Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-12-05
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
.--,,s oFTHE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

N PARAGRAPHS.
,-.rr ENDS Murder in Pike
More of KidnapPer Ogletree's
...s-,-DIuIe Thieves at Work in
.rf County-Almost a Riot at
r..t.au,ille.
GEORGTA.
municipal election occurs to- day.
r. wilkinson. living near Toccoa, is
municipal election occur snext
-.as-r ray roll Of the Griffin factory is
gard in the vicinity Of Lump
.. Hr needed
Fire Company Of Griffin netted
..e.r recent ialr-
.-. rIree water mills in operation in
...uIE despite the drought
.r.-l hr the Republicans that VT.
H..I he The next Postmaster az At
H.. one 1f the editors Of the Lump
70 died at DO O'Clock Saturday
Ba-e Ban Combination defeated a
Atlanta 20 the tune Of "a to in
r-r E. Gregory has been selected to
portrait of eN-Gov. Herschel v.
r -0c state.
=
..r..h "- ben banicl's place, four or five
Ht Lumpkin.
-..-. r.Hu iu the rear Of the old Cotton
Art UaN. three miles from At
H.l with two tenement- Monday.
Grant. ot Merriwether. says that
-raud. and great grand. and
grand children. be has one hun
-... posted m I-umpkin county prof
SD. .UuC 0ue-rEcd mule with three
lHl to the best of my recollection
..u Hu one side
Daniel ha- offered a reward Of 500
ernest of William Averctt, who Is
...tH the murder Of >alhe Avcrett in
Hty DOB October.
johnson. of Coweta county. killed
..-r week which aggregated q little
Hr hundred pounds. some Of them
Ilceu months old
.e I.Hauuei. formerly of Augusta. but
business in Allendale. .feil suddenly
stepped from the e.. g.. and \.
ta-n-ta Monday morning.
of the state vs.. Alfred G.. Inman.
ralr. thc motion for new trial was
H" Tuesday at Louisville. jefferson
.e.orc Judge tarSwel, and over
IIcut occurred ON the Richmond and
Railroad few miles north of Toccoa
tlrea men were painfully. hut it Is
1t seriously injured. \ through
teic~copci q local freight train.
rs l.
armed o. tho ground. together with ITS
uts and 81. tle out-huildings. day ur
a-s. while lc was away from home 1t
Hol-ht thaf thieves started thc fire.
.He iav la>t week. while son of Thomas
stewart county, was playing with
.... fHr weapon was discharged. the bail
-el,-et iu thc shoulder of his little sister.
Tarai rs pot dangerous
. Taarss W. Gordon. q former citizen of
c.auty. ha- returned 90 that county.
trr several wears been practicin-
Richmond, Va. but proposes To
Sd. winter there Tor the benefit OF his
which las become impaired.
Ett~yiIc Ea-efp~iss SAYS; Georgia
Hs.- are attracting the Northern men
.r ttc -tut. and They are handing
SASH lu North Georgia for 10. south
.. sleep u hilc ankee~ make fortunes
-. llturai wealth ot the south"
rh.t Hannah. the depot agent for the
.... .ruC--.e. lrZIuia and Georgia Rail
.H...ut ai Reeves station. whose skull
-HU. .N ire explosion of q shotgun in
"H-, -Nf'ilhE q 2 mark. some ten
irom the effects ~ the wound.
tarrer- election for Mayor ami
..r ODE year lN>4. a. NJ. Helms was
Mayor. The following were elect
ir~t ward j. j. lauGford
.t. hr Llt. ~ccona Wari. A. J. Pierce
.rNu- Third ward, O.. VI. Jones and
u.,.-e writes 10 GOV. Mcdaniel that
.| feet of the East and West
Polk county. an ineNhaustIble
Uu marble. or limestone, and that
t"r Che Stale Co use a. much as
rhy erection OF the new capital.
..N a.l quarry lnS privileges VIII oe
.-.U 0l charge.
