Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-07
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
GEORGIA.. FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE.

strange Fish in a COwpit-Hardeman
nm Ben Butler as Presidential Candi-
date-TwO Brothers Twice Welded to
-isters-A Drowned Body Recovered
Horribly Dishgured.
GEORGIA.
T-xirrtOn is talking Of Fastening 90 CraW-
r,r,i over a narrow gauge railroad
fr8us in OglethOrDe are IN =plendid trim.
The five barr0oms in Monroe pay $1,000 into
Tile city treasury
Miss Lucy johnson. In Dalton, Is engaged in
tie culture Of silk,~and has 1000 worms al
work.
rr. q .ourpit On the East Tennessee, Vir-
s.rIa and Georgia Railroad. near where the
7.I Augusta road crosses II, are a number OF
.a-uIiar fish or creatures. IheY nave the
.n.ra ur & fish. but the tan lies nat on the
,g.ffr instead Of having a side motion. In
,rar. 0f fins they have little feet, which are
-H a- paddles. The eyes bulge out, and
.-Ive the head a irightful appearance.
Iris probable that Mechanics No. = of Ma
..u will send q squad to the freman's mus
ter at Portsmouth, New Hampshire. on Au-
gust ZNth.
The Bquii-ts Of TelfairviIle have contracted
with Ne-srS. Thompson and Helndel to have
u neat church building in two weeks. This Is
..r-ar.irf-IuE and. we hear. will secure for the
church tbe sum Of $1,000, left by Miss Telfar'-
Will.
Mr. smith has an even dozen children at
tending the school at Excelsior, BUllOch
county
Mrs Betty smith, of Rabun county. Is 81
sears old; does the spinning and weaving,
and. until short time ago, worked IN the
e.rnHed. She Is a consistent member Of the
Baptist Church. She has no education
Bishop Gross has appointed Father Clifton
-u serve the Rome parish. He viii hold ser
vices ON alternate sundays lnkOme ana Ddl-
r.u. commencing in Rome on the sth inst
There is q movement on foot to organize
Eudiins and Loan Association in Hawkins
rIIe-
can't. James r. Robinson. "a gallant soldier
lu fEe Confederate war, successful farmer
uuI highly popular citizen, died Suddenly at
Inns home in Brooks county on sunday. the lst
inst. He was m the prime Of life, and was
considered one OF the very best citizens Of
that intelligent and thrifty county.
The Philadelphia Press has the following
Georgia item via Chicago: I'm Chicago. Con
-re--mau Hardeman. with the Macon Mill
rlrv Company. declared that he was ready to
support and vote Tor any man the Democrats
might see lit 90 nominate III lSS4. This re-
mark was repeated TO Hon. MIR. COrput,
Mayor ol Macon, with the inquiry If that IN
r.uI-I Ben Butler. Mr.. Corrupt replied: W ell.
Hsrdeman may be willing 10 support Butler
should he DE nominated but IF he does he
VIII have TO leave Macon. our people are
willing To- forget bvEoucs and extend the
olive branch, but we have not got far enough
vet t1 swallow Butler.
The Brunswick. Blackshear and Waycross
Brass Bands met at Naycross June 20th for
IIt purpose Of calling arcunI0u at some future
time of an the brass bands in Southwest
Georgia. Brunswick was chosen as the place
tr Tie reunion. The time has not yet been
fixed.
Professor A. W. Van Hoose. having ac-
rrUttd q call Co the Howard College az Ma
ron. Ala. has resigned .hs position on the
faculty of the south Georgia Agricultural
College.
a couple OF brothers in Houston county "a
Jew wears ago married two ladies who were
-tep-slSters and first cousins. They both died.
and iu course OF time the two brothers mar
Red second time two ladies who were
sisters.
A Spaulding county lady, living in the
vicinity OF Double Cabins, went out one morn
ing recently TO gather flowers. and while
bending over a bush her hand came i'm contact
with mOccasIn snake which lay cOiled up
under the leaves. simultaneous with the dis
covery, and before she could remove her hand,
the snake ran up the sleeve of her dress and
protruded its head from small rent in the
garment just below the shoulder. Quick as
thought she grasped it by the neck and held it
securely until she could summon her husband
to her aid, who soon dispatched the loathsOmc
reptile.
The firm Of sale X Rosignal, dealers i'm
painters supplies, at Augusta, have assigned
for the benefit of creditors. They had been i'm
business about "a year. The Liabilities are
$4,000 and the assets $500. The cause Is the
dull times.
The body Of James Butler. who was
drowned at Prices mill, in ocOnee county. on
the oath day of last April. was found floating
lu an erect position IN the river about half
mile from where he was drowned. ON last
Monday. Tee fhee, although greatly decom-
posed could easily be recognized. The
body had but one arm and one foot when
found.
Colonel i. W. Robertson returned TO Mari
eta from a trip To New ork. the first of the
week, where he went 10 purchase machinery
for the wO0len mill at Clarlzesville. Ga. the
building of which he is experimenting.
Bowers Henry Bell. "a white tramp, died
near Thomasville a few DAYS ago. after hav-
ing lain IN the woods sick for nearly q week.
The cOlOred people who saw him when he was
first taken sick. thought that he had the
small -poX. and thus scared everybody out of
going near him.