Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-04


der in OgIethOrpe-The Identity of
the Macon Suicide-Repentance In
fused into Wicked Man Of Houston
County by Lightning.
GEORGIA
There is only one liquor store in Forsyth
county.
There are now % prisoners iu the Richmond
county jail.
Montezuma has horse whose years are
stated at p.
Early county sent over 5oo head Of cattle to
Texas last week.
a jackson county negro claims to be the
father OF - children.
Albany voted for free bridges 10y the large
majority of l,015 70 l3-
The wheat and oat WELD i'm Ogleth0rpe Is 30
per cent. short of last year.
Washngt0nians hold $500 worth of stock
lr the Augusta and ElbcrtOn Railroad.
Edmund Bland. colOred. has been acci-
dentally drowned at Augusta.
An inceudiary has burned Dr. James Ca
maks barn on the outskirts of Athens.
ElbertOn's young people are 20 be afforded
the amusement Of a roller skating rink.
An Athenian has petitoned for the prohibi-
tiOn of bicycles from the streets of that city.
The salary of Atlanta's Fire Department
Chief Is to be reduced from Sl.500 10 $3.50.
Ex-GOv. Roynton and party have returned
from their trip through the West.
The Post Office Inspector found that the gov
ernment owed Captain Beusse, OF the Athens
office, 81.
Captain d. d. Peden has resigned his posi-
tlOn as cashier Of the Griffin Banking Com
pany and j. T.. Nichols assumed that position.
J. r. smith. Of Campbell county. and James
Boyd. Of tayette county. both past 20 wears Of
age, are dead.
Good butter is selling at Is cent, "a pound in
C0nyers and the market Is always supplied
with it.
The Quitman Free Press tells of TWO young
men named Patrick who sold two ear loads Of
WatermelOus on the track for $3.50
IL is reported that - bushels of oats were
cut from one-eishth acre of land in Nicholson,
Ga. recently.
II is estimated that the melon crop this year
lu Georgia viii reach l-5o0Ou0 melons. and
sell for Sl,5e0O00.
A cotton GIN Of improved construction has
been patented by Thomas Camp. of Coving-
ton, ga
Professor George =. Loouey has been re-
elected President of sam Bailey Institute at
Griffin.
VS. Holman. of Athens. is said TO have
realized profit of 1000 per cent. on carp
culture last year
Alderman Coffin. of Augusta. has resigned
from office ON account of thc demands Of his
personal business.
1t is estimated that the trial at the recent
Macon Superior Court of a ease involving the
theft Of soc. goat cost the tax payers $500.
The white and coored hospitals in Augusta
have each 20 patients under treatment in
them.
The returns from the Augusta city bridge
last month were S565 15; from the wharf
S24 3j.
Tue National Bank of Augusta has declared
a Semi-auuual dividend of s. per share. paya-
Die to stockholders.
Base ball is becoming ''aH the rage i'm Au-
gusta. six or seven new clubs have been or
ganized during the last month.
The Richmond county digest this year viii
DF s fri fsN
able property.
4 large brick building for the storage of
patterns has just been completed al the Ath-
ems foundry.
Two convicts escaped from smiths camp in
OgIethOrpe county on saturday. Both were
colOred men.
Among a lot of eggs tnat were broken at
Rome one day last week one had perfectly
formed egg within its yolk.
The Cumming CfIri0n says that over 800
persons have been buried ut sharon grave
ware during the past fifteen years.
While seeking shelter under pine tree
few days ago Henry Boyett. of Ocean Pond
gyas killed by lightning
Quinn. cOlored mason of Macon. died
sunday from the effects of "a sunstrOke on
Wednesday.
Walter Taylor. of Th0masville, has passed
the necessary examination for admission into
West Point
Agents Cf the kennesaw mills have purchas-
Ell $40 bushels of wheat in SeuOia at one dollar
per bushel. They want 10000 bushels.
The Atlanta street Car Company has re-
moved the rails from the Broad street bridge.
where they were placed ON Thursday night
last.
