The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-01-07
QUE soU1R ATLANrIc NEIeHBoRs

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QUE SOUTH ATLANTIC NEIGHBORS.
r, Georgia.
Brunswick is to have sabre club.
Atlanta suffers from wood panic.
There are seventeen saw mills Oh the line
of the Brunswick and Albany Railroad.
Savannah was In ecstacies with the Patti
Mario Troupe.
The Macon Volunteers are going to re-
organize. ..
The chief engineer of the Savannah fire
department has resigned.
The Catholic Fair in Columbus realized
over two thousand dollars.
The Savannah Jocky Club Is to be reor-
ganized under cheering auspices.
Ex-Governor Herschel V. johnson is IN
Macon.
The Legislature OF Georgia convenes to-
The Savannah Sabre Club and the Georgia
Hussars propose to consolidate.
ALI Of the old county officers were elected
In Morgan County.
Colonel Bleckly, of Atlanta, Is spoken ol
In connection with seat on tne supreme
Bench.
Lon New Years morning one hundred and
seventy.six able-bodied negro cotton hands
left Atlanta for Arkansas: u.
"a sailor named Kelly was accidentally
drowned in the Savannah river on Friday
last. u,,.
county which measured eleven feet three
in the contest at Savannah on the Sd Inst.
between the Savannah and Augusta Sabre
Clubs. the latter won by l64 points.
Washington Poe, of Macon, regular
Democratic candidate for ordinary, was oeaten
hu ho Ipdanandent candidate.
President White, Of the macon and
|. Western Railroad, Injured himself seriously
The Savannah Advertiser says the Cover
noras salary is to be raised to ten tnonsano
dollars. -.
The Atlanta merchants are much annoyed
bya freight blockade, caused by the Evans.
:. Vile and Hudson Railroad.
The first annual ball of the Hebrew Bene-
VIOLENT Association Of Savannah came on With
eelati on Thursday evening.
The Augustsi Sabre Club arrived at saVan-
nah on the I'd instant, and was ACCORDED q
handsome reception by the Savannah club.
The accident on the Macon and Western
Railroad was owing to the circumstance tnat
the engineer was sleepy drunk.
The tournament ball in Savannah at the
Scriven House on Thursday night was grand
affair.
The Spanish consul at Savannah gave
champagne and oyster supper on Friday nlght
last to the captains of twenty-four Spanish
vessels In port there.
"A fire in Savannah on Monday last, in
Bryan's Row, In Mr.. g.. Van Waldner's and
the adjoining store. Loss Of stock $500;
buildings $4,000.
Alexander q. Stephens has not been made
the hero OF novel by Georgia lady as has
been stated In newspapers all over the United
States. ~.
The total number Of ipterments In Savan-
nah In the past year were one thousand ana
sixty-six, OF which three hundred and ninety
were whites and six hundred and seventy-slx
"A meeting Of the freeholders of Savan-
nah ia called for the 18th instant to EXPIRE ss
an opinion in. relation to the issuing of
bonds by the city of Savannah to the amount Of
MThe "Immortal J. N the man with the
long hair, Ia In Columbus, uplifting the veil
and speaking from the pinnacle OF truth, as
he did In Charleston, at the close OF the war,
in front of the Charleston Hotel.
Two young gentlemen had difficulty IN
Savannah on saturday night last-one, son
of Senator Hill and the other MI. UAntlgnsc
A-when the former drew pistol on the latter
and fired. but policeman interfered and no
one was injured.
ls-Ou Saturday morning last John Register,
citizen of Moultrle, Colquitt County, arrived
In Savannah in charge of guard, charged
with having been concerned Ia Ku-Klux RAID
at Moultrie two years ago. He is now IN jail
ewalting trial before the Federal Court.
North Carolina.
Small pox In Nash County.
During the freeze at Charlotte, FIVE dol
lars a load was asked for wood.
In Harnett County forty-nlne cases OF
small pox, up TO date, and thirteen deaths.
The masquerade ball at Wilmington, on
New Years eve, was fine affair.
Wilmington peanuts sell In New York at
from 81 80 to II 40 per bushel.
The Wilm.ngtonians have been amusing
themselves by dog fights.
Heavy rain, accompanied by lightning, at
Wilmington, on the night of the I'd.
The Howard Hotel at Tarboro' was sold at
auction last week tor $l0,9 $50.
Work has been commenced upon the new
Fair Grounds at Raleigh.
There ls now water enough in the Cape
Wilmington and Feyettevilleiwithout trouble.
Cape Fear River has been frozen over at
Fayetteville, and stseveral places. as tar down
as Kelly's Cove, within the past week.
Mr.. T. N. Vestal, q member OF the North
Carolina Legislature of 1858, froze to death in
Yadkin County the night before Christmas.
The Presbyterians Of Rocky Mount re-
celyed of wealthy membeA of the church In
NewDern recently, the handsome sum of five
hundred dollars to purchase sitn upon which
to build them church. The edinct will be
erected at an ea:ly day.
The Wilmington star says: "General
Charles B. Stuart, president of the projected
railway line from Norfolk to Charleston via
Wilmington, will be in our city about the 10th
instant, when the enterprise Will be vigorously
pushed. This Is e line In the success OF which
our people feel very deep interest,""
Florida.
Several families left West Florida for Texas
last week.
large number of strangers are In Pensa-
cola.
The new hotel at Trail Ridge, on the
Florida Railroad, will soon be completed.
"A new schoolhouss is being erected at
Anedonda, in Alacbua County.
In the case of the Jacksonville Hotel
Company against the tax collector, it has
been decided that the st. James Hotel is ex-
empt from hotel, billiard and liquor license
taxation by reason OF Its charter.
Hon. j. 8. Adams, about whose mysterious
disappearance from hotel in Jersey City,
foul play is suspected, is collector Of the port
OF Jacksonville, and not of Pensacola, as has
been stated.
ABOUT LACEs.-The handmade lace of
France is principally produced at Caen, Ba-
yeux. ChantlIly and the surrounding districts,
and iS executed with remarkable rapidity.
This Is true of the fne and richer articles as
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