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ANP PROPRIETOR.
^•IffPBSDAY, AUG. 1-9 1886 .
Democratic Ex. Committee.
“The Democratic Executive Com¬
mittee of,Johnson county will con.
vene in the Court house at Wrights
villo on Monday, the 30th day of
August, 1880, for the purpose of
Counting •••*’ f the » \ vote and i declaring ^ the
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result of the primary flection to he
held on the 28th instant, for the
Komi nation of a Democratic eandi
date for Representative of Johnson
cotmty in the next General Assem
A. F. Dai.ky.
August 18th,, 1880.
The election -;—--- held yesterday for
the 43d district to elect a .delegate to
,
the senatorial convention at Wrights
ville on jthe 20th of August, resulted
. in Jthe flection qf Enoch J.Faircloth
as alternate. a delegate, and Sid A.. Pughsley
as ..They were instructed
to vote, tor,Johnson county choice;
^Delegates provided it was a. judicious selection.
were elected in the sever¬
al districts.—Swainsboro Fine . For
eat.
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A 4th railroad track is being grad¬
ed at Tennille, a necessity growing
out ^f the increased business Tennille since
f the,V-Vrightsville and road
, has.become completed, and the great
number of trains drilling there daily,
, The completion of the Y by the N. &
,.T. and W. Sc. T railroads at Tennille
is a great convenience to both roads.
.The S. & T. train now makes trips
.both ways with her engine in front.
..The train hacked into Sandersville
( .for about ten years.—Sandetsville
t Herald.
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Marrying Drinking Men.
Marrying men to reform them has
never been a successful enterprise
on the part of women. Girls are
worth too much unmarried to saori
v fice themselves to 1 boat sense into the
,
.Such jhead of any man does on not God’s footstool. easily
a man wean so
as a calf. He will go homo only to
sober'iip, and then not till the other
'pHuWhreVlbsi-d. 'A girl will marry
•stich yeir.W a' inafi, hoping that on next
wi‘tl be better; but the next
•year.lie 'Wr lioys will be worse. There are so
enough for all the girls; and
there is no need for marrying a
'drunkard.
The Judgeship.
.Pending the election the Sw ains
.boro Pine Forest prints this conn
plimentary notice of lion. 1{ W Cars¬
well, the present encumbent of this
Circuit:
“The next Legislature will elect a
Judge of the superior court of this
circuit. Tin* present, incumbent,
Hon. R. W. Carswell, lias presided
with ability, dignity and impartiality
for six years, and he stands to-day,
as one of the best superior court
judges in the state Our lawyers,
who practice regularly in his court,
testify judge, their high opinion of him as
a and the recommendation
signed by our attorneys and county
officers, asking for liis re-election,
'speaks in language that can’t he mis¬
understood.”
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Jame Dillingham, who became in¬
sane on account of religious excite¬
ment at the protracted meeting in
Tennessee valley, last week, was
bun brought before the Ordinary of Ra¬
county. The evidence satisfied
tho Ordinary that it was necessary
to confine him as ho was dangerous
and likely guard to do great harm unless a
Strong was placed over him.
He was placed in the county jail at
1,'^ayton, from doing hound himself so injury, as to keep lie him
was
placed ventilated, in one of and the dungeons died poor¬
ly day. While it there evident Satur¬
was that he
‘needed medical attention when he
was fust brought to jail, a physician
wn« not called in to see him until all
human aid was in vain.
BANGED TO A THRESHER.
A FATHER KILLED FOR HURLING HIS
BON INTO A THRESHING MACHINE.
Effingham, III., Aug. 14 .— It
was rumored yesterday that a horri¬
ble tragedy, followed by lynching,
occurred near Georgetown, Illinois,
flames could not learned. The infor¬
mation was that a party were thresh¬
ing, w)ten a young son of the man
bagked feeding the thresher accidentally
.hits father’s hand. This so en¬
raged the .latter that lie picked his
son up * and thre w him into the thresh
* the hoy jbeing r V- pieces. The
jer, cut to
father at once fled. He was soon cap¬
tured ,iiy" t'he machine hanged' hands and
lynoheijl .by jbomg from the
thresher The rumor produced
great sensation.
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COMMUNICATED.
Mr. Editor: Backwoods feels tin
der obligations to the Recorder for
the chance of the closing speech in
the Senatorial controversy, but as
that question is now about settled, it
would be out of place here for me to
refer to it at any great length. How¬
ever, I will say this to Farmer and
Buckeye respectively:
Farmer said: “We will endorse
the family claim by re-electing our
tormer representative.” Me thinks
he failed to so so.
Buckeye said some one had told
him that it cost thus and so to pay
the expenses of the Legislature ev¬
ery day. and reduced it down to one
hour; said the lawyers consumed all
the time in long speeches. I think
it is just as well to make speeches as
it is to sit in silence, and the
same pay. Buckeye and his inform¬
er know just about as much about
the expenses of the Legislature as
Backwoods, and will ever remain in
that condition, Eli.
Mr. J. L. Mims, an honest and
good farmer living in this comity,
has been lucky or unlucky. lie has
had twenty-four children horn to
him, sixteen of which are living and
eight, dead. Mr. Mims is one of our
best farmers, and his hoys are all
chips of the old block.
