Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-04-16

III Tutercst-A flOrida PANTHER Yarn
The Fircmen's Contests at Macon
To-day,
GEORGIA.
,...r-, r. West, Of Rome, has taken the 500
trme.IaI offered to the best student in the
.-.-,.c Of medicine and hygiene" Of the
--.,fr-.tv uf Pennsylvania.
vrr-fallvilIe has petitioned Jhe Legislature
.,--. sn act prohibiting the sale Of spiritu-
-. a- matt liquors within a radius Of five
the churches and academy Of Mar
r.urI,, Macon county, Ga, by any ami all
-.-..-- 200 whatever business engaged.
s. strong. q coIored minister Of the BE-
r-sH Baptist Church at Amcricus. has been
--..l because he was engaged TO four diff
frrt members Of the congregation at the
.rrrf bis marriage last week.
Trrltty officers Of Greensboro for the en-
.--r. rcar are; james L. Park, sr., Mayor;
NJ. storey, !. B. Parks, Jr.. }. !. Burke.
usrr, q, Thompson
rrr Hancock court house Is insured for
szan
rtfu,orlc uf White Plains are determined
.. have the railroad from Union Point to
,-rier-vIlle buHt.
atlanta has Il2 practicing lawyers. There
sore eulv I35 cases docketcd for trial at a re
cont term Of court
People who use the mails are patiently wait
,-- f,r the turning of the tide which will
r7-rv tbc republicans cut Of Office. As one
-ralcurc of the way the system is managed in
georgia o. may be related that postal card
r7s five days coming from Waycross 60 this
rtr.
linton Edwards. a aculOred man Of Taliafcrro
.,r-tr. has just dicd from the effects of a
blow received i'm brawl in December with
! Peter Edge.
Trr bridge across kiochafoorc creek, two
-rs- from Athens. gave WAY Saturday.
Fraiforj 2. Garland and Mrs. Hottie BRAY.
f Pike county, were married on the lst. The
-uom Is 75 years old.
g,u,aiu shoemaker. If Rome, had ono Of
81. feet sc badly injured by ears. Friday. that
lrmlau0u viii be necessary.
rheGatc City Guards are IS strong
WI. Nixon, Of cambridge, II dead.
Tr-lc Willis MAYO. a we'll known Roman,
lc bate Thursday nght-
Them Is not a county III tic state rs large
-rI wealthy as Harris without town larger
hu Hamilton
Thomas Andrews. a seventeen -ycar-old
white boy uf Atlanta, accidentally shot him.
-rf saturday.
ns Augusta companies are the favorites
nth Ile uoH buyers on the iiremen's race in
Nar01. which occurs to-day
The first session Of Harris Superior Court
ursoueuel bv Judge ". I. COlquitt, the 10Th
1yot March, lS2S, hfty-iive years ago.
There are millions Of peaches on the trees
auunl BIakely, and if no disaster belalls
them the crop viii be a tremendous one.
The number of paupers in Mitchell county
are thirty-four, and the total cost Of their
support De- Sll3 per month.
a pair Of shoes made in switzerland. and
worn bv Dr. Livingston, the great African
4 lZr.orer. are now IN the possession OF Il prOmi-
ua1r lawyer ol Forsyth.
J $. Kirkland, Tax Collector Of Miller
county, has gone wrong to the amount of
N.l1. His bOudsmen are pronounced solvent,
a ihc state and county will not suffer.
FW tbe benefit Of fruit growers freight
Ialn i- tu DE put on between Atlanta and
CINCINNATI. which viii make the run IN 50
-our,. leaving Atlanta ats O'Clock at night.
George Hill, cOlored, has been convicted of
'-e murder OF William Bryant. cOlOred. ON
The 10Th NJ January, near Canton. Sentence
1l not been pronounced up 10 a late hour
Friday.
The real estate Of Harris county Is not
g1s.er than d was thirty-thrce years ago,
Tli-e Gre personal property Is about S5.500,O0O
l's ln that period the population has in
creased about l,j00, or IL per cent.
e.. B. Bostwick. of Spalding county. has
rlt au offer of $50 per acre for his farm near
'1r-heu gentleman who wants To come South
-ni engage in the fruit growing business.
THE Harris County Medical society met ON
ae 1rs, tuesday and elected officers for the
ensuing year. DR.. a. r. Brewster was chosen
President. DR.. J. r. Gilmer Nice-P President,
lli lr. ca. Brooks Secretary and Treasurer.
Truck farmers Of South Georgia are sand To
Hf-lur.ug cabbage and realizing from five To
seven cents pound. They make from seventy
l,c in one hundred dollars per acre on them.
ItC seed were sOWn last summer and the
Plants set out in the fall.
Henry Oliver. of Americas. was seriously
.lrf with billiard cue i'm the hands Of Mr..
