Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-30
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
,.,-rsOF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
,.rws OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.
-4.-f,I Lulu's Return and what She 4
-. of Her Experience before the
r,erIIghfs-How Negro was Scared
-, f1 EIbert-Laurens COuHty's Tax
Returns.
GEORGIA.
r--s-.1 county has s3,43z in its treasury.
r..ss5u c0uuty'= rauper farm has nine in
m. Teachers Institute, at Dalton closed
-s week.
Methodist church is soon to be built at
HaAt1u-
E. Art1pe Is at work on the Episcop"l
church. at Gainesville.
court has been ia session 90 Lafayette,
walker county, tlis week
The drought has been quite severe 10 Whit
~ furug The twn weeks past
Gentleman iu DE.rJL1rue county make 800 i
. - ar peach brandy This summer
Abs Etrrmar. y, ila sf Mr.. Green W. Bate i
.--. 5l Pulaski county. died Friday, Aug p. /
r. Macon '~81rt-man's Association chal- /
r---.- the Brunswick team for match At |
e. Campbell. J.. W. Br0san and J.. n. /
rs--.r. three ul p4Ws0u's most prominent |
-,-.u- lleI N1udas.
,r--. Owens. widow of tie lafe Tapley B. |
0a .riat her home on Cedar creek. in |
pr --r county Aug 20
H.r Nicholas Bawlins, of Dodge county, /
carried .l. fr-t bale Of new cotton this sea- /
.r.. Cochran and sold it for ia cents per /
r.
b r. House died near Homer. TuesdaS |
morning Il-t. oI ceTebr1--pindl meningitis. |
.r.r.- Hines, Of something over sixty hours !
Duration.
t0.ar --1 1pupHs are attending the public
-.H...- Iu Et-Emau-5U whites and lsu ne -roe5.
h. imam there are about as many whites
* Jacks between g and Is years of age.
B.. Interesting revival ls in progress aL the
Crawford Baptist hurch. conducted by tevs;
r.-ln, Cheney and Farmer lt commenced
FrfIv. and gives promise of good results
N.er Harper. one 90 EIhcrt'S leading Young
farmers. reports Che crop prospects as excel
..a. HUt uo better rhau year before last. The !
-a-r Hoods that visited Oconce missed
IS. Dorsey. OF Athens. has n small leather
.r- TlTf has been handed down lu ms |
f H ta the eldest son, for nine generations
u..E says that lt I5 between 20 and 200 ]
e..r-ut
Off. Board Of Trustees Of the south Georgia !
t-r.uIrUraI College have elected Professor |
Stevens, Of Smithyillc, to the position |
matte vacant uy the promotion Of Professor !
N.-"llu.
Athens E4aper. FIock= of black martens
r.-. seen living around Wednesday prepara- I
--.- lu-. -H. and their lingering this late is
I.reI q sure prediction Of late fan.
u- Hampton. OF Athens, has a litter of /
e-Ht setter puppies tuat arc probably the
e-.-r bio Ieu CIuiues I'm the SOUTH SlN thou
-.#Hu.Lars was refused for a half brother Of
-...rHtr that belonged To "a gentleman In
V.aHf-. while ON the mothers side the breed I
...lIIv as famous. They are said to be
Hr#.ra-. and several are pure white.
ru.-Ely night as the tOrchlight and candle
procession moved down Market street. up
f..a-tru. 40 BarncsvIIle, Henderson Ken
..- walked ont ON the platform I'm front of
a.f lie stepped too far and fell down on
HE Hr.eb pavement below, about - feet,
r.-lfIr- himself severely. if not fatally.
tH Gainesville ON Monday evening W Ill
e.4.. shear. the IJ-year-oid son Of Mrs. p. L.
lt...r--H.Hr. together with other boys. WAS
-..-.rr about tIe ShluElf factory IN New
T--r and his vest was caught lu the .yolv-
#- i. lt. drawing his body along. All the
...-H.rr was torn from him. one side of his
person iearfuiIv maug-cur and his right leg
broken above the knee.
v.rr-- Pollock died at the home Of his som
r--fIw SIR. William tulpepper. IN Wilcox
..rr. U.s.. ou Wednesday, Aug. 20, aged - years
a-. weeks The remains were buried at the
a.l ramI.v burial ground on the place Of d.
e. Eeudiev. iu Pulaski county, ON Aug. y.
N-. Pollock was one of the tHu oldest men ln
Pr.askI county and was one Of the original
settlers OF Houston county.
Athens EfnHsr: During the COlquitt-NOr-
-ra .u campaign "a negro politician from Ath-
r-- vent over % Llbert county 10 organize
rr. hacks for CoIJuItt. SJmeOf the Norwood
r1.u took TIRE fellow aside and informed HIM
that there was tribe of Wild Indians living
F- Goshen district that maCc their meals ON
srrauge darkeys, ard that ~ NE dldnt shake
-.. ,.u-r oF OId ErI1rt from his hOOfs before
mail he would be lrOilIug on one Of their
,us lie left at double quick.
r. nv boxes Of Houston county as re-
r. rr the jEFy t-i,s i ~
usUe--l5i lt ~ -,J, r-ize,i rvart i,lr,-
--.7-e r-. -emes, against l1s before the
-...,. - -J..-.-,--.. ~ 53- Ahe traverse box
contains sI2 names. 1r,',- 4,.-,... -
,---. 5- -La irrv, I,-,az 'jpes not Indicate a
H..-es-e ir tbe citiIeushI u oI the county.
