Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-15
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.
sixteen DueIs on the Tapis at Augusta
A Rabid Cat Attacks Two Negroes
at Marietta-A HfdeOUs MOnstrOsity
Born in Pulaski COuntY-A Destruc-
tive Cyclone.

at Marietta-A HideOus MOnstrOsity
Born in Pulaski COunty-A Destruc-
tive Cyclone.
GEORGIA.
Athens now has a Board OF Trade.
Hawkiusvilles iiremen are to have new
uniform.
Eggs are selling at 20 cents per dozen at
Cochran Gremen have been exempted from
street duty.
The Ne,es wants a $4,000 hotel built at
HaWklusVlile.
CatQosa superior Court is in session at Ring
gold this week.
John Paul" is becoming famous as nim
rod at ThomasvilIe.
Th0masville's cotton receipts 90 Wednesday
aggregated 8, ,423 bales.
sarah Massey, a cOlOred centeuarian Of
Cochran, has just died.
jug Tavern now boasts Of eight stores TWO
hotels and q Uur-rouu-
Log rafting on the Conna5auga river has
been quite brisk of late.
The Hancock Van Guards have been pre-
sented with % company nag.
Five hundred dollars is now the price Of
license t0 sell liquor at IhOmastOn.
Postmaster Wilson viii take formal charge
of the office al Atlanta tomorrow
Mercer tuivcrsity has just received a new
bell from Troy, y. y, manutact0ry.
Among the guests at present in Thomas
vile Is Mrs Bierstadt, wife of the celebrated
artist
Dogs in Monroe county are being seized
death.
john Burrows was reelected Marshal by
the Town Council of Hawkinsviile ON Monday
night.
There is a LeConte pear tree in Mcintosh
county which one year produced thirty three
bushels.
The last horse ridden by Gen. Eli Warren.
81 Houston county Is now used in Macon as a
hack horse.
Ebert Williams. the Thomson negro whose
leAd was split open with an axe by his step
father died sunday.
The purchase of a hook and ladder truck
and the formation of company Is under con-
-IjcrJti0u Iu Lawreuceyille.
a party Of Mormon converts from Cleve-
land county, y. o., passed through Atlanta,
Wednesday, en route for L tah.
Hon. William II. Crawford, City Solicitor
of BaiubrIdge, died at his residence Thursday
morning of congestion of the lungs
The public HbeJry Of Newman has about
500 volumes. It is to be open 10 the public
Ou saturdays from 3 60 9 D..
Tweuty-six gentlemen have already sgui-
fled their intention OF joining the military
company being organized at arrentOn.
4 test of the purity of the water from the
new water works reservoir at Athens has been
made. aud DO is the purest water In the city.
The Parr Brothers, of Athens. have i'm their
possession the first saw that was in use in
building the first house ever erected in tnat
city.
President Raou. of the Central Railroad.
Was i'm Columbus Wednesday on business
connected with the building OF cotton COM
press there.
An election for s.fence'' or '.-tocz law Will
toe held in the 65sth, l,l0lth and ], ,l06th dis
ulcts g.. NJ. of Chattahooehee county, on the
10th instant.
AtAthen- Wednesday the police arrested a
little boy only eleven years old. heastly ntoN-
icated. They are now after the men who
gave him the whisky.
Two little children of Mr.. Lockhart, agent
OF the singer sewing Machine Company at
Athens, We're poisoned by eating poke root,
mi-taking it for artchOkes.
Tine Liberty county independent Troop is
ordered out for the 22d. Besides the usual
drill and contest for the white plume. the
election for Captain will take place.
a collision occurred on the Western and
Atlantic Railroad. near BOyce station, last
Monday. i'm which am engine and several
freight ears were badly wrecked. No one was
hurt.
At LaGrange J. L. schaub has bought of II.
e.. BUtler the OLD post office building, and viii
ut once tear Do down and erect IN its stead ii
photograph gallery with all modern improve
sueuts.
Griffin has an aged colored resident who
spends the greater portion of his time shout
ing hymns and prayers in house in such loud
tones that his devotlOns can be heard for half
mile
North Georgia was visited bya regular flood
last week, and the water courses were higher
than they had been in several years. In many
places fences were swept away and stock
drowned.
Work was recommended on the Wavnes-
borO drtesldn well ON Thursday morning, and
with no distractions in the way downward
progress immediately began. 1t measures 5l5
feet depth.
