Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-04-20
,r0RGIA AND FLORIDA.
..pRTNT TOPICS OF INTEREST
N THE TWO STATES.

n THE TWO STATES.
...lolph County Veteran Relieved
FuIlet Received in IS62-GOver-
-IumpkIn's Old Cabin Home-The
s--,-ria Medical Associations Meeting
story About Mcdaniel.
GEORGIA.
Tyev. of BenevOlence Randolph
has Just had bullet extracted from
~ which he has carried since the seven
frft Sc Richmond, in June, lS52. The
made Mr.. Iyey very uncomfortable
81. ...s,I- like q new man now"
r Malone. Of Bellevue, TalbOttou cOun-
--.brten In the thumb 10y "a mad dog
IIe is under medical treatment
- hoped ttat hydrOphohia may he
-, ,sar..rri and eight dollars Is the total
-r- raised in Columbus by subscription
~. benefit Of Mrs. W. J. Rivers. whose
Sand went down with the river steamer
Uay.
,rsr-u- was founded in 1882
, stree, railroad is projected at Brunswick
connect tAe East Tennessee, Virginia and
ria Railroad COmpany's wharves with
. --r. and for city purposes.
r.-.a hundred and eighty-twO dollars were
tst Columbus Wednesday for Mrs. II. l..
.-a-. widow Of the lost puTser OF the Wylly.
t..l.sra Is 20 have a new city hall. NegO-
.-ar- sre now making for a lot.
f-.e M0llie Fleming was swinging on her
..s-.- cate in Atlanta Wednesday. Her
---r was caught between the gate and the
.-s-ts So badly crushed that it must be am
atei.
x..-lv 400 Atlanta bars have up signs tell
--.rar- that they cannot have liquor
Za,- Tuesday the COW law will again come
t Atlanta
t-s-her Ietter-carrier has heen added 10
a. ar5e u Macon.
p.-fdfre county will vote on the fence ques-
- -- the 34th Of this month.
rf,rc light towers are being raised in
.f-ar wilkins. Of Crawford. was fatally
4sf hr mule Tuesday.
-7fsrei inmate Of the Dcughertv poor
Anthony GilmeF, has died Al the age
re hundred years,
1-s boy IN Berrien has found twenty-three
~ nests this season.
tyam cotton factory is 10 hc erected at
----7nv shoals. Wilkes county
vi Beiisou. iu charge Of the Athens factory
i-dcld.
rt-ra seems To De no authority for the state
-f tret the Georgia Railroad intends to
5I.,f coal and return 10 wood as fuel for its
--1t=.
,.,f saturday ~ town lots Will be sold at
rsrrri-,inc. - miles from Atlanta on the
,str-a Pacific
tfr-f belonging % Mr.. j. h. Rowan. at
r...7--yiI'a. was destroyed by fire SUNDAY
-lrl last. The loss is about $1,000. The in
..r.1eg was SifQ.
r-aeaI1r..i uo0tle Of Columbus laid the cor
anH.ns kfaafNrn fflfn-
if1-t Ten religious societies. besides the odd
Faau- uGd military. took part m the cere-
-a-.
AvtlI authenticated report has it that the
-r-I Pacific has purchased. for 100000.
INN thr Miner Mining ami Railroad O0mpa-
... their eleven miles Of road and valuable
rra- running from Birmingham 10 COdlburg.
uem.u,- rr reported as very productive.
About oue mile from Monroe stands double
-tlbiu. with q stick -and-dirt chimney. now
.curej hv freedmen, that was once the
-lrIr ai Governor Wilson Lumpkln. Mr. Nc
Daniel is therefore not the first Chief Magis-
rsI5 that old Walton has furnished Georgia.
uerlrtIcs interested i'm building the rail-
ll nom Athens 10 jug Tavern viii meet in
Il Athens next Monday. when a board Of direc-
r- aut other officers will be elected. 10 is
ldr,.-ei tn push work right ahead. "a thar
cars cau De- running by next fall.
LaJ-rot knights Of Honor, composed of
Hr charter members. was organized in
dH.lau eu Tuesday night last by Grand
.I.r4rHr t'rlE~hv Il. Thomas. Jr.. assisted hy
lrl-r GRAND Dictator Il. +. NarncdOe.
Tuesday night. az Gainesville. a large and
.lE.-.I-tIr temperance meeting was held.
