Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-03-19
GE0RGIA GLEANINGS.
GATHERED FROM OUR LATE
EXCHANGES.

SetAous Nha4' 'se against Z Orsyth County
Teachers-A Store Robbed and Fired
The Gate City Guard Fund.
We have received from Mr.. B. c. Brown,
photographer at Crawfordville, a very fine
Photographic view Of Liberty Hail. the home
place Of the late Governor Alexander II. Ste
phens- It is admirably executed, and copies
Of thesame viii doubtless be in great demand
throughout the State.
Madison county is in good financial copdi-
ton. The Treasurer's report shows that there
has been collected sS,6s6 90, and amount paid
out Si,ls6 90, leaving q balance in the treas
ury OF s., ,4i9 p.
The outlook for the coming corn and oat
crops in Coffee county is said to be verv
promising. The corn crop is out OF the ground
and is some ten or twelve inches high; while
the cat crop is also very good.
Marion BrittOn, the colored murderer OF
Peggy Thomas, in Muscogee county, on Thurs
day last, was arrested on Friday and il in
jail at Columbus. The deceased, who was 7s
years of age, was stabbed BY the monster be-
tween the seventh and eighth ribs and died
almost Immediately.
It is rumOred that thenclty Of Brunswick
VIII shortly have daily paper. The growth
and prospective progress Of the city warrants
the conclusion that such an addition 10 its
journalistic enterprise win pay.
The people OF LincOlnton are rejoicing that
their county seat win soon be a railroad town.
The survey Of the new road takes the town
squarely in, and thus fresh impetus is given
20 the advancing property of the town. DIRT
VIII be broken at LincOlntOn in q very few
days.
In Houston county the farmers have deter
mined this year to make an extra exertion to
raise enough corn and meat to sustain them.
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and meat markets. such determination on
the part Of all the farmers OF Georgia would
-OOn work revolution in their material con-
dition and financial prosperity. and this
should be a question seriously discussed at the
next meeting OF the State Agricultural So
eiety.
Ia the matter Of the Chinese merchants al
Legged 70 have been mistreated at WavnesborO.
GOV. Boynton has written TO Hon. Mr.. Ere
Inghuysen, Secretary of Slate, in response to
ais letter: ''The case will be Immediately re-
ferred to the States prosecuting officer Of the
Judicial circuit in which Waynesboro lies.
with the request that the fun power of the
courts be used in administering justice in the
matter. The authorities and good people OF
this state sanction no kind Of Iawlessness."
Nr. H. y. jenkins. solicitor Of patents.
Washington, D. c.. officially reports the fol-
lrFiAE NNtA- NANAG AAnA VI patents kEduLfl ArGOE
gia inventors for the week ending March ls.
lsss: William A. Wright, LaGrange, wash
boiler; William NJ. Pitts, Thomson, trade
mark.
Air. J. E. Dent expects TO ride the circuit Of
mis- farms, Of which he has eight in COwetG
county and two In Heard. He will run thirty
SIX ploWs, besides having q large acreage in
small grain.
Terrell COunty's Truck Farmers Associa-
ton IS a decided success. The melon and
truck farmers mean business this year. and
about two hundred acres in watermelons will
be planted. According to the usual estimate.
II wiz take two hundred cars to move the
crop.
The liquor dealers throughout the State will
hold 3 convention in Macon in June. Mr..
James Il. Campbell is President OF the assO-
citation, and the convention is for the forma-
EiOnof local associations all over the state
1t Is expected that large crowd will be in
attendance.
The guests of the Mitchell House at Thom-
asviIle made mp purse OF over one hundred
dollars, last week. and forwarded the amount
10 the sufferers trOm the recent heavy floods
IN the West.
IN BulIoch county the prospects for an
abundant Oat crop is cheering the hearts of the
farmers.
There is but one person confined in the Cow
eta county jGh.