Sundays since Rev. W. n. Cooper.
was called hv the Lumkiu
ra to preach for them one sab
month. The church at Cuthbert
. no Mt. tooper's time forced HIM
'H. rlil. ON sunday last, at a con-
..e LuupAln Baptist Church, the
extended Oh Rev. j. TT. torley. one
Baptist ministers IN southwest
N.rue-loro Tags citizen saws: "A
are u town q short time ago 10 get a
Ieai friend. lie failed 10 bling "A
with him. and when the question of
a-ei fo.l The clerk that the dead
about lbs size. Whereupon the ac-
.-.u- Vauug gentleman d0ffed his hat.
t down in theNoflin and folded his
r.-- bis breast. It was taken, and
dead man % a T."
saturday night when ". a. Griffin and
tan live SIX miles from Monroe. were
'or- house some unknown person
Hu the house. and after stealing
.r- Iu money. cloth. clothing. Jew
#t'- t-r.W q chunk OF fire In the middle
fae he'ls. Fortunately. however. the
H"t burn much and went out. The
art now ont armed with "a half dozen
warrants. III the stolen property can
warrants VIII be issued for burglary
-ru-
rr Lctt. O former slave belonging % 7.
nj. IUll. of Madison county. last Saturday
Mr. Head the sum of Sl.so0 cash and
tH pay the balance next year for a
which Lett had bought from Mr..
- Besides this payment, mules, wagons,
implements. corn. oats and proven
plenty ON hand. Lett Is not town
a1a. nor does Dee take much interest in
tElnE7- He is % small grain and corn
r- q. attending to hisowm affairs and keep
his proper place.
Pike county gentleman knows the history
ulu who has lately become so famOu,
.-.1r-ia ana the ucighburinE territory OF
SINS as "nEIctrce. the child -tealer." lie
lt hI- true name is Charles smith: that
n three years ago hc was sent 90 the
@1E- far SIX months by the late squire
D. I. Mailer for stealing money out of ne
-r- aru-e. - Is known 90 DE q good run
@ a- lc has recently shown. Tor he was run
several miles after he stole the money be-
could De caught.
Areuarkable cedar tree Is reported as
ln She negro cemetery at
t=. Prom appearances il
planted iu a large pitcher al
.4t al neEro's grave about ten years
lf burst the bottom out Of the pitcher
ractel ln the earth. The pitcher stiIl en-
.- rrc bottom Of the cedar. and is with
2 crack The tree nils the pitcher COM
E. and is about eight or ten feet high. II
- lafc grown from within the pitcher. ~
l never have got there otherwise.
.u Atlanta ON the 22d Of last August J. b
.- a carIncutcr- was working for Moses
A asst enei nlm iell rom scauolu 10 the
-.ui. distance OF twenty-five feet. The
resulted I'M O. fracture Of the left Lee. and
..-- ~ al- o.. Drake was called IN The doctor
e.iEetsi the fracture and attended the injured
lau uutl De was out a-aln. since his re-
.'rcrE M l4ce. who resides on Rock street
aEer- that his left leg IS about two inches
rter tA4n has right. and this he attribute
.ir. irake's want oI skill. He therefor,
-.. for damages a non suit was entered
.. zrocery two miles below Orchard Hin
I b. county on Friday night Joshua Mar
raui hlries Jones. two Young bachelor
-ar- 90 Ehe ueiEhborhoOd. had been throw
.- raes-a-loo and got into quarrel abOu
- -H4ily exchanging blows. At this june
.-e Dlarles Martin. q lad Of l6 or i years
.e7el- and drawing pistol shot Jones. tn,
-an- clear through his head. from Whici
Hl lu Eve minutes. 4 warrant wa
-a-u 1ur for Martin and sheriff Bussel
.tl.- tl pursuit OF him. but at last accounts
t rHl Isecu caught. lie left ON horse.
lae Martin bows are the sons Of Wild
Martini living on her plantation neal
e Llurch, close 60 the line Of Pike
E- Jones was brotherof we'll known
aer of thai name.
-. lHr Lumpkiu Il1tnegdeaf SAYS: There j.
90 thieves between Lumpkin and Co
.u- who are working the cotton wagons
SINE Instances quite successfully. They
seal the mules u they get half chance
--. tler are constantly on the lookout TO r0l
-.-Fa1e who have sold cotton In Columbus
are returning home. He describes th'
zen a- being shabby dressed and both wear
rew hats. The theft was bold one, ant
p -- negro was asleep when the thieves left
.fF Do clue as 60 which direction thel
s- one uight this week while Mr.. John
arms team was en- rOEte TO Columbus, ant
If for the night. two white men drove M
amp and stopped as II they would stal
rat- After the negro driver Of Mr.. ir
team had gone 70 sleep they hitched NJ
Twins best mules 90 their buggy an'