Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-09-05
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

TOLD IN RAhAOhAPHS.
Melancholy Romance Revived by a
sniff for Divorce-GeOrgia Pupils to
rsnuessee's Normal SchoOI-Light-
ming. Fatal Freak i'm Dodge County
An Untutored Senator.
GEORGIA.
.rrrrhHr- restaurant, m Quitman. has
1r- Cd. L Binion. Of Hancock. has fifteen
.-a- .I OATS up-
list months water rents in Augusta
.r...rt-I I0 Ssls.
.r--ta'- bridge poured into the treasury
-.-- month $3.50 90
,r-el- complains Of the firing of guns and
..---.- Il Inc suburbs.
I.-s Ne-lit has ordered an election on the
..r.. question iu Milton.
The sharon merchants have about $4,000
ar. t.- country for this year.
TH... are over one hundred pupils in al
--.a-. go The negro school at Crawford
u.--- the month of August there were ~
.r..I.. .ut- Lu the Augusta cemeteries: y
Slid. as - cGiorcd.
AE-s-vitted negro Of Lumpkm 7tupefied
f..-.Il with half quart of whisky. and was
Saved from DIVING with difficulty.
..rrala Abbott. of Milton. mas some fine
-. .--1Irei ami mixed Jersey cattle on his
firm. ami intends to establish stock farm.
colonel Hardy strickland. of AcwOrth. has
OBJ. Rogers farm In Milton county to Mr.
flames E.arh. of Forsyth county. for $500.
Tie tmrf of tine Augusta police force re-
rl- SOD collected last month. There are 35
rr rer- Do the city jail; white 9- colored
l.Ur..u Lawrcuce.Sf Dahlouega. saws there
va-a uaier7pDut al the head OF the ravine at
+ columbia mine during the rain last sun
Ua. evening"
Ju"-. Iavne- had 40 Alpharc jJ last week
.-.tt.. nHIi that measured five inches iu cir
eua .r.Her- Fifty such boll- VIII Weld
...H.. .t cotton
A. Atlanta correspondent states that one of
f.- .mHer- 1f the Georgia senate cannot
ra. .r write. lut that he Is AN excellent gen
t.u aui highly esteemed.
I NatuoIi-t- in Barnesvilc have raised
sLl tH nay for g parsonage, aut have pur-
.I..-e. tle Dr. Means house and lIt near the
r.r promising % pay therefor $1,000 by the
l-..- urNt January
1.ag-ia has three Thousand five hundred
ar HHrtv-three manufacturing establish
I..H.-. .u which 70 capital uf S25.G12.4IJ is in
.I.aui yet thpUSandth part of the avail
able water power in the state is still unim-
uu Wednesday night last Bailin Holder and
Marshal hIrksey. of Lumpkin. captured a
Mcgee named Melton EleWelleu. who is in
a.--" i1r assault with attempt 90 murder
Melton shot at another negro through a
.r-.. u his house.
Tie Cobb county Commissioners have or
Iar-I AN election un the free bridge question
O.. lake place October DO. ant have also or
a.red bridge built over the Armuchee
creek go Echol- mill. The county viii. iu all
probability. vote for free bridges, SIS the I'M
crease of taxation necessary t0 built Tine
E...-e7 VIII scarcely Dee felt
I.m Matthews. % Young man about is wears
uHi living near llo4auSyliie, viii make tins
r..r. with one mule, lj bales OF cotton $50
bushels of corn, $500 bundles Of fodder. =
bushels oats. go bushels wheat. 81 bushels sweet
t44
Hs- hauled enough corn and wood almost to
p.s expenses of gathering the crop.
Iu Crawloriville tine prisoners n Jail. iivcin
number. htd concoctcd plot 20 murder the
fa. .er So hem he went to give them breakfast ou
sunday morning last and % make their e7-
.aHe- AU accidental meeting 0f gentleman
rs-r. lt the time prevented the carrying out
ai t.e 'Aeme- \ subsequent quarrel among
rH... Iel to tine exposure of the scheme.
ln Dodge county during thunder storm ON
Tuesday of last week. 20 barn Just erected
Ua- blown down. killing negro W0-
uHu who had sought shelter thereuu-
H..- There were el-ut negroes under tine
H.r. 80 the time. four of whom escaped from
under. while four We're covered m the debris.
