Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-11-09

t.-ln jordan. Of Townsville is dead
Hr.-fau was defeated in Floyd county.
-r.ar county is suffering a water famine
-- county voted for prohibition by rs
.. Hugh l.. Denuard, of Perry, died on
~.t.l.-E Ia-l-
-.u Kmban House in Atlanta will
.H.- rooms
SAID that there is not a house in
r.r.I-s.. .- for rent.
r.Lav is shipping large quantities of
.-...rat0r- to Atlanta.
..u.aud for houses II rent in sparta is
..r.. .r- altogether unusual.
r..ra,y hotel at Thomasyille is said to be
sr-.H with marvellous rapidity.
hos. d. - Adams, formerly of Hancock
tr died iu Texas few days ago.
v- NeElreath, Of Marietta, has had his
r H.-rarei by an Atlanta physician
.r. Wilson. an aged sailor, dropped
M 1T heart disease IN Rome Tuesday.
Mrs. Gyur-r White, ofuear Peckyile, Dooly
..-.. H.ciuu Thursday night last of drOpsy.
Old. d. O.. Freeman Is now mentioned in
connection with the Atlanta p0stmastership.
..uer near Paoli. in Madison county,
,r-t runaway couple by the light of
Em.. tbe Young daughter of Mr.. and
Nr-. I..r Montgomery, Of Townsville, died
Nalas.
WrfrryI.Ie and vicinity. will, in a few days.
U.ta..aract for building new academy in
...t village
T. meeting at TenniIle continues with in
.r-H- interest Nineteen have joined the
churches.
..atlrt at the Dade coal mines while
r-..r- .H escape. one Of the guards was shot
.. e....I last week.
N.ru Morgan. Of snow. son Of NJ. r. Nor
-a.. ..el at IBIS fathers residence on Satur-
H. .-- 90 typhoid fever.
I.. North Georgia Conference Of the Meth
will he hold "a na1fpu
beginning ou the z1th inst.
L.e wedding Of DIR. ). j. Knott and Miss
Willie Mctool was attended at LawnwO0d,
u..r Atlanta. Wednesday.
Reports from Rockvmount and LuthersviIIe
Indicate O. considerable majority in Meri-
Ua-H.r against prohibition.
lHWcIa county has declared in favor OF pro-
U..lt.0u bF niuety-twO majority, and Henry
county hy majority of 100.
Five precincts give BOZ majority for prOhibi-
H.l- This result cannot be changed, and
Campbell Is now prohibition county.
The Burke County Agricultural Fair is a
great success. a good crowd Is in attend
a.ee, and the annual exhibit Is very fine.
William Davis, Of ThOmasvil has sold his
place of seventy y-fOur acres. amt his house and
.0- near town, to p y. Franklin for S3,0JO.
Hou. W. III. DavidsOu's house at Americus
l.- been destroyed by fire; The loss. between
,-.. and $1,000, is covered by no insurance.
Tile l1jies OF 81. Thomas Episcopal Church
- Townsville give AN oyster supper for the
.A tllN A-tl'lt liGNt ~ N'tllt-fAstl MEth-
E.v. DO. Turner smith. who had been elected
Principal of Mt. Vernon Institute at Riddle
.Ir lHr tAe next year. has rendered his re
-.-uaflou.
Near >mthviue the woods have been on fire
I.r three or four days lt was started by pos
SUM hunters from their torches, rs they walk
cl around
U. Pullman sleeper going To Macon from
Atlanta Wednesday morning caught fire from
tlr stowe pipe. The fire was eNtIngulshed be-
'.r. ANS damage was done.
a Walton county man in Texas, according
ra tHe hTft'H AsiCs, writes that he Is con-
-r4uLE begged hy Gcorgians for money To
pas their expenses back 10 Georgia.
The uev tools for Th0masville's artesian
well lavr arrived. and the contractors are
Iu-..E rH-JGed hauling up the rope and tools
u.H r.u- go the bottom OF the bore.
sumter farmers are nearly all complain
.uL CHAT the cold aud frost of Friday night
hUHI tue sugar cane. and viii make seed
UaHr pretty scarce for next years planting.
30. ID. Bryan bought last week from Fuller
E. Hart tine old Balm house in Fletcheryile
facing thc southern end of the campus. The
lut consists of IA acres, and the whole sold
for $500.
SIX thousand eight hundred and two bales
constituted Th0masville's cotton receipts for
rHe season mp ID Wednesday night. The mar
Art was dull at cents FOR mIddlIngs, with
BUYERS and sellers apart.
Fulton cOunty's bonded debt Is $4,000. OF
this SIS 200. $4,000 falls due ON the lst of No
vember. Iss4. and SIS. .00) ON the lst of NOvem-
ber. ISsj. When these bonds are paid the
county viii Doe ont of debt.
