Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-02-08
THE FENCE LAW IN BIBB.
ANOTHER FIERCE STRUGGLE
AT THE POLLS TO-DAY.

ANOTHER FIERCE STRUGGLE
AT THE POLLS TO-DAY.
Three Murderers Arrested in Gainesville
A New Narrow Gauge Railroad
seizure of a DistilIery in jackson
County-suieide of an Old Florida
Citizen-FlOrida Sunday Schools.
GEORGIA.
The election for fence or no fence in Bibb
county Will take place to-day, and much
interest is felt on the solution Of the question
The farmers Of the county are generally in IA
v1r Of no fence, and have issued the fol-
lowing: 1.-THE undersigned committees. rep
resenting the respective districts Of Bibb
county, believing the adoption of the no
fence law to be a measure imperativeIy de-
mauded by the agricultural interests Of the
county, earnestly solicit the cooperation Of
the voters Of the city at the election to be held
on Thursday, the Sth inst. Please come out
and aid US in the passage Of law absolutely
necessary for our protection, and one that
viii add much to the general prosperity of the
county" The appeal is signed by representa-
tive farmers from seven districts in the county.
Two young cOunterfeiters Marshall Bland
and Demps Buck, who were arrested at Mil
ledgevIlle for showing the queer" have had
= cOmmittal examination at Macon before
United states Commissioner Brown. Their
bonds were fixed at 5000 each, failing in
which they were committed to jail.
Three parties, two Of them men named
Crenshaw and Smith, and a woman named
Adams were arrested at Gainesville as the
lnurderers OF '-Shaner," whose brutal murder
few days ago at that place has been pub
llshed. Crenshaw is in jail, and the two others
are guarded.
The committee of German citizens of
Augusta completed their canvas Of the city
ou Tuesday for subscriptions in aid OF the suf-
terers by the recent floods in Germany. and
realized the sum of SiO5 as the result Of their
work.
The Griffin Female College started the pre-
sent school month with eighty-two scholars.
which viii be increased to one hundred by the
last Of the week from daily accessions made.
The sam Bailey Institute, at Griffin, opened
ou Monday morning last with over one hun
lreI students.
The narrow gauge railroad from Seney.
twelve miles below Rome, on the Georgia di-
vision Of the East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia Railroad, to point on the Cherokee
Railroad near Taylorsville, has been COM
uIe,ei. and the proprietor Of the line, Mr.
Rogers, is now engaged in constructing tele-
phone line along his road.
The cotton receipts at Athens this season
uiI reach $4,000 bales.
A new Baptist Church has been organized
90 Chattahoochee county near the Palmer
bridge over Pine Knot creek. 1t Is under the
pa-t0rate Of Rev. G.. W. Weekly.
Bishop Gross, Of Savannah, has petitioned
the City Council Of Atlanta to have ST. Jo-
seph- lufrmary, in that city, relieved from
city tax. The petition has been referred to
the Tax Committee and the City Attorney.
Collector Estes on Tuesday seized a large
illicit distillery in jackson county and de
-tr0yed a considerable quantity of beer and
mash. One man was arrested and taken to
Atlanta.
John Bevins, brakeman on the. Georgia
division of the East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia Railroad, was crushed to death be-
tween the cars at Cahutta on Tuesday.
Miss Jennie Thomson, from Union county.
IS u DahlOnega, where she is attracting con-
siderable attention on account Of her mass of
hair. She is Is years old, five feet in height,
and her luXuriant hair, black as a ravens
wing. is five feet eight inches long.
The Sisters Of Mercy Of Augusta purchased
on Tuesday a valuable property on Greene
street for the purpose Of establishing an or
phaUage and home for old and infirm people.
Washington county. a. usual. again occu-
pies ID lrOuPrank. The acreage in wheat. rye
aud oats this year isequal to that of last, when
Do was equal lOlt not greater than in any other
county iu Georgia.