In Lee county the farmers are taking more
than ordinary interest in trnck farming and
will give 10 this season a practical test, espe-
rially in the line OF watermelons. \ large
acreage will be planted in this esculent.
Only five thousand dollars is lacking of
having money enough TO build the railroad
from jug Tavern, in Clarke comfy, to
Monroe. and it is said this amount viii be
speedily collected and the road built.
The capital stock OF the new cotton factory
At Peach Tree shoals, in Henry county, has
been increased from two hundred and fifty
10 SIX hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
The company proposes to manufacture only
yarns and ginghans.
The cotton receipts at Washington, wilkes
county. still keep onward and upward, l6,7OO
bales having been shipped so far.
Tae Brunswick Board Of Health has ex-
tended its Jurisdiction to all vessels entering
that harbor. whether bound to the city or
otherwise. Lest there should be any difficulty
On the score of Jurisdiction, the Court of Ordi-
nary Of Glynn county has adopted and sane
tioned such extension, and appointed the
Health Oaicer OF the city as Health Officer Of
1he county, with full power 10 act in the
premises.
The infant child OF AIr. and Mrs. Wiley
Bailey. near Canton, aged one year. was IA
tally burned one day last week. The child
was near the coffee pot, which was on the stove
boiling, and reached and took the spout in its
mouth, sucking in the steam. 1t suffered ter
ribly till the next day, when death came to its
relief.
CarroIlton has shipped over 10000 bales Of
cotton this season, and It is probable that the
receipts viii run up TO $4,000 bales, the same
amount as last season.
The railroad bridge at West Point is in a
dangerous condition, and there Is considerable
complaint as 10 its stability. The railroad
authorities should look into this matter and
build a new iron or wooden bridge, and stop
the talk and fears Of the public as To its pres
ent unsafe condition.
The ThOmaston Nif1is Georgia Times says:
There is some talk Of building a large cotton
factory on Potato Greek at the Nelson
shoals"
A stranger in the streets Of ValdOsta the
other day predicted that NaldOsta would con-
rain $500 Inhabitants IN ten years. aldOsta
is bOund 70 make place OF note and import
ance.
The election for fence or no fence in Tallia-
fcrrO county passed OF quietly last week and
resulted as follows: $50 votes We're cast. -Oo
Tor fence and III for no fence. Majority Tor
fence Sc
The valdosta Times says: ''If the water
melon crop is a failure this country VIII be IN
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hereabOuts are torn mp and plowed in for the
succulent melon"
In Sumter county there are 900 children in
ahe public schools At the old tuition of 50 per
month IL would cost to educate them S24, 600.
The Board Of Education educate these chill
dreu for S5.37S, saving Of SlS,92I per annum.
The grand jury of Madison county in their
general presentnent say: ''In view Of the in
crease Of crime and lawlessness IN our county,
we earnestly renew a former Recommendation
Of the grand jury, that the Ordinary issue no
more liquor license outside the corporate I'M
its Of DanielsyIlle-"
To show how the credit Of Cuthbert stands
abroad. il is said that the LaFrance Fire En-
gine Company viii not dispose OF the city
bonds al less than 100 cents on the dollar. and
are not in the market hunting a purchaser at
those figures, II appears that the LaFrance
Company Is about ~ solid as Cuthbert, hnan-
cially.
Mr.. John L. Key has accepted the editorial
control OF the JASPER County NeIcS, and in a
very graceful salutatCry makes his bow 10
The patrons Of that paper He winds up ms
salutatOry by saying 1--WE have pitched our
tent III the camp Of the Church Temperance
found always At our post"
The Irwinton SoufherRer has the following
matrimonial item. s.There Is a young lady
aud is engaged to be married. The man who
won her did IL in these words; Thy beauty
sets my soul sglow; I'd wed the right or
wrong. Man wants but little here below, but
be wants that little long,
Al social Circle, on Friday last, Deputy
Collector Ware. from Athens, and posse Of
49, f-,r, Atlanta seized on the streets one