Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-05-03
Ga0rgia Affairs.

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~ the latter in the Northeastern Rail-
So =, the former has been completed and
and the Athenians are exceeding glad
tbereat- ,--..,,,,os-aa ~ the midst -
Int the Banner plaintively plains
nc have penetrated to the midst of its
siitor as yet n. ,
,,r+s of Savannah particularly are re-
5.,y literally to the call for assistance
,,,r I library Committee. Savannah Is
.i,v the Savannah Moan Nc News is
,,nar. the Savannah people are nice peo-
Give us Savannah in ours every time"
.r-s- think Of II, - says the BeTTien County
we first buy Western mules, and then
western corn to feed them on. And the
ofitfs. we buy both on time at ruinous
-s.ss Of interest
-, Friday night a brilliant meteor was seen
I'm and the poet-editor Of the Telegraph
4 describes the sight: The heavens were
M fIumined by wonderfully beauti-
~ meteor which sprang from the zenith and
L--a,bvrart the heavens, leaving BLUSH train,
- finally dying out in the darkness Of the
-,-.Fgr-stern sky. The ltigh was singularly
and was observed BY many"
v-ss-. by the Macon Telegraph that one of
.-,a-prising citizens Of that city has gone
p--,,srriek to lease the Bunkley place, on
r.,,berIaud island if possible, to establish
80 summer resort for Georgia. If the
changes hands, it will be run as first
to.eI and arrangements will be made to
nests to the beach and return free of
-. If pending negotiations for the Bunk
1-.-,Tscs fail. the King residence Of st. Simon's
IN ~ rented and enlarged, and the tide of
-.f rurued to that point. The latter place
ne If the most delightful on the whole
- and is familiar to thousands of Geor-
f.,s II stands in a beautiful grove near the
s,.r and fine surf bathing can be obtained
-.,h little or no trouble. Two boats daily
,,,.b AT St. simon's from Brunswick, thus
.+,-firr prompt mails and easy access.
According to the Reidsville Enterprise the
,,,nla Of Tattnall county are beginning to
-.-5aru no their cattle. but ali find the number
FAR short Of what they turned out last fall.
The mast winter was very severe on cattle de-
panient on the range for food
The ReidsviIe Enterprise declares that there
timber enough in TattnaH county to supply
ever, saw mill and urpentine still in Georgia
for I'VE years.
Urusn held high carnival in Bibb county in
trrH Twenty seven marriages.were celebrated
frrbs county during that time.
rb- Pike COUNTY Netrs states that Mr. John
wood a young man living about two miles
f,om Stewartyilie, attempted suicide last Mon.
4av night by taking arsenic, and would have
s1,reeded, but he took too much and it made
him sessick He had lately married and was
living i'm the house with his mother, with
uHom he hal some trouble about domestic
affairs. and he concluded that life was not
worth living.
The Ced5rt1wn 4dUertiser advertises the de-
sr-tcti5n ON Thursday night last of the resi-
f4ree Of Mr. a J TomlinsOn. seven miles from
fiat place. The fire was first discovered be-
tween eleven and twelve o'clock, the noise
na5e by the flames having awakened Mr.. Tom
ifrs1n and his wife, who, on looking about for
the fire. found the whole rear Of the house in
flames hich had caught. it is supposed, from
the stove in the cook room He gave an alarm
and then went removing his furniture. Some
Befzhbors soon came, but nothing could be
done Only part Of his furniture was saved
Mr. Peter g. Morrow, a former citizen of
Morgan county. died at his home in Columbia
county on the 2sth ultimo, aged eighty-two
years. The Madison MddisoHiaR says of him:
eHe was a good man, a benefactOr to his race,
and many OF our oldest and best citizens will
regret TO read the announcement of his death.
In ante JelIum days he filled the Office of Judge
tba Inferior Court Of Walton county, where
he gained the respect OF that entire people
He was delegate to the last State Conven-
ton
The Rome Bulletin states that the crop re-
ports from al sections Of the country adjacent
Is and tributary to Rome are very fiattering.
