Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-22
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.


Judge ROney, Of Augusta, Renders q
Couple of Important Decisions
Lowndes County Lands Steadily In
creasiDg in Yalue-A Strange Mound
Exciting Curiosity at Greensboro.
GEORGIA.
Albany's long drought was broken Wednes-
The Methodist Congress Of North GeOrgia
meets at Atlanta Wednesday
The Dalton market had received up tO
Monday evening $500 bales Of cotton.
The Adairsvllle Rifles are making prepara-
mons FOR military prize drill and festival.
Partrfdees are becoming scarcer in
T9vudes county, and sandspurs more plenti-
ful.
There are already several applications fol
the Dalton post once, and a petition or two
is in circulation
II IS not unlikely that Gen. p. NJ. b. Young
viii ask To- be appointed United States Mar
slal for the northern district OF Georgia.
Mr. Awtrey. the lady that was thrown
from q WAGON in AdairsVille several DAYS ago
died from her injuries, and was buried last
sunday
T. NJ. Nfpper's gin house in CLAYTON county
aui lye bale Of cotton have been DESTROYED
Hr fire within the past week. The loss /.
$1,000. and the insurance $500.
the barn and stables on the plantation of
William SKINNER, about five or six miles from
Augusta, on the Washington road. were set
o1 drc Wednesday night and burned to the
ground Mr. skinner succeeded in getting
L-- horses ana cattle ont Of the barn before
any iamage was done them. He suspects a
negro man as the incendi6ry.
cleveland and Hendricks, Beecher. Jshn
Kelly, Carlisle, Randall, Bayard, Vance.
Thurman, DOugherty OF Florida Hon j 4
e. Black Of Augusta, and the Governors OF
the adjoining States have been invited Ia
speak at the Democratic jubilee at Atlanta
Tuesday. IL is not announced that any Of the
gentlemen have accepted yet.
Amos BiVlus. a negro living in Fsvcfte
county. hung himself W tn suicidal intent
one day week before last Some persons came
across him just IN time to cut the rope aud
save his neck. After consciousness was re-
stored. he was questioned as 10 the cause Of
Dis rash act, ami gave a. = reason for his de-
s.re to die, that he was IN debt and was not
able to get out.
AT Augusta Judge II. c. Roney has deliv-
cred his decision dissOlving the injunction
prayed against the Board OF Education in
assessing tax Tor public schools. and brought
by W. W. Montgomery, executor. W. II. Har-
ri-Ou, John L. King and others. The dccisi1 IN
Is 0u the same line with the recent decision Of
Judge POttle sustaining the public school svs-
tenn and the tax levy for educational pur-
pu-es-
JonesborO yecs: AS we 20 to press news Of
difficulty between Tom Bell and PIay VIII
Iams, brOthers-in-Iaw, living in the uDper
part of the county, comes 10 Us. Ii seems
that they have been At outs for some time
and Tuesday night Tom Bell broke into the
house of Williams and attempted TO shoot
MIN. while Williams was in bed The Djstol
Jailed 10 IRE, whereupon Bell began TO beat
Williams over the head with the butt end of
his pistol, and left him badly wounded. VIII
liaus came to town Wednesday morning and
Issued warrant against Bell for attempt to
murder
Barlow correspondence NEWS, Nov. 81: We
have no rain yet since Aug 80. Wells have
faxed i'm many instances; streams are dried
up. Crops are housed and principally dis
posed of. but little or no grain has been sOwn
W.. Bailey & Co. are rebuilding their
saw, shngle and lath mil at Barlow, instead
uiout at the terminus OF their road, where il
was burned about month ago. Miss Ella ID.
Brown, of Barlow, and \. l.. Archer, Jr., Of
Hcrsjou, were married on the 18Th inst. and
1Ir. O. r. o. smith, of Barlow. to Miss Alice
AtVel, Of Wadley. Cleveland men feel good
up here.
4 T0omsborO correspondent writes that
Sir. william j. Evans was found dead last
Monday morning down on the railroad near
the OcOnee bridge. He was away from home
from saturday noon. The Watchmsn at the
bridge saw hlm late in the afternoon. gong in
th- direction where he was found It ~ sup
posed that he was knocked from the track BIZ
aua--lug train. as two of his ribs were broken
and he was otherwise bruised. He had only
been out % the state Luuatic Asylum short
Wflt. where he had been for treatment. The
trouble with him was epilepsy. He has been
a-uuerer many years.
ylIosta Telcs: That LOwndes county is
keeping up In the march Of progress the fol-
lowing table Of increase IN valuation OF prop
Crtv wih show. The showing Is a nattertng
Olc a1J VIII possibly astOnish some Who have
Thought the county was at 4 standstIlI. The
following i7 the table: Increase Of valuation
of l,of over lSs3. Sl33,0OJ: increase OF vaiUa-
ton of lSS3 over lSS5, $lS3,000; increase Of
valuation Of 1882 over ISL, 100000: showing
grand total of three years increase of Sil6.-
lH- ~ hen we consider the untOW@rd seasons
Tor Che last two or three years, and the COnse-
4ltut duliuess Of business attendant thereon.
