Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-21

cured it ia 1875.
Rev. Robert H. Harris. Of ThomasvilIe, has
accepted pastoral charge Of the LaGrange
Baptist Church.
Ninety-si1 marriage licenses were issued
by Ordinary Judge +. II. Hawkins, Of For
syth county, last year.
The first shad OF the season were sold in
Darien on Wednesday last. They were
brought from up the river
At Merlwether Station L. Z. Brown and
Jesse Roberts cut and housed last week 90 tons
Of pure lake ice from 2ls to ! inches thick.
Dr. a r. Bignon died very suddenly satur-.
day morning az his residence IA Augusta, OF
paralysis Of the heart. He was well known.
A.C. Williams. who tainted and was taken
i'll at the Methodist Church at Cartersville
few Sundays ago during services, Is IN pre-
carlous condition
T. /. Washington. who has been confined in
Forsyth jail for some time past, on the charge
Of making and passing counterfeit money,
was released on 81, $50 bond.
4 new newspaper called the Blgde has made
It's appearance Ia the fields OF journalism at
Palmetto. The paper Is neatly printed and
uewsy. The town is but - miles from At
laDta.
party who Is in position 10 know. says
that al least $1,000 a year leaves Athens for
the Sew Orleans Lottery. One church mem
ber for years mas bought ticket In every
drawing.
The state Convention of the Womans Tenn
perance Union meets in Augusta next Thurs
day and Friday. The ladies have secured the
Presbyterian Lecture Room and Christian
Church for their meetings.
About half the acreage OF last year VIII De
planted IN melons IN Brooks county the CONF
ing season. Much more care, however, viii
Dc taken IN prepa.Ing the ground and In cul-
tVatlou than during any previous year.
The report in circulation last week 10 the
effect that q woman i'm the western part o.
Forsyth county had frozen 10 death seems 20
have been hoax No one can be found who
has seen the woman OF tine grave she was bu-
rled IN.
3 gentleman in Athens who had witnessed
the performance of Lula Hurst in Rome says
she performs her wonders by main strength.
and that there Is neither electricity or spirit
uaiism about ~. She has been offered flO0 per
night 10 travel.
At Augusta to-day the City Council will
consider tue question of making a contract
with the Water supply Company 90 furnish
the city 5,OO0-0J0 gallons of water daily. As
the city cannot issue bonds 60 increase the
water supply. this seems about the best thing
10 can do. At that meeting resolutions OF
thanks To senator Brown ana Representative
Reese FOR introducing bills M Congress Tor tile
improvement of the savannah river and the
erection Of public building in Augusta viii
be adopted.
The BarnesviTe Nesrs saws: son Tuesday
morning large bull dog entered the ward OF
Mr.. 4. IL. Elliott, near this place. just as
Mr.. +. came ont to draw some water the dog
seized him and dragged him about the yard,
gnUWlug ana biting HIM ail the while. Mr..
ElhOtt's wife and daughter came To his res
uoS. J. ne ungef7 ana tuumD OF one hand were
severely bitten, being badly manglcd and AL
most severed. The family and the whole
neighbOrhOOd were greatly alarmed suDposiRg
the dog mad. DIR. Perdue dressed the wounds
and is Of the opinion the dog was not rabid.
At last accounts Mr.. +. was resting comfort
ably"
Tom Hamilton. colOred OF Doolv county.
owed Elchbaum Cohen fifty dollars for
goods purchased in ISL That fan he sent bv
one OF his hands the fifty dollars TO lquldaie
the claim, but the hand spent the money anI
LETT Tom short. 80 Messrs- +. ~ g. carried
his account over % the next season. and So to
be certain that the money should reach its
proper destination, Tom went TO Vienna and
turned tine money over To one OF the highest
officials of that county, and asked him 10 pay
it over to Me-srs. T.. Il H., but he had tile
same incident repeated. the said official spent
the money ana lett poor Tom IN the lureh
again However. this winter. Tom. having
somewhat had his confidence shaken IN hti-
man honesty, brought the money up, dis
charged the debt and p0cketed his receipt
Few people would have been so faithful to
discharge their obligations under similar cir
cumstauCes.
