Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-06


ing his pistol he ordered them TO return.
Being unarmed, they took his advice, and
went back to console with Jones.
At Atlanta Tuesday night a black
smith by the name of Golden lost line
horse, the animal killing himself while
endeavoring to break loose from hitch
Ing post in front OF No. II Jarrold street.
Golden was in the house visiting some
friends and left his horse and buggy in
the street, the horse hitched TO post.
Some member of the house hearing the
horse make a plunge, opened the front
door to see what was the trouble. AS the
door WAS opened the horse made rush
backwards as II to break the hitching
strap, and fell. Mr.. Golden was called,
and upon going out found that his nor Sc
had burst blood vessel and was bleed
ing to death. The animal died in a short
time after falling to the ground.
Americas Republicans; Saturday Jim
Castlebery was in the city with his face
clOuded in sorrow. On inquiry we found
that his valuable dog Ring had died on
Wednesday. He SAID 81 would not mind
it so much If it were not for my children.
He saved one of their lives once. He went
with them wherever they would 90, and
we knew they were safe. Nothing could
go near them. II we wanted to punish
one OF them old Ring had to be locked up
before it could be done. l would not have
taken $50 in cash tor him, as poor as | am.
My children loved him and he loved them.
When he died they made a box, dug a
grave and buried him, planted flowers
around him, and spend two or three hours
there every day, playing around as II they
were waiting for him to join them in their
play" ,t-
Thursday evening Berry Whitworth,
who lives between Athens and Daniels
vile, about five miles from the latter
near his house, and, on going there, found
a little white boy about years old, clad
in white pants and waist, with turn
down collar. The little fellow could give
no account of himself further than mis-
brother was named Johnnie. From the
rambling remarks OF the little fellow 1t
seems that he and his family were travel
ing, and crossed great deal of high
water, and that his father was drowned.
The child is stranger in that settlement,
and no one knows to whom he belongs.
He must be from a distance, as all the
children in that neighborhood are known.
The little fellow said ne had eaten break
fast.
A new military company was organ
lied in Atlanta Wednesday night. The
new company will be Known as the At
lanta Rifles, and they start out under the
most favorable prospects,. The young
men who compose the company met one
night last week and held an informal meet
ing. 1t was agreed to hold another meet
ing last night and perfect organization.
This was done and forty-tive Of the very
best young men OF the city are on the roll,
and every man has pledged himself to use
every effort to make the company sue
cess. Capt. A. @. Sneed, late commander
OF the Gate City Guard, and thorough
military man, was nominated for Cap
tain. Capt. Sneed will accept the nomi-
nation, and will make good officer. The
uniform adopted Is green suits, gold trim
mings, white helmet, with ostrich plumes.
Thursday night last two unknown men
went to the house of II. B. Wofford and
wife. an aged couple, in Cobb county, on
the Canton road, and were denied admis-
sion. Later in the night Mrs. Wofford
was aroused from her slumbers by some
one getting In at the window. There
were two persons, and they handed in
two guns, an ak and some pine kindling.
She attempted to wake her husband by
quietly shaking him, but, falling to do 80,
she began to scream, and the intruders
fed out of the house into the dark
ness. Neighbors, attracted by Mrs. Wof-
ford's screams, came over to her house
and began to make investigations. Sheriff
Coryell was notified and went out and
arrested Joe Gregory, colored, and
brought him in and placed him in Jail.
Others will doubtless be arrested. The
evidence is circumstantial. 1t is thought
that the parties were bent on numbering
the old folks, robbing them OF their sup
posed money boarded, and then burn the
house and destroy all evidence of their
twO-fold crime.
Dixie duBignon, OF Milledgeville,
stopped at the Commercial House at Ma
con Tuesday night. He left word for the
bell boy to wake him at O'Clock Wednes-
day morning so that ne could return to
Milledgeville by private conveyance.
When the boy called him and lighted the
gas. sporting man named S. ID. Edwards
entered the room and fell across the bed.
MIR. duBignon remarked that the boy b ad
brought no water. 'You can get it by
going down." said the man, and du Bignon
went down to take bath. Returning, he
found that 81 in money had been taken
from his vest pocket, consisting of So
bill and So in silver. He notified the
police, and Officers Drew and Brown were
summoned, and when officer Brown APP
preached Edwards he found him In q
water closet. He told Edwards that he
would be compelled to arrest him, and
Lle IaJLeT UOT6W luIO u Wd6IO
pipe which he took from his pocket, this
Leading the officers to believe that he was
trying to conceal his crime. Edwards is
from Montgomery, Ala.
j. W. Stephenson, tax receiver, has
furnished the following statement con-
corning the tax returns Of Newton county
TOR the year 1886, from which it will be
seen that the increase in the aggregate
value of the taxable property of Newton
county for 1886 over the returns of 1885 is
shown to be S4S, 104. The total amount OF
property returned the present year by
white taxpayers IS So, 1l1,532 and that OF
the colored taxpayers is S52,S40, making
the total amount returned for 1886 81, 1884,
372. The amount returned IN 1885 was
SO. 1862 Increase of 1885 over 1885
$lS,I04. The value of cotton on hand on
April l, 1896, exceeds that on hand on
April /. 1885, by $l0,672. The number Of
white polls in the county in 1886 Is jag;
number OF colored polls, 1854. The number
of white polls over age is l48; number Of
colored polls, 70. The number of white
persons exempt by reason OF wounds re-
oeived in the Confederate service, "a. The
number of white defaulters the present
wear is 10. and the number of colored de;
taulters is %. making total OF 2. 208 polls
In the county, which is an increase of 40
over last year.
FLORIDA.
Orlando voted last Saturday in favor OF
pIedging the credit of the city to erect