Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-08
GEORGIA GLEANINGS.
GATHERED g FROM OUR LATE
EXCHANGES.


Feet-A Series of Fires-The Christian
Advocate Discontinued.
Our Camilla correspondent states that on
she 5th Of March those interested IN growing
vegetables and melons in Mitchell county met
at the court house and formed Truck Far
mers Association. I. r. Bennett was made
President and James Galloway Secretary.
This is q new enterprise there, and is destined
TO become large one.
Gordon Black Griffin died Of consumption
st Mrs. Mary Grifin's, near Egypt, February
2lth. He was in his twenty first year; was
son Of Lieut.. W. f. Griffin, of the Phoenix
Rifles, Sixty-third Georgia Regiment of the
late war. He leaves an only brother.
ROme's cotton receipts, after being nearly
1900 bales behind on the first Of January
are now within ten bales Of the same time
last year. with good prospect OF a large IN
crease over last years receipts.
Mr.. George Davenport, OF Atlanta, agent
Tor the distribution Of carp IN the Southern
states, has 1900 young fish for distribution
He VIII remain in Atlanta until April Ist
and has opened an Office at No. IS Wall street
He expects to distribute 10000 fish, and appli-
cants get from l6 TO % fish, and have only the
expense Of paying 30 cents for the tin bucket
In which the fish are transported.
The Rome Tribune publishes very inter-
estiug report Of the school Commissioners OF
FLOYD county showing the operations and
condition Of the public schools for the year
just closed, from which it appears that %
white and "a colOred schools were in opera
tl0u during the year, with an equal number
60 and 3i-white and eolOred teachers The
number of children IN the county Of school
age-from to Isis s,0l5, Of which ASH are
white and 9,i74 are cOlOred, and OF this num-
Der there were enrolled in the schools of the
county the past year 4.S52, with an average
attendance Of s,203. The teachers are paid
four cents per scholar per day. The total Of
the school fund for lSs2 was S5,6Sl 63, and the
amount expended for school purposes was
$3.50 "a, leaving a balance on hand for the
present year of 1921 40. which. with the poll
tax Of the county and the State appOrtion-
ment, viii constitute the fund for 1883. The
report shows very promising condition Of
the schools throughout the county.
ON Wednesday evening last Isadore. the
Youngest son of Captain Herman. of Sanders
vile, was fearfully injured by the kick of a
horse His face was cut and badly mangled-
the nose Iacerated and all the bones broken,
and the little sufferer is in a very critical con-
ditIon.
The Right Rev. Wm. Gross, Bishop Of the
Catholic Diocese of Georgia, addressed large
and attentive audiences at the court house at
ings Of last week.
The Superior Court of Washington county
convened at Sandersville Monday, Judge
CarsWell presiding, and adjourned over till
Tuesday in respect TO the memory OF the de-
ceased Governor The court room was draped
in mourning.
Mr. A. G.. West, Of the Cherokee Iron Works
1t Cedartown, has generously offered TO sup
ply the town with water and the use of the
large pump at the furnace if the town author
tiles viii lay the necessary pipes through the
town and supply the necessary hose. AT
present there is absolutely no fire protection
in the town excepting at the Cherokee Iron
COmpsny, which is well supplied against an
emergency.
On Monday night last mass meeting OF the
Citizens OF Rome was held at the Oper, house
for the purpose OF getting an expression OF the
sense Of the community on a petition which
had previously been presented to the City
Council TO restrict the sale OF whisky in
Rome to daylight hours. After the question
had been discussed a vote was taken and was
almost unanimously in favor OF the petition.
The storehOuse End all the general mer-
chandise of Messrs. T. c. x J. C.. Lanier, Al
Stilesb0ro, Barlow county. were consumed by
fire on Friday night last. This is the third
time these gentlemen have been burned out,
and every time by an incendIary. Their losses
amOunt to about $4,000. Insurance $4,000.
The Atlanta Cbristidn AdJOc1fe, published
bv the Northern Methodist Church, and run in
the interests Of the Republican party. has
been discontinued for want Of patronage.
j. W. Singleton, in brief valedictOry in
the last issue Of the Buena Vista 4 rg1is. ceases
his connection with that paper. and retires
from editorial life. The editorial tOga falls on
DR.. W. J. Mitchell. who, with DR.. ?. l.. Wis
dom, has purchased the paper.
