Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-02
GEORGIA.

GEORGIA.
The present session OF HenT! ,i'e,-
uerI0r Court Will cost the county AO' Ae9' '''''-
Sl,409. -,... ,-i,,-or
new and dangerous counleT.leiSS r.. -.,-tl. s.-tSI
dollar is said 20 be in circulation I'D Ne"toH
reranhouic communication has been estao-
Iisbed between La Fayette, Ala anu La
Grange. Ga.
1he .Iavor Of ThomasvIlle declines to hold
+be oflire another term. because, he says, ne
Fg- beId the Office two terms IN SUCCESSION
--I thinks it's wrong for man TO hOlu an
office .hree terms IN succession
The board OF trustees having IN charge the
+a-k az building the new institute al aId0sta,
nave ordered 10000 brick from Macon They
--a ra be- laid down there at IS - per LOGO.
a. soon as they arrive work viii begin.
a local bill will be presented to the Legis
fe-ure or the passage OF law authorizing
-Ie Brooks County Commissioners to pay
81 800 towards the boring OF well IN quit
man. The QUitmau Council VIII contribute
yrrtfa,ar amount additional may be neces-
-.-r 90 the boring Of the well.
V---u Gouafu Weekly: Ten or twelve years
qr1F. NJ Kenny had his leg broken BY an
accident en- the Central Railroad near Hamp-
IN. Re sued the road for $4,000 damages
fra road offered $1,000 as a compromise. lie
declined he proposition and engaged counsel
+.l.I--7 ms suit. The case has been called at
every term OF the Superior Court since 1874
sui has cost Heury county not less than 81
co., Recently he agreed to accept $1,000 IN
fun settlement OF MS clalms ana Lhe SUIT mas
been dismissed.
Fort Gaines Tribune: On the morning Of
oct. r William Mason, COlOred, who for some
months had been suffering from drOpsy, de-
rf.Taf 70 20 TO his mother In Amerlcus- About
ID o,rIock he boarded George Henderson, 8
irav and rode 10 the depot, sitting up and
chatting as he went. Arriving, he took a
seat on the platform Of the depot, and was IN
GOOD zuirits. just before the departure OF the
Tr4fn some friends were assisting nam on
board when. without a word or groan, he
Fasped for breath and expired. His D0uy was
buried In this place.
Jefferson Her1ET: The tax digest of the cor
narration has Just been finished for the present
reqr- and makes the following satisfactory
exhibit: Real estate, S62,l5o, stock- S9:2at' ;
merchandise, 1895; money ana deDts, So
Sl. furniture, S6.5o9. other property 1850 !.
total amount $l30. .62j, which IS an increase OF
$3.50 over digest of last year. Taxing INTO
consideration the dull times and stagnauOn IN
trade we think that it Is pretty good show
ing for one horse town. our popuIalIOh,
too has increased materially since the census
at that time We had 4l9 all told, now We
have ESQ. and 3l5 of these are children. Al
this rate we VIII be able 10 count .UIV dI sHe
next census.
Gainesville RegisfeF: The fourth quarterly
conference Of the Carnesvllle circuit was
held so the Methodist church here last week.
The financial exhibit for the year was not up
to rccuiremeats-the pastor of the circuit
having only received about $500 on a salary OF
55zl The stewards Of the circuit will make
another effort to get up more. y man with a
family Of i've to support and everything to
buv Is not making a fortune preaching a
whole year and getting $500 for his services.
We hope the MethOdists of Franklin county
and others VIII see to il that the balance Of
S23j VIII be paid to the preacher, as they are
bound by a moral obligation to pay what
they have promised to a faithful pastor.
E--g County Nelcs: The people OF Early
county will pay this year for guanO $50,00G,
for meat $40 00O, for corn $4,000, for mules
and horses SO, ,O00-amOunting in all to the
sum Of $4,000. To pay this with cotton at
SD or cents, 10 VIII take about $500 bales.
With this amount to 90 out Of the county,
IedVia- The farmers with empty cribs. poor
stock and no mea. for another year, the pros
pee, indeed gloomy. Yet it Will be no worse
than has been for many years. With S25,
09u laii ont and kept here in our midst more
homemade fertilizers could be produced than
the $4,000 viii buy. More meat can be saved
with $4,000 than $4,000 will buy, while
mules can be raised nearly as cheap as cows,
ant corn can be produced for 40 or 50 cents
Per lL-lel.