Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-23
GEORGIA


-,.v Cured at Macon-The Saw Mill
usu or the state Organizing-Strange
Dream at Americus.
GEORGIA.
---uaF50r murderers have been freed.
n.ar-lsrla and rust are plaguing scriven
,H--a shoals author is having a new horse
hook printed
WORK on Atluta's artesian well viii prob
st-. begin sept. 7.
number % new schoolhouses are being
erected fu Madison county.
.--.-ta-- new water pump will have a
s-r..Itv uE ......Il gallons per day.
lr.- TI.---. who was shot by a rejected lover
tr Montgomery county, rs recovering.
Tra prospects for the newrailroad and hotel
4-u.V-nu ars said 10 be encouraging.
The Eighth Georgia Regiment survivors
s-a alIelvUrIu[ TO have q reunion IN Macon
soon.
THs CITY Assessors Of Cuthbert have in
-r.a--l the valuation Of the city property
about $1,000
Scar Dawson q fifteen -ycar-Old white boy
stabbed negro who was fighting with the
white lads brother.
AttEe meeting OF the ThomasviIle Build
ing ami Loan Association last Thursday a
loan ll $1,000 was made at 60.
George Jones will be hung next Monday at
DAVIS De several thousand persons viii
doubtless witness the horrible spectacle
Tie tax digest of Wayne county shows
taxable pro erty for the year 1854 Of Sl.073,03I,
with ,.o7 poll tax, an increase all round.
Sixteen persons were baptized at Fiat Greek
Church, GIlmer county. on SUNDAY last, two
C- which are over 80 and one over 20 wears Of
age.
Lyut Potter, of Dawson, who killed a negro
DE was 0epuJIZed TO arrest, fled To Alabama
instead Of surrendering, as was expected he
would do.
Judge A. Hood brought in the first bale of
H#wIIufnH rnf %ufursl4- 4f
tIlHbert. TO was bought by G.. y. simpson,
-r.- for l9c. per pound.
Tine first bale of cotton Of the season was
brought into Eastman Wedn ssdav bv 4. q.
williamson 10 was Classed a iddlIug and
va- bought for TO- cents per pound.
The rev bale Of cotton which was sold at
ErrEwaod last Tuesday was raised by IsOm
rs Mann, oa a. W. Fleming's place near
Dawson 10 weighed 535 pounds, and it was
sold for lzz Z cents per pound.
careful estimate of the number of white
children boo aud around ElbertOu of school
a-a-aetweeu and IS years-shows that there
"a. a.ulr .75. OF this number not more than
.ue-El.i are In school, nor are they in the
L...l Ui going % school.
Tie first bale of new cotton received at
Iu...tFt was brought n last Friday from
Calhoun county by G.. ". Turner. 1t weighed
pounds cla-=et good style low middlinE
.rI was bought by Z. \. simpson, Jr., at
u u.r pound.
Last Tuesday night the residence Of DR..
Jau.- VI. Buchan 40 Eastman was entered,
am tHe doctor relieved of about one hum
ar.I dollars. The thief entered the house
through q window, which, OwingtO the cX-
trrm- bot weather, had been left open.
Tie first Thomas county bale has been re-
ra.r.F no TE0masville. It was brought i'm by
u.D. EaIuey on Aug. l5-lsst Friday-and
weighed i-5 pounds. lt was classed as mit-
r- aui was sold for Do cents a pound to
YORK.
Tr. young men who recently Organized a
ur nnr--Frrt har arF 4fs4F
r.. ElIuguf college Guards in order 10 get
possession ui the guns now used by that COM
"uE When ih7 is done, Capt. Adams VIII
r.-.-u- new Captain will be elected and the
u.u. .t Jle company changed
Two boys. one white and one negro, went
r-." N.rmlu'- store. near the Georgia Mills,
90 Macon Thursday. and bOuzht = cents
WH-.H 90 edady. They said they were from
Memphis. and were on e tramp. Tbc white
l#. Ul.L for the candy, and displayed roll
O.. .uUrev that could not have contained less
t..u or $500. They left In the direction
Ul ta.- swamp
Banner Thomas. Tax Receiver of AppIug
Cr.l-E. Lls completed his digest for lSsf. The
digest shows that the total value OF lands i'm
t.- -um ul Nl,Usl Is returned by the c0lOrcd
people Tie aggregate 80. ne of whole prop
ertg Be- ss-0.sH~- There are Ia the county gs4
white aut so c0l0rcd polls, 10 lawyers, 6 doc
trT- dentist and J artist.
W. s. Thornton has bought the Martin
Hs. farm, about three miles northwest Of
W.r.n HAY las bought the Bin Thomas
place. paying s. 80 per acre. Also ". \.
Thornton, Isaac Hay, Berry Hay. and Darius
Brown have bought the John Thomas place,
ll Dbl. divided up among them. The price paid
for -lI- form is the same as the above. This
Transaction involves transfer of more than
s'I asr,- of land.
Hon. w. T.. Scrugcs. United states Minister
rl tue United states Of Colombia, Is visiting
uIs family So Atlanta. Mr.. ScIuggs was ap-
r lrtgj Minis er resident at BogOta iu 1873.
