Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-09-09
Georgia Affairs.

r- stephens has completed his history Of
as -r..-i States The final proof sheets were
and re-urned 70 the printer on Satur
g. .s. Tt is a complete history OF this eoun-
-y town TO the time OF senstor Hills death.
l-l win ue issued by the National Publishing
Company Of Philadelphia.
-t rsninJ Graphic a new daily, viii be
a-5 r Macon ON Monday next. Messrs
r- speer and John BoifeUiIlet will be
...e.f on tae Graphic by Mr.. S. S. Sweet.
r-rr-uor8t0rs Of the Augusta and EIber-
Railroad met at Augusta Wednesday to
za Cor procuring a charter from the State
fH-s The company has complied with
NJ ,ri--u-1-s of advertising for ninety
a uI al t1at is necessary now is to for
as-i die charter aud obtain the Governors
.lrau-a thereto This viii be done immedi-
EsIy and the permanent organization OF the
company ar once perfected
tt7uusuv has been formed at Gainesville,
backed bT Northern capital, which proposes
c tuli ra road from that point in the di-
ccr-1 rf Chattanooga The company is al
ready organized. and has IS, 100000 at its com
ualE aud ITS engineers are now at work sur
r-yHs rts different projected lines to choose
a-m1st feasible The rosd viii pass through
lal0rssa. Elijav. Spring Place. hey Ond which
latter point its route has not been determined.
Probably i- win extend from Spring Place to
Fa-u-Ha station tapping RiDggold and reach
ls Chattanooga via Mcsarland's gap. 1t
V1ld shorten the distance from Atlanta 10
Gainesville eighty miles. and open up a coun-
rI vllcr would vie with any on the continent.
t taps -Ge richest gold fields, iron ore beds and
marble beds 0f Georgia. also a fine agricultural
country. ani win be the short line into North
Carolina AN the company asks is the right
Of way. and proposes to 20 ahead at once.
Tile newly appointed Postmaster Of La
Grange O. BeaH. is the leading negro Re
publican 1t Harris county, and was born and
'=l-ed u Hamilton. He has several times
BEEN candidate for the Legislature, but was
never successful in his aspirations.
George, q IittIe three-year old son OF Mr.. +.
Philips az fiuwood, Muscogee county, was
accidentally ana dangerously shot in the neck
-u Wednesday 10y a pistol in the hands OF a
Negro boy ten years old. The boy was playing
F.,a tue weapon when it exploded, the ball
AA.rs effect in the left side OF the neck, cutting
..- outer lusular vein ard ranging forward to-
Ta-l .ue face.
-r vs. E. Sapp has been officially declared
'-- nominee of the Democratic party OF Dodge
county i1r representative Of that county in
l-r ensuing General Assembly.
Dublin IS waking up to the question Of a rail
ioa- connection. The hope is to enlist the
eroIe-au.r Of the authorities of the East
tennessee Virginia aud Georgia Railroad to
e, branch from some point on this line to
D.-lr A delegation OF six or eight Of the
BUSINESS men Of Dut lin viii visit Atlanta on
'-- invitation of Major McCracken, President
% il- Fast Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
--A-foat- 20 confer with him on the subject.
Nathan smith, colored, found guilty Of
--le n t.- Superior Court Of Dodge county at
Eastman. together with the six murderers
----- guilty of the murder Of young Harvard at
= Eastman riot. were sentenced to death on
Thursday.
-l-7r is nm active element at work in Pike
-I Co bring out one or two Independent
a.-s Tor the legislature.
VIZ Lyon. 1f GAINESVILLE. has shipped 275
--le7 Oh. tr-edfrIit this season.
-7es cotton receipts for the past
'A were lsl7z bales against L. $40 bales
h- rraceiugyear
no +- 'a9usand and twenty-five pounds
5.- .'ai. have been shipped from the
-A'less i-e during this season.
-.r 'se5 lamps viii De put up in the streets
.i'. sl way of experiment. where most
Fam is crowded, and it is
accommodate any more Of
late proprietor Of the Griffin
ne TO Atlanta TO pursue the
ofessiOn-law. He will do
profession. as he has ever
listic calling and there is
rousiy signed, has been ad-
50 H. Jones requesting him
-----,.. e'--uluale to represent the Forty
r..[ ---2rial district in the next LegisIa-
replies, accepting the
support Of the voters
-.lr counties.
e runswick and Albany
removed, and trains are now
Hie ue
tteP "hitfield county this
h hundreds OF bush
% ONE iaees' while goodIy
home consumption,
1aa
u F. WOffOrd, who re-
7stAla knocked OF of the
E ng train on Tuesday
' seuo-si1, not mOrtaIly,