The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-05-13

attended by the business men. The property
disposed Of amounted 10 $1,000
The following postal CLERKS in North
! east Georgia have bear decapi ared
since the republican administra ion be-
gan: NJ. f. Calvin, sle transfer
clerk at the union dep It, who is
succeeded nv 4. P. Wigginf; H. G JONES,
( on the Port ROYAL nat Aug sta W loave,
! the fed TO 5. Ii. W. Smi h, and r. C.
.S!npkin>, on the Augusta and Knoxville.
! who Il succeeded by b. w. Nance. The
! following have hee notified that their res
ignations would he acceptable, but their
successors have not yet been appointed: y.
| W. Coicock. mail agent Port Royal and
Augusta; W. l. Dunopant, Augusta and
Knoxville; J. M. S3eeha and \. c. War
re ), Georgia railroad, and J. D. White Oh
tie Augusta, Gibson aAd S md rsYille.
The well on Broad street, Albany, that
ven,ilate the subterransan drain passags,
I Is bel e cleaned ont. THIS well has his
tory which is of considerable interest.
Tweaty-hre years ago the b1tt n fell out
Of town well, which occupied that posi-
sitiyn in the streets, and a large part of the
street cavei III around it, leaving a ug y
and dangerous sink in the middle of the
street. This occurrence disco cred the sub
terranean passage now used as sewer.
An peIing was effected to IL after much
fhcalty from the vacant lot in tho corner
of FdrkaS' stables. TIL we'll was brickei up
frOm thu bottom a d the work Of filling IN
around was begua. 1t required long time
and gre I al Of dii't t. ill in the hole,
bu II was finally filed, and has proven
great DIVA ltage to the city by giving it an
important subterraueal SO or.
Some excitement was created on the
pla .tation Of WHIT Moore, near Green's
boro. last week. caused by a mad calf Tho
aptr1 al halnuna1 RI y & tgaRhalor If
M. 3loo.es tenants, and sometime a 20 was
bitten N the left hind ley by mad dog.
Alb ut five days before IL went mad it be-
g Il t. droop ald loJx sickiy. The Other
day it began to foa n at the mouth aad act
n the strang st man Ter. Il was seized
with paroxySms, during which il won
run everywhere, biting at tree aid every
thing winch ctme IN lis wa. These
paroxvsms were preceded by Jerking OF
the leg bitten. Mr.. Moore was sent for and
fired two pistol b Ills through its heal b.
fore IL was killed. 1t bit another calf on
the ear, AID also Mr. Bachelors little child
ON toe toe, but he SKIN was not broken and
no serious results are apprehended.
At Lawre Iceville. Fri1ay, a sensation
was occasioned at the court house when the
Ale It five men. charged with the murder
OF Pierce, passed by Mrs. Pierce, whu was
sitting Ia tbs cor idors Of the C lurt house.
Az Jfe alBHb Oh JltIu sue sore ttn61 IN a very
higl tone OF voice, ike some one in great
suffering, which greatly frightened tle
people ia ths dive lilgs and b lsiness houses
arou d The square, wlo fl)cxed TO the court
house, not uuderst lnding thu situAto .
Her little boy began to cry for papa"
Grithl's casa W 3 conc u led a d argued by
noon After recess Frank Rcs was put
upon trial. The evidence sh0W ed thatJ n
Ware caught Rics WITH still cap on mis-
snouller early Saturday morni g,
and afterward saw him vita
gun. He allowed him to 90
tn his house alone and get ready to leave
When he arrived there he found all OF ths
defendants there ex ept Griffin in consultl.
to-. On passing Plerce's residences. r ce
stated che man who lives thee will need
coffin in twsltY-four hou 5" Pierce re-
ported the still. Rec knew it. and was
mai. After reaching Lawrencevills Rice
said he would get even wit the man who
reported him, and he would be dead thin
twent flour nOurs; that he told Mr.. z wing,
his DO ldsnan, on Saturday thai Price was
a scouudrel and thai he repo tel nim The
ate close l. D9fe ia t sho i byelch Of his
codefendant3 tlat 40 CO lspiracy had be
formed for the purpose Of killing, aud that
Rice " 5 in Alta Ia at the time ot the kill
ing. At O'Clock at night the court al
journei without finishing defendants testi-
mony.