Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-03
DoUGHERTY COUNTY ITEMS.
Condition of the Crops-Confessing to
Crimes that Were Not COmmitted-A
Surprised Coroner, etc.

Condition of the Crops-Confessing to
Crimes that Were Not COmmitted-A
Surprised Coroner, etc.
ALBANY, GA, July 31.-At the election
held here last night G. B WOOten received
a unanimous vote for the position of
Northumberland of the Seventh GeOr-
gia Battalion, which is composed of the
Lewis Light Infantry, of MOnteZuma. the
the Albany Guards. He will be Of
ficially notified Of his election on Satur-
day.
The Artesian City Base Ball Club won
a match game against the OglethOrpe
nine Tuesday, the score standing SO to 3.
They commenced a game with the Artes-
ians, of MonteZuma, the same day, but
owing to a misunderstanding with the
umpire they withdrew, the score being in
favor of MOntezuma, to l. The Rough
and Ready nine, OF this place, play two
other colOred clubs at Smithville on
Tuesday next.
John Mullen, who is, by the way, a
Savannah boy, claims the championship
as a walker among boys under Is years Of
age on distances of 10 miles or under.
Society matters have been rather dull
this week. A pleasant little dance took
place at the residence of Mrs. G. NJ. Clark
on Tuesday night. Last evening the So
cial Amusement Club gave a german at
the Barnes House. Mr.. W. r. Leakin, of
your city, paid us a flying visit this week.
He is very popular among the young peO-
pie here. Mr.. Asa F. Tiff, prominent
shipping and commission merchant of
Key Vest, is looking after his extensive
interests IN this city and section. He
leaves for the North next week.
Shares to the amount of $4,000 having
FOL in 10 T1a hn
National Investment Company promise
to put in the condenser and other
machinery at once. The building was
erected several months ago. There
being debts to the amount of $1,400
against the Southwest Georgia Indus
trial Association, call has been made
upon the stockholders for an additional
investment of 81 per share, after which
new stock will be issued Many owners
of stock prefer to donate their shares to
the city and propose that it be made into
public park. 1t is handsome plat of
land located on the banks of the Flint
river and embracing forty acres. A
beautiful drive leads along the edge of the
river through picturesque piece of wood
land. The grounds were greatly improved
a few years ago and several substantial
buildings as well as a half mile race track
modelled after the one at Jerome Park are
upon the grounds. With very little ex-
pense it can be made very attractive
park and an ornament to the city.
Mrs. X. j. Bacon, who has great talent
as an artist, and has a large art class
here, has been compelled, owing to her
falling eyesight, to close her school for a
season. She leaves next week to consult
an Atlanta Optician.
The light-fingered gentry still continue
to rake in the watches. Yesterday two
time pieces were stolen from the rack of
Mr.. l., LOen, French matchmaker. 1t is
thought by several here that pickpOckets
on the lines of railway chlOrOfOrm their
victims. Some nights since while a gen
tleman of this city was travelling on the
line of the Savannah, Florida and West
ern Railway, he dozed, but was wake
tuI enough to lnhale strong OdOr of
ether. He exclaimed: eff anyone at
tempts to chlOrofOrm me, | will shoot
him down." There was no response, but
the occupant of the seat directly back of
him left the train at the next station.
Two singular incidents recently occurring
in-this city may be numbered among the
curiosities of crime. A few days
since City Marshal WestbrOok was nOti-
fed that store in East Albany had been
burglarlzed. Early the next morning he
arrested two negro boys under suspicious
circumstances, who, upon being placed
in the guardhouse, confessed to having
entered and robbed the store the night
before. Shortly after their incarceration
it was learned that it had been a false
report and the store had not been robbed.
The boys had confessed to a crime that
had not been committed. Two negro
women ended a dispute about a man by
one OF them being struck in the head with
an ak and left for dead. The next morning
our energetic Coroner summoned jury
and proceeded to the house of the
murdered woman. They found
her with her head bound
up busily ironing clothes, and much sur
prised at the appearance of so many men.
A yerification of the proverbial solidity of
the average negro's Uranium.
A gentleman just returned from an eX-
tended trip through Worth, Irwin, Ber-
rien, Wilcox and Coffee counties states
that the crops are the finest ever known
in that section, and even the planters are
in fine spirits. When the farmers ac-
knowledge the corn land cotton the pros
poets of bountiful haryests must indeed
be promising. NJ.