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Mrs. George Cornwall of Savannah,
died on the 5th inst.
A lodge of the Royal Arcanum has
been orgonizei in Swainsboro and Sum
mer town.
Dr. Alexander Fox, of Atlanta, is in
trouble for being too handy with his lit
tle pistol.
The Augusta & Savannah railroad
has declared another dividend of three
and a half dollars per share.
Dr. H. S. Bruce, of Waverly, Cham
bers county, Ala., was marriad to Miss
S. E. Pruitt, of Harris county, Ga., on
the 27 th ult.
The walk over vjjhich the new coali-
tin candidate was to have, has been in
augurated by Glynn county appointing
Baoon delegates.
From "the figures given by the prop
erty owners of Clark county, it is found
that the county returns property at a
higher rate of valuation than any other
county of Georgia.
Savannah Times: Alleu A Lind
sey have a valuable horse sick with
lockjaw, and it is feared he will die.--
This is a complaint of rare occurrence
among horses in this city.
Seven burglaries in Crawfordville on
the night of the 81st ult. The suffer
ers are Stewart & Tucker, C. T. Brown,
Wash Williams, (col.), Win. Wynne,
A. I. Strom, W. J. Norton and H. T.
llammack.
In consideration of $500,000 of the
capital stock, Mr. W. F. McJormack,of
Pqnsacoia, has conveyed the Columbus
and Rome railroad to the Columbus
;>nd Rome Railroad Company. The
deed is on record in the office of tho
Clerk of the Superior Court of Troup
connty.
The stove owued by'Edwards &
Howard, at Boy Branch, was recently
destroyed by fire and they suffered a
heavy loss. We learn the house war.
insured, and suppose lhey got their
money. Mr. Howard is doing busi
ness at the same place,—Swrinsboro
Herald.
The new vault for the State Treasury
has arrived in Atlanta. It cost $4,-
{*27, and when put. up will make the
State Treasury absolutely burglar
proof. [The danger to the State Treas
ury of being robbed is through the door,
by those who claim a right to know the
combinatioft.—Ed. Oir.J
Washington, T). C., June 5.—It is
expected that tho River and Harbor
bill will be passed to-day under a sus
pension of the rules. The bill gives
Flint river $25,000, Oconee $5,000,
and the Chattahoochee $25,000. The
amounts for Georgia, Florida and Ala
bama are regarded as very libera!.
The President has nominated E.
A. Brulatour, of Louisiana, to be
Secretary of Legation at Paris.
The striking brick makers of Chi
cago have gone to work at an advance
of 121 cents per day—one half of
what they demande.d.
The First National Bank of Wcaths
erford, Texas, has been authorized by
Comptroller of the Currency to com
mence business with a capital of
$50,000.
A drunken man threw John Carr,
a lad of 14 years, from tho railroad
bridge at La Salle, 111., into the river
on last Thursday where the water
was swiftest and deepest, and, al
though the bov fell 65 feet, and turn
ed over several times in the descent,
he struck the water feet foremost,
and was saved by two fishermen, not
much injured.
The Louisiana Legislature has
passed a bill to prohibit the sale, ex
posure to sale or shipment of sugar
or syrup adulterated with glucose or
any other foreign substance without
branding it for what it really is. It
does not forbid the sale of glucose
sugar and syrup, but it provides that
they shall be branded so that the pur
chaser may know what he is buying.
The Loudoun (Va.) Mirror says :
In November, 1881, a little child,
the son of W. E. Dickinson, of Com
monwealth, Wisconsin, was stolen
from his parents’ home, and has not
since been heard from. Recently,
however, it has been strongly sus
pected that he was brought to Vir
ginia, and is perhaps, in Culpepper,
or some of the adjoining counties.
His parents are of course, distressed,
and offer a reward of $3,000 for hiB
restoration.