There Is q remarkable family of three mem
beers In Jefferson county, ON Rrier creek, aged
respectively ~. 90 and 6j. They are Mai.
EI0lcom Sellars. his daughter and son-lu- law,
Joseph PEBBLES.
Near Brunswick Sunday John Bell fired
three bullets into Jesse Williams. and think
zng he had inflicted mortal wounds, fled from
she county Williams stands a good chance
of SURVIVING, however
Mr.. Hurst the father of Miss Lula, SAYS that
hc is In constant receipt Of letters from New
York and other Northern states from persons
asking whether his daughter can raise the
dead and heal the sick.
The corn crib. fodder house and a mare and
colt in an adjoining stable, the property of
Mrs. 81 A. Hin, of D0oly county. were de
-troyed by fire ON Friday night Sth inst. The
cause of the ire is unknown.
4 negro. exhibiting a dynamite cartridge
al the depot at Marietta last Monday, drop
ped 10. He reached down to pick it up. and
at that moment II exploded, blowing on the
nrst JOINTS OF two of his fingers.
The paving which the City Council of
Brunswick has decided to have done Will cost
SlO.OUG. The contractor mauIfests a disn-
chuatiou 90 begin the work however, on the
ground that he VIII have to wait long time
I0r hi5 pay.
Thomas Thomasou. of Butts county. lost a
valuable mule about two weeks ago with hy-
drophobia. IL was bitten in the nose by
mad dog about two months ago. and was
thought TO DE all right. 1t was taken with
sits and died the next day.
sunday McBryde Wilson. son Of Hon. W.
A. IS il-Ou. OF sumter county. was bitten ON
the finger 10y "a ground rattlesnake. His iin-
ger was Immediately corded and plenty of
whisky administered lie is stil dOctOring
his finger, which has turned to "a greenish
color
J.. X. NUnditrick, one Of the editors of PUCK,
wanted TO visit Thomasville, but upon finding
lt Impossible 70 buy through ticket from
New York. went through 20 Gainesville. Fla.
Ihomasville feels aggrIeved that she should
Doe thus Disseminated against bY Northern
railroads.
AT Albany q few days ago the corpse OF
negro woman was borne 10 the cOlored ceme-
terry for interment. The horse used at the
time was SAID 10 be q years old. lie had gone
but % short distance from the gate on his re-
turn, when he dropped in the harness and
tjied almost instantly.
GeoFge ID. Scott. of Leon county. while
going to Ibomasvlle couple of days ago,
found live alligator feet long living beside
the road. and after stunning ii by "a blow
across the head, tied it 10 the rear of his
wagon and dragged it into town. where its
presence quickly drew an interested throng
about it.
The street railroad company of Columbus
have decided 10 run the road to an of the
depOts and wharf warehouses, etc. and es
ia6Ish a freight line. This viii do away
with the dray lines entirely. The stOckhod-
crs n the street railroad company are con-
dient that they viii realize - per cent. on
their investment the first year.
At Fairbum John Thomas. who was a wear
ag9 convicted of murder. and whose case
went 10 Che Supreme Court and was affirm
ed was resentenced Wednesday to be
hanged in private on Friday. April H., 1854.
An en0rt VIII he made to get the Governor to
commute his sentence TO life imprisonment.
The Atlanta .TotFa1E Of "Wednesday saws:
1t is not generally known that new design
Tor the kimball House has been adopted. 1t
is ON the antique order. and very beautiful.
but Is apparently not so expensive as the one
first proposed. The portico on the Pryor
street side extends upward. and the three
stores and the two upper stories of the build
ing seem To be under sort of Queen Anne
roof
VIM Moon and Bose Melton. bows. had a
dispute in the Eagle and Phu.niX mills at
Columbus Tuesday. When the bell rang i'm
the evening. dismssng the employees from
work, Melton hurried out ahead of Noon and
took position outside the gate, and when
Moon came along stabbed him twice in the
back. Melton then fed to the other side of
the river, where both live. One of the wounds
Is dangerous.
At the Methodist Quarterly Conference at
Jackson, held ~ Saturday, the 2d instant,
arrangements were catered into TO build
new church. The present church house VIII
be rearranged. mOdernIzed and converted
into parsonage. and new structure, with
all the modern Improvements, Will be erected
on the present site % the old one. Work viii
begin as soon as the necessary material can
be procured.
At Fairburn the Grand Jury found true