Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-23


Dates Back over a Century.
GEORGIA.
S. Goldstone's house at Thomasville has been
burned.
0lrs. John A. Boiler. a well-known citizen
Of Augusta, is dead.
A new wooden mill has commenced opera-
tons four miles from Cartersvile.
Wood, "A horse thief, who Is wanted at An
nist0u, Ala, has been captured at villa Rica.
A telephone viii be erected from Hampton,
via McDonough and Locust Grove to Jackson.
The Atlanta City Council has appropriated
$4,000 for public schools for the coming year.
Atlanta has secured 10000 square feet for
the city exhibit at the New Orleans ENp0si-
ton.
The turpentiue men in Liberty county say
that they cannot get as many hands as they
want.
A citizen Of Gainesville, worth $4,000, never
wore pair of shoes until after he was u
years of age.
L. A. Montbrisnd, Of Americas. has carved
what is pronounced a beautiful bird out Of an
Irish potato.
Madison has lost another Of her oldest citi-
zens in the person Of Charles W. Richter,
aged 4 years.
James smith, living near Athens Is reported
as having cleared 100000 on cotton, corn,
oats and wheat.
A. B. Fits has unfurled the Harqison Ban
nor at Buchanan. 1t is covered with news
and promises TO wave many a year.
''st. Phillips" a time-beaten structure of
Augusta. used as q school and church hy col
0red people, was burned Sunday ight.
9,9SS bales Of cotton have been received at
the depot i'm Washington since the first Of Sep
tember, against II, 400 for th same time last
year
The election Of q Captain TO command the
Liberty Independent Troop was postponed
last Saturday. The election VIII take place
February y
Rev r. n. Andrews. OF Darlot, expects to
remove this week to Reidsyille. where he has
accepted call 10 take charge OF the academy
IN that place.
Toda Bursey was found burned to death at
Brimberry & stevens turpenunery. near
Camilla. couple OF days ago. under circum-
stances which indicate foul play.
james Lewis, the young man whose right
foot was crushed bv am East Tennessee en-
glnc at Atlanta last Wednesday, was COM
PEELED to have the limb amputated Monday.
The sale of the turpeutine fixtures etc, Of
the firm OF Butter & Daniel under foreclosure
of mortgage took place at Hinesville last
Friday r.. i. Roberts, Of savannah, was tine
purchaser.
Arch Wimpy, q negro. was arrested by Mar
shal Carter, at Gainesville, for stealing $50
from student at Dahl0nega. Arch con-
fessed to the deed. He was spending the
money with lavish hand when caght.
Capt. John A. Davis. receiver for the late
firm Of Welch n Bacon. OF Albany. has, in ac-
cOrdance with an order of court, declared
the third preferred creditors, and has COM
menced lis payment.
The Covingtou NelC South SAYS. I'VE learn
the savannah river was frozen over from bank
to bank during last week for several days.
The flats were all blOckaded with ice, cOnse-
quenty communication between this and the
Palmetto State was cut OF for "a time"
\ Hall county man writes 10 Gainesville
from kaufman county, Texas, where he has
made his home, that neighbOring family
consisting or nine persons, who also moved
there from Georgia, were recently poisoned
10y a neighbor for revenge, and SIX of the nine
have died.
At Gainesville, in the case Of NJ. +. and $.
J. Harris against the Western and Atlantic
Railroad Company. action for damages, the
jury returned a verdict for the defendant
after being out only few minutes This is
the first verdict recorded in this county for a
railroad company.
There is a man in Screven county who dug
and sold $40 worth of bread trays last wear
besides cultivating hfty-fOur acres of land
with one horse. He says ne can get out four
teen hickory AK handles IN half day, dis
pose of them at % cents apiece. and can sell
more than he can make.
Sunday night Emma PinsOn. anegro woman.
was found dead in her room at Atlanta.
When found the woman was Iu q chair. and
the evidence adduced at the inquest developed
fhe fact That she had retired ami then gotten
up again and sat down in the chair when
death came. The verdict was paralysis Of the
heart.
ENe helaSNillc Z Nf6JDFiSe saws. steam boats
should be running on the OhOOpee river as
high mp as the rocks. The government spends
millions Of dollars every year cleaning out
rivers for navigation. aad II we would go
properly to work aud lay our CLAIM before
Congress we could set money sufficient to
have the OhOOpee cleaned out"
DR.. Henry Battey. OF Rome. while riding
horseback Sunday dropped tile whip. and
dismOunting picked it up. While remOunt-
ing he had Just placed one foot I'm the saddle
when the horse became frightened and ran
down the street about fifty yards. dragging
DIR. Battey over the hard ground. He was
severely out not seriously injured.
