Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-07

from here to the penitentiary several
years ago for attempting to Kill Drs.
hendrick and CAeatham by putting
strychnine in 1heir water bucket. Since
MS escape from the penitentlary he has
been in Texas, passing of as doctor
among the negroes, and was big man in
their sight.
At7Quitman the brick freproof building
OF A. Sweat will soon be ready for occu-
patton. 1t is an ornament to the town.
y Ohm 5. Harris, the cashier OF the bank
ing house of Clayton, Grower & Co..s re-
tires to form partnership with DR.. L. Nj.
Matthew'S in the drug business. DR.. j. II.
Mccall has sold out his whole stock and =
store to them, and he has gone into the
dry goods line with G. NJ. and L. j. Pow
ers. f. A. Grower, formerly OF this place,
but recently of Savannah, succeeds Mr..
Harris at the bank.
E. B. Moody, who resides near Wood
vile, has hybrid in a chicken hen aged
IA years. She partakes both of the APP
pearance OF rooster and hen. She has
not laid an egg for the past four years
and has spurs one and half inches in
length. Since she quit laying she takes
the little chickens from other hens and
raises them. using the same industry in
raising them as though they were her
own little chicks. Within the fourteen
years Mr.. Moody has changed his resi-
dence eight times and each time smut"
the old hen, has moved along with them.
Rome Courier: There is one almost neg
lecCed industry that could be made to pay
handsomely in Rome. 1t is the manufac-
ture of furniture. Probably there is moth
ing in the manufacturing line that pays
better than this, and there is no town bet
ter situated for the getting OF cheap tim
Der, turning out bedsteads, chairs, ETC.,
~ TT,Nt ha 10 md
the Coosa rivers are almost ineXhaustible
forests Of pine, oak and poplar. This
could be had and laid down in this city
for mere song, and this, with our excel
lent shipping facilities, would give Rome
a great advantage over competing points.
Tax Receiver r. d. Brown, of Houston
county, completed his tax digest last
week, and on Monday it was considered
by the County Commissioners. The total
value of the property returned this year
is $2,681 800. against $2.61S,101 returned
last year, an increase of 1858, 20S. The in
crease in the number of polls returned is
TAO. The increase in the land returned is
II, 040 acres, the increased value being
$40, 1888. There is decrease in the amount
of farm produce held on April l last, and
slight decrease in the value of property
placed In the miscellaneous column, but
in every other class there is an increase.
Claude Nesbitt, OF Calhoun, was bitten
by dog, while out hunting squirrels
last Thursday. The dog belonged to a
tenant on the place, and when hunting
would allow no one but its owner TO go
near the tree. Mr.. Nesbitt had known
the dog about two years, and had no
thought of its biting him. 80 when the dog
freed he approached to lind the squirrel.
Unexpectedly the dog grabbed him by
the calf Of the leg and bit MIN severely
before he could shake it off, but as soon as
he could free his leg he shot and killed
the dog. Mr.. Nesbitt was taken home
and for several days, suffered agonies
. from the bite, symptoms which the doc
tors cannot account for, as the bite does
not seem sufficient to cause such severe
pain.
Marshal r. l.. Jones, of West End,
who several months ago killed Frank p.
Gray, a resident of that place, is still con-
fined in Fulton county Jail, where he is
likely to remain until his trial comes off,
which will take place at the next term
of the Superior Court OF that county At
the time of the killing an effort was made
to have Jones released on bond, but a
hearing of the motion was deferred on &C.
count of the sickness of one of the most
important witnesses in the case. A second
date was arranged for the hearing and
again the hearing was postponed for the
same cause. Since then no application
has been made to Judge Clark. and it is
promised that Jones' lawyers are willing
to have MIN remain In Jail until the trial
comes of.
At Rome Thursday noon serious diff
Guilty occurred between Mike Curran and
John Wade in the Rome Hotel saloon.
w ade, who is a son-in-law of and barten-
der for George j. Bryant, from behind the
counter threw beer and whisky bottles at
Curran. He then drew pistol, which be
leveled at Curran and fired at his head.
Curran knocked it up and thus escaped
death. The parties cinched and scufied
until separated by three negroes. Curran
was locked up. Wade is under bail for a
hearing. Curran is courageous man.
He was sick and weak, otherwise there
would have been homicide to chronicle.
The cause of the ARRAY was business
Ldifiiculty of long standing. Two grand
jurymen were among the bystanders, and
| will bring the matter before the grand
jury at the September term of court.
The striking stone cutters at the capitol
| building at Atlanta are still idle. They
are likely to be idle for some time ii they
expect to return to work at the building
| without being b0ssed by Foreman
| Douglass. Messrs. Miles il Horn state
I positively that they will not discharge
their foreman, but will keep him at any
| cost as they consider him an efficient man.
| The contractors advertise for non-uniOn
stone cutters and put The price at 50 per
day. and the job to hold good for twelve
months and longer if not CON-
pleted by that time. Five dollars day
| is more than is paid stone cutters, but
Messrs.t Miles & Horni say they intend
| to have good workmen and are willing to
! pay good prices. Under the laws of the
| Stone Cutters Association no union man
will be allowed to work on the building.
They have made the job ''scab' one, as
they term it, and this will not be lifted
until the foreman is discharged as de-
manded.
The Tax Receivers report for Wayne
county is as follows: Total number OF
acres of land, 5S6,327. Aggregate value
OF land, 1896, 4S3. Aggregate value OF city
| or town property, S73,2S7. Amount of
money and solvent debts of all kinds, In
! Guiding notes, accounts, ETC., S167, 223.
Merchandise of every kind, $4S, 1871. Stocks
and bonds, $14,900. Iron works, toun-
dries, ETC., $11, 220. Value of house and
kitchen furniture, pianos, organs, ETC.. SOP, :
| 429. Watches, silver plate and jewelry
| OF all kinds, 81. 1850. Horses, mules. hogs,
sheep, cattle and other stock, 1896, IFS.
Plantation and mechanical tools, law or
other books, 81, 555. Cotton, corn and pro-
visions held for sale April l, 1880. Value
of all other property not before enumera-
| ted. S90,09I. Value OF property Of de-