Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-08-13


l,- bales ahead Of the same date last year.
d. parlen the Atlantic Base Ball Club de-
feereJ Tie Athletics by score Of Il To 10.
tuetitiou is circulating to hold a stock law
election lu tldrhe.
JrJz- John " Rheney and \. W. Wiggins
tvo valuable residents Of Burke county, are
tlesa. -. .------8---. 4
- AZ grff witha Chinese lantern attached to I
it, tail passed over Sparta as meteor on last
FRIDAY might.
Zine Governor has ordered an election for
t4Utalu of the Hancock Nanguards 10 take
place on Tuesday next.
clement A. Mosley, Of Montgomery county.
...F one day last week one hundred head Of
Ieetts for SltoU.
Ana alleged gold mine has been discovered
oa Abram Goodies farm near Pine Log. Bar
TOW county.
There Is a strong probability OF Ogleth0rpe
going for nu fence. Madison also intends To
fEIau election ON the subject.
Tie southern Express Company now brings
matter To- Albany IN fOrty-five hours-twenty-
ruU hours sooner than heretofore.
one of the oldest citizens Of Mcintosh
county. Mr.. Mortimer Cullinan. aged eighty
tuo wears. ls dead
4 large number OF students are expected
ueNt wear for the state University than ever
before
AItuc SON Of the Rev. Mr.. Overton. of
Greene, has a dog for which he refused fine
mule
There are lO.750 volumes in the Atlanta
members and the list is increasing daily.
At Washington. the Georgia Central depot
has been burglariZed and 500 10 in money
taken There Il no clue TO the robbers.
A mandatory to turn out the Joshua Berry
grain cradle Is To be established at JoucsbOro
hv Mr.. Berry and the Estes Bros.
The large engine and boiler for the new oil
mills at LaGrange have arrived. lt viii re-
..uire Il 600 bricks To plant them for duty.
A dark-hued lOthariO of LaGrange. whose
lmOurs are as numerous aS ms years, shot his
wife day or two ago and he'l- The woman
win recover.
There lives I'm RaImn Gap "a Mr. McCurrv
and his wife, the former being gu years Ola
aud the latter IS. They have great great
grandchildren.
The miners at the Washington mine are
hiudered i'm their operations bv gas and foul
water one miner nearly lost his life the
other day by suhOcauon-
The iail in Lexington cost the county about
$4,000. and last week il had iu 10 three pris-
oner-. and ON last Friday night they all crawl
"a ont at the eye-lEht above the door.
The argument for mandamuS in the
Wilkes county fence election case Will DE
heard at TaliafcrrO court. which meets the
fourth Monday In August.
Campbell county Is 20 have a new jail. 1t Is
Thought the grand jury mas recommended the
building of one to cost not less than $4,000 nor
more than $1,000
The dwelling Of Daniel J. McCranie near
China Hill. Ieliair county. was struck by
lightning and burned TO the ground on the
18th uIt.
The Americas Light Infantry will take part
u the decoration of the graves of the Federal
dead at Auders0nviIle, by Frank W. smith.
the man with 1900 fags.
Eight persons have been arrested near
Maysvilie charged with the sO-called kU-
kluNng, and carried % Gainesville 10y Deputy
United states Marshal GasroB Tor commit
ment trial
one night last week. while Bart Hamilton,
ut Sum Greek. DOOly county. was absent from
home some sneak thief gained an entrance 10
laT fFt4h ff-ffnL
of 500.
The East Point mystery was brought TO an
emil Friday by the discharge of Wynn and
Hill. who were charged with lynching a ne
gro boz the woods near East Point ON the 3ith
0fJulv.
There lives at Lula young white man. ~
years old, whose head is unshapely and
greatly overgroWn, while his limbs and body
are wIthered away. lie has to be proppeu up
amt uursed ike child.
There once lived in an adjacent county 10
tlarkea white man who sold his wife for one
dollar and two ginger cakes. The woman
agreed 10 the trade, and lived with her last
husband apparently happy and contented.
The roof Of j. J. Williams X Co.'S ware
house, in Atlanta, fell in with Niagara-like
crash Thursday. which startled MANY of the
legislators. they believing that the capitol
building had ~uccumhed to the ravaEes OF
time.
Mrs. Ogletree, the mother Of Charles Ogle-
tree, the dbtuctOr Of the little ncWShOY.
Charley Tilton, OF Atlanta. has been received
at the Paulding county amshousc Her son
ls lurking somewhere n the vicinity of
Hiram. dodgiug the Bailiu
Materials for q monument Co Dee erected 10
the memory of the late Judge 4. y. AIl@0Od.
The founder Of the IyrOn factory ar Rome. are
being received. The stockholders of the fac
tory are haVingI 10 erected. 20 Will ocrupV a
prominent site near the large mill.
