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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-23
BURNED ALIVE.
A Brutal Murder RsVenged-The Vic
TINS Own Children Help to Feed the


Flames.
Lexington tGa.) Cor. Athens Banner
To-day l was reading in an is
sue OF your paper the particu-
lars Of burning negro rapist alive in AL
ALBANIA, with all the tiendish torture mag
Unable. 1t windy brought to my mind an
affair that | witnessed in this county
about quarter OF a century ago, the rec
objection of which still haunts my memo
ry. One OF Oglethorpe's best citizens was
brutaliy murdered in a most treacheIous
and horrible manner by negro. The
murderer escaped, but as soon as the news
of the deed reached the ears of the neigh
bOrs, hundreds OF men were on his trail.
The fellow was found hiding in a shuck-
pen, and dragged forth from his place Of
concealment. At that time there lived in
our county several cruel ana desperate
men, who had plenty Of money and feared
neither God nor devil. Into their hands,
unfortunately, this negro fell. For three
| days he was kept chained in an old out
house, and the most horrible tortures iu-
tlicted upon him. He was whipped with
handsaw5, and II is even SAID that his
tOTmenters poured spirits of turpentine
on his wounds TO add to his suffering. The
negro WAS very stubborn aud courageous,
aud was insOlent % the end. IL seemed
III pObhlDlc W bitdh us bpllAts anu lulh
fact only snraged mis- captOrs the more.
The most horrible stories were tod OF the
cruelties Inflicted on the negro, but Of
them / knew nothing, until the news was
spread over the county like wildhre that
on an appointed day the murderer would
be burned alive,
There is always a mysterious attraction
in such horrors for the masbeb, and when
/ reached Bowling Green district, the
scene OF the murder. ! found the hignwa
filled with men going tO witness the death
Of a human being ny ire, the most pain
full Otall modes. But all Of these parties
did not come 10 satiate their thirst for
the horrible, but their motives were OF "A
higher order, and their mission Was 20 try
and persuade the mob 90 let the law take
its cOuI be. The late Hon. lack. CLARK
was the leader among this law-abid-
Ing class. But II was Ike b ating straws
against a cyclone 90 Try and stay the ven
geance Of these yigilantes. The murder
ed man was one OF OglethOrpe's most hon
Ored aud popular citizens, and even those
who would not take A hand IA the DufH-
Ing, felt no disposition 10 interfere.
The prisoner was chained IN the yard,
and while bis lace bOre evidence OF the
suffering aud torture through which be
had passed, there was n reaOiute, defiant
look on bis face that showed be was not
cOwed. This lost the negro much sympa-
thy. A half-d0zen men had taken upon
thsmsolYes the management Of the ontiro
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-23
HE FORsAKEs HIS WIFE
And Yields to the FsscInati0n OF q
Youthful Schemer.
From the Madison tGal AadisontaH.

From the Madison tGa.l Addisonian,
As already stated a strange eou-
pie drove into Madison a few nights
ago, and took a room at the Madi-
son house. The man left orders at
the office not to be aroused until O'Clock
the following morning, and at that hour
the two made their toilet and came down
to breakfast.
The young man, a farmer, seemed TO be
about . years OF age, and gave his name
as Griffin, saving that he had sold his pos
sessions in Putnam county, and was going
| W est. The young woman he passed of as
his wife, but subsequent Developments
prove that her real name is Miss Simmons,
| OF Putnam county, and that instead of
| being his legal wife, she had usurped the
! place of the one who had the only legal
right to his care, and fled the country as
a criminal intruder.
The brother of griffin was in the CITY
yesterday, and furnished a detailed his
! tory Ofthe elopement to Mr.. Bearden. He
said that Griffin married a beautiful and
cultured Columbus girl two years ago,
and that their union had been blessed by
an offspring. now nine months old, and so
far as he knew their married life had been
happy
DE said that near his brothers. resi-.
dence there lived Miss Simmons, a win
some girl OF about II years of age, who,
ever since his marriage, had exerted all
the efforts OF cultivated schemer to gain
the attentions of the newly married man.
She was successful to the extent OF re-
ceiving frequent visits from him, which
led to some doubtful talk in the neighbor-
| hood. He had never believed his brother
guilty Of wrong conduct, however, and
after awhile the affair ceased to provoke
remark.
A short time ago his brother sold his
land, with the expressed intention of going
West. He gave about 5000 OF the money
received from the sale to his wife. This
| amount she still has, with some live stock
that was not included in the land sale.
Last sunday night Griffin drove down
to the residence OF Miss Simmons, took
the fair intriguer in the buggy with him,
! and the two drove of to Madison, where
! they arrived at O'Clock, a. m.
Mr.. Griffin, the brother ~ tic -;iszszouE
| subject of this sketch, condemns his
/ brothers. conduct in unmeasured terms,
and has taken the horse and buggy LETT BY
| him with Mr.. Bearden TO his outraged
! Wife
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-23
A CIothing store Dumnov.

