Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-09-13

letter Fifteen Years on the ROad-A
f,ll from Mereer's Cupola-suicide in
,uausta's Barracks-BIargaret Harris
convicted of the FairmOunt Poison
ing
GEORGIA
u.ruether county will have a new $4,000
Jail
Aa Atlanta drummer reports having lost
veu aJ Gainesville.
F.rr negro maidens Of the ChOctaw nation
H.r- entered Wesleyan University. at Macon.
tt.taI of S69. 500 is already available for the
.tr.rI.ug Of the himball House in Atlanta
One hundred and seyenty-five bales Of cot
t.u have been shipped from Millen this sea-
s.l-
IN. town authorities Of A1inen have com
..-r.rd work on the Town Hall. which will
...-t about Sl,5uJ-
sfr.A.E r.. Balcher, who shot the Town Mar
l.IuI llllen. is stlll at large, and iS supposed
-.Hage skipped the country.
me Rainy. colored. brought To Gaines
vile last Tuesday the first bale of Hall county
--eI cotton. This Is the third year that he
l5- been ahead
While going TO drug store, for her mother.
DID,. augusta. Tuesday, Mary Sizemore met
Henry e.. Brooks, favored suitor, ana mar
r.i f.m before returning home
R 3D. Butler. of Gainesville has a walking
-...k THAT has been ln the Butler family over
..r hundred Years. He viii hand 10 down To
DEPUTY Collector Estes. Of Gainesville
seized pair of mules, two men and lot Of
IrauiT uH last Friday night. The whisky had
f.eu manufactured I'm the prohibition county
.l LImpslu.
llr aaI Mrs. Zachariah Davis. of Pulaski
e.lur.. are the parents OF twenty chill
..r.r. q Do tn less than two YEAR ago nineteen
.l raru were living. They Jl-i have forty
.-Hr grand children.
TE. Brunswick and Darieu base BAH clubs
H...- their final 4fmp within fNp ten
..r- lUr purse of $500. They have not vet
t...Iei whether % select Albany or Macon "a
ut Ha-s tI hold the contest.
To-. case of the state vs.. George Vaughan.
..4r-. with rape. lS lH progress at Lawrence
t.-- The defendant D. twenty years of
.-.. married. and mas two children. and his
victim is woman of hfty-hve years.
s. report is circulating that the steamer
Alice .arke, which has been living for several
months so the wharf in Augusta. and which
.-.Ilu-rI hands several times OF late. viii
-..u He running again between Augusta and
~ataluan-
ur W. VI. Puckett. Of Gainesville. died
suddenly at o'clock TUESDAY morning of
loart disease. His wife heard him making
ar Huu-ual u0lse On breathing. and raised htu
ut uUi he died Immediately. lie was fifty
f.r-e ears Old.
De- %. Fapy. OF Gainesville. has g L. =
-.l coin of lSll. 10 is "a little larger than the
present twenty-five cent silver piece, and
Hl- but thirteen stars. 10 b. as perfect as the
lr said tO he rare.
James Findlay, son of O.. ID. Fndlay. OF
Macon. lost bi- grip while climbing one of the
ef..a.I- Of Mercer University lu that city
Tuesday, and fell Too feet tu ;he bottom, sIs-
#..a.u- injuries which left -him -eu~cle-~ and
t...lu- ON the ground. Hr sustained uo
HraseH BONES, however. and may recover.
DeHr-iau- VIII Doe Interested iu the follow
H-- "Iu game between tuc Breuuuus and
Stars Ui New Orleans, ON sunday. the former
club won DIS q score of t0 {. The game
throughout was very close and exciting. The
Hrsauau- did not have % complete walk-over.
Htt Wa- tine general opinion that the stars
H't.ri Oboe hest game
it, calhoun Monday the case of the state
r- Margaret Harris cplored. charged with
murder bF giving poison to Leila Lewis. caus-
ing hur death $40 Fairmouut, Georgia, ON the
I.tU oi August. was called and the defendant
Un. uuuu trial for her life Tuesday morning.
,ar Wa- aiiudsed guilty 10y the jury. David
uUza-. cllured accessory before the fact. Is
I-0 l9 hc tried.
Postmaster Couley. lately removed from
th. Atlanta office. says that Mr. Nall was the
ar.g person boz the office whose accounts were
Short Mr. Nai1s deficiencies, amounting 10
kLHH were all made good out of Mr.. Con-
ler'-oVu pockets. Mr.. COnley adds that he
never ILLEGALLY used a cent OF government
money. aui concludes with the statement
tllt Doe Us -till the governments creditor To
tar extent of Sl.1Jl.
ST augusta. Monday. Young man john
Ea-linrtu, g mechanic, attempted 10 COM
mIt-nItIte uv taking chlOral. Physicians
succeeded Iu re-UscltIting him. He was con-
illI at ihe police quarters To prevent anoth-
rru-fruUt. Tuesday morning as negro was
Ua-u- through the room with bottle of car
HUc arI t0 lisinfeCt cells, Rushforth
srafrleI Che bottle from his hand and drank
alar-e portion OF the contents. He died in
short Time No cause IS dssl gneu Tor the act
Ile corner stone of the new court house at
gainesville will be laid next Wednesday
morning with appropriate ceremonies. With
VA tle-fnEe VIII be placed a 1000 Confederate
bond. Macon ~ BrunSWick = hlll, GalnesNille
rfs scrip. six Confederate bills, sank check.
Gainesville ~outbFou and Lagle. a Hall county
fr-Ilur r. q. haud, Gainesville Orchestra
s.uarr- ticket. list of manufacturers. mer-
chants. bankers. colleges. county officers,
aiHu- nt contractor. superintendent ana
builders, with many more interesting relics
Tar Gainesville S0utbroH saws: "City Mar
SIS. A'-E Carter sunday night got ON track
.-uIt of stolen clothes. money. etc. taken
from house of bad repute IN this city He
Traced them TO a man Of means. n not Of re
,HetfaIltv. and made him not only confess
tD fdr whole matter. but 90 with him and
.untuu the clothes and money secrcted IN
..E-Hr- 20 long way from the house from
Fd they were stolen. We withhold the
names at present. but the whole thing L.
h1lui to see the light of day within another
week Verify, the way OF the tranSgressor Is
larI.
chattanooga paper has the following:
Nl-- John e.. Anderson. who Is a daughter
0I t.1 late W. ". Woodruff. proprietor of the
u..eIratcd Woodruff fruit farm. near Griffin,
la.r-i4 iu Is67 attended school in New Ork
.ir Returning home i'm Isis. letter was
written To- her by one Of her schoOimatc- IN
Nsr York. addressed Miss Fannie j. Wood
r- care of Mr. W. w Woodruff. Griffin.
ta- The postmark bore the date July 20th.
Sis, This letter, after % lapse of over fifteen
t.ar- was forwarded to Mrs. Anderson from
1rGu. and received hv her yesterday. Thus
- -.-u that though the government may DE
arIr 10 Is generally pretty sure To deliver
aa-f.r committed 10 10 for transmission. The
plausible theory Is thar the letter had. by
-ue accident. either been pigeon -holed or
thrown behind some post Office furniture. and,
lH-rru hv auv one. had lain hidden for this
Song tmr. some Painstakmg clerk. IN tylub-
ing among the old papers in the New York
.h.e. r.1 across the letter. and forwarded 10
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