Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-09-15
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE.

Margaret Harris to Hang at Calhoun,
October I9-An Old Grudge in DOOIv
r,unty Ends in Murder-JacksOn COun-
~ Goes for Fence by Large Ma
jority.
GEORGIA.
Jackson county voted for fence by l,sls to
sH
Forepaugh's circus is billed for Athens Oc-
t4teT l5th.
patton viii receive 10000 bales Of cotton
tll= season.
Abox and key factory will be started al
Grsv-yille next month.
-ffe has been bought in Vienna for the
.-a.fI0u OF store house.
Eliza Derrec0te, cOlOred. fell dead in a ward
sr Athens, few nights ago, while stealing
vo9i-
Young business man of Athens last year
made $3.50 net by his individual eXertiOns
srI with but LITTLE capital.
vs. A. Wood, of Laurens county. has four
MOS Two months old that weigh i72 pounds
In average Of 43 pounds each.
An neendiary burned several buildings
.a the John Perry plantation. near Dublin.
ag Tuesday night of last week
LANES Brown. cOlOred. is under arrest for
r4vi-hfug Mrs. Sallie White. white widow
isIy s. wears Old, living near Tallapoosa.
The safe 0f ". \. McCarty X Co, Of san
5.r-rfII,- was robbed Of $500 in cash and S9Io
A paekrtb0ok containing SI45 was lost by
Mr. Davis. ON Whitehall street. in Allan Ia
wednesday. II was found by Mr.. Richards
81 tae watcr-Wurks. and returned TO its own
er
The finishing touches are being given the
Presbyterian mause az Columbus. Ii Is one
u tIe haudsOmest residences i'm the citv. 1t
was built go cost OF between $500 and
N.Ull.
Varzaret Harris colored. convicted of
poisoning Leila Lewis al Fairmount. August
t-. hl- been sentenced % hang October I9. at
calhoun. David Decker, her accOmplice
-.rs t0 jail for life.
The Young men of Burke are ORGANIZING a
cavalry company. The election of officers.
selection of uniform. and also the selection Of
name for the company Will bc in order at
their next meeting.
James Bryan's store at Riddleville Wash
InZluu county. was robbed and set on fire
Tuesday night last, but the fire was discOV-
erri uy the citizens IN time To save the build
u- 5ad on saturday night following il was
again H1ubed and fired. and was burned down
At Gum Creek, DOOly county, last sunday,
Joe floiy' alids Joe JemlSOn, shot and killed
Joe Jenk-0n, and afterward shot the de-
tra-eds brother. lnfictng a flesh wound.
There WAS AN old trouble between the parties.
which was renewed at or near a cOIored asso-
cation meeting. Ihe parties are all CUlOred.
Hickory Level. Dougherty county. has had
aN5,NW nre. The burned building was gin
house. and Its contents consisted OF 30 bales of
cotton. the seed from p bales. 80 bushels of
corn aud meal, two gins complete with inn
proved feeders. and a lj-hor-e power engine.
costing Sl.300. There is mo- insurance The
tD was supposed 90 Dee nccndiary in it,
origin
The BHaer- WlfclataH SAYS: ..TaIulab ha-
been houorcd by "a visit from COls William L.
and Edward C. Calhoun. grandSOns of the
I.u-lrIuuS John c. Calhoun. of South Caro-
lml accompanied 10y Mrs. William L. Cal
hlUu aud her two sous William L. and Ed
wlri g.. Col. William l.. Calhoun wears the
watch. foh-ehaiu and ring of his grandfather
whose memory Is so cherished 10y the people
oi south ar0lina. The watch Is Of the old
English -tyle and on 10 is the following in
--rptIou: ''John Caldwell Calhoun Born
Boo south Carolina. March 18th. l772 and
die.i u Washington. ID. c., March 3lst. 1880"
The total value of these relics of one Of the
greatest statesmen that ever lived. was at
tle time ot the purchase, more than SiO0."