Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-05-24
Georgia Affairs.

d'i5 ..,a-ed in the cook room OF Dr' hafris
fT oHs-, t,rnt to ashes the kitchen. on
Tsher' an insurance Of three or four
uht-n ,.r,-s His splendid new dwelling
-,-,,Ietion. was also destroyed There
rslI-7 s-s7rqnce upon it whatever. AT the
VS. tra dwelling Of Col D. NJ. Roberts
s1l7 .sssrroved His loss was heavy, there
rr nominal insurance Of fifteen hun
tils NJ. on the property. 1t required fast
i-sl ri 10 prevent the spread OF the
1lA -.--raU county correspondent writes:
" s--,,ars say they never knew times to
ri and they fear the worst has not come
49, Is scarce. and the little they have
r. Inn in paying for supplies. Corn in
,,-rers is selling for 81 25 per bushel,
SONY r-5bl5ly reach 81 so by the first Of
81 rssys sells at s. per cwt. All the timber
s-l arc running on full time. There is a
ls'-- ENTITY Of timber yet on hand despite
amount being hauled to Darien. Prices
l-7 ,.lr 20 be kept down for some time to
cotton and corn are backward and are
- from he dry weather"
--. brunswick AdUeftiser and appeal re-
-.te+ an exciting case was tried there last
rappeared that the Macon and Bruins
..---s as Journal Clerk Of the Senate, an
-r,r mass over the road. Mr.. NJ. Benjamin,
chant Il Atlanta, bought this annual pass
-srtvl5r and came to Brunswick on it. Con-
..--- u;sl, Harris. learning that the holder of
.r.-.,.s- was named Benjamin and not Tay-
~. 8-,arded the fare for the trip and also
.s-r.ye-v IF the ticket. benjamin refused
,orrly with Harris request, and Harris,
~ Consulting the railroad attorneys and
-- q, Brunswick. sued out warrant for
g5-4sri,. charging him with cheating and
.rr3iry The Justice bound him over, and
tsv4r, before the County Court on Wednes..
4.r was tried and found guilty, and sentenced
.,rera fine Of twenty dollars and costs, or
lion the city chain gang for the space OF
sixty days
,bt-U belonging to q c0lOred man named
rssa- Jones at Barlow, was destroyed by fire
wednesday night, together with its contents,
consisting Of forty bushels of corn, eight hun
4-4I POUNDS Of fodder, a buggy ana wagon
55rh new, a horse. q COW. a calf and some
,,ber property. Jones was asleep when the
fire. commenced and awOke too late to save
srr-b-r, The fire was undoubtedly the work
fan iuceniiary.
Ths Americus Republican states that Henry
MARSHALL auj Bin Bell, charged with the muir
s4-6f Austin Ellis, have been committed for
t-lIat the next term Of the Sumter Superior
Court
Under the capti N "a Little Romantic the
g,rnesvil.e Gi-ette relates that on last Sun.
dsy Mr. Thomas J. ToIan engaged Judge J.
W Powell 20 join himself and Miss Caroline
Martin ia wedIosk. and instructed him to ap-
near a. Tllau's brothers residence, where the
important event was to occur The fear that
the fair one might be seized and carried away
So occupied the to-be-groom that he decided
not 90 wait for Judge Powell, and left in the
direction of Miner, ten minutes before Judge
Powell arrived at the appointed place. But he
decided to press on and overtake the uneasy
1vs-s After four miles hard pressing his
steel the court reached the couple, who said
th-y were going somewhere to get married,
but had no definite arrangements in their
minds Judge Powell di mounted them in the
roli in front of Bethel Church. tied the con-
uu5 al knot, and left the young couple to begin
lie with the religious services at the church.
Rome appears to have made up her mind to
have a rousing celebration OF the coming ''glo-
r5us Fourth The Bulletin states that
large and enthusiastic meeting was held Sat
urday to arrange for the celebration Numer-
Gus committees were appointed, and nothing
Will be- left undOne to make the character and
execution OF the programme worthy of the oc-
caSiln.
The Timbsr Gazette says that the reelection
OF Col j. II. Estili as President Of the Georgia
Press Association was a high but deserved
compliment to a most worthy gentleman and
officer. Colonel Estill has tried repeatedly to
decline 20 run, but the boys would always get
ahead Of him and reflect him by a unanimous
and rising vote.
