Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-08

Georgia Affairs.
..--.-mau returned from a trip into
,r..t-r county informed the Albany Ners
...- t- did not see a good crop on his entire
~ ana that the cotton is being seriously
.---si 1y rust
camilla received two bales Of cotton by
.--r-. T.. Nj sam Cox brought in the first
-. and sold il TO B. d. Heath & Co. at
~. On the 2d Of August Mr.. J. c. Martin
l--ytt in the second bale, and sold il to B. D.
F-srh s. Co. at lOl1c.
The Griffin NeIrs says: Yesterday after
ann MITCHELL Woods cOlored, who was not
mi r.-v good terms with his wife. stabbed her
f--.. temple with a pair Of scissors, the blades
-.---rst.uy about three riches Soon after.
lis f+-f-r-in law. Dick McLendon. came in,
.-f r-rau-tratiug with aim for the deed
r-.7s stabbed him also with the same instru-
--.-- l1 the side and back, and then made his
s-ap- The wounded parties are reported to
t-.aa critical condition"
Ts. Griffin sun has changedhands, Col. VIII
H,uR HauIeiter having sold the paper to
v-,.-s Vs. W & ". d. Randall, who will here
ss.--be It's editors and publishers.
Tie good citizens Of Appling county held a
meeting at Baxley on Monday last to organize
f.at stock company for the purpose OF in
shutting a local newspaper Colonel G. T.
Holden was called to the chair, Mr. Henry L.
L.i-utlaI elected secretary and Colonel V. E
NeL-ui.u explained the object Of the meeting
ina brief and f0rcible manner. After proper
DISCUSSION the Chlir appointed a committee 70
open hC0ss OF subscription and to report on
rs first Monday in September. Honorable E.
Graham. Colonel J. T. Carter and Mr.. John
Corners. Sr., were appointed on the commit
te-
Several 1f the sixty-five representative men
ofUrrer and Middle Georgia on the excurs' on
from Macon to Brunswick stopped over TWEEN
tyf-ur hours in Eastman and were delighted
with that town and section
Os-rI.-01 plates Of fruit were displayed at
td- state Horticultural meeting in Atlanta.
Au-ustas first bale went up from Stony
Bluff. on the Savannah river, on the 5th. 1t
was consigned to NJ A. StovaH s Co, and
came from Nicholas OdOm, one Of the veteran
farmers Of the Savannah river bottoms.
Hon IT, H. Carlton, Of Athens. has been
eutLusing the people of Gainesville. Bowers
vile and jefferson on the subject of the rail
road between the two first named towns.
Joe Double, a colored man on the place OF
MA S. Perry, four or five miles from Ameri
c1s. had his left hand torn up by gin on
Thursday last.
A Macon printer has written play, which
&c IS claimed, will rival in dramatic interest
any Of Bartley Campbell's productions. The
public are 20 be favored with a reading Of it by
the author.
The citizens of Macon are carrying on live
IydiscusSion over the petition Of the NJ. & B
Railroad extension, asking right of way
through the city.
The Richmond county Tax Receiver has
made his report, aud the Augusta papers are
delighted with the result. The digest shows al
Increase. in the grand aggregate. of l.275. $50
The tOtalTalue Of property in the county Oi
Lowndes amounts to s1.s5i,O71-an increase o
$4,000 over last years returns, and s14O,OO
more than returned fOr1he year 1872.
Talbot county is credited for 1ssOs1 Will
over luCOO bales Of cotton. Her crop foi
l',l-s2, with the present prospects, will reacl
1900 bales.
Thomas cOunty's first bale Of the season
was hauled in last Wednesday bY Mr. GeOrgl
Parker. weighed SO pounds, aud sold fOl
twelve cents
Rome Bulletin: Henry II. Smith, ESQ re
turned from Atlanta yesterday. and says thi
Rome and Atlanta Railroad charter will b
granted
Amerfcus Recorder: Prom Mr. T. C. Stew
art, the Deputy sheriff OF Lee. we learn of tn
shocking killing OF child by her mother.
colored woman, Kenny Ladd, aided. perhaps
bY her sister, Neil Thomas"
ReidsviIle Enterprise. Cornelius Shaw.
negro boy. threw q small stick at a COW BE-
longing 10 Mr.. G.. W Smith last Friday morn
Ing. striking her somewhere about the head
and 90 hIs surprise the COW fell dead without
struggle
CovinEt0n Enterprise; "A petition Of sew
er8l hundred names. among them many Of Ou
most esteemed citizens, will be sent up TO thi
Governor asking the pardon Of Mr. Burrell nc
CuAouEhs, who was sentenced 10 ten years II
the pen1tentiary for voluntary manslaughter-
Ccvington Enterprise ''Mr- p. p. Kelly. On
90 our popular anu progressive merchants.
