Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-11-13

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.r.rke Indignant over the Conduct of
,rugitive Missionary.
GEORGIA.
l pound alligator has been shot near
Tsa columbus Guards VIII compete in the
.'-a Ir.I at Eufaula.
e. Baptist and Presbyterian churches Of
,..u. are now without pastors.
b. + Moore. late route agent on the South
--..-r Railroad, died at Macon Saturday.
l. ...fur Of a school room IN Americas
. T.tr-iay. but no one was seriously hurt.
r.. cabbage crop viii be late on account Of
.. .ir- weather. Many persons have not yet
planted their seed.
r. sraud jury Of Thomas county recon-
....- that the liquor license Of ThOmasville
t.u-r no S-.]lJ.
i.. Patterson, the man in Banks county
uf. cat bis Wife's throat, Is now living hap
r.rrlrh her again.
The Artesian House well in Albany is now
-.fssr deep. If no accident should occur to
So. tlc progress OF the work II VIII probably
.- lu shed TINS week.
s. ~. Skif announces himself as d candi-
..r ta- the Athens MayOralty, and promises
3D. ..uirIbute the salary of the office, $500,
r.,.ari the purchase Of city clock.
VS. Holman has just received the finest
Jersey hlii that has ever been brought to
a-..1-. His name Is COrsidrO, and is a son of
IN. sl.. 900 bull Pedro. His grand dam,
l.etr. brought $4,000.
Dick Mckenzie, a negro. who has been
r..'..l lu Amerlcus since lSs2 for deserting
bis ..aI-meu. and leaving HIM IN grief to the
amount oil about 500, was captured near
N..lrEumu Thursday.
Tire Athens post Office sold 100000 stamps
.-..u-- 60 little over 100000 for the preceding
fI The l-t dar Of October , 500 letters
U.r1 mailed. The reduction in postage viii
u.s rllrct the receipts Of the Athens post office
Oh rle cities which are boring artesian
u...- -uc~-es are made AT the depth which
V .Ielt water, each estimate being backed
B.. tl- extent Of half a dollar. The person
guess. e the nearest TO the right depth wins
fIe ulr-e.
Ia Ihe contested stock law case from Wilkes
county, Judge POttle this week decided that
there I- u0 appeal from the decision Of the Or
luarE. This decision also settles the Ogie-
IEHrpe troubles. and the farmers down there
Ia.l t- well begin to tear down their fences.
Athens is seriously threatened with water
famine. tOur-htths Of the wells in town have
gone dry and IN some nelghbOrhOOds as many
.- twenty families are using from one we'll.
while others have been locked up 10 save the
limited supply of water. Wells that never
.-lare failed are now dry.
Two months ago a negro who had been en-
pIuyed by Mr. Thomas, OF WaynesbOrO. To
wait ON his room. stole two suits Of clothes
and a fine double -barreled shotgun. and de-
parted. Mr.. Thomas has been on the lookout
for him ever since, and ON Wednesday night
found him in II. Franklins store and effected
his capture.
Major f. L. Allen. formerly Of Waterbury.
Conn.,. but for the past three years resident
ur ouItmau. died last Tuesday. Major Allen
had been in M health for several years. and a
.II from his buggy about three weeks ago
caused him 10 take his bed, from which he
never arose. He was owner and proprietor
.l tle Allen House
Mrs. Aggie ID. Jones. of Albany. is dead
She was the daughter of Capt. \. q. Rust. of
Albany, and widow of the late Col. Edwin T..
Jones. father of Judge W. T. Jones. She
leaves two sons. Edwin aud Lee Jones; a sis
Jer Mrs. Or. T.. L. Iilsman; two brothers,
Ne--rs. K. >. and Y. &. Rust. and a mother
luI father To mourn her death.
st Columbus Saturday night, while Georgia
.UI.ev. r0IUred. was preparing q fish 10 be
cooked. SHE stuck a flu in one of her fingers.
Iu short time the finger was swollen TO
large proportions and the woman suffered
intense pain She had the lin extracted by a
physician. but 10 IS probable that she will vet
suffer % great deal from the wound.
A JI0iculty occurred last Saturday night
between "a couple of train hands, both col
u- B. at the WaynesbOrO depot, IN which Bill
Brown shot Abe Cooper, the ball taking ef-
ueer about an inch below the left nipple,
-.raug rib and glauclng around to the
backbone. where it was found and cut out.
Iue wound Is painful. but not dangerous.
B.l hed. and has not been heard of since.
Both hail from Miledgeville.
THE Macon GraDbic saws: Crawford High
school. at Dalton, which has been under the
supervision of Mercer University, has changed
II~ name 90 The joseph +. Brown UniVer-
-lty,' and Rev. Mr.. Mccall has resigned pas
Idral charge of the Dalton Baptist Church.
and will assume management of the unlver-
-Ity. Military discipline VIII be maintained
a report was circulated that senator Brown
would cudow the institution. but the Senator
denies that he has any such Intention
The Athens BInHsr- WItci1t1H SAYS: ''Some-
time since the Rev. &. w. Lane visited "a
h0u-c I'm Athens that WAS selling liquor and
advised them to stop the business. The head
90 the firm replied that they ran their buSi-
ness In g respectable manner. and he thought
l liquor was sold at all 10 should be done by
the right sort of men. All, there YOU make a
mistake, was the reply When such gentle
men us comprise your house handle the curse,
gives the traffic degree of respectability 10
which % Is not entitled. and Won are doing the
country more harm than hundred low down
jH--eries The more debauched the man that
sells. the sooner Will he be held IN abEOrreucc
rs llI decent people His argument went
home, and that house at once quit the bust
ness"
There Is farmer in this county. SAYS the
Athens EIHusr- WGtchUtIu. who raises prolific
corn, with ears about the size Of popcorn. 4
ft,, DAYS since a relative visited HIM, when,
i1 show his hospitality the farmer ordered his
negro to give his animal twenty ears. "But
}y1 VIII founder nay pony replied the friend.
"huu' c matter. You don't come To see me
often, and intend to feed high" was the de
tgmiued response. But the kinsman grew
uneasy about his horse. and soon found an OK
"t~e to visit the stable, with the intention Of
tasting some pt the corn from the trough: but
when DE saw the size of the ears he called the
f0-t.er aud remarked, Look here, boy, take
ibis quarter amt give my pony forty instead
90 twenty ears of corn. IN risk the founder
u--"
An important cattle sale Is made the sub
Iact uf the following mention
Uy the Athens BERHer WdtchudR ::
"IUc Hughes JERSEY cattle aver
aged $3.50 - per head. which is the best price
ever hli at a Jersey sale iu the south. The
property came within 81 Of selling for its ap-
praised value, which speaks well for the
Judgment Of the gentleman who had the mat
tfr bon hand. We are glad TO know that but
IrW Of the Jerseys viii leave Athens, as most
.. the her'i was bought 10y our own citizens.
The Fairview Jersey farm was a proud en-
IrrprIse for Athens. ami 20 would have been
quite q blow % our enterprise to have lost
these iue cattle. But DIR. Lyndon has stepped
INTO the shoes OF Myi. Hughes and is now one
ui thr great Jersey kings of Georgia.