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

t.s, crested in the woods near Macon
,r,-yan county votes on tbs fence question
February 25-
The Est Tenne ssee. Virginia and Georgia |
Railroad Company is building new passen-
ger depot in Esst Rome.
arntIiynant type Of typhoid fever is said to |
h. r-avsIent az Hood. Harris county.
The Monroe Advertiser states thatit is report |
al that the worms. or bed bugs. are eating up |
tbs wheat and oats. Great havoc is being made,
orfunIess cold spell comes soon the loss will
be frretrievable.
PfI and Jim Goods. colored, have been ar
-ssrsI and Jailed in Darien for refusing to pay
tbsir street tax. No use to buck against the
law SOU know
Ausg-o man by the name Of Hendricks, was
r,,- over and killed on the Western and Attain
nj, Railroad recently, near Tunnel Hill, while
attempting TO steal ride on g freight train.
Another old landmark will soon be lost to
sf,b-. The ancient building Of Oglethorpe Uni
vs-.fty is being pulled down and the bricks
bsrIsd over to the asylum, to be used in the
foundation OF the new building for insane ne
rross az 1iiIedgeville-
There was a brisk snow Of several hours in
Athens On Monday. The ground was so w.t.
I
however. on fields. roofs sidewalks, awnings
and the Ike. In the afternoon i: turned to
sleet
An Atlanta special 20 the Rome Courier
states that Col Cole has bought the Griffin and
Carrollron Railroad, and will 60 direct to Rome
from Carol ton, and not from Atlanta.
Chief Connolly of Atlanta, received a telegram
Monday from AnistOn, Ala, stating that Jack
Dudley and George Smith had been arrested
there and we're held in waiting for the Atlanta
police. These parties took an sctive part IN
tie raid on the stocBade not long since. when
the prisoners were released by mob Captain
Alfreigs was detailed to go after Dudley and
Smith.
The Athens correspondent Of the Atlanta
Constitution reports that it is said that the
nrorer authorities have fully decided on ex-
tepji-g the Georgia Railroad track over into
the city. snd that the site for the new depot
has been purchased In the rear Of the foundry.
O5s Of the cotton congresses viii soon be
moved 20 the new Depot.
The Georgia Conference of the Colored
Methods. Episcopal Church in America has
l63 preachers and a membership Of f0,7%3-
Their financial success is due to small regular
contributions by every u ember. For instance,
each preacher is instructed to collect from his
charge five cents per member TO pay the ex-
peuses Of delegates to the General Conferences.
which meets in Washington City in May, 1882.
The colored people meet these nickel assess
ments cheerfully, and the aggrt gate result is
financial success.
The grading for the rev building for insane
negroes. at Mnledgev lille, is about completed,
snd brick laying will soon be put under way
By the contractors. This building is located
just outside the walls near the southwest cor
uer. and, when completed, will effect some de-
cited changes, redOun ding much to the com
fort and privacy Of those that will remain
within the present walls.
A correspondents writing from Eastman,
January 90. says: To-day has been cold and
rainy, preceded by sleet IL the early morning.
Freshets may now be looked COR in the Oconee
and Ocmulgee rivers, and much live stock will
EVIDENTLY be drowned unless driven out of the
sEamps upon the hizhlands before :he waters
rise too high to prevent it. Considerable tear
is manifested in tn s place. lest the travelling
public INTRODUCES small pox into our village
Vaccine virus is consequently in good de-
maud"
Ont OF twenty eight telegraph wires center
Ing il Augusta, but one was working Tuesday
morning. the others having been prostrated
by the weight Of ice upon them Four were
put in order before night. Telegrams to and
from various points yesterday were conse-
qlently very slow.
Tuesday morning an almost fatal scc!dent
happened on Mitchell street near the Central
Railroad depot in Atlanta. A negro man as
driving a wagon loaded with cotton to the
compress, and was moving along at q RAPID
rate. When near Thompson street a small
colored girl attempted to cross in front OF the
team. but stumbled and fell The driver tried
70 stop his team, bit could not do so until one
OF the foFe-wheels OF the wagon had passed
over the child S legs Although the wagon
was heavily loaded, the child escaped with a
slight abrasion Of the skin on one Of her legs.