Six hundred and f0rty-six soldiers have ap-
piled for the benefits of the manned Confer
ate soldiers law. William 5. Hayes Of Wards
station, applied Monday. He was in the
Fortv-siXth Georgia, Company ID, and had
his left hand wounded so that IL Is useless.
and part of it Is gone. lie could not get the
Dement'S OF the law, which provides for no
such cases.
Davis Andrews. Jasper county farmer.
was compelled TO sign document at Macon
4 few nights ago. while drunk, by two men
who told him he would get $1,000. He also
signed the name of his wife, Mrs. Rebccca =.
Andrews. When he asked for the money he
was told he would be killed If he opened his
mouth. The men got away with the docu-
ment.
The mail route frOm Reidsville to Mcintosh
will be changed next July. After that date
HinesVille viii have daily mail, and the
mail Will 20 from Reldsvilie to that point
twice week as at present. The two con-
tracts viii be let out in March next, and those
who have bud on the route from Reidsyille to
Mcintosh will have to bid again II they eX-
pecI to carry the mail over the route.
Susie burden is a l7-year old orphan of Ma
con. who has been supporting her four little
brothers and sisters for four years 10y work
ing IN factory. Recently she lost her bed
and bedding 10y hre. Several of the good peo-
pie of the city made good the loss. Now it is
proposed to present the girl with house and
lot. Ben Jones has already signited his will
Naa Htrn NgF Ia.
msn Of the city wlll almost undoubtedly carry
the project through.
The Chipley Leader says: "a certain young
nimrOd went out hunting during the holidays,
using breach-loading gun. lie was eager
shot when the we'll trained pointer would
come TO q halt. and always killed or claimed
bird when the smoke cleared away. lmag-
inc his Chagrn when il was known that the
parties he bought the shells from had loaded
them with black pepper. They say he wanted
10 make noise. and there was no use in his
asting shot lie has instituted suit for dam
ages to his character rs marksman. We
don't blame him."
The Washington Gczetts SAYS: 1T mas been
published in some of the Georgia papers that
gen. Toombs had purchased the Andrews
grove in this city and would make of it a pub
Ac park. This Is erroneous. He did look at
Il with q view to purchasing it and making il
a park and family huryiug ground. but con-
int,>Ods 10 carry out this idea aGt viii proba-
bIv soon purchase : suitable l0t in or near
fOVrn. We hone very much that he wiz leave
such monument as ,"is IN our midst to his
great name and his beloved = uliS'
The Hinesville 5asetts OF yesterday ~s'ys;
Last Monday night a Savannah lawyer and
u country lawyer who had bceH busy all day
Ia the County Court IN this place concluded
that they would take q coon hunt. They hQr-
rOwed some stout boots TO tramp in. and LEFT
their fue shoes at home. About two miles
from home the dogs gave chase TO a rabbit,
which they supposed TO be a COON With a
yell they Joined in the chase, and when they
stopped and found it was only rabbit they
were in disgust Besides, their feet were
biistered, and those boots had 10 come OF. 1t
Is said that they reached home about a. II.
with their boots on their shoulders"
The Cuthbert Enterprise says: We have
lately been shown powder horn that was
used during the war Of the Revolution. The
horn is large. and has much elaborate carving
Inscriptions; Isaac Hay 'l771.' Liberty or
death During the war Of '16 q Nr. Seth
Speight. a Methodist minister. who was not
required 10 go to the war. but who did his
part by taking care OF the families of some
who did 90. took the family of Air. Isaac Hav
20 his own home and provided for them until
Mr.. Hays return from the army. rs q me-
mentO Mr.. Hay gave the preacher this horn
in 1888. It has been kept in the Spelght family
ever since until last year. 1888. just a hun
dred years from the original gift, is was given
to Master Seth Speight, son of our townsman,
Dir John Speig ight As a memeutO from his
great great great grandfather. it viii he
highly priced through life.''
FLORIDA
jacksonville business men are TO organize a
Board Of Trade.
Lemuel Barrott has purchased of b. p. Nc
Leary his place north of Madison, paying
s. 000