Thursday the Governor refused "a pardon in
tue case Of Phillip W. Raiford. Of jefferson
couutv- convicted Of incest fornicati0n. the
woman ln the case being his neice. The Gov
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demanded Executive clcmency
John r. Bates. X. j. Godbee and Raifori
Godbee. Of Bulloch county, have got their
new steam saw mill IN operation. and are
turning out several thousand feet of lumber
Der day. Their new gin house viii soon De
completed.
There are now two alleged Smith Austin
murderer- under arrest at Columbus The
LAST captive gives his name as James Pope.
and IS sdld % answer almost exactly the de
s.ruuun of the man seen talking 90 the muir
derel hackmUn ON the night of the tragedy.
Rev W. NJ. Cole. the school teacher who
was arrested for whipping. was discharged
last Monday without q trial. The bailiG who
arrested him refused 10 place him under bond,
-o great was his faith i'm his innocence. The
ease excited considerable interest.
j. =. Glover, of Jones county. was drowned
gt tle capslZlnE Of q boat a few days ago.
Up tp last accounts the body had not been re-
covered. Mir. Glover was one of the pro-
tIel"r7 oi Glover'S mills. and was also "a sue
eessiui farmer. lie leaves wlie and five
children.
Near Eock-Head Church. in the Sandtown
district of Campbell county. Edward Defo0r
Vas shot IN the shoulder and thigh. and
Toward Thompson through the head. by
Ae>es hlggiu- Riggin escaped, but previous
~ lis departure promised To make things
-fel iu lue district 10y returning 10 Kill three
iNrn and woman.
ioun Boyd last wear picked from a one-sere
20 lI Eairhuru 6-A pounds of lint cotton. He
tAth s9Weg the land in oats. and this spring
iealr1 t5 bushels. After cutting OF ms oats
H1 Flahteu cotton again, on the l2th of June.
-ht Dc D. now in bloom. With favorable
weather Dee viii make 800 or more pounds Of
l4t Mr. Boyd Is over 20 years Old and does
all his work himself
AZ Fort Valley ON Wednesday morning the
aeal Body of an unknown negro boy. about
Alfieyu years old. was found near the depot
-t-A- 4iFecty across the roadbcd of the south
western Railroad between the striugers.
Ittsous passing early I'm the morning did not
oIe-rVe NJ, a box ear standing over the spot
NAere it was lying. From braises about the
y head IL Is belieyeo that he wes muir
The Columbia Ssntfn4I saws. ..p.v N L,1-
Ter has some corn that grows up and clusters
around the stalk from 20 Sears. We WEIGHED
lour Of the ears from one stalk. and ihev
weighed over 81 pounds i'm the .buct
calculation was made, aud at least tai bushels
.o the acre would be the result. 4 practical
farmer states that 100 bushels could De made
To tEc acre on bottom land
Az Dallas the jury returned a verdict Of not
S-llly IN the case of the State y. Steve :.
Aoore,charged with the murder of Boss Jones
y
fActed the town and community To fever
Aeai when committed. The wife Of the
.-'ner was in constant attendance with
le9ie. ami the aged mother of the deceased
'-t with the prosecution.
~ addition to the damage. already reported.
--e lreshet I'm Monroe county by the loss of
fel' 'i'ensiCn bridge over the TOWaliga. 1t Is
st ~ Atl mat the bridges over the same river
~ Ign + ais, and Golfers mills are gone. as
e- 4e Two spans Of the East Tennessee. Nir-
M. -ai SFeorgia Railroad bridge the
ION oi that stream with the Ocmugee.
usII-g los WO0en mill. at High Falls, was
fT-,t away, the building going over the
a. 'e5 u Eureka, DOoly county. day or two
Nj Da'ld W. Harvard had some words
tis- -ue negroes on his place, when one Of
iTr 4eW MS knife and made a murderOus
ir--5-+r rt ms employers throat. severing an
toeer -It ~ 'eias and making cash from ear
varT- auu nearly causing death. Mr. Har-
ne t.--eA attacked the negro and cut him in
a rr-.-e7t. cutting through the breastiene and
tr-s.l s@tlng the left lung. the negro is i'm a
Es-t condition and not expected to live
lae- an oll and trusted servant and had
M, al Ar. HarYard's employ for ten years
ir .lam lLllam Garrett. Of West Pike. while stand
F5ief i.illef 2 tree IN front Of his residence on
Eebt-4, 81 last week, was struck by a bolt Of
d5~----e winch first struck the tree. running
hesF y -lca u look effect upon the top OF his
lssrf, -athlng the hairO OF and down his BODY
gro1,fS 4 eeel red stripe, and escaped into the
n ~ out strange 10 relate ne stiu lives.
since - @ unconscious for couple Of hours,
""ei he mas been rational, and, though