Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-12

80, tEe Conviction of Flor
,.,.oin vyrecker-A Butt~ County
~egreas POIsohs Her Husband WIN
Rough en- Rats.
GEORGIA.
ny p. F. Rosser, OF Eatonton, Is dead
AIbany's public library wilclOse FEB. l.
The salary of the Mayor 81 the clty Oi
Macon per annum is $l,2OO.
The thermometer was down to Wltnlh
1e seg. OF zero at Albany Saturday.
ma Athens University students have
yaaeed resolutions in regSrd TO ihe ueaVh
al sen. Eo0mbs.
n. smith, a white farm hand aged
81 Is wanted at paIlapoosa for passing a
fsed note Tor SIS.
An election for town commissioners OF
Isreolnton esulted 10 the elecuOh Oh
ssrs. Murray, Groves and Nash'
A Perry merchant advertises to sell
round of meat for a pound OF COTTON, bue
cotton to be delivered next OCTOBER
IL number Of experienced fishermen are
repairing to catch shad from tne Ocn
49, 1t l. thought that the river Will De
rntiuly supplied with them.
The attendance AT the State University
nj Athens is very good now About 2OO
etudeDts are now at the institution. ABOUT
fifteen rev ones have entered since Jan. l.
me insurance men having IN charge the
adjustment OF the losses caused by the
burning OF j. S. Stewart a Sons ware
louise. at Macon, VIII cOncIuue Jhsli Ia
ours This week.
The fat at Griffin's mill. in Putnam
county. was carried OF by the driTt-wOod
G4tluh tae rain sunday night. Tne river
ss sand to have been higher than at any
Da.e during the past four years.
The Muscogee Agricultural Society met
Saturday and arranged for the meeting OF
lhs stare convention at Columbus on Feb
p NavOr Grimes and Mai. Il j. Moses
aiH deliver the welcoming addresses.
John Drake, colored, who is in Epson
county jail for numbering his wife, and
whose case has been heard by the Supe-
r.r court, viii be re-sentenced by Judge
Fl.utun during court and Will be hung
some time in March.
Frank Baugh and sister, both of Eaton
i0n. were thrown from wagon during
the holidays. His horse ran with the
WAGON and completely demolished it,
Mss Baugh was considerably bruised,
= 10 Franks cO}lar-b0ue was broken.
Miss Nancy Black, of Carroilton, has
ia ner possession black quart bottle Oi
tue old etyle, which was brought across
the briuy deep from ola ireland about the
year 1888, and has been in use on this
conusent about 200 years. The bottle IS
very much worn.
The Augusta Board Of Education has
te-elected LawtOn b. Evans sUperihteud-
Cnt Of education for the year, and chris
tened a handsome school building just
completed, s'Fha Davidson Grammar
SCHOOL," The building is one of the
largest in the city, aud IS well appointed
Atlanta is moving to secure the holding
iu future OF the State Fairs in that city.
itIs not vet known what Macon Will do.
Some are IN favor OF organizing stock
company to hold annual rs, The mer-
clante o. Macon are certainly amply able
ocarry such plan into successful eXecu-
on.
While the men were talking about the
rr1ur etF Of purchasing new chandeliers
I.r tae Metaedi sit church al EatOutCn, ana
ra W. objections To plans for getting the
n.cassarV funds, the ladies' tO0k the mat
ter in hand anu raised the money AZ once.
Chandeliers OF beautiful style have been
lered. and viii soon be in place.
Dae other night, Robert Miller, of Bald
win county, heard his dogs how ling and
his goats ard sheep came running to the
louise from the pasture greatly alarmed.
lie couldn't tell what was the matter
iaen, but the next morning he found
balloon in his sheep pasture, near his
house. The balloon had been sent up on
New Years night.
In tire case of Coroner's inquest on the
h0dy OF Charles Mays, at Indian Springs,
9 chemical analysis Ut the Vscera was
made by DR.. r. q. Bryans, OF Jackson,
also bv John NJ. McCandiess, of Atlanta,
and traces of aTseaic are found by each Of
these experts. Ginsey, the wife of Charles,
administered to Charlie a small quantity
nj Do % 10 IavTra If n
fee. So The or spects are that Butts will
have hanging.
CVnet0n Enterprise: The most heroic
deed we nave witnessed for many years,
W. that OF George Armstead, cOlOred,
VINO threw himself in front OF runaway
horse, and at the risk of mis- own life, per-
baps saved the lite of a white lady and
her baby. The runaway took place on
Zoe public square, and many were the
CONGRATULATIONS rendered George for his
brave act. A small purse was made up
for nm by those who witnessed the eX-
citing scene
Last Monday John Banks, a colored
hoy. shot Ellis McCullOm. negro man,
in the southeast part OF ROckdale county.
The wound was in the central part of the
abdomen and was inflicted by a load Of
squirrel shot. Some OF the shot were eX-
tracted, but about thirty-tOur cannot be
Lfaced 10 Ehelr stopping place. lie mas
been vomiting blood, and has had ire
quent hemorrhages Of the lungs, and DR..
Downs thinks his case a dangerous
81 not a fatal one. DR.. Travis says she is
not dead and is not going to die"
Dwight Gibbs is a man Of middle age,
and he has mad charge of Walter G, Nc
Arthur's lumber mills at Dubois, near
Eastman, on the East Tennessee, Vir-
unia and Georgia railroad. Two years
ago he purchased his supplies in the way
oi provisions, etc, from Flanders Bros,
Macon. He gave mortgage on various
kinds of property 10 secure the de0t. and
not coming up promptly with the pay
meut be was arrested Saturday night and
confined in Jail a. Macon yesterday. He
claimed that be would make all square.
a negro was killed at or near Bolton
last week, the circumstances # which
are as follows: A white man bought some
chickens and hired the negro VINO was
tnot 10 take them TO his house. When
ileuegrO reached the premises it was
night. lie put the chickens upon the
ground, when they began squalIing. A
brother iu-laW OF the man who sent the
rlickens, thinking 10 was a chicken thief,
opened the door and fred a double-bar-
relied shot gun in the direction Of the
nclsc. The shot took effect IN the negro,
killing him instantly.
The Au usta Police Commission has re-
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