The wheat crop was never more promising,
and the fruit prospects are very encouraging.
So far, the weather has proven satisfactory to
the farming interests.
The Augusta Nelcs states that on Saturday
last the smoke stack at the Sibley Mills was
completed. Little Miss Pearl sibley, daughter
ofthe President. assembled the ladder to the
top of it, and hoisted the stars and stripes over
the same. The stack is one hundred and thirty
feet high. and little Pearl is only seven years
old
Commenting on what it has seen Of Hon.
Jefferson Davis book the Rome Tribune says:
the grace of his dictiOn aud delivery and the
dignity Of his bearing is seen throughout the
warp and wool of his story. IL glOwS with
the enthusiasm and magnetism of his nature
II eolors every page OF the history of the bet
Ter DAYS is intertwined and interlaccd with a
thousand glOries, and will and should find
place in, at least. every Southern home"
Berrieu County NeIrs: Mr. John Hutchin-
son. one OF the industrious young farmers of
Berrien was in town on Wednesday and in
formed us that there would be less cotton
planted in his neighbOrhOOd than there has
been in years. he says old corn is getting
scarce. and people are waking up to the fact
IN good trim for blowing. Correct"
Saws the Valdosta Tunes: THE truck on the
vegetable farms is making up for lost time.
Potatoes, melons. cucumbers. tomatoes and
The Ike are Outdoing themselves under the
Influences Of the warm sunshine and the April
showers. Potatoes are found as large as
hens egg. and will soon be ready for shipment
They are quoted at nine dollars a barrel in
New York"
The Darien Timber Gazette SAYS: ''It is a
burning shame and disgrace that crowd of
lazy vagrants are allowed by the city officers
q stand on the post Office corner and swear
AMI use all kinds Of obscene words There is
hardly DAY passes that this sort of thing is
not going on, and we would ask Mayor Walker
again, To see to it that this nuisance is
suppressed We ask. yea. we demand nc in the
name Of all the good ladies who frequent tie
pos- office This nuisance has prevailed too
long, and it must be stopped for decency's
sake
Monday night" saws the Barnesville Ga
zstts. "Reeca Hightower and Ed. Hall. two
c3lOred citizens OF Barnesville. had difficulty
that came near lding in a murder. Whisky
vas az the b)ttO of the trouble. It GEMS
that Reece hal gone home drunk, and was
caastiSing his wife in manner that Ed. was
DO iuced 70 resent. Some words eusued, and
FL Went out Ot Recess house into the yard.
Rsece followed him, and Ed. gathered up the
axe in the yard. and applied it to Reece's fore
heal, INJECTING serious damages. Reece will
hose one eye, If his skull is not fractured sufi
GENTLY TO cause death. Ed was arrested
Tuesday morning and placed IN the Gala
bose"
Abiding to the wholesale and arbitrary ar
Tests Of citizens of Johnson county for viola
tons Of the revenue laws, the Wrghtsville Re
clTLier says. The state Of affairs that has ex-
stel IN this county for the last two years is
greatly deplored BY our good people, as they
nave, during this time, seen some of their best
Citizens arrested and carried before the United
States Courts. and there charged with viola
lons OF law, when not one scintIiia OF evidence
has ever been brought against one of them,
l-At could possibly warrant a conviction Not
oue OF our citizens has ever been convicted.
blt every case that has been carried from this
county has resulted in an acquittal Of the party
accused, as the prosecute would TAIL In every
Instance 10 produce evidence sufficient to-con-
Wet"
Regarding Col. L W. Avery's book the Au-
slSta Chronicle SAYS: Elsewhere we reproduce
rom the Constitution a racy and attractive
synopsis OF Col Avsrys forthcoming WORK
which deals with the memorable events and
Characters of the past twenty-five years OF
1-oFgla- Il is well said in the sketch above
MentlOne1 that no more tremendous epoch
44s ever been known than that included in the
AT quarter Of a century, and we know or no
nan IN this or any other State so well qualified
q Isaac W. Avery to be the historian OF that
neFeF 70 be forgotten time Colonel Avery was