Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-08-30

GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
rur NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.
.,sr Particulars of the Greensboro
t....,-,cit,--The shooting of J. t. Ne
- near HawlzinsviIIe Described in
L--,iI-The Jurv's Verdict in ROme's
wholesale Poisoning Case.
GEORGIA
There are about $50 guests at the White
as1. Pope Bsrrow spent Sunday at the
White sulphur
Vau-usn has public library, which Is sure
..fs "a success.
,l- r5fee-s handsome residence at Lula is
earring completion
,u,snr received mp to Saturday night last
.l- -baIes of new cotton.
GREAT many chickens are still being
t-1U4d from ClarksFllle-
g.- acres at the Clhrksville depot were
,s-sIr sold at $50 an acre
POM. was visited by a severe storm sunday.
--il.4 tIf considerable damage.
rt. NJ f. church. above Harmony Grove.
..-- Mas lately burned, has been rebuilt
few wears ago aH earthquake shook the
t.raf at failulah ami jOlted many large rocks
from tle cIil7-
T5e 0.aas, TjIette is the name of new pa
- which VIII make Its appearance in Mil
.ItrriIe next saturday.
Nr- Young. the hostess at Tahulah Fails.
ta- FALLEN heir tl magnificent body of land
IN Texas. Icit her 10y an uncle.
THE Methodist Church in Buena Vista has
+a-fie5 ro hold village camp meeting. be
-.riur Friday night before the first sunday
7r september
,Itert Winter. editor and proprietor Of the
.+l t..rJtG IatlsigrdHf heretofore issued az
cambridge. will hereafter make ThOmasville
F.Hradguarters.
rf4ut. oscar j. Brown left Newman for
west Point y. y, last week. lie has been
t...-ue. 90 duty at the Military Academy as
Instructor ol Tactics
John +. Cooper, tool OF the revenue ser
vice. is under arrest at Dallas for murder
I'm, attack ON Il railroad conductor To whom
be- refused % pay his fare.
Another attempt was made to burn trestle
On columbus and Rome Railroad Satur-
r4-rI-ht. which would have been successful
Irf flr the timely discovery of the fire.
The largest crowd of negroes ever seen in
Hamilton at one time were i'm attendance ON
trp D1I1rej Baptist Association there sun
Iav. 10 is estimated that there were fully
llHU present
Mrs Matte smith. Wife Of Charlton smith.
.l Montgomery. Ala, and daughter of Prof.
A. ID EleWellen. of Cuthbert. Ca. died of
rurperal fever, August -, lSS3, at her home
ID 0ntgOmery.
Eneelke. at Lula. had pair of white rats.
taJ the male died some months since. Two
weeks ago the female gave birth to two young.
tllt are now growing nicely. one night last
nrek she had seven others.
90 s. said that Ii few miles above Tallulah is
81 mountain with circular sink IN the top
ulr is full of gold. Every piece of DIRT taken
rom it and washed shows the yellow stun.
Large nuggets have also beenipIcked up there.
Iu Washington county this year, the Metho-
iI-i. Baptist and Christian Churches nave had
some of the best rcVNaiS they nave eNpc-
reured I'm twenty years. large number of
members having been added 20 the churches
THE new Baptist Church ii Columbus,
when completed, VIII cost about 5000 though
OH. present contract Is only for $4,000. This
UITmake it so nearly completed that the
membership viii De enabled to hold their SER
vices iu It. The brick work Is already nearly
completed.
sixty thousand dollars Is already available
8rtl- rebuilding of the Mitchell House at
Townsville. Mrs. Bower has rented the
West End for four months, and willru % as a
first class house for both permanent and tran
-.ert hoarder5. Mr. Frank Cummings. re-
ness manager.
PueH Au-ley, of Texas. who has been iu
southwest Georgia for some time, buyiug
cattle to carry out West. passed through
Euana sta day or two ago with drove ot
e- IIe h8= drove ON another road cuu-
--tns ol 600 head. and 300 head still behind
His idea for dividing them and going different
routes Is un account of procuring food for
them.
