Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-08-15
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
..,,,,-s OF THE TWO STATES PAR
GRAPHICALLY TOLD.

los Laws Claim to the Oldest
LCl- Farmer in GeOrgia-An Old
- Letter at Marshallville-Heav
iI-lI,inerv for JacksOnvIlIe's New Gas
Company.
GEORGIA.
we're b deaths in Augusta for the
-sE ending August H.
f..les Of new cotton were received in
.Is7v saturday. Most OF 1t came from
Ir-fertv county
- rsnorted appointment Of a colored
l.e -5r st WavnesbOrO is pronounced
Is--rEei by the present incumbent.
-a-ifence in Vineville known as the
,,l5-tlrs place has been purchased by \.
I7Ir. II B0.Ingur0ke, brother OF Dr. W.
Holt. for S5,lyl-
.s,,elbrilge. on the East Tennessee. Vir-
erI Georgia railroad, Tuesday morn
~ ears ran over "a negro and cut his
L1r literally in two
.--,rsip j. i. Seay has purchased the steam
S---fH. and thus becomes the owner Of the
s3-sT the Hill City, Joel Marable, smith
e-i Hercules. an the steamboats, that ply the
I'll yaIiosta Judge Peoples has adjourned
.t trrr-t term OF the County Court To the
---I4r -eufemher term. He Will be absent
firuta .iu attendance upon the Agrieul-
tursL Convention
lain l. Parker. OF Thomas county, SAYS that
.t. ..frruiIIur- are fast going through his
esttan crop. The bottom crop, he says, has
..r fesr hurt. and the middle crop is not seri-
Ir .Iamuzei. The top crop Is we'll nigh
-r.r,.I wherever they have struck the crop.
AbsU was given near LOngview on Satur-
F.rrIEht. m the yard of Joe Woodward.
fI5rt ten o'clock the bah eliminated in
Tu the melee q well known character
s-.atr joe was fatally stabbed in the neck
gTf IsLr breast by Henry Ross, another negro,
Ff1 eLujcd arrest.
lr Campbell county, John Hearn's little
tqHr e.rI was accidentally scalded almost TO
5ea.h ODD Thursday night by negro boy over
rrru7u- pot of boiling coffee ON her. The
gfTI Is -calded all over from its shoulders
down. and I- suffering intense agony. The
stalj.u- was accidental
Efear B. Watts, Of Fort Gaines, was found
dead Iu -tate-rOOm on the arrival Of the
steamer Rebecca Everingham at Columbus
sunday morning, with bullet hole IN his
right temple. and pistol in his right hand.
Watts was somewhat addicted 10 liquor and
was just recovering from spree.
At the farm OF Mr. Alec White. in Vann's
VALLEY. Wednesday a difficulty occurred be
tween TWO negroes, II. West and \. Bonner
m which the latter received four severe cuts
from knife in the hands of his antagonist.
Dr. D0Zier seWed up the wounds, making
twenty three stitches TO do the job. Though
very painlnl, the wounds viii not prove fatal.
Mu-cogee's tax digest shows an increase
over last year of S629,4i5, and over 1851 of ST.
4-15>' most Of which is in the city of COlum-
bus. The number of hands employed in the
rauutr. principly field hands, j. LII: amount
tlN oH professions S6l0, and the amount OF tax
1u polls SZ,3j6. The amount of capital m
vested I'M mining is $4,000. The increase In
tlr city over last year is S565.'6l.
Thomas Fox. of LOwndes. claims 20 be the
oldest truck man in south Georgia. I'm 1853
He planted about an acre in cabbages and
other vegetables at the old NJ. = Griffin mill.
above Cat creek. in then LowudeS. now
county Most RF his grIbHwf-
weighed as high as tWepty pounds. and his
other vegetables grew TO an unusual size.
Tie people came from long distance 10 see his
vegetables, and pronounced them iiTst-cias,-
tht best that had ever been seen in that
county
Tile Noutezuma Record SAYS: s.Our Mar
..nlIylle correspondent sent rs q curiosity
in the shape of an old letter which was re
ceivcd from her music teacher. and dated at
Hamilton. New York. September. 1872. Ii
was written before envelopes and stamps
were u use. and the entire four pages of a.
sarge letter sheet. except the fold on the aG-
dress side. is filed with closely written let
Ger, which. If set up in type. would ill four
columns OF the Record. The chirOgraphy Is
clear and can De read with ease
Tie CdHp5sH County Nstcs saws: Uncle
Johnny Boyd last year picked from one
acre lot lu FalrDurn 53i pounds of lint cotton.
H5 then -owed the land in oats. and this
spring rgaued fOrty-dye bushels. Af3rT cut
ting of his oats he planted cotton again ON
the l-Lu Nl June. anu lL l> now IN ulOOUI.
With favorable weather he VIII make three
hundred or more pounds of lint. Mr.. Boyd
- over seventy years Old, does all his work
himself. and his little four acre farm in town
i- good model for more pretentiOus agricul-
ur9t~ to pattern after-if yOull allow the
expression. He successfully raises two
crsI- 81 year and makes more money than
many farmers with ten times the amount of
laud Mr.. Boyds farming should put younger
men t0 the blush"
Thi Columbus Times SAYS: Jim Pope. the
negro arrested on suspicion as being the muir
derer of smith Austin, continues the centre of
interest. Bob Jones. the hackmau first ap-
preached bv Smith Austm's last passenger.
called On him yesterday. and after a good
llob at him. Bob saws he Is one and the same.
Gus Bryan says he could not swear To him,
bat De- looks like the man. Mr.. Willet is out
Of iAe city, and has not yet seen him. Wash
Bsl. negro who lives in the sixth ward.
turned mp yesterday, and claimed to have
seen The man get in Austins hack. lie was
carriei uu James cell. and as soon as he saw
llm said, 'Dats de man. The negro Is very
much alarmed, and continues to locate him
self 500 various places ON the night of the muir
ter. The fact was developed yesterday that
De has q sister living a few hundred yards
from where the murder was committed. and
he AaJ probably started 10 see her. lie Is
generally believed 90 he the man. He will
probably have a preliminary hearing Tues
day."