Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-27
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
,EYvS OF THE TWO STATES
lhD -orD IN PARAGRAPHS.

xEYvS OF THE TWO STATES
lHH r0r,D IN PARAGRAPHS.
-.freut Citizen of Columbus Killed
Op.rroom QuarreI-Murray County
lnl,-eI - bv the silver Find-Nashville
l-.5.sd by q Flying Cyclone
GEORGIA.
-s-s are Is turPentine stills in Eehols
o---.7- wiu De without barrOom after
vs-rs. Of Rives station, has been
sl.1-l la1srlptcy-
-.. for Ordinary I'm Barlow county
-r lie au exceedingly acrimonious
.7-.s has new pilot boat called the
r. she was formerly owned IN
..
i--..-r E. moving i'm the matter Of pro-
.r.l citizens meeting Is being urged
,'-.- tl-cal-e oi prohibition.
-r...-.r the liquor element contemplate
municipal ticket In the field, that
Fll- OH. re. peulus OF barroOms.
..--. P Clarke agent Of the southern
-.- .mrauy at Macon, was presented
.-.rrs clock and side figures by the
-i...L employees Of the company Christ
Harms. DE- II. Miller. and several
.-.r..rar- citizens Of fort Valley, have
-tHek company for the purpose Of
--- lai operating an iron foundry in
uRear has travelled 5.72O miles in
.r. -Iu- between Sparta and his
la-t i've years. Mr. O'Rear lives IL
H --.H town. and makes one trip TO Spar
-.rr1- WrH--
-,-.r.l -Ivs that If he l. ever elected
-a legislature, he Will prove himself a
.rr.r...-t lr introducing bill for the
E-.I .. rI. tan horn nuisance with
It.r state IS periodically afflicted.
r...-rr while 81 SIR. Adams and his son
-. working Iu the Loud gold mine, in
W..-.-.alrv. heavy bank fell IN on them,
--- tdc senior Mr.. Adams completely
.z.1r-l.u. Tue son was badly mashed,
m v.- Thought for long while that he
--.f -.- recover. but he Is now rapidly i'm
r-.-r-ra Fr-.er: Miss Ivey. il Is said.
-.-5--.. t1 tle kiIiug Of NcCauiey, and yet
..4u.. permitted tp escape. IL seems to us
--.r-fa officers uf the law In that part OF the
r--r are Uut doing their duty. or they
vr have arrested her. The case should be
thoroughly -ll-ei and the guilty party or par
te- punished
q ~uth-s store at MilledgeviIle was raw
--.f.r rra Thursday. IL Is believed that
T--.-- applied tine match after ransacking
-.rlce- The building was the property OF
r--.ul 81 lcr. Iud was insured for 5000. Mr.
--.- .r-ural lIr $50. His loss. therefore, was
sHU-- saI 0r $500 ". * j. Caraker. next
..u-. rl-. lI removal OF goods almost $50. The
f-- covered uy Insurance.
Piedmont Press; a correspondent writes
---..-f a man iu Wuh0o settlement is known
s-taa F-ceut man. Whether he hires a man
0-lHg Del only pays him 40 cents per day: II
d. hires himself to any one he only asks 80
cents. Dr. makes a bid or an offer for any
tH-- 10 ls only 60 cents; If he swaps horses.
lar-- llerelre- Tie estimates the value Of
aIr..l-- lu his mind 80 40 cents.
Eastman correspondent NEWS, Dec. %:
W. E. Daniel. ut Eastman. was married to
Mss N.tle Mitchell. Of HawkInsville. at the
latter place. Tuesday eveninF. Dec - The
irl party arrived IN Eastman yesterday
r-I were gwen dinner by W. ". Harrell
tla grandfather of the groom \ large num-
terol guests were present. and lavish table
vas -Hreai- MaHv hearty congratulations
were rendered the happy couple.
3 terrible storm OF cyclone passed through
Nashville Wednesday evening. making but
lIu. The place Oi Hass Griffin was almost
rfnu.r-a.v demolished. His meat. cotton and
corn were scattered through the woods
About two thousand pounds OF seed cotton
lines -h- woods for miles. HIS buggy aud
cart were demolished, cooking utensils and
stove smashed, and new garden blown to
atoms. 6rIllu lS a new beginner IN life, and
tl.- Misfortune VIII nearly ruin him.
Cairo correspondent NEWS, Dec. z5: Caro-
Ill Christmas tree. Many hearts were
made merry. especially Mai. Il. l.. Hearn's
iIc was presented with one half dozen agOg
Spanish c.-ars, lot Of candy and raisins, aud
ll--. uUlr0r least, has wife presented him with
an s.-lt-Unuud girl baby. The Major is now
happy Cairo IS a hOurishing little town
fourteen miles from ThOmasvIlle has a new
tlaes-mith shop. two new stores and brand
new cIrv lali. stirring merchants and plenty
Of Northern visitors.
