Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-03
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
TIRE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS


a Fight with Knives in Marion COun-
ty-The SummerviIIe Cotton Mills Not
Soda Negro of log Years Dies in
Floyd County, Leaving a Numerous
Progeny.
GEORGIA.
W. K. Wood, Of Columbus. has made an as
sigument.
The lodge OF Knights Of Pythias at Colum-
bus have organized an endowment rank.
Floyd superior Court convened Monday
morning, Judge Branham presiding. The
week.
Myles Greene died at his home in Ellerslie,
Harris county, sunday night at II O'Clock.
he leaves relatives IN many parts Of the
An incendiary tried TO burn the Lumpkln
court house a day or two ago, but the flames
were discovered and eNtngulshed IN their IN
ciplency.
Amory Dexter has resigned the position of
Superintendent OF the Columbus Gas Light
Company, and is succeeded by L. II. jenkins,
Of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
The minnie bah which Thomas smith. Of
Oconee county, had been carry ing IN his thigh
for twenty-five years. has been removed by a
successful surgical operation.
Linwood turned out in arms and killed a
fierce wolf which had been terrOrizing the
neighb0rho0d for several slays. The wolf
proved 10 be a huge yellow dog.
AT Acw1rth, on the 3lst day Of August.
there is expected TO be a reunion of the old
Twenty-third Georgia Regiment. The com
pany was commanded by DR.. Rallinger, Of
Floyd Springs.
The Marion County Sentinel says: REV. Mr.
Jones, who lives in the northern portion Of
this county, has goat that has run mad.
The goat snaps, bites and butts AT everything
that comes in its way. The goat has butted
of its horns"
Messrs. shave, Butler * CLARK. of Fleming.
TH.r
Monday, March 81 turpentne still valued
al $500. There was no Insurance. The fire
was caused by negro throwing down a
match after lighting his pipe.
The Buena Vista-Sentinelsays: "Tazewellhas
the best water power in Southwest Georgia
and some Of our leading citizens say as soon as
they get our railroad completed TO Anderson
vile, they are going 10 move IN the matter of
building a factory at IaZeWcll. Ii will be
close enough 10 the railroad 10 make the en-
terprlse success, and profitable invest
meut."
The store Of VIII Willis in Wynnton, two
and half miles from Columbus. was burned
at o'clock Monday morning, it is supposed
by an incendiary. The fire was not discov-
cred until the roof was just ready to fan in.
and Of course. all efforts 10 extinguish it
were in vain. Mr.. Willis stock OF goo S was
insured for $1,000 and his store for $3.50, which
viii nearly cover his loss.
The Sandersvilie Nsrcag-V saws: ..On Mon
day evening, oath Ult.. on Mr.. \. W. Jack
sons place, his son Nestus, in an alteration
with q negro working on the plantation.
struck him on the head with a hoe. fractur-
ing his skull. from the effects of which he
died during the night. We have no parlfcu-
lars The Coroner's jury brought in a verdict
OF involuntary m1nslaushter."
sunday night, near Riley's station. ON the
n. and g. Railroad, two negroes. George Hem
deTsOn and Charley Green. engaged in q fight
which nearly cost the latter his life. Green
received fearful cut in the head, and also a
deep cash across his throat which almost
penetrated his wIndpipe. His wounds bled
pr0fuseiy, and for a long time it was thought
that he would die. Henderson fled.
The jackson i rgts says: "a difficulty oc-
CURED between Louis Dickers0n and George
Williams ON the plantation Of Mr.. W. +. Wat
kins, in Blackankle district, on Thursday of
last week. IN which the latter was fatally
stabbed In the right side from which hc died
yesterday. blckersOn was arrested yester-
day and had preliminary trial before JUS
tIce Flynt who remanded him to Jail"
The Putnam correspondent of the Buena
Vista Seft Hei SAYS: ''A fight occurred be-
tween Nose Walker and q man by the name
of Jordan, living on Mr.. 6. W. c. Munre's
plantation, in which the former was badly
cut. He received eight severe gashes. one of
which completely split the muscle on hisrIght
arm. The latter received an ugly cash on his
throat. ana several others on his body. DR..
