Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-06-15
Georgia Affairs.

Georgia Affairs.
The watermelon crop promises to be the
llr.est ever produced in Troup county
Ab0x car containing about twenty thousand
pounts Of hay caught fire while en- route from
HavEinsvile to Eastman. The conductor cut
Il loose from the engine, and, it not being pos
.i5le 20 exiinguish the flames, it was suffered
90 burn The car belonged to the Evansville
and Terre Haute Company. The hay was con-
signed by Hawkinsville partit to a gentleman
in Eastman
The Monroe Advertiser reports that on Sat
u-iay afternoon a negro boy, ABOUT fourteen
wears OF age. named Henry Goodwin, was
drowned in McCOwen's mill pond. This pond
is about three miles from town, and in il, just
above the bridge, is a place eight or ten feet in
depth. The boy, Henry, a tempted to swim
across the pond, and his strength gave out
when in the deep place. Some of his colored
companions were with him, but made no at
tempt TO get him out probably being too
much frightened Some white Youths recov-
cred his body.
Tie Atlanta P5st-ApDedI states that General
.L0ugstreet. the new United States Marshal Of
Georgia, arrived in New York last Friday. The
General has been travelling extensively in Eu-
rope for some time, and has come to settle
down to the duties of his new Office He will
be in Atlanta in the course of a few days.
The Sylvania Telephone reports thacbn We'd
neSday morning last Dir. R. 7. Mills little son
Willie was accidentally shot under the follow
irg circumstances: His father had opened an
Old uunk. in which he kept ammunition, for
the purpose Of filing his pouch There was
an old Smith & y esson pistol, small sized. in
che trunk which had lain there for year or
more, and was thought to be unloaded. Mr..
Mills picked up the pistol and, holding it in
one hand. reached around with his pouch in
the other TO move some article in tine trunk,
when the pouch struck the hammer Of the
pistol raising it sufficiently to cause It to fire.
The ball entered the thigh Of Willie, who was
standing near, infiicting slight wound. The
bullet was extracted bv DR.. Geo. B. Douglas.
and the little fellow is recovering from the
wound.
The advance in the value of real estate in
Atlanta during the past two years has been
extraordinary Desirable building lots could
have been bought in 1878 and 1879 for one-third
Of what they have in many cases recently been
sold for. Farms on the outskirts of the city.
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station. that in 1875 were bought at ten dollars
per acre. were sold in 1880 at forty-five dollars
and can be readily resoId now at eighty dollars
per acre. The city is being built up rapidly,
and now covers an area about twelve miles in
circumference, its outskirts being in every di-
rection about two miles from the railway sta
ton. The amount of building being done is
astonishing. In 1850 about nine hundred rev
houses were erected, and it is expected that
one thousand more will be built in 1881
The Atlanta P0st-AppedI reports that on
Sunday morning Coroner Hillburn was notified
that Mr. Christopher Sullivan. who lived az
the corner Of Rhodes and Hayne streets. had
been found dead. on MaDgum street, between
Foundry and Rhodes. Mr.. Sullivan was at
nome in bed on Friday night, suffering with
arrangement Of the bowels. He woke up
shortly after eleven o'clock and left the house,
as his wife supposed TO get some medicine. He
was next seen in the saloon of Thurman &
Collier. in Brooklyn. where he complained OF
being sick. and took two drinks Of cogniac
brandy. He left the saloon when the hour for
closing arrived, and started homeward:
Early in the morning Fanny Loekett.
a colored woman on Mangum street.
went into her yard about half-past
three o'clock. to drive out some calves, and
found the dead body Of Mr.. Sullivan lying
across a ditch between the sidewalk and the
street. Deceased had evidently fallen from the
Sidewalk which was about one and hali feet
above the street, and in his fall had struck his
chin against & large cinder. His feet rested on
one side of the ditch and his head on the other
A cash was cut in his chin. evidently by the
ciuder, but there was no evidence OF any strug-
gle OF effort to rise. The deceased was en-
pIoyed In the state Road shop. where he had
worked for the last twenty-five years He
leaves a wife and five children. From the
amount Of money, some niEe or ten dollars,
found in the deeeased's 5 pocket. it is not proba-
be that there was any foul play about his
death
The OJIethorpe Echo states that on Monday
OF last week Mr.. jesse EscOe, 8 young man Of
that county, had a fearful adventure with an
enraged bull dog that came near costing him
hist life The dog is the property of Mr.. George
Edwards, and is of ferocious breed Last
year Mr. Edwards lived on his mothers place,
near Lexington, but EscOe this year occupies
the house. Several days ago the animal re-
turned 70 its old home and was fed Gnd cared
and made no effort to bite any one. Monday
morning Mr.. Eseos shot rabbit in his or
chard, and as he was passing through the yard
with the game in his hand the dog, without
any cause whatever. attacked him. The
dog was large and ferocious, and his at
tack was so unexpected that Mr.. Escoe
was thrown down and literally gnawed to
pieces He at last succeeded in recovering
himself. bleeding from number OF |ounaS. |
and gTappled his antagonist with his naked
hands but with little avail At last his screams
Drought a brother to the rescue, who, ss soSn
as he saw the nature of the noise, ran into the
house and returned with gun. AZ this in
slant the injured man. with fearful effort'
succeeded in kicking the animal under the
Jaw, which knocked it a few feet distant
While i vas preparing for another spring al
Ehe throat OF Ia victim. a well directed o1iAe1
laid the animal low Mr.. EscOe had his arms
fearfully maDgled, ons band was oitten
through, and the flesh torn from lis legs. DR..
Howard was at oncs summoned. who attshdsc !
to the wounded man. He Is suffering great !
dsal. but the wounds are not considered neces- /
ssrilv fetal 1t is not thought the besst Fss !
rabid, as L showed no signs OF madness praor |
70 the eattack.
Sylvania Telephosae. AIR. CL4 Wells brought |
Z bale OF wool weighing = pounds 70 TINS
r-ace last week, which he soaa - zoA cents
eef pound. To produce that wooi he ~as at
y ~ expense whatever. the only expense oefss |
Slat OF penning and sheaxiDg. which he dio 4
Aself Ia one months time.
Lumpkin Independent. 'sOn Wedneaday |
s i-st Mr.. r. B Ryan got shot az one OF the al
usators IN Vorus' pond and sent bullet |
crashing through his sgatorsnipfs skull As ]