Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-10-28
registered at the Post Office IN SGUGnn,.G
as second Class Mad Natter
GeOrgia Affairs.
!. n. ESTILL,
Savannah, Ga.

18Th Of December.
ThOmasville's artesian well has now reached
depth Of Lose feet. and has struck strata
that Editor Hansell says smells as If it was
spriukIed with birthstone, and makes him think
that the auger is reaching the neither shore.
While the warkmen we're engaged on
Wednesday Of lat week upon the new bridge
being erected across the canal at the Enter
prise Mil at augusta the span nearest the
factory gave wsy and fell in. The frame Of the
bridge was up and the workmen were prepar-
Ing TO put in the flooring. No casualties are
reported
Dr.. H. ". Harris hss some Egyptian cotton
growing in n small patch a6j1ining his horse
DOB i1 Perry, Houston county. The Gotten is
wen fruited, and one stalk is fully ten feet
high.
VIII Porter. the condemned murderer OF Bill
Swift, has confessed to Rev. B II. Sasnett that
De committed the crime for TIE expiation Of
which he is now sentenced to be hung on the
s-h Of December next at Perry. Houston,
county.
Ers r. H. McBryde, of Houston county, on
Thursday last received SI36 back pension for
services rendered By her husband. R. H Nc
5e Put on the regular pension roll.
The Macon convocation will be held at the
Tsaotton Episcopal Church on Monday night,
October 50,h. The following clergymen are ex-
pected. Revs J. r. Winchester, Mr.. Wingate.
sIr Wynn, OF Macon; Rev. W. c. Hunter, of
Columbus; Rev Mr Pond, of Albany; Rev.
M- Lemon, Of Americas; Rev. Mr.. Mcconnell.
Of GreenYile. s c.; and Rev. E Dennison, OF
Ouelika. Ala. The public are cordially invited
70 be present
Tie Eagle and PheBix stone dam reaches far
toward the Georgia shore Wonderful pro
ersss has been made in its construction, and if
the river continues in a condition favorable to
work. It will soon be completed
last Wednesday night William janet and
wife. colored, living on the place Of 1Ir. James
A. Fulcher, near No. 616 Central Railroad, in
Scriveu county. left their three children. aged
B. Sand 2 respectively, at home alone. While
they We're aUsen. the house caught on fire and
vas totally consumed. The youngest child
was fatally burned. and the two elder, though
they escaped death, we're badly 'singed." On
the same night, just before day, Mr.. A. A.
Wood had one OF his barns burned. This was
evidently the work Of an incendiary, as tracks
were found leading to or from the barn.
George C5ursey and Gus Simons. two negro
boys fell out about a dusky damsel while at
the barracks in Atlanta. and undertook to set
de the quarrel by blows. Coursey proved too
much for Simons. whe-eIpon Simous drew
small revolver aud emptied the contents Of one
chamber into C0urseT's head. The ball struck
Coursey Just bacE Of the right ear and glanced
clear over the head, making an ugly but not
dangerous wound. COursey was removed to,
his home. and Simous, after beiug aptured by
the police. was lodged in the calabOOse to await
the result Of Cou-sey's wounds.
On last Saturday little three-year-old child
Of NIr. Bragg, OF DO0ly county, me- with the
misfortune OF falling from the doorstep aud
breaking an arm Under the treatment OF DR..
s b StOvall the frGc ured limb is improving.
Macon Telegraph. Near the Vinevilie
branch lives n crtZy colored eirl named Tina,
Who Is giving the people living IN that viciDitY
considerable trouble, and unless removed to
tha asylum viii infiict serious injury upon some
0f The children. On Monday sue caught hold
OF the ann Of John Martin. the c0lOred tight
rope walker and bit hm severely. She fire.
gl-uty takes after children and ladies', and
sometimes it isw tn greIt difficulty that she is
prevented from doing them some bodily
harm
The Dahlouega Mountain Signal says Of the
mining interests Of that section; "All the
mines In the vicinity Of Dahlonega are doing as
we'll as when last reported The general out
u was never better. The monthly yield OF
bullion is constantly increasing. and will as
long as new companies continue to erect new
lua-fz mills. We now have in this district $50
s.smIs running day and night, and the proba-
1Ities are that the next year will add as MANY
more Capitalists sre now convinced that
there is money for them in the Georgia gold
fields, and that itcan be taken from the ground
O. a smaller expense here than in any section
Of the Union"
r-r-,---t-,. rr--.r-4... feTr,,
one 0f the most important known to the peo-
Die in this section Cf country We yesterday
saw several planters who were in the city pre-
pairing themselves with plOWs, etc for the
purpose OF turning under their fall cats Now
the time 70 sow them Oats sOwn in during
Pie fall are worth at least fifty per cent. more
tlau those plOwed in during the spring months
Pot only this. but tall oats seldom fail. while
Spring S0Wu oats are more or less always I'M
fertain. The besi varieties should be sown
pa rust proof selected. There is no scarcity
good seed cats. which can be obtsined in this
y and al various farms through the country.
