Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-28


,.-r-is IS said 10 have I.2- i lav--erz.
Another stcamtus Is % he stded TO the 4
.r.u-wick feet-
.Juftman's rew fire engine IS on hand In 4
readiness tIr 3 Tray.
The LAWYERS Of At .,ors. yyitt one or two OK /
-Tti1ns. are all fo' prohibition.
PATRICK Barry one Of the oldest and best /.
..-llen- ol AtLt ns. died Thursday.
fzau fell 20 heavily near Gordon shat It
.e-erea lhe round on Monday last
About So 1 worth Of goods have been con- /
-rHutei the Dawson military fair.
uawsC % VIII ship j.. 900 bales Of cotton this
raar- O q increase 81 1900 over last year
Al Mitchell has been elected Town Mar
-laL tf Greeuyillc- with salary Of S2j per
u.' itb.
rte prohibition counties in North Alabama
save paid Rome over $4,000 this year for
stiWuiauts.
Tse great want Of Greenville Just now is
more residences. dozen good dwellings
could be rented for next year
Tr columbia county q Magistrate viii sell at
.r#5r eu.-rv. at an early day, one pair Of
pants. rece we'd in payment OF costs.
Rev j.. +. GOOde has been called TO preach
r1 the ToCc0a, Hudson River. Nails creek
and Indian creek Baptist churches for lsS5.
The public school term for Meriwether for
~-l utu include the FIRST four months OF the
.elr--iauuary, February March and April.
GO % last Tuesday exactly one hundred
1rs-~ttxe licenses have been issued in Meri-
-ra-frr county since Jan. 1851 OF these As
.r.re I-sled t1 whites and So 70 cO'ored par
-Ip-. Ten or fifteen more may be granted be-
-are the year IS out.
6sr Mcdaniel viii lie busy for the next few
-ar- signing commissions. Within the next
-arat weeks he VIII have 20 commission about
-sH Justices Of the Peace, about LOO county
alIrer- au. several hundred commissioners Of
rual5 uut revenues
IE-GEauman occupied the pos tiOn Of SUI
...rei-iuE architect and clerk Of the work on
H.rr ann NEnnrr HnrE "a
.-ssuut nf alleged negligence Of his duties
has laea c-lcreI hy 90 board Of arbitration 10
ra- to tEc trustees of the church $500.
UHe wear ago the sale Of whisky In Green
vile WI= abolished by yOte-the election being
..-I under special act n the Legislature.
Tue majority for prohibition was -. The law
.ls never been repealed nor declared uucou-
-uiutuaaL tut hAs been quietly ignored and
practically laid aside.
Friday tie colOred people IN the sandy
Gross ueI.-hb1rhuud Of OglethOrpe county had
& zauuer-pulllHg- Anyone paying the sum Of
-l cents was allowed Q chance at the gander,
-ui the one pulling Of the head had the right
rI the fowl 4 big Christmas tree was had
ar ulEut after the pulling. \ large crowd was
uG hand.
a shooting anuritook place at UmOnville.
.u tle columbus road, Friday afternoon
WliE ~eabFJuks ant another negro named
George Brown had some high words when
~eaHru1ks went into the back part of a store,
lut tHslu- up single barrelled brcaCh-lOad
ing shotgun. loaded with No. 3 shot, fired at
S. rI-
tween the elbow and shoulder. lt Is thought
Illt Brown cannot live. SeatrOOks fled.
Americus Esc1rdsr: sunday afternoon a
peculiar incident happened as the up passen-
ger train was about half way between smith
Vile and AmerICus. A Mr.. Bass, of ALBANY
was 0n the train, and IN some manner his hat
blew of The tram was p minutes late, and
was trying to make up lost time. Without a
moments hesitation however, Mr.. Bass
Imped from the train. and the last the pas
-eu-ers saw Of him he was rolling down the
.mhaukmeut.
Tie C0lOred Firemen's Association of GeOr-
-.- assembled at Walters Hail. Augusta,
Thursday, President 4. +. Hawkins, Of Ath-
ems, presiding. The regular annual tOurna-
acut viii be held at Macon on the first
Wednesday i'm july. 1855. a. F. Hawkins
was unanimously reelected President. and
-. W. Pitts. of Macon. was elected First Vice
President. After having gone through the
regular routine business the association ad-
1urned Go hold ITS next annual session at
AmcUeus. Iu December, lSs5.
Piedmont Press: SIR. SauGerson, Of HAYES
FIIie. y. g., one Of the richest men IN all his
section. while riding IN a wagon over a rough
mountain road q couple OF weeks since. fell
Hs-. striking his head against q sharp stump.
which penetrated it. He lived in mortal
a-1Hy until last week, when death relieved
aiz % his suffering. Mr.. SandersOn married
tre widow Of the celebrated DIR. Stephens of
Brass Town, Towns county. Ca. and thus
came into possession OF large mineral inter
ests- He leaves q wife and several children.
=
euitrutlary camp on LOckett Rawls' place
nave been discharged. by order Of Gov. Me-
Daniel. ant lye white men arrived a few
.tavs ago 70 take their places. Can't. Il. A.
le1letter has also been removed as Overseer
or whipping boss, by order Of the Governor.
