Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-09

Mexican silver Mine~-Florida's New
Railroads.
GEORGIA.
Augusta is 10 have new building associa-
tiOn.
Cotton blooms are popping out all over the
state.
Uncle Bobbie Green. OF clayton. i- now l0l
wears old.
Col. james VI. Horton. Of Union Point. died
on the 3rd inst.
English sparrows have become indigenous
TO Greenville.
5000 pounds OF explosives are stored in the
Atlanta magazine.
Atlanta's death rate for the three months
past is 394, over 1870 per month.
The machinery for the Athens cotton seed
oil mill viii cost over $4,000.
A lady is to become the general delivery
clerk i'm the post Office at Darien.
An Athens mule was stunned by lightning
while in a street of that city Friday.
The Marietta Journal SAYS that the chestnut
trees in that county are dying very rapidly.
4 farm on ChattOoga river, near summer
vlle. containing 352 acres is,Onered for sale.
six hundred dollars has been refused for q
year-Old Jersey bull 10y II. :. Hughes, OF
Athens.
Cherokee county raises good deal Of to-
bacco. 1t rs all manufactured within her own
limits
CatoOsa county farmers are said To be more
nearly out Of debt than they have been In l5
years.
Atlanta people own 40 least twenty silver
mines in Mexico, all believed Co be very pro-
ductive.
The Brush Electric Light and Power Com
pany has Withdrawn its proposition To light
Columbus.
There are more than one thousand person.
in Laureus county who have not given in
their taxes
t-ei-ar urofbers have. commenced fi,f ,,-
tiou 81 q brick building at Darien. which will
contain SIN stores.
jefferson :. smith. Of Pauldmg county. is
accused of maltreating his wife, and running
away with their child.
Judge Crawfords condition shows no inn
provement, and to-day De viii be taken from
Columbus TO Chlpley.
Whilst the people OF lower Georgia nave
been deluged with rain, some Of the upper
counties are suffering.
The state University. with Si20.OO0 endow-
meut has I2S students: Emory College. with
$4,000 endowment, has 212 students
jefferson finds that she can get her mer-
rhaudise and food supplies cheaper by wagon
from Athens than by rail from Atlanta.
Friday morning a Barlow county farmer
MIR Van b. McGmnis, sold one hundred and
fftv-seven bales ot cotton OF last wears crop.
I'm Atlanta. last week. Mr.. street sued
Cauraiu Ell. Mercer for $4,000 damages as
the result of fight. He gained a verdict for
So.
The post office at Pendergrass is called
Emory. The department would not name it
Peudergrass because they said it was too
long.
Washington went crazy over the Hancock
plow and thousands of dollars were paid for
territory. Somebody hints tlat the purehas-
ers have been gulled-
Regulation No. I of the B. and W.
Railroad reads thus. "Empl0yes of this COM
panv using intoxicating liquors as "a bcver,.rp
will not be retained ia the service"
The wife of General Robert Toomhs. ol
Washington. fell from her bed tO the floor the
other dav and sustained slight injuries. which
delayed the family's midsummer pilgrimage
10 Clarksvillc.
Captaiu Merrill MiIIar. Commandaut of tbs
Sixth Division of the Light House service. ON +,
recent visit To ST. Slmon's expressed himself
highly pleased with the island. He prefers II
% any ON the coast.
The survivors Association the Eighteenth
Georgia Regiment. which was organized last
August at Acworth. Will meet IN their second
annual reunion IN Atlanta. on the Ist Of Au-
gust next
An infant was found in a pool Of water
near Ihomaston last saturday, wrapped i'm a
silk dress. When found 10 had undergone 50
much decomposition that its color could
not be determined. The affair is "a mysterious
one.
The Calhoun Times SAYS that on Tuesday
about So. 800 was paid on the ii IA. against j .
III. Arthur. former Treasurer. and securities
$500 was paid i'm land 10y squire PUlliam. one
of the securities. on which the Commissioners
viii establish poor house aud farm.
The King mill at Augusta viii commence
operations some time iu September. The
cost will come within the original estimate of
SSOg.000. leaving over 100000 for commercial
capital. 10 Is predicted that the stock will
be worth Sl2l per share in eighteen months
Mrs Shipp. a widow lady living in Chat
tahOOchee county. has two little sons aged
five and three. They were playing in a room
together. when the oldest got hold of q pistol
and shot his little brother in the left breast.
Fortunately the wound was only slight
and the little fellow Is able to run about
again.
Mr.. and Mrs. +. 4. Halle both died at Ca
miila on the 5th inst- only fifteen hours in
tervcning between their deaths. Mrs. Halle
has been sinking ever since the birth Of her
babe. several weeks ago. Mr.. Halle was worn
down by watching and exposure, and finally
took hemOrrhagic fever last Friday. The ha-
bv is not expected to live.