The New York World is struck
with the peculiar fact that Sergeant
Mason’s act of insubordination has
netted him $7,000 iu cash, an offer
of $1,500 a year, and the reputa-
tation, among emotional Republicans,
of a hero, while his comrades, who
merely obeyed their orders and did
their duty, will, having been duly
employed in chopping wood and
being strung up by the thumbs, and
being scalped On the plains or dying
in the poor house.
New York, June 6.—Franklin J.
Moses, ex-Governor of South Caro
lina, plead guilty to-day in tho C'»urt
> f General Sessions to petit larceny.
The plea was accepted by the District
Attorney, and Judge Gildersleeve
sentenced MoseB to the penitentiary
for six months. Mose3, who is forty
years of age and claims to reside in
West Twenty-fourth street, was in
dicted for obtaining by fraudulent
representations $32 from Dr. Nathan
Bozeman, of Fifth avenue, ou Feb
ruary 16.
A special to the Post-Appeal from
It is reported that Senator Hill Decatur, Alabama, dated June 6th,
would reach Atlanta Thursday (yes'cr- says: A row took place between
day). Great preparations were being j colored men and whites at Epeg’
A LEAP FOB LIBERTY.
Athena Banner-Watchman.
Yesterday, about noon, Athena waB treated to
a sensation of no small magnitude. The case of
Joe Thurmond, found Kuilty of horse-stealinx,
was being argued In Judge Jackson’s office, on
a writ of habeas cot-pus. Besides the sheriff and
his deputy there were perhaps a dozen persons
in the room, while Thurmond’s father was in
the clerk’s office. The prisoner was unbound and
occupied a seat near the western window, that
v.’as raised about two and a half ftet. From
what we can learn there was evidently a plan
concerted for Thurmond to make a brjak for
liberty on that day, for as he entered the court
house he asked his counsel, “What Is the peni
tentiary anyway ?” The reply was, “Simply a
living des b.” After this the prisoner seemed
restless, and kept glancing his eye through the
window until his brother rode up to the fence,
bringing with him the famous racer “Stampa.”
About this time Sheriff Weir was being sworn,
his back to the prisoner, while Deputy Brown
ing was sitting with 'a table between himself
and the prisoner. At this most opportune mo
ment Thurmond sprang to his feet, and made a
bolt for the window, falling to the ground with
out taking time to raise the sash higher. But
Browning was too quick for him, and succeeded
in catching Thurmond’s coat as he was about
escaping. The weight of Thurmond, however,
broke his hold, when the prisoner darted for
the horses, with Browning close at his heels.
When about twenty feet distant the first shot
was aired, which narrowly missed the fleeing
man, as the ball was afterwards found imbeded
in a post. As Thurmond was scaling a fence
the second shot was fired, but without effect.
In an instant he had reached his horse, when
Browning seized the reins of the bridle. .Tim
Thurmond, brother of the prisoner, caught
Browning’s arm and pushed him away. The
latter then drew his pistol and pointing it di
rectly at Joe, told him that if he did not surren
der he would kill him. “Shoot and be d—d,”
was tho retort, as Thurmond leaped into his
saddle, followed bv his brother on another herse.
Browning fired, and there is little doubt but
this ball took effect. A parting shot, as ttie pair
galloped off, is thought to have struck the horse-
In the meantime Sheriff Weir had come up and
also turned his pistol loose upon the escaping
prisoner. Mr. Browning instantly caught his
steed and pursued the pair for several miles
into tlie country, but as the Thurmonds were
mou ited on swift race horses he failed to over
take them, although lie came iu sight of the pair
at one „ime. No blame can be attached to the
court officers, as it was one of these daring es
capes that was entirely Unforseen and could not
be avoided. There is little doubt about it LoIur
a concocted scheme, but its brave success wins
for the unfortunate man the silent admiration
of bur pet pie.
