Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-06-06

C,ine of a Human Flenu-sutcide in
C,.innett COunty-A Danielsville Gard
p'aver Proves Too Much for His
Father.
GEORGIA.
Henry county's pauper fund amounts
1851 per year.
war has caused the value OF land to
eoTreatIv increase in Oglethorpe.
Tba cotton and corn crop in Henry
oonnty is extremely promising. Oats
more or less damaged. Wheat almost a
total failure.
The new Ordinary Of Henry county,
Jndge w. n. Nelson, has been sworn in
nv Judge Boynton, and entered upon his
dItes last Thursday.
According to the penitentlary keepers
renort. Joe Kitchens, who is now in Jail
at Macon on the charge of killing his
Geformed child, was sent to the peniten-
tiary in May, 1880, for tive years for man
slaughter. His good behavior shortened
tbe term several months.
PRINCIPAL Keeper of the Penitentiary
.Jobn Z. Towers has ordered the convict
camp at GraysVFile to be broken up.
This camp originally mad twenty con-
yicts. but the number is now only ten. 1t
is not the policy of the Principal Keeper
30 maintain camps so small.
All the machinery-52 looms and 1000
spindes-tor TrOup Factory at LaGrange,
has arrived and is now being placed in po-
stion by three maehinists from Lowell,
whore it was purchased. Mr.. Robertson
thinks the factory will be ready to start
agan by July 10, at the latest.
The salary of the postmaster at Wash
mgtOn is 81 800. The receipts of the mail
department amount to about So, 100 per
annum. The last year that letter postage
was &c. the receipts were So, 1855, ana the
next wear 3,O97. There is about $70,O
per annum sent of from there in money
orders.
Judge Pittman, ex-Ordinary of Fulton
county, who dropped dead about three
weeks ago from heart disease, had SO, 900
OF insurance on his life, divided as fol-
lows: Mutual Reserve Fund of New
York, $4,000; Royal Arcanum, $4,000, and
paid up policy in the Northwestern Life
Insurance Company tor 81 900.
A brutal deed was committed at Macon
Friday by a negro who was driving a
flock of sheep. While driving the sheep
to some butcher pen many of them scat
.ered when passing the Central railroad
shops, and one of them strayed away. Tue
negro finally caught it, and with his knife
cut out both of its eyes. The name of the
brute could nOtbe learned.
The consolidated vote OF Floyd county
shows 1,7l9 votes in favor of bridge bonds
and DIS against. While the majority was
overwhelming tor bonds, yet the requisite
tWO-thirds majority of qualified votes of
the county were not obtained and the
bonds cannot be issued. The commits
siOrers will now levy direct tax and
build the bridges at once.
The whisky men of Oconee will not con-
test the prohibition election, if the Ordi-
nary will allow them to sell until next
January. If the Ordinary refuses to al
low them to sell until tn at time, then thew
will contest on what they consider good
grounds. One of the barkeepers has a
license until next January, and they
think if he is allowed to keep open the
others ought to have the same right.
At Danielsville certain father while
walking over his farm on last Sunday,
Unexpectedly came upon a son PLAYING
cards with some neighbOr boys. When
the father, upon reaching the house, at
tempted to chastIse his son tor his trans
erosion, he found that be had struck his
match, and had TO call upon another son
TO help finish the 100. The young card
player left for more cOngenial cline.
Capt. W, Fl. Harrison, clerk of the ex-
ecutlve office, is preparing an alphabet
ical list of all manned eX-COnfederate
soldiers entitled to receive payment on
account of lost limbs. The list will be
printed and copies furnished 30 all of the
Ordinaries in the State, in order to pre-
vent the preparation of frauds by evil
disposed persons. The next payment to
manned soldiers will be made in Septem-
Der.
Thursday Mrs. Lucy Watson, a widow
lady about 80 years old, who lives in
GWlnnett county near the Walton line.
committed suicide by hanging herself.
She took pillow line, climbed upon high
stump near pine sapIng, tied the rope
to the pine, then around her neck, and
jumped off. she was dead when found.
No cause is known for the act. She had a
good home and was well thought Of by her
neighbOrs
Three or four years ago cyclone passed
through Harris county. When it WAS
gone, farmer, whose entire possessions
had been swept away, found a twO-year-
old boy under the shruDbery where mis-
front gate had been. He was never
claimed by any one. His clothes indicated
foreign birth. Last summer the farmer
vieited the gulf coast Of Mississippi, TAX
ing Tornado Tommy with him. While he
was there another cyclone came along,
took up the boy and carried him into the
Gulf. Hehas not been seen since.
Fridays Athens Banner W atchman:
The rough and tumble combat between
two students, which we spoke Of in
thursdays Banner-W atchmRn, we learn,
IS TO take place to-day. A reporter tried
TO interview several university boys, but
they were all dumb and it was impossible
TO learn where the combat was to take
Place. Ii was rumcFed that the two par
ties through their seconds had agreed on
4o'clock as the hour, but we could not.
learn of the agreement as to the place.
The boys are somewhat excited over the
whole matterand betS-are freely made on
who will bring the first blood and the first
knock down. The Marquis of Queensbury
rules will be observed. II the police
DO not ind out the place selected Tor the
mckee and break IL up some heavy hitting
Will be done Both parties are in good
condition, having been under a severe
course OF training for several days. The
woods over by the water works have been
spoken Of as the place.
At Macon Friday, shortly after five
o'clock, a cutting affair occurred IN the
old yard OF the Macon ana Brunswick
iarroad, which may end in murder. A
gang OF hands under Charles kaiford,
were at work. changing the track. In the
gang were two negroes, Bill Cochran and
Joe Burnett. They had some few words
which were followed up by a difficulty.
cochran claims that he was struck by
burnett on the head with heavy piece
al IRON. The blow stunned him and When