At Macon Wednesday night some one
procured a ghastly-lOOking clothing store
dummy and placed it in the largest coffin
in Clay's establishment, being careful to
put the coffin in its proper position in the
store.
Mr.. Clay was engaged with some gentle
man across the street, when be was APP
preached by well-known citizen who In
al solemn manner told him that be want
ed coffin. Mr.. Clay excused himself
from bis party and WAS soon on mis- way to
the store, asking questions on the way as
10 the size, etc. The purchaser told him
that be wanted the longest t2ofin in the
store, as the deceased was a very large
man. The store reached. Mr.. Clay lit the
gas and going to the case in which the
collins we're kept, took down the longest
one and placed it across the benches I'M
der the gas light. Then he looked over
the store fol the scfew-dr yer, at the same
time wishing TO himself that Dennis Keat-
ing, his right hand man, was there to
assist him. The screw-driver WAS found
and be proceeded ito take the lid of the
coffin. In the meantime Mayor Price and
others, seeing the store open, happened Ia
wholly unconscious Of any joke being
played.
A few turns Of the screw-driver brought
out the screws, and Mr.. Clay pushed aside
the lid. A gnastly sight met his gaze and
frOze his blood. Now 1t happened that the
body OF man in a coffin had remained in
the store all last Sunday awaiting burial.
and the thought that first flashed across
Mr.. Clay's mind was that tine wrong coffin
had been buried. For full half minute
he was so awestricken that he waa
speechless, and stood there gazing upon
the rigid features of the dummy like one
under spell. Finally some one in the
crowd who was in the joke, laughed, and
then Clay owned mp that for the first
time in eight years he had been completes
ly sold.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-23

From ne Athens Ga BaDner- Wrtchnan.
VI. b. MeGinty comes up with the most
marvellous tale Of this century. McGintv.
Ike every man in Athens that can afford
1T, has a hne Jersey COW with pedigree
running back 10 the isle Of Jersey. On
dan. 3, during The first part OF the cold
wave, this now famous COW gave birth 10
calf which froze 20 death. There is
nothing strange about this. Calves will
freeze during cold waves; but now comes
the tale as 10 WAS told BY McGinty him
self. Yesterday this same COW gave birth
10 another calf that Is alive aud doing
we'll. n was ten days between the birth
oi the first calf and the last one. This
ought certainly TO Incrpaae the value of
Jerseys, and especially McGinty's COW.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-23
FIRST GUN OFTHE REBELLIoN.
An Athenian Tells OF the Battle of Fort
Sumter.


Sumter.
j. B. Tooaer he the Athens tGa.l Banner.
On the morning of April 4, at 4 O'Clock,
was awakened by the boom as it grew fast
and furious. My father heard the noise OF
cannon, and after the reports
the family with me Immediately
started for Mr.. Pleasant, and
flag staff OF Fort sumter fall by we'll
directed shot from Fort MOultrie. The
shout from Charleston could be heard 3
miles across The waters as the flag fell.
After that red-hOt shots were thrown INTO
the doomed fort sumter, and by O'Clock
the white flag was raised, and the steamer
from Charleston started Tor Fort Sumter
to receive the Yanks, who had in such a
short time been compelled TO Yacate this
stronghold. On this steamer was young
Lieut.. Haskill, who, on reaching the fort
was presented " ith Il piece Of slate by a
Northerner, thai was broken by the first
shot Of the war. This he made into
heart, and gave IL to young lady. This
valuable mementO is now in Athens, in
the possession OF the writer. When we
glance back at the number of years. and
consider that the noble Rhett, Of Charles
ton. with few staunch men, held this fort
under the heavy fires Of the irOnsides and
the 20 steel monitors, with her broken
walls OF brick patched UP with sand bags,
we are loath TO be disguised with the
wanton boast OF the Northern writers
about their skill and war engineering.
They could not hold the tort IN its perfect
state but nine hours, yet the noble Rhett
held II in IT'S ruined condition until the
war ended. Often have / watched al night
the grand but yeritaDle bOmbardment OF
the Northern feet against the poor old
Fort and her noble little garrison. The
whole heavens would be lt up with the
explosions Of shells. This, with the
heavy conclusion Of the guns, and the
noise Of the caunOns, made il a scene
never to be forgotten, and as my mind
reverts 10 those days, H. seems 20 me as
some h0rrid chapter from the noble old
writer OF fiction.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-23
The Ice Broke.

