Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-01-27

z,sossrercd az the POss Os5ee In Sac
-sr7ah NJ second Glass Matter.
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Georgia hTairs.
-- Cain House. Americus. was throEn into
.,,-.s-n.tiou by some one firing of q pistol
.--,. Of the rooms Monday afternoon. It
- ,,,r that the shot was fired by some one
.r,bsI been drI1ging too much, and who i'm
.-.o-t be was shooting a troop OF monkeys
,fst were afger him.
r. rr-ber valley, Of Gainesville. Georgia.
,s.r Atlanta some days ago, and stated that
t.ts.i found in a branch near Gainesville a
t-y, diamond. FOR which he had been offered
sul610 but had refused to Sell. because he be
s.y-fi. 10 Be- worth half a million It was
~, evident. however, that the imaginary
lucky finder ofso much wealth was unsettled
in his mind.
typlg lgraphiea! errOra few days since made
r-esy that the austin Banner had said that
r. I5hu IT, Newton, Of Athens, had bought
,5-sgsncy for the STATE for tbs introduction
sft1s Eeyp ian stiasless honey bee. II was
,-a Ataeas Banner which made the statement
Sow that Townsville is outs Of debt the
s,.4tr- Enterprise thinks the city ought to
have sa opera hozse
viii d. las. issue tie Athens Chr, nic!e
bagar rs fourth volume. II has succeeded
tsv6nI lts most sauguine anticipations Of
ts--s years ago. and proposes to continue 10 be
sf-t class u0l-poiiticaI newspaper, and thus
-rert The "a -r5uage it has received.
T5s1.th Of January. the birthday Of the i'm
.,,,-al Lee was celebrated az Hinesyille with
..-4tr ....lt gy tile Liberty Guards, a iOurishing
military organization Of that place. After a
Jr.r Hi-r- ssj by q large number Of cit zens,
,y-.uf tournaments followed, in whicn Ser
rssnt william Flo5 bore OF the first honors.
aol Won d prize which had been put ~ for
contest by Il- members Of the company.
syIvsuia enjoyed hes frs snow on the morn
inEof Monday Inst
TIeHamiltou Harris c5uutyJ Journal says:
The question OF labor is becoming quite an
embarrassing Oue To our farmers. The co,ored
people who are the principal IaboreTs, seem
sverss TO making contracts I IT standing wages.
Their plan seems TO 20 en- tie rental system
altogether
During last year one hundred an thirtcen
marriage licenses were sold in Terrell county.
ssvzacy I've 20 coI5rsd cit zsns-just one hun
drrt percent more To the coiored than whites.
This Doesn't LOOK as if the negroes Of that
county " ere much embarrassed by hard tiIAes.
Tie E~toat1n Journal or Progress. a .-c5l-
0ret newspaper, IS in favor Of Bruce, OF Mis-
s.ssppi. fJr q Cabinet position.
The Macon Gaslight and " ater Works Com
paay are workiag hard TO give that city tie
much needed benefit Of water works Their
hJ1-s were interrupted On Tuesday, however,
hya strike among the negroes employed ID
digging bitches for the mains, VIII, though they
hsd contracted for seventy-nse cents a day,
dsmsu tsd that they be paid a dola-. The en-
p0yers have refused to accsie 70 their de-
malis
The Rome H0tetc2ught on FIRE Saturday
ngli and the flames made rapid headwa
The inmates were all asleep, and but for the
coughing Of a little child from tbs effects of
the smoke. which awOke its parents, it is lfseiy
that terrible catastrophe would nave result
a. They gave the alarm. aud with the aid
of private hose in the building, and the fire
department. the flames were subdued. One
gentleman, Col. Mac Spadden, was found in his
bed ilseaSible from the smoke. but medical
attention soon revived him. The loss to the
house is estimated az one thousand d0ilars. No
insurance.
