Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-11-02


state institution. The trustees report a de
cided Improvement in the management OF the
Institution, particularly in the attention given
TO the mental and moral treatment OF the pa
tienus. There are now in the institution 979
patients, fully 1Ol il not l19 more than should
be therein 70 insure their proper care and
treatment. The trustees ask an appropriation
Of $4,000 for 1888 and $4,000 for 1884. which
is based upon an Increase OF patients for 1888 of
LOO. being at the rate Of % cents per patient
per day, and the payment OF all expenses. An
appropriation Of S52 s33 is asked for. for finish
ing the new building, SI1 BIS s. for gas works,
water closets, bathing tubs, and $4,000 for the
supply Of furniture for the new building. On
the 1st Of October there were 905 patients-279
white males. 2j5 white females, so cO.ored
males and Sc collred female lunatics The
total number received during the year was
LOB. Of whom 81 have been discharged re-
stored, y removed improved, 1 removed unim-
proved eloped aud So died. Chatham county
furnishes the mos. patients. g.; Bibb next, 81;
Fulton next, As; Richmond next, 46; Baldwin
next, -.
Rev. ". W. Landrum, who has been pastor
of the FIRST Baptist Church AZ Augusta for the
past seven years, has accepted a call to take
charge Of q church in Richmond, Va. He
leaves his congregation with their affection
and respect. as he has ever discharged his min
is,erial duties ia such manner as 10 win for
himself the confidence ana esteem not only Of
his own congregation but Of all the people Cf
Augusta.
General Fitzhugh Lee viii lecture in Rome
on Thursday evening, November 2Sth. This
distinguished soldier and Southerner is doing
good work in placing upon firm financial
basis the Southern Historical Society.
Rome. with a population, including the
suburbs, Of only SOl0 inhabitants, can beat the
world on twin babies. In the last few weeks
four pairs have been born, and 10 the past year
eight pairs These are all Of white parents. no
account having been taken Of the colored.
On Sunday morning LAST, at Dalton, Newt.
Bearden. a colored desperate, committed a
murder0us assault on Henry Jackson. The
wounds inflicted are serious, and will probably
prove fatal. Beuden was arrested at Tunnel
Hin and brought to Dalton, where he is now in
Jail.
The Columbus water works have been COM
pIeted. and were successfully tested on Tues
day afternoon at 4 O'Clock. This contamination
is hailed with delight by the citizens.
Inc lily AUuUE.A li EdLOulQu EUlk uuAl dt-
tion at its meeting on Thursday last in relation
to local taxation for the support OF schools
within the city limits. After a full discussion
of the matter in ali its bearings the Council de
eide uruuiaao,,sy - s-----s +l-- s---f-i7- s=i-
Inc that the question be submitted TO the peo-
.ple Nossrs. ". F jenkins, W. B. Merryield
and Robert Adams we're requested By the
Council to draft a bill to be presented to the
rs .e1- rrrraaH that the
mum rate Of taxation for the purpose named
shall be Il of per cent.
Stewart Cc,lutr- superior Court adjourned on
sa-urfav l.st. tn only criminal case of i'm
u.,-sAnce tried was that or Anthony Billiard
for. assault with in ent to murder. He was
convicted ana sentenced to the Psnitsntiary for
four years.
Cuthbert hiss an oas club of thirty farmers
Every member is TO pay two bushels Of oats to
the member who makes the most oats on one
acre Of land, and enc bushel to the next
highest.
The receipts Of cotton from the 1st Of Sep
tember to the 2Sth Of October inclusive. at
1Hledgevile, hsvs been q 459 bales-560 bales
increase over the receipts for the same time
last year.
Gen. b. NJ. Thomas, formerly OF AIilledge-
vile, while walking along a street in Dalton,
Ga, accidentally missed his footing AID fell
against some lumber, breaking one Of his arms
and otherwise bruising himself Up very pain
fully but not seriously.