HHHaHa rHaH1r mora arI "a H1r
eft. and Mr.. >crugEs was made Consul at
Canton. China. a ll-tle over two years ago
Nr ~cru-gs was again made Minister resi-
dent 40 Bu-ota. Under the last consular anu
.I-,...r.fs- -fa bin he was entitled Envoy Extra
5r.i.us-y tGG Minister PlenipOtentiary.
so Did gentleman lives near Athens who Is
over 100 years OLD, and was one Of the first
settlers of Clarke county. He says he can
rtmtI Der before there was such thing as a
wheeled vehicle in the settlement, and people
moved 90 Mississippi by packing their worldly
effects In q large hngshead. fixed with shafts
suJ drawn by single horse The women
and children walker on behind, while the
husband drove the team Wood was hauled
ON SIZE S. The sandy creek bottoms were a
great place for bears and panthers.
Atlanta's weather eve is on the prOpOs ed
establishment of "a Southern military post
Size wants Nc established In her midst. Two
hundred thousand dollars has been apprOpri-
afed by Congress for tle erection of the nee
e=-ary buildings. Fifteen hundred acres Of
land would be needed. Iul5 post would De a
va-v important one. 10 would DE headquar-
tar- for the entire South, and "a thousand or
~ ~ soldiers might be quartered IN IL at any
time. il is proposed TO get about l.500 acres,
aul theu beautIfv DO until 1t Is about such
place as the soldiers homes at Dayton and
Washington lhe goyeFn9Imles,n1t zen would not
spend less perhaps than SluloOuJ on it, and
make t q worthy post Of the army Of this
great republic.
a widow lady named sirs. Spellers who
lives near PatSiliga creek. near Buter, since
her husbands death has been making living
nF farming with the assistance Of her chi
HreU. There are on the creek several Wild
hogs. and they have been very troublesome,
destroying great deal OF corn sun Spelier
and his cousin. William Turner, decided TO
fry and bIiI them los making scanOId about
~ ieet high, and getting thereon with their
guns when the hogs came IN the held lhey
Hulli shoot them. Every arrangement WAS
made. the guns secured. and sam Spoilers had
c.Ma.d on the scadOld. and while trying To
reach she gun handed him 10y Turner, it was
discharged. carrying seven buckshot through
spoilers heart Killing him instantly.
Gufu NsJrs. Not very many evening since
q EuUuE EeuIleIuau OF this city had en-
-a-tmeut TO visit certain young lady, who,
LV The wa-. does not live exactly In the heart
Oi the cItv. A friend Of his, bearing OF this
contemplated visit, thought It would be a
sHNl Joke t0 drop ln. accIuentatly, OF cOiise,
and '-ir him out" The more he thought
about iJ the better the joke appeared To him
aud about @ O'Clock he started for the young
laws house. something had happened dur
l1S fae afternoon 10 prevent tbe young gen
teuaU No. ] from calling auC- he so nol-4et
-... ..'aNA .atlNa Alua nc ltANk HaAAh +fas =
sur r.-. when arriving at the house he found
mo- -i-utS shining through the windows or the
plr.Ur. the doors closed and everything quiet
's ruurchyar He slowly retr0ceh his
Steps i0 The city and now says that he VIII
never Jry the sitting ont plan again.
81 .sr ReIaffieFu: Monday morning about
ao..lnck AIr. T. II. Cheek, who lives feE
miles from the city. dreamed that fire had
lElaCu out Iu q room Of his house where three
OF Li- sons were asleep. He thought he told
L.- VIE an outside window Was open, and
That be could throw water iu at it, instead OF
ehaauEerluS The house by opening the door.
AZ inns stage. one OF his boys awakened him
tl crying out lire. 10 was found that an elder
pol had risen 70 60 hunting q few minutes
before. euH had dropped fire on quilt. which
iy ted. bllzed mp. and made such q smoke "a
tsa.l-nst stile the two left in the ro0m They
made -l b g noise as TO awaken their parents.
and tJ recall the brother who had started
hunting. lie LOT IN az the window, threw the
Burning Quilt out aud was stamping the IRE
elt when the parents arrived on the scene.
"e nave this IRON Dir. heck himself, who
says iIlt DO was most remarkable.
lat total property In Houston county re-
sel-s- lHr taxation this year Is s1lued at
e-..-.t.i ln- an increase over the returns for
-. 90 s.f,sll. OF this total the property OF
t whites IS valued at S2,3s7, go, cOlOred
t--..- go Total number aCres of land Sos
g., valued at Sl.452.655 81. Town property
f-.--'-'. or -hIs land 35l,sG5 acres are owned
whites, valued at SI,il9.z3' by cOiCred
80, valued at S82.Cs5. Wild lands, 2.7s3
-,le7' valued at 81 3il 90. The average value
= Nt-cu the land was returned Is about 81 IS
az acre, an increase over returns OF 1888 OF
e-lll 81 per acre. There were 1883 more
e'At- OF Jan. returned this vpnr than n TSS5