Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-10-26
DARIEN.
The Weather-Turpentine Farms-Vari-
GUS NOtes-POIitics.

DARIEN, GA, October 2s-Edito7 Morning
Ne'os: 1t seems to be the custom, especially
with your correspondents, to commence letters
in telling about the weather. For the last three
Gays it has been raining with but intervals of
few minutes each, which was quite inconve-
nient for citizens living on the Ridge and hav.
ing to ride in the city to their business
Mr.. Grubb, the editor of the Timber Gazette.
lost his only child, little son of about six
years of age, on Wednesday evening last by
that terrible disease diphtheria.
little over year ago such a thing as a
turpentine farm was not known to exist in Mo
lntosh county, but time has changed things
and will mention a few who carry on that
business. e. A. Fulton & Co. George II. Hav-
mans, Winn & Mcdonald. Shave & Butler and
A. Il. Brown have bought and leased lands and
will soon commence operations. Mr.. Brown
was in the city last week negotiating for lands.
A gentleman who sold the turpentine privilege
on a few thousand acres Of land for the sum Of
three thousand dollars, expects to cut timber
to the amount of three thousand dollars. and
then sell the land for the same amount making
in all the neat sum Of nine thousand dollars
The fElends OF Toney Farmer, the murderer
connned In jail here, are trying to make him
PldJ crazy DSiOr6 court meets next month
There Is no use in this for poor Toney is doom
ed. - ~'O--
George Coley, one of the negroes who broke
ia mr.. w. mcW. Youngs jewelry shop some.
Tune since, has acknowledged that he was one
OF the Eastman rioters, George will get Off on
that charge, for the doors Of the penitentiarv
are already open for him,
Inc Brown murderers are as mum as thew
can be. They have been confined in Jail for
almost two years, and it is time for their case
10 De seIGleo.
captain 0. H. P. Rogers has contracted for a
new schooner, which will PROBABLY hail from
This port. She will be about four hundred
registered tonnage. Quite a large portion of
ner VIII be owned by residents OF Dar.en The
captain IS here and will take cargo of hard
pine pine IN ms schooner, the Flora Rogers, to be
used in the new vessel.
Ihere IS something strange that the returns
from the late election from this county have
noG arrived at the capital, for they were mailed
from this post Office here without doub5.
Representative Wilson, from this county has
slgnlned his Willingness to vote for the Hon A.
r. Adams for Judge of this circuit.
Parson Flpper. Of the A. M. E. Church,
wrote an article in the last issue of the Darien
Gazette, in which he publishes some figures
Whlcn VIII be quite useful in the Congressional
campaign to the Democratic party He is
heartily in favor Of Colonel Atkins going to
congress, Yet there are men in this county
VINO would have voted for johnson who will
vote for Colonel Nichols before the other man.
Colonel Atkins will not get the vote thar Col
Inns got in this county in 1880.
-Four candidates are up for Clerk of the Su-
perior Court in Mcintosh county, and all the
otner o1nceS will have opposition candidates
IL Is thought that Colonel Atkins will be in
oorsed by thG GRepublican party on Saturday
HeA'' DER.