The Governor has ordered an election in Ma
rion county on the 23d of November, to elect a
Representative TO fill the. vacancy occasioned
by the death Of Hon. ". W. Singleton.
Dr. A. G. Hay good has formally accepted the
trusteeship OF the Slater Fund, which had
been teudsred to htm by the Executive Com
mittee OF the fund, as previously mentioned in
the News He met the Executive Committee
at Cleveland, O., on the 26th ult. A meet
ing Of the committee. at which Or. Haygood
viii be present. will be held in March next at
which definite plans for the work TO be done,
and the manner in which it is to be accom-
pIished, viii be agreed upon. The acceptance
Of this trust by DIR. Hay good viii not sever him
from Emory College. He gave the committee
distinctly to understand this, and they readily
consented.
The new Code Of Georgia is now ready for
delivery. It is an elegant book. printed on
superior paper, spIendidly bound in best law
style, and reflects credit upon the publishers,
James p. Harrison & Co, Atlanta, Ca
On Monisy in Warrenton, an affray occurred
between NJ +jOr @ z. McGregor. the Representa-
tive elect from that county, and a young man
named Hite in which the latter received a
wound in the arm from Major Mc3regor's pis-
toll
Atlanta Constitution: state Treasurer
Speers report may always be expected TO be
as clear and concise a financial statement as
an English ChancellO-'s BUDGET. On reading il
it is easy 10 perceive how the State finances
stand Il Is a noteworthy Iact that the largest
amount disburSed IN the past years, except the
public debt payment. was for school purposes.
The estimate for next year puts the total dis
bursement at Sl35l.3i7, or about $1,000 in
excess OF estimated receipts
The grand Jury OF Richmond county in their
general presentment recently returned to the
court expressed its views OF the registration
law at present In force in the following terms:
In our opini n the election law OF the State
are made nate Co the protection of the purity
OF the baliot-bOx. We, therefore, recommend
that a registration law, providing that no per
son can vote without producing evidence Of
having paid his taxes IN full and TespectfulIy
request our Representatives. to introduce and
nave passed a local bill applicable 70 this
county"
The Wrightsville Record gives the following
instance OF good farming in the wiregrass re-
gion: Mr. BlaXr n. living on the ulaca of r
G. Smith, on the line Of this county and JET
ferson. made this year on about fifty-ive acres
Of land. with a nineteen year old horse IN
bales OF cotton. rs bushels Of corn and about
500 bushels OF potatoes and other produce
usually male upon farm. The work was
done by Mr.. BaXtOn and his two sons; all OF
the plowing was done by the one horse except
about i've days"
Macon Telegraph: Conductor Dick Johns
is authority for the statement that at the camp
of convicts near Dubois, on the Macon and
Brunswick Railroad, there is a strange instance
Of mans love for his wife. Il seems that
colored woman was sentenced TO eighty years
Imprisonment. The husband has gone IN and
viii serve fOr;ye years with his VIE and the
forty years Of both makes the eighty years
sentence. He has shackles on and IS working
like the other cOnvicts. and all this because Of
devotion to his wife. II is seldom you hear or
such instances. This is q pretty story II the
law would allow il We give IL Just as we heard
itfrom Conductor Johns"
Macon EUeniHI Graphic: I'VE learn that
certain Northern capitalists have about con-
cluded all the necessary arrangements for
building q railroad from Macon to Athens.
The route agreed upon is from Maco to Mon
ticslO leaving Clinton, in Jones county, two
miles to the right, or east OF the road: thence
from Monticello 70 Social Circle The road
a9sady finished from Social Circle to Monroe
viii be taken In as part or the line, and from
Monroe to Athens. about twenty three miles,
viii complete the line. all or which will be not
over one hundred miles. This road will be
worth millions TO the counties through which
II VIII run, and especially Jones and Jasper
counties and win be big paying road to It's
stockholders"
columbus EiltufreT-Slfn: Early last night
soiIlculty occurred in BroWnville in which L.
" skinner reeeiyfd three ugly wounds on the
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