Carroll County GaArchives News.....Newspaper abstracts for DECEMBER 1880 December 1880 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: C Gravelle http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00023.html#0005680 March 26, 2007, 9:51 pm The Carroll County Times December 1880 NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS FROM "THE CARROLL COUNTY TIMES", Carrollton, Carroll County, Georgia for DECEMBER 1880 NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, DECEMBER 3, 1880 LOCAL News We learn from the LaGrange Reporter that Mr. Sam A. Reid died in Opelika, Alabama on Tuesday night of last week. Mr. Reid was well known here as he lived in Carrollton some two or three years. He was a brother of Mrs. Oscar Reese of this place. ---- Married last Sunday evening the 28th inst., at the residence of the bride's father Maj. T.H. West by the Rev. J.W. Lee, Mr. B.F. Burns to Miss Lula T. West, all of Carrollton, Georgia. ----- NEIGHBORHOOD News Mr. Robert Peak of Polk county is dead. ---- Mrs. Mary Cox, mother of President Cox of the Southern Female College in LaGrange, is dead. ---- Mr. Eli C. Davis, an old citizen of Polk county is dead; cause was paralysis. ---- The Vindicator announces the death of Maj. James W. Banning of Meriwether county. --- The Herald announces the marriage in Newnan on Wednesday night of Mr. J.T. Carpenter to Miss Eula McGuire. ----- From The Newnan Herald - - - - A daring attempt at murder and robbery was attempted last Thursday night at the store of Mr. W.S. Askew, six miles from Newnan. Mr. John Lester, the clerk who sleeps at the store, having observed a couple of suspicious looking negroes lurking around the store, hailed them inquiring of their business. Obtaining no response he secured a pistol and threatened to fire upon them if they did not leave. Rushing upon him, one of them commenced shooting at him. He returned the fire and finally drove them away, several shots having been exchanged. Soon afterwards, while reconnoitering, he heard them approaching again in the darkness. Hailing them again they rushed upon him. A number of shots were again exchanged, when finally the negroes ran away. It was a narrow escape for Mr. Lester. Not a single shot is known to have taken effect. It is hoped that the ruffians will yet be arrested and made to pay the penalty of their crime. ------ NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, DECEMBER 10, 1880 The LaGrange Reporter reports that Mr. Benjamin F. Johnson who was the first man born in Troup County, was in that town on Saturday. He is now fifty-five years old and is a resident of Atlanta. Mr. Johnson's mother will be one hundred years old within a week or two. She now lives in the house in which her son was born, about three mles west of LaGrange. She was the first white woman that came to Troup county and at that time, the county was filled with Indians. ------ LOCAL News From a business card received from A.C. Lowery, lately of New Mexico, we learn that he is now at Tombstone, Arizona Territory. ----- Married at the residence of the bride's mother on the 28th ultimo by the Rev. W.S. Twedell, Mr. Robert Ridgeway of Alabama to Miss Lula Morris of Carroll County, Georgia. ------ Married on the 28th ultimo at the residence of the bride's father, Thomas L. Hand to Miss Lizzie E. Howard, with J.K. Roop, J.P. officiating. ------ After a protracted illness of that fatal disease consumption, Mrs. W.T. Chambers died in this place on the 8th inst. She leaves several little children and a husband, who in their bereavement, have the sympathy of the community. ----- NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, DECEMBER 17, 1880 NEIGHBORHOOD News A.J. Smith of Cedar Creek dist. is expecting to move to Arkansas. --- From The Franklin News we learn that Mr. D.H. Burnom and Miss B.R. E. Moore were married recently; also married were Mr. William Raney and Miss G.A.K. Thornton. ----- From The Meriwether Vindicator we learn that Mr. Arther H. Watson an old citizen, is dead. ---- Married on the 24th ultomo, Rev. T.J. Robinson of Coweta county to Miss C.E. Cousins of Meriwether county. ---- THE KILLING OF JOHN AND ABNER RUSSELL AT POST OAK, TEXAS The following dispatch clipped from the telegraphic columns of the Atlanta Constitution of last Saturday, received here Saturday night, was the subject of general interest among our citizens on Sunday: Jackboro, Dec. 10 - - - - "At sunset yesterday a party of six men rode up to the store of Russell Bros. at Post Oak, a small town which is two miles north of here, and after