Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-04-17


Unanimous Vote in 1s55-The oldest
COW in all Georgia.
GEORGIA.
7fsre were nine deaths in Augusta last
r5tk.
.--t Augusta and Richmond county have
--.rs pupils enrolled in their free schools than
-.rother city and county an the state.
A. Roger. an OLD resident of Barlow
..-utv is dead.
George Hin. Of Canton, has been sentenced
.,7asth by hanging or June / for numbering
.raiher colored man named Bryant.
tGreene county man gave a mortgage on
t...,ark and crop 80 he could give $l0 for a
dog
for. John p. Fort. Of Albany. while sinking
an arte-an well on his plantation. discovered
-r5t The earth in that vicinity is honey comb
.fw.lh underground streams. He is now
.f-r.uz TO let the water of the ponds on his
,lsnfati0u through these subterranean chan
ue-=.
sheen raisers in various parts Of the State
.,. circulating very discouraging reports of
-tssr eNperience with their fiOcks during the
rasswinter.
mn. Atlanta PrssJytsry Expresses itselfas not
rrspared to express any opinion on the mer-
1.of Che question Of marriage with de
..s-eL wife's sister.
m the Atlanta diocese there are 1876 leach
srs and l.47l scholars.
Hon. John =. King, Of Augusta. Ca, the
.ff.-t exc United states Senator now alive
.s.t senator from 1899 to 1897. He will DE
tot.-r9uhed i'm Frank Leslie's this week
probably
"A. =. Gillett was released from Jail in At
t,7ts saturday ON the charge Of swindlIng.
&C.. but q warrant is now out charging him
-.-b contempt Of court. lie had ndt been
nrrl 90 last accounts.
ursb Hunter. well known in Atlanta COM
..arriqI circles. left that city on March -. to
-rsrsl fora Chicago soap house. After the 25;h
--r nothing was heard from him, and ON Fri
r.rIssr a man was sent out to search for him.
us hal. been found, but the mystery OF his So
rsr,e viii not be cleared up until his arrival
IN Atlanta His previous reputation refules
-uv suspicion Of dishonesty
Twenty wears ago Jackson Andrews. a Co
rrrrbu, hackman. was taught the alphabet by
Albert Kirwin. a Columbus dry goods mer-
chant. jackson has just fulfilled a promise
made st that time bv presenting Mr.. kirwin,
through the latter's little daughter. with
r1ir ol chickens.
Herion L. Palmer, the lost purser OF the
steamer Wylly, was at one time city editor Of
rte Columbus EnquiFer-Sfa. lie is mOurned
i. genial gentleman and one OF natures
--h0lar-.
Tie Rome Railroad has been enjoined from
auHIns q wooden round house within ghe
fire limits Of Rome.
complaints about wretched mail facilities
are common to nearly every section in the
state.
In the Gubernatorial Convention Of lS57.
horse ON the twenty first ballot, he received
every vote except one. That was east by
General b. W. Heard. Of Washington.
Horses have the pink-eye in Walton county
Tqcc0a'- Baptists will soon bUild new
house of worship.
Mrs Bryan. Of the sunny South. takes a trip
North this April.
pack of Atlanta dogs were found last week
tryrurin4 negro child
uur of WashmgtOn's squalling yearlues
turns the scales at 10 pounds.
There are only three liquor sellers in Brooks
county. and they all deal IN QUitman.
There are twenty white and ten cOlorcd in
males 0f the Floyd county almsh0u-e.
The Young men of Rome have got the or
-auizatiOn Of an orchestra on the string.
Rev. il. ,. Galloway has been called, AMI
accepted the pastorate Of Lafayette Baptist
church.
The Thomasviue Nethodists are going 10
BEND their energies % the erection Of q new
church.
A farmer near Washington says ne has
hen lust seven months old that ha, laid fifty
three eggs.
man in Athens who sells harness. advcr-
t-e- his store rs a horse ami mule millinery
establishment.
Townsville Is jubilant over the assurance
that She viii DE on the line Of the Thomas
yiIe, Tallahassee and Gulf Railroad.
