Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-04-02
GEORGIA NEWS ALL TOLD.
A POT POURRI FOR EVERY
CLASS OF READER.

Tabby-The Governors Horse Guard
on Parade-HOteI Boom in Amerieus-
Talk of Removing the Cartersville Car
Works to Atlanta.
The no fence law is in force from Atlanta to
West Point, and is favorably commented on.
EnOch Freeman, the perpetratOr Of the
Rome chain gang murder, explains that Tobe
Wares killing was unintentiOnaI.
Athens has just received a plOw, weighing
200 pounds, for street swork. 1t will require
six mules to work it.
Athens has full grown dog who nurses on
q COW The discovery resulted from the
noticeable falling or in milk given by the
cow. A heifer who objected to the dogs ad-
vances gave him a kick which the canine will
feel for some time to come.
An eagle measuring five feet from tip to tip
was shot at Gaskin's mill pond, in Berrien
county, few days ago. Ii is one of a pair
which have made a home in that vicinity for
the past eleven years.
II. NJ. Young has been reelected Chief OF
Augusta's fire department. The other officers
oi the brigade were also reelected Friday.
The annual parade occurs in MAY.
Z ;. Grier won the gold medal and Geo. I.
Rinnett the cigar case offered as first and sec
oud prizes by the Columbus City Light Guards
at the dress parade and target practice held
Friday.
CaIro's population numbers 400 persons all
told.
Lafayette Froley. Of Hancock county. adds
another 10 the long list Of car eouplers, on
which patent is to be applied for.
Miss Mary Teasdall. a well-knOwn lady OF
Columbus, died in that city Friday.
Nearly 100000 are invested in manufacture
ing industries in Atlanta, and over 81. SOC, 600
about half the capital invested-is paid out
annually in wages.
Crime isO the decrease in sumter county.
About $500 bales OF cotton have been~re-
ceived al Sandersville this season, and it is
still coming in. IL will reach, and probably
exceed, during the season, 1000 bales. Ten
mile has received, including the above from
Sandersville and other sources, 1926. being
an excess over last year Of 3,s44 bales.
Waynesboro correspondent Of the Atlanta
Constitution alleges that the Chinese investi-
cation in that city is a sort of ''much ado
about nothing" affair.
quiet movement is on foot to begin the
work at no distant day on the construction of
the cambridge, Cuthbert and Columbus Rail
road
The Dahlonega signal reports ''many cases
s- pneumonia in town and vicinity"
Work is soon to be resumed on the North
Georgia Agricultural College at DahlOnega.
several new gold mines will soon be opened
m White county.
Wiz Atlanta.
..The Old No. o House." which for many
WARS was known as the dinner house OF the
savannah, Florida and Western Railway, be-
fore WaycrOss had an existence. and which
had been used as boarding house for more
tuan a year by NJ. W. Mock. was reduced to
ashes on Wednesday last.
One of the largest land sales ever made in
Atlanta was cOnsummated recently by Fran
els F0ntane. of GOOde, FOntaine x ElmOre, in
the selling Of 20,0Oo acres OF good timbered
land in Calhoun and Wayne counties.
Mr.. Russell. of Macon. whose horse was run
over bv a railroad train Tuesday morning,
lyill go into the courts for damages.
The adjusters of the Southern Mutual
agreed to pay SIR. Illges $4,000, or the full
amount OF the policy held by him, on the
FOntaiue warehouse at Columbus.
4 negro in Henry county was recently
attacked hv a mad cat. 1t was seen by sew
eral persons, and they insist that i was un-
mistakahly rabid- II was nnaily Killed by
Felix Mason. who struck il on the head with
stick while in the act OF springing at his
thrOat.
Moneyed men from Texas are travelling
through Miller county buying up all the cattle
they can get with a view of driving them to
Texas They are said to be paying good
prices
is fourth larger than Tennessee, the State
has the advantage over Georgia IN population
by exactly l49 souls. No other two states I'm
tlc Union approach 80 near 10 each other IN
population.
An effort is being made to stop the sale of
whisky i'm West Point. Last week a petition
was carried around numefously slshe1 A- asA-
ing the Mayor and Council TO license no more
barrooms after the expiration OF the licenses
now running.
