Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-23


GEORGIA.
..rszville wants a match factory.
C--r,utus is suffering from want Of rain.
~ rsorre NJ Mcdowell, of Barnesville
t.f saturday night.
r-lrou county is TO build new poor house
r--.j.rtoyyu is exercised over the discovery
f 3 supposed alum WELL
.1,9eks of the late Treasurer Of jefferson
--rtv are undergoing investigation.
rre rv.o Young gentlemen that purchased
az. 0.5Hes -R075ifOF got II for SlO5.
r,,,ss r. Miller. well known resident Of
,,.-u-ra. died saturday morning.
Tbs taxable property Of Hart county shows
90, increase i'm value Of S95,42l.
walker * SON, prOprietOrs Of the drug
-rl.-a at WarrentOn- have sold out.
simon Johnson, the Chipley child SLAYER,
.Isen surrendered by his bOndsmen.
Heavy fires are raging in the woods along
-ts railroad between Brunswick and Macon.
Hancock and Warren counties united in a
Grand picnic on Thursday last at Beall
Springs
FORSYTH county has a population OF U.OOO,
and has Is physicians, 6 lawyers and p mer-
chants.
primu- Jones has sent his second bale of
-.y1 cotton 10 Albany. The bale classed mid
ding and weighed S65 pounds.
IT, Annoy Knox. the funny fighting editor
of T.rGs Strings, was once clerk for Chris
fIrher GRAY. Augusta.
tu.-usta's Board Of Education has fixed
$4,000 as the amount 20 be raised for taxation
f0r school purposes this year.
Prank Ridge. of the Gate City Guards. was
shot iu the leg by a jealous civilian rival
while ON the beach ut MOrehead City.
A.P Perham writes from Quitman that
rba net receipts from truck in Brooks county
this year viii 90 above 100000.
Tie Quitman Guards benefit barbecue at
F0r-vth was complete success. Congress
A runaway horse. which was blind. dashed
over the blum at Columbus Friday, and. fall
inc SD or 60 feet, was killed.
There will bea reunion Of the 18th Georgia
Regiment IN Atlanta on the first day Of An
Eu-t next.
Ioru crops in portions of Emanuel county
arc almost ruined by the drought that has
prevailed since the first Of the present month.
senator Meldrim found himself sitting on a
chair the other day in Athens, upon which he
had scratched his initials fifteen years before.
Oandler's narrow gauge railroad. the JEFF
IersOn and Gainesville. built to jug Tavern,
IS now being transformed into a broad gauge.
The CORPS of engineers now engaged in the
survey of Brunswick and Western Railroad,
from Albany 10 Columbus has reached Daw-
son.
Through the instrumentality of Hon. J. f.
Dart. the Brunswick Ri1emen have secured
twenty-five additional rifles and 1000 car
tridges.
Greenville is To consider the question Of
erecting q suitable Academy building for the
education Of her children at a public meeting
Wednesday.
noticeable feature Of the commencement
exercises of the state University just finished
was the appearance Of the senior class in suits
made Of southern jeans.
Judge Willis refused a new trial in the case
af the state against Ben Mitchell. at COlum-
lals Friday. IL viii be taken TO the Supreme
tsirt.
james Lochrey, the well-known dye man Of
81 Of
in-law in Washington, D. C., day or two
ago
The Young cOunterfeiter who passed the
spurious gold coin on Mr.. jenkins, on TugalO
river. has been arrested and carried 10 At
lanta for trial.
DR.. \. w Calhoun. the noted Optician. has
already greatly benefited five of the blind in
mates Of the Academy at Macon. and Is to
treat eight more.
The Western and Atlantic Railroad bridge
over the ChattahOOchee river narrowly
,.qued destruction by fire Friday. It caught
ire from a passing freight train.
Tho Conyers Weekly has hoisted the old
electrOtype of Tilden and Hendricks, with the
legend 1T is better to be elected and de-
frauded than not to be elected at all
An effort IL being made TO have the Angus
ia manufacturers suitably represented at the
Louisville exposition. The President of the
CranitviIIe mills Is at the head of the move
ment.
A large meeting of the farmers OF Rich
mond county, was held at Augusta Satur-
dav. a number of subjects were discussed.
Reports showed that the drought has done
considerable injury to the crops.
The Atlanta real estate men have about
abandoned the public sale feature, and are
now cOufning themselves to private trades.
one agent alone made trades this week, ag
-rregatlng Slt,VeO-
Mr. Sfmms of the Governors Horse Guard,
Of Atlanta, who was so severely injured sew
erai weeks ago during one OF the drills at the
old barracks, is out again, and Is freely cir
cnIatilg among his friends.