Mr.. Malan. Of Athens. is to build the new
water works for that city. the original con-
tractors having failed to keep their agree
ment.
p. ID. Hin. sexton Of the Americus Gene
ferv Is paralyZet. He is 60 wears Of age. and
a brother-in-l law of Rev. Clement \. Evans
OF Atlanta
The city authorities of Athens have notified
she Georgia Railroad To drain OF the staguant
ponds of water around their depot, rs 1t Is
likely to produce sickness.
Aim Lambert, son Of Nose Lambert. the
vel known carpenter OF Quitman, was shot
at a ssa mill on Wednesday last. His recov-
cry is d0uhttul-
The Augusta market and stall rents last
month were S2zs -, Cmel oil folce Ohrls-
rian turned over TO tie City Treasurer Tor
Juue SOS.
ON SATURDAY two mules belonging 70 Repre-
sentative Foster, of Cobb county. We're struck
10y lightning ana killed. lheS were 7''n''inS
an an open field.
4 small barn owned by George Weigle, sit
mated in Harrisburg. suburb Of Augusta.
svas slightly damaged by fire yesterday
morning.
lis probable Ihat 7. B. Clay. who is now
sinking an artesian well at Camilla, viii bore
one AT BlakeIv. where he expects TO strike
water at depth of 400 or 500 feet
IN difficulty between Coins aHd BcOse
yVgoteu. near Fat Shoals. Butts county. one
.lay fast week the latter was seriously shot in
fhe face. An old grudge was the cause
There were - deaths in Augusta last week.
of which l3 were whites. During last month
There a6 intermen,s in the city Cemetery
whites g. and colOred 45. OF them - died IN
the city
During a thunderstorm barn filed with
oats and wheat. belonging TO George " md
ham. who lives on the line Of Macon ana Tag =
Tor counties. was struck by lightning and
burned
Two farmers Of the Rutland district. in Bibb
county. named Mincy and johnson, became
involved i'm fight pt q barbecue 5ohisOh
,Irew a knife and cut Mlncy very seriously,
perhaps fatally
Charles PARROT. an Atlanta colored man,
makes his living by drawing. sunday nlSnt
an unknown enemy mixed arsenic with ms
mules fodder and the animal died. The
police are looking up the ease
Attorney General Anderson has notified the
state Treasurer that under existing laws he
could make per diem advances TO the mem
g,ers of the Legislature. but that he could not
nav them mileage for the coming session.
The three darkies who are confined in the
Fulton county Jail. charged with the murder
of old man DeFOOr and his wife, have made
friends and now johnson denies all knowl-
edge of the crime and says ms confession was
a lie.
in a fight in Newton on the 26th ult., beween
Mack Fork and Horace Greeley, two negroes
from Monroe. at Clary 4 Co.'S timber camp.
Mack Fork received four balS-tlfec IN the
5-ight hip and one i'm the hand. 10 Is not known
whether Horace Greeley was hurt or not.
Both negroes are still at large
Army Marshall. q colOred man employed on
Mr. G.. N. Byue's Zig place, in Lee county,
was drowned IN kinchaf0Onee creek on Thurs
dsv last He undertook TO swim across the
creek to yet a boat and is supposed 10 have
taken eramp after getting into the water, for
he Is said to have been good swimmer.
One OF the wickedest men IN Houston
county as the story goes, recently refused to
purchase a Bible. accept one as glil on have
ANYTHING to do with a religious revival IN
progress near his home. While working IN
his field the next day he was twice Frustrated
by lightning. The day follow ing he was con-
Serted.
IL IL now believed that Lagergren. the
Swede who recently ended his life with NOR
phine at Macon. was an Omaha. Neb-. photo
-grapher who left home with 5000 in his pocket
leaving a sister % run the gallery in his alb
sence- When ne died but Iwenfv-fve cents
was found in his possession and il remains to
be eNplaine what became of che 500.
The Montezuma Record saws that during the
war an immense flag pole was hOisted in Ogie.
thorpe near the pubhc We'll. In the year 1865
or 1865 the pole was taken down and a small
sprir Of magnolia planted iu the hole. The
tree now is - feet high. During the month of
Nav il was loaded down with flowers. A mag
noIia branch of peace now take7 tie place Of
ahe flagstaff of war
Hammett, Superintendent Of the coustrue
sion Of the Marietta and North Georgia kall-
road. was a feE days ago requested by the
NaoH m 1auguraT-z ~ the rnaU TO send 10 them