Later.— Mr. Hugh Taylor, who lives near the
institute, reports that Joe Thurmond passed his
house in a gallop and was reeling like a drunken
man, evidently showing that he was badly
wounded. About two miles out from town
Deputy Sheriff Browning saw Jim meet Joe
Thurmond, and as there was then two against
one lie very properly decided not to attack them
end returnud to town for assistance. At Mitch
ell’s mill a party met Jim Thurmond going as
fast as the horse could carry him in the direc
tion of Jug Tavern. It is surmised that Joe
Thurmond is badly wounded somewhere near
Athens, and that his brother was going in quest
of assistance.
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niade to give him a proper reception,—
The people of Georgia will rejoice to
learn that Senator Hill is steadily im
proving, and that there is now good
hope of his permanent recovery.
Savannah Times: A box ot acids
bearing the mark, “Mrs. Winslow’s
Soothing Syrup,” was shipped from Sa
vannah to a West Florida house a few
days ago, On the passage some of the
kbottles broke, and the box was discover
ed to be on fire just in time to prevent
I a probable extensive cdnflagration of a
[large awouut of other goods that was in
| transit.
Atlanta, June 6.—Mr. H. W.
Irady, in response to a petition of over
1,200 prominent citizens, deolines to
tllow the use of Iiin name for Congress-
Mi at large—giving ub a reason that
irst duty is to journalism, and that
in better serv/^via State as a jout-
mn ^ ^ Much
topointmau^ at his de-
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Station, Sumter county, Sunday
night. The whites drove the negroes
from town. Tho latter returned at
midnight and set fire to the town,
and seven stores were burned. Four
negroes have been arrested and others
are beiug pursued. There are foars
of lynching, as the respecta^e negroes
are very much incensed, and would
not interfere if tho whites took such
a step.
A fight between two women near
Lumbcrton, N. C M on Saturday, re
sulted in the death of one of the bel
ligerents. The fight was on account
of a young man, which resulted in
Frances McNair plunging a dirk into
Jane McKellar’s heart. They fought
each other like tigresses, and the
McKollar girl had nearly succeeded
in choking Mis* McNair to death,
when the latter, with a final effort,
releasod herself and stabbed her op
ponent and then swooned across the
body. Tho parties are all. said to be
respectable, 1
TWENTY-TWO MONTHS ANI) ONE THOUS
AND DOLL ADS FINE.
People who are in the habit of chip
ping, punching and otherwise mu
tilating coin, will be interested to
know that the penalty f«>r the same is
of the severest sort,—as bad if not
worse than hanging. A grocer was
laat week tried in the courts of New
York City on a charge of mutilating
coin, and was sentenced by the Judge
to a term of one year and ten months
imprisonment and to pay a fine of
$1,000. This punishment is inflict
ed under the provisions of the bill
Gen. Z. B. Vance had passed through
Coogress to puuish mutilators of coins,
and this man is about the first ufl-
fortunate to ]all under it. By the
time a few more of them are dealt
with in this mauncr mutilated coin
will begin to disappear in a surpris
ing manner. This man’s fate is a
timely hint, and we need not urge
that it be heeded hv our people.
Darien Gazette : After an absence
of just eight years, old man Tunis G.
Campbell, Sr., ex-State Senator, ex-
penitentiary convict, and ex-boss of
McIntosh county, arrived in town from
Washington, on Suuday evening last.—
We have not seen the old man, and un
derstand that he is keeping himsolf
close nntil after court, when he propo
ses to make his peoolo a big speech.—
The object of tha old man’s visit to Da
rien just now is not known by any one
but those in his confidence. We will
keep our readers posted us to his doings
in this section.
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A sad story of cannioalism comes
from New Britain. A Fijian teacher’s
wife aud two childron set out for tho
house of a friend, about three miloa dis
tant from their residence, and the na
tives killed and roasted the children
preparatory to their eating them at one
of their feasts. The woman esraped
into the bush, and was found after
roaming about eighteen days, a living
skeleton.
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