purchasing goods amounting to $200. invited Abner Russell outside and on complying he was fired upon and killed. The party returned into the store and shot and severely and probably fatally wounded John Russell. Citizens are in pursuit of the gang." The Russell Bros. referred to are John and Abner Russell, well known to most of our readers, they having been reared in Carroll county near here. Abner had been out west for several years but John who merchandised in Carrollton some four or five years, went out last winter and joined his brother. Mrs. John Russell is a daughter of Mr. W.S. McElfresh of this place and her people looked eagerly Monday for further news of the sad affair. They failed to get any dispatch on Monday, but on Tuesday morning they received two, one having been delayed. One of these dispatches was dated on the 10th and simply confirm the above newspaper dispatch. The other dated on the 13th announced the death of John Russell on the 12th and requesting her people to come out after her immediately. Mr. M.R. Russell and Mr. W.S. McElfresh, in accordance to the above request, left here Thursday morning for the purpose of looking after the interest of the Russell Bros. and bringing Mrs. John Russell and children back to Georgia. This is all the news we have at present of the outrageous murder which has resulted in the death of two estimable young men. We trust the perpetrators of the dastardly deed may be brought to justice and made to suffer for their crime. Any further details we learn will be published. ------ IN MEMORIAM OF MRS. MARY CHAMBERS Departed this life on the 8th inst., Mrs. Mary Chambers, wife of W.T. Chambers. The deceased was about thirty-five years of age, had been a member of the M.E. church for 8 years, during which time she lived consistent with her profession. During her long continued afflictions she exercised the same hope, which was to her "as an anchor to the soul both sure and steadfast" and in the possession of that hope, she breathed her last farewell to earth, in the last moments whispering her last words "Heaven-Heaven" and her spirit took its flight. "Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord." The bereaved husband and little children have the sympathies of many friends in their affliction. W.W.R. Carrollton, Dec. 13, 1880 ------ NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, DECEMBER 24, 1880 From "The Newnan Herald" - - - - We are pained to hear of the sad death of Mr. Otis Jones, of Grantville. He was out hunting last Friday in company with some friends. Getting ready to start home they placed their guns in the buggy. For some reason Mr. Jones attempted to take his gun from under the seat when the hammer caught in some way, causing the discharge of the whole load in is body, as the muzzle was pointed toward him. The gun sas loaded with No. 3 squirrel shot. the discharge entered his body just under the right arm, breaking two ribs and lacerating the flesh terribly. He was carried home as soon as possible and died about eight o'clock in the evening, less than two hours after reaching home. Mr. Jones was formerly a citizen of Atlanta and his remains were carried there for interment last Saturday. But yesterday, as it were, in the full vigor of manhood, he mingled with our citizens and presided over the late county convention. He was a man of much promise and his early demise is a sad event. ------ LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor of the Times, I have received two copies of your paper and must say that I am highly pleased. As many of the citizens of Carroll county once lived in Coweta county, and some of them once lived in this immediate vicinity, I will endeavor to give them an occasional letter from these parts. We would like to say that many who walked around old Macedonia once with them, now sleep in the silent grave. Such people as David Moseley and his wife; Levi Newton and wife; James Morgan, Allen Gay and wife; Mrs. Kenyon Mobly; Jacobus Gibson; Mrs. John E. Conyers, and may others rest in the peaceful slumbers of that sleep that knows no waking. Mr. R. Mobly, father of Mr. H.M. Mobly of Carroll county, who has been confined to his bed for the last four years, is now a little improved. Ripples, Lodi, Ga., Dec. 21 ------ The following items are from The Newnan Herald - - - - Capt. A.J. Laird, deputy U.S. Marshall, was in this city yesterday in charge of two illicit distillers from Blue Shin district in Heard County. Their names are Jno. W. Smith and George Craven. He took them to Atlanta for trial before the