Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-02-07

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GeorzIa AdaIrs.
.-.i.r- writing from Jacksonville.
4'.----- saws that considerable loss OF
ls,1-i ,,,-rrt u the freshe;s in the Alta
s,s' .----.gr,s, AID CcoHee rivers have been
1ili i-t - Same families have lost as many
q - head Of cattle end hogs. He
s So ,F.t oats in that section isafaiInre.
is- ''.- ,ts f..mers are preparing to plant,
-F-.l5r they VII. do so or not depends
.,,n ssry spring ,,..
i.-- --..-b Ii. Carlton, Of Athens, and one OF
D. '--.'5 .s.-ra5le physicians and citizens Of
-l E-3-- -l',l Ra-s. Of Macon, whenever a
-o,t.sir company gets married, fire
l ... 7y-r him. That is treating
.'-7 ....f rhsv regarded him as dead.
-t+ farmers Of Maristta county
--- ,g-, finished gathering lsst years cot
rta baf W-.lllsr has retarded the
...5 tsmagsI Jhs staple.
F -. reached Columbus on Friday last
s.if. hal occurred near Chalybeate
p ,----r-t-.-r county. last Monday night
--.-.sl Smith had a diiicUlty with Mr..
- nan. ia which the latter was killed
.---i.-- 20 the Columbus Times, It seems
49, went % ths house Of Smith. and,
~. ..t.-. Smith treated him ro whisky, Of
~. g.. f-srg zoo freely. While in an in
-..,..t safe he rai.eI a quarrel with Smith,
.s--ti. knife. smith, seeing the danger
,.,...- drew r.s,ol and slot Brown, kill
H.. -s-s. are the circuEls; auCes. Brown
.-..sf "a. r EI--rsEs. H.Ui5 county, and
r.r Known throughout that section Of
.Jls.y
~. X more pretty girls than any town in
.haSlts
n. Ta5mlsvI.a Times says the vegeta-
r..rI f-lt business viii have 6 boom in that
,Bts scru- Large areas will be plant
KIM ales sud the iadi,ations ere that
-rs-b.s good frui5 year.
-.ssrus.tsI a9pearlHceo Of Sarah BerEharct
b, .ssrtl has excited the citizens Of that city
t.s---rssflus degree. and ticket specuiators
,-- il.-ea sp.eliiI business.
Tie Dsnsu T.a.5er Gazette learns from par
t4ss-ria. down the river that cows have
ts.. f,i-- t5a great extent. Il IS tod that
.a.-..lll ia tie water AMI starve to death, it
r4-, impossible fo- them TO get oUs OF the
gs-.-ani e-t ssme,L.ac t. en-.
7z- f-seIea- 0s rhe Western B aifroa1 OF
Alabama recently seized two cars of coal in
r-a-.t i5- parties at Columbus The reason
ss..usI for this singular conduct was the i'm
MEDIATE reggss.ty f1r TIE use Of the company,
orazt th= famine then prevailing He has
sst Cox damages on his hanlS.
Aa insurance company on a novel plan i
1agi about being organized in Covington
41y bachelor who is over y years OF age
,1 fin it by paying ten dollars. The first ono
G- marres gets ali the money paid in. and
1sr Collection is taken up alG the game begins
E-sF Only twenty members will be allowed to
5il. and the last man ia the procession viii
lave to pay heavily for his single bIeSsedness.
Tie Amsri.us Sumter Republican, states
ia. on TLursisy las. LITTLE negro child,
years Oh. vas burned to death on the planta-
TIN u s IT. Hawkins, ia the Fifteenth dig
u-- &c sumter county. Its parents, Sol. and
Jane Bra1y, iefJ i- alone in their home. Is
s--eEs we're helul, but before assistance
arrived every particle Of clothing was burned.
AMI i,s crisp boiy met the h0rridei sight. The
8sFabacm a.sl learns that a small negro
l1-l vas burned 20 death on the place OF Mr
L- Llt-e-7u in Lection, a suburb OF this city,
GO Ihurslay afternoon. Its parents eft it and
i'se other children in ths house together.
I-4 Two larger one, went out for wood, when
ne sn2l.es. caught file The others then ran
i' assistance, but when the assistance
arrived itw was rot needed. the charred and
'l'a, body 0tthe child va, all that met the
sze
ne dispatches announced briefly on satur-
-is morning that Judge Dawson A. Walker, of
Y-'01, had iiei in that city. lie is said to
lave been more than an ordinary msn, having
carved bis Own way into q handsome fortune
-1l achieved qci.e distraction by his own
l-'- sense aud indomtable industry. He was
''si'lei as one of the best lawyers in Georgia
al vas often consulted by the Tar upon vexed
~ intricate questions. In 1872 he was the
-7Fll-lan cdrdilate for Governor of Georgia,
.-' Vas defeated by Governor Smith, the
-sll-'2tc clniiiate. lis wife, we believe,
-7l several months 20.
