Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-02-17
GEORGIA GLEANINGS.
FROM OUR LATE
EXCHANGES.

a Hotel-Threatened with Lynching-
A Jackson County Mystery Killed
with a ROek-An Innovation as to
Oaths-
Two Dalton men, Hyer and Woods, had
serious difficulty near that place on Thursday.
They were in the woods by themselves and got
excited over a dog fight. Hyer was shotin the
shoulder and Woods terribly smashed with
rock, and had his head mutilated.
The anti-license people of Dalton have had
a mass meeting, and demanded that the City
Council grant no more licenses for the sale of
liquor
Bob Lumpkin, the Athens sport, won 81 $50
and horse and buggy on his game cock fight
in New Orleans.
An old gentleman from North Carolina,
temporarily sOjOurning at Augusta at the
Burke House, was robbed by a negro named
Jack Green on Wednesday night of S2Ol in
money, a watch and chain, and a fine pistol.
Green has decamped.
The first tram over the new Atlanta Belt
Line Railroad was run on Thursday.
The sale Of fertilizers throughout the state
is reported as very heavy, and an unprece-
dented amount Of acids and phOsphates for
composing.
young man named Clan ROwell, while
PLAYING with crowd Of other boys in front of
the Rome post Office Wednesday evening, was
struck with rock thrown by some one and
fatally injured. The missile struck him above
the right ear and fractured the skull.
Rome's manufacturing element has increased
100 per cent. in the past twelve months with
a good prospect of a prOpOrtiOnate growth for
the present year. Her facilities for either
large or small manufacturing establishments
are unsurpassed, and the time is coming when
they Will be utilized to the benefit OF investors
and the State generally.
Mr. ". II. FELTON,, Jr., has been selected to
welcome the state Agricultural Society that
convenes in Macon on the 10th.
Spring oats in Houston county are being
damaged by the depredatiOns of the larks
which abound in great numbers.
Perry ladies have inaugurated grand fair
for the benefit Of the public library, which will
open on the 22d and 2Sd inst. 1t promises to be
success, as one may judge by the character
Of the ladies and gentlemen who have taken
hold Of the matter.
The bright prospect before the farmers Of
Houston county is the probable fact that they
will buy less corn and bacon this year than
they have any year since the war.
We generally find interesting items in the
general presentments of the grand juries of
the several counties Of the State, especially in
regard to the financial interests Of the several
counties. From the general presentment Of
Dodge county, we learn that the financial con-
diUiOn of that county is good and that there is
a balance in the treasury Of S3,745 50. The
grand jury recommend the purchase, by the
Ordinary, of pauper farm and the erection
of such buildings as the present emergency
may demand.
DR.. G. 3. StOyal, OF Vienna, has growing in
his yard genuine cork tree. 1t is thirty feet
high and eighteen inches in circumference at
the trunk. The bark constitutes the cork,
and is now in a condition to be used.
Hon. Thomas W. Warren, of Wilcox county,
sold last week flock of one thousand sheep
TO Messrs. X. A. BadgOOd, Thomas \. Royal
and Hardy Pitts, Of DOOly, for $500.
Murray cOunty's total taxable property for
the year 1852 amounts to 81. l.l96,425.
Out Of about sixteen hundred bales Of cot
ton in the three warehouses of Newman about
eleven hundred are still in first hands. 1t is
estimated that in the neighbOrhOOd of twelve
hundred bales Of cotton will yet be brought to
this market.
Judge Estes has abolished the practice of
kissing the Bible when taking oath. He
says il Is a merely meaningless form which
takes up time to no purpose, and that the oath
Is just as binding ''either with or without lay
ing hands on the holy evangelist of Almighty
GOd' As with it. There certainly is nothing
IN the statute that requires the kissing of the
book.
Cuthbert Enterprise. ssThe turpentine busi-
ness Is taking away number OF hands from
the farming districts, and labor on farms Is not
50 abundant as desirable.
The North Georgian: s'RepOrts say that the
people near Perdergrass, jackson county, are
much disturbed by finding dead mule hitch
ed to a wagon, and near by q dead man, COW
cred up in the leaves, literally cut to pieces
The D0oEv County FiRdicdtOr says on the
farming interests Of the county: I'VE learn
that work Is progressing satisfactorily. and
that corn planting will begin this week if the
weather is favorable. Every farmer we have
talked with on the subject seems pleased with
the outlook"
The DeEaI5 Eelos says: ''Dr. MaysOn was
in town on Monday, and from him we obtain
ed the following news Of the smallpox IN
ShalIOwfOrd district, Dekalb county: There
are now in quarantine fourteen cases OF con-
vaiescent yariOlOid, three cases Of aggravated
yariOloid. and five cases Of very aggravated
and dangerous variOloid- making total OF
twenty-five
Mr.. Andy Fuqua, the newly elected Tax
Receiver of Laurens county, Is certainly re
markable man. He Is now "A years old, and
never was sick in his life sufficiently to be con-
fined to his bed. He has held Office IN Lau-
rens county several times, and Is as much
trusted as il is for man to be- He has the con-
fdenee Of the people
The condition of the public schools of Spal-
ding county is thus presented by the grand
jurT of that county: ''We find that the public
school fund for the past year was S3,5Sz SSi ana
that after deducting incidentals, cash on hand
so o. and commissioners salary of 500, there
was distributed to the fOrty-hye teachers OF
the county. the sum OF S5s50z. Inc county
Treasurer received Sll,922 Is and dlsbursed
ihe same amount.
The murderers of Mr.. II. IL. Rudd in
Walker county. Ca, who were confined IN
iall at Chattanooga, were taken from the JAN
Tuesday morning and carried either 10 King
gold or Dalton dispateh from = ma ma tlsnoHsSi u
SAYS: ''Many rumOrs Of mObs nave reached
here. and the general impression Is the muir
derer7s will be hung before trial. Parties have
been seen in this city several times to-day VINO
are supposed to be emissaries OF the alker
county lynchers.'
The pauper farm of Spalding county cost
the people last year S642 66. Two white ana
eight cOlOred paupers are occupants OF the
farm and there are on the farm two good mules
and wagon three milch cows and calves. one
yearling. six hogs, about 2l5 bushels corn, $3.50
pounds fodder, 1000 bundles oats, 10 bushels
sheIed oats 35 bushels wheat, $50 pounds meat
and Is gallons syrup. There are IOrty-nVe
uaupers outside the farm to whom IS PAID an
average of 81 IS each per month for their sus-
fenance.
The report fn the Athens WdtohnaGa that
the smallpox is in Elbert county Is ueclared
n &c false and without foundation Dy the I
-l1lbertOn AciC South, which eultOrlaily says
s.NOW, while we admire newspaper enter
prise. we cannot refrain from cautlOnlng our
contemporaries from publishing statements
of an Injurious character without beng fully
satisfied Of their truth. Sensation Is well
enough in its way, but sensational statements
OF an injurious character are not commehd-
able features in journalism, however enter
prising."
Editor Peoples, of the Gwinnett Herald, says
of Governor Stephens 'tHe is the best Gov
ernor Georgia has had since the war. While
other Governors have accepted the cOnsOll-
Gated reports OF heads Of departments, leaving
the question Of details 70 his subOrtinates,
Governor Stephens goes through all the details
himself. Especially is this true when there IS
an expenditure Of public money. And he in
vestieates with untiring care not only tire pro-
,orsef5 of the expenditure, but the authority
npde- which il Is paid out. To sum Il up In
word. ha devOtes his whole time TO the SER
vice of the State"
Augusta Races.
Augusta. GA, Feb. 16.-This was the
last daT of the Augusta Jockey Club
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