Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-05
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
~gt- ,Ews OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

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TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.
18th NJ a Gallant Old Soldier at Dal-
The Horrors of the Griffin Boiler
r-nlo.fon-Em Embarrassed Grocers of
,nrusta sell Out for the Good of Their
Creditors-
GEORGIA.
Him william Griffin, Ordinary Of Twiggs
--- died q few days ago.
--.-. are & dozen aspirants for the position
.rr5=.ua-ter at HawkinsvIlle.
rr.F W. Eesley, Of Cochran, lost a roll of
t.r- .1rfaruiug sl9j few days ago.
fs.rof the Richmond Hussars at An
., rettci SLIGO during the first three
Tr n. Towers, L. J. Williamson and II. s.
r-fl.r we're the successful candidates in
~ M la-1l lnic race at Rome Tuesday
-5sfcr one and a half miles north of
,r---aa proposes to teach school at cents
---Il-. Ilvable in corn. meat, wheat, etc.
vr sm Wilson. cOlOred, had his left arm
---F .l the steam gin OF W. I. Knowles. at
Sara. last week. The saws cut the bone in
r.ns- whitehead. Of Warrenton, recently
@ So for two Hancock fox dogs. They
-a vUuu- and unframed, but Of the Pinks-
-r srccE-
Tt. nom nation for county officers in TavlOr
.--rt- vail take place on Dec. u. All recog-
-ral Democrats viii be allowed to vote in
.sI nomination.
rel5u-e Of Dick Green Quigg. on Mrs. J.
81 Kings plantation about 4 miles from
t-aa- was burned Tuesday night. Nothing
f--are or two beds were saved.
Tuu Young ladies in Douglas county had a
s-...I tight last sunday. One was badly used
-r .u. -uc other was arrested and had to
-rs aarI for her good behavior in future.
tu-u-ta's Aldermanic election Wednesday
.rel Iu the retention OF all the members
rEtfe present Council except in the Third
ulr.. which VIII now be represented by Jas.
q. L0llE-
ttir- regular meeting Monday night the
tt- Council Of Americus settled the Mitchell
rII pond case by dsclaring il no nuisance,
rs Board of Health TO the contrary nOtwith-
Tv' 10 the workmen on the new Baptist
e--rrl 40 Monroe narrowly escaped being
kei the other day. A large piece Of slate
E from the top of the building, missing their
tl- barely hairs breadth.
sc Forsyth Wednesday Jas. ID. Proctor was
e.s.-eI Mayor over J. J. Leary by Is majority.
LeIrE was only nominated the night before.
Tree-l0urths OF the negroes. il is estimated,
r-.l for Proctor, while three-fOurths Of the
whites supported Leary.
There is in Americus man whom the dogs
cannot bear the sight of. The NEST ferOciOUs
e1- VIII tuck ms tan and dart away when
tlOF see nlm. by distortion OF his under
lU and drawing back the corners Of his
mouth, dogs VIII skip away as from a pointed
gun.
Wiutervile, was lodged in jail Tuesday night
lricr three warrants sworn out by his daugh-
f.r. the first for assault with Intent to rape
and the second for incestuous adultery and a
Feace warrant. Pitman is about IS wears
I'D, and has borne good character up to this
time.
The Rev. David Hines. cOlored, was tried in
the county court of DOugherty, for whipping
his wife. and was acquitted. There appeared
90 De no doubt about his having whipped her.
tut the Jury evidently thought, from evidence
brought out in the trial, that he had to do it.
anil he was therefore acquitted. He plead
bis own case.
ualcyOndale correspondence NEWS. Dec. {: :
Tie statement that Messrs. W. :. Bitch x
Bro. of Eureka, had no insurance on their
Stock of goods burned last week, Is found to
le erroneous There was an insurance Of
I-.I on the stock, and their probable loss is
olIv about $500, as there was only about 81 600
worth of stock burned.
shortly after the machinery was started
Wednesday morning, fire was discover! IN
the uicser room Of the MusCOgee Mauufac-
turing Company at Columbus, but by the
prlupt use Of the fire apparatus. with which
ile mills are supplied, lt was soon put out.
The damage was slight, but it was a narrow
escape from great cOn1agratiOn.
Tie ginhouse Of T. A. Brown, OF COweta,
was lred sunday night by some unknown per
son. but was fortunately discovered before
ans damage resulted. Also. the same night
lhg vacant dwelling house of Mrs. c. l. Da-
SIS. ODD which she had cotton stored. was set on
ire. and the cotton WIS considerably dam
l-1l before it could be extinguished.
About three months ago A. +. LeaptrOt, of
Houston county, had his horse injured by fall
u-thrOugh the bridge on the line of Houston
anl B.bb counties. He claimed damages from
both counties TO the amount of 500. At the
meeting of the Bibb Commissioners on Tues
day they agreed to give Mr.. Leaptrot two
tlris0f the damages, 500 66, leaving Houston
tgUay the other third.
