Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-09-17
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
m NFWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

M NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
li TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.
..,tfopaI Divorce suit in Atlanta
humorous Fright on the Railway
a.-,n.vick's Gas Monopoly A Big
r,1Ie in the Bank at IaGranee-A
r.rnaIe RecIuse.
GEORGIA.
f,.. Holm F. Hardin. OF Conyers. Is dead.
v- Elizabeth Mattox, Of Waycross, is
lest .-,..
.-rI.l ltural CLUB.
l.-.. session Of the Walton County Su-
.-..r court cost f--vv4
.I.-- -.irrv bales OF cotton were received
V.rrI- last saturday.
V-- Point had received 4S5 bales of cotton
81 .ay since september J..
r ...r.Iati0u OF the new cOlored BAPTIST
-l. .I Waycross has been laid.
,s. Fruer Clerk Of the Superior Court.
..ii...r. county. has resigned his Office.
DE- William Root. druggist OF forty years
..rH1- .u Marietta, has retired from busi-
a----
-.I- has Hetn burned. He had an insur-
,H.rr .- t1 have another artesian well. to
rrIv -ae ArteSlan Hotel. in every room,
EtE tH. wlttr
az white man named Joe Burns. near
Tra r.i"Ilru 10 nave walked twelve
-.s- do ar hour.
p...I 90. Jackson. of White county. eigh-
-.r.-- wears old. claims 10 have read the
fe through BIS times and is still reading.
D. Manner. an Atlanta street car driver.
--s Shot no Hy am unknown assassin FRIDAY
rem.u lr. aud the driver escaped harm.
Fr-.r luJ Wylly, charged with numbering
- stephens near Adairsville. have es-
lal u.rH several other prisoners from the
Barlow county jail.
Jsne iackey. colored, went into trance al
.rsr.la. at Rome a week ago Friday. and has
-sra.n-.. iu % -emi-cOuSciOu- state and re-
fr-r- .H.I ever since
James u Davies. President OF the Augusta
street. Railroad. whose death occurred In Col
arIia Hay or two ago. will probably Dee
brought home for interment.
3D. Uuut. auditor appointed 10 hear the
.s-..f ..e Barue-Ville Savings Bank Vs. f.
E...IWurth. has reported. rendering "a
5sua-- u favor of the bank for SG,34O 81
-p Miller. who killed Ebcnezer Jack
-n h- Halt-brother, with knife at Delrev
Delaa .el -, 1851. has. just been captured al
West Point. Miss. Both are culured Whisky
Hr.curIIcI the crime.
s. I1.aI communication To the LaGrange
RH'-- calls attention Co the fact that Sllg.-
es are deposited in the bank AT that place ON
u-i-l u9 interest D. paid The bank Is grow
r- wealthy, and the correspondent i~ calling
Hr cotton factory.
tM Nosely, Of Rutledge, Morgan county.
vas arrr-ted on a charge of attempting To
elirl-e his daughter. lie denied the charge
taI e-gIped. Public feeling runs very high
q. said that Mosely will De ON hand to vim
AH-g his honor when the ease is called for
ua.-
Tie Grand iurv of CLAYTON county recently
fossil true bills Of Indictment against two
Missionary Murm0n elders named ". \. Will
-u ami =. .. Paris, charging them with va
-ulrr. Iu that they were strolliug about the
country without occupation or visible means
li support.
Friday morning at O'Clock siN Of the priso-
aeIs bob .tII at Latrauge escaped. During he
l-l- before they managed 90 break the lock
ata-T tr.'-. and when the iailer came up Ia
a,, t.rm their breakfast, hurled him to the
Steps below. and made good their escape.
Tler Nare all boo for mI-demeanOr.
81 rb-rau saturday morning. "a negro house
aa Colonel %. VI. Bateman's plantation.
caught .ire after the negroes had gone 10 the
Ge.. Hu. Wa- destroyed. The charred bodies
ai tNu negro children. who had been left i'm
Do were taken from the debris.
Aruue-ta bI- -iN stores. three lawyers.
IHrer physicians. one church. q school house.
81 court house lui jail, two wagon and car
rI-e -lur-. tHu harness shops. two hotels.
fHH -.H. Shops. 81 lanyard, brick ward. steam
-.a att -f-' mills. cotton GIN and e pupula-
t#u 90 about iWo hundred inhabitants.
Iae case against T.. A. Fulton. of Daricn.
larfIUll-.su ui the revenue laws. has been
drla. r.. rIr nIted states District Attorney
and tIr Collector OF Internal Revenue being
-li.-leI That here was no criminal intention
ur iHt part ui Mr. Fulton The prosecution,
u Is allr-ei WAS instituted by I'd. Nelson.
