Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-13
GEORGIA.

counter Between COlOred AEea at a
Church Fair Near LintOn-MOre About
the MaEianna Sensation.
GEORGIA.
c0lored woman stole mule at Harmony
Grove
4 man at jefferson used up two wagon
ros.is Of iocusts in making beer.
TIE preliminary trial Of Mary and Snow
U7yIi. cOlOred, IN the Blggers poisoning case
.1nmcuCed at Columbus Thursday.
frwas not his residence. but new house
Joel C0dee was just completing at Lula. that
as burned 1t was set on fire by some
children playing around il.
All the Bibb county jail bonds have been
placed $4,000 were sold to W G. Solomon.
5f Macon. Thursday. They were lC-vear
bsr.Is aud were sold az l0i.
All election held at villa Rica on the
r-uor question resulted as follows: For re-
.-r.rJI0n ll6, no restriction 8. Villa Rica Is
tis largest town on the Georgia Pacific Rail-
road.
The gin house Of Messrs. Gregan & Thorn
r-r- 0f Ebert county, was burned on Friday
--hr last. with six bales of cotton Loss
e-ultcd at $1,000, and thought to be incen-
d4risw- -
An adjourned session Of the Clarke Superior
Court viii meet next Monday. The
rr.neipal case that is to be brought UP is that
athe carr estate vs. the Georgia Railroad
Company.
the election for Mayor at Dawson, Wed
re=Ilv. after a lively contest. resulted in the
reelection Of DR.. W. B. Cheatham over
Bis opponent, Mr.. J. ID. Laing, by a majority
of u votes.
lafayette QuintOn, Of Dade county. was
erecting smOke-hOuse. and while raising a
huge log, it fell, one end striking one Of his
II-le children, killing 1t instantly. Its head
Was fractured and neck broken.
Two negro men got into a difficulty at
church fair near Linton last Saturday night.
une OF them was buried Sunday evening. ana
tle other was expected to live only a few
hours when last heard from.
~ l.. Harris. dealer in dry goods. at Ath-
tls, was closed Thursday by 4. j. Cobb,
representative Of two Boston houses. Mr..
Harris ls prominent merchant. and SAYS
chat he VIII soon open business again.
W. T.. James, Of Manor, Ware county, is
only 5s years OF age and Is the father of Il
grown children, and has living 6s grand
children. Several of the latter are dead, and
Mr. James has been married only one time.
bis wife bearing Is children.
Cholera is doing fearful work among the
hogs in some parts OF Irwin county. David
Hogan put up 35 head Of fattening hogs, and
OUT Of that number has only kllled two. The
rest are all sick or dead. The fatal plague
has caused considerable fear among the
farmers.
Rev. J. B. HilhOuse, Of Gordon county. has
Q horse which is known 10 be 2S years old
When Sherman's raid came through. the
horse was owned by man named Bishop,
Yankees from taking him of, and the horse
has never recovered from his lameness, though
he does good service yet.
Mrs. Anna Pierce, widow of DIR. Ham
Pierce. and sister-ln-laW Of the late Bishop
e.. r. Pierce, died at the residence of Mr.. LO-
yIcz Pierce, in Sparta, Sunday night, after
long illness. Mrs. Pierce had been in Sparta
only few months and was confined to her
led all the time. Her remains were inferred
iu the new cemetery Rev. Mr.. Morton OflicIa
ting.
At the residence OF Bud Men cal. who lives
within seven miles of Gainesville, occurred q
Lgart-rendlng tragedy on Wednesday last.
DC seems that young man left a pistol in
Mr. McNears house, when his two little chill
dreu, aged and years, began to play with
the pistol. The eldest playfully snapped il at
bis little brother, when it went OF, the ball
taking effect In the child. killing IL instantly.
Camden county correspondence NEWS:
Judge e.. Il. Mabry was the recipient of a
highly ultterlug ValedlctOrY from the grand
jury OF Camden county on the Occa-
son ol the close OF his term OF Office as Solicitor
General. The grand jury in their present
meut tOOk occasion to make special mention
pt the great assistance rendered them by
Judge Mabry, their high appreciation of his
legal talents. and of the patient and cOurte-
Gus bearing which always marked the con-
duet Oi his business.
The cotton receipts at Hawkinsville since
She season opened and up to Monday night,
Dee. s. amounts to lS,47S bales. or about the
same number Of bales received during the
WuuIe OF last season. NOTWITHSTANDING the
lact thata short crop was made in that sec
ton It is now believed that the receipts will
De- more than $4,000 bales for the season. The
increase Is attributable to the fact that cotton
has been brought there from greater distances
than ever heretofore, and to the further fact
that Hawklnsville has justly earned the rcpu-
au0n Of being one of the best inland markets
il Georgia.
some days ago Charles Dennard, of HOus-
ton county, lost some cotton. He suspected
thai Charlie Collins, a cOlOred man, was the
thief. and kept watch on his movements.
Charlie and some of his cOlOred friends
brought a bale Of cotton here last Friday, and
% was bought by Mr.. j. ;. Willis. who had
been previously notified Of Mr.. Dennards s
slsplclOns. Mr.. Willis was called on to make
aedlculatiOn on the cotton, as several parties
were Interested in the bale. Now, IL was
Wel-ku0wn fact that Charlie Collins had no
cotton of his own. and when Mr.. Willis was
requested by William Holt, cOlOred, 10 make
calculation on the cotton claimed by Collins,
Mr. Denuard was notified Of the fact, and he
atouce procured a warrant and had Collins
arrested and jailed.