Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-03


Pensacola by the Largest Majority on
Record.
GEORGIA.
AIrs. W. p. Woodall, Of Gainesville, is dead.
0lrs. ID. W. surls was buried at Lumpkin
sunday.
Capt Whitesides. Of the Columbus Guards,
has resigned.
The walls OF the new court house at Gaines
vile were finished Saturday
W. Langdon, long time resident Of
Columbus, was buried Monday.
Daniel Tracey. an aged negro carpenter,
dropped dead IN Macon Tuesday.
The Governor has reapponted the Bank Of
the University a State Depository
JIG Is probable that the national holiness
camp ground VIII DE located at Mliledgeyille.
Judge GIlham, Of Lexington, issued l5j
marriage licenses last year, 10I blacks and "a
whites.
With the exception Of about S2,7Oo all the
Wesleyan Female College bonds have been
placed.
The aggregate amount OF interest and divi-
dends paid IN one year by Macon banks IS
100000.
The Columbus Catholic fair. which closed
Saturday night, netted the church between
$l,59J and 500.
Mayor Grimes, Of Columbus. has been pre-
sented with gold headed cane by the COlum-
bus police force.
Athens Will next spring celebrate the for
NAL opening OF her water works by mardl
gras and hremen's contest.
The Macon Academy Of Music bonds have
been negotiated, and the work VIII now be
rapidly pushed 10 completion.
Two negresses. aged respectively y and -
years, are under arrest at Columbus %, a re-
suit OF many months OF petty theTery.
on the llth the Hancock Nanguards of
sparta VIII have prize Qrill, and there Will
also be festival given on the occasion.
Monday night burglar entered George
Iuheld S residence. on Pryor street. ATTAIN
Ia, and stole handsome gold watch and
purse containing $40 iu gold.
post Office has been re-cstablshed at Ira
WIS, Habersham county. John w seymour
hus been commissioned Postmaster at DOwdy.
late D0uday, Madison county.
There were three deaths i'm Milledgeyille
saturday: Mrs. Palmer. whose remains were
taken 70 Gordon; Eli Davis. who was buried
on sunday, and Gus Mitchell. cOlored.
The fence and 10 fence men of Oglethorpe
county Will have q meeting az the court house
on Tuesday next TO devise some means TO
settle the fence question Both parties have
plans that are uOwise alike.
John W. Miller died at Gainesville recently.
Dir. Miller located there nine wears ago, going
from Newbcrry. s. c., where his father and
mother stili reside lie has TO children, but
leaves "a wife.
The State and comfy tax ln Wilkes county
this year was Sll.4l0. All of this has been coll
lected except S653. One year every dollar of
the tax was collected. except 81, aud William
own pocket. so as TO clear MP the books
George 8. Wells was elected Mayor of PEN
sacOla Monday by Che largest majority ever
p0lled in the city. the ballots bearing his name
constituting about tWo-thlrds Of all that were
cast. The balance of the Wells ticket was
elected by maj0rties ranging from 400 to 800.
MnedEevllc was visited by a man on
Friday who had Travelled In "a wagon from
Or1ugeburg. $. c.. who had nothing to sell
but dogs and puppies. lie hadone hound and
litter of pups IN basket swung under the
wagon. He demanded - 80 apiece for the
hound puppies.
Gov. Mcdaniel has pardoned COruet the
deaf mute, who was induced TO plead guilty
at Atlanta TO involuntary manslaughter. in
killing hiS WIFE IL develOpes that the woman's
injuries were the result OF q fan while intONi-
Gated, and that her husband was innocent Of
aay crime.
Henry Hunter, colorcd. of Odethorpe
county. had q cnild burned to death last Fri
day evening. The mother OF the child went
visiting and left several small children in the
house around the fire. When She returned
she found one of them burned so badly that
all its skin pealed of. 1t lived only ten hours.
Charles Hall, negro, had his right arm
crushed on by freight car on Tuesday, on
the Central track. near the Atlantis ice mill.
Hall was walking at the side of the track upon
which train was moving at the time and,
slipping. fell with his arm under the wheels.
The limb was crushed nearly OF just below
the elbow.
Two or three days ago while young man
named EeEIcil, Jcrc Long anu negro boy
were out hunting near Hatchtchubbee, the
boy was accidentally shot by Long. His scalp
was shot on and q considerable portion OF his
brain o0zed ont. Strange TO saw the negro ia
still alive and Is perfectly conscious. yet it
would be almost a miracle If he ever recOv-
ers.
Guy Remsen, who lived with his brother
T. H. Remsen. of Lincoln county, was sn Sc
Verely burned Thursday morning that he died
Friday. lie was suffering from fit when ne
Ieli i'm the fire, and before he was discovered
.rHH- N.a g. N.H De-.
most of the body was a mass of Inflammation.
