Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-12-31

band ia the dance. WniIe hot words were
passing between them, with no INDIGESTION
OF BARN being done, me sister of turner's
partner rushed upon Turner's wife and,
| nourishing a keen new knife, threw her
( arm around the neck of her antagonist,
and, fitting her head back, PLUNGED the
| knife into her neck, severing her carotid
artery, causiRg immediate death.
abEastimafes show for ward strides
In Basa Ssin oonaty& The speculation of
the county in 1880 was 13,S06, but these
hgures Will be largely increased in the
next census. The lands in the county
may be classed as light, sandy uplands,
| with claysu bsoil, and light lowland soils.
In 1880 Baldwin had ,066 farms, valued
at $755,G9T. the products OF which were
valued at $609, 1926. These farms produced
l2o,5I2 bushels of corn, 23,954 bushels of
oats, TO- 16O bushels of wheat, 1870 bales
OF cotton, 26.4S2 gallons of m0asses, 1926
bushels of Irish potatoes, 1851 bushels
OF sweet potatoes and 1879 pounds OF
rice. In 1880 there were twenty-nine
manufacturing establishments in Bald
win, with capital OF 500 800, consuming
material valued at 1914, 1876, and the value
OF whose products was $3.50, 543. the total
number of acres returned In 1886 is 1885,
sos, valued at $685., 044. The value OF the
! live stock of the county is Sl17200, and of
buo dBEfSRhbe property Vi Inc WuUle COuu-
ty, as returned, IS $l,534,0 33.
AT Amerlcus Monday night NJ. Speer,
n. w. Smith, DIR. Il. j. Eidridge, u. Is.
Harold and II. r. johnson met Wheatley
u Dudley at their bank and submitted to
them proposition looking to the pur-
chase of their building, and also of a char-
. ter held by them and granted by the
Legislature in 1870 for the formation of
the "Bank of Southwest Georgia." The
proposition was finally accepted and
! terms agreed upon. A meeting will be
held on Wednesday, Jan. II, at which
time president, cashier and board OF
| directors will be elected, though it
| ia generally believed outside that
| Maj. M. Speer will be President and w.
IL. g. Dudley, Cashier, with A. W. smith
| as assistant cashier. Win Jones the
! b0okkeeper of the old institution, will be
retained by the new bank. The building
and that occupied by Fielder ~ Callawsy
will be thrown into one. The new bank
Will organize with paid up capital OF
| 10000, with the privilege of Increasing
| the same to 100000.
A young man aged II years and his
bride aged Is years, both from San Fran
cisco, are visitingi in Atlanta. he young
man stated that his name was Sandy
| Lockmore aud that his wife, before she
| They have been married over three years.
When the nuptials were solemnIzed in the
| shetland Islands in May, 1883, be was
| only IA and she was u. They had been
engaged two years before the knot was
| fastened legally. When asked what had
induced them to take so serious a step at
so early an age, the young benedict re-
sponded "Well. we were left orphans
without any relatives or friends,
|
wrecked, and we found ourselves
on the Shetland Islands unknown and
alone. Fortunately had been intrusted
with the keeping of a package by my
father, and | managed to hold on to it
through all the storm, and when We were
rescued had the package safe and sound
| In my possession. 1t contained about
$4,000 In United States currency. OF
course. being so well supplied with cash,
l did not lack friends. Fortunately, Jen-
ME and fell into the hands OF an excel
lent old English couple. who provided Tor
us and treated US like their own children.
We were placed at school under min
lister of the gospel from New York State,
who spared no pains to train us. After
two years We resolved to get mar
ried. At first the idea was booted
at by every member of the family
in which we were staying, but finally
we got the consent of all of them and
were duly ynarried. Shortly afterward
we started for England. There we re-
manned until about six months ago, when
we came to the United States TO look after
some property in Connecticut, which was
said TO belong to my wife. Sure enough,
we found that in Hartford there was a
property valued at some $4,000, which
my wife had Inherited and which would
fall into her sole possession the year she
reached her majority. In the meantime
the interest on the property goes to her.
While in Washington City we met som @
old friends of my fathers, who live IN
this city, and they insisted that we should
pay them visit. We are here Tor this
| purpose"