Macon T-f.ggrph 0nd -Kessenger: Warren
1 Wmherly appointed 10y Hon. Jas. II. Bl0uUt
to tosurceed Cadet Megrath. left yesterday to
stand his examination with the September
class. The cadets from the sixth district
LlyeLerttOiore taken high stand at Anuapo-
DIS. and We cNect Wmberly to sustain their
reputation Cadet Megrath lost his place
through his manly independence
la amalEamatiOn of the canine and human
races. with features common 10 both, having
Che perfect face Of dog. with the exception
0i tie nose. which has ON top of it also "A small
though perfect human nose, and which Is
aCated ON the upper half of the canine nose.
has been found near Ihomastou. There IS no
emhlauce of % mouth. This miraculous
freak Of nature Is the result of prlmIpJras
plrlureut effort
The Walker C0H4tB Ae1rs says: Tom Fricks,
well known Well-digger, was digging one
ol tbe Gentry hill. Friday afternoon. when
Uhai reached the depth of twelve or thirteen
ieet. Noah Marsh, who was helping him, and
wLo had just brought some water and peaches.
a-kel Tom 90 come ont and cool OIL lie came
un and was I'm one of his jolliest humors; but
alter taking "a small drink of water and eating
acJurie ef peaches, he suddenly tumbleu over
backwards from his seat. Noah thought hc
Wa- froicking. but death had struck him.
aud lc never spoke again.
The Rome Courier saws: ''Hhe CUrOuer'S
y
dav tU finish their investigation of the cause
of the teathOf Leah smith. Professor Lyue-
reported that the result of his analysis showed
ODE pusuu 90 De arsenic several new wit
uts-t- were introduced. and q strong chain ul
rreumstanlial evidence pointed to Walter
Price as the murderer. The jury returned
Mc lplluWing verdict: we, the jurors at0rc-
-lli. upon our Oaths. believe that the sald
LtaH >With came to her death Ey arsenic haV-
n- Hcth nut into sack OF Hour by W alter
frce, of said county. and who furnished the
same To ue cooked 10y julia smith Tor several
persons 10 eat. with malice afOrcthuught, Tor
ihg purpose of poisoning some person. and
Leah smith came TO her death from eating
bread made of said flour The evidence be-
are rs fills several pages Of foolscap. and
which WAS dcOuceu from I've OF SIN colurcd
Uiuesses. Is very strong against Walter
Price. We suppose he viii be given COM
initial trial soon, and then we VIII be able To-
geo at the full bearings of the case"
The Augusta Nelrs has the following addi-
uual information concerning the Greensboro
tragedy: 'sNews comes from Greensboro Of "a
MYSTERIOUS attempt at murder which has
greatly excited that community. and which
l2s led to correspondence with the Governor
4 and q request for 2 reward for the unknown
murderer. 1t seems thar early sunday morn
ug the harkeeper of smiths saloon IN Greens
io0 was called mp. and not long afterWard he
Wss found nearly dead IN the saloon. with
ultes 81 blood ON the floor and behind the
a4r, and a heavy bottle lying near him. y
-rIUr I'M the saloon was also broken. The
supposed that the murderer. after calling
tle harkeeper mp. tried 10 Kill him with the
bottle for the purpose of rGbblng the saloon.
4 strange man. who pretended 10 mend
umbrellas, was seen i'm the saloon saturday
l-lt. and he suddenly disappeared sunday
llmlug and has not been seen since. No
cher person Is missing or has been suspected.
ana Is supposed that this tramp or umbrella
nan committed the horrible deed. Search
Aa. been instituted and q large reward VIII
FrlaaaIv DEE offered for his arrest. The tramp
- criuad as "a small, ragged specimen, win
4luuile Of umbrellas. and such man was
sen iu Augusta last week The barkeeper
N va, 10 the uoiut OF death Yesterday when our
Informant left Greensboro. and 70 D alto
stler probable that ne is now dead The
a-ai. creates q genuine sensation ln quiet
Community and Is all the more serious be-
cause OF d. mystery.
Tie I..g-ruE and Messenger furnishes the
blowing additional particulars concerning a
.5ccuy mentioned In Tuesday night press
dispatches. Mr.. Il. l.. Peacock. who came
lp from HaW}6insville Yesterday morning. re-
t-fi- the killing Of J. 4. Mcintyre at Heniy =
--ileuune still. about seven miles from Hawk
,Sl7,,Ale, Ionday evening. IL seems thai
Aiutyre was employed 10y Messrs. Henly 10
y ~ llelf STILL ana acOntract made which was
7. .t cancelled if Mcintyre began to drink.
A'Aort while ago Mcintyre got TO drinking
-sIin- and lieuly discharged him. ln the SCI
-5-lelt balance was left due Mcintyre
v--el 90 was not just then convenient for
HelE t0 paF Monday afternoon Mcintyre.
y .-9 was again drinking, drove out 10 the
Hl iq see Heulv. Henly was standing with
- lplt uu the buggy wheel. when Mcintyre
'-AdfAed that both Of them could not live as
I-s as Henly owed him money. With that
q attempted 20 draw pistol, when a friend
was m the buggy prevented After a
'--s-e he got out Of the buggy. drew his
ea aud advanced ON Henly. Henly hrcd