Governor Thompson. of South Carolina, ap-
proved ON Tuesday a requisition from the
Governor OF Georgia for a man living in Che
raW who ls charged with assault with intent
tu Sin i'm this state.
Hiuesville Gazette; ''The turpentine men
along tle CauOochee are in good spirits, for
ln the present stage OF the river they can get
their spirits 20 market very easy. The tlat
.sftHa i'm 81 min
I'm the election contest from Washington
county for the Office of Receiver Of Tax Re
turns. Gov stephens decided IN favor of the
man returned by the people. The evidence
ilt not show any fraud IN ballOtiug. and
section Of the Code remarks that unless such
can be shown the election shall be held valid.
The Bingham contest was being heard on
Tuesday.
The appropriations made by the City COun-
cIl ui Atlanta for 1853 amount to S59l,4 20, a
follows: Salaries. So. 900: public buildings and
grounds. Sl,sI1 -; sewers and drains, $4,000;
laFNs dhu cufblng. St4-uUz 90. streets. Sto,-
1872 30 cemetery. S3.S5i 66; public schools S45,
600, lire department. Sz6,S5J; paupers and re-
lei S-ijs 80; lamps and gas, Sll,Sil %; police,
$4,000; water works, 81 ,22U, sanitary, Sl4,-
5i 50, sinking fund. $4,000; redemption fund,
S-5Nl. contingent, S3J.GJ9 20; interest and cou-
pou= Sl65,O00.
q Young man named Chandler, and sup
posed 90 De- from Harmony, Grove. Ca, was
found dead on the Cincinnati Southern Rail
way track. near lockwood. saturday. When
found he had ticket from Cincinnati to At
lanta. and 500 in his pOcketbOOk. Coroner
Hunulcutt held an inquest over the body, bat
could iud mo- injuries about his person. How
De- came Co his death is a mystery. y telegram
was received from his parents IN Georgia
saying hc had been to Philadelphia. Pa, at
tending a medical college. also telling the
Coroner 90 keep his remains and some one
would come for them.
Macon TsIsgraBb amt Messenger. strange
as it may seem, no tidinss have been received
ut Mr. Thomas johnson, who left his home
near Mercer University on Friday night. and
who has been diligently searched Tor ever
since Conductor RddfOrd says that man
answering the description of Mr. johnson got
on the train at Macon and paid his way TO
Byron. When that station was reached he
tUL out and walked about on the platform and
Then returned 10 the ear and paid his fare to
Columbus. His family are terribly distressed
over his disappearance, especially when there
Was no cause
The first meeting was held Monday of the
newly-elCcted Board of County Commission
er7 Tor Columbia county. There was an
unusual number of people in Appling, and
some commotiOn among them The temper
Ance people are juDilaHt over the COmmls-
souers decision. which was nat refusal OF
license. The whisky side employed attOr-
uey>, who argued the question before the
commissioners, but 20 no purpose. The ques-
ton viii. an all probability, be carried 10 the
superior Court, and il the Commissioners are
not sustained Will then 90 TO the supreme
court al the instance of the prOhIbltlOnlsts-
Columbus Tines: THE intelligence reached
The city Monday hat Col. Anderson q. Jones,
oi Crawford, and one Of the leading citizens
oi Russell county, was the victim of a fatal
accident. As he was loading his gun prepaTa-
Tory 10 going ON a bird hunt, the gun dis
charged, emptying the whole load into his
-ue, killing him instantly. Col. Jones was
born and reared ut Mt. Airy, in Harris coun-
9, Ga. where his father, Col. TaliaferrO
Jones. settled years ago. He was about sixty
wears old. and for many years has resided in
Russell county. Ala. He leaves a wife and
several children to mourn his untimely death.
col. Jones was well known in this immediate
section in Georgia and Alabama. and many
are The friends who viii drop a tear Of grief
on his grave
FLORIDA
Near Archer, on Saturday night last, Ernest
Wells. colored man, was shot and instantly
Killed i'm his own door. Turner Gray, con-
sable for Archer precinct, has been arrested
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