Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-08-01
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
,-rUS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.
s,,ck Fiend FIogged to Death in
~ County-A Washington County
IEt11s His BrOther-Manatee's First
Sbip,nent of Vegetables to the North
ern Markets.
ttORGIA.
r,sr-an -ighs for railroad connection with
savannah
Gahtants, Is deau-
Cr,p prospects in Washington are generally
,.r-i1ered gloomy.
r4.rT.a. Howell. son of F. Howell. Of
u-iI7b was drowned at that place sunday.
.rl.. washington Gazette is now issued with
...rfft formerly used by the Rome Tribune.
7F. UaIton Farmers Club willie be pre-
,.rsi 10 feed 5000 people at the barbecue to-
morrow
.t1 benefit Of the striking telegraph operators
Boz Macon
,yfram Mann. Of JonesbOrO, claims that
+ts=Uectacles which he Is wearing are over
DO wears old.
,,lared man has been murdered at Green
u5n. stewart county. The particulars have
not Heeu received yet
r is proposed to establish an electric light
..rTuauv at Augusta To light the stores, dwell
Iiu-5 ami public halls
The increase Of taxable property in Monroe
,alutr for lSs5 Is S3l.3 .394. and the increase in
ttsnumber Of polls Is 227.
The White star line has secured control Of
.u the steamboats, which ply the COOsa eN
.aur tle steamer smith.
NJ p. Maher, of Atlanta. has petitioned to
fa released as one Of John COnley's bOndSmen
iu tie P0sf-AppsQ{ case
Postmaster Holden. Of Augusta, will be ex-
ogerated by the report Of the inspector con-
JurtuE the recent investigation.
rs. r. Cosby. the driver Of the Americus
u,sE was thrown from his buggy a few days
ato and had his right arm broken.
The first pair of native Georgia mules ever
saer BOD IaGrauge were raised by John l..
Raw. 81 deaf and dumb gentleman. Of Heard
county.
fossil bed and large number of sharks
teeth were unearthed al a depth Of 400 feet hv
th- men boring IhOmasvllle's arteslan we'll
thr other day.
Warren Bird. a 6-year-old resident of At
Isuta tumbled from q sccOnd-StOry window
To- the ground while asleep Tuesday, but mi
rarul0u-ly escaped injury
Mr. y. r. Lamb, OF Florida, WAS arrested IN
Butler county sunday for acting as emigra-
tiou agent without a license. and put under
boni 90 appear at the next superior Court.
John Waring, cOlOred youth. is in Jail at
Hre-viTe with a couple Of charges of bird
shot I'M his body lie entered the house Of a
Mrs. J 0hnsOn to steal, but ended up as re-
Htot-
A Iunatic who was being taken to the asy-
lam from Gilmer county, jumped out Of the
ear window at Orchard Hill. feet foremost.
The train was stopped, but he could not be
found.
seIar Miller. an unfortunate young man of
stewart county. whose mind is diseased. II
said 10 be a mOnomanlac on matrimonN' ana
asks every young lady he meets to become ms
wife Proceedings In luuacy were instituted
and Miller viii De sent to an asylum.
Jasper Easterlin- a young merchant of
Nuutezuma, was visiting hls brother. W. T..
Ea-terIin. near 4 AuderSOuVlllr. last Thursday.
auI went out bird hunting. A- he was lean
iuE with his hand over the muZLic of the gum.
it fired. tearing his left thumb of and few
shots striking him on the LETT jaw
not great while ago Il. W. Lott. of Lump
kiu. had lightning rods put mp ON his dwell
ing His house never had been struck hv
lightning. but during the first thunder storm
that came along no was struck IN two or three
uTsra- Mr. Lott rs not at all superStitiOus.
but he pulled the rods down much quicker
chan they were put up
4 Magistrate in Liberty county the other
llv married q couple of cOlOred folks under
surhovitv of a license from the Ordinary of
Ehnguam county. Now man from E1ing-
ham turns up and claims the woman as his
wife. bus says that he never had any license
tomarry her. He wants the new husband
arrested for larceny, bigamy and embezzle-
meut-
I'm Washington county a few days ago two
sons Of l. r.. >ilvey, aged respectively fifteen
and eighteen years. were playing, when the
vouu..r one threw his knife at the older one
The knife was shut at the time he threw 10.
but being loose i'm the rIvet lt flew open as it
went. striking his brother just above the left
nipple and inhicting As they thought az the
time 81 slight wound. but the wounded brother
dleI the next day, having bled internally.
As two negro desperadOes were travelling
through Washington county a few DAYS ago.
ouo of them charmed another colored mans
wife. and persuaded her to accompany him
f.r anqrr uz rffa.N an
her two children with her. firing of the care
of the little ones. the couple locked them in a
house and attempted To burn 10. The children
were rescued. but the wOuld-be assassins have
not been arrested, although their Wherea-
bouts are well known.
ON the line of Pike and Spalding counties
d3y or two ago. a cOlOTed man attempted an
outrage ON married woman named Cum
uiHgham. When the husband came home.
Milton Maugham, the assallant. was captured
anil agreed 20 he fOgged until Cunningham
was satisfied rather than 90 To jail. y day or
two ago Maugham's naked body was found mn
% strip of woods with his back terribly lacer
ated from the blows inflicted by cat-O-nlue-
tails. No arrests have been made as yet. An
other version of the story states that Gun
ulu-ham was shot.
Mr. Pendleton. Lowndes cOunty's legisla-
tive representative, writes to the Naldosta
Tines as follows. Il have almost come to the
conclusion that as a legislator am a failure.
] have SO lar been unable TO contribute a
single bill or resolution. or even speech. TO
my country; and worse. nearly every bill that
J have voted for has been defeated. and a.
many voted against have passed the House. !
ana nearly always with the gallant few who
e0 down under the bane of minority twill
bc remembered. by the readers of the Iiates
that got into this unlucky channel i'm the ia
NOUS campaign of lSS0. ! find myself IN the
condition Of the twelfth juror who asserted
that he was associated with eleven OF the
most unreasonable and contrary men hc had
ever seen. because they would not come over
to his side of the case under consideration