Jen Germany. the negro train hand whose
Etet was caught In Il frog at Cochran and held
ll-t whlle "A train ran over him and cut or his
lex died Wednesday from his injuries. He
Was huriedby the railroad authorities.
S. W. stokes. Of the Sixth district, has been
appointed by Col. j. l. henderson, COmmis-
-.ouer of Agriculture. as one of the delegates
from COWeta 10 the Farmers congress which
meets iu Nicksburg, Miss, on the 2lst inst.
Tie third annual meeting of the Thomas
County stock Breeders Association viii be
held 40 Trout Lake Park. Nov. Is and Is. As
taerr viii Dee no restaurant on the grounds,
grand basket picnic viii be had each day.
90 Is said that if the extensive sale Of real
estate I'm and around the NacOOchee valley 10
au English company l. cOnsummated, mar
row gauge railroad viii be built To the valley
from some near point on the AIRLINE Rail-
road
The Ordinary Of Hancock county Is now
prepared To appoint Public Administrator
Tor that county. The applicant must be an
upright man. of good business qualifications
and experience, and must give a strong $4,000
bond.
Two old persons have been stricken with
paralysis and died i'm a few hours in Walton
county within the last three weeks. Both
were picking cotton when stricken. STOPPING
over causes a rush of blood TO the head, and
brings ON vertigo
The ever newsy Thomasville Enterprise
says: '-Thc hot spell was broken last Friday
morning by a regular black frost and ice.
Vegetation looks sick, and sugar-cane still
standing has the appearance Of having been
struck by lightning
Rev. T.. J. Beck. for the last five years pas
tor Of the Baptist Church At TenniIle and
principal Of the high school there, has ten
aered his resignation of both relations. and
viii remove at an early day To jackson, Butts
county, his future home.
Thomas +. Blackshear's ginhouse, near
ammonia. and seven or el sht bales Of cotton.
were destroyed by fire on Wednesday of last
Haa los Ha q e.
Insurance. 1t Is believed the villain who set
DC ON fire has been caught.
ON SUNDAY night last I. J. Futch, who re-
sides SiN and q half miles from ThomaSville
lost tv fire his crib containing 500 bushels Of
oats and some corn. The tire was evidently
the work of an incendIary. Mr.. Futch had
insurance TO the amount of $3.50.
Three COnvicts. Landy Robson, 81 years
old. Adam Williams, % years Old. and Powell
Hall. aged -. escaped from the convict camp
of Mr.. Z. 4. Brantley on saturday night, 21th
pf October. a reward of $50 Is offered for
their recovery. or SO for each OF them
An election was held under the local option
law i'm Butter on Tuesday Cooper King was
arrested on the charge Of having given a
drink 10 some person from his sample case.
Mr. King was taken To the court house and
Furnished bond of $500 for his appearance in
Butler on Monday next
Four wears ago q negro arrived at Monroe
well loaded with counterfeit half dollars.
which he passed of on many of the mer
chants. But the nature OF his com was dis
covered ana ne was arrested. lie uIohe llil
with a crowd of other criminals, but was last
week sent 10 the penitentiary for two years.
IL is the current understanding in Atlanta
that one Of the first bond cases that Will be
called when the criminal docket Is resumed
uu the 27th viii be the case Of the state ".
Periuo Brown. charged with embeZZlement.
This is one Of the noted Citizens Bank cases,
and the public pressure for their trial has
been considerable
At Pine Grove, Tuesday; between Halle
hurst and BaXley. 10 miles from Macon, an
engine struck broken rail. which threw the
engine. tender aud the local and through bag
gage cars on the track, the engine lying on its
side The engineer. Mr.. Freeman, was scald-
Ell ON the breast, and his son, Theodore. his
fireman. was also scalded and bruised. The
engineers condition was OminOus at last ac-
counts
The case Of Mrs. Jane Frank against the
vIty Of Atlanta was begun in Fulton superior
Court Wednesday. The complainant demands
from the city $1,000. During the prevalence
90 the amall-pOX in Atlanta last fall one OF
her buildings was torn down by the authori-
Ties because smallpox developed in it, For
the destruction cf this house the complainant
brings this suit.
The two negroes who were with the OLD
negro who was shot and killed Saturday night
on the road leading from Appling To White
Oak camp Ground, reported that tney were
fired upon by some parties in ambush, but ~
is nevertheless thought that they murdered
him. as there are suspicious circumstances
connected with the affair. The body OF the
murdered man was not found TIL sunday
morning. The negroes have been arrested
The Americas Republican says: ''llon. John