I'm fo Thursday night $50 crates Of LeCOnte
1,aars had passed through the ThOmasville
express Office. Much the larger portion of
these found their way TO Northern and West
ern markets.
1t is estimated that the increase of taxable
values i'm Fulton county over last year will foot
mn not less than million and a half. About
100000 Of the increase Is outside and the bal
anee is inside the Atlanta city limits.
The purchase Of over S200.O .OO0 worth of the
6rst mortgage bonds of the Augusta and
Knoxville Railroad has given rise 10 cOnsid-
erable comment in Augusta. The true in
warhless of the purchase has not been made
public.
The question Of the forged check in Atlanta
las abOnf been settled. 10 Is understood that
the bank viii reimburse the Good Samaritans
90 the extent of the amount of the forged
check. So far nothing has been heard from
Mitchell.
In Madison Tuesday a dog supposed to be
rabid attacked Mr.. Burney's infant son, and
inflicted
The dog was pursued and killed amid wide
spread excitement. The child viii not suffer
beyond designation.
4 negro woman living on J. Z. McdlOck's
place, near Jewell's. was burned 10 deaIhlast
Monday night by the explosion ola kerosene
Iamp which she was trying to refill with oil
while lighted. She did not live more than
three minutes after the explosion occurred.
Walker J. Harris, brother-in-law of
Governor BOyntOn. was thrown from bis bug
Nv on the 18th instant AT Good Hope, dragged
some distance under his buggy and expert
eneed serious injuries. He thinks some Of his
ribs were broken.
4 Henry county farmer was cutting wheat
not long since, and uncovered partridge
nest with fifteen eggs IN IL. The mother bird
Gew of, which left the eggs exposed 10 the
scorchfDg ravs of the sun Returning that
way two or three hours later. the farmer was
astOnished 10 find that every egg had Matched
out and the restless occupants gone.
During the week a petition was circulated
and signed by most of the citizens Of Ameri-
Gus asking the Legislature not to pass an act
authorizing the Mayor and Council TO levy
one-fOurth of one per cent. tax for the pur-
pose of erecting gas and water works, and
also requesting that the compulsory vaccina-
tlOn act be not passed.
Friday morning while a number OF work
men, who were employed ON Edward Little
toms house. a mile from Amerlcus. were
inst getting 10 work. the sca6old fell, carry
ing down three or four hands with him. Bob
Gresham. white, a son Of Thomas Gresham,
section Master Of the southwestern Railroad.
mad his left thigh broken, and George Pink
ham, cOlored. had hand mashed and nail
driven through it.
f. 4. Barrett. of Hall county. is y years
old was married at the age of p. his wife dy-
ing in 1910 with only tWenty-One years of
welded life. His wife gave birth to eleven
children. ten % whom are still lVlng-nlne
daughters and a sOn-aud all are members OF
the church. He has tifty-tW0 grandchildren,
all members Of the church. that are over 10
years old, except three. His grest-grand-
children number thirty, one of whom is mar
ried.
Dr. G. W. Chis0lm, of CedartOwn haas a
caDteen used in the Revolutionary war.
which was the property Of the Doctors
great grandfather. General Thomas ChsOlm.
lt is somewhat larger than the ordinary can
teen in use ~ the late eiSii war, but bears
strong resemblance 10 IL, the sides ONLY being
fiat. 1t is made of a substance seemingly
burnt clav. looking very much like the speci-
mems Of exhumed potter 10 be seen in ssn-
seums.
Richard FambrO. cOlOred, Nh0 killed his
v-4fa in ZONES county last Christmas time
made a vain attempt to kill his daughter in
Atlanta Friday, because she now declares
nhat the murder was intentional and not acci-
dental. Is she freed her father BY testIfying
At his trial The police are now looking Tor
him. and another trial may be attempted.
The death is announced of Mrs. Jane \:
Battle on Tuesday last at the residence OF
her son. General Cullen a Battle, IN 4 us
kegee. She was the mother Of Mrs. EN-GOY-
sFnOr John Gill Shorter, Of ReY. DR.. \. }.
Battle. President Of Mercer University,
MseOn, Ca, and Of General c. A. Battle, OF
-IusseCee. She was inferred ar Macon.
Smith Austin. well-knOWH eOi0red hack
man of Columbus, was found lying IA road
on the Suflurff= of the CITY with his throat cut