Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-02-12

The Dalton Citizen tells the following good
legal story; Two Whitfield lawyers we're
driving along q quiet country lane in a top
buggy-tne lawyers were in the buggy mot the
lane-when they met hardy tiller 81 the soil
driving load 81 the 'heecy' to the market At
tached 20 the wagon were three horseq the
.eeT . "a ana glossy, while the ones following
work and little provender. LAWYERS are natIIr-
ally tnquisitive and our heroes In the n
were no exception. so they refined in their
metIleo charger, accosted the agricultural
gentleman with good morning. and then in
CURED why one OF his horses was so much
latter than the Others. Perhaps the man
guessed as 70 their profession for ne tocoselv
remarked that the fat one was a LAWYER and
the others his clients The disciples of Black
stone hurried on
Says the Hawkinsville Dlspateh. son Friday
morning, the 18th OF last month. little Norah
aged ABOUT seven years, daughter Of Mr. A. NJ
Kelley, IN the Tenth district Of DooIy county
was severely burned and died the folio wing
Day During the morning Mrs. Kelley had oc-
caslon 70 v1sit neighbor and left her children
at home, little dreaming OF the sad fate that
awaited them. A short while after her de-
pariure Mr.. Kelley and his neighbor. Mr. Isaiah
MlnannsY were conversing in the field a few
hundred yards from the house, when they saw
tne httle girl running toward them screaming
plteously and perfectly naked. Mr.. Williams
saws that every particle Of clothing was burned
on the child; yet, in its terrible agOnes it had
presence OF mind to leave the house and seek
its father for protection. 1t was q most pitiabIe
OBJECT, and melted 70 tears those who saw it in
Us great sunerlnS- Little Norah was a beauti-
iul ana Intelligent child The afternoon fol-
lowing the accident death mercifully and ten.
derly relieved her OF her pains"
Oar kilograms yesterday announced that the
bridge on the Macon and Augusta Railroad
near the former city had been, for the second
Jme IN Few weeks, washed away. The
Augusta NeirS OF yesterday, speaking OF the
occurrence, says: The bridge on the Macon
and Augusta Road, just out OF Macon, was
washed away during the late heavy rains not q
month ago. and was repaired ami rebuilt so
that trains nave been passing but a few days.
Yesterday at II O'Clock the bridge was again
swept away by the sudden ard heavy rise in
the river, part OF the bridge being as yet
temporary and not prepared for another
freshet. A telegram Yves received soon after
ward by Superintendent johnson, and Road
master Wilkins left immediately for the scene
| He Is one OF the most energetic aud expedi-
| tious workers in the country, and he will soon
| nave Things right and in working order. Ar
rangementS viii be made for boat transfer, 50
| that there will be no stop or delay in travel.
ami in ten days or two weeks the bridge will
| be again connecting the iron on either side,
and standing up bravely under the iron horse
and substantially over the raging flood"
The following is a list of the new post office
routes recently established in Georgia: From
/ Morgan to Ward Station. Southwestern Rail-
road; from Spring Place, via Ramy's Store and
/ Carter's, to Talking Rock: from Hammond s
/ Mills, via Orsnan's to Pouches Mills; from
/ Lamar to SumterVille; from Ringgold to Craw-
i
| house; from Warsaw, via MaZeppR, to Alpha
| ratta; from JOnesbOro to Miller's Store; from
DOraviIle 70 Oak Grove; from Barnesville to
\ Persons Store; from Auraria to Juno; from
/ Tifton, via John Fletcher's, Sr., and A. Z.
| Clements, to Wolf Creek; from Lumber
| City, via Sylvan Home, to Clarkes Bluff;
| from Dallas, via Embryville. to Drake
/ town; from Tugalo TO Big Smiths; from Bax-
/ ley's via g. j. HoltOn's, TO Daniel Lofts store;
\ from Baxley to Nichols: from Beding to
/ WrightSvlle: from House Greek. via Williams
Mills, to Wolf Creek; from Greensboro, via
! from WrightsviUe. via Sneil's Bridge over the
! OhoOpse river, to Fortune; from HaWktnsville
/ to r. A. BidgOod's; from Mount Vernon TO
| Gieger's Mills, Georgia.
/ Says the Cedartown Advertiser: I'VE were
! pleased to meet Mr.. f. VI. Johnston who call
/ ed at our office on Wednesday last to furnish
/ us with The fact concerning the colored woman.
/ Hannah Johnston, aged 40 years whose death
| we gave account OF in our last issue. Mr.
/ Johnston says there is no doubt that the
/ woman was fully as old as stated and furnishes
/ us the following: She came from North Caro-
/ Mr.. Reuben Lamb, OF TWiggs county. In about
| the year 1855 she became the property of Mr..
\ Daniel Johnston, of Twiggs, who owned her
| until the emancipation. From that time
| until her death she lived On the place
I OF Mr. +. A. Johnston. of the same
I county. The old woman stated to Mr.. j. that
| she thought she was about 80 years OF age
when she left North Carolina. as she then had
| grown grandchildren. The dag before she
! died she seemed to be in perfect health and
! talked considerably OF her past To all appear
| ances, she was then good for many years to
come. Some OF the Oldest citizens Of the
| county say that as far back as their memories
date when they were small children, she was
| called Aunt Hannah and that euen then she
! was considered well advanced in life"