Mr. Redding Beasley, living in
this county, known better as Uncle
Redding, is a well known citizen
liere-a-bouts. His examples are
worthy of imitation. lie isja high
toned Christian gentleman; has 12
children, 10 girls and 2 boys, and 0
sons-in law, and all living around
him, except one living in Emanuel
county and one daughter-in-law,
leaving two still with him, one girl
and a hoy. He lias given all his
children a good start in life, and lias
plenty around him to make any man
comfortable and happy.
Rev. It. M. Walker owns a cow
that is 22 years old and has been the
mother of 14 calves.
Backwoods.
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NEXT TO THE HOTTEST.
THE HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD
LIKELY TO BE BROKEN TO DAY.
Savannah News.
Yesterday came within about one
hundredth of an inch on the tlier
moineter of being the hottest day of
the year. There have been several of
the almost hottest days and yester
day was the hottest of them. 'The
laundry business ought to be good
this week for collars and white dress¬
es w ilted like young plants in tin*
sun. The temperature has been work¬
ing up for several days. Every twen¬
ty-four hours it goes one degree
higher. If it goes to 94 toiday it w ill
break the record for the year of grace
1886. Last night the indications were
that the records would he broken.
“Local rains and a little warmer”
was the prediction.
Even the soda water men were sat¬
isfied with t he slate of things yester¬
day. They did a rushing business in
quenching the thirst of the pedes¬
trians. The torrid wave extended all
over the South. In some parts of
Georgia the mercury went up to 98,
and around Mobile it mounted to 99.
Bismarck, Dak., the birth place of
the cold waves, was the coolest place
in the country, and there the ther¬
mometer registered 59 at 10:30 last
night. The minimum in Savannah
was 77 deg. A rain was threatened
in the afternoon, but it did not come
There was a heavy fall, though, west
of the city, between No. 2, and .Vo.
4, on the Central railroad.
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Let the Law Take Its Course.
It is more than probable that the
negro who is alleged to have com¬
mitted an outrage on a white woman
in Bryan county will be captured
and taken hack to the scene of his
crime. The Morning News would
urge upon the people that they con¬
trol their very natural desire to visit
extreme punishment on the wretch,
and let the law take its course.
Lynch law breeds disrespect of all
law and tends to increase crime rath¬
er than diminish it. The white peoi
pie should set an example in show<
ing respect for the law. No man or
set of men have a right to try, con¬
demn and execute a man outside of
the law. In the first place there is
danger of a terrible mistake, as may
eventually bo proved to be the case
in the late affair at Macon. The ad¬
ministration of the law may be in
some cases defective, hut the worst
laws, and the worst administration
ot them, are better in respectable
communities than lynch law. If the
Bry ui county fugitive is caught let
Inin be pui.ished in accordance with
the law."—Savannah Newt.
KILLED TWO ASSAILANTS.
A I'll Y SI I *1A \ OK MISSISSIPPI SHOW HIS
PUCK AGAINST HEAVY ClhDH.
New Oulu a ns, Aug. 1C.— -Ben
Johnson and W.C, Finley were kill¬
ed by Dr. Lister near favtiga, Miss.,
Saturday night. Dr. Lister was on
liis way to see a patient when lie
was hailed by Johnson, w ho api
proaehed with a draw n pistol saying
that lie proposed to kill him. Dr.
Lister said: “I have no difficulty to
settle with you,” but Johnson eon
titied to advance. Dr. Lister then
took refuge behind lus horse. W. C.
Finley then approached lroni around
the head of the horse, and, with a
knife, cut Dr. Lister twice, once in
the arm. Lister then opened fire, and
killed Finley after the fourth fire,
lie then dr ipped his pistol and se¬
cured another, with w hich ho killed
Johnson after firing three shots. Dr.
Lister was tried this morning and
discharged, on the ground that he
had acted in self defense.
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A Piscatorial Puzzle.
Savannah News.
Supt. A. N. Miller, of the water
works, relates the latest wonder in
the way of artesian wells and fish
stories. He says that a salt watc<*
trout two inches long was brought
up out of the new well from a dis¬
tance of 75 feet below the surface.
There appears to be no doubt about
the truthfulness of Supt. M.ller’s fish
story. The question to be decided is
whether the fish was one of those
rare mountain trout which are not
found on this side of the Blue Ridge,
and which probably live in subter¬
ranean streams, floating down to salt
water, or whether it was really a salt
water trout which got into one of
the wells at Tvbee and was making
its way up the country by an under¬
ground current? No one at the water
works suffioicntly appreciated the
scientific value of artesian well fishes
to take care of the specimen, and it
was lost. A theory which satisfacto¬
rily explains the matter is that the
trout got in the well from the river
through the pipe which is used to
wash out the borings.
%*Dr. Flanders is selling cheaper
thau the cheapest. July L
A MISPIl IOCS bOMB
THAT WAS FOUND AMONG THE WEEDS
IN AN ALLEYWAY YESTfcllHAY.
Mcteon Telegraph.
