Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-04-18
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
a-RRENT NEWS OF INTEREST
IN THE TWO STATES.

orRRENT NEWS OF INTEREST
IN THE TWO STATES.
.,,b of President HoTe-A CoyingtOn-
y, ,-,,IvsteriOusIy ShOt-A Ghost Abroad
4, Athens-The SMALLPOX Epidemic in
,lorfda-The Fruit Crop Prospects in
nougherty and Elsewhere.
GEORGIA.
re,ition Is circulating in Cobb county.
lr- Executive interference in behalf Of
q stevenson. the convicted murderer The
-.-sof the editor Of the G1oiaHstt HsFGid ap-
--,-- M the list Of signeTs. but that gentleman
-..-s-t trlt his name was signed without his
.r-elt.
,- rshr-ou's mills, in stewart county,
....r.'y. the village store was entered by
--1sr and Sl2 taken from the ns0hey
..-sgs. <sthe marauder was
..g-.- .- be va = .7Jiating, and three bullets
.-sf st LInl. but he succeeded in escaping.
Athens merchants viii probably close their
.r,,-s Cuisines during the summer months
--ball-pa-t six O'Clock in the evening. except
,- -aturiays-
Esioul0n was paid fiylng visit on Tuesday
.f,asl week By rabid canine. who paid his
.e1se,- 90 one Of a negro's calves and three
u i--r ours. who neglected 10 give him an
ID. room he wanted. The negro was not
.s-su-Ie bitten and the dogs were sent to the
t,r1y hunting grounds
T55rs were twenty burials in Atlanta last
week
ms brutal tight between drunken negroes
Cd Fanta Tuesday, one Of the belligerents
r-ff.- ear bitten OF.
n s. Gllett. the missing assignOr Of At-
..-.s ffs not vet been found.
One af the walls OF ". ID. smiths store. in
,rgrts. ZEN Monday. Nobody was hurt. The
r..s-ere-ates $500.
Pei. Dr. b. G.. stricken was installed a.
..,.-sr0f the Central Presbyterian Church in
Atlanta SUNDAY
rss annual session Of the Georgia Medical
,-,li7tIdu ronvenes at Athens this morning.
The granite blocks for the pavement Of De
..,rrart Marietta streets in Atlanta are be-
.-auqrrieI on Stone Mountain by two hun
-si ucH.
rrs Marietta firemen wiz have.a parade
.-ra time next month
An augusta fireman broke his arm in Ma
sar while praetIcing saturday night for Mon
.lV- contest
Ttsreer5 who killed Buler. the German, in
lllf-ou county. was sent 70 the chain gang
rrrhree year--
r5. e5lored Methodist Church at Lumpkin
-rltl1ur pastor for the first time since il
ur established.
rn. Madison court Judge POttle fned a
-.1 twenty-five dollars Tor coming on the
wines stand drunk
E. G.. Long * Co., druggists, Athens, are
.r.r- uut their business preparatory TO
ra,nz ,0 san Ani0niO, Texas.
An itheu.an climbed 20 the top OF tail
chimney sunday % rescue an impaled bird
rru tle point Oi a lightning rod. az the risk
dfh.- own life.
One o.. the Bruches edition Of Bibles.
7rHr-.l boz ltlS Dos Robert Barker, Of London,
IL. been purchased hy Joseph NJ. Brown, Of
Atlanta, COR f-S.
4 negro burglar, in jail al I.umpkin. eN-
presses considerable anxiety To be released,
aBi SAYS that hc viii take 1900 lashe, IL any
t1r Wi.l let him ont
Tie following are the earnings of the East
Tennessee. Virginia and Georgia Railway for
ile first week OF April: lSS3, S69.9iS; ISS2.
E-e, increase, Sl6,439.
simon Myers g well-knOwn c0lOred man Of
stewart county, j. dead. lie was d Baptist
preacher. - years OF age. ant was highly es
J-5uei uy white and eOloTed people alike.
very close observer has just Travelled
through Thomas. L0Wndes and Brooks conn
ie,, and says the potato crop looks more
nE0mi-.ug about Camilla than anywhere he
1l- httl.
Afre iu south Rome early Monday morn
l- destroyed the sheds Of Bales wagon yard.
ami ila stables of W. NJ. Towers. The Rome
tr Department prevented it from doing any
other damage.
Aus-ro fred 1--WE times at a ghost in Athens
~m.lt night and then took refuge in the
Home school. The Mayor fined him $40. For
months De negroes have reported seeing a
while cure in Cobb Hall.
lu u.d citizen Of Augusta SAYS that he i
positive that Joe Brady, who was condemned
a Dublin last week for the murder OF Caven-
Dish lHi Burke. OEce lived in Augusta. and
uarisi there He left there about twelve
stz-- ago. the old citizen says.
While going 10 Columbus, a week ago Mon
tag ia-r. Bill Garrett, driver for J. q. x +. :.
singer, of Lumpkin, got into a quicksand aud
came very near losing one Of his mules. The
rl-er ram INTO his wagon and washed a roll
% twelve sides of leather down the creek.
al.gu Wt- afterwdrd recovered by some ne
-re-.
0u saturday. sunday and Monday. "a W eek
a-l. Very heavy rains fell throughout Stew
ar. county. washing away levees and damag
lg bottom lands terribly. The abutment To
Iat Haluahatchee bridge was washed away
Hli has since been repaired. At Grass creek
ile bridge was damaged by the sand being
N--lei from under the piers. This bridge
.-- also been repaired and Is ROW all right.
G-0r-ia Prcsbyterians will regret to learn
'l lat death of President George Howe, of The
Columbia Theological Seminary at Columbia,
>- o., Nu sunday evening last. His death Is
attributed tu internal injuries suffered week
mage llr was. at the time of his death.
r.-dtt tt-oue wears Of age, and had been con-
arirI with thr seminary al Columbia for
-iiE-rW0 wears
uf- through portion Of east Dougherty
sunday showed the O1t crop In excellent con-
-iou and acreage larger than j. generally
supposed uue large field noticed would aV-
rr--f eighteen inches To two feet in height.
'eu - SMALL hUt the stand Is remarkably
-.oi- some cotton Is up and nearly ready for
ruolp.lg. nut the majority of farmers have
100 lli-Iet planting. Garden truck is prom
-=.uS ami abundant everywhere. The fruit
prospect was never better, and with good sea-
sons iI1u now on the present viii rival the
l--- teAF Tor fruit protuctiveness in south
West 0e1rEia-
WI Hing, OF COviugton, was found IN a
'Ai' near the Georgia Railroad at o'clock
rt-..-- lHorLlug iu an unconscious condition.
lll examination, his left arm Just below
t-r shoulder was found to be shattered, the
gan ranging upward and entering his body,
-elIl- down into his stomach. Besides this
-.-ll tAe same arm was shattered below the
---'t'u- condition, and Il unable 10
eve amy clue As 10 how his inju-
..l- " ere received or who his aSsailants We're
~. -."-la lautlul evidence points to any GER
,1t- parties dS the actors in the assault upon
l.t. A-lz some parties have been arrested
i-.- ---lt circumstantial evidence. Mr..
A--- le- lu a StupOr most Of the time, rally
~ -l ulle-- and asserting he knows not why
.-' assault was made. or by whom. The af-
& = wrapped m mystery, and the entire (
-.i-L.ll lS under great excitement. Mr..
t--- l'f many wears was the express agent at
l,-'----"-. and 40 present is assisting Mr..
ii ".' "l tHe Georgia Railroad. in the depot.
'i' IS unmarried.
FLORIDA