The revision was thorough, a. % 80 '' - "
glriauce with the law.
one of the most important ml 'Fler e.i7es
tat has been tried Iu Georgia for A1lADeL l,l
ulyrar- comes OF in Banks next court. @ @A"SLt
hardly man I'm the county who he y nv nv
l-aui the evidence given under oath N. ~
Was large crowd go the coroner S inquest
still Ilr-rT crowd at the committing trial. and q
MARTY every man Iu the county at the Il
tra. fore the superior Court last March, \
when mI-JrIai was made. Mr.. Nelms, the
man tu te tried. thinks the case will be carried i
t0 another county for trial.
Tie following Is the consolidated returns /
taseH TO. mn the tax digest of Laurens county
i1r s-f. Value Of land, St54llI; town prop |
cr.r, 1896, money ami solvent debts. $780, 1
--t- merchandise. Szg.uIg; household and i
lt.EnLLLlft- silver plate NEpIrT.
""l'.r-- ctc.t Sa,tzz' horses, mules cattle, |
Sheep. hogs. etc. S2JS.lI4. plantation and /
M,. aulcal too.s. law or library books, pic /
tar. etc, Slu2 O5l, cotton corn, ct =. held for
s4. lUril j, $3.50; AN other properly. $50 527 |
-a--rcEate value of whole property. 81 .233.- /
81. Increase Iu value, S2a,757. Number white /
!. IS. 1858; coloret votes, 62i-tOtal number |
polls. I.~5g. increase iu number of polls, -. i
ARTIST. l. lawyers, Z; doctors, H.
Columbus Times: \ meeting of tie BARRIERS 1
ar Or. city was held az the shop of sandy |
Alexander. ON upper Broad street. the other I
I.-l. .aF lbe purpose oI general consultation.
Ilg employees claim that the WAGES now paid 1
are rHl sufficient 20 support them and their 1
laul.e-- ON the other hand the proprietors 1
gl OBJ. shops of the city say the business viii |
bot warrant any increase OF wages. After 1
genera. discussion it was mutually agreed TO |
aIau; The check system atler Oct ], allowing /
el.. barber half the receipts of his chair. |
This viii force the cash sv-tcm and cut on all /
%. 'utl S customers, aud, DC Is thought, be mU- !
tU. .E HtUeucl-I 70 all parties concerned. It 1
Is tae s. stem used IN all the nelghboring |
cities.
l lAuanta Thursday, Anna Wilkinson, the |
negro woman who poisoned her husband |
aauar two weeks ago, was given preliminary
Trial. Evidence lu the case was gwen by a /
Al.t dozen witnesses. anu " as OF such char
attcr aS tO lN tre crime upon the woman.
Her statement was very conflicting one, /
and was q INK i'm the chain of evidence EaIust /
her. Judge Butts deemed tue evidence sufd- |
cIgut ts hold the prisoner. and IN default Of /
$500 dollar bond she was sent 20 JAM. VII |
anu rlClslllS ItLltht
lhlr Ie HFuI recover. Concerning the case /
one UI Atlauta's most prominent physicians /
s1.4 fIat WiikIusou's life would not be safe i
Tor sc least SIX months. He evidently sWal- |
luUtt enough poison TO Kill regiment of men /
aut bus living To-day is due TO the great Quan- /
u,y. which induced quick vomiting. The |
physician says that the poison may Kill him at /
almost auy time until his system has under !
gone au entire change.
Rome CosF-Fr; Gcorgia's wonderful Lulu, |
Who has been elCctrIlyIug the North and East |
With her strange powers. has returned to her /
home near CelartOWu. accompanied by her |
lotLer and mother. As they passed through |
Chattanooga Monday night Miss Lulu was IN |
terr.ewed by reporter. The t0l-
lowing I- am extract from the interview: did /
Your power ever fail while YOU We're giving |
exhibitions" ''No, sir, think it has grown
stronger ] discovered this in Washington /
one night when sent a senator weighing go
pounds rolling under piano 20 feet from
Where was standing. such "a time jas l have
iut. All the high officials IN Washington
wished 10 test my power. They
Thought the dignity of their positions
would lend them strength but theIr scheme
Uld MT work. No. there are 10 grounds for
the statement that have married Mr.. Atkin-
son. such DE- not the case. do not know /
love him. she added, tuckng her head and
raising her large black ewes with cOuuet-
Ting glance at the scribe. Mir. Atkinson was
standing near. and confirmed Miss Iulu's
statement "liOw much money did YOU make
on your t0urs' About S4O.0JU. including eN-
lru-e-. i expect more profitable tour this
winter ] shall travel under the manage
r -ui ol Mr. Charles ErOhman. owner of tho