Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-24

dleman, the wellknOwn real estate agent,
was being driven home in his buggy by
Richard Derby. negro man, he was sud
denly set upon by the hurley rascal IN
front OF Trinity church, on Whitehall
street, who gTipped him and jerked his
'vatcn and chain from his vest. Mr.. Ed
dlemen yelled for help, when four citizens
rushed to the buggy, seized the negro, and
secured the watcn before he could make
off. Patrolman Nolan appeared on the
scene. handeutfed Derby, and carried
him to the Lookup, where he is booked for
robbery.
At Greenvllle last Saturday while hunt
ing birds Monte Thompson shot Lee Par
fridge accidentally. The gun was loaded
with mustard seed shot or the wound
might have proved fatal. About fifteen
shot struck Mir. Partridge in the side of
the face and neck. One shot passed along
the lower poF' ION of the eye, grazing the
ball, and thence scalping the nose. This
is the most dangerous and painful shot.
ltls thought that the sight OF the eye Will
not be peFmapently injured. The young
men are neighbors in the seventh district,
and warm personal friends. Mr.. Thomp-
son was shooting al coyey Of birds when
/ he hit his friend.
Miss Lucy Greenwood was Macon
| girl, and she had a taste for music and
/ passion for the stage. When about 10
| years old she went 10 New York ana be-
! gan a course OF training for the stage
/ under Nine. Cappani. a very competent
/ teacher. She developed an unusually
! fine voice, and finally secured an engage
ment with the Emma Abbott opera com
panY. In LA SOmuambula" Miss Green
| wood acted the part of "Th8resa" very
creditablY, and Mr.. Wetherel, the man
ager, speaks very highly of her. Her
! stage name is Marie Greenwood. MI.
! Wetherel thinks that at her age-she Is
| only about 20-sne has a very hattering
prospect before her. Her people are now
residents of Memphis, Tenn.
Col Simons, cOlOred, shot Wallis Jack
! son, colored, Wednesday, on the planta-
| ton of W. h. Martin, in Putnam county.
Simons claims the killing was not inten-
! tiOnal. Examination of the witnesses at
! the COrOner's inquest disClOses the fol
/ lowing facts which are not favorable to
! the boy: AS SlmOns approached the
/ house in which jackson was, jackson
reached up and got his pistol and went
to the door laughing and snapped
the pistol twice pointing at Slmons.
After Simons entered the house be snap
| ped it at him again, then put 1t in his
pocket. Simons approached Jackson then
and took the pistol from his pocket, and
turned the cylinder until the hammer
rested on the cartridge, for two barrels
were loaded. He told Jackson this, and
said ne intended to shoot him. jackson
told him to shoot, using an oath. Then
/ SimOns placed the pistol to JacksOn's
bosom and fired, killing him. Slmons
/ is in Jail, and will 60 before Justice Adams
/ Monday next.
Eight or ten days ago rumors of little
! crOokedness on the part Of j. +. Lippard,
/ travelling salesman for Hirsch Il Solomon,
] nf Mo0ot rH < CHARGED
that Lippard collected at least $50 Of
money due to a Cincinnati firm for whom
! Hirsch & Solomon are agents, and for the
collection OF which Lippard had no au-
tbOrity. 1t is thought that he even col
! lected more than that. He told the firm
/ he was going down the Georgia road to
sell some goods, but instead Of doing so he
went to New Orleans. He told his wild
owed sister-in-laW be was going TO Sparta,
and prevailed upon her to let him take
her daughter, Miss Nellie Lippard, with
him, as he wished to secure position tor
| her as teacher in a school there. Their
| continued absence is the occasion Of much
talk, and the suspicious police have been
working up the matter for some days.
/ Col. Wiley, chief ofpOlIce, has some clews
which would Indicate that they are in
New Orleans, Lppard has been in trou-
BILE before with VanSyckle & Co., his for
mer employees. HIS wife and seven chill
dren are in need OF assistance.
A number OF prominent Jersey cattle
breeders met at the Department of Agri-
culture at Atlanta Friday for the purpose
of forming an organization the main OBJ
ject of which is to provide for having
annual or semi-annual sales of Jerseys in
Atlanta. The objects OF the association,
as set forth in the constitution adopted as
part OF the report. are to secure to its
members the benefit Of united action in
| bringing into prominence the intrinsic
merits of Jersey cattle, to promote the
| Improvement of this breed, and to prevent
fraud and misrepresentation in breeding,
selling, ana dairying. Any citizen of
the state, who is the owner, or who
may become the owner, of a Jer-
sey 10 eligible to membership.
The Initiation fee is fixed at So,
and the annual dues the same amount.
The organization is to be known by the
name of the Atlanta Jersey Cattle Club.
An organization was then perfected by
the election of the following officers and
board Of directors: President John l..
Hopkins; Vice President, James X.
! Wvle; Directors, Richard Peters, j. l..
! Dickey, 5. II. Phelan, j. b. Y. ade and
| Butler Woodward. The board of direc-
tors will have exclusive charge Of all
matters pertaining to the management of
the organization. TIE meeting then adj
| iourned to hold a second meeting Satur-
day, Jan. 30.