-.,r-l. -urrches were made and resolutions
lla passed asking the Legislature 60 pas an
slowing the voters Of the county to vote
.- ..- question of the local option law. and
..r.rr rH~olution asking the City Council not
. -rrt license to the liquor dealers after
tt.r present. license has expired.
l- IS related Of Hon. Henry d. Mcdaniel
".t during the late war he had charge of an
--a-e tlc property Of which vested in orphan
-.-arrmldren. 4 portion Of the property he
- and invested the proceeds in confederate
e1i-. After the close OF the war, when the
mis- were valueless. 80 soon as ne earned the
mount. ua redeemed every dollar with sound
-rTeuet-
Taa weeks ago a child died in the family Of
ru named WestbrO0k, at Graysville. ga.
SOD thereafter other members Of the family
were stricken down with a singular disease.
>uisv tlc mother and four children died.
-| Monday tWomore children. making seven
MEMBERS ut the same family. are lying dead
tHr same time. Only one member lett. the
e-.-. VIa l= craLed with mingled fear and
grief. Dc .- mott known of what disease they
The committee appointed by the Merchants
Association OF augusta. 10 present the COM
plants 0i the city ON determinations of
though freight rates, have gone on to Balti-
'-s .u tHr southern Railway and steamship
ASSOCIATION now ln session IN that city. to ar
-r through spring rates. Another commit
'-e 10 work un the authorities of the Geor-
I'D Railroad. and Augusta hopes to he soon
Relieved Ul her present emharraSsmentS.
Tile following letter explains itself: MA
.UN. trt- April lt. lSS}-Nr. Foreman and
.r 20. ~ Please find enclosed four
-1.e- iar twenty-five dollars each. payable
quarterly. This donation Of one hundred dol
N.
.r-F Us long as / live and YOUR OganiZatiOn
remains intact. With best wishes for YOUR
--'.t-- Us 81 company and as individuals. | am
very tr.ly YOUR friend This was signed bv
H-AaEor ". a. HUFF. Steamer No. . was
named W. 4. Hun. This cOmpany's new reel
"-- .4lei Matte. IN compliment 10 daugh-
.roi VA. Huf.'
THE Georgia Medical Association met at the
Athens court house Wednesday morning, DR..
u'L, ni Macon. IN the chair. About tiftV
members were present. DR.. GeTdine, Of
A,ru~. delivered the address of welcome,
H-.'l was responded 70 by DR.. Baird in be-
-i-l ol lle association, during which address
q made touching aluSlOns to Dr. Crawford
--- Dr. Holt, the retiring President, in
"iuct. the orator of the occasion, and the
Present. President, L. X. =. Moore, Of Forsyth,
"-' lellVeret an address on Common Sense
'Fs -t-lNeticl-m." At the afternoon session
.441As were returned 20 President Moore for
-l- -..'lre-s. and five hundred copies ordered
printed. Reports by sections were received
l.I- AilereHt Congressional districts. ResO-
-A-ill- gtSympathy were passed on the sick
1es ol Drs. Louis d. Ford, Of Augusta. and
''Al lAat johnson. Of Athens.
Dispatch from New York says: I'm the
at1n- between the managers Of the
s--A southwestern system of railroads and
--g aehrt syndicate controlling the East Ten
-'sl''e' lr-lnlu and Georgia Railroad for an
---a-sr between the two systems, II Is under
s.-.i lllt the connection most sought for by
5- E over the southern and proprietary
.--A,4 oi the latter road between Meridian
--l Rome. Georgia. Connection between
Meridian aud shreveport, Louisiana, one Of
E eastern iermlni Of the Texas and Pacific
"-llgil. can be made and Is assured
& .4 5ie Nlck-burg- shreveport and Pacific,
--t lAe Nick~hurg and Meridian Roads. The
,,--e.lon with the Iron Mountain via the
-e-phl- and Charleston and the Memphis
b. LIlile Rock Roads Will be used. but IA
81 lF local traffic. As between New Ork.
l--4irlphia and Baltimore and points in the
5l-l-. a7 New Orleans, Mobile, Nicksburg,
--5-.lan. Memphis, etc, the East Tennessee
rA furnishes the shortest route by from
1- I- l' three hundred miles The Sun says:
~ statement published in almost all the pa
tsstr-iertlay that large blocks of Tennessee,
-siaiA and Georgia securities have been
-1--irrred into JAY GOuld's name Is not cor
Ivy HEY have been all transferred into the
| |Ae o. the firm Of W. +. COnnor n CO.. of
"4fl Mr.. could is a special partner. This
q .-.l seems 20 confirm the report Of the Sun
.--i the carrying out Of this consolidation
--rile would probably be LEFT in the hands Of
,-lr thiri person, after the basis of the ar
-'-semeut had been agreed upon
FLORIDA.
>trawberries were selling in New York
Wednesday at twenty-five cents per quart,
-ai IN Jacksonville nc from l2l5 tools cents
Per quart.
D->- Walker, Jr., and Chief Justice Ran
iall were AT Jacksonville on the I9th of April.