Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-20


The News Round About Camilla
Told by a COrrssPOndent-Death from
Opium Eating at DOugIasyiIIe.
CEORGIA
new fire company has been organized at
Columbus.
At Atlanta Wednesday afternoon Major ]
J. " hite was released from the Fulton coun-
" jail Major Whites bond was $500.
At clayton II has rained every day but one
in twelve. The farmers are terribly uneasv
about their small grain, as the wheat IS now
riUe.
There is a hundred dollars reward offered
Tor the capture Of Homer Perry. a negro who
T. - charged wit1 rape In the county Of Newton.
ne Is urlght mulatto, fifteen or sixteen years
old. about i've feet six or seven inches high,
and weighs about one hundred and twenty
nve CT thirty five pounds.
In l8s0 Lr. ". v. Price nut uD a steam
mill ia Priugie. Washington county The
place has now Is families, 81 inhabitants,
store-' blacksmith shops, wood shop, !
steam gin, doctor. and a good weekly school
and a sunday school, nice church is being
built the place Is healthy and is located in a
mile and . half Of News bridge.
Hawkinsville correspondence NEWS. June
Is: Ira Brown. Of Wilcox county. met with
a bad accident June II. He went to step
upon tramrOad engine while in motion, and
lt ran over one Of his feet and mashed his toes
so badly that some Of them had 10 be ampu-
tated- We hear that Il will be some time be-
fore he VIII be able 20 be about again, as he is
getting along in years.
Columbus EBguirer-S Sltn: DR.. de Granenreid
came down from Waverly Hall, Harris cOun-
~, yesterday and reports two well developed
eases Of smallpox there. one Mrs. Coleman
and the other a child Of Mai. Camps. The
doctor SAYS that several others have been ex-
posed % the disease, and it is feared that IL
will spread. Dr. de Grafienreid returned to
WaverIy Hall yesterday afternoon for the
purpose Of treating the two cases now there.
Erin spOudence Griffin Nssrs. Things
E 4 tn tn fHrrr
mills have been az a standstill for five davs on
account OF high waters, and IL is still raining.
We have had regular september gale for the
last three days, and 10 ls playing the wild"
with our grain crops. too Only week or
ten days ago our neIghbgrhOOd had a very de
structiye haIl storm. which ruined several
cotton crops, and among them was that Of Mr..
J. p. Carr. ker. Of which send yOuta sample.
He j. plou ing IL up and planting it in corn.
Lumber City is on a boom. In every direc-
ti0u you can hear the ak and hammer
which are indications Of enterprise. Mat
Cook, that enterprising young merchant
young In wears but old in Experiences con-
sOlidating his forces here, and will add much
10 the Importance Of the place. The Mcleod
House has elegant sample rooms TO the hotel
for the convenience and comfort OF CONNER
Cial traveller Those who wish TO spend "A
few days in huutIng and fishing can find no
better place than Lumber City, except Cole
mans Lake in Emanuel county
Following are some Of the notable improve
ments finished within year or now in pro-
900; New n. T. kimball House, $780, 900; Bal
timOre Syndicates's Met. houses, $780, 600;
Peters park and Improvements, Sl,0o0.000
Constitution building. 100000: Gate CITY
Bank building. 100000; Chamber OF Com
merce $4,000; Fitten building. $4,000: Jack
son building. $4,000; James Bank building
changes. $4,000; Austell building, on Deca-
tur, S2j ZOO; Peachtrec street residences. $780,
600; Washington street residences. 500, 600;
Atlanta Land and improvement Company,
$4,000.
Hon. Henry r. Harris, Commissioner for the
Fourth Congressional District. has made the
following appointments in the counties OF said
district 10 aid in having that section fairly
represented at the the New Orleans Cotton
Exposition: For Carroll. W. X. Russell. of
CaTrOlltOn; for ChattahOochee, W. W. Shipp,
-Ir.. Of Cusscta: for COweta, Z. W. Martin, of
Newman; for Harris, James NJ. Mobley, Of
Hamilton; for Heard. j. '. Daniel, OF Frank
lin; for Marion, F. W. Butt, Of Buena Vista;
for Meriwether. W. Reeves, Of GTeenVille;
for MUscogee, DIR. J. NJ. Bussey, OF Columbus;
for Talbot, ". T.. MumfOrd. of TalbOttOn; FOR
Taylor. K. W. MontfOrt, OF Butler; for TTOup,
s. II. Fanniu, Of LaGrange.
DOuglasville Star: There has just died at
she county p0orhouse, an old lady who was
confirmed opium eater OF ten or twelve years
standing. Mrs. RhOda Tate was born IN South
Carolina and was 60 years OF age at the time
OF her death. Being a great sufferer from
rheumatism, she was put on laudanum by her
physician. aud as the disease continued she
was obliged 10 increase the dose Of laudanum
TO alleviate her suneriuEs. Finally she was
meuce the use OF the gum opium. on account
OF ifs being cheaper. anu at the time 81 hor
death the dOse had increased TO such AN cx-
tent that she could take enough of the drug
IN one day To Kill ten men. II was an utter
impossibiiity to quit the use Of the opium. ami
at the same time 10 was the same to her as
living death. and finally she could no longer
aake ID. and then death stepped in and merci-
gully ended her sunerings.
Camilla correspondent NEWS, 18th: Re-
Gently abundant rains have fallen over the
country generally, but the seven weeks
drought gave corn such a set back that. with
ali the recent rains it is small. The oat crop
mas been harves ted aud yielded well. The
nights are rather cool for cotton. The long
drought here caused many melon patches to
be faiIures.-Rev. Mr.. GOrdrOOm delivered a
temperance lecture ON the evening Of the l4th,
and formed a temperance sOciety--Rev. G. :.
johnson has returned from White sulphur
Springs Fla. improved in health.-TWO car
goads uf melons were shipped from this point
20 Atlanta on the l6th.-OUr people rejoice IN
,yOur advocacy OF Senator Bayard, the grand
est public Taau in America. but fear the SEN
sitive North viii gaise the question Of loyalty.
Mrs. W. II. Culpeppers remains reached
here Yesterday from Milledgeville on the
O'Clock train. and were inferred in the new
cemetery.