I.. Woman uai lWe small children with her.
WU. m.racuiou-iy escaped uuhurt-
THE Wayrrl-s Reporter has the following.
-LI-I might 500 - O'Clock our reporter found "a
UUle 'Mrieeu-y year old White girl sitting iu
FRONT of the steamboat office. CRYING as if her
.--a heart would break. I'm answer TO our
fu.rIuts size said tIIt size came over To town
r..ru her father to Ett something for her sick
mother. and thar her father was drunk and
Hat spent aIl the money Sine did not know
uuIt lai become of him. Our rcportorial
he.r- Wa- touched. and wc went 90 work 5ud
-..ur.II what She little WaIf wanted
Tire fuper NeiCs prints the following
uruIu- advertisement. signed Anna Barnes.
-J5.Hr-Is. Jasper count Notice Is hereby
given to an concerned that nave filed with
frr .erk of the Superior Court of said county
ms petition. addressed t1 SAID court. rcturna-
He rl the next term thereof. t0 Dee held ON the
fourth Monday In October next. for the re-
l.l 4I OF the disabilities imposed upon me hv
mg uteruarriage with Albert Barnes. which
aHl cation Will Dee heard at the court house iu
SAIL county. 40 said term. This eighteenth
day 1l August. lN>3-
state Commissioner orr has appointed the
following twelve students from Georgia 20 the
normal school at Nashville. Miss Lettie
Mitchell. ~ludeTsviIle; Miss Belle Jennings.
Eamc-g.'ie. Miss Agnes 4. IcaSley. Canton:
N-- Minnie \. Fields, Dalton: Miss
Jennie Gates, Newman: Miss Carrie ID.
E.. .rf -eu0Ia. Miss Annie Lou Love. At
Isu.. Mr. ~. B. Coffee, Logausvlle: Mr. g.
u E.--Iale. Henry county; Miss Annie j.
Hurst Decatur; Mr.. g.. g.. Bond. Wood
-rUrs Miss F0ucho. OF Rome. Is already 20
tre -eHHU. and VIII hold over one year longer.
IH. 4urputee~ are entitled to two wears
-u..HuH free at the normal school. and each OF
-HtH receives S-tO year from the Peabody
fund.-
the ttstta--aa prints the following melan-
r.s.v romance ''Sam Hills widow again
comes Lu nUNIlc uOLce. III l7 ndrNOu1hle 10
-.aI ler willow. as the willy sam is dead Go
Ner aua the balance 0f this section. This time
-.e appears in the light of litsant. I'm De-
hsIl superior Court Mrs Tucc0a =. Hil'
Ea- instituted suit for divorce against her
husband. samuel Il. Itill The story of this
v,.rrlu's 's life Is full of romance OF 81 readable
,H~r she married sam Hill. q WcII-known
.rar.inr man, when She was quite Young. and
rmar he said quite handsome also. Hin was
carfiinr aud was away from home a great
lasL while his wife was driited into a whirl-
r..r af -avetv which ruined her and several
others among them her husband. To make
Stall. story short. sam Hill became aware of
l.~.ffe'- inldelIty and of the fact that John
simmons. 20 prominent young man of Atlanta.
WAS .r- Df her frequent companions I'M her
loruruuI tours He looked fer simmons and
found hlm In the National Hotel taking "a
urrs. 'Draw. - yOH. yOu'v got 90 DO it,
sll8 Il.I. aud with that he shot simmons in
tlp IoaJ. aud hc fell dead at his feet Hill
gave himself mp. was tried aud convicted. and
nla recommendation 90 mercy was sentenced
tH t.- upniteutiary for life. Pending "a mo-
lal form new trial he was adJUdEed insane.
Ha was sent 90 the asylum. and hy unlocking
numerous doors with false key escaped To
tr- outside. scaled q high wall and He'd He
la- never been recaptured. His wife went 90
f-HtlersyilIe. I'm Dekalb county, where she
ll- ~ur, lived. There Is no reason why she
s.1l' rut have "a divorce, and She will prob
H. D.