Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-07-08


Ha0-gia Affairs.
-racommencemente exc -eises OF the Brad
III ..--r-.- took place yesterday at Hines
r. ..--s a couc0urss Of people were pres
~ s,,-- fr-fty and adjoining counties. Col
49, Mcdonald. Of Ware county, delivered
.,..s--,l,l n rfrezs. and it proved very able
"a instruct i've one. It is understood that Col
,r.n7s.f viii not be- aH Independent can1i-
date Tor congress this fail.
Tho Savannah N0RNISG News received yes
,.-fsv f-5r SIR j. A. Johnston, Of Growers
,rf. p, f,7fIaf this years cotton picked out of
1-soa,r7u fsld IN Brooks county July 5lh.
sq,,m-.4rr.a- the specimen is a note, which
,,vs. 81 have one hundred acres and plenty Of
cotton This is the most forward cotton in this
section viii be picking by the 18th or 18th
tf this month"
T-vir,t1r. O.Letb0rpe county. celebrated the
Fourth Hou. J. g. e.. Black, o: Augusta. in
afry-pire minutes speech, addressed the peO-
tle I'm the COM. house. lie was introduced to
fs- au-.-f.- by Hon Samuel Iumpkin, and
lfsuefri-t.. address was received with marked
rpproyal i.- his large audience.
Lexington aud Crawford are determined to
have a telegraph line between the two places.
0ae Crawford firm has subscribed fifty dollars
t5rarI &c.
An Ocle-h0rps county farmer has sold 7,0G)
bushels Of oats at fifty cents per bushel
Mr. Thomas Hampton. an Athens merchant.
las says the Athens BauHeT WatchmGn, saved
fifteen boys from drowning in the Oconee
river. He deserves a medal
On Wednesday morning last the railroad
hands al work On the Georgia extension to the
number OF eighty, including the blasters,
struck for higher weges. VINO want :! per day,
Tayable weekly, or 81 . per day. payable
monthly.
General Toonts has recently disposed Of
$4,000 worth OF lands in Texas
The new Code Of Georgia is expected to be
ready for distribution at sn early day.
There are seventy gold mines now being
worked in the state OF Georgia.
Burglars are roaming about Decatur. The
sore Of Jewett 6 Co, druggists, was success
FULLY entered and robbed on Saturday night
last, this being the second burglary committed
in the city within a short period.
Dalton is shipping large quantities of fruit to
Cincinnati
Two negroes named Gus Whitehead and
Anthony Murphy got into q diff ulty on the
Columbus and Rome Railroad train while it
was running Wednesday afternoon near
ThHesville crossing. Muscogee county. The
lAtter pushed the former from the cars, and
the train passed over him killing him instantly.
Murphy jumped the train and escaped.
The school enumeration OF Columbus re-
Icentlv made shows the number Of children IN
ashe city between six and eighteen years to be
1728 whites aud 1852 colored. an increase over
tile census of 1873 OF 15i
Mr. Jesse Wright, the foreman OF the En-
qnirer sun. who was shot by the negro
Mitchell, at Columbus few days ego is still
s,ive and slight hopes are now entertained of
his recovery.
The City Council or Cuthbert passed an ordi-
nluce az its Hast meeting, requiring the night
watches 90 tapthe city bell every hour through
tle night, thereby letting the citizens know. all
over the city, that all is we'll and that the
city watch are not asleep.
Mrs Nicholson, wife Of 7. I. Nicholson, Of
Warsaw, Gvinnett county, fell dead from her
ohairat Lalf-past 12 O'Clock Thursday morning
Ber sudden tasinzcr was the result Of the
rupture Of an artery. caused by over exertion
in washing clothes, which she had just finished
when the sad occurrence took place.
The citizens Of Hawkinsviue, by vote on the
Question Of taxation TO raise funds for the
sinking Of an artesian well, decided to submit
70 the proposed extra taxation Of 57IS cents on
one hundred dollars by a vote Of 22s for and II
against the increased taxation
Last Wednesday negro living near the
Glade, IN Ogleh1rpe county. while standing
under tree eating an apple. was struck bv
Ashtuing au1 instantly killed. IL Is SAID thar
while the skin was not scratched, every bone
m bis body was broken.
Track has been laid this year on the Marietta
and North Georgia Railroad from Etowah
river, az Canton, north TO Ball Ground ten
l-S. Grading IS on progress via jasper to
/ ajay. An old grade will be used for thirteen
Il lies in Georgia and thirteen miles in North
Carolina.
