridge that had the
trouble Of Matching them?
| At Quitman THURSDAY evening Deputy
| Sheriff Carter put a prisoner in jail, in
| which three others were confined. He
made all the prisoners go inside the cage
ana it angered them. Friday morning,
| when the Sheriff went to feed the prison
ers, he found that they had unlocked the
cage, and, with water pipes wrenched
! from the inside they pried open the graf
| ing of a window and escaped. Clark A.
| Nelson, white. who was in tor rape, is
supposed to have been the author of the
plan to escape. No trace OF them has
| been found Nelson's kit OF tools and gun
| in vacant room were not carried off.
Men are searching for them.
DIR. Bill Blair, of Buena Vista, has been
| observing the myterlous disappearance
of his watermelons for several days, and
| the other night he decided to make an eff
| fort to discover how MS melons took legs
| and unceremoniously walked out of the
! patch. He took his gun, which was loaded
! with bird shot, and secreted himself in a
! secluded spot convenient to the patch to
| await results. He did not have 70 walt
| long before he saw one OF his finest melons
move off towards the fence, closely fol-
| lowed by a negro. The doctor did not ask
any questions, but perforated the seat of
that fellows pants with bird shot. The
| negro beat nasty retreat and forgot all
| about taking the melon with him.
| At Augusta Friday night, after Loo
| CnOng had closed his store andwas sitting
| in his room with other Chinamen, they
| heard something like the pouring of water
| against the house. Going out to ascer-
| tain what it was they saw a man run,
! dropping bottle. Police were called and
! a search made. Two kerOs enc bottles
were found. the contents OF which had
| been emptIed against the house next to
| the wall of the room where the Cinnamon
| slept and box of matches on the ground.
| When the Chinaman discovered that 1t
| had evidently been the mention of some
4 II h. a ,,,
| frightened. Sergt. CartedSe took the
bottles to the court house and is on the
scent.
A little negro fell into Little river, in
| Lincoln county, last week while endeaV-
oring to walk log" used as a crossing.
Her brutal father accompanied the little
negro and her brother TO the river and
babe them cross one at time. To the
| chiId's affrighted remonstrances he an
swered vito curses and blows. He com
PEELED them to cross, and when about
half way one OF them fell in and was
drowned before the face OF the inhuman
wretch. When asked as TO the where
abouts of the girl be said that she was in
the river and that it was useless to con-
Germ himself further about it. The body
was found three days after on raft OF
debris drifted during the late heavy rains.
The buzzards had found 1t.
NJ. j. Green, OF Bull0ch county, entered
the war between the states in his 18th
year and fought bin 80 battles besides
skirmishes. He received only two slight
wounds, one by a bullet tue other by
bayonet. ID was captured at SpOttsyl-
vania Court House, Va, and imprisoned
at Elmhra, n. Y. While in prison he
says the prisoners ate dogs, cats,
rats and grass Some OF the pris-
oners one day KILLED and ate dog,
and were hung up by the thumbs
as punishment. A lady in Fredericks-
burg sent him fine suit of clothes, but
they were taken from him, as was also all
the money he carried in prison and $40
sent to him atterward. When he entered
the war he weighed $50 pounds, but when
he was released in July, 1865, and reached
Savannah, he weighed 96 pounds.
FLORIDA.
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