Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-06-13

GpOrgia Affairs.
4t-+.aa learns that parties mining
from Seneca, found, twenty
~ surface. seventeen diamonds.
t t5 the African diamonds.
.,- -5unced by FoX.& Co, OF New
--frs one weighed twenty-six
.t..-v party was an Englishman,
Bla.eg-
Was bal one for gators around
f-trtlII accounts Of the slaughter
..af ,Hat description put forth by
-r,.-rr ara straight One was caught
another was lassOed, and a third
The latter was reported to have
.-4r-H odds and ends 10 have set
.tmlI junk shop
--s.. meeting held at Eastman on Fri
- Bl-.d. W. p. Eastman and James
v--- elected delegates to the rail
.-sr-.5u called for Tuesday in Ameri-
n kendrick. Of Talbot valley, one
ra.- thfeshed two hundred bushels
f-.m four acres. He has a field of
acres as good
pstlugsaf states that during Collector
slmri,tratiou Of four and a half
,.- hundred illicit stills have been
,,i destroyed There are fifty-nine
---st t.s.ilIsries in the district, ana the
b. fare. engaged consists of seventy
Dalton citizen reports that a terrible
-- bsruened On Mr. Hambright's farm,
niles slurh of Ringgold, on Tuesday. A
-n-I EuEus Henderson was cut almost
-r,bv circular saw, which was running
gs-d His head was split in twain,
afflHlg a8 either side of the saw, and
Sic 5sIJ7 the ribs cut open, leaving
s-ex1ls-I. Both hands were cut of.
zg15ssi he stepped on one Of the little
ythat is attached to the carriage, and
brew him "a the saw, which quickly ac-
fs5ef les terrible work. He leaves wife
,ee children The same paper states
is- lrs. Ambrose BARLEY was drowned
gc-eez. near C0hutta springs, a few
go. She had gone on the mountain in
Of pink root and gensing, in company
little girl. and, when returning home in
=1ne. she slipped from a precipice and
The stream below. Her little companion
uzerless 10 render her assistance, and
fortunate woman quickly drowned. All
De little girl remained, desolate and
ty the side Of the corpse, which was
eamlpg some drift wood a few feet off.
n-ruiug dawned, the girl returned
distance of i've miles, telling, on her
b the sad story.
albany correspondent Of the COnstitu-
stss that P II. Slaughter, in charge of
r7eument work on the Flint, reports
satisfactory progress between that place
E.a,t zuma In the way of dredging, blast
ll removing obstructions from the chan
Under orders from the department at
-stlu he has recently visited in person
seounties contiguous TO the river between
b. and llontezuma, in order to obtain ac'
ssnf reliable statistics Of the amount
aacter OF frelghts in the way Of cotton
hsr products that will be likely TO s9eli
importation to market. He was sur
Ilt the amount of cotton produced along
-Tsr portions Of DoOly, Sumter, Lee and
b and the inconvenience and expense sc
Incurred by the planters in hauling the
one distances to the railroads. All thi:
4 remedied by opening up the Flint tC
atI7n. which he regards as a fixed fact il
sar future. He regards the Flint as one
sdnest inland streams we have. and des
% become a most important and valua
rery Of commerce, at least as far up a
yuma
W. L. Peck, of R1ckdale, has shipped by
ss 20 the Commissioner of Agriculture al
sl, and also to Washington, D. c., the
Dew flour Of the season, made from the
|-crop Of 1881 This flour is ground from
s,rlised upon a five acre plat which pro
ltWenty-eisht bushels per acre.
sTalbott0n Register reports that on Fri
-orni1g last the large and elegant two
residence Of Mrs. S. A. Carter, three
west Of Talbotton, was burned. 1t seem:
Yrs Carter had been burning sweeping:
Upstairs fireplace; had left the fire, anC
slt nothing more Of it until the roof Of the
, was discovered to be on fire. 1t is
gh- that some OF the dry stuff in the
Fgngs was carried up the chimney fiue
band Iodsment in the dry shingles. wkicf
-sly ignited. It is said that the house
Insured for 5000.
Atlanta P0st-AppsdI is authority for the
.lent that Col L. p. Grant, one OF the
avl engineers in Georgia. says that it is
-ct nonsense to talk about a canal from
hattahoochee to Atlanta. Col. Grant
hat about twenty miles from Atlanta the
assochee is s25 feet lower than Atlanta
Point above Gainesville it is about on q
r.th Atlanta.
arlington 4dvancs learns that Mr.. Hort
las disposed Of his interest in the con-
Tor the extension of the railroad to
-aE to Messrs. Rawls, Price and Single
Fdo are moving things up at a lively
They think they will be ready for the
taly 20 commence laying the iron about
lz. Of July.
{ Atlanta Post AppeG: states that the city
.'1r suit for damages. Several days ago
-7.Any was going home along Decatur
be accidentally stepped into hole in
--s"a!k. and fell so as to seriously sprain
-i-e and produce contusions on other
8 Of bis body.
Augusta Chronicle reports that on
'lay, while party OF boys were bathing
canal near Sibley Mills, one of them,
e-IfFin Evans, aged about sixteen, was
7--aLy l1stled OF the spring board on
-le was standing. He fell into deep
aId, as he was unable t. swim, sank to
-~'n- The other boys, who were much
u ln3n Evans, were afraid to go to his
=. - and he drowned before them. The
J. 'S afterwards recovered and an inquest
Ilarles Ivey, OF Gordon. as we learn
@ lrwiaton SoutAerner, shipped lot
sues 70 New York May S0th. which were
@l average Of S24 per bushel.
-.iets and COastitutlOnalist: Augusta
sl- following factories in its limits or
aIeN miles. all of which, however, may
Z F5L as property belonging to it: Au-
r4itlory. $500 spindles; Enterprise,
SI.o1r WILLS. 5000: J. B. Connelly's mill,
D. -llrrVllla Mills. 4.e00; Stbley Mills.
. :, il4 a4ulLeviile Factory. 80, 200; Langley
'N., McCOy's Mill. 1, 900: total. 10000
~. 10 these may be added the King
m l.lJ9 spindles, making q grand total
es'-s spildleS. These mills have total
ann s9,I35, ,Oo0, and when the Sibley and
57s are completed viii employ about
,----1.t'es. As a general rule there are
~ ~ dependent upon each operative.
~ mus named would. therefore, have
~ =, people dependent upon them, The
Il - ol1iey mills will thus add fully 10000
POPULATION
4 esls54iile Dispatch. ''On Friday last
y - 9.L,lon' colOred, re ached HaWkinsville
e.sence or about ten years in Liberia.
b h.. ears ago q large party Of colored
,ss-'' laWklnsvllle for Liberia-a country
- % them as the land Of promise
lsr1lu miles across the 'briny deep.
ti.s,t y were Cesar Brown and his wife,
Ii,ti.r and grandmother OF Elijah Cor
Iel granny, and two uncles and two
y ~ -lss was then only about eight or nine
49, ese he is now about eighteen OF
le- ears Of sge has some educ alton,