Yesterday afternoon about half¬
past 5 o’clock, while Mr. Frank
Mitchell, chief clerk of Brown’s Ho¬
tel, was seated in his room In the
cottage in the rear of the hdtvl try¬
ing to get cool, he noticed some lit¬
tle negro boys playing in the alley
near the cottage. Their actions
aroused his curiosity, and by watch¬
ing them closely saw that they pick¬
ed something up from the weeds. At
first he thought it was a cabbage,
but on calling them up he found that
it was a large well-wrapped hall of
waste or packing. Tt had been well
soaked in kerosene and turpentine,
and looked suspicions. Owing to its
shape the thought flashed across his
mind that it might be a dynamite
bomb, such as was thrown in the
Chicago Hay-market, and lie began
ot. handle it
Putting it down very carefully,
Mr. Mitchell hastily dressed, and,
with a pair of tongs, carried the in¬
fernal machine to the police barracks
and sent for Chief IFiley. Officer
Daniel, who was on duty at the bar¬
racks, took it, and holding it at anus
length deposited it in the fire box of
t lie condemned steam engines that
are stored at the city hall.
Chief Wiley detailed Officer Thom
as to hide himself in the cottage and
look out for any person who should
prowl around tin* spot where the
bomb was found.
In the rear of the hotel and next to
the alley is a long shed room. In a
lot of weeds growing in the alley was
found the bomb. What it was made
for, and how it came there, is a mat¬
ter of conjecture. It may have been
ill U) li far til rod under the direction of
“No. TO” of the lynchers and was in¬
tended to be used on certain houses,
and the plan having abandoned was
thrown away. < >r it might, have been
made for the purpose of setting fire
to the hotel or other property. Be
that as it may, it was a suspicious
and dangerous affair.
The bomb can bo seen at the city
hall for to-day only. To.night it
will be taken to the river on a dray
and dumped. In the meantime Mr.
Mitchell will sleep with a Badoock
tiro extinguisher under his pillow.
a Slack Fiend's crime.
BRUTAL ASSAULT UPON' A YOUNG LA¬
DY NE AR EDEN.
Special to thr Savannah Neves of the 15 th.
The passengers from Station No
2 on the Central railroad yesterday
morning brought a report of a horri
ble outrage in Bryan county. A
young white lady, Miss Lizzie Bacon,
was the victim, and the perpetrator
was Henry Smith, a burly negro.
Miss Bacon lived in the family of a
relative. Mr. John Morrison, whos ■
home is a few miles from Eden, in
Effingham county.
Last Thursday Mr. Morrison and
his wife went visiting and left Miss
Bacon in charge of the house. They
had not been gone long before Smith
who worked for Mr. Morrison, ap*
preached the house, and finding Miss
Bacon alone, as he knew he would,
assaulted her. In the struggle that
ensued the young woman was brut¬
ally handled. Before releasing her it
was said that the fiend choked her
until she was nearly dead, and then
he barbarously attempted to cut her
tongue out so that she would not be
able to inform on him. He succeed¬
ed in cutting a piece off of her tongue
and then released her.
GUARDING TIIK HOUSE.
Fearing that his victim might
alarm the neighborhood. Smith stay¬
ed around the house ail day Thurs¬
day and through that night to pro.
vent her from going to some of the
neighbors. All of that time the un¬
fortunate young woman was at the
brute’s mercy. Not until some time
Friday did the wretch leave. As soon
as he was gone his victim, although
suffering terribly, gave an alarm.
The neighbors hastily gathered and
scoured tin* country
In a few hours the negro was found
by two men, who seized him and dis¬
armed him. Smith was extremely vi¬
olent and surly. By a sudden move¬
ment he seized a gun from one of his
captors, shot at the other and rail.
THE VILLAIN’S ESCAPE.
Luckily the load did not strike
either of the guards. Shots were lirod
after Ii'in, and it was reported that
he was wounded in one arm.
A special dispatch to the News
from Eden last night confirms the
above account and says that the peo¬
ple are in pursuit and hope to recap¬
ture the villian at an early date,
when lie will either he hung or burn¬
ed.
“Saiu” Jones’s Decadence.
From the C'ieayo Asm.
What we remarked of the Rev.
Sam Jones several months ago is
becoming the general opinion now,
as we see it expressed in divers ex¬
changes. We said that Mr. Jones
was a common soold, and a slangy
one, and predicted that he could not
long remain his hold on public pop¬
ularity. There is nothing more tedi¬
ous than slang—there is nothing that
wears out sooner or drops further.
Mr. Jones is a slangwhatiger; his
rambunctious speeches do not please
us—they simply make us feel sorry
for Mr. Jones and for the cause he
represents. We do not believe that
the Christian religion should be
dragged down to the gutter; the hab¬
itues of the gutter, we think, should
rather be raised to the dignity and
the purity of that religion. We ap<
prove of no methods that are calcu¬
lated to abate to the extent of one
jot o r one tittle that reverence and
that awe in which divinity and the
worship of divinity have always
been invested. And it speaks well
for the religions sentiment of the
people of our country, we think, that
the seal of disapproval has been put
upon the coarse methods of the Geor¬
gia evangelist.
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