HlH lai been lu the employ Of Mr.. Fulton.
because ,e Dad been discharged.
According 90 an exchange Mrs. William
whitney. ui Henry county. never saw a rail-
ral never rode IN buggy, never was m a
taau. never was in but one store, never saw
alt one cooking stove. has not been To church
SINCE iHc war. and has not been mile from
loile In l' years. She r. over - years old,
and fl- been married % years: her husband
has bought her only two dresses. and they
were cotton.
W.J. 'ookrell, Of Louisville. who was con-
iIfI U fIt Rome calab0Ose on the charge of
drunkenness, last spring. when that building
caught lrD. has instituted suit against the
rliE .ur $4,000 damages. He was 80 badly
H--ael tLJt his life was despaired of, and he
p never been able 70 do any work since
supposed that he set fire 10 the building HIM
-si a- hr was the only inmate of the room
which caught.
Steps are being taken TO open up a shorter
channel To- the >atilla river. through I'm
1reil creek 20 Dover Blun, and through
Dover uarrOws 20 Bailey's cutoff into the Sa-
l-la. The narrOws above named Is only
aa.u- $50 yards long, and can be- deepened
lll WIeued at cost of about $500. When
-IH-rueued. new route To Brunswick from
ta- ~ttilla will thus be- made for RATS and
sil- steamers, which does away with the
necessity OF going into ST. Andrew s sound AT
al. Even 81. Simon's sound can be avoided
tf l,inE Jointer river.
Al Augusta Saturday night. three men. named
EtEard Owens, Win Rhodes and Bolivar
Leopard. engaged IN dlthculty on Ellis
street with j. j. DAVIS, and followed him 10
Broad. where the latter met William l.. Glea-
-aH- LIs brOther-In-laW. some one of the
three then fired at Davis and INT Gleason in
tie ankle. \ general scunie ensued. when
Gleason and Davis; are said 10 have Knocked
ilr,r opponents down. The latter, however.
suc.eaded m cutting Gleason painfully in the
-aal..ler and i'm the back, finally shooting him
lH tac nip. The three mcu ran. but were
a7triaulrd by Sergeant Sheron. assisted 10y
eleer- Foster and Holley. and lodged in the
barracks. The wounded man was carried TO
H H,me near by. lie Is badly wounded, but
DIS friends hope not fatally.
Tile Brunswick Gas and Electric Light
Company has been granted permission % con-
-.rue- lt- mains and lay its pipes through that
al- The city contracts to take forty lamps
t f-' tdch per annum. ON Thursday an
er-Iu.Z1tIou was effected with W. r. KAY a.
s...cut. q. =. Goodyear as Vice President,
ana q. 70. McDOuOugh a. secretary and Ired-
s-Ivr. W. Ork VIII commence inside Of ninety
tat probably IN less than sixty days, and
early next year gas viii DE furnished To all de
efu- u at not more than s. 30 per 1000 cubic
teei- and of slNteeu-candle power. and at a.
Alel lower rate as the price Of coal viii per
ai. About $4,000 will be expended in the
1iF hy the company. The company has
= lrti the sole privilege 10 light the city for
Aile-u wears
l-e Rome Courier says: a right amusing
incident occurred near Mobiles foundry YES
-rHlaE morning. \ man crossing the railroad
IFlcA- got his foot caught fast in a disiOinted
lrl-- and while trying To get loose ne saw
Ar HallanO0ga train, ON the East Tennessee.
4l-.lia and Georgia Road. come da>hing
over ihe bridge. Wild with fright. the man
t4ae near breaking his foot in his efforts Ia
FL loose. But the train WAS almost upon
A-i-- ami me- decided Co uniare his shoe. pull
% -1ut out. and leave the shoe To DE mashed.
hr acted upon this thought, and as he got his
i.1i 7ut the train glided by on another track.
Do made the man 50 mad 10 think he was only
on plagued little side track all the time.
l.-t DE took the shoe up and kicked himself
E.l the way up TO the depot
The Newman Herald SAYS: ~ Young lady
HQm Rome, who had been visiting relatives
y Whitesburg. started home last Friday.
9Ae as accompanied as far as Newman by a
eeftaln man who proposed TO see her safely
el the Atlanta train. Having full oSufdeuce
iu the man, she handed him her uocketbook
ald asked him to buy ticket 10 ATLANTA
fae ticket was bought. the pockerIsooL re-
turned. and the young lady started on her
journey, suspecting nothing Reachinr Pow
els station. SIX miles from Newman ffe ,,,,,
auttor stopped the train TO let her gci on a.
l-e ticket was good for only that distance
tHr Young lady was bewildered. aud eN-