Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-11
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
-,r, VIEWS OF THE TWO STATES
~ TOLD N PARAGRAPHS.

MN = VA
TOLD N PARAGRAPHS.
--.,+ fire at EatOntOn-The Killing
A 80 zron.ter AIIigator-Dead Beside
oi T~,eL--The Atlanta COlOred Man
claims to be the States
ward.
GEORGIA.
nation now has the services Of a resident
-.~rtaI county boasts nifty year old sye-
-- rsrr academy for boys at Athens is
.rr- 1mpletlon.
rr-.aa Davidson. q well known resident of
--fs died sunday night.
Elements are now on foot to call reunion
.--. lrI Georgia Battalion.
,r u P Price has transferred his interest
--- u.lICue-a SiJglt to sutton X son
r-f-. Crswi0ri's removal from Columbus
..EtT'ev was successfully accomplished.
-r-s lrs forty employees in the Atlanta
.-- ONCE. and the monthly pay roll is S3,4OO.
rf. tournament Of the Governors Horse
,-l.ri- of Atlanta, has been fixed for August
y.
p-..asn treste, on the East Tennessee. Vir-
-~a and Georgia Railroad, has just been
burned again.
f..I cat. carefully wrapped In paper.
furnished Athens the foundation for a rumOr
% ulalucidc-
Tr.e corner stone laid at the new synagogue
t-hrH- Sc few days ago has been despoiled
t..-- jhiug placed within IL.
colonel sharp. of Canton, has lodged the
r.-.i purl0iner of his horse i'm jail. He
CAUGHT his prisoner in Atlanta
Tile West End street Railroad Company, Of
Atlanta. has won It's SUIT with the city, and
.rj tae case viii now 20 t1 the supreme
laut
The thermometer In Springfield. Edingham
county. stood on Monday al 100 degrees. y
..~r.-uundent says that DC Is hot and getting
hotter
rr sumter couutya cat which had destroyed
IrY,.t of Young mOckiuE birds was attacked
.rf severely picked by the mother of the de-
tuurct -9nEsterS.
d. Harper. Of Pike county. thresheu I5l.
...f.r- Gf oats from II shocks Of 10 bundles
..r. lie has gathered 45 bushels OF wheat
iron. three bushels SOWn.
CHAPMAN Bros. plumbers al Augusta. have
assigned. Their liabilities are said 10 be Sl3.-
DO sud their assets TO amount TO $1,000. John
W Wallace Is the assignee.
4 WayuesbOrO authority, Edward Carter
81. name. -dy- that nearly every beef he butch
r-- is uu of shot. This looks as II farmers are
.-ru.A law unto themselves.
TH. three mounted policemen of Atlanta
cost tle city $50 per week Last week the
lines imposed by the Recorder in cases made
Hvt.em alone amounted 70 Sl06.
Te Ugstt0rpe Echo urges the people of
r.,.n-teu 90 build narrow gauge road To
Crawford. The length of the proposed road
s,0u.l ue three miles. and lts cost 10000
fuonel Glen. of Dalton. accidentally shot
himself Iu the hand with "a revolver day or
-5t. ago. and alarmiSts tried to create "a sen
-4tnn ay reporting the accident as a suicide.
State school Commissioner Orr denies that
T. .- autaE8nHIug the school of technology
..Hpme. bat says that me thinks the common
School system of the state should first receive
attention.
Major Byrd. of Polk county. SAYS that on
his farm the same Irish potatoes have been
used iu planting for 90 years. and that 80 far
fr1m Jegeneratmg, they never fail 10 yield an
abundant and delicious crop.
at Athens saturday afternoon. lightning
.truek the residence Of J.. II. Burch ON each
corner. and ran OUt on fence from the house.
ItLurued Mrs Burch'- face somewhat. hut
mo- serious injury was suffered.
All the stock of the new building assOcis-
trau at Augusta. amounting 10 $4,000. was
.-uf-.rihe. for uu Saturday and Monday. and
thr prospects now are that the capital Will be
increased tp Slu5,uJJ-
The compiler of a directory for Rome Is
charged with entering prominent business
men and church members as bar keepers.
ami making many other egregiOus blunders
which have made Rome howl
The o-vear-old son Of Major Warren. of
Br1u-1u, =. G.. feH from a second-stOry win
dow tu the ground. "a distance of fifteen feet.
iu Augusta Monday, but strange to relate, is
expected to survive his injuries.
TheTweIfth Georgia Regiment Is considering
tine advisabllity of holding a reunion. The
Igtb was composed Of companies from
Lauudes. Calhoun. sumter. DOolv, Marion,
Macon. Muscogee. BIbb, Jones and Putnam
counties
Captain =. g.. PeltUs. of Wilkes county, was
accidentally shot IN one of his hips. He had
been sleeping IN passage way. and the ser
vaut while removing the bedding. caused the
discharge of a pistol left by accident in one
" the quilts
Henry j. Maddox has made fcrty-two sue
ce7-ive crops from the onion buttons his pa
Ia /. g
number of wears before he got them. He has
never failed TO gather a supply to'dR the
whole wear round.