ue people of this county may feel proud Of
these figures.
cambridge Democrat: That mysterious kill
IDS alluded to last week, which occurred on
the plantation OF Mrs. c. J. Donaldson, six
miles south of tins city, Tuesday evening
before last, was Investigated by the Coroner
lut jury ON W Wednesday evening ast and re-
sll-ei iu the finding substantially OF the fol-
loving verdict: I'VE, the jury, find that the
deceased, Jacob Hines, came to his death by
three pistol shot wounds from
pistol in the hands of j. w..
Lewis and in our hpinIOn said Lewis is guilty
Of wilful murder" Lewis fed, aud will
probably make himself exceedingly scarce in
this section for q long time, II he can.
Greensboro Home Journal: About a mile
lou Greensboro on the road 10 Union Point,
ON tue farm OF Nfr. Ed. Jackson. has been re-
Gently discovered a mound which has puzzled
4.l Who have seen IL. a few weeks ago. Mrs.
J-e,-0u and lady neighbOr were walking
aFHlut The farm which Immediately joins the
house BOT, and when pushing aside the bushes
ssr-lnS the land, observed huge mound Of
Foes piled Ia regular order, and mounting up
higher than their heads. On Mr.. Jack
r'ls return home, his wife told
y WHat sue hau louhI anu
Gus looking pile Of rocks she had ever seen.
lde following morning Mr. jackson, with n
number Ol others, went 10 the spot, aud there
SAW lle huge pile, more than a hundred feet
ll cFtumierence. every stone apparently laid
WITH the greatest precision. The Gu
r--.tr ot the crowd was aroused, and they
determined on an investigation. They began
so once Co throw of the rocks around the
outer ise. This was not accomplished with
o-l ii.hculty. and. after going about foot or
l"I- iAey came 10 a number OF big rocks. va
y l- DOB size from foot TO three feet square.
e'vf- one lalt as II 10y mason. To 70 fur
i-ef Down required several days Of hard
la.lr, uut the stones were finally removed.
gnu -!iag there were number OF human
bones, -l, uleached, but still perfect. Among
.-tu were the hand, wrist, thigh and knee
Bones, ami, from their size, 1t was evident
tlty belonged to a person Of tremendous
stature The excavation in the mound con-
Lluel day after day. CuriOusly shaped
Ettes OF lint and stone, IN rings OF great
,-es- lu beads and arrOW-heads. came to
4-ll. By this time they had gone fully five
leet Down, even below the earth's surface,
--l sum Tue walls Of rock met them. Up u
tAis time no discovery OF great Importance
-ts leeu made, but there seems to be no end
y tAe rock, and there IL no telling what lies
stones Of which the mound is built
-le " q peculiar kind, different from any
around this section, and were evidently
-tll-ut from distance. The question Is
way was the mound built and by whOm2 IL
Su--efeut from most Indian mounds, and
l4-l4 not have been intended a. burial
.--, lar been found, and no trinkets have been
.siiFcret similar to those usually found IN
----Al mounds. There is theory that the
-4-aN contains a treasure. The care taken
= l-elns and mortaring the rock, and the
lt tle1l, Is an indication that II was not
..t-itl simply as burial spot. some years
~ e- Gu man IN this county. his name we
--te l9t 1- en- able 10 learn. asserted that on
,' ace was buried treasure. He stated
~ &-- 4ls father had told him this fact, aad
-. y li'i come down for a number OF years.
"ste attention was paid to his asser-
I-s' .ll now that this peculiar mound has
--- Eered, every one believes that q
-'-lt .. hidden beneath it. Dir. jackson
l'es there Is something straHge about It.,
81. llAi-i..i 10 dig and remove the rocks until
-- Is struck OF he finds some other treasure.
tlige H. T.. ROuey, of Augusta, has lied
-e-Is.on in the injunction case OF the Port
1.~ ami Augusta Railway vs.. the City
tI tI-- NJ Augusta, being prayer 10 restrain
- --! from preventing Its connection with
- Augusta and Knoxville ROad-its leased
through the streets Of the city OF Au-
s-L- The EEeHtEg Nelcs says: The de-
-- l7 lengthy. elaborate and clearly eX-
!. The first pages are given TO state
-. "l lle case and its history, setting out
~ l1'p1-ltlou and work Of the railroads
--l4 making connection through the
-'- and the subsequent arrest OF pro-
e--- 1y the city authorities at the IN
$500 OF the street Railway Company. which
r-sl lle right Of way Of the streets OF the
r-- A-e prayerOf the railroad for an inJunc-
f. le-lraiuIng the CITY from interfering
,-r work Is recited, and Judge ROney