Gainesville. Flowery Branch and BeIton
IL. ..rv-H- Na4HH H..an
liquor can be sold after present licenses eN-
p.re-.
The establishment of % County Court and
thr appointment OF a Judge are among the
recommendation- of the Flovd county grand
Jury,
Couyer- clerk was knocked down and
Robbed ON last saturday night of rabbit foot
and bUckeye-all the valnables that were
found ON his person
Rev. 4. T. Christian has just sold for $1,000
ddfty acre tract of land, in two miles Of
rhomasyiHe court house, for which he pald
$500 q few months ago
party of Georgia gentlemen have been
considering the prOpriety of buying the
tatoosa springs property and converting 1t
futo a private asylum.
4 eat fish was captured in Yellow river, be
low Gleun's mill, near COnyers, the other day.
thlt weighed fOrtv- eight pounds. This is the
largest fish that has ever been captured in this
stream.
Enoch Freeman. who. while at work in the
Floyi chain gang. killed another cenvict.
IUhe Ware. bv two violent blows on the head
with shovel, has been sentenced 10 hang
June I.
The case of the negro who Is suing ROckdale
county for $4,000 damages for injuries re-
ceIved hy falling i'm Of Meningitis bridge seve-
ral wears ago. will be tried in the nited
states Court at Atlanta on the 10Th Of this
month.
some of the leading women in Atlanta have
promised to aid Miss Lucie kimbaA, the apOs-
He of the WOmen's Christian Temperance
JnIon. 90 organize a Young WOmen's Chris
ian Temperance Union.
Engineers and firemen ON the Georgia divi-
sion of the East Tennessee, Virginia ard
Georgia Road are now being paid by the
mileage system. several Of them have re-
signed their places i'm the last few days in
consequence of the arrangement.
r. A. Shoemaker. Of Rome. who had his
i'Qt badly crushed by the ears last Friday. Is
doIn- as well a- could be expected under the
circumstances. His foot has not yet been am
pui1teti. and may perhaps not be-. Or. Bat
ley saws he won't amputate IL for a week vet.
Io see Ii he can possibly avoid 1t.
The Post Once Department has ordered
tAe establishment Of a new post Office
90 be called 'kmbail," after Rev.
himbau. The Office will be located on the
raad. between Jackson and Locust Grove.
"lth Ar. kimball as postmaster.
Henry Hardy. Of Americus. has in his pos
7-'.A some OH accounts ana 4 note nearing
date lSel, 1903, 1891 and 1905. They are verita-
DIE curlOsities. Coffee in those days was 20
cents per pound. and black pepper Is quoted
80 IS cents per pound: cotton was 81 cents
per pound. The writing Is IN the plain. bold
ltld uI century ago. The note l. signed ny
John Washington.
d. r. Walker. now IN Trenton Jail. who Is
-entenced 20 hang May 4th. is busily engaged
ln writing q history Of his crimes from the
Ar-i 90 the killing Of =. :. Hamburger. on
>aud Mountain. last October. He intends .
having IL printed m pamphlet form and sold
on the day of his execution, the proceeds of
hIch are To De given his family.
Levi Turner. Of Henry county, has in hi-
possession a venerable relic in the shape of an
autiquafed Bible that has the advantage Of
- several years majority. Ii was printed in
Belfast. Ireland. in 1865. and was the original
prOpertrOf :. Robert Selffidge. grandfather
pi MrS levi Turner. 1t has been in the keep
Ing 20 she family for more than hundred
years. Ind j. vet ia a good state Of preserva-
ton =
90 The asylum building for the cOi0red insane
ftet this state is expected 20 be ready for Occu-
.Ancy within the next two months. The
building. which is Of brick, has a front OF $40
leei. with wings running back zsl feet IL
has over 500 rooms and apartments: The
rooms for patients are feet by feet inches
do size. Every room contains 4 window. and
There are 696 windows with iron sashes. The
building will he warmed with steam at a cost
ni $1,000.
John Cox has been acquitted in Harris
t0dnty Of the murder Of VIM. Thomas on the
night OF March 81. Cox and Thomas were
hr0tht ,rs-in-laW. Thomas having married the
sister OF Cox. They had not been ON good