McMichael was called in and dressed their
wounds and pronounced them out of danger"
The Rome Courier says: 'Died in ChuUo
district Of this county, the other day. Parrish
Smith. negro. and, according to what seems
to be reliable Information. he was los wears
Old last December. He was born in Virginia
but spent most of his younger and middle life
in South Carolina and moved TO Georgia Gftv
years ago. He had been three times married.
and at the time of his death had forty living
children. At the age of 81 ms wife bore twins.
that resemble HIM as closely as any children
resemble their father. He 66 years old
when he married the third time, and his last
wife had fifteen children. the yOungest-tWins
now l3 years Old. He was born in the year
I77I. and hence was six years old when the
Revolutionary war ended. and was - wears
old when Washington died
The Summerville cotton mill was TO have
been sold at auction in Augusta Tuesday.
The auCtiOneer announced that in cOnsulta-
ti0n with creditors the assignee made a re-
serve bid on the mill of S2S 600 over and above
the bonds and other claims, amounting to
about S6Q,000. This made a bid Of SSS.0G0 for
the mill, and he said that dollars bid over
that amount would take the mill. No one bid
the dollar and a sale was consequently not
effected. Charles y. Harper, the assignee,
said after the sale that the matter stood Just
as If the property had not been offered that
no sale mad been made, and 1t now remained
for the creditors and the court to say what
must next be done. He himself had fixed the
bid. and as for the mill he said that the credi-
tors might make up syndicate and run it
themselves.
FLORIDA.
The Democratic Conservative ticket was
elected at Palatka Tuesday by a majority of
from I25 to 40. This redecms the city from
Republican rule.
At a meeting of the artillery company Of
Jacksonville the name of the command was
changed from the First Florida Light Artil-
lery" TO "W llsOn's Battery. In honor of the
commander Of the company. Capt. George G.
Wilson, who has been in command since its
organization IN lS11
The Tampa Guardian of March - SAYS:
David +. Tainter went in swimming in the
HnsbOrough. near the Thayer place. abost
three miles from town, and IL Is supposed he
took cramp and drowned. This Young man
arlf1 Worcester m IA siu
and was we'll liked by those who knew him
His body has been embalmed and sent to his
friends"
IN its issue OF March % the Tampa Tribune
says VERY unexpected steps We're taken
last Wednesday TO shorten the session of the
Circuit Court. y white man named McClOs-
key, who was under indictment for larceny,
and whose case was set for trial at 3 O'Clock
in the afternoon Of the same day. managed TO
effect his escape about noon, thus relieving
the court of the trouble Of trying him. The
prisoner got out by prying open the iron door
Of the cell far enough to admit the passage Of
mis- body. He used as lever a long board
that had been left in the cell. The door. hay
ing but one hasp upon IL, could very easily be
sprung open. Though his flight was discov-
cred within a few minutes. the fugitive has
not vet been caught. This makes the fourth
prisoner that has recently escaped from our
Jail, and who would have been tried at this
term of court"
The Tampa Tribune says: .'AIuch has been
said of the size of the famous Fort Harley
tree, ana recently a tree IN bradford county
has been claimed 10 be even larger: but we
think Hillsborough county can furnish one that
will surp8ss both in size and yield. This tree
stands on the farm Of Mr.. Berrien Platt. in
the northeastern part of this county. II has 4
single solid trunk, and is not divided near the
surface of the ground into several distinct
stems. as Is the Fort Harley tree; this trunk
measures ; feet S inches IN circumference Is
inches above the ground. This gives a diane
ter OF about % inches. The trunk Is much
larger than this at the surface of the ground.
The limbs have a spread of 32 feet and the
height of the tree Is 80 feet. These figures
are all from actual measurement. The crop
OF oranges Upon II the past season numbered
little over 10000. Mr.. Platt says he wouldn't
take $1,000 nited states bond FOR il, and we
don't blame him.
PISTOLS AT DRAW POKER.
a General Fusilade in Which the Four
Players Were Mortany Wounded
During a game of poker between James
Rover and Howard Williams on the one
side and William Davis and Charles Mills
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