Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-10-26
He0rgia Affairs.

The National Prohibition Alliance will meet
zAtlau-a next March.
THeuszt spring meeting Of the State Agri-
u1ural Society will be held in Augusta
ue new horse epidemic, pink eye" has
ss15ared in the vicinity Of Americus, though
ul mill form.
The NlIejeeville Herald says: The apple
eur This county is a large one They are
1rl.rg r1 town in large quantities, and sell at
-.r s. cents uer bushel.
Tie Sparta Planter says. Several true bills
F=-- 'olni by the grand jury last week against
--- bars-elers for selling whisky on Sunday.
Fines ranged from so to S2j0." "
Ci1yers Weekly: Fourteen gin houses and
s1l- SIX hundred bales Of cotton were de
Ery-i bv fire in this State lest week, upon
F5 h there was not over $500 insurance
Greensboro Home Journal: The twin in
A--, gi fir and Mrs r ". Harvey, OF this
s1l-y. cied on last Monday night. They were
--i.-i IN life. and now in the same coffin and
gave sleep sweetly IN death.
TteC0nvers Examiner says: "On Wednesday
@. is- week the day Of the fire, a tin can con
a1Is five or SIX pounds of powder was found
r Nr 4. y. Lawson in his turnip patch, IN
e. zrar OF his residence"
l--usta Erening Neirs: Large fiOcks of
q geese pass over our city morning and
s--irg They have a feeding place some
F---- In the swamp below here, and rOOst In
4 1--yer in the neighbOrhoOd Of the rocks"
Fr-g County Weekly: Mr.. James Par
tan 5r near LOvejoy. who attempted SUI
%, two weeks since by shooting himself II
I bead Is yet in a critical condiuOn- The
ss - still embedded in his head, and all efforts
---.r I'VE 10 have been fruitless."
.-s- Ys1rs mir. J. D. Boyd one Of the
r--r1--r- Committee of the Georgia Agricul
- --.i.. y. has returned from Macon, where
ell rH aaA- "a State
g. IT. --r- rfs the fair success financially,
.--rsh -Ea zen, raj exhibit was not quite up "a
t--uer standards.
-.r-,. o.-,.,f,, weekly: LAS Mr.. A. P. Wall
uss-4--I-ui1g from sicDOuough last tuesday
lf-rr11r his horse i,ecame frightene and
81 away. throwing him from the buggy @ @Ahu
-1 sung serious if not fattu injuries he was
5-.g,H- 20 town in an insenSible condition and
-- trrr- present writing has rot recovered
0-siluSness. The buggy is a total wreck
C-rv-rs FrrrlfYer. The following Is lit
t-uXrd A farmer delivered oale OF cottoh
q ll-staCr0r for provisions fuTnisneo' tuo COZ
Go Wss levied up0n under 5n OId eAecutlrH
tie bale was iu NicCOrd & Co s warehouse. ana
rse1lsr8h.- took the warehouse receipt LOT
g DO Tu.sfay morning last the cotton was
-5s-vyei 1y FIRE Query: Who loses the oaIe
q cl-r-u-ILe farmer, the merchant, OF the
IAN who held the execution un0er Whlch II
Fis -et-iEe iu The warehouset
P.ss Cluitg Vslrs. "Mr. Lewis Hamburger
a1i SIR. J. Blalocz. Of BarnesVille, were the
Fc1us of some light-dugered gent 70 the tuhe
tl-1r.y two hundred dollars on wednesday
r,l- ar Tue Brown House in Macon. On re
l-ls tlr the IignJ they hung their clothing
llll ,Heir bedsteads. which we're standing
clss o. 4 co0r. through which the thief came
i-I appropriated a valuable gold watch and
s--u belonging 70 Mr. Hamburger. From Mr..
o-21cs they took a 81 gold piece and some
saAL .luge. They have no clue to the per
Petrsi0r~
lae Wayuesh0rO Herald says negro man
ssl-l the Office OF Judge F. NJ. Berrien. the
.-ler day. and made the folio ing statement:
tlaL httl- over two years ago he escaped
-1n the Od Town convict camp, in Jefferson
elliY, where he had been detained nye
-9nLls without ever having been tried or SEN
---t- he says that he was working on the
LA-laton of T. b Branch, Esq in Burke
--.y. where be was beaten and shot by Mr..
ts-a.es KEY, the Cverseer. who then took
---lq Old Town and put him into the peniten-
~ gang. where he served the time above
-1Ltoled. The complainant's object was to
-'-eillil whether he could obtain any rec ress
Aiming 20 the d. 1th OF Mrs John W. Shelf
80 50 10 that city Cnthe I'D inst the Americus
sl'ler says he short illne~s of this LADY
~. - none prepared Tor the -ad stroke that has
iV---gl Lle uelI OF all. Some ten days ago
- - s4-Il7id ives bitten on the hand by an in
~, - Inflammation ensuC /, which, accompa-
- - " pneumonia, attacked the vital organs
- rendering inevitable the s1d elimination
- ees near f0Ity-fOur years OF Rge- Her
- - name was Davis. and her native place
i>lor1 W Washington county. the town
sl-s me name Of her father. one OF the
'r- -iJizets Of that community"