Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-03-24

Sylvania Telephone: There is a man in
!" 4snlEgtoE county who is ifty-one years old,
hss raised family OF ten children, and had
never had case in court. been a witness or
served on the jury until the last term Of the
superior Court OF that county. when he was
summoned az a witness on q case between two
OF ms nelghbors. He says most emphaticaliy
tnat ne lives at home and boards at the same
place. His name is Elisha Stephens Peacock" :"
A correspondent OF the Carroll County
Times writes that paper: Il think We ought to
bulid railroad from carrollton 20 Rome.
TIE grading would mostly be Light, and %
miles from Carrollton there is the finest body
OF pine timber in my know ledge. Then Car
rOlltOn ought TO have the Georgia Western II
would run through good country for farm
ing, and for 90 or SO miles west OF Carro.lto.l
there IS a hne body OF pine timber and other
timber for cross ties, and for cabinet work
walnut. hickory, poplar and other varietiss
which the large towns need
Says the Douglassville Star: About five
years ago, Jim Clinton and two others were in-
dicted ard tried for the murder Of James Seals
All have been cleared except Clinton He was
convicted and sentenced to hard labor for life.
lie has been serving out his sentence since that
time 10 the Dede county coal mines AS others
who were implicated had escaped conviction,
the friends OF Clinton are making an effort TO
secure his pardon. We understand that GOV
ernor COlqulft has expressed his willingness to
parcon him If it is the desire OF a majority Of
the citizens Of this county,
Athens WGtehmGH: The approaching Cot
immense success, and will doubtless be most
beneficial to ali portions of the State in bring
ing our advantages for the culture and manu-
facturs or cotton prominently before the world.
and ia interesting capitalists TO the extent of
causing them to invest the r surplus money
among US"
Griffin Nei1s: The heavy rains of Wednes-
day washed away the dam of sr. Abel Wright's
FISH pond. and let on nearly all the water. Mr.,
wright introduced into his pond lot Of Ger
man carp almost a year and a half ago, whose
growth he hiss watched with careful interest
the injury to the pond on Wednesday resulted
Ia thu loss Of many of these carp. Indeed, he
succeeded in saving only twelve or fifteen OF
them. These varied in s'zs from fourteen
inches to twenty-three inches. Mr. Wright Is
enthusiastic on the carp question"
LaGrangs Reporter: Throughout this sec
tion the peach trees have been so seriously
damaged by the cold weather that but few Of
thegi have bloomet, and for another Year we
will be deprived OF this delicious fruit In
many instances the trees have been killed en-
tIrely. a large peach orchard in this vicinity
has IN IL a small number OF trees which have
bloome5, but mUEt of them have not yet
shown sign OF life. Strange TO say, within
two hundred yards OF this Is a small orchard,
and every tree In it has bloomed We will
have a few early peaches. but after they are
gone all the peach trees viii be as barr, n as In
nid-winter. since 1877 the peach crop ia this
trees have also been greatly damaged, but we
could well afford TO do without them altogether
if the peaches would bo plentiful AIT kinds
offruit have been damaged, and the wateImelOn
crop viii be the only thing upon which we can
rely"