Lumpkin county feels that the shortcom-
ing, Of her mail facilities are a disgrace to the
intelligence of her citizens. Many counties.
towns and cities In Georgia have just ground
ior the same complaint but all this viii doubt
less be remedied after lSS4.
The store OF II. j. Jones, containing family
groceries. q billiard table and ten-pm alley.
with @ barber shop adjoining, was burned AT
B0ckmart saturday The loss Of $4,000 is not
Offset hy insurance. The fire Is laid at the
door of rats and lost matches.
Jasper Anderson. sOf OgIethOrpe. formerly
uf Elbert. a one-legged man, was found dead
iu lis wagon about two miles from LeNiug-
TON Friday night. He was peddling, and on
Friday left Lexington under the influence of
liquor The verdict of the COrOners jury was
death from natural causes.
AZ Eatontou. Monday, fire destroyed the
business houses of J. =. Quinn X Co. drv
goods and groceries, and Bailey x Shaner.
QunuS entire stock and stOrehOuse,
worth $4,000, was lost. The insurance
amounts TO but $1,000. Bailey X
a >ha0er saved the greater portion Of their
st1ck. though IL was much damaged. Their
Insurance amounts 20 $1,000. Mrs. j. T.
Davis stCrehOuse. valued at $4,000. was COW
cred by $500 insurance The fire is supposed
t1 have been Of incendIary origin.
Tuesday evening Conductor Robinson. Of the
construction train, on the Georgia Road.
found the dead body of q negro on the side Of
the track. near Greensboro. This man was
lu the employ of Conductor HusOn, who had
passed down the road about an hour before.
and DC is supposed that he went To sleep and
tell from the train. His head and one arm
were cut of. \ negro man who was employ
a~ cook ON one Of the service trains ON the
Georgia Railroad, was drowned IN the OcOnee
river while IN batning. He went into the
water while very warm and took cramps.
The Atlanta Constitution of yesterday SAYS:
Monday Dir. Rice introduced in the House
Of Representatives, 10y request a bin 20 pro-
Vide for the support of Ransom Montgomery.
81 well known old negro of this citv. The
grounds on which Ransom claims 10 be
Wlrd OF the state are somewhat remarkable.
Several wears before the war the bridge of the
state Road over the ChattahOOChee river
caught fire and would have burned down but
for the heroic efforts of the Old man. At the
risk Of his own life he saved the bridge. His
courage was rewarded by the state. He was
purchased from his master and set free. the
state agreeing to give him employment. For
many years he was kept in the state Road
ONCE a., messenger and received a salary suf-
Client to supply his wants. When the lessees
took control of the road they had no use for
ransom, and his occupation was gone. Since
that time his sources Of subsistence have been
rather precariOus. and he now is very poor.
His bill recites the agreement of the State TO
give him employment and take care OF him,
aud asks the Legislature for some equitable
relief"
The Bianbridge Democrat has the following
narration Of the killing Of monster alligator
near that place few DAYS ago: Mr.. Reuben
Cloud who lived i'm the lower part Of this
county, and who, by the way. is crack shot
with his rifle, recently killed the largest alli-
gator seen IN this section in years. His gator
snip had been depredatiug for a long while
upon the cattle and hogs Of those farm
ers living in the fork Of Spring creek and
+ INIT river, and many had been the rifle balls
lnal haU Hattened against his adamantine
skull, 70 no purpose lie had taken up his
abode IN q large deep lagoon in that locality,
ana az eNenGloe anu nm the early morning his
pelloWlngs coulu pe heard for miles. almost
Tludllng IN teIIloic t9fee the roar of the lion.
Learning his haunts, Mr. Cloud sci 10 work Ia
klll him, and one day recently. filling his now
der horn with powder and shot la.s with buI
lets set forth to huRt him. He found him srln
ming on "a log, and fearing that ne would be-
come alarmed shot him first about one hum
9red yards in the hinder part of The body
MS shot entered the bowels. ana the Wrlth-
inEs OF the monster was fearful to beheld. and
created cOmmOtiou IN the water almost
equal 20 "a herd Of wild horses. He soon
sought landing, however. and crawled out
again upon a tree top, believing like mad
oul- Drawing higher, Mr.. Cloud continued
" periOrate his ahiOminal cavity until no less
IMAM dozen half-Ounce rifle balls were
.3Seu IN him, and he lay still. dead. He was
tuen drawn ont -kinuei- and his head taken