Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-28
GEORGIA.

GreenTIlle Is excited on the mad dog ques-
tiOu.
A white sparrow has been killed near Da
lOnega.
Robins are piping their roundelays at Lex
ingtOn.
-Four large beavers were recently caught
near Wrightsvile.
The expediency Of starting q bank is undel
consideration at Palmetto.
II is FumOTed that one Of the cotton facto-
ries at Roswell Will shut down.
Col. George Schafer has been reelected
Mayor Of Hampton by 50 majority.
A public meeting iu the interest Of free
library for Bruu-wlck. VIII be held tonight
ia that city.
The gross proceeds Of goods manufactured
i'm the corporate limits uf Palmetto amount
20 over $3.50 per day.
There is Q meal war now raging IN Athens
and one house has put down the price TO 6l
cents per bu5bel. We hope it viii last all the
summer
Hal Lowe. Of Nioutczuma. who fell and
struck his head against door in that place
sometime ago, died Wednesday from the in
jury inflicted.
A rival to Lula Hurst. the Cedartown mes
mcrist, Is reported in Dawson She moves
chairs, tables, etc, at viii by merely touch
ing the tips of her iagers to the object.
II. &. B0stwick and J. W. Drury, Of Bruus-
wick, were among those who had to flee for
their lives at tine recent burning OF the mon
ster hotel at Las Vegas New Mexico.
party of revenue men have been raidiug
through Rabun county. some OF whom spent
Thursday night 40 Tallulah. They captured
four illicit distilieries near Clayton. and one
person wounded
The Rome express on the Western and At
lantc Railroad ran OF the track between
AcwOrih and CartcravIlle Saturday morning
at 10 o'clock, and the road was blocked all
day. No one was hurt.
Uncle Jimmie Lloyd. Of Troup county, has
been "a member of the Long Cane Presbyte-
riau Church for ifty-two years. He estimates
that iu going 20 and from he has ia that pc
rod Travelled over 1900 miles.
Hawkins McNath, child about u years
old. living near this place. was kicked under
the right eye by "a horse, Friday, and very se-
riOusly hurt. The physician ln charge of the
case thinks it probable the eye will De lost.
The Summeryille Gdzette SAYS that Jonn
Echols and Miss Maggie WOOteu, both OF
DirttOwn Valley. were married several
months ago. aud for some reason chose to
keep the affair secret till week or so ago.
DR.. L. II. Pendleton, q well known citizen
of Atlanta. died Saturday morning OF pneu-
m0nia at his residence, 3l6 Whitehall street.
DR.. PendletOn was sick only about week.
although he had been IN feeble health for
some time.
Three little children reached Nicholson
Wednesday. from Arkansas. to be adopted by
their grandmother. Mrs. Potts. Their father
had killed two men and absc0nded, and their
mother had committed suicide on account OF
the fathers conduct.
negro child on j. X. Scott's place, IN
CoWeta county, was burned TO death few
days ago. Ii is the same old story of careless
neglect. the mother having gone 60 q spring
after water. leaving her baby IN charge OF u
small child, who let 1T get into the fire.
The Mcmillan boys who killed John Toln-
son near Miledgevllic q Few weeks ago,
pleaded guilty. and have gone 90 the peuiteu-
tiary for life. Monday might the murdered
mans widow died, leaving six small children,
one OF whom was only SIN hours old at the
time of the mothers death.
Tie Mayor OF Athens and Capt. Bradeen
are at LithOnia trying to purchase "a rock
quarry for the city. Mayor Dorsey thinks he
can yet enough rock FOR 5000 TO last the city
fifty years. This rock viii be gotten out and
shipped 10 Athens and dressed there, which
viii make DO cost about cents @ foot.
James n. Warren, Of Atlanta. VIII De =
wears old Iu q few months, but has Just finish
ed q cane which is worth seeing. IL Is COM
posed Of $50 pieces, glued together. put ON a
rod which Is 3 feet long, the cane containing
thirteen varieties of wood representing the
thirteen old States. The head is made of
Fulton county walnut.
The MeriweJher IfudicIt0r Of Friday saws:
.Mr. r. NJ. Ledbetter states that he saw a
large meteor one night last week that eX-
plo8ed with three separate and distinct re-
ports, there being Intervals of several seconds
between each report Mr. l.edbctter repre-
seuts the spectacle as graudly beautiful and
alarming. He said when the first explosion
occurred he thought the final end OF all things
had come
L.. =. Newman forced the names Of sev-
eral well known citizens of Waco. ON "a batch
of promissOrv notes and then went to Atlanta
and secured $1,000 worth 0i goods ON the
the strength of the notes and representations
that he was about to open a store ina the town
named. lie shipped the goods to Waco and
after selling most of them fled. He has
just been captured at Birmingham, Ala. and
taken back TO Atlanta.
