Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-10-17

the location, and the work viii be vigorously
pushed forward TO completion.
The Georgia cotton gins still continue their
work on the hands and fingers Of careless
manipulators. Mr. VIII Tomlinson, of Polk
county. had his hand terribly mangled in his
gia on last Tuesday, rendering smputation of
the member necessary.
Dick Logan. a weltdiZger, while engaged in
digging a well near Cedartown, on the 18th
inst, went down into the well distance of
sixty feet and was suffocated by gas. He was
hauled up Immediately, but life was extinct.
The cotton crop Of Upson county will not be
as large as it was last year says the Middle
Georgia Times.
Two cases OF sudden death occurred at At
lanta on Saturday last. Mr. J. W. Haynes was
found dead behind lumber pile, where he had
been working, an a negro woman was found
dead, lying upon her kitchen floor, on Pine
street. In the first case the verdict was con-
gestion Of the liver. stomach and bowels, and
in the latter heart disease
crowd Of drunken negroes, on Saturday,
at Dir. John COnley's place. three miles from
Atlanta, while stoning 9Ir. Humphries, struck
Mr. Pope Of Campbell county, in the head
and killed him instantly. Three of the patty
have been arrested, and turn out to be desperate
characters-Jim McHenry, Lee Brown and Joe
Caldweu-an Of whom have been lodged in the
station house to await investigation.
on Saturday night while the Deputy Mar
shals filed out Of the United States Court at
Atlanta with two prisoners who had been con-
victed Of conspiracy-James Findley and his
father-they both drew pistols and made
break for liberty. The old man was recaptured,
but the son made his escape.
The Post appeal will be issued every after
noon this week, until Saturday, when there will
be no paper, but another issue next Sunday
morning. after which time i5 will be issued as
morning daily.
On saturday afternoon, in Bush's barroom, at
Forsyth, Joe WooteR stabbed Henry Land,
brother Of the State Chemist. wooten was
arrested. The place OF the difficulty suggests
its cause.
Macons Art Exhibition promises to be quite
success. and a magnificent display Of bijoux
and works OF art, native and foreign, is antici-
pated.
Of seventeen cases OF diphtheria around
Garden Valley, Macon county, all resulted IA
tally.
New corn is selling at fifty cents per busheI
in Quilman county.
MA B.Lee, OF Rising Fawn, pade county has
received the appointment Of Postmaster at that
place vice J. q. Hale, who has held the Office
for ten years previously. Mr.. Lee is the only
Republican who has ever received a govern
ment appointment in that county.
One can 90 to Atlanta from Rome now by
five trains each day.
1t is rumored that some wealthy and enter
prlsing men in Atlanta have their eyes upon
Augusta as a desirable point to erect a large
and elegant hotel Travellers hope that the
thing viii be accomplished quickly.
The farmers in Dougherty county are all sur
prised at the amount Of cotton they are getting
out. Nearly every mans crop has exceeded
his expectation.
Patents have been issued to Georgia invent
ors as follows: john ]. Hancock, OF Thomas
vile, fer cultivator. aud John o. Smith and
VIM F. Chaplin. of Savannah. for brick ma
chine
The mOrtuary report OF Augusta for the week
ending Saturday stshows twenty two deaths,
OF which nine were whites and thirteen col
ored
The Hia monument fund has reached
5000 ..
There are now in the Jail Of Floyd county Il
men, "A cOlOred aud white. There are 10 un-
der sentence to the chain gang, white and
cOlor5d. Their sentences range from four to
twelve months in the chain gang
Hardwick's spoke and hub factory at Dalton
turned out ,2JQ sp0keS in a little over three
hours one day LAST week. As soon as the ma
chinery is placed in position they expect to
turn out an average Of 1000 spOkes per day.
Georgia has rsised $4,000, 600 bushels of corn
this year, OJO OJO bushels OF oats and $780,
900 bushels of wheat This is a total Of Geor-
gia raised grain of 43,500.OOO bushels. This is
by many million bushels the largest grain crop
grown since 1856.
r--o,a ir,-r- % Sun, - o-,.-s,-
cent general presentment say: ''On account of
the cattle stealing nov so prevalent in the
county, andif possible to prevent the same, we
recommend 10 the Mayor and City Council of
Americas to rigidly enforce such of any ordi
nauces they may have regarding the register
ing Of the brands and marks of cattle or beef
offered for sale in the city; and we further
recommend to stock owners to register their
MARKS aud brands with the Ordinary Of the
county, as provided by law"
TOccOa NeIUs: I'VE know of no sheet more
deserving the patronage OF the reading public
than the WEEKLY News, we know OF no
weekly that furnishes larger amount Of gene
raj and state news, agricultural, commercial
and poutlcal, or keeps up a more extended or
more reliable market department. In
addition to these well written and attractive
original stories. by home authors. appearing
in every number, add to the interest OF the
sheet as a family paper. In mechanical exc
cution the WEEKLY NEWS is not excelled by
any publication received at this Office"
Alta meeting OF the Board Of Directors Of
the Mobile and Girard RailrOsd held at Colum-
bus on Saturday last, Col E P. Alexander was
unanimously elected President Of the road to
al the vacancy Occasioned by the death of
Col W. II. Wa ley. . he Board Of Directors
passed the fol owing resolution: "ReSOlUed,
That the thanks Of this board be and are here
by rendered TO Capt W u. RaOul for his
prom ptness in accepting the position OF tsm-
DOrary President Of this company, and for the
zeal and fide ity with which he discharged the
duties Of the office. and that the Secretary
send him copy Of this resolution"
Macon telegraph: ''On Wednesday last q
man went into one or our banking houses and
asked If the bankers would discount draft of
$40. accepted by a we'll known lumber dealer
on the Macon and Brunswick road. He re-
ceived an Affirmative reply, and said as the
lumber dealer was then at the depot he would
60 down there and get the draft accepted. The
next morning the draft was presented to the
house. but the lumber dealers signature did
not look genuine The bankers put him on on
some excuse and wrote to the indOrser The
reply was that the signature was a forgery,
and then the bankers stopped the game. Il
may be possible that some other bank or firm
In Macon mas been Vietimized. The young
man who presentel the draft is well known in
Macon, and is well connected"
Augusta Chronicle: Last night at the union
passenger depot a suspicious looking basket
was found on the platform OF one of the out
going cars Of the Georgia Railroad passenger
train. The package was delivered TO Mr..
Hemphili, Master or transportation. who ex-
amined it,. and found therein live white in
FAINT He turned over the basket to the police
man on the beat who carried is to the City
was found to be q male infant, two or three
weeks old well dressed. with a full supply of
clean, substantial clothing. In the basket was
also bottle of milk. The following note &C
cOmpanied the basket written in q neat, legible
hand: 'One who did his whole duty in the Con-
federate war and was paroled a wreck in
health. prsys some kind hearted person to take
care OF this, his honorable offspring, because
he is unable to do so, and may God bless the
man or woman who does So The infant was
taken TO the City Hospital last night, where IL
was tenderly cared fol"
Mr.. John Carlisle a farmer in the north
western part Of TALBOT county on Thursday
last had grand rat killing on his plantation.
be had long been troubled with the depreda-
tons Of the rats which mad infested an old
building on MS farm, which was used as a
store house for his gathered crops, but the
Wholesale destruction OF his corn and peas be-
came so great that he determined TO destroy
them. On Thursday last, assisted by two fine
bull dogs and some negroes, he commenced
the work The house being located in an open
field, the rats had no means of escape from the
dogs and men. and as the chimney was torn
down, the rats poured out by hundreds and