Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-10-02
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Georgia Affairs.

1artr " seven hundred teeLs OnloI IluIoeoig
t5. b9rine tools became detached on Saturday
evening and fell 20 the bottom. The contrac-
t-- has rele-raphed 20 the mandatory FOR
fishing t01ls 60 recover them.
,rHl.- county IS the banner county Of the
ryhtb Senatorial district, and will give Dr.
F..t. the Democratic nominee, over five
hundred majority.
D- Alexander Fox, who was so long in jail
,- Atlanta. died Thursday night at the Bene-
VIOLENT Home.
me residence os W. F. Gibson, one mile
from Forsyth, was destroyed by fire on
Wednesday last The fire was caused by
detective iue and originated in the roof Of the
building
MA j. Baker. IF Franklin county. has a
qua ra ich has been in the possession Of his
family since the revolutionary war. 1t is
Grsss musket and was obtained BY his grand
father during the var Of Independence, in
Virginia 10 was made in 1862.
AIR. John Shelnut independently proposes to
run f5r Senator Of the Thirty seventh Senate
rial strict The ofganized Democracy OF that
district propose TO crack him on election day.
The temperance question is the all absorbing
topic in Athens al present.
There are one hundred and eighty-two papers
published in Georgia, hence there is no lack Of
Georgia news items.
More school houses ere needed in Athens
There is not public school in the city. The
proper authorities should look into this matter
speedily.
The Clarke county Gambler campaign club
has organized in Athens with a large member
ship. Itprop0ses TO promuIgate the organized
Den. cratic doctrines--the A. B. c. Of Georgia
p0iucs-aud help 70 defeat Emory speer.
The total taxable value OF property OF
Wayne county for the year 1882 is Ss41, ,s6l,
being an increase OF value over 1881 OF S131, ,539.
Col A. Clarke is the choice OF the Democratic
party OF Wayne county, and the expressed
viii of the party in convention assembled will
be- respected and indorsed throughout the
district by a handsome majority says the Jes-
up Sentinel
The last number Of the Brunswick AdUer-
ttssr and appeal comes TO us tn the shape OF
trade issue Of twelve pages, filled with mat
ter showing the importance OF that seaport
In &c is found a well written history Of Bruins
wick, her advantages as a lumber and naval
stores port and other information OF the bust
ness and progress OF the city. The issue is
gotten up in good style and is credit to the
journalistic enterprise Of our contemporary.
Brunswick maintains a telephone exchange
OF about forty members, and orders for new
members are coming in every day.
Nearly eleven million OF feet of yellow pine
humber have passed over the docks Of Bruins
wick during the past year. This vast quantity
has been supplied by the twenty-four mills on
the railroads leading into the city. In 1882 the
value Of the foreign exports Of naval stores
from the port has been S456.OOO.
Last fall Mr. W. r. Cardwen left Harris
county, with his interesting family. consisting
Of his wife and three children, and went to
Texas, where he was engaged in herdiug cattle.
His father and mother, residing in Harris
county. have just received from him a letter
giving the sad details OF the drowning Of his
wife and children on the 2ith Of August last
on the Coucho river. which rose in that one
night to the height Of sixty feet. His wife and
three children we're swept away by the flood
and perished. and he himself after untold
suffering, was rescued from a tree top by the
chance appearance Of friends.
The Howard residence at Columbus, occupied
by Mr. A. F. Johnson and family and Mr.. W.
S. Robinson and family, was destroyed by fire
on Friday morning last. Every article OF fur
mates barely escaped with Their lives.
There are over twelve hundred delinquents
iu Henry county, whose aggregate delinquen-
ces amount to over $1,000, and for which fl.
tas. have been issued.
The colored vote of Lee county will be al
most solid for Judge Crisp, the negroes being
satisfied that he will prove as true friend to
them in Congress as he has been on the bench.
A b,1 in,
tendollar gold pieces. and as a safe deposit put
it under the carpet in his bedroom, beneath the
bureau. His wife, Mrs. Smith. taking notion
80 clean up" hired colored man named
Flagg 10 take up the carpet and shake and dust
It. Mr.. Smith came home at twelve O'Clock
Thursday night and seeing that the carpet had
been taken up. naturally inquired for his de-
posit. His wife told him she had thought that
he had taken it. The carpet cleaner was next
Interviewed. and acknowledged that he had
taken the money, which he produced intact on
promise that he would not be prosecuted.
ami the money was restored. Smith has now
no confidence in his temporary safe deposit.
movement is on foot among the Macon
cotton men to establish a cotton exchange.
o.r. Alexander Phillips, a prominent citizen
Of Augusta, died suddenly at the country place
Of Mr. E. P. Schneider. near Augusta. on Fri
day afternoon It is supposed that his death
reSu.ted from a cOngestive chill.
Augusta viii have a grand Democratic mass
meeting on Tuesday evening at the city hall
yard Music and a grand illumination. and
Speeches by distinguished Democrats will be
The Programme, which wiltinspire the Democ-
raey Tor the grand charge at the polls on Wed
Uesiav
The FrankIin Register publishes the an
nouncsments Of twenty candidates in that
county. The political market is booming in
Frsnkln
The annual trade issue Of the Griffin Nelcs
put In an appearance on Saturday last. 1t pre-
sents a fine appearance, and is beautifully
printed, and full Of interesting matter regard
lnS the thriving city it represents. It is illus
tFated by fine engravings Of the court house,
Griffin Female College, the new Campbell press
OF the NeICs, Drewry's drug store and the Ne1rs
office, map Of Grifin's railroad connections
Sam Bailey Male Institute, the Baptist Church
and the City National Bank, and altogether is
acreditabIs specimen Of Griffin journalism.
The total valuation Of Griffin taxable pro-
perty this year is S1.060,OO0
Grihin's bonded Indebtedness is COO. nav
able at the rate OF 5000 per year up to 1880
and $4,000 per year up to 1900; $4,000 Of this
Indebtedness is stock in the Savannah, Griffin
and North Alabama Railroad. The remaining
$4,000 was sunk in the Griffin, Madison and
Monticello Railroad.
The value Of cotton brought 70 the Griffin
market in 1SSl-S2 was 81, 1,1S4,5OO.
Mr.. J. W. Helms has assumed editorial con-
troll ofthe Ty TY Echo.
W. L. Marier is a candidate for the Judgeship
OF the Northeastern circuit For the solicitor
snip H. W J. Ham and Howard Thompson, Of
SalnesVllle, W :. Erwin. of Clarksville r. Z.
BAKER, OF DahlOnega, and i. J. Butt, Of Union
Mr.. NJ P Carroll, Of Augusta. is q candidate
tof Judge o. the Augusta circuit. He Will be
backed by the Augusta bar aud the delegation
from Richmond county are solid for him Mr.
Carroll is competent LAWYER. and viii do
great credit % the circuit as a Judge.
Mr. Nicholas Odum, OF Scriven co,,nt- ,-as
seriously crushed on last Saturday evening
BE was on his way 70 STONY Bluff drivin- a
wagon loaded with three ba - of cotton 80
when near the Blulf, in going down a sl0Tsa
Iather briSkly, The wagon struck a stlmn
throwing him hat upon the ground ana one ~
the bales Of cotton, weighing about six bun-
dred pounds, fell upon him. almost CRUSHING
him TO death He was insensible for some
Tine but, finally revived. His recovery Is
thought % be doubtful
PIKE's TOo1HAoHE DROPS cure in one
minute.