Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-09-07
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.
startling Double Tragedy near Dora
vile-The HeinOus Ofenses of the
Brutal Walton County NegrO-AIan and
Wife Separated in Slavery Days Just
Reunited by the Finding of the son.
GEORGIA.
taviuEtOn has received about . or 30 bales
af fueW cotton
washington county has 2,s46 farms, pro-
4rrluE lf,5.99l.
The bridge at Island Shoals will soon be
raaIv for tie public to cross.
gentleman near Wmtervllle last Monday
LiIeI one hundred and SIN grown rats in ms
gin house
Im Brady. the negro who murdered Mr..
Pettv the GreenbOro bartender, has been
captured
THE tax books show that the return for
O-eu0rpe county is SlOl,4l9 more for lSS3
raau llr l,'2.
curei 4 patent upon cotton planter Of his
own invention
Edward smith, Of Jefferson county. adver-
-9-a.f Ills wife as having died in Arkansas She
writes that she ls well.
TaeFupuiatiOu of Georgia as il Is now given.
divided into whites and cOlOred, is as follows:
Whites. ,ll.51l; colored. s30,5S9. Total. l.532.-
-
Professor ~ g. " right, OF BdrnpSNIile. has
Ie.- sam Bailey Institute. having been elected
o. the PrncIpalship of the High school at
Fort Valley.
The grand jury of Walton county returned
tE0 hundred true bills at the recent term of
the superior Court. Most Of them were for
illegal voting.
Tie retail grocery men Of Rome are going
t5 organize q mutual protection society. and
Leepu o. ~hlacs li-t' TO register the names of
those who VIII not pay their bills.
Lewis Frlts. Of Warrent0n. father Of George
Ftt-. Who Killed Peter BrOOmticld, cOl0red. a
frV lays dEu, dropped dead en Monday last
at bis home Boa that place, of heart disease
Patrick Buruey, the little fOur-ycar-OId- son
ut Mayor Burury. OF Madison. died on last
Thursday morning, Of hydrophObia, produced
DIS tur bite Of "a mad-dOg, on the 18th of july
Near Calhoun, Albert smith fatally shot r
Peel because the latter wanted 10 duit
work before the crop was gathered smith is
uiil. with the evidence against him almost
positive.
There are now seven inmates at the aims
house near tOVIngtOn. They seem 10 he get
ting along very well. ami are am we'll pro
vHiei for. The farm has a good crop. and
seems 90 be well managed.
Etv.J. I. Pryor, Baptist preacher liv-
u- BOZ Morgan county. near the citv of Nadt-
charged with making too familiar with the
female members of the flock.
Last sunday morning, on the place of Robert
Perkins, in COweta county. two sons of Mr.
griffin got into a quarrel. which resulted in "a
fight, one Of them being cut in the lungs The
patient is now in "a critical condition.
A child was born in Cobb county the other
day having head shaped like that of "a dog
whileits hands resemblcd dogs feet IL did moi
live. Its mother. while eHcieafe. was fright
eHed by dog that attempted to bite her.
b. =. Cody. living near Jewels. lost his
residence. nearly all the furniture and con-
siderable amount of wheat aud oats by fire
Tuesday night of last week. The loss Is about
sl5Jl. and Mr.. Cody Is without Insurance.
The people Of Carter-viIle and Of the coun-
trv are 90 meet IN the opera house Tomorrow
sd lN o'clock, 10 consider and provide for Sc
curing the location of the branch \ gricultural
college of the seventh Congressional District
40 ,arter-yillc.
j. L. Bats, Of >mithviuc, has gathered
from 0ue-h0rSe farm. nine bales OF cotton.
average weight. mp To August 81 inclusive.
M expects 20 get twenty bales of cotton, two
hundred bushels of corn. Held and ground
peas. potatoes, sugar cane, etc. m proportion.
THE first annual meeting of the shareholder.
Of the Merchants ana Planters Steamboat
tlwuauv VIII DE held in Columbus to-day.
when officers will be elected for the ensuing
wear There are 40 shares of SlO0. an paid iu
aui luil representation VIII doubtless bc pre-
sent
ltrter-vife received her first two bales Of
new cotton last saturday. One was brought
iu tv ". W. Rich. and weighed $40 pounds.
auI the other by James JOlley. and weighed
$50 pounds. Both were classed as strict low
zuiiI-.uE. and were bought by y. 4. Milan at
q ceute-
Van Malcolm. the negro who was charged
with the killing of Kelly Butner. in Centre
VILE district was convicted IN walton Supe-
ror Court last week. lie was recommended
-1 Ihr mercy of the court. as the evidence was
an rircum-tautial. He has been sent to the
pruireutIary for life.
Probably tine oldest house I'm Waynesboro.
ulfs ls Auowu as the Attaway house, Is being
torn 1UWu % make room for three brick stores.
q. H.. urlt up bV COrkcr n Go. some letters
written 60 citizens forty years ago were found
% UI I'm frrr.r
picture of those days.
