Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-07-14
Registered az the Post Ofaee In Sa-
Vsnnah as Second Glass Matter.
Georgia Affairs.

Atlanta PostAppeat: "Vivs la Savannah
MoRNrG News. It's Washington correspond
ent is the first in the country who had an in
tervisw with Guiteau-"
Atlanta is most unfortunate She has coal
famines in winter and water famines in sum
mer. Just now water famine is quite proba-
BILE. and the people OF the Gate City" are
praying most earnestly for heavy rain.
Two hackmeu in Rome, Jake Johnson and
Charles Gilbert, fought about a place at the
wharf the other day. Charles struck Jake
with a stone, and Jake cut him three times
with knife. Both were arrested and bound
over.
The Mile5geviIle J-HjOH aud Recorder on
the 18th inst. closed the fifty first volume Of
the Union and the sixty-frst of the Recorder
They were htly joined together for mutual
support in old age.
The premium list of the third annual fair of
the Talbot County Stock and Fair Association
has been Issued in neat pamphlet from the
office OF the TalbOtton Register and Standard
The fair will open on the Ilth of October and
continue four days. Colonel John B. dorman
is President Of the association, and Mr. VIM.
7. Dennis Secretary
Our Facerviue correspondent says that sec
ton was visited by a terrific rain aud hail
storm on the sth inst. The wind blew from all
points Of the compass, and hail fell for an hour
and a half. causine the ground to look like
pebbly hill. and crushing cotton buds, leaves
and limbs, tearing corn blades into strings,
while the rain poured down in torrents, swesp p
ing everything before it.
Tn fence" question in Jackson county
br0u-h out the voters for no fence to 47S.
The summer session of the Georgia State
Agricultural Society will be held in Rome, be-
ginning August 1st. a very large attendance
is anticipated, aud the Romans are making
ample preparations to meet the emergency.
The proc edings Of the society will be pub
lished in the Southern FGrmsr's Monthly.
The folio SiDg gentlemen will address the
society: General W. N. Browne, Professor
II. C. White. Dr. J. P. Stevens, Colonel S. J.
Jones, ColonelsCharles J. MLnnerlyn, DIR.
Samuel Harper, Rev. A. J. Battle, D. D., Gen.
William Phillips.
A writer at Box Spring writes to the COlum-
bus Times that a fearful storm p sssd over
that section on the eth. blowing down fences,
trees and unroCfing houses, while the hail and
rain poured down in destruction upon the
crops.
The saw mill Of Mr. Clayton Hines, & few
miles above Rome. was destroyed by fire on
Sunday last.
Mrs. J. H. Williams. Of Rome, narrowly es-
capped death on the 18th instant. She was in
8 buggy when the horse became frightened,
ian away and threw her out. She was much
bruised, but not seriously injured.
The EnteTpTise announces the death by sun
stroke, on Saturday last OF Mr. y H. Miller,
Of Townsville, who was filling an engagement
upon the Savannah, Florida and Western Rail-
road, and was stricken at Tebeauville. We
learn that two cOlOTed men on the same road
were Frustrated about the same time -one Of
them since dead and the other not expected TO
live.
Charles Coleman, v hO escaped from prison in
Albany, has been recaptured. He had been
arrested for forgery.
The colored hands employed on brick works
in Albany have struck for higher We ges. They
were receiving 81 so per day.
1Ir. Patterson. of Fulton, in the Legislature,
desires merchants and drummers TO pay a
business tax.
Ex-Governor jenkins has been quite unwell
a his residence in Summervile, but hopes to
be able TO leave to-day for Capon Spring
Virginia
In his message, Governor Colquitt recon-
mends the reduction Of the charges for in-
spection OF fertilizers from fifty cents to twen-
ty-fve cents per ton At the former charge
the ne. income has reached the large figure OF
$50 - an amount altogether hey ond the cur
81.
necessary AK upon the farmers
ThOmasville Enterprise: Truck farming in
this section up 70 this cate has not paid very
well CucumOeTs paid nothing; Irish rOtatOes
and be were 81 nearly a failure in prOduc
ton that no pa, ht resulted TO the producer;
tomatoes shared the same fate. and the result
il, producers have been at al the expense Of
cultivation without the reward IF production
A few early peaches were shipped, but these.
we learn. netted but little after deducting e1 :
penses Of shipping and sale. As yet melons are
paying a fair profit, and egg plants handsome
one. These have sold al from $ 50 TO IS 50 per
barrel. OF from 15c to 25c apiece The last two
items. with iew / e Onie pears and grapes,
are about ali that remain 10 be shipped from
this point. Taken as a whole, the business has
not been profitable this ear, but then the sea
son has been remarkably untavOTable snd
largely II not entirely accounts for the failure.
u IS said that one experiment proves nothing.
aed We would advise our friends not to be dis
coura>sd, but Try it again. Since the above
I
principal shipper Uf peaches this season, and
he reports about 81 per bushel gross"
Columbia Advertiser. Weary Of the heated
term County Commissioner Martin ATTEMPTED
suicide on Friday last by drinking a vial Of
Iaudanum He was not allowed 20 pass in his
cberEs' though. thanks 70 DF. Sanders and a
stomach pump. which latter brought up even
his socks
TbA Athens Banner saysS There is no such
thing As a bath house in Athens. and no chance
70 bathe outside Of tub, except in the beau
tiful blue OcOnce.
Rome Courier: a man from Knoxville was
in home yesterday trying 10 prevail on cur
colOred men 10 go up and work on the Knox
vile and Ohio Railroad. which is being com
pleted by Colonel Cole Not many agreed TO
90 as they preferred 10 stay Down here and
work on the road that viii be built from this
city 70 Atlanta
The Monroe Superior Court found guilty and
sentenced last We ek the following pri-oners: {:
Stephen Wynn. colored. arson, eonVieted and
sentenced 60 the peni -entiary for life; Clayton
HillsmanS cOlOred, murder, found guiitl and
sent TO the penitentiary for life; Andy john
son, cO.ored, burglary IN night time, found
guilty aud sentenced to the peniientiaTy for
seven years; Lewis Vaughn, cOlOred, burglary
IN niKht time, found guilty. three years in the
Elenifentiary. Wash MyTick. cOlored. simple
isrceRy-cOw stealing-Verdict Of guilty and
recommended TO mercy, $50 fine or twelve
months in changing; Andrew Brown, col
or.d. burglary in night time, verdict OF not
guilty. To keeping open tipping house on
Ssbbath. q plea Of guilty was filed by pOpu-
Iar saloon keeper. and a fine Of SIS and costs
imposed by the court
Sraeou FIegraIh: "a set-tO occurred on
Tbiri street Yesterday between a stranger and
a Hebrev merchant OF that thOrOughfare- The
Former got a bloody nose aud the latter was
pjcked in the head with brick"
Macon Telegraph: "a horse attached to a
sttIkv On Mulberry street yesterday kicked his
driver out OF the vehicle, ran away, den Ollsn-
- ~ - into a carriage and checked himself