The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-31

| announces himself as an independent candi-
| date for the state Sc ate. AS the republi-
] cans OF that senatorial district have not
| been making any party nomination for
! some time past, Mr.. Ford doubtless relied
upon receiving the bulk of tn negro vote.
| Ii is Worth county's time, under the rota-
! ton system to name the democratic nomi-
II G of the Tenth senatorial district. G. a.
! Afford has be n duly declared the choice of
the dem cracy Of Worth, and will, there
! fore, made the nominee of the democracy
of the district.
There will be close race for sheriff in
| Hall county, William II. Satterfield, who
has held the office for eighteen years, is OPP
! posed by John L. Wallace. For clerk Of
the superior court, l. S. Head, incumbent,
is pitted against James T. Parker, who held
the Office for fourteen years prior to the last
| election, when he declined to run again.
There are six candidates for treasurer, r.
| H. Webb, j. 7. Reed. NJ. F. Whelchel, Eli
Jackson, w. II. Reid and Goodman Nc
Guire. The announced aspirants FIR ordi-
nary are l. NJ. Williams, for reelection, and
j.. II. Helton, with various others men
! toned. A convention has been called to
meet here the first Tuesday in August to
cOns der the propriety of nominating coun-
u officers. II is safe t. say that no nomi-
nations VII be made, the people favoring
entire independence in county matters.
The following tax dige,ts were received
by the comptroller general Saturday
Washington foots up 81, 746, 653, an increase
q SJOjll over last year; Fanniu, 1861, 005,
an increase Of 1861 over last year; Jof
fer'on, -, l20, 1870, an increase of $1,000
over las, year; Schley, s675, 965, a decrease
of $44 "A over last year; Walton, $24lS,-
lO4 deer ase of $500 over last year;
Greene, s2O05, $685. a decrease of $50, OS9
over last year; Dawson, sGSO,2O5, a
decrease of $43,701 over lat year
Miller $3.50, SOP, a decrease of S10,9l4
over last wear Paulding, 81 300, 1886, a de-
crease of SlS,9l3 over last year Dodge, 81
230, 1875, a decrease of $ll7,7l9 over last
year; cobb foots up 81, us, 33s, an increase
of so 939 Pike foots up $2,G4S. $40, a de-
crease of $21, 40; Milton foots up S977 92S,
an increase of $685.; Campbell foots up
1850, 3S2. a decrease of $40 $40. Sixty
counties have so far reported, showing a
net increase of 81, ass, 526 over 1887 Comp
troller-General Wright estimates that the
net increase for the entire state will amount
to at least $40, 100000.
Griswoldville, Bibb county, was excited
Friday by queer freak on the part Of a
colored drayman of Macon named Mile,
Kitchens Miles went to Griswoldvile on
Friday, and rOamed about in the settle
ment until evening, whom he told a story
that set every negro wild. He said he had
information that his brother had been taken
by mob Of both white and Colored men
and murdered that he was first strung up
by the neck and filled with bullets. The
body was then taken down and the head
chopped off, after which both trunk and
head had been thrown into pond back of
j. Il. Van Buren's place. The news spread
over the county ike prairie on fire.
That night very few people slept
wink, waiting for daylight, when it
had In ol,a.n 81
for the body and to institute a thorough
investigation Of the murder. On Saturday
morning a party Of about fifty negroes
started out on a searching expedition aud
every pond was dragged and every foot of
ground for miles around hunted over, but
no Oody, mutiated or otherwise, was found
Toward evening 1t began to dawn on the
tired searchers That perhaps Miles was off
mis- base and had led them on an all day
wild goose oh $50. They catecnised HIM
rather closely, and finally he acknowledged
that his brother had not been killed, but
took this method of bringing out all tho
people of the settlement for the purpose of
finding a cert lin woman he knew to be in
the neighborhood but could not find.
David NJ. Horton, a man Sc years old,
living near NacOochee, stabbed his son-in-
law, named Odel, in family quarrel a day
or two ago, and the latter may die Tho
and had one Of them on the day of the
stabbing. Odel stepped on the piazza and
attempted to pass Horton, not thinking Of
any danger. But the old man was pre-
pared for his victim, and suddenly Selling
Odel by the arm he plunged long bladed
knife into his side three times, each time
cutting through into the lungs. Then
brandishing the bloody knife he exclaimed:
"Now, - you, die" and again stabbed
Odel, this time in the arm. Odel recovered
himself sufficiently to knock Horton down,
and, Selling an axe, advanced on the pros
trate man, saying: "Who will die nowf
As the old man lay on the ground unable TO
help himself, he thought his time had come.
But not for moment did he weaken.
With the old time dare devil spirit for
which he has long been noted, he cried:
xiii me, - you-you can't cl6at me
out of many days" Odel hesitatod, with
ak appraised, when another man, who had
witnes cd the whole transaction, called out:
He has killed you, Odel; l hear your
breath coming out at the wounds! Kill
him. With great magnanimity. Odel re-
piled; mo; he is an old man, and will not
kill him" Odel Is n very quiet, peaceabe
man, and has taken care Of Horton, and
has been as kind and faithful as an own son