Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-07-24

.-.at The Post Office IN Sarannah
..f Class Mad Natter
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Georgia Affairs.
..--.-. around Albany are bringing in
.--.-s.- ..5s years fodder.
ne t.ues lawrence, a young farmer OF
.--t....u-r. was killed by lightning on his
-..- r..au1v. ou last Monday evening.
-.. rrlX.uz iu his field when the fatal
.- sr..s both horse and master.
-H--af truck farms are springing up
p-4reuies which is a sure indication
.-..=. 80 G8rii, was tho victim Of
.-...-- rr Thursday morning last. When
s-.r his s.umbers that morning he
..--. lis ra1taloons, in which was his
-.-... mining SIS. The pants were
...lg lel on contiguous fence, but
+....-.,.-.s WAS gone.
--s -.l o. note the fact that one ex-
.-. ,--- sr -ls city Of Darien is to be
-..--..-I I-rhlt of q frst-class school
--.. -...-.-s 1f which in the past las
.4.-.-r -u the int-lI geuce Of the city
....-.-- e-.-aa receipts last week were
....... AGAINST El4 bales for the cOrrepOnd-
-.s-r-s-r r.s-. sui she total receipts show
...-f .-.1l as compared with last
s....-t5 tfess.a Date.
s.--.- has purchased the fine
, n r- Harden at Smyrna for nine
- -LH.--sr headed by the irrepressible
-rr Ha.i l1nylclri1n at Atlanta on
ss-.-.-.. and resolved tult a convention Of
4.r-.-4s. rfteo OF more from each county in
.-. ----. f- called % meet ia Atlanta on the
,--r rrv 5f August lex. then and there to
make. platform os principles, perfect an or
l..I-1 and take -I-u other measures for
H. nation OF @ Liberal party as to them
ss-u best.
srsH.1 has .zl- railroads now in operation,
arts-.I 10 her people cry Tor more
srr-,- ia the family Of Mr.. II. g. Greeson.
rf Atlantis I'D Friday last, gave, through mis-
take. a barge dose of laudanum, instead of
ri-s-lris. Cd u-r infant charge. with nearly
fts. results. Fortunately the mistake was
discovered In time to save the child's life.
CrFa5av. Broad stree, Atlanta, was com
r.s--y blocked by watermelon venders with
t.-- piles of the fruit and had to be cleared
before vehicles could pass along the street.
V-. vs.. r. Mansfield had thirty acres of very
fine mIet planted within the mile track EN-
closure near Iacou. On Thursday moruingit
was discovered that caterpillars we're making
darr-dsa0ns upon it, and by Saturday morn
I1-es.-r vestige OF the millet and three acres
OF r1-r had been destroyed-at a loss to Nr.
Mof $500
The Floyd Rifles OF Macon have been invited
bvrhs Rockford Rifles. of Iowa, to be present
rirartfcipate in the military encampment
sntc5mpetitive drill at Dubuque, Iowa, on the
ss.r oC AUGUST next
Tie awarding Of the contract for extending
,ssb-IIyas iu Oreechee swamp near No. ~
Central Railroad. which was adv rtised 70 be
l-,oaroa the nth instant, was postponed on
account u the absence OF one of the Commits
a1rers The bids will be opened and the con-
rsct q. ssrted To day.
The little town of Walden. seven miles below
Macon. has sold up TO this time $1,000 net
worth e vs--rmelons. The sales of one day
amounted % $3.50.
The WAirop copper nine in HARRISON
county Tass slll by the stockholders on last
N11lay % Vessrs Hart & Tudor for $4,000.
The vatsru-l0n crop Of TattnaH county has
been greatly Damaged by the wet weather.
TWAS ruuared in Athens tLat q wealthy
Northern company will proceed at once TO
build a gigantic cotton factory at Barnett
Shoals rs td- litigation over the property had
been aii iIsted
Land near the railroad in Lowudes has in
creased iH value very much lately, 10 fact it
can hardly Ue bought.
The TAX returns of .itchel shows the aggre-
gate v4'ue at taxable properly in the county
t'r ies- t0 he 81 i5@-l0. OF this amount
tl--e are 54t % 10 acres of land, valued at $40
tl' and the value of stock of all kinds, includ-
-Cfo-se5 mules, hogs, sheep, etc, is given at
S.