slperiutenoing the building or a bridge Oye
Murder Creek, IN Jasper county, nearly -
feet long. Tie bridge will be covered and b.
one OF the neatest county bridges in this par
Of the State. -
C0vingtOu Enterprise; 'sThe parents Of tw
negro children on Mr.. Alfred Livingston
pl=ce. about eight miles from town. left thl
children In their cabin last Friday and went Il
work The house caught fire and the your gest
about one year old, was burned TO death TIT
older one escaped the flames. !"
been more cotton shipped than received i
Columbus since August Slst, 1880. The stOc
on hand az the beginning Of the year was 20
bales. D. Ourteen bales Of cotton were receive
and on shipped yesterday Total receipts
u0,3s3, total shipments, lll,522; stock Angus
4th, st3."
Augusta Chronicle: The first train over tn
new bridge at Wa toms Island crossed safel
Yesterday afternoon. The bridge is a splendi
Structure. one Of the finest in the South Onl
-FOUR lies more Cf the route on the SOut
Carolina side Of the river remain TO be graded
The road will be pushed forward toward
Greenwood as rapidly as possible"
Augusta Chronicle: There are young me
in Georgia and South Carolina who prosper q
farming because they work hard themselvea
crop within their means, raise food for then
selves aud animals. avoid gambling, luxnrl
and all kinds of extravagant OutlaN- They hav
started right, and understand the value Of
good credit or cash purchases"
Macon telegraph Yesterday. about noon.
COi0red girl by the name Of Lizzie LOckett, en-
pIoyed on the premises of DR.. J. R Price. o
diatelY expired. A COrOner's jury was in
paneled, and the verdict, alter a carefJ
weighing Of the evidence, was that her deaf
was caused by heart disease"
Lagrange Reporter: I'VE learn that the ba
ance sheets OF the Alabama and Georgia co
ton mills, covering operations for the past Il:
cal year, show a net profit OF about 20 pc
cent. result gratifying not only &c the owl
uize the great benefit Of such institutions
our midst"
The Augusta NetUs has received Of Nj
Moore. of Texas. a squash. with a round .smOOtl
reddish base, out Of which is growing a whit
squash triangular in shape and firmly IN
ueQued IN the lower one. Mr.. Moore says thl
vegetable grows in great luxurianee in Texas
ana Is very delicious 70 the taste, far ahead {
me ordinary vegetable Of that name.
Brunswick Appeal: s'On Monday night la:
I9ouL o clock young Portuguese entere
- lygu OF Mr. ellison, at the residence G
C-t tl.aln hlsley, while the family were in al
cbai So pSrt 80 OF the house and took away gOl
- ~ .tlee shlrt studs and a coat Mr. GilsO
- ~. s-le jewelers. on notice and the chap wa
sefI fbs 49, 49, morning IN the act Of trying
'-9 1ilalur aud securely locked up.
6 Ds,;s.e Ssee EceltHg Neirs City Attorney JnC
vsIIrs - .',l. ll 4ll Hon H. Clay Foster are dOin
,io-- - s service Tor Augusta in their presepts
--a.S - - .iI clty rights and claim to an in
ete T,15i,s, nue. - inde debtedness before the Ser
~. ,1aeS---ls committee sf the Legislature
VII allow Mayor May a6d Co,s;S 1i.ls - incIeas s
etely issue bonds Tor the cohstr1IrficT ~ !. ~,
HeiAse system and water supply
worth county COrresDoudenr % Arh.u
s1s- NY friend Mr.. Marion r 1anef
e-lls1 a large catam1unt a few fav,s go
TsIs 81 Igur feet seven inches NOT sfre7ctsS
- - te Aliied Two Young deer thar a doo co,,S
-. ta.s sA'e run down, and covered them MI
~ ISL he showed fight. but Mr. n So
fo1r 49,. I'm I'm uoWn, Mr. jenkins has kiIle
ffe NC Qeer IN the last week has shOs Afree
llea, aud got fourteen deer" '--'o~
Outhbert appeal. - biu 70 shoi;.h -
49, ny ~ Coaft Of kandolph countr bss 11ssse
,-s.-s.' ms will be good news "a a lar
-ss-1 --f = " our Citizens Like an other mn