Saws The Columbus Times: The dep,0rab.e
Effects OF long continued bad weather i telling
mos eisastr-uSly upon our community. For
week past business in this city has Beeu al
every res son Co. be. iers that this would be an
la-sda-iY good season and bOught large stocks
9l Bu0us snow and TEiu came al a time when
they eEp- ted the h-av.esf trade Eany farm
e-s had heir fields fun Of cl,tOn, and some If
tlem lai not ginned a l0ct- when the tad
Weather ser 10. 'Ihe roads became almost lin
l-sssb.e and The country people have not been
a0le Oh * Ito tina city. hence our merchants and
tlt-I clerks have been idle and their winter
s.oh remain On their shelves unSold. Day
laDoreTS have been almost without employ
n-nt, al1 our large COl0rrd population are
Er-lLs On q destitute condition They vii
probably leasn that Ihe farm, where they get
Ele Nool anu houses TO live in without cost is
s-e 81 place for them. Added to the suspen-
s-1n gI business, the severe weather and its
e.pHt au9uS has produced an unusual amount
y SCENES Our people are depressed and
s-lolE- As We write, q snow IS falling which
promises % equal that # The 9th OF pecem-
o7f' There are 10 shouts Of JOY this time"
says the Townsville Southern Enterprise:
near no encouraging n neWs from the cat
e9P From "a sections We earn that the dam
- very serious, and On light soils and
e,-las iate soSn cats the destruction is COM
t.r-- ~ heard one good farmer say that he
sL3-l p.9T up all his crop and u liant corn and
sH--yl- The greet SC rCitv and high price Of
seel oats render IL impossible for many TO
p-A1- more oats. and the crop viii b. neces-
-5'.y small, while should. a subsequ-nt freeze
iIf ~ 49, - painted since the last freeze the crop
VI oe almost total failure -
says ihe CGTToU County Times: I'VE learn
.i5 -- -lF heatol, the mail carrier between
- - Plase and allen Mills, that q man by the
r 80 ot shannon was drowned in Dog river
Irgqs.as county, st the place known as PRAY s
i- " 1he igth instant, undt the following
---47silteS Shannon drove into the river
= q vLe morse wagon, and his horse becoming
- - SO he jumped out TO cut the horse loose
,EstE.- .E IE wagon and while il this act he was
-1g 49"u oy tile current Of tbs stream and
IiO"hed Ilis happened about -
sLI~A' and MS body was taken out about
r. -ll7 IIty or sixty yerds below the ford.
~ 81 eali WdS considerably swollen at the
i-r-s--l5- - -elt.-inan upon the shore succeeded
-iAk Sta1 Cn'S horse bat vas not able
ave bis life ----'e - ''i''7 ~
t.. iIe H2Tt1ell sun says: VERY little wheat
-, zen sOWn IN hart Just our luck This
- - & : SOU y ear Tor grain, and II the aver
~. -Ee- mas neglected - SOW wheat don't
:. lll forget 80 SOW oats and plant corn. Ore
- ~ ~ gram made at home is worth two
-o-5l- a@af from home. One great draw
.reL 20 " US part OF the Lords vneyarf is,
rz.---- = aus 20 SeL an easy place WHefe
a. - SMOKE cigars, take q couple of drinks
-rs,t 80 W iile oI no work The niggers,
-Is-S-,s small minority. won't work, and
~ IN ~ me IOn Walker will lazy white folks
sores '-''1 qui' Ioanns arouho the
me Dahlonega ArottI.tafn SfonaI SAYS:
49, '5 'laIshal Robinson and aeputy Col
r17srI .-iL a. with twO assistants. rode down
t-igEl..n tli' - what Is known as the Brier Patch
trsr r-9I .-.9I On Monday night and bagged
ND - lHs.r.s-
g.iv-A - names Of the prisoners are Alfred
ara -iaflon Oliver aEd curt Oliver, and
-sr ~ .l .t.-d we're sjHndlY sleeping in = shuck-
r- ~ tle premises Of Dunk HOIlIield Fso
Glba al ~ eis Of Illegal juice were secreted
5leCt nools ABOUT one mile distant from the
E.r t59ie lle arrest was made. A has ring
Tgss5-..-li u5Ilfe Commissioner Britain on
91sr I'm ell an al three Of the parties bound
ana V-'IsllAL Robinson carried them to At
y=,fi,-r. e-nesday morning 'MOoEshining' is
t17 e y oe an unhealthy business in this sec
sa-f parties 50 engaged invariably come to
T5s NE Macon Telegraph Of Tuesday:
bssD o.eaA II the Brunswick Railroad has
uprr paired, and yesterday morning the
rts ~ sah 20 run upon regular schedule.
H,-o1 "a "a occurred ab..ut seven miles from
Ya-dE or stone creek, where about thirty
.ea an pea1 9 was washed away. Supsrin-
-l5rs-.-. ~ LdVa ards, reported BY our evening
Tue sce ~ y as lost. was only in the mud at
1dngir[ VI th7 .sasteF, and has returned,
l1E ir9 ~ tue delayed trains. The road Is
eldr P1llect working order from end 70
sss.i5is ssf p aLer County Messenger knows OF man
llr1rnr ~ " glli',eilisent 4 aud wide awake. who,
Ia bv IN JiL mis- guard for moment. was taken
L. sharper lately. Il saws: They met on
'tort $40 road Mr. Sharper. or sharp for
zls, fSat ast "a "a he was handling a patent med
Esbd ~. ~, ne wanted our friend II introduce
ifbia,s sla- he always paid men who worked
SoS IN, % ming box ana Putting into Il SIS.
Ior tb,Is ne, are you willing 70 give me SIS