On Tuesday afternoon OF last week Mr.. W p.
Cu.p. % Salem, Troup c1unty. went fishing
alone and being subject Dr. fits Of apOplexy, was
al-a-S-i with ore acu Irli into the creek he
Fas Iuu-1 areiy drowned and the bOCy was
not cl-c- Fer-1 until the next morning, having
"a n ln tl- creek all Tuesday ght-
Tat1s.a Tones There have been 162 car
hais lt melons shipped from NaldOSta this
season averaging 1000 melons TO the car
masking 10000 melons. The averageuet profit
laat Is above freight and commission has
lte- S.sl per Car-makIrg S2S. $50. One hun
dr-- barrels Irish POTATOES. $50: 2l0 crates
cltluters. $500. Total so, 30. This IS not
.Le llr shipped from ibis county. Ousiey
siatll7 has shi ped about 12J carloads OF mel
Qls; acbees about - cars and NaylOr prOba-
oY i5 W 90 Melons alone will bring $4,000
INTO t4Is county this summer
The Executive Committee of the Board Of
Trustees of w esleyau Female College. having
ltar-eL through President Bass that Mr. G. o
J. eerev- with uueXampied E0eralitv. has
added 81. %. TO his previous p-iHcaly gifts TO
ta's college. FOR the purpose OF completing the
improvements uoW IN pr gress. do hereby unite
ID tAp. --sInE to the generous donor their most
-raFlIrI Era-tlde Tor this additional and
-----it -a9-1 l Als c1Lrlr ued good will, and IN
A>>4l--- Lll iLal LIS noble and distinguished
generosity has WqL for him an exalted place
- Il-lr esteem l-I election and that his name
VII long .e remem- cred and his memory
belsfeence.
ll- etrr.eSsneSs Of a negro woman EN-
I.l-- as cook iu the family of Dr. r. C..
1.-eA. % AmerIcus came very near destroy
az -iNeS QI tSQ or three people on Friday
morning. Ir seems that some dough had been
s0He- 5t- evening before with a prepara-
called Rough on Rats for the purpose OF
A.- some Of these mischtev0us rodents that
l-.-'--l tle place, and some o. This poisoned
trt-f-l-lu had been left on a side table in the
Al.c1er. l1 the m0rDing the cook, finding the
.-l- which she was preparing for the break
-ill. was not thick enough. Sud baiug
-r Top careless or lazy 20 20 6ud get more
-.' ---k some Cf the poisoned article ana
A-t DC Nlrl That which she was kneading-
- u- bus prepared were eaten at break
F Ars Dr. Black. er mother Mrs. Nest).
t-- CD. '- and tile cooks little son, and as con-
r--t .r-y Fere all soon qIi.e sick, Mrs.
----t ana The cook beirg dangerously ILL., For
500 ---- lle many friends Of lirs Black were
,1ls apir-heuslve about her bat all the par
-l' are now considered out of danger.
1-H.u Daily NeIrs. Judge John D. Gun
----il- proprietor Of the Orchard Hill nur-
s1lFs Received the returns yesterday from the
-- ear load Of peaches shipped West iu the
-----It refrigeratOr ear. The car was shipped
week ago last Friday. and some OF the
----s were in the car eight days. a psrt OF
E-1-l-- without Ice There were fn the refvh-
sll--- q Ct a thousand crates-each crate hold
~ a -4-rd OF a busheL The car was STONED
A-i1nati, and although that marker vas
% supplied with fruit the shiDment
5-.5- s]sl; So5 boxes were found to he In go0J
'--ll9n. and before the lot was closed oilf a
r were lost. The shipment brought "A Total
T s.al j The expenses were Sl5S 5s-laavfno-
~ az S3sI TO. The expenses Of the car vyera
-9r lelrg and salt, St5 for crates. gatherir1 .
81 tlcklng about $50. This from the toTeI
50 et leaves S4I4 90 as the actual NET p-0fi
-- l-e single car load of peaches. This same
~ -tped by express WOuld have cost for
~ -I-lSlJ alone $50, so that there is an ac-
So 80 Gear profit OF sos on a car load of fruir
c--F7u ~ the refrigerator cars over what
-'' u5 made by shipping by express"
Florida Affairs.
DIT John Warren Sackett was awarded the
7.''ncate Of cadetship from Florida to West