Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-04-21
e.nrria AHairs

Ee0TrIa Affairs
our Arcola correspondent sends US a corn
tasssl .sised in the glrien Of Mr.. John Proc
tor. rear that place, and reports that the cat
CROP was never more promising than at pres
enr Cotton is nearly ali planted. Corn is
pI0weI ou- sud ia looking well.
AneEr0 killed a loon in Dublin on Saturday
last
Everett Laseter. a coIored convict who es-
c7ued from Burke county some time ago, was
capture last week
ACo'umbus bau-f went to a house in that
efrv 20 serve a distress warrant. and while the
tenant engaged him in conversation at the
-st.. his wife took an axe and cut the furni-
ture into pieces
There IS a man in Athens who has two
thumbs on one hand. and his children have no
thum6at all on the right hand. He says as far
back as he can recollect that his mother nor
any OF the female relatives Of his family had a
thumb on the right hand.
7T11-ez ma Weekly: "a coIored woman
uear5rsngerville. in Macon county. gave two
vearr1f infant q meal few days ago and went
f1 up-gr ulrfs. leaving the child sitting the
f11raI7le Presently a hungry cat came in
ana began % share the child's diuner- Hsving
exhausted that. it commenced on the chiid's
greasy fingers. and aCtualiy gnawed all the
d-sh from three of them before its mothers
return
Butler Herald. zone Of he largest aIIiga-
tors that hss ever been seen on Flint river was
kilIei few d9ys ago bY Messrs. 4. o Allen
ani Thomas Bselau1 ION the Allen plantation
in Taylor county, which was Ten feet in length
Tu0u examination. after being billed. It was
found that the alligator had swallowed whole
with the exception of is feet and legs. a small
dog bs.Ongirg TO Dir. Beelan1 which had been
missing r fhre q davs There were asO found
in the entrails OF the alligator a large rock. a
Eghtwood knot and several sticks "
atlanta -AppeaI: The thirty third an
nusl session OF the Medical Association OF
Ge0rcia convened in the Senate Chamber at
1897 o'clock this morning. DR.. Jas B. 3 iird,
Chairman of the Committee Of Arrangements.
occupied the chair temporarily. Rev II H.
Tucker oUaued the session with an appropriate
PRAYER Dr. James I Alexander OF this city,
made an address Of welcome. which wGs re
sUOried to bv DR. Eugene Foster. OF Augusta.
Dr. Foster ssi5 that Atlanta was in every way
the most enterpriSlng CITY IN the state, ana
especially was this true of her medical
men He hopsd that the association
would have an opportunity Of show
iHg its appreciation OF this fact
H accepted the greeting and returned
r. in h-half % the visitors, to tne convention
Dr. Holt. President OF the Association. then
took Oh G. air ana inside the usual annual ad
dress. The convention will remain il session
un'l Friday. The programme includes the
following items: Reception by the Governor
az the Executive Mansion sud by Mr.. J. II.
Porter ut bis residence on Peachtree street
this evening; orators address at noon and
grsni barquet 81 the Markham House to-
morrow night: excursion to SWeetw1ter over
the Georgia Pacific Railroad at 4:3O O'Clock
Friday afternoon The sessions commence at
I'D a. m and 3 p. m. each day. The committee
Of arrangements is as follows: DIS. James y
Bsir7, J F. Alex Rnds-. f. L COnually, J. T.
Johnson J. s Todd and G. g. Roy"
Marietta Journal: "On last Saturday, Dr.
WesfmOreianf. assisted ~ Drs. Dan Howell
and Greer. # Atirnte- and Drs. Gober, Gle
lsnd. Simpson and Earle, Of Marietta, per
formed an operation upon Dir. James Davl-. Of
tins county. tor store In the bladder Mr..
Davis hGs been suffering from the trouble for
some years. thouZh the cause OF his suffsrings
was not detected until recently The lerge size
OF the clCulus made the operation tedious and
lengthy. which, sdde to his broken down state
othealth, and advanced sge, rendered the prog
n0sis unfavorahle. The character OF the cal
cu-us, though 10 test was made, is
weighed twelve ounces. an unusually
large stone. The weight Of urinary coHcre-
uon does not in general exceed few drachms
or0lu-es Eany examples, however. are re-
clr1et OF four. six, eight ten and twelve
OUNCES D7schamps gives case Of fifty
ounces This one. taken from Mr. d wis, re-
qIr-d many years to attain its present re-
markable size, au1 wss Of such hardness as 10
resist all efforts TO crush it before extraction.