Americas RepUblicaH; ''M-. J. T. Howell
commenced emitting wheat on Friday last His
crop is said TO be- very fine, and IL is thought
viii maze an excellent yield We learn that
farmers IN Schiey and other counties are cut
ling their wheat, which is now in good cOndi-
ti5u."
Sumter Republican: ''We learn that Mr.
Tom Morgan, Of Sumter county, has a patch
OF oats that will Weld him one hundred bush
els to the acre This NAV seem an exaggera-
tiOn in view of the fact that our county has
been suffering Tor rain for three or four weeks.
Those who are competent judges affirm that,
If the season had been prOpitiOus, he would
have made one hundred and nfty bushels per
acre. We have heard that many of our farm
ers are cutting oats, anu, in most cases, all of
them have made enough to do them. This will
break into the hay business at 81 20 ana
- . per hundred pounds. That is very good. .
crops in Jefferson county are backward. The
cOrn crop Is very poor. Early planted cotton
is up and dong well, buG a considerable
amount has not come up, nor will il until rain
falls in this section. A number of fields not
planted at all has been noticed. Considerable
rain mas fallen IN some CiO1s, while In others
no rain has fallen in month. The dry weat her
has ruined vegetables and oats. Provisions
are scarce, but money Is more so.
Cochran Enterprise: Prof c. W. NJ Wynue
brought to our office few days ago a well
developed stalk Of Gotten, fourteen inches 10
height"
Campbell County Ne,cs Letter: The reports
frOtu al cuons are that the crop prospects
are tiue There will be an abundance Of all
kiads Of fruit The small gr9in crop bids fair
o. make a fine yield, and there Is 4 fine stand
" cotton aud corn. The outlook is very fiat
teriIg at present. Our farmers are working
with a will, and If the seasons continue favora-
bic there Will be an abundant harvest of every
Thing
CdnpbeU County NeTS-Letter: There IS a
fatal disease among the stock Of this county,
which is killing great number Of them. We
have heard of several who have lost valuable
horses mules and cattle recently. Our ex-
changes, from nearly every section OF the
State give accounts or the ravageS OF the same
or a similar disease. Il is thought by those
who have investigated the subject that it is
caused from feeding on the Western corn and
hay that the Western corn contains more
Phosphorus than our corn, ard that II the
quantity when we are accustomed 10 Iee1 Is
gwen to the animal ana he is worked hard
curing hot weather it causes the blood to be-
come too heated ana produ >es a disease SINH
lar 10 blind staggerS, from which death ensues;
and that there Is some kind of weed mixed
with the Western hay that does not agree with
or stock
Says the ThOmGsville Times: 1T has been
very generally known for some time that Mr..
S. alexander Smith was recently VlctlmlZed 10
the tune Of six or eight hundred dollars IN the
purchase OF an imaginary let of sheep. The
short Of it Is, tbs parties got the money and
never delivered the sheep, which they alleged
had been done. Two Of the parties charged
with completely in the matter, Ben Lewis and
James Chastain have been arrested Oy Sheriff
hurst The first went to Jail, failing to give
bond, while the latter gave bond. There are
some ugly charges against these AID other
PARTIES ia connection with the trans 4ction. AS
the whele matter will undergo a fun legal 10
resignation we forbear making any COM
ments"
The Post-AppedI Of Saturday says: tom
Black received his commission yesterday as
Collector Of St. Mary's and departed on his way
rejoicing
The Neville South Georgian reports that on
last Tuesday four negroes, charged with nav
ing procured goods under false pTetenses from
Nr. T. II Norfeatof our town, were arrested
ar No. So Macon and Brunswick Railroad,
while attempting to escape, and committed co
tLe calaboOse in Neville for trial. By virtue
Of certain promises made him by the darkies,
NJ. NOrfeet released them the next morning
without trial.
Dsrien Timber Gazette: 1.-TWO colored boys
got into a quarrel the other day. John Quar-
termau cut a boy by the name OF Joe across
the back. inf ct ing . severe wound, though not
considered dangerous Quarterman IS bound
over to wait hearing before the Superior