Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-16

was made to save the animals life with
out success, and ne died about half hour
AFTER the harness was removed from nm.
The readers OF the NEWS will remem-
Der The particulars of the murder OF
Deputy United States Marshall Merritt
by John Coffee, at Lula, March last.
Since that time, though diligent search
has been kept up by the officers, Coffee
has avoided arrest. Monday the revenue
department received information that
Coffee was In hiding at a certain place on
the Northeastern railroad. Tuesday
! morning large party of officers in charge
OF Marshal helms, we'll armed, went up
| on the Air Line, and Tuesday night made
! search of the place designated. They
| found no trace of Coffee, and returned to
the city without him.
Quite deal OF interest has been excited
| in regard to the Turks who have their
| bear and monkey show at Macon. They
| have made several efforts TO exchange
silver coin for greenbacks, and the fact of
such unusual wealth in the hands of vag-
abonds aroused the suspicious of the
authorities. The Federal officers, as well
as the police, are on the alert, and they
have an idea that the Saracens are show
ing the queer. The women are pack of
miserable beggars, and the question is
how do the men come with such an abun-
dance Of ready cash, The whole gang
are dirty and filthy to a degree seldom
| witnessed in Georgia.
The city authorities of Brunswick do
not take readily to the idea of stock
company cemetery. They are of the opin-
ion that it will cost the city less to buy
| the entire grounds themselves and dis
| pose of lots to those who wish to purchase
than to purchase what is wanted for the
poor at the prices that would be charged
by the stock company. TO that end, as
will be seen by proceedings of Council,
sale is about to be perfected for a site,
adjoining and north of what is known as
the Burbage farm. The tract to be pur-
chased contains twenty acres, and is
wIth9l very pretty location. 1t is at
| present owned by Mr.. R. A. Nisbet, of
Macon.
Brunswick Herald: The line of ocean
steamers is ready. The men who own
| them are anxious to put them where they
Will earn most money. All they have
asked, for year past, is that we guaran-
tee to them freight for return cargoes.
This has been hitherto impossible. But
now the wharf for cotton is under way.
and soon we shall have the cotton to ex-
port to Europe, and thus be able to give
the assurance which is the condition pre-
cedent of the ocean line to Europe. Next
fall we shall probably show all the world
and the rest of mankind how to run reg
ular line of ocean steamers to Europe.
Brunswick will surely get there.
Peter Nutlaw, a negro living on John
X. Nlghtengale's rice plantation in
Glynn county, undertook to. cut
his wife up into mmcemeat last
ceeding. He went at her with a lightwood
knot and then took his razor and gashed
her body all over, even to cutting across
the fingers of her hands, and trying to eX-
tend the length of her fingers by cutting
apart the flesh between the fingers. Per-
haps no woman has ever before been cut
UP and gashed In such variety Of ways
and yet survive. Negroes saw the act
| done, but none interfered to arrest the
diabOlical brute, and be escaped, and up
to this writing the Sheriff and his posse
have not succeeded in arresting him.
An amusing little episode occurred in
police circles at Macon on Tuesday. An
Atlanta man has been separated from his
wife for some time, and while in Macon
| he has been honest and industrious.
Tuesday his wife came down to effect a
reconciliation. Officer Allen Jones was
detailed to be on hand with instructions
not to let him talk to her too roughly. The
officer accompanied her to the place
where her husband was and respectfully
stood aside. The two looked at each
other moment, then simultaneously
burst into tears and fell into each others
arms. In a few minutes the wife appear
ed and said: every much obliged to you,
Mr.. Jones; we will not need your SER
vices" and all was serene.
E. A. Crawford, of Atlanta, who reach
ed Atlanta Wednesday, on his way home
| from Southwest Georgia, where he has
been teaching school, dropped his pocket
book, containing a good sum of money
and some railroad papers, in the depot.
AS luck would have it, the pocketDOOk
was picked up by Special Officer Porter,
of the depot, and in this way it found It's
way back to the owner. Mr.. Porter did
not see the pOcKetboOk when it was drop
ped, and not knowing it's owner except by
the name on the inside of the book, Kept
it in his pocket, hoping to be able to re-
turn it. Some time after he had dropped
the book MIR. Crawford missed it, but
could not imagine when he dropped it or
! how he came to lose it. He remembered
! pulling it out Of his pocket when he par
chased his ticket at the office window in
the depot, and that was all. Wednesday
afternoon, when he went to the depot to
| take the cars for Athens, he reported the
| loss to Mr.. Porter and, after describing
the book and contents, the officer gave it
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