Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-12-26

Charged with Allowing HIS Mother to
be Placed on the County Poor LET,
GEORGIA.
Conyers now has lumber yard.
f. Fl. Bozeman and J. j. Joiner are
candidates for Mayor OF Hawkinsvllle.
Hon. c. F. Crisp returned home to
.Americus from Washington Thursday
night.
Two hundred and fifty tax@reeeipts re-
main in the Lumpkin county's Tax Col
lector's office unpaid.
There are thirty-fve candidates for the
county Offices in Cherokee; two for clerk,
five for sheriff. nine for treasurer, six for
tax collector, ten for tax receiver, one for
surveyor and two for coroner.
News was brought to Augusta Thurs
day OF the burning of glnhouse and con.
tents in McDufie county belonging to
Col. W. Daniel. of Augusta. The loss is
about 81 800. The fire was the work of an
incendiary.
Lou Ryan. a negro woman, was found
dead in her bed at Washington on
Wednesday. She was known to have been
sick and is said to have died from sheer
neglect. She had father and five brothers
and none of them would go near her. She
was a notorious character and had sunk
very low in the estimation of her own
race.
Sanders, the murderer lynched at
Gainesville, is the same fellow who was
arrested at Edge6eld. S. c., under the inn
preston that he was Snelson, who had
robbed Messrs. 1oomer & Hazelton in
Ebert county. Snelspn was carried TO
Athens after his acQuittal and remained
there several days, going to Franklin
county where he settled.
husfn1I Oopfipuae m iroprnyo With
the past few months more than dozen
handsome and substantial cottages have
been built while equally as many are
now under contract, and are only wait
ing for the ''olouds to roll by" when the
sound of the hammer and saw will be
heard in ali directions. The j, B. Thomp-
son house is nearing completion.
Ex-Gov. Henry D. Mcdaniel and Mrs,
Mcdaniel made pleasant visit to
Greensboro and vicinity last Monday.
They proceeded to the home of his es-
teemed and venerable aunt at Penfieid,
Mrs. Cynthia Sanders, where they remain
ed several DAYS. Gov. McDaniefs father
was once a merchant at P-nfi cid, and the
Governor himself graduated from Mercer
University at that place.
As to the expense nj the recent session
OF the Legislature, Treasurer Hardemap
said Thursday that IL would reach total
OF more than $4,000. The session was
the longest regular session ever held since
the adoption OF the new constitution. The
majority of the bills passed were of a
local nature. A large number of bills re-
lated to railroads. Twenty-nine were for
the purpose of Incorporating new rail.
roads.
There lives in Lumpkin county a
preacher. whose wealth is estimated at
$4,000, and yet he allows his mother to be
PLACID on the poor list Of the county, and
is absolutely careless to the wants and
necessities OF this a ed one who should
be the dearest to bis heart, and even al
lows her to wander from one place to an
other in search of a home. The man
claims to be Methodist preacher, and is
known to live well and have plenty.
Not a great while since. Judge Lump-
kin was organizing the Superior Court In
Madison county. The court was DELAYED
by search for a bible upon which to
swear the jury. The Judge became vexed
and in rather short way said: "BaIiff,
go out and buy Bible" .'B-b-b-bu,,
Judge, there amt nary Bible In this
town." quickly answered the frightened
officfal. Wen send you over the first col.
porter that comes along, Brother LeOhr
On W. II. NewsoNe's plantation, four
miles above Albany, is a field, still in cul.
its aye, that the Indians cultivated when
the pioneers reached that Sc ction. In 1885
Mr.. Newsome raised Yerv successful
crop OF watermelOns on the old field and
cleared something like $500 on it, Last
spring it was planted in cotton and the
weed now standing indicates that the
crop was better than an average of the
county.
Hartwell Sun: News reaches US of a
desperate piece of vandalism over in An
derson county, S. G. A young white
man, Beauregard Thompson, while IN
t0xicated, went to Bethesda church on
Wednesday of last week. broke IN the
door, and taking the Bible, cushion.
chairs, tables, ana bannieters from the
r0stTum, etc, burned them In the
church stove. Not sati,fi with that he
attempted to build fire on the floor. He
was arrested, carried before a trial jus
toe and committed, but escaped before
the officers got him TO Jail.
at Rome Thursday night Jesse Jones
ard All Hall were walking on the East
Tennessee, Virginia ana Georgia bridge
al an Intoxicated condition. They were
on the side foot plank. A switch engine
passed over with seven or eight cars. The
engine and two cars passed withou
striking either of the men, but the third
car caught Jones' left leg and mashed it
off about the ankle. The foot hung bv
the skin. he was carried on the ''Islaud''
by some negroes, and Drs. LOvelace and
j. b. 5. Holmes were called in. They
amputated the leg half way between the
ankle and knee,
A gentleman from Madison county
says that Sesgraves, the white youth who
Killed little negro on DIR. Simpsons
place, has not yet been captured, and
is thought to have made good his escape,
The dead boy was reared by and bound to
Dr. thompson, who thought great deal
OF him. That gentleman is outraged at
the killing, and says he will find Young
Seagraves aud bring him TO justice, If he
is In Georgia. He is taking every step
possible TO this end. The negroes of the
county are enraged over the killing, aud
indignant at the Sheriff. Thev say tina
Seagrayes was In bis fathers bouse while
that officer was in search OF him, and he
knew II, but would not enter to take him
At Atlanta Friday an inventor was con.
lined in the station house. His name Is
William Dorster. he is 90 years old, has a
bent form, is white haired and quite feeble.
de lought through the war as a member
OF the Thirteenth Georgia regiment. In
1874 be became absorbed with the idea OF
inVenting new kind OF cotton gin that
could he worked at a cost of less than So
by one man turning crank. All these
years he has spent every dollar that he
could raise in the effort to perfect his in
venuon. It's far from perfect yet. BE