10 was shown 70 some OF our citizens. who
were ast0r ished at the possibility OF such
calculus being tsgeu from a human being The
nature 0f So difficult au operation made il
risky upon the part OF Mr.. Davis but his SUI
terings had become so intOierable that he was
perfectly willing 70 submit TO the knife and
take his chance Of surviving. He died. how
ever, SuudCy morning about four o'clock. Mr.
Davis was about forty eight years old.
Macon TeIeqraBh, Goth. "On Tuesday even
iug there arrived in Wscon on the Central
Train, Sir. John Kemp sewing machine
agent az TOQmsborO. ana Mr. John worthy, OF
LAnreus county. They stopped at Esson's
19ardIug house on PlBm street. After supper
worthy l0t1 Kemp ne na1 some money. ands
as De wanted to see the sights OF the town, he
would Ike 70 have place to deposit it for safe
Keeping. Kemp ar once offered his vallse IS a
safe Ulace, and at his suggestion the pocket
o0ok. containing something between fifty ard
one hundred doi2rs was dropped into the
gaping mouth Of the valise- Worthy had &C
caslOn 70 20 out Of the room for a few minutes.
and during his absence Kemp took out the
LQcketooOS and placed il in his pocket. They
llen went out in town and saw the sights
AZ one place Kemp spent tao dollars
guy OF the b0o< and then went TO a
oal on Fifth street Here Kemp
claims that a girl slipped the rocketbook
ron ms tIn-pCcsel and sbstracte1 the money.
sld then placed the empty pOcketbOOk He
discovered the loss when he went tOpay for
some beer. He then took the girl and placed
NJ IN q room. ann sent for the police Officers
felleH and Bake responded. but as there was
~ lle least shadow OF proof that the girl
u I. lhe money. and as It was plainly evident
ma LLat ll Fas truH ped up charge she vss not
--eiesled Worthy was sent for and the loss
.ltolled 20 him He at once ordered Kemp's
arrest aud he was taken to the barracks. Yea
ssSIlay be stated to- our reporter that be took
tLe money from the valise because he cOrsid-
REQ e uusafe and that the mOEey ne spent
As MS own He denies that he intended any
sL-ls wrong. and is well able 70 make good
--5 amount. He wss sent 70 jail on two war
Lanis-one for larceny after trust and the
'---7f Tor carrying concealed weapons"
DQugisssviIle Star. ''On Friday we accepted
AlLd invitation % q seat in the buggy Of DR..
- H. eelman, TO visit the Georgia Pacific.
rLefe tne hands are now track laying. In a
SloNl OF SIX. We left Dluglssyille early in the
-llr4lng After a ride Of nine miles we ar
49, st the Junction OF the Rome extension of
Ase9n and Brunswick Road. At present
e-1fe is but little indication Of town at this
b-eees nut II is probable that when both roads
ese finished there wi be a small village
~ mean pretensi0ns. just half a mile
Watltlle W.l ne junction Is the bridge across Sweet
s-1t creek Contrary 70 our expectation, we
ttllld this bridge almost finished, as il
49, oeen frequently reported that the
,-o-3ii 70 obtain the necessary timber
- jug ~ cause delay when the track laying reach
ms POINT at the time OF our visit,
- ls ~ were LAYING the stringers. and by now
f-@ ~ & ls finished. Three quarters Of mile
-oA Tie creek We came upon the hands AT
sork placing the ties in position. After going
Tsl1- ne same distance further. we saw the
-s laying the track We stripped for awhile
tEa ttIa tta-cAea q tne process, which was novel to
sAtfee Bougi4sviliianS Leaving the first
80 VI 4sndss we again began our tramp. and
Is-5iIlhl Ili ms point 70 Nickajaek creek we found
s5 a WorE laying. raising, Strengthening
a4lusung the track Af6er ne reached
--9Ise store. where We were foined nv fhe
p-5a'hler or our party. Messrs Clark.
ne ssSe 1sd AoercrOmbie. Through the kind
~ ~ ~. N. FRANK Cardwell. We enjoyed a ride
f9I,r.5 80 - car 70 rickajack creek There we
en-, -.1 ne construci ion train. con isEing Of an
sj. jsgt seFen nat cars and box car The en-
Co- = go = OF the Richmond and Danville
doreitL--1. me work on the track is being
- ~ ne COMPANY. and not a. many ar1ra.