Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-10-20

Court.the case OF VIII r. jackson charged
with violating the postal laws and en-
bezZlement from the Amercus post Office,
was cslled. The prosecution examined
/ about ten witnesses, and there are about
, twenty more TO examine. \ great many
/ business men OF Americas have been sub
/ PUnaed.
/ The report Of Secretary Mrs. J. B. Cobb,
/ Of Macon, of tue Womau's Miss onary
society. indicates that the society Is
growing in power and usefulness. six
! hundred dollars and more have been
added, with twenty-four auxiliary So
/ cieties. There are now 100 auXlliaries
/ and =, III mem bers and the entire contri-
/ buttons foot up $2,7l0.
Waynesboro has an oddly in the shape
| of deaf and dumb negro boy, about u
( years Of age. His initiative powers are
4 50 great that by his gestures ne can de-
| cribe ANYTHING he sees. He can initiate
1 the walk and appearance Of every man
! i'll the town so perfectly That you can at
| once recognize who be means. lie has
/ been sent of to be educated.
/ Several gentlemen who attended Hous-
! ton court say that Judge aud jury have
/ been very busy. Two parties were
/ brought IN for murder during the session
/ and the trial began. Two negro women
murdered a third during row at church,
! in that county, and they were arrested
Immediately and brought TO trial. From
the evidence it will go pretty hard with
/ the two accused women.
Lumpkin Independent: We have re-
1 celyed the initial number Of the stewart
/ County Hopper, a newspaper issued at
! Florence. Not having any type the pa
per is wTitten en- a full sheet of manila
paper and contains much interesting
matter. The name Of the editor is not
d sclosed, DHt il he has the adequate
/ amount OF patience, perseverance, and
! sweet oil he may succeed ia the course Of
time.
s. 8. Everett, County Treasurer of
Stewart county, has in his possession
! relic OF the war, in the shape of a silver
quarter, which has been dressed to a
smooth surface on one side and bears the
following inscription; sc. A, Read, Com
pany G, Ninth Illinois Cavalry" If Mr..
! Read should read this notice and have a
desire to again own the reic he can COM
muncate with MIR. Everett, who lost ali
arm during those memorable days.
At the hall OF the Augusta Knights Of
Labor in Harrisburg Monday commit
| tee examined the books of the knights Of
Labor organization with view to set
Ting their outside claims. 1t was said
that no more orders would be issued, and
that the strike will probably be settled
thls week. A member OF the executive
committee is expected in Augusta from
| Richmond with $4,000 to setJle all claims,
with authority to bring the strike to a
close.
The Chattahoochee Baptist Association
| has Just closed its SiXty-secOnd annual
session, which was held this year with
| The Concord church, sixteen miles north
OF Gainesville. Rev. A. A. Marshall, of
| Gainesville, was reelected moderator by
reclamation. and Ii. w. j. Ham was
CHOSEN clerk. The session was a most
| interesting and harmonious one, and the
! reports Of the several committees elected
most interesting discussions and showed
| gratifying evidences OF progress in all
the departments Of denominatiOnal work.
Fifty-seyen years ago a sister OF W. l..
| Coleman and Jesse Coleman married IN
Burke county and moved to Florida. Up
to few weeks ago none of the family had
heard a word Of her. They had come to
the conclusion that she was dead This
| summer w. l.. Coleman noticed an in-
quiry for the heirs OF Elisha Coleman, and
that being the name of his father. an
swered and found the wberea bouts OF his
sister, who was living IN North Louisiana.
| lie went after her and returned with her
10 his home. Thus, after 81 years, she
has met her several brothers, now Old,
| whom she saw last when small boys. She
is widow, and Is 81 years old.
The plans for the Inauguration Of Gen.
John b. Gordon as Governor of Georgia
have been somewhat changed. On &C
count OF the death Of his brother, who was
more than a brother to him, Gen. Gordon
has requested that there be no ball and
no banquet. In consequence the cere-
monies attending the inauguration will
be confined to the military display and
the assembling OF the Confederate vet
Grams. Gen. Fltzhugh Lee, Governor of
Virginia, will be present and will take
| part IN the ceremonies. Accompanying
him will come the Stuart Horse Guard OF
Richmond. This command Will be the
| SPECIAL guests of the Governors Horse
! Guard.
There is no longer a trace of the town
once located a the junction of the Light
woOdieg and Savannah. IL was called
New Town. New Town was washed
away during tho "Yazoo freshet," so
called from the TACT that IL occurred CO.
incident with the preparation OF the
great Yaz9o fraud when Georgia was
swlndIed out OF her vast territory, now
comprising the sovereign States Of Ala
bama and mississippi The old McCurry
mansion, where John McCurry, deceased,
(iatner of our townsmen Hon. A. &. Nc
Curry. Dir. VIM. McCurry and A. II. Nc
Curry lived was removed from New
Town. Very few people now living know
anything of this old town. Its site Is
now covered by brake aud brsmble, and
all the signs that remain is a few hard
burnt bricks OF cellars and chimneys.
Following is an extract from letter
written from one OF the,lOwer counties in
this state by a gentleman who stopped
there recently: Il have mad the yellow
fever ever since | saw you last, and have
taken quinine until am as deafas post
| stopped at one place recently where
had 10 sleep in room swarming with bed
bugs, and during the night a mad dog
jumped in the window and nearly de-
vOured me. / fired two shots at him, and
on hearing che noise the old man jumped
up and shouted 10 his wife: Betsy! git
the children out. quick! Here's another
earthquake come to swallow us upp =
IL was a log hut, SXl0, and for breakfast
we had roast coon and sweet potatoes.
told them they lived better than any peo-
pie in Georgia; and the old man said,
yes, pertaters is very fllin'P There
were nine children in the family; one was
down with the lockjaw ana Ave had the
seven years Itch"
Three men, Bill Davis, Louis Winter
and another, started home from Waynes-
borO sunday night. just after passing
tho fair prOuudQ thew VVarp OVprtaLau 10