Tie discovery OF silver i'm Fort Mountain. in
Murray county, has created great excitement
Iu chat -eciiQu.lud men are flOcking there from
al parts 0l the country. The most valuable
teHu-I- yet known IS on the land Of Mr.. TYLER.
n.le- from spring Place, and Is from Dal-
tlu. ElIcn Is the nearest point 20 the railroad.
a -Iafl feet deep, wide and 20 long has
a-eu SUNK under the superintendence OF an
Oh miner q seven years experience IN the
mines ol tse W est. He says that the "lead" is
at least 1890 feet wide, 3JJ deep and IS miles
long. being the same that Is now worked at
NurA Town. Iu Tennessee. Here, the old miner
SAYS. ore was found 1t i've feet from the sur
face l- rich a- that obtained At 300 feet in
che famous "ComstOck," Of Nevada. as
saying T5m $50 TO $4,000 per ton. It is
rat r1 De more adFautag geOusly situated
than amy mine in the West. It will drain
lt-et tl depth Of 6O0teet; has a water sup
ulF sufficient To- operate ten smelter stacks
ar u aI 0.ncr machinery necessary. \ rail-
r-. could Doe easily constructed 10 10 from
.-.,l-. tore a-sayIng only 81 per ton could
b.. y..-.s.f With larger profit than SO ore IN
tho ly..-r - rveral large companies have sent
tr--r ...rlf- In -et this mine, and only few
Ily- since PEI 'u-y wanna company oHere'i
Tr.er Gilbert K Ro. 7es the present owners Of
the mine. SasOJO for Z, which offer was re-
fused.
T. r. Moore. Harry Hol and and David
Bishop were Ia MiddlebrOOks oarTOoun at
Columbus Wednesday night. Tr, 'u0le ila11,3 arH7e
between Moore and Holland, and e, 'eIl ,laiiy i!!
eliminated I'M each firing at the other NitH
pistols, with only the width of the room oe-
tween them. Moore was wounded IN three
places and died within two hours. Moore
Raised his pistol first. but Holland was almost
equally as quick, both SHOTS
Bishop also took a hand IN the fusilade, ann
lns IL Moore. but Is believed to have fired
only one shot, which was lnenecJual. HOl-
land fired five or SIX times, and Moore, II Is
supp sell. but once. Holland and Bishop fed
alter the shooting Bishop was unhurt and
Holland also. probably. although there are
rlmors that MOOre's bullet passed through
hi- clothing. The Columbus Enquirer sun
publishes the following account of its inter
llrw with the proprietor Of the saloon: "E1-
Policeman Lloyd. who tends the bar, said that
1u1u- O'Clock Capt Moore, Harry Holland
aui Dave Bishop were IN the bar. The first
thiEg. De says, that attracted mis- attention
was the fact that the parties were talking
above the ordinary tone OF voice. He saw
shat difficulty was brewing ana sent for the
police. Policeman Cox entered In q few min
Ute- and took Holland outside. Cox states
thlt while he was talking To Holland Capt.
= core stepped out and asked, who Is that :
'5iilut replied: You know who DC is with
.u asking the question, and you have been
.lf 0ften enough not 10 speak 20 me- Capt.
ilora replied with an eplthet and Holland
---.,- D. 'u1 with his INST. Holland drew a pls-
ID INT D. Uceman Cox stepped IN front OF
M ami ~, = him away Cox says that HOi-
hot h.n sanrHf on
ore te1T bc gGOXl summoned him to
Ur.a.r ~ tho Ma vorfs Court Mr.. Cox states
b..t' -i.5r-t fbres-o, Uartefs of an hour later
amt WoCre refnrr,, III with a pistol IN his
ami. He asked Mr.. NIotc y - " ~ - ~ -
mt he declined and en- tered tne bar. Mr;
I9v,i ss,-s fbst when "a Is. Moore returned
Il I..gnei a,vaiTsf tbe con-, ~ and engaged IN
conversation with man n. N',-s,N ~ n n -
tarris county. After ne ha0 t-osI. 15in,a5 6iItls5
W. bile Sir. Lloyd saws Holland - -
inferred again with pistols in han "a - - , teoN :
i0sitlOns on the opposite side Of N-y I -,
which Is very small. Capt. Moore L. %s-eo % W ~
.ud saw them and said 10 Holland: CI e. e :
le man VINO struck me- and raised Ms -
0l. Lloyd said that Holland raised MS IN IN.
and that they both tired aim, -
simultaneously. Harry Holland, who nres
.he fatal shots. Is son of Col. Ian Holland,
iece9sed- and nephew Of Col j. T. Holland.
member OF the Alabama Legislature for Lee
county Capt. Moore was born near COlum- =
bus, and had resided there and iuj Girard
an ms me. He was photographer by profess
SION, out was Marshal of Columbus for sever
a years. lie was 45 years Of age, and leaves
no family"
FLORIDA.
Many cottages are being erected at Lake
land.
Green Cove is to have new twO-stOry
school house.
Large quantities Of oysters are beine
shipped from Cedar Key.
Archer's average daily shipment Of oranges
is nearly 200 crates and barrels.
The Cypress Lumber COmpauy's mill a
ApalachIcOla viii start up on Jan. !, 1885.
j. II. Rhodes, Secretary of the Garfield Ma
tlOnal Monument Association, credits Eloridi
IA ,~u-Tr. aF