ra main itea should be to SOW large areas,
oE the best varieties. and SOW them now. The
arth IS in good order"
Americas Republican: Colonel F. E. Burke
IS getting up a box or the products Of Sumter
PM adjoining counties He wants a few Of
tvery variety Of potatoes. the very finest pump
pms, cashaws, chufas ground peas. field Ueas
~ every color fnd variety. He proposes to
pin them to Hartford. Connecticut, to an ex-
lloitlcE soon to come of there He wilt pack
Ihem carefully and pay freight himself that
ur county may be illustrated and advertised.
PIE does this gratuitously for the good OF this
/ fecti0u. Last year Mr. Dempsey Hooks sent
/ fFeet potato TO the exposition that weighed
Snteen pounds II any enc mas negro
Her, or yam or Spanish, or any South Ameri-
an variety which approximates that size, let
u furnish it, or any other remarkable pro-
flCtiOn Of the soil"
lf0uree Advertiser. "'How is your apiary
/ k1uing on we asked Mr. Frank Wilder. Ny
/ bees are getting On nicely. but they have not
/ fuaCe honey to amount 10 any thing in the last
| ieW weeks The storm Of the 9Th OF September
Seemed 20 stop the honey flow in some way or
bther at any rate. my bees have not made
/ fnuch honey since then. Have you sold
| Inany bees this year, Not a great many
bses. but quantities of honey. have made
/ Enough on my apiarY to paw the provision bill
r. my family this year, and also the expenses
tf my farm We expressed surpri at this
eratement. but Mr.. Wilder assured us it is
faet What is the big est yield you
have had this year from one hive
have one hive from which ] shave
obtained three hundred and fifty pounds. /
FOuld not take $50 for that colony. That is the
ggest yielI ever heard o.. except IN one
fds-. There is a man in Texas who reports
evel hundred pounds as the product OF one
-olony In one year That il enormous and l
lever heard o. the like before. / have now
Joy hives continued Mr- Wilder, and can
fOt attend 20 them and to my other business.
believe l lost thousand pounds of honey in
fepuember ny not being able TO attend to the
Is when they uea5ed it. I intend tn hiring
tUt young man from Ohio next spring-if
tan get the right sort OF one and put hin in
] -sree q my epiary ] am satisfied that can
laks a great deal Of money by it '"
HawEinsville Neirs: "On Sunday last. 22i
rs Coroner James COOdy vas notified that
ei Clark. a young negro man, was dead in
j e road TIE man was found near the Arnold
race. IN this county. between Hawkfnsville
snd COley's Station. Coroner COody at once
lmmOned jury Of inquest, composed OF the
nH0wing citizens: W. b Cars sell. - P. Collins,
A. Smith, N J. Simmons. W. ". Wynne,
i Q. 10 uer. Thomas J. Jennings. J. W Solo
an and ]. J. Floyd. There was but one wit
3esss and but little evidence could be ELECTED
fom him, as he dd not see the
bling. This witness was Ga
riel DubignCn, who, being sworn.
bid: was with Ned Clarke when Mr.. John
tlount came up They commenced talking.
Hnd got frightened and left Immediately. /
ouit know what words we're passed between
EN-. can't say what number OF shots were
red. ] don't know who did the shooting. but
saw both men with pistols The Jury re-
rned the following verdict: We, the jury,
I'd that the deceased, Ned Walker, came TO
death by pistol shot fired by the hands Of
IN some Of the particulars leading 10
consequent upon the killing Of Clarke,
could gather no definite informa-
n. We we're told that a short time
10 an orphan white boV living with Mr.
Ills Bounts mother, was easing along the
ad In the neighbOrhood sghen some negro
ys came out Of q house and attacked him
tnout provocation- Trey knocked him of
mule ne Was riding, and treated him badly.
~ ~ nlshs aIter1ard q party visited the
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