He must have inhaled the flame. as he suf-
fered very little and died quietly and without
pain.
The Washington gazette says: There is a
man In this community upwards of seventy
years OF age, who lives within mile of where
he was born. has never ridden on railroad
car. has never been over ninety miles from
home i'm his life and was never in a larger
town than Washington. lie is a man of
means. worth several thousand dollars. and
says he has been as happy as If ne had trav-
eIed over the world
The Athens B1uaer saws: There are now
in Jail a negro woman with two children. one
Of them an infant The mother has been SEN
reuced To the county chain gang for an assault
and battery. Then the officer arrested her
She was in field at work, with her children
near her and he had to leave them there cry
ing for their mother. She has no husband or
friends. Re think this good case for eNecu-
rive interference"
The Columbus Times says: Judge Brooks
books show that the total number of marriage
licenses issued during the past year Is 2iS
The number issued during the different
months is given: January 81. February %.
March q. April 4. May %. June l3 July 20.
August u, september 20. october q, NOvem-
ber 2j. December %. From TINS IL VIII be
seen that January and December the two
extremes are the favorite months with
lovers. while August, June and April are yet
In their teens"
AtFairburn the knights Of Honor at their
last meeting elected the following officers:
Dictator, j. II. LOnginO; ice Dictator. James
A. Thompson; Assistant Dictator. L. NJ. West
brook: Reporter. James d. Goodman; Flnan-
cial Rep0rter, John Z. Goodman; Treasurer,
j. T. stephens; Chaplain, W. \. McCurrv;
Guide I. J Mckoun; Guardian, W j Greene;
sentinel. W. J. James, Medical Examiner,
DR. J. +. Jones: Delegate to Grand Lodge. w.
} Greene II. NJ. Reid passes TO the Past
Dictator's char.
The S0utbr0H says: "An injunction prayed
for bv citizens of Gainesville against the mis-
appropriation of city bonds has been granted
bvJudge Hammond, Of the Atlanta Superior
Court. Judge Estes being disqualified. Judge
George y. Lester Is the attorney of the peti-
TONERS. 1t is likely the policy Of ''saw wood
and saw nothing pursued by the shut-mouth
managers Of these bonds VIII eud by relieving
them Of the lockiaw. III not in making il nee
essarv for them % talk right smart To their
neighb0rs upon the subject for some time To
come"
CHE Constitution says: THE United states
1sh distributing depot, recently established at
38 Wall street. in charge Of r. l.. D0nnelly.
has closed for the season. and viii not open
AGAIN until next tatl or winter. 1t was eN-
pected that the supply Of carp and otherfish to
ba distributed from this point over the south
Atlantic states would keep the agent engaged
mere until February. but recent adYiccs from
Washington state that the supply Is short. and
1nauv of the apnlieduts viii not receive their
.ruor9 until mex season. [ nder the circum-
stances there is uOthiug TO be done but 10 close
rhe Atlanta fish station, and Mr.. DOnuelly
mas received instructions TO return TO Wash
iugtOn.
Yesterdays telegraph and NesseHg@r printed
the following: % ! esteTday afternoon q negro
rprortpd 10 OiHccr Daniels that a cave had
beeu discovered in East Macon, and 1t is sup
posed to contain two negroes who committed
4 murder I'M Cochran a short while ago. In
ror9lsanv with Olicers Murphy and Fenueil
the spot was visited. and "a few hundred yards
above the pond on the Central Railroad. in
Fast Macon. cave was found. The en-
bankmeut was very high, and IN it-was an
aperture large enough to admit a man by
crawling on hands and feet. 4 peep into il
discovered q room about slN feet square. It
bsd fhe appearc nee. from the tracks. of hav-
ing been very recently occupied. and it is pos
sible that it was occupied the night before.
The existence of cave ia the emhaukment
yrouId never be expected from the external
.ayDea~ -nces. and we presume lis discovery
was the result Of some accident"
The Brunswick 4pps1l says: about dusk
last Tuesday evening pedestrians ON New
casfIe street we're startled by the report OF
,,istoI and rush of a crowd out of Mr.. Clio
srauerss store As the crowd reached the
sfreet oliver Bugg. cOl0red. stated that he had
heeu shot BIZ "a white man. Ihls remark was
heard bv Atweu BrsXt0n, also cOloTed, who
was passing on his usual rounds lighting the
CITY lamps Without waiting 10 ascertain
the facts of the case. BraXtOn rallied the col
ored ucoDle around him and at once COnsti-
futed himself and mob into court of Judge