An exciting horse race occurred in the Vi
entity oi Mount Pleasant, Henry county, last
week. ile owners being Thomas ClOwers and
=. 4. Guun, of Hampton. TOmmies fine yell
1w mare won the race and carried of the rib
bon. beating 100 yards IN three-quarter race.
I now stated that James Hand and James
>tluled viii soon have a race between their
$3.50 iue zpcckled horses, provided they can
secure the services Of the same two riders.
Az Elakely. Tuesday, about sundOwn. the
prisoners IN jaIl, namely: Berry Lawrence.
cicero Barron and Jim Salter, called to the
.4ler, Mr. Chipstead, to bring them some
water. and as soon as the door was opened by
Nr. tllpslead the three men rushed upon
l-m, shocking mm down, and made good
r-er escdue. They had evidently been fur
u'-Ict Wlln tools Of some kind. and had
broken open their cell doors, and as soon as
tle Ir0ut door was opened, they being in the
hallway. had but little trouble in OverpOwer-
ias Nr. Chipstead and skipping for other
clmes.
Athens B1nuer- Watchyaan: The seourge
tll- - now killing so many people in Virginia
4 passed through Franklin county then, now
Banks Iu ls54 or 1855. The physicians did not
understand the disease, and all efforts to
check 10 proved failure We recOllect one
Oil gentleman living on the Hudson river who
lost i've Grandchildren and about twenty ne
grocs. lie had two grandsOns dead in the
house 10 one time. Nothing that the phYsi-
Clans could 10 would stop ii, and il seemed
talt tGc plantation would soon be depOpu-
lated, until Dr. DOster, Of Jefferson, was sent
lll. -nt be prepared a medicine that soon
Stopped the dreadful scOurge.
Jackson Law and c. II. Boyd. book agents,
we're arrested near LaGrange, charged with
having l-sued bogus railroad passes to ne
-fNe-- Ar- Boyds family reside IN McDufhe
county. Learning of the trouble Julian Boyd,
brother of e.. II. Boyd, went TO LaGrange to
investigate the matter, and found that the
Allll affair had been greatly exaggerated. y
number 1i negroes in the vicinity OF LaGrange
#rft IcslrOus Of emIgratlng to the West, and
requested one or more of the young men to
correspond with parties IN Texas or Arkansas
and ascertain what terms and assistance they
could get. This becoming known. the young
men were arrested for violating the law
against emIgrant agents, but when the facts
were escertained they were promptly and
-lnQra4ly acquitted and discharged.
Deputy sheriff Glenn Green was Wednesday
4ppU1lc1 temporary receiver, and as such
i9lk charge of W. q. RObinsOn's box factory
o1 Pryor street, at the corner of Hunter
street. Atlanta. Tuesday one OF Mr.. Robin
-l1 ere iltOrs came 10 Atlanta and sued out
an attachment, but Immediately after this
proceeding other creditors appeared, and
DID praying for the appointment Of a receiver
vas drawn, and Judge Hammond named Mr..
a-~.a TEN lAoEitAf EEttAhGEr anu uNsl AdltN
saturday morning as the time when he would
lear rre application for a permanent re-
fslrer argued. In the bill asking for the ap
l1-ltmenl of q receiver Il is asserted that W.
o.. Ll1iusOn, Jr., sold out to his brother, and
That that sale was fraudulent; that there are
mortgages on the stock held by John COnley,
which are also fraudulent. The bill also asks
Ele court 20 restrain the defendants from
making away with the stock. The assets are
Supposed TO be about S. 600, with the Liabilities
sonewhere In the neighbOrhc0d OF $4,000.
Augusta ChrOnicfe: RumOrs were current
l1 Csc streets Yesterday Of another failure,
aA- lnf fest cation disclosed the 1act that the
--i-e and popular house Of Roberts n Co.,
Hll.esliC grOcers and liquor dealers, had
SOFA out their stock to Charles !. Staples, at
nominal consideration, subject TO the mort
cages and claims against it, The following IS
statement Of assets and liabilities:
stock in trade $4,000; notes
4lt accounts. $4,000, Of which
t---il only are good. making the total assets
$500. The Liabilities for general imerchan-
se amount 70 81. 600. and the firm owes the
A-1k of Augusta So, ,964 81, secured by mort
gage, r. 4. Timberlake, Sl,lg0 45, secured by
mortgage; amount Of borrowed money un-
secured. $4,000, or total liability Of Sill
os %, The members Of the firm, Messrs- w.
3. R0lf-ts and james NJ. Roberts, are pOpu-
lar and hirblv esteemed gentlemen in An
eusta. and have the sympathy OF the people
% their business mIsfOrtunes, which nave
9eel brought about by the general depression
10 commercial circles and their lnaOllty 10
collect the money due them IN the country
Wednesday night when the Central RAIL
fldI Passenger train rolled into the car shel
-l Atlanta one Of the pOTters lOunu ? large
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