Col. Thomas Berry-s residence at Rome was
burned to the ground Friday. The loss is
$1,000, and the insurance $1,000. Miss Alice
Rumph. the gOverness OF the gentleman's
children, was standing near a fire, and in
some uudccountablo manner her clothes were
lgnlted. For a few moments 10 seemed as
though she would be burned to death before
assistance could arrive or the fire be eXtin-
etAA9+ANNts
rolling herself up in the bedclothes, after
some difficulty succeeded in smotherlng the
flames. After she saw that the FIRE on her
dress was entlrely out. the young lady failed
10 notice that some sparks were left i'm the
bedclothes. A few seconds later the bed was
II mass of flames, which instantly cOmmuni-
Gated 10 the hanging curtains and furniture
lu the apartment The greatest efforts were
made to eXtinguish the fire and save the
dwelling. but, i'm spite of everything that
could be done. the house was soon 81 blazing
furnace of hames and before anything
except the piano and several small articles of
furniture. could be removed from the doomed
building 10 WAS smOuldcrIng ruins. Miss
Rumph was not injured. neither were any Of
the other members of the family.
There can be no doubt that the famous cold
Saturday was a freezer. Each one of the old
est Inhabitants who recalls 1t seems to have
had y worse experience than anVOnc else.
The following Is added TO the yarns through
the Athens BTHuer- WHtetmGn- 'Uucle Calvin
-JohnsOn-One of the best old gentlemen that
treads Gods carth-WaS i'm our Office yester-
day and the conversation turned ON the cold
saturday. The FRIDAY preceding that day
was quite mild was his reply 10 an inquiry
from us for rode over 60 salem without an
oTercOat, but toward night IL began 10 get
colder. Saturday morning was the most
frpeZinCest weather ever saw. The Clerks
Office at Watkinsville Is a brick building with
very thick walls. and we closed all the doors
and Kept up roaring IRE. l placed my table
right beside it and kept the ink on the hearth
10 prevent its freezing. But Incredible as it
may seem, it would become ice on my pen be-
fore / could get it TO the paper. When had
20 go out doors the cold seemed to cut clear
through me. Several part Is were frozen 20
death in the county. while others became
speech3ess from the cold and Were taken on OF
their horses as stin rs a poker Large China
trees OF tie public square were Spl.t IN two,
and IL was three years before l could find
Young bushes 10 replace them. The mercury
In the thermometer settled at the Bottom.
registering far below zero
The Athens Banner says: The biggest
Quarter race that was ever made IN Georgia
was the race in Augusta q number of wears
ago between the Stamper mare and horse
from South Carolina. The Stampcr mare was
considered the fastest quarter nag IN the
country. and her owners had plenty of money
TO back her. The south CarOlulans came
over with full determination 20 win or get
broke. Several gentlemen from Athens went
down to the race. and fortunately backed the
From one Of those who attended we learn that
it was the most exciting race eyer ruu IN
Georgia. The South CarOlinlans bet all their
money. and then commenced putting up their
watches horses and other valuables. all
alf which the Stampers took. put
ting up 500 against watch and
lorse- The race was run, and tine Stampcr
mare Won by about length. The South Caro-
linians were very much crestiallen. and our
informant tells us that he saw one Young man
who sat down IN a fence corner and cried Ike
his heart would break, for his father had just
died and left HIM $4,000, all of which he had
sta ked on the South Carolina horse. and lost.
The young fellow remarked that he mad lost
every cent he had ON earth. and did not have
money to get home with. The Stampers gave
him enough &c supply his wants. The night
after the race the Stampers came up into the
CITY with watches and watch chains hanging
that thev had won on the race. Ii is often
said now. bymeu who run quarter races, that
the Stamper mare was the fastest quarter
horse ever known III Georgia