Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-01
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.
Twins Die Almost simultaneously at
augusta Terrible Death from Hydro
phobia in the Same City-The Bryan
County Court Doeket-SeriOus Charge
Against Two Prominent Citizens of
Jackson County.
GEORGIA.
a bank is to be established at Mllledgeville.
street revivals are in progress at Gaines
vile.
j. T. Hlghtower wants to represent Lau-
ren@ county IN the next State Legislature
AT Augusta, Tuesday two infants of Mr.
aud Mrs Alexander X. BrOunlees died in
about one minute of each other The children
were twins and were about months old.
There Is In Banks county a forked walnut
tree that bears nuts on one fork one year and
on the other the next, never having fruit on
both limbs the same wear. Will some fruitOl-
oglst rise and explain
warrant has been sworn out for the ar
rest OF two highly respected young men IN
Jackson cOunty-br0thers. and one Of them a
prominent phN Nsiclan-charglng them with an
outrageous assault upon negro woman.
Gainesville Southron: saturday night
about j O'Clock Esquire Jack Davis married
James Brazil to the dwarf Miss Catherine
PAYNE Brazil Is about five times as big as
his wife, and IL is altogether a funny match" +"
Newton correspondence NEWS, April IS:
''TaX Collector Il. b. OuOm lost his dwelling.
kitchen and smoke house this morning at 1
o'clock hy fire. the family barely escaping in
their night clothes. He had $1,000 in the Nir-
glHia Home, but that viii not cover over one
half the loss. As the family ran out the sheD-
herd dog run in the building and was
burned"
Athens BdHner- Wdtcbndn: "Mr. Terrell, of
Barnett Shoals nOtOTiety, Is now at work on a
railroad project from Athens to Jefferson, and
Hsl f7ftrt ftr-r Fol
Mr.. Terrell is a Nirgnian by birth, and dur
ing the war there was fort on his place
named for him, and a number of soldiers from
TINS section garrls0neu n. The boys say that
Mr.. Terrell was very kind to them"
Dublin Gasette: &C. Kicks came to Dublin
last Thursday, and preferring not to bring the
mule he was riding across the river, hitched
10 TO tree on the east side, came over in the
ferry-flat and walked up to Gown. He was
absent from his mule but a few hours, but
when he returned he discovered that the rein
had fallen lower upon the trunk of the tree,
9nd the mule mad tangled himself with the
bride reius, had tripped himself, fallen upon
its head, and caused death from strangula-
tiOn'
Judge IIutchins has procured the services
OF Judge Fort, OF the Southwestern Circuit,
10 preside for him the third week of Clarke
court, beginning Monday, May 26, during
which week cases in which the Georgia Rail
road isa party, and any other case in which
Judge Hutchins is disqualified, Will be called.
Judge Hutchins viii preside the first and
second weeks. and call the docket regularly,
with the exception OF the disqualified cases,
which VIII go over TO the third week.
Dublin Gazette: "Crocket Allen, a very poor
but hard workiHg cOlored man, lost hIs only
horse one day last week under rather peculiar
circumstances. He was driYlEpg a pair of
horses to "a wagon. one of which was his. and
had started to Aliens mill. just before
reaching the mill. entering the swamp, is a
long hill and rather steep. The horses began
TO run down the hill, and while thus raining
the animal belonging to Crockett ran against a
tree and So badly injured itself that the fol-
lowing day it was knocked in the head. The
spinal column was badly injured
The CIinch Rifles, Of Augusta, have elected
the following officers: Captain, J. :. Bean;
First Lieutenant. 1. C.. Levy, Second Lieu
tenant. W. W. Fry: Third Lieutenant V !
D0rr; Quartermaster Sergeant, T. L. Harley;
Secretary and Treasurer, II. G.. Hall: Ensign,
W. L. Platt; Judge Advocate, Il. &. Bean:
surgeon, L. W Fargo; Chaplain. Rev. W. b.
walker; FIRST sergeant, }. W. Levy: Second
Sergeant, i. +. Hansberger; Third Sergeant.
j.. j. Reedy; Fourth Sergeant, J. p. smith:
First Corporal. II. g.. BOardman; Second Cor
pOral, W. NJ. kendrick: Third Corporal, John
Harris. Fourth Corporal, W. y. Benton.
Eden, Bryan county, correspondent NEWS,
April so; 1.-The superior Court of our county
viii convene ON Monday next. May 5. There
being very liHle civil or criminal business on
the dockets, court VIII probably last not lon
ger than one or two days. The following is a
synopsis of the docket: Ejectments, ALI Of
which VIII be settled upon the trial of one of
counts, ?; claims, 9 (which depend on the
Judgment in the ejectment suits :;
negahty Of execution, /; appeal, 2;
Certi0rari. g: criminal cases for trial s.
The people or Bryan like Judge Adams very
much because OF his strict discipline in the
court room, as well as his courteous demean-
or. Our country lawyers, though, are some
what AFRAID of him; they are naturally easily
frightened, and the Judge don't give them
quite time enough to get over their fright,
when he calls the cases in which they are
zrrrr To ffah rr-F1n
he comes out TO Bryan this time to
give the country boys a little more
ume The outlook for good crops
I'm BRYAN this year are very promising. ] am
buying too much guanO. and 10 viii take what
they make to pay for II. \ County AssOcia-
Loh Oh sunday schools mas recently oeen or
gaulZeQ IN this county, and the officers are
doing much work in organizing sunday
schools IN the various churches Of the county,
Augusta Chronicle and Coastituti0Rd15st:
ION Friday afternoon young cOlored
woman named Annie smith died on the Hill
of hydrophodia. \ Chronicle reporter hear
ing that Dr. wilcox. the well known physi-
cIan. knew something of the death. called on
him and learned the facts of the case. The
girl was bitten exactly nine months ago by 4
dog which showed every symptom of hydro
phobla, and both the girl and her parents
We're in constant dread that she might at any
time be taken with the terrible malady, more
especially at some specified period after hay-
iuE been bIttcn-une days. weeks or months
~tlt was NIsL taken SICK ABOUT q week ago.
auu' as she hdQ been particularly fearing this
time, she at once concluded that her
trouble was that awful malady.
hydrophobia: She grew rapidly worse, and
at the sight of water was thrown
into the most terrible cOnvulsiOns. She would
ask for water. and when brought to her would
grasp the tumbler, look at the water, then
dash it from her and fall back in spasms. DR..
" WIlcON saw the girl and endeavOred to give
her some soothing dose, which she tried to
swallow, but failed, her throat being as dry
as parchment She fingered in this terrible
condition. suffering great agony, until Friday
afternoon, when she became unconscious and
shortly afterwards died. The girl in her suf-
fering was sometimes very much excited, but
offered no general injury to any one. The dog
that bit her had been running loose. exhibit
ing an the rabid symptoms Of hydrOphObia.
This Is the first case Of the kind occurring in
Augusta for five years and was a clear case OF
hy'irophohia. The girl was for several days
without water and must have suffered eXcru-
cIaung agony. She was an intelligent young
woman and her parents are sensible and up
right