Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-05-19
Georgia Affairs.

.,,-lst fever seems to be spreading in
ll- +fs pronounced to be Of a malig-
80 another the fourth member Of
~ 80. y family died Monday.
:. r. GREAT rejoicing in Atlanta over the
.r.r,r4I Goes grand railroad scoop"
~ srecr Of a speedy completion Of
Greene, the Chief Engineer Of
,s, western RAILROAD, who has his
LES ia a tlanta, il overrun with appli-
- .--,,sces in his surveying parties. He
l-- three. and IS now not in need OF
more assistants.
8, ~, movement on the part Of COun-
r,-ss th- COW ordinance Of Atlanta
into operation until next Novem-
- the same as killing it of by d
-. ..r-ct process
-.-,,-.4 In Atlanta that Colonel Cole
~ --ai.. the Georgia Western Railroad
y -.-t rlmbinatiou, and that Rome will
49, important point on that line. at
General Gordon did not call for the
the Georgia Western and offer the
--oti. after Colonel Cole had made his
.,,an a l. .rtaiDty. This fact is consid-
!, significant
v,s5ay a clerk in Daniel & Marsh's drug
the ground fioor of the KimbalI
4rIrta. went into the basement Of the
...,-. 20 draw IItre. and striking a match
-..aa Iiyi.t. gas from a carbOy of nitre ig
4. causing an explosion, which created
sr.1sneut and brought out the entire
5.rarrmenr Lula Downing, a girl who
.-.ifa the drug store, was severely but not
Frusi Mr. Daniel a member OF the
t,fbf. hands considerably burned in ex-
..-fs- the flames from the girls dress.
I. i,n.gs to the stock was slight.
- lam p. Duncan, the well known MethO-
: rra- Who died at Union Springs, Ala.
sunday last. was buried in accordance
Il his request at Americas.
z--r Marshall, a colored barber, was
- al Americas on Monday by the police,
-..si Of completely in the murder Of
Ellis on. the night OF the 9TH instant.
t-lv-ment is on foot for the erection of a
academy at Harlem, Columbia county.
anew bank building of the Citizen Bank
,5rs.a is being rapidly completed. The
sion front makes an imposing and modern
s-auce.
r. Pst- 4p7saI reports that Col Harde-
- r0rlag no the Cotton Exposition in
Vile secretary Ryckman reports that
--1Is New York parties desire from one
= thousand feet OF space Mr.. w f.
nrh-r. who has Just returned from
taI- states thaE the people of that city
rilulIlT interested IN the Exposition.
r The head Of Exposition Notes" the
fr4-rsi saws. "5fr O III Sabin has the
r1is az tiE.ethorpe Park staked off for the
#-tu.dinES ana party of men are engaged
--z.1Ea we'll ne Ir where the building is to
al Another gang Of men are at WORK re-
-re the dam at the lower end OF the park,
#--l-i-lry Co stopping of the water so as to
-auics lake ia the grounds. The expert
"a Q ats Of cotton are looking finely. Some
--g5surs are about four inches nigh There
lr-e 81 srJun that has sugar cane grow
it The cane Is nearly two feet high
= Blb Manufacturing Company on Friday
--l-.tei the sale of : 100 worth of yarns.
zAlcln Telegraph SAYS: 1t viii take about
l- pr1du Is Of the mills for two or three
Eu oil the order"
t-iiug % the Swainsboro Herald. no less
-.1- thousand Dream we're caught at Nor
giliI last Thursday, % say nothing OF the
z and nearly as many On Friday.