Governor Boynton will 90 to Washington,
D. e.. next week in the interest of the Tree
want claim, or rather To arrange about Its
payment to the stale.
one Of the severest thunder storms that At
lauta has been visited with for long time
|aHn~ HnHaHNsH ~
H-htDfn. were frequent during It's cOntluu-
aure. and the long. reyerberatiug peals Of
thunder reminded one of a summer storm.
The rainfall for several hours was heavy ana
continuous.
It is ONLY sixteen miles from Ocilla to Dor
miuev'S Nlill. but in sending letter To the
latter place it has to travel one hundred ana
seventy miles. and takes four days to reach
It's destination The necessity of a mail route
between the two points Is apparent
Berrien county wants a $1,000 court house,
and has $1,000 toward IL iu her treasury.
girl. aged I8 years. fell down three flights
Of steps 40 the Sibley Mills, in Augusta, sat
uriJy. Her injuries are 80 complicated ana
she was so badly br uised that her lie Is dc
SPARED Of
Richmond county will select delegates to
The Guberuatorial Convention tomorrow
noon.
THE residence of V. G.. Howard, two miles
from Madison. was destroyed by fire Nednes-
STAY night. About half the furniture was
saved.
In NfIauta-s POST 4 lUe1T Of Saturday was
th- following: The Gate City Guards, COM
maaaed by Captain Harry Jackson, are be
com. ~ very proficient in the manual The
Improvement during the past month has been
very marked, and n continued IN the same
proportion during tine next two or three, they
will Doe one of the best drilled organizations IN
the country
J. n. Dav. Of Sheffield. ROckdale's most
noted irapper, caught last week twenty ". . .
beavers, nine otters, two e0ons and forty
mu-krat- They are worth about $50. lie
trapped ON the OcOnee river and Bear creek.
The receipts OF guano at Hamilton 10 date
lage been 42I tons. against 32j for the entire
seaHlu OF last year. The demand continues
uuzbated. and one of the largest dealers
thinks the supply Will prove inadequate
Colonel John 4. Osborn. prominent law
yer Of Elberton. suffered q broken leg day
or two ago. consequent upon being thrown
from his carriage in q runaway
Forty acres OF land have been purchased
near DougIassville as a site for an almshOuse.
! N WeatOn has been employed To build
two houses on the land. and also 70 act as SUI
ueriuteudent 81 The farm connected with the
Institution.
The subject Of an artesian we'll Is now the
town tax in Sandersy.lie; \ subscription oil
about $500 has been raised
Good POTATOES were sold IN sandersTille re-
Gently at 20 cents bushel.
IL was decided at the meeting at Augusta
Thursday that unless the subscriptions 10 the
new hotel enterprise aggregate 100000 none
of them shall be binding. a motion was also
adopted that the whole enterprise be re0r-
ganizefi under the old charter
Wesley Yancey. n negro hey who shot and
LiIleI snofher negro by the name Of Arthur
Weston, in Terrell county recently, was ar
--tssted and brought before Judges LeanRrd,
summons and Howard last Monday. Ihe de-
rision of this court was that II was plain
case of murder and the prisoner was sent TO
iau without bail 10 await the coming session
of The superior Court in May next
There is considerable talk of removing the
car works from Gainesville to Atlanta. Ihe
concern seems 10 pag well. a dividend OF =
7aT. cent having been declared last year
Tho advance guard OF the southern railway
r..,-,T i,sa already arrived &c Atlanta from Ma
..1r er.F hv the middle of next week fte new
Offices in Atlanta viii be occupied.
The travel through Atlanta TO Texas is very
heTvv and there are half dozen agents sta
TONED there to catch this travel Rates are
yerv low. with downward tendency.
There are 2l2 prisoners, ais told, IN the At
lanta jail.
Thursday the Governor issued pro~iaRa-
tir,1 Offering n reward Of $50 each for TWO ne
..roe.s who escaped from the Jail in Daniels
vile. Madison county. They were J.in1sSy
Moon eb arged with arson. and samuel I'M,
charged y ith murder. The sherlH ot tfe
county has also offered reward OF 30 l"i
each man.
THURSDAY George b. Whitesides, Second
lieutenant Of tke Columbus Guards. sent his
elected 10 the position OF First Lieutenant.
Nee urtly Sparks has been elected second LIEU
tenant
The question of voting for bonds t6 PaF up
tha debt on she college building Is exciting
eonsiisrehIa fpfar-pst in .JOnesbOrO.