Miledgevil.e Union ana Recorder: "The
total number of students -eEistered in our col
l. q for the term no y atout 10 close i. three
hunlred ard ffty-siX, Il these Seventy-three
are from acrOad. representing twenty-thr.e
unties in Georgia. 2ud four States-South
Carolina, Georgia, Florida md Alabama"
Colonel II. J. Lamar has discovered on his
land, IN Butts county. about six miles from
In ian Spring. an inexhaustihle mine Of coruu-
cum stone, The next hardest known substance
u the l-mond. The specimen shoxn us re-
Gently resembles the sapphire, being fine
ttue- lt admits or good polish, aud is valuable
Ia many ways.
Inc cambridge Democrat in reference to the
cecision arrived 81 90 build the Chattahoochee
extension from Climax, instead Of from Eain-
IFioge,say' tatter publishing the resolutions as
they appeared m the MORNING News. s'The
above from the Nzws of the 4th inst settles the
question OF tle extension OF the Savannah
fiOfl1E ana western Railway We have no
time in this issue for comment even If We l,oS
any inclination 10 do so. Bainbrid 7e has stool
many disappOintmentS and has mot vet been
W 9Stel rom me Il4p ol Georgia, and that she
I ta and flourish all the same. We are not in
cined 20 doubt ~
Hawkinsville Gazette; Mr.. James Burrows
who left this county ia Nay, 1902. as a private
IN Pulaski Volunteers, Eighth Georgia Regi-
nleut returned last night. sfter an at sence OF
little more than twenty-oue years He was
wounded IN Q e seven days fight round K ch-
liond IN lcoS, On the same day with CO.. l. ~
lmar. the Colonel Of the regiment In Au-
kust lo54 Mr. Burrows waS taken prisoner in
ole OF lne battles below Richmond. and was
Z ken 10 Point lookout, where he was kept
pfisontr until after the close OF the war. He
Eleh went direct 10 MisSC uri, remaining there
Z 'ur or live ears, and then t. Utah, among
I-e M0rmonS where be engaged in gold min
Hg From Utah he came back to Colorado
sld continues in the business OF mining until
= let Tor Georgia on the 16 If lsst month
heIeached HaWkinsviile last night He is a
hawkinsville''
An incipient riot was sque'ched BY the action
G. county bailn in Ogiethorpe county on
9lonGay last i appears that 0Ir. Scott Marin.
s IaLlslt ~ the <-iih District G. VI armed with
Mr.. Joseph New horter to arrest one W.T.
ISh' Selofed, on The charge Of theft soon
IS Mr. Martin rode IN the field he was an
I1s ItSSgHeu tli eatenlng By FIVE or six negroes
working there, and informed Y them thar be
luld not arrest the boy Mr. Martin raesoneS
IN them, To no purpose, however and fnd
4g argument useless, lie summoned VerSrs
j. J. hargrOve, j. +. Smith W / JobDson
ana others, some eight or ten and sgsin 70,
paired 70 the field, where ne found IS or an ,,s
Rroes, men and women, armed with N ,feurs
sAes clubs. etc. determined that The how
should not be arrested. The above gantleme6
lung with great discretion, witbdreW and
11esuay had warrants issued for the arrest of
ceuld get. 'o'
ii = Eastman sun TIMES 'On Saturday last our sec
-, - y rs VISITED with heavy rain sccornDs-
- - S-Ss ~ slarp lightning ard heavy peaIs OF
p curing which time the chimney of
H.-bti = :. lncnps0n's store was stricken bv /
ii gbf $50 Is ~ torn down. There wes also some /
fesrfng 49, 49, zone to tue tuiiiing. such as !
80 sjl5{,e.3A Wv the ma1telpiece fgcincs. etc
40 sALtefing some Of rhs yrs1fbe- bS,o.,sf' /
= : -t., - "a . E'Vce OF timber thrown thronCh /
= - 5 49, =, 2 passing cut Of the front door a6d
i Lf5 ~ ~ -. tct with Mr. HarreII il knock
escaped serious injury T,r,. &c ,. .OL tuIateB ~ /
eight men IN the store az fbs ti, - - VI l
- sdy hot one except SIR HarraI recsivssS 4
g-e sllgLt5st loJufy, save se-are. si,,ol- 7,S
- ss51s gil-s were thrown with such violence as
- rlllle a WInnoW In the r1iUf1.,-,- e.- -. - 4
s. Maggie Davis. which iTiiSi-r.y s.OIS OI
- ieet from Mr.. IhOmpsor Is sfora = T. Oi.y a
1Lsloln or hiss Davis TO 0cciIpv fbs - = % -
ner sore, Just opposite the ~ i,a,+ - iOoitt =
wing room, and she had in c,rrr,..5' o. - a
- i- .llolL t,s1n, put q IeW moments before tbs
.IoAe vacated this room and walled ~ ~ /
ont part OF the store But for fiis c;ro,'n' VIC
lanee II n probable that she and ~ St, -.
nou.d nave received serious iniuries even