Prom tie VieuHa tGaI IiHdicut0r.
In the Second district OF TINS county.
during the recent freeze, party OF young
people went out 20 mill pond 10 have
some fun skating one Of the young
ladies', holder than the rest, yentured out
too FAR and the ice broke with her. One
Of the young gentlemen in the crowd
went 10 her rescue, and he too broke
through. Another one Of the gentlemen
was showing the unfortunate couple how
10 get out, when be too WAS precipitated
beneath the ice. The parry finally got out,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-23

MARIANA. FLA, Jan. 22.-The recent
cold snap, did not hurt the oat crop OF
Jackson county 30 seriously as WAS feared.
Oats that were s0wn In November and
pIowed in, although KILLED t1 the ground,
are springing up, and viii soon be az
green as ever. Those s0wn short time
and the farmers are replnutIng THIS b.
something very unusual, and N probably
due 20 the fact that the ground wet with
recent rams. was frOz0n hard. Seed cane
AID sweet potatoes were Ia sDme Instances
sugutA uauaEed.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-23
His Only Medicine for 80 Years.


April 7, 1885,
Brandreth's pills have been my only
medicine for the past - years. BY taking
two every niRht for 80 nights ] cured my
self OF very bad attack Of rheumatism
and BillOusuess. Never lost meal aud
attended 30 my business during the time.
1 have also found them one Of the best
blood purifiers aud liver regulators On the
world. VIII be glad 30 answer inquiries.
CHARLES N. WEsrFnYHLT,
Iuatina 0f thf felce.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-23

HiGGsTON, GA, Jan. i5.-Angus Nc.
Queen lest bis dwelling, dinlng.roOm. aud
AL their contents by IRE Friday night.
The family had "a narrow escape. Tho
arc IL supposed ~ have been caused BY
rats. The family would have suffered
from The extreme cold weather but for the
timely alc OF neighbors, which rendered
them almost comfortable.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-23

The following post Offices have been
discontinued:
Florida-Troy, Orange county. Mail 10
Orlando.
Georgia Refuge, Decatur county. Mall
10 Faceyile.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-23
MARIANA

was our next objective point, which was
reached by the Savannah, Florida and
Western railway, via Dupont as far as
ChattahoOchee and from thence for about
20 miles over the Pensacola and Atlantic
road. Both highways are in excellent
order, and appear to be doing their full
share of business.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-03
LET rHEM co BAREFOOT.
An Eminent Authority Declares Chill
dren Should Not Wear Boots and
shoes.

0ren ShOuAu MOI wear BoOts and
shoes.
From The Lancet.
No one thinks child ought to be pro.
tected from the weather 50 far as its
hands are concerned,
On the contrary, it is recognized that
the upper extremities should be kept
warm by exercise and babitual exposure.
Precisely the same view holds good with
regard 20 the lower extremities. Con-
tact With bodies that abstract heat even
more than the earth abstracts 10 Is an al
most constant condition of child life. In
short, it is entirely in Difference 10 fashion
and the usages OF society that children
wear foot coverings.
There is much to be said In favor OF a
more natural practice. The foot Is an
organ of wOndr0us cOmplexity, regarded
as bony aud muscular apparatus. II
is, moreover, provided with nerves and
blood vessels or especial intricacy. The
softest and most flexible shoe 10 a very
great extent, and a boot almost entirely,
reduces this organ TO the character OF a
iOinted block with little self-movement.
Obviously this reduction must detract
not only from the efficiency OF the foot,
but Of the organism as whole. IL the
blood vessels OF the foot and leg are fully
developed. as they can only be when the
foot is hRbituallV exposed, the quantity
OF blood when the lower extremities can
be made 20 receive and, n need be, at
tract for time, is very considerable.
We can only say that children who are
allowed 10 90 barefOtted enjoy almost
perfect immunity from the danger OF
"cOld" by accidental chilling OF the feet,
and they are altogether healthier and
happier than those who, in obedience 20
the usages Of social life, have their lower
extremities permanently invaded, and,
so TO say, carefully swathed and put
away IN rigid cases. As regards the
poorer classes Of children, there can be
70 sort OF doubt in the mind of anyone
that IL is incomparably better that they
should 90 barefOoted than wear boots
that let IN the wet aud stockings that are
nearly always damp and foul.
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SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1856