The Treasurer of Monroe county gives a
bond Of $4,000.
The residence, together with the household
aud kitchen furniture, Of Mr.. L. B. Ellis, at
WRrl's, ,Bibb cOunty,was entirely consumed BY
fire on Monday morning at O'Clock. Mrs.
Ellis with her two children, barely escaped
with their lives. Mr.. Ellis, being an employe
on the Southwestern Railroad, was Sbsent.
The good people Of Warts made them up a
purse OF about $50.
A man named James Blackburn, working
on the trestle which recently gave way be-
tween R0ckmart and Dallas, fell from the top
Of the trestle into the creek below, a distance
Of eighty feet. lie was considerably bruised,
but not killed. lie viii probably recover.
The state Democratic Executive Commit
tee viii meet at the reading room Of the Kim
BAH House to-day.
The jury in the case Of Johnston. the shoe
drummer. against the Georgia Railroad, for
damages FOR putting him of the train two
summers ago for persisting in riding in the
ladies' car with his coat OF, which was tried
at Madison on Tuesday, returned verdict in
favor Of the railroad.
The corn crib of Rev. f. Il. Rees, near
Wrightsboro, Richmond county, with over
one hundred bushels Of corn, was burned on
sunday night about 10 O'Clock. The fire was
not discovered until the roof was about TO fall
in. II is supposed TO have been the work of
an incendiary.
The barn OF Mr. J. Il. StinsOn. in Talbot
county, was burned, with the contents, by an
lucendiary fire on Friday night last. In the
building were eight hundred bushels corn.
besides quantities Of oats, fodder, etc. The
loss Is about Sl,2oo.
The Millidgeville Union and Recorder says:
'Lunatics are arriving at the asylum IN un-
usual numbers. II won't be long, at the rate
the asylum is filling up, before the number OF
inmstes VIII reach two thousand-a sharp lit
lie city Of itself"
At the recent examination OF the gradual
ing class at the College OF Physicians ana sur
geOns Baltimore, Md, out Of the six prizes
awarded for excellence in average standing,
in a class OF more than one hundred. Geor-
Joseph White andP. NJ. Darlington, Milledge-
ville and j. y. Ethridge, Jr., EatOntOn. Quite
z distinction.
ON Friday last the storehOuse of Bearden 4
Williams, in Putnam county. and at the Half
Acre was discovered TO be on fire. 1t was
consumed by the flames so rapidly that the
entire building was destroyed, with seven or
eight hundred dollars worth Of goods. The
house belonged to Z. II. Driskell, and had two
hundred dollars insurance on 1t. The goods
were about covered with insurance Ii Is not
known how the fire originated.
Rome DafIv Courier. 'sSunday afternoon at
O'Clock the barge Venus propelled Dy tug
Hercules. was discovered 70 be on hre Just
above BlakmOre's landing, forty miles below
Rome. on the Coosa river. There were about
100 bales OF cotton on the barge, besides a lot
oi pig iron. All the cotton WAS more or less
damaged by IRE and water. and 20 bales OF ~
were entirely destroyed The barge sustained
considerable damage by the burning OF the
roof. The tug Hercules fortunately escaped
catching on ire
Hinesville Ga.effs. '.Ehere was narrow
escape from a serious cOnfagration OF the
residence Of Dr. johnson, who lives Just on
The line Of Liberty and Tattnall. last satur-
DAY. While the wind was blowing almost
Ele- and the family were nearly all a the
church, a spark from the kitchen stove drop
ped on the roof and ignited. Miss Alice JOhn-
son, who had remained at home, saw II ana
dispatched a runner to the church. when was
tut few hundred yards on. The cOngrega-
ton was informally dismissed. and headed by
Dr. johnson and the preacher, they broke Tor
lle house. BY prompt action they suDduea
the fire before any serious damage was dOne.'
Atlanta Constitutions .'F0r the past day or
tWO there have been general rumors touching
the credit of the East Tennessee. Virginia and
Georgia Railroad. IL was even said that the
COMPANY had gone into insolvency. that the