" hat the Governors reasons were for order
-u- the removal of Capt. LedbetteT we are
Hna1le % say. but those who ought TO know
-.- THAT the Captain was very efficient man
u the position he occupied, anu that his place
VIII be hard 20 fill.
8 company is being formed by 4 . H. Powell.
oi Macon, q buy the famous Cplands Hotel
l- Eastman and remove it to Macon. The
Eruse and furniture cost Mr.. Dodge $4,000.
tle n0W offers lt for lie at $4,000 and it will
cost $4,000 10 remove il from Eastman and
nlL 70 up ln Macon. lt Is des gned to make it
8 winter hotel for NOrtheners, and we learn
mat several sites have been proposed, one on
A.,llntli square and the other on the OldlkIm-
.lA House. corner Cherry and Fourth streets.
HE hotel has leo rooms and is furnished with
tae finest furniture.
The Atlanta Base Ball Club has obtained a
charter from the superior Court, and viii at
once make all arrangements to give the pub
-r brilliant u1N playing next season. The
etU1 has already signed the following players:
Glenn and Lang. the unsurpassed battery
TENSE the brilliant third bascman. and Bitt-
man, the hest second baseman in the South
1lasFau, who made an excellent record last
7ett@Yh' VIII probably he engaged. The man
@-ement are now corresponding with other
players for the remaining positions. and will
-Aorl-T give % the public a base ball aggrega-
son luat Wlll certainly captureithe pennant of
sne Southern league.
The most distressing accident of Christmas
lay at Macon happened to Willie Pearson,
A-t4 l5. who lives in Niueville a suburb He |
Nas on his way down town, when some one |
-lreW large lighted cannon cracker over the I
-ehee- The cracker exploded when within an
-ae4 q ms face, and filed his face and eyes |
WIN the powder. He was carried at once to /
1r- Ii1sOus Office, and was yelling with !
PAM 1he doctor put couple Of drops of the !
new anasthetic, g solution Of hvdrOchlOrate of |
- and IN al 80
t+h4shed. with an Instrument the grains of /
.eHaer were picked out of the boys eyes, and /
-Hcre i every possibility of their becoming /
.-i- right in few weeks.
No arrests have been made at Columbus in |
.4e %l9ore and Holland homicide case as vet. |
A- Holland, IL IS ascer.ained. received q /
Hl.let m the left shoulder, where it is now I
lllHe11eu- Mr.. Holland states that he is /
Feaiy Tor trIal when called on, and VIII de-
5l' en- himself up. Dave Bishop. one Of the 1
ltFtc.tauts. Is reported TO have fed. The 1
-.Aeulty was the result OF feud, all arising Il
-t@l from the killing of Col. Land Holland, /
-a- father Of Harry Holland. several years I
7.Aee, ly W. /. Cash, which the Hollands 4
--u "a IgOre was indirectly party to- I
lAl7 makes three men who have been Killed A
.5-i Ill- hrst cause-COl. LAM Holland. Mai. I
"- T. salisbury and Capt. i. T. Moore.
Athens BIaHer- WatctmaH: Gaines & Ho- /
-teIt 81 the Dayton, Ohio, nursery. sent down /
t-lr AGENTS through the South and repre- /
--hted % the people that they had "A branch /
A-Isery IN Atlanta, where they prOpagated 1
1.- suit them they were sent back to their /
nursery I'M Dayton. Several persons bought I
ttets from these parties with the understand I
-le tuat they mad been acClimated bv being
L.ahLed In the Atlanta nursery for the past /
t"o years. The whole thing has been inYes-
--sateti aud there is no branch nursery in At
anta- OF anywhere near there. Several par-
-ies refused to take the trees on this account
-htl thelr orders were put up and sold to the
ehest bidder: an nov this DAYTON nursery
-hreatens To sue all the parties for the differ
ehee IN the nited States court.
a L2wrenceville special OF Dec. "a saws:
bUFlng the war Mr.. f. A. Wilson, Of Frank /
l-ll' "a, " hiie soldier IN the Federal army, /
81 = q ne em1eroi afaidlug psrty which sacked
nc city 81 Rome. Among the articles cap
rN5el Ar. Wilson came into possession of |
11'tE autograph album. which he sent to I
-4ly friend IN Ohio. 4 few days ago this lady
wrote = Mr.. Wilson. suggesting that the re-
YIN oi TINS relic 10 Its owner, IL Ehe could be /
.o4nu: would be pleasing Christmas pres
lut- Mr. ilsOn sent the album to the Post
-laster at tins place, who received it to-day,
l @ul hnds from tie Inscriptions that il be-
.1nSed TO Miss Mary .. HBtchns. That lady
now the wife Of Bill Arp, the famous
southern humOrist. and To her it was sent to-
.lays and VIII be IN her hands tomorrow
corning. The album contains verses written
- Acf uy her then suitOr and now her hus-
-.ils y 40 married her IN ISIS. In letter tc
'-ts " lls1u Bill Arp writes tThirty-five
: eefa ago ! welded the owner Of the album.
eiti s44e stlll lives 70 bless and comfort me and
~ numerous lovely ofspring-six sons. four
talentefss and nine grandchildren. We have
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