get away. This revived me to keep up
the fight. The moon came up bright and
clear, and was in their favor for seeing
my position, and at $3.50 they made n
charge ON me with all their force.
fired thirty-two shots into the advancing
horde of devils, and am sure l made two
good Indians before they retreated. NY
position was almost lmpregnable. They
;retreated sulleniy, and then remained
thing that told me they were there was
the occasional cracking of a dry twig as
the weary watchers slightly moved their
positions. BY u O'Clock even this ceased.
Ny enemies had evidently became tired
and gone to sleep.
By l O'Clock the moon had got behind
them, which was an advantage TO me,
and l thought it was time for me to
mosey. 1t took me two hours to crawl
three hundred yards, which was the out
side limo of the Gordon they had drawn in
a semI-circle around the position occu-
pied. had my gun cooked. and in such
a position that could instantly blow my
brains out If / saw that | was about to be
captured. The brush was dry, and the
slightest motion would make it crackle.
The minutes seemed ages Of torture.
passed within ten feet of four Indians.
Two were on the ground in their blankets
lHSJ asleep, ana Two watchers were SIT
ting alongside each other also fast asleep.
The extreme peril was in almost para
lyZed me. but glided like a snake past
them, although | could scarcely restrain
an impulse to kill the wretches right
there and then. This perilous crawl
was what turned my hair gray. l mad
never known what fear actually was till
then. l felt the awful peril OF my posi-
ton so keenly that it seemed at times as
though my heart actually stopped beat
ing and that the blood curdled in my
veins. Many a night since in my dreams
have 1 rehearsed that awful crawl, which
] shall never forget as long as / live.
Finally, thank God, / got far enough
away so that could get up and run like
a man, instead of crawling like snake,
and how 1 did go-it. kept up my lick
until 2 O'clock the next day, when |
struck prospector's camp and got some
thing to eat. Then l pushed on to Fort
Colville, where / found my partner, LO-
gan, had preceded me. That's how my
hair turned gray in an hour aud half.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-03

The report going the rounds of the press
that there is about to be clash between
the East Tennessee system and Queen
and Crescent route, growing out of Col
Collbran's REFUSAL to sign the agreement
of the southern Passenger Committee, is
said 10 be entirely grodbthess, The Queen
and Crescent people did il0t wish to enter
the agTeebAe1t until the Mobile and OHIO
and Iniholsa Central had signifed their
intenti6nf6 become mehfbeFs0f the COM
mittee. THERE is nothing l5utithe strong.
est fried6slAp existing between the Queen
system, % sDhu oi1p 81 J4h
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-03
Cutting Down.

General passenger agentgotth the roads
on which expensive dining cars are run,
are studying the fprOblem how to cut
down thenexpeuses IN that direction.
They never paid unless as an advertising
medium, and last year the exhibit was
more unfayorable than that OF any pre-
ViOus year. Without question, good eat.
ing houses at proper distances are the
cheapest and best method Of feeding pas
sengers, that is, If the time table is so
arranged as 10 give passengers twenty
minutes or half an hour in which to eat
their meals. An old railroad man is
Acredited with saying recently: "Rail-
roads are getting sick OF hauling heavy
dining cars on fast trains, and furnishing
meals for 70 cents, which, all things
counted in, cost 81 %. If nothing MORE"
he said, "the feeding passengers on trains
would be done only on coaches with
sbuffets'D
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-03
Gen. Hazen's Belligerency.