At Augusta the Board oc Education at "a
special meeting held Saturday adopted res
olutiOn that. having learned that 10 Is the
wish of number of the people OF
Richmond county to have tine act cre-
atlug the Board amended as On
provide chat the tax assessed by the Board
shall be submitted tO the grand jury at The
spring term superior Court Tor approval
before III is levied, the Board pledges Its sup
port to an amendment of said act which shall
have such object i'm view. and viii Join ia any
proper effort 10 secure the passage OF the same
by the Legislature.
The Pauiding Era says: ''There was q light
interesting case before Esquire ". 4. !. Lee
last saturday. which occupied several hours
of the time of the court. Tt was a case OF ma
hcIous mischief. y few days ago Mr.. Mike
Wnkle an employe OF the East Tennessee.
Virginia and Georgia Railroad, shot and
killed near the copper mines, few miles
below town. one OF Mr.. j. J. McMicEeu'
dogs. AIr. NcMIckcn swOrc out warrant
agaist MIR Wrinkle and had him arrested. In
his affidavit Air. McMickeu valued his dog at
500. Mr.. Wlnklc claimed that the dog was
attempting TO bite him when he shot him. He
was bound over in a bond of S15 which was
promptly made, and the case goes TO the Supe-
riur Court So
The following sad item comes from the
Ameucus ReDGJ7ic0R: AS is Wen known in
this community. Miss Belle Galloway, daugh-
ter Of Mr.. Merreil Galloway. has been suffer
ing from a tumOr on her left arm, caused by q
fdll, for the last Is months. Friday afternoon
Drs. Hawkins. Fort, Eldrdge and HardWick,
of this place. and DR. Matteau, Of Macon, re-
paired 10 Mr.. Callaw3y's residence, and af-
ter administering chlOrOfOrm. Dr.. Matteau,
aided by the above named physicians, pro-
ceaded 10 amputate the arm. above what the
doctors call the upper third. and not Iar be-
low the shoulder. She bore the operation well.
readily rallied from the effects of the Ch!oro-
form. and We are glad to say Is doing better
than might reasonably have been expected
The Pauiding Err saws: Mis- Alice Bull
lock. daughter of our clever t0wnsman. Mr..
y. 7. Bullock. sunday night made her escape
through a window, and boarding the north
O0uuo train. bade farewell 90 home and
friends. It Is reported that Miss Alice met
Charlie Wells i'm Rome and that thev were
few people in this vicinity. For several
months he was clerk in q bGrrOom here.
ellis claims DanViie. a. as ms home and
previous TO hls entering the bar business was
am elnplOye on the railroad. While in ouI
town he was often IN the company OF Miss
Bullock. IL was q complete surprise to oul
people when they became aware of the fact
That Miss Bullock had disappeared from
home"
The Summervillc Ggsette says: There
was some excitement iu town last Nednes-
day and Thursday. Aleck Hinton found let
ter on the n00r of the post office directed
Proprietor Hotel. Summcrvlile. Ca signed
by James =. 7 0unS, saying that he had pass
ed through Summervllle IN 1854 with Sher-
mans army. and. being weighed down viii
stolen gold buried it under the hotel: that
circumstances had prevented his returning
for lt. and now he Iav dying in Chicago.
lobe entered into the spirit of the joke
spot indicated. came out with an air OF mys-
terry, and proleS~ed To have found "A box con-
tanning Sauour IN gold. No doubt tine letter
was written by some mischieyOus young mar
IN town merely TO make STIR
The Wrlghtsville Recorder saws: ..'There i.
not lady in the state. more thoroughly do
lucstlc3ted- or has q more complete Iouduess
Tor remaining at home. than certain young
man who resides IN W rlghtss lile. lie Is about
tWentY-MFe years Of age anQ is living witt
his parents, whose residence Is nearly I'm tn,
centre Of fhe town. His f0udness Tor home
cannot be eQualed; and for months
be Is never seen upon the streets. HI
always refuses to attend amy OF tine enter
tainments. bHt whenever any young lady @
gentleman visits his fathers family he neve
fails to put in his appearance. and alway
makes himself very pleasant ana aSreeabie
We have 10 recollection OF having seen mn
on the streets i'm nearly six months. lie Is on
of the incest and most moral Young men W
have ever met, and ii Is remarkably strang
that he should so persistently continue 10 her
mitize himself from his friends and society.
The Cartersviile Free Press SAYS, Mr.. Ki
DOdd. an old and popular citizen of on
county, Is the pOssessor Of an old relic in IN
shape of twO-bladet pocket knife yhougl
one Of the blades ami part OF the handle ar
missing. This knife has history. 1t wa
made by A. X COllester, in this cOuutv-mad
Of Barlow iron and 5teel-In lS62. f0r Mr.
Dodd. In 1866 the knife was lost sc
E1Tn shucking, and its Whereabouts wa
Tsla