U.S. Commissioner. The community was startled last Saturday night by the annoucement of the murder committed by Geo. Powell, colored, upon the person of Trusty Smith, colored. Soon after dark, it seems that Smith was on the street talking to a colored girl when Powell passed along. Angry words ensued and the fatal blow was struck, reaching the heart and causing instant death. The case will be tried today in the county court before Judge Powell. ------ THE TEXAS TRAGEDY RESULTING IN THE DEATH OF THE RUSSELL BROTHERS Through the kindness of J.G. Garrison of the Henderson Times, in Texas we have received some late copies of the Galveston News containing the only additional information which we have seen in reference to the killing of the Russell brothers at Post Oak in that state. We publish below these dispatches: Jacksboro, Dec. 11 - - - - Full particulars have just been received of the tragedy at Post Oak, a brief account of which was telegraphed yesterday. It is now almost certain that if the ruffians are brought to justice they will have to answer for a double murder, as Dr. Gresham who was in attendance on Mr. John Russell, informs your correspondent that in his opinion, Mr. Russell's wound is mortal. The dastardly deed was evidently premeditated. The men entered the town in two parties of three each, acted under the orders of a tall man wearing a dark overcoat, whom they styled "Bass". Three of the men fired at Mr. John Russell, mortally wounding him. Two men fired at Mr. Abner Russell, killing him instantly. The remaining members of the gang entered an inner room in which was Mrs. Russell, wife of Jno. Russell, and fired at her, but without effect and his unsteady aim spares me the painful duty of chronicling a triple murder. Who the men are, or what their motive was, remains a mystery. That it was not a robbery is evident by the cash drawer remaining untouched. The men styled themselves Jones, Hill, Stewart, Billor and Seymour. All were "stickers" except the one they styled Bass. The Russell brothers came from Carroll County, Georgia about three years ago and it is thought here that the murder is the outcome of an old feud. Jacksboro, Dec. 13 - - - - Mr. John Russell who was mortally wounded on the evening of the 9th inst., at the time his brother was killed for no apparent cause by six men, lingered till last evening, when he died. Sheriff King and party are still in pursuit of the murderers. As this pursuit is one of King's official acts, it is presumed he will make every effort to capture the miscreants. ------- LOCAL News Married, Dec. 19, 1880 at the bride's mother's Mrs. S.E. Hand by the Rev. G.W. Burson, Mr. James W. Ayers and Miss Ella J. Hand, all of Carroll County. ----- Married at 6 o'clock Wednesday night the 22nd inst., by J.M. Walker, Esq., at the residence of the bride's father, Mr. J.M. Pitts to Miss Georgia Jacobs. All of this county. We extend to Johnnie and his fair bride our best wishes. May peace, prosperity adn all the joys of connubial life be theirs. ----- OBITUARY OF MRS. SARAH E. STEED Departed this life on the 15th inst., after many days of painful though patient suffering, Mrs. Sarah E. Steed, wife of Thomas L. Steed. The deceased was in the seventy-sixth year of her age. She had been for more than 30 years known in the community in which she lived as a kind and obliging neighbor, and was highly esteemed by all who knew her. She had been for many years a consistent member of the M.E. church and in death left the testimony of perfect submisson to the Master's will expressing her willingness to depart. The husband and children who deeply mourn her departure, have the sympathies of many friends who also cherish her memory and would comfort the bereaved with the words of divine truth found in Thos. 4:15, 16, 17, 18. W.R.R. ------- NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, DECEMBER 31, 1880 LOCAL News Married at the residence of the bride's father on the evening of the 23rd inst., Mr. Cheadle C. Lassetter to Miss S.N. Boatright, J.T. Norman, J.P. officiating. ----- Married at the residence of Mr. Moses Holland, Mr. Edmund A. Adams to Miss Alice Moore, Rev. J.M.D. Stallings officiating, all of this county. (no date of marriage given) ----- Married, at the residence of the bride's father Mr. J.M.B. Kelly of Carrollton, on the evening of the 23rd inst., by the Rev. J.M. McCalman, Mrs. H.C. Griffis to Miss Sarah L. Kelly. ------ File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/carroll/newspapers/newspape2662nw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 14.0 Kb