The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-01-31
OUR SOUTH ATLANTIC NEIGHBORs.
Georgia..

Georgia.
Colonel W. E. Adams, of Eatonton, was
found dead In hls chair last Sunday. -.,r,
Athens reports the death OF negre who
was waylaid by Jack Frost.
The Georgia papers are agltatiDg the reg
toration OF the capital to Milledgevllle. ..es'
-Masquerades are ''all the rage" at savan-
nah now.
-Msdame Janauschek is gathering .-ssh
laurels In Savannah.
-General McD Dowell, at one time command.
er OF the Federal armies, Is 10 Atlanta.
Mr.. Marcus l.. Roberts, O prominent citi-
zen oil Atlanta, died suddenly on Sunday,
"A boat race ls TO come OF at Darien be-
tween Savannah amateur and four-oared
Darien crew. -.Nai
There are seventeen large saw mills along
the line of the Brunswick and Albany Ball.
road. -g.-r.
Colonel A. 8. Reid. sr., one of the oldest
and most prominent citizens OF Putnam Coun-
ty, died In Estonton on Monday.
MIR. Cunningham was elected superlntend-
ent of The Savannah Cotton Exchange, on
Tuesday last.
The Babcock Fire Extlnguisher was pub
llcly tested 10 Macon on Monday, and the re-
suit considered highly satisfactory.
- There Ia 8 coal famine In Atlanta, and
the papers are calling Tor the immediate
building OF tho Georgia Western Railroad. :,
"A Baldwin County man, with one mule
and two laborers, made crop last season
worth over two thousand dollars.
George Mckinney, coiored citizen OF
Atlanta, comes out in q card protesting
against the emigration of bis colored brethren
to the West.
The Perry Railroad, now in course Of con-
strnclion. is already paying expenses. Is Is
thought the road will be completed BY the
20Lh Instant.
Colonel P. W. Alexander, private secre-
tary to Governor Smith, ls seriously III. BE
has suffered terribly from carbuncles, and iB
In critical condition.
An important scheme will come before
the Legislature for aclion duriDg the present
session, having for Its Object the extension Of
the Atlantic and Gull Railroad TO Pollard,
Alabama, by means Of assistance from the
Stale.
Meningitis is getting to be serious mat
ter The Atlanta Constitution learns nom
passengers on the Georgia train Monday
night, that two persons died that day In ono
house, at Conyers-an old man and his
daughter. The Informant says he heard on
lhe train there were four deaths In that place
Monday from meningitis.
Florida. f
The moss. gatherers are busy In Alachna
County. Soon the trees will be disrobed.
wealthy capitalists In Florida this winter.
"A coach and ak flashed on the vision OF
the Jacksonviileiles The other day.
"A hoisting engine now loads and dis
charges vessels at Jacksonville. They are
improving rapidly.
his message TO the Legislature that all cases,
whether civil or criminal, be tried without Q
Jury, unless Jury Is required by one Of the
parties interested. 4-'
Marshal morris, colored, recently con-
victed of the murder of John Jones, near Mon
tlceIlo. last March, has been sentenced to b
hung, and PINK Jones, an accomplioe, to In.
prIsnnment In the State prison for life.
-Volney Howard, young lawyer, at one
time a resident OF Gadsden County. at another
of Wakulls, and subsequently, citizen Of lat-
| lahassee, was found dead on the Atlantic and
| Gulf Railroad few days since.
Under the heaG OF palmetto Braid" the
st. Augustine Press Baya: I'm addition TO the
| large orders from the North for this article,
Mr.. T. A. Pacetti has received from Baltimore
orders for the palmetto braid, OF the style
| called "POrauplne," TO the amount OF hiteen
thoueand dollars. This looks like business.
IA bill has been offered In the Legislature
requesting the senator's aud representatives
of Florida In the Congress Of the United statel
prlation for the survey and estimates OF cost
OF ship canal across the Peninsula OF Flor
Ida from the waters of The Gulf Of Mexico
along the line of waters OF the Withlachoo-
chee, Bne spring, Silver Spring; Ocklawahs
and st. Johns rivers, and their adjacent lakes,
to the waters OF The Atlantic Ocean, BY The
most direct and practicable route.
The following Cabinet appointments have
been confirmed: Compt, oier. Dr.. @. A. Cow.
gill, of Putnam County; Treasurer, Charles
| H. Foster, OF Leon County; Attorney General,
VIM. Archer Cooke, OF Jefferson County; SEQ.
retsry OF State, Samuel B. McLln, of Columbia
| County; Anjutsnt-Genersl, John Varnum, OF
Escambla County; Superintendent OF Public
Instruction, j. G. Gibbes, former secretary OF
state; Commissioner Of Lands and Immigra'
tiop. Dennis Eagan, of Madison County.
The Palatka Herald says: THE announces
ment has been made by some Of our visitors
that, from some unacoountable cause the
waters Of the point of DEVILS Elbow were
much disturbed OH Monday last. We are a.
sured that on Tuesday, the day following, the
water spouted up at the same point some ten
( feet In the air, after which there was large
swell, indicating The existence Of some mon
ster beneath the surface OF the water. Fleh-
ermen on the opposite bank of the river say
that on the night after the above occurrence
careerlng fires were plainly to be seen HASH
Ing on and above the surface OF the water. all
OF which may or may not be accounted for:
We only state the matter as received by us. !"