Wednesday q negro from Morgan county
entered Athens with warrants for the arrest
1i his brother and wife The woman eloped
with aer husbands brother. and the pair were
--r- happily together until their where
ars.-- were discovered. They were carried
a.s -1 Morgan. where they VIII be tried for
Oh. ieu=e.
Hon. B. p. Russell says that he hasr received
---r r-a. threatening anonymous letters from
s-H.r- about hl- free school bill. containing
a 81 -i- of threats f he did not drop the
r--ar. one of them limited that it would
r.- H. healthy for him to again set foot
assn -H.- soil Of Athens IT he persisted in hav-
r--.at measure forced upon the tax payers.
new industry has sprung up IN Cobb
county. Mr.. 8ohn shaw hauled twO-hOrse
WAGON load of black sumac leaves To Concord
W.l.eu Factory and received SO for the
same. He was two days IN gathering and de-
Ire-iu. them He has hauled several loads
ra Laurel Wuoleu Mills at Roswell and re-
celrgI good prices for them. These leaves
are used for dyclug purposes.
Foster Thomas. furnished the prisoners in
rae BaNIev iail with instruments % break
ial. The prisoners failed IN the attempt.
4uI Hue turned States evidence against Eos
Ger. :tHi he was committed 90 lau Tor the Of
Tense There are eleven prisoners an the Jail.
snli one an the Savannah Jail. awaiting trial
sr thc next term of the superior Court. All of
fhem are CoiOred. and three murderers.
THE Fulton county tax digest Of ISs3 has
been placed IN the hands of the Comptroller
GeueraI and includes the following statistics:
Iu the citv Of AUlauta-poli~ OF whites. 2.3fS:
total number of acres OF land. $50; aggre-
ga.. value Of whole city property, S2i,S55.S27.
For the whole cOumty-Whlte poll. 3.23l: col
0rei 772 total numJer of acres OF land. 9S,-
l9-: aggregate value Of whole county prop
erty. SIS, ,1u9.O5I.
THE report of the cotton market AT Ten
nile. furnished by Capt. j. G.. Harman
shows some interesting facts connected
with Che history OF the market during the
past three seasons. The crop Of last year was
1859 bales. i'm excess of the crop OF the pre-
vious wear. and over l.5o0 bales larger than
the crop of 1881. The price, however, is about
TWO cents less low than at the first of sep
temuer last year. and of the year lSSl.
EaruesviIle's Common Council has voted
N.#1 20 enable Gordon Institute 10
lower its tuition fees II per month for each
sehuIar. The Finance Committee recon-
u1tHled that there be an assessment Of 81 -
0u tlc Thousand for general taxes and 81 -
per tt0Csand as extraordinary or school taN,
making the total assessment - per thousand.
Ou notion. 10 was adopted 10y the Council.
Dc win require S5,72l 10 pay the city's eN-
peu-e-.
The number OF arrests made by the Atlanta
mounted police for July were a; dismissed. .;
total amount of fines collected, SIS -. Num-
Der of arrests for August s.; dismissed. @;
total amount of fines collected, $685. making a
grand total of l09 cases and 1886 70 lines Tor
tAe TWO months. Their expense for the two
months was: Their salary. $500; feeding and
care Of horses, $50; total expense. $40, which
leaves. over and above their salary and eN-
Ieusc-. Sl46 -
Judge Hutchins. SAYS the Walton Ne5cS Is
opposed to public hangiugS. He says IN or
binary cases he viii always order the eNecu-
tons 10 be msde in private. but in the ease 81
Taylor Bryant the crime is 50 revolving that
be desires all men To see and know that the
uerpetratOr OF such crimes suffers the ca
treme penalty OF the law. In this opinion he
Is backed by the best citizens Of the county.
It will be many year before another white
lady is outraged in this county
MIR John Ball0u and Miss sarah FREEMAN
sta -~ed with adultery and fornicatiou hqd I,
ur4-i, ,ninarv hearing before Justice Merreil
h lqr,-oV on Wednesday evening last Tbe
ev.le,rs siscIoses the fact that Bailou's wife
fs-7.t- .l,T had been for five or sick weeks
that BaIlog Frocureu lHe s 81 S'ee- 80, ,l Miss
Sarah Freeman TO wait upon MS WlIe; that
during heI- stav that they, john and Sarah,
Uee.nI, yerv inti-cate, so much 20. thai two
0r rhrea rfrhfs AGO fhev eloped together.
making theiT yvav for fh9 state Of Alabama.
Iaan-> CONCESSIONS condacd him 10 jail while
>arah's denial discharged her.
The Worth SIR prints the following ro-
nance. Thirty wears ago Kelly Sinith, negro,
was sold IN North Carolina and brought by
'Am Wife and baby boy. since that time nc
h7G uOf seem nor heard from his family. lie