Llsly NeICs aud AdUertiSer: NO rain vet
-F iour or five Veeas silce enough rain
allen in this vicinity to wet the ground
sll-i rs are as dry as ash beds, and the
e41ss are in many instances parched to q
l-Y Netrs aud Advertiser, nth: Another
-.0rsery was developed yesterday against
Men Us alias Charles COlem an, the
70 county gro, who was arrested in thi:
te- an exciting chase down the river, il
r-neu1b ered, for obtaining money from
- Weston & Davis. on forged order. one
4rw-ek. Mr.. A Ratliff, of East Dough
-tir a claim yesterday for part of th'
tlst were found in the prisoners trunk
that the negro had obtained them
z-I upon a forged order in the name oil
-u Fowler 1t seems that the order i'm
u0u Mr. Ratliff called for $50 in trade
-H the negro received goods 70 thai
@. OIt he had made way with most OF
Before he was arrested, for only about
Ell q. worth OF them were found among
5-cts Yesterday. He had other good,
gr Rat if said he Gid not get from him
probable that there is still another
oder o be heard from. /"
augusta NeIrs states that the Globe
las been closed, aud woTkmen have
--l,ei the Job of renOvating the build
g VII be- thoroughly Overhauled from
s-=1. % attic and refurnLshed. re plasteTeC
"a rep iirs necess Iry TO make l. a new and
ISIS hotel 1t viii be ready TO reopen
ile ursl q september"
Plst-4pDeat learns that on Sunday
A- HArwell WIS bathing near the
4.s.5 Paper Mills, about two miles from
p bis son, hoy Of twelve, was drown
l-a Younger son E6s saved with greal
--y is1m the same fate,
sile Nzriwetter 'TindicGtor: Mr. Mon
avis q, one Of our most successful far
Employs such an ingenious method fol
--s out MS cotton that we sketch il fol
s-7l- % our farming p ttrOn. Mr.. David
..sa Twelve inch scrape aud narrow
% an ordinary plOw stock. He Their
directly across his cotton rows. the
cl.uag OU the cotton the right dist nee
aAll Alter plowing (chOppiugi out -four
acres IN this manner. the cotton j
10 Tie regular manner, and is left in
81 sllrF- This mode or chOpplDg out
va enables q hand to perform double
u l4A- can be done by tBe same hand
-It, aH4 az the same time works out
as Sc commend Mr.. DavidsO1's plan
-t7ll0n OF cur readers. Give it a trial
s4fAs well it will prove labOr-saving
s Banner: Robert Lee Longstrsei
rr-ln-d the appointment to a cadet
'est fglnt, Hon. Emory Speer has con
FL lyon Dir Cornelius Dewitt Wilcox, g
''s-sssor Wilcox, OF the state Univer
5l5Hsr: There was an aristocratiC
Athens Friday-that of Lavalette
u Wary EfsnrF . Fhnrr,sre hi, lar
-lsing 10 Dr.. James 5. Hamilton
liner Wlu have her name registered
Inns Is the second thoroughbred
S-s+ l "a l.arke county, Mr.. John L. Tai
'."-ils the fist"
.-y Es's amt advertiser. 18th: "Johr
-ll James smith, tn coIored. were
80 % JAZZ by Justic Greer for robbery
~. VA SATURDAY last a darkey named
.Ai-gsln. who was en- route from
~ y Washington. Ga. was robbed by
.ltsEo-s ia broad daylight whilst
We depot for the Macon train to de
- - very fooiishly took out his llcney
ete oI the two sharpers and CON,
t--..lk IT, As soon IS the thieves
49, evidently resolved to havs {, and
s-fs e5utd not procure it in one way
~ -. ~ another. They irst took out their
ss-fsl1I % get their intended victim
IT, esrd monte. Failing 4 this,
al r. 1stLltQ MS money away from
49, otl-r strucS him a stunning
s=r 10y both fled Finding himself
z.- " I0ne BY this pair Of daring
s-aeA sought an officer OF the
-srr...7 T. got oac< to the depot they
GU. Being left without money. he
D. E5-.teed further on his Journey, so
az e and whilst lOanng on the
e ~ ~ tAe afternoon spied his two
srs-. 10 tlme IN swearing out a war
.r- -e9l aud they were arrested and
tr5. = ssseTda ~, when they were re-
Az. ~ Justice Greer, in default of
tssS- TRIAL for robbery at the next
-perl0r Court"
81. 5legrnph aud Messenger reports
b ny morning a man passing along
LIE. OF the Macon and Western
Ia 81 Railroad, but to the left OF
s-l Brunswick track. which runs
s1grf SEQ man lying at full length
C ~ Iit with MS head in the mouth
Il ~ non teu-inch water pipes now
$50 Water Works Company, a
e-as ~ apparently trying TO crawl in
StbS-5 PROSTATE figure, he was as
u f----l .-l damned in the mouth of.
N.Y., which had trickled a small
. a. Investigation proved that
-s55T, .TIead, and q crowd quickly
cno-e51 s place. Corner Guerrardie
sEi5a -. came and dragged the body
- and had il plareS In 4 freight
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