As stated that the surveying party en-
s~sei upon route far The proposed Macon
1l- Brunswick Railroad extension have run a
--si'an Monticello 70 C5ving'ou. advanced
--'.-Ha7l across che Oemulgee, and are now
-4Ailg tor Atlanta I'M al bee line.
4-5 following are the quotations or timber
y AZ week as published in the Dalfen
ME "Sqlare-6oO average. IS OCa7 50; 7cO
-7i4se 6 olas IS; SO average, IS COa10 O5;
s'eiase, 60 01al1 %; 1000 average, SO
''' Ll.J average. S1 OOa13 q; 1,2CO
S7 s-- Gals 81. Scab-2O0 average 81 50
80 s' average, S OcaIO co; 200 average.
'--' 5.i Go average, SIs OOaI3 81"
.---.-, --'' --i- Times. we are satisfied. from
f--.t al-'.ls with a number Of monied men,
~. .r Is enough capital here ready TO IN
49, = a. -i2cilrIg g establishment, Il salts
rs-- -ll-l.l,l--lus 4 10 could he made.
01-r,- ~. where We Of the South miss il.
1arr n -1- - men Wll not. % q rule, consent TO
an - l-ilial with others Unless this is
-7r.-. 4 ~ never be any cotton mills built
t- ---- Now, North they aggregate
r.-.s .,al ami 5Iili up these establish
trys.,--s, = d j. Lel lime we were learning some
'- our sLrewd thrifty neighborsF'
lr--f--5s IS subject OF Oats in schIey," the
..sfv a.-el Asp15licGH says: - Schley
ta -lirr sal that the peoule ia Schlev
res.-a-- .--- q hard time with their oats
9r1rs.5 r--tll'lS cams up beautifully and
A.by,s.-s st --hli crop but they were killed
l.ft.r, & I.le4',y cold weather. The second
tsf ~" uelrS uevouIed by innumera-
ssrfs % l-rus that devOur more seed in a
gl8f ss,f --a- can plant. Shooting does no
Fsrss sI5s vail not fly more than q hundred
ges.,,e.t they settle on a field aud 20 to
rz8iv n = s-- --- gram He says they are nearly
a.. s-'e up iu despair -
llissv--SS, i-S brunswick Adrertiser: 'We have
sr-Bg ~ = = .ifles lately for information con-
sl- al '---t uVements going on in our har-
llu--g,,..g,e ge are glad 10 be able 10 sneak en-
Us-T -! el THIS work which has been
5fsy9r-'-s on Tor some time. It has been
lave 49, l-5--rl Lhat already eighteen inches
Sc an 5'- --.--el 90 the depth OF water cppo-
a1lof la .sa- In addition to the cOnstruc-
fsF.--e or eri. -iettv for the maintenance
Ten 15.ter clanLeI dredging onerations have
~ A. --itll-d On with a view Of establish
.-8 In F-.s-l navigable channel eighty
-5p.h A. rl-td and twelve feet in
tas s.fv -l vS-ll low water. ami with the aid OF
e IN ,-lfk -ofk this channel will urdoubtedIy
lcrsss.5 ~ ~ aud its depth will, no doubt. be
hsel tbr-.ssLI1 ssLI1dually BY the current. which has
tgu fsc- " 4n this side OF the river by the re-
Doses a ,-- Y. We J-tty. General Gilmore pro-
lstty. ai,4t Luct training wal, or line OF
{. With ~ So !eet IN length, run ing paral-
100 fsat " w Brunswick shore line. and about
s7aisbis 4, Oln i 4; though with the funds now
. l58l oar = y calculated that only about ], coo
ilais h ~ on the bad condition of the
slggirsr- -S,.,, C,o5llntry generally, the Columbus
slzens On ~. says: That the damage to the
sfest BoSe aeeount Of bad roads has been very
lofned IN - III question who are at all in
l.aefcha6t ~ Jle situation. We were told by a
Ally, tbsf nose sales, as a rule. average 500
elrhg on 5l- le did not take in money enough
isospts \, u-y y IN the bad weather for'his gross
- VIII pay his clerk hire. AZ was the
.sais Te,. uiL1 50 it was with many others.
-,1nd Il y, slInost suspended. and people
s-sre Is iil possibility to reach the city
natter az bt..linly great reed Of reform in the
us road .lsr roads. The law REQUIRES first
.alds 70 h ,ue - oe thirty feet and second class
's.sather. n 'oossnly feet wide. The recent bad
90 hat Il ,eourse. put the roads IN a condi-