Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-12-30

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At waypesAoro. Tues3Ry, Ebert
Green. 3 colorsc man. lost ov ere he gin
bonss. AN press, ten bales Of coJtHn id
s quantity Ct cotton SEED. TIE IRE
csuEBi IN TIE liut room
A calored nan named TYLER Pitts was
Seriously stabbed by MS wife Francs and
s eolo-ed msn y tas name 0f jim Brown
Il Brunswick CAV O two ago AL
hands were taken n jail
HAITI e Adams (co}o7e65 Of Aliens, is
II tns habit o. EaFsug It's On arr ard all
OCCASIONS She had one Saturday night.
fell II a mud hole and came very lear
freezing before she was exuicaisd from
Ter peEll0us position.
In Oeones county Candidates are nuDer-
Gus and whisky . Sowing freely. jim
Davis aud Oscar ThrEsher got into q LITTLE
difficulty below Wsfkinsyille. aud the
knise Vas used rather freely. Oscar cEf
Davis Esry severely. bat lot bad enough
g cause dean.
Al Stoke Mountain. Tuesday. Willie
Wed, & SCI o. X. T. Wed was cut On
fhe head wIta 6 knife, CT a negro boE
named " ia >nU2kleF. TIE wound Is Dot
serious. though psjnEul. TIE negro was
TTlsa before Judge AcCnr1y 10 DAY. and
n defanlI o. $50 bail was sent 10 jan.
Last SATURDAY night BET Essn closing
1lms and next morning. sure il Rock
MARI was entered. sn6 :bs safe was blown
apen. The sun o. s. 019 vas taken. s.
50 - When bs2 been that dav deposited
N Tia Tax Collector o. Polk cGuntr.
There Is 10 clue As 10 who did the Eork
Ths Hsgg5e Bros OF Augusta. AfiFr
industrious WORK. have a last secured
their bOrse snd buggy that was carrie
eE bF yolDg fellow several weeks ace
il was captured at Folkstou. and Mr.
Evans Hexsie Is BoE or The spot. EIorts
are sun being made 70 effect 1hs arrest OF
he talei.
PI1cknsy DUd q. JOHN Land snd James
[ favor, The tree negroes wbo have
been IL jail a. Reidsvilis for TIE past ten
says charged with the murder OF sam
Bubsar6. enc Of tneir comrades. O1 Nov
> last were examined before Justice 7.
j. y Hams lss1 Thursday. the trial last
EE until K00a on FRIDAY. TIE accused
Eere rensBGed 70 Jail 70 await the action
II the grand jury in April.
When TIE East Tennessee train arrived
AZ East Rome from Atlanta Tuesday.
Miss z Lsds Rutherford. q young lady Of
ROCKVILLE Tenn. who graduated 81
shorter College. Rome. returning from
Florida. was met oy Clip McWilliams. 3
young man Of Rome, who kissed her and
cerr5ec her to hrs iather's in East Rome
Il tTsnspired that tbey were married
some days since. The groom is about 70
and the bride IS.
At Roswell junction body snatehars
paid Prospect graveyard visit on Christ
mas night intending 20 rob the grave Of
Rev Ar. PIunksT5. whose remains were
inferred the dAx before. but through mis-
lake they disiBferred tie body Of JET
Ellison, which has been buried several
weeks TBey lei the grave opsn and The
bodT exposed 70 open view. u was re-
buried By q considerable effort TIE
family is very much grieved.
]. C. White, a grocery merchant OF
Rome. failed Tuesday. his liabilities are
about S3,oa9 ana his assets perba ps $500.
Tuesday afternoon four merchants to
whom be IS indebted swore out warrants
fBr CLEARING ana sEindling. They aIlege
that " bite represented that he owned
certain real estate. when in fact be did
not. and thereby secured credit. White
claims hat re made ~ false representa-
tlens. he waived preliminary trial.
ThRre was = Christmas tree celebration
Al shiloh Church, Nuscogee counrv. Fri
DAY evening. ard ore at Mount Zion OF
SATURDAY. evening. The tree al Mount
Zion is sad 70 have contained over $50
worth Of presents. This tree caught on
tire during TIE entertainment. and bet for
The IsreseBcs Of mind and PROMPT action
~ ore Of the ladies' there would doubtless
have been serious panic. TIE men
4NtA[L HAN aaE f-EEA 81 fLE AAlEAUZ OF TrG
IRE crackers u establishment, hut this
heroine began 81 once to light the FIRE. and
soon had II extlngElsasE.
At Lexington Tuesda v morning Evans
ATnoad lcOlored robbed the safe Of George
". Brooks during the hours o. business
and ieif for parts unknown. Sheriff Max
well captured him Tuesday evening
>FvsBty-lTe dollars were found On bis
person. aud be finally Acknowledged the
theft Mr.. Brooks has recovered about
all tbe money EXCEPT $50. The boT was
bOund over under q $500 bond 70 await
his trial. Ne duplicates Robert johnson
ic0lored) whom be gave S. not 10 tell on
him. Has brother andrew is suspected
and was also lodged in Jail.
There is a superstition among railroad
neG that II 8 corpse be removed from q
train hezGforeuost bad luck 10 the train
VIII surely result Christmas dav tie
Afternoon south bound passenger on the
Central railroad met with an accident be-
tween Hampton ard Grifiu. The acct
dent y as caused by q broken axle on the
baggage ear. When the train was shout
leaving Atlanta, corpse was placed on
the baggage car, 10 be taken TO Forest
At that station the corpse was removed
from the car headforemOst, noiwithstaud-
lng the porter, Jack Burgess, vigorously
protested. BE toio BaggaRemaster John
cur before the train reached Macon. sure
enough, one did occur. AS the baggage
car bounced up and down on the track
when the axle broke. Jack shouted out:
sW bat / tell yer, Mr.. Eny; didn't ! done
fole yer putin dat dead man often De
cyar head fo'm0s' Was gwine ter cause
trouble Reckon yer-il put de mex one
OF Wild hIs feet fu'sti', 1T is safe to pre-
DICT that Mr.. Eny viii follow Jacks sd-
wee next time.
At 1880 O'Clock Tuesday night The
night walchmaa Of Hambu returning
from Augusta. found The brick store Of
David Lipfeld. the uealthiest resident Of
the place. developed In fire. The store.
Two stories bigh and situated on the main
street, was soon all sblaze. From this
place the flames leaped across to tse two
story frame building on the next lot.
owned ny Josiah Sibiey. of Augusta. and
occupied as an apartment house. Ii
rapidly succumbed 10 tie rsyages Of the
names, ike its neIgbhor. In the rear OF
TIE latter building was q snail wooden
hoose, which caught add was destroyed.
The trial losses viii reach nearly $4,000.
partially covered by insurance. Lip
nelc's brick store was valued al S.. 900
and insured Tor So 900. and the stock. con-
sistinr 4 groceries, dry goods and liquors,
worth 5000. Insured for $4,000 also. Mr..
-isiet's wooden house next door was