From the Cincinnati Commercial Gdsofte.
Gen. Hazen 10 chiefly notable for al
ways being in a builneaded battle with
somebody or something. lHe is like the
large blow.hy that buzzes loudly in a
bottle. He 10 like the June-bug that in
vades your sleeping chamber Of a sum
mer night and buzzes and BUNDLES across
the room and butts the wall and goes
kerslap on the floor. Then he gets up aud
rumbies and BUNDLES again across the
room, and bangs mis- head against the
opposite wall, and falls whack, slap on
the floor,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-03
IN THE RAILWAY WORLD.
Dashes Along tho Track and Cross
ties.

Dashes Along tho Track and Cross
ties.
There is much speculation among pas
senger agents at present over the proba-
BILE action of the Southern Passenger Com
mittee in reference to commissions now
being paid by many trunk lines to local
agents at many points. There is said to
be movement on foot by some members
of the committee to abolish the Commits
sion and the idea is gaining many cham
pions, while, ofcOurse, there is some OPP
positiOn.M A APPOINTMENT railroad man said
a day or t&8 ago: ~Ifthe JeoInn1ittee does
not 90 aw8v with commissions the Gus
tom Wnp Tie out il the present suicidal
system fsladhefed to- NotIonelhalf OF the
people wR6. would read the statement
would bsHeve the Startling. and enormous
figures raissht tell You sOn1e lines pay
out ass side cuts TIE lrzes are paying
out so much money TO this useless and
unfair s}steiH that all WIFI be compelled
to abahd6nit IN short time You can
just pitt ii down that the days of side
cuts Numbered. '''p"es o.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-03

What inducement can a counterfeiter
have to produce anything good or reliablei
Are they the class Of men who are TO fur
nish physic for the sick or 10 supply medi-
cine for the druggist 10 dealfn. Beware
OF bogus and worthless cOmpounds.gO gotten
up 10 sell on the reputation Of the pur-
Get and best family medicine In the world.
BE sure you get the genuine Simmons
Liver Regulator In White Wrapper, with
large red n thereon. and see that J. IL.
Ieiin q Co. are the propriotOrs Of what
SON hnn.
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a PKosPEOrows sroRY.
Besieged Three Days by Indians and
Crawling in Mortal Anguish Past
Their Scouts.
From The Portlans Oro.) Eess.


From, me PortiGnE Ore.) Neaos.
was prospecting for gold ia Western
Washington, near the Idaho line and
about twenty miles north OF the Snake
river. Suddenly heard shot, followed
by several others. | turned, and much
10 my establishment, saw scarcely 200
yards away, tiisy mounted BlacEfoOt In
dams in full war paint. inyOluntarily
took run toward the blud and over % /
went. | struck twice going down, and
landed without being severely hurt. The
Indians came howliug like puck OF
byenas 20 the edge, and shot AZ me over
the edge OF the precIpice. The blum
curved inwardly, and i took up my sta
ton behind two large rocks and was
master Ot the situation. IL was a natu-
raj fertilization. The Indians went down
the blu1, AMI concealing themselves COM
menced firing, keeping It up through the
night. j returned their fire occasionally.
The next morning they resumed opera
tons bright and early, and about noon |
sent one TO the happy hunting grounds.
| would place my hat on stick and hold
IL above the rock and they would bang
away and then peer round 70 see the
effects Of their shots. The fellow
plunked sdowod too much OF his red hide,
and 1 let him have II. / fred about
ANNmb3 ~hNN nAWtA thAh h0Ns \ Whn al AAAf
you see, that my ammunition would run
out. AZ O'clock that evening they
made a grand rush, and / worked my
Henry rifie like "A steam pump, and the
way she threw the bullets was a caution.
| had made dummy out OF my coat anc
hat, and they nearly rubbed both when
held 10 above the rock. Then let It tall,
and they thought | was a gOner, and
made a rush 70 scalp me.
IbFnn Rlurkfnuf furnnN i'm their tnna
before the rush was stopped, and when
the biood-thirsty wretches got back into
the brush the way they threw the lead
against the rocks sounded like a hail
storm, and 1t actually made my hair
stand on end.
The third day OF the siege / thought 1
would try ZEN till niEht and fhanafrvftn
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limitations and counterfeits have again
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CHERWOOD'S DANCING ACADEMY, az
- Masonic Temple. The last quarter now
organizing. Children's class every Tuesday.
Thursday and Saturday afternoons. Ladies'
and Genuemen's every TueMay and Friday
evenings ~ o'clock.