Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-04-18

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Mind on Account of Her Troubles
GEORGIA.
A. Rumph, of MarshallvIile, has
reoIized about $500 profit on his less than
one acre planted in radishes.
man reached Atlanta Friday ON a
blcyle who says that he rode all the way
rom New York. He is en- route TO san
Francisco.
A train OF 81 cars passed through Con
Vers last Saturday morning. rms is
about $40 yards IN length, nearly one
ouarter Of mile.
4 marcel of dogs, five in number, killed
n many sheep. belonging to John G. Han
cocy in Crawford county, Wednesday,
end in return Mr.. Hancock killed the
dogs.
ON Mr.. Swance Hancock's place in
CraUyford county. on Wednesday, Mr..
Hancock was burning of the grass. lie
Loaf control of it and the IRE spread, Durn-
Ing a lot of woods and several panels oil
fencing.
At Svlvania last week Washington
fawton. the negro boy who shot and killed
Katherine Burnev, a mulatto girl, several
weeks ago. was tried in the Justice Court
before Judges w. j. Grass and j. Ii. Hull,
If. The theory set up by the defense was
that il was an accident. The trial lasted
for nearly two days, and ended in the
negro being committed to the superior
Court for trial.
There seems to be a very fatal type of
measles prevailing in the western portion
OF Campbell county. About ten days ago
James A. Cook, a prominent young farm
gr. aged about % years, died from the
effects of them, and Friday Lacy Hata-
way, an estImable young man, aged about
u years, living in the same neighbOrhood,
died from the same cause. Mr.. Hathaway
leaves a young bride.
Thomas A. Thacher, professor of latin
and literature in Yale College, who was
found dead in mis- bed on Sunday morn
ing last. is remembered by many of the
Did citizens OF Lexington vicinity. On
October 20, 1885, he was by the Board of
trustees elected principal of MesoR
Academy, which position he admirably
filed during 1887 and 1888, when he was
elected professor in Yale College.
The Forsyth Hotel Stock Company was
organized Thursday, and the following
elected directors: W. Fl. Head, chair
man; E. e. Roberts, r. p. Brook, DIR. l..
P. Alexander, and j. T. McGlnty, secre-
tary. They will go to work at nee and
select a suitable plan for the building,
south side of the public square,, next to
Pye's Opera House, where the old Thomas
hotel stood.
Capt. j. E. Swanson, Of LAGRANGE, lost
several hundred dollars worth of properly
by the freshet and got, in compensation, a
1%6-shOOter Remington rifle, in first-rate
order, which he tished out OF the raging
waters. The swollen river, doubtless, in
Vaded some luckless wight's dwelling
and bore it away from its place behind
the door,. The Captain is also the happy
possessOr of a big Indian pipe of peace
and other rude relics of the stone age.
At Dallas, Thursday, J. B. FOOte got on
q hand car run by j. f. Parish Bob
McLarty, two cOlored men, and started to
Hiram. When they were near the bridge
about two miles south of Dallas, they
we're met by a passenger train which
turned a curve within 20 feet of them be-
fore they saw it. They all jumped, and
before they struck the ground the train
hit the hand car and knocked it into
splinfers. Fortunately none of the par
ties were hurt. Mr.. FOote stuck his head
in the bank and was so badly scared that
ne kept on running. He says it was the
first time that he was ever on a hand car
and that it will be the last.
Dick Lyndon, of Newman, went to Kir-
by's lake last week fishing. While sit
ting on the bank tempting the minnOws
with his baited hook. a large snake seven
feet long and big in proportion came rush
ing down to the lake on the opposite side,
plunged into the water and made a bee
line for the fishing tackle, rearing his tall
head tar above the water. Dick had no
time to say his prayers but made hasty
preparation for battle. Gathering a pile
of sticks, he began to hurl them at the
hOrrid monster, which grew larger and
larger az II neared the hither shore. HIS
Bnakeship seemed to bear a charmed life,
for he ~artlully lodged every we'll aimed
missile, and finally retreated unhurt.
One of the greatest damages by the late
food at Macon is just now beginning to
show itself. AS is known, there are hun
dreds of acres Of fine farming lands in the
swamps below the river. The Plant,
Napier, and Mansfield farms are on the
best producing lands. and it was fortunate
SHAT they were protected by levees. Other
lands in the same vicinity suffered TO such
On extent that they are now almost
Worthless. For a mile or more, all the
bnds contiguous to the river are covered
hOm six inches to two feet deep in sand.
During the freshet the water from the
river covered the country, and when the
wafer reeeded the sand was left. The land,
81 farmers say, is absolutely worthless FOR
anything except for melons or perhaps
willows.
The case at Atlanta of Mrs. Barton, the
changing convict's wife, has been an
exceedingly pitiable one. the lady is
very line looking and well dressed, and OF
felued manner. She gave an entertain
meut that evinced theatrical talent, eX
perience and versatility. she has devoted
h rself with n touching devotion TO the
worthless fellow. She has, when able TO
d. SO, zone out daily to the place where
he, with the other convicts, IS working on
Spring street. in the city, and carries him
dinner and talks with him. She is now
showing decided symptoms OF mental dis
turbance under her troubles, and has been
held in confinement in her room and re-
Strained from tax ne her life. The
poor woman is entirely unhinged. In the
last day or SO some gossip has been un-
kindly and untruthtully spoken of her,
when has come TO her care, and this last
calamity has unbalanced her mind.
A review Of the docket for the current
Ical year shows that court business in
le Northern District Of Georgia Is very
large, and consequently very expensive
~ the general government. Up to THIS
Fate there have been disposed OF In differ
emit ways 73t cases. OF these there were
BUS in which there was a verdict of guilty
orthe plea Of guilty filed. Six cases were
compromised, 81 mol. pressed, II DIS
missed, and A where the verdict was not
guilty. The whole expense to The govern
heut in those eases was SjD,926 p. IL Ia
estimated that there will be about 20 more
Eases disposed OF. u Is said by an onlcial