For the pas TWO weeks the Atlanta police
have been searching for Richard Choice
Choice was for long time q dray criver fer
E.sas, May & Co, but about two weeks ago
was discharged. Tie day after his discharge,
aud for several days after that. he called at
the depots and got goods consigned 10 Elsas.
Nay Co. This game was, however. blocked
and the police put upon his tral Tuesdsy
Captain Bagby aad Officer Sherman came
upon Richand, and he will have a pre-
imlnary trial upon warrant charging him
With obtaining goods under false pretenses.
Late Tuesday evening Mollie Davis. & ten
9e-I-Qld c1lcred girl. was bitten by large bull
cog On i ester street Atlanta. MOliie WAS pass
Ins ST. ug The street when the dog lesped from
yald no front Of house, and, seizng her by
Lle tlrQaf bore her to the ground. The loud
efies soon brought assist ince. and the dog was
driven away, but not until he had bitten her
Daiif about the neck ana shoulders
-k1ms Courier: For the mast two seasons
nd A1ah nj ha uauH 1 fua
S-eam0uat Companies formed a combination, |
Lt'luS As an opposition line the Gadsden com
Ral{ by mutual Ereement the coalition Of
t-t urst named companies has been dissolved, |
- .4Ae elect on the sst OF February AS soon |
"a tllS agreement was entered into Captain |
eli-l, q the Red Line, went down TO Gads1eD, |
SO curing bis stay there formed a eombina- |
1.1u OF ms hne with the 3adsden, and the t9o |
mes VIII hencefOrth be under one manage /
Tent and known as the Gadsden and hed |
me steamers with Capt J. NJ. Elliott Jr., of |
g.lslt p, a. ger eral manager, and Capt ". 7. |
N Rene"
WaycrOss Reporter: THE new depot Is now |
- pete % ali IT'S parts. aud in pOiut OF beauty
eld artistic finish would be considered a |
ss1 0y those Of refined taste in the big
s.glth me restaurant was opened last hurs-
1! Hltn pomp ard splendOr by the best Of
-S'-Alrateurs. Mr.. p. Maguire, Uf New York.
- .aole~ were provided with bOuntlful sup !
~ ol Vlauts, which were served in the most |
C-1saul manner. Egerything that the eDicure !
- lle hungry Traveller could desire or wish for |
VS. spread out wiki lavish luxurianes."
Atlanta P0st-Apysai: 1t is told on Steve !
s1u- sion thar &C The recent FIRE, at which he |
49, amotg The most active in the effort TO /
suppress The flames and rave property, he res
Cl5l TN box from the Atlanta National Bank, |
80 from the shaking OF the contents he was /
aelied tlat the box contained considerable /
S-slIe- f-aring 70 trust it elsewhere, Steve |
I5-lfeo couple Of policemen to accompany
~ am rushed 20 mis- room and locked the |
~ m ms safe. and then returned to the fire.
-1-ler tne excitement had subsided. Steve got |
-l1lls oaak officers and number of friends to |
81 90 witness the opening Of the box and see !
-~uyi the Treasure belonged The crowd
-I1.ed IN his room and awaited the open
~ Nitn eager expectancy. The box contained
-J iLe cash book OF a SunC&y school treas
tgls VIA an odd item here and there OF a /
--Aei e 1ntricutton TO the heathen."
,Cotqmbus EnqtifreT-Sun: by reference to
&c MES OF this pap-r we learn that the first
s-asessInent OF property in Columbus was made
-, when Judge B +. Coleman, Thomas
LOTS and Th' ObOid Howard were Gss ssses-
,Ss- SSls- iLe value OF the properly in the c4iy az
- - llle vas about one million and quarter /
= collars Previous TO that time property |
S~eeIs reported 70 q receiver the Nalne Of |
ttltir feaie stat The rapid grOWt tn OF COlum |
ols IS enCanraging beyond expression. It was |
slaoually increasing Up 10 the period In which |
- var broke cut between the states and the |
55esolt Is only too well known to our people. A
-'se position Of the city Eas destroyed BY IRE |