Stephens of that city recently. Oliver is in a
critical condition, and stephens has left the
H.r. The blow was dealt IN saloon a. Oliver
was rushing upon another man with q knife.
tlt following patents were granted GcnT-
sans one week ending April 10. lNS;i: Nathan
h-Nlt-0u. WriEhtsyillC, drag saw; John Nc
Ll.,et. CRYSTAL springs, transplauting lm
I.-eul. AdOIphus +. Brooks, Jefferson, CUl
INaiur, q. G. Jones. Savannah. rotary engine;
uc swift specific Company, Atlanta, label
Colonel Iohu VI Graham, court stcnOSra-
.-tI oft me Augusta Circuit. and Jt one time
Prop rector of the CrawfOrtvile peao,7,gf. will
tllc 0mC time during the coming month ON
al extended trip through Europe. Mr.. Gra-
ltm VIII visit The heath of his fJther- -
''o-ino rance, Italy, and perhaps Russia.
DC has been iutimatcd al Grifin that the
'Hsiu of the Bullock letters can bC easily
asgr,aluc,l, anil IL is also understood that
NnW prominent men of Griffin. notably known
(, PROFESSIONAL politicians, are at the bottom
.t l tli- ~ soon as they are found out the
public -- tu hC informed Of their names.
Ihc rumor, which have been circulating in
Atlanta off e combination between the Scncy
railroad sr-tcm In the south and the south
Nes.efn railroad system of Mr.: Geuld are
t-an ncIus rctaIlcd about, md this time are
--nr.emcutCd 10y the interesting report that
VT george Gould Is engaged 10 a daughter Of
llr >tuCy.
,llc following resolution was adopted 10y the
lgrrha1t- Association m Augusta SATURDAY:
Afs -sf, That the committee be authorized
'-urluV Mt. +. II. Miller or some other law
Y. lo investigate the rights of the Georgia
.-li.qA1 lu coming into the city of Augusta,
eng ilelr right 10 discriminate i'm frcights
susta.~
george ). RaU, Il wcll-known citizen Of
-a,pn, dlcu Friday of paralysis. MIR. Eau
5Ie-t Z" Macon In lS56. and has been resi-
lt -tlt cVfr since When the war broke out nc
-.-5,f{ with the Jackson Artillery and
--.gI ii, adopted country faithfully and gal
1-u!- he was about 81 years of age. and
NJ born ln the kingdom of Wurtemberg.
Iniladelrhia.
~, Noreiand, colored, who sued Troup
5tl.! lnf damages sustained by the falling
y.ra M mule and buggy through a bridge over
Ll-.i" Jacket near 1Oung's mills, Will now
7d1t chance to submit the case To "A jury.
sllse Harris decided. at the first trial. that
- new constitution inhibited such suits. The
-teAe Court. however. revcrses the de
.f fil' anu the matter will probably come up
'' t1Ls court.
yle oi the firm Of Gillett & Bros, of At
--a, ----a, whose failure was announced a day or
wv 4so, mas been arrested for cheating and
~ '.sllns on warrant sworn out by one Of
urn creditors, and lodged in the cali
.C.- Mr Gillctt requested that he pight
10y ms own room, with a policeman to
5'l lll, but as the amount Tor which he
rai-.,e.i crested Is very large Capt. Connally
--4scI his request.
"a connection with the recent talk about
--- tlhing the following challenge has ap-
i-it4 m the Augusta ChgOnicle. Il can run
h. ,s-n.lred yards quicker than any man in
fI-r, -r,t4te' anu II any One should see this that
h h.. He can make better time than can all
7f ~ r0t To DO Is 10 meet me IN Augusta, Ga,
ne Ady convention with the spends. and
CAV 4ll test our fitness. Address John Il.
- hlsh shoals, Ca
.,- t-5 celebrated Beall ease reached a cOnclu-
NJ - tAe superior Court at Albany Friday.
ff-' u viiuiel was for the plaintiffs, and gives
49, tAe llklns and EchOls plantations, in
va-i UNITY, and about So, 200 in money. The
Cor-,' me case will go to the supreme
ir.i Do J. one Of the biggest suits ever
fis--i' in the state, outside Of corporations.
leias nearly 100000 involved.
Prominent and successful Macon law
s are lglllant over the heavy fees they will
Pian from the Sherwood and Elhap and
T5-.l,1n lawsuit, involving about 100000.
r,o- '.-t mas been in court for two years OF
bo} ala after strong legal fighting between
e5--laIc llaIcon and Philadelphia lawyers, Macon
flr-' on the palm and at last terminated IN
r- ti lhe Sherwood heirs. The suit in
sv,G valuable Philadelphia property. The
4!er claim $4,000 each.
fe5 f5-es Hathaway. Sr.. of TFOup county,
rI ,,.,ldenly at the Alabama and Georgia
ms Aunday night about II O'Clock. He called
= M sen-ln-law, Gus Wood, and told him he
u F-I. gong % die, and asked him 10 make .
4 .fo. Mr.. Wood said he hoped not. lie said
fe,I may send for the doctor, but will he
~ -.Lore he come As Dr. Beasley en-