Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-16

A Living Skeleton Near LenO and
sbivering Individual in the Same
Region.
GEORGIA.
Dahlonega= Jail is empty.
The Gainesville Eagle Is to be enlarged.
The belled buzzard has reached Alabama.
W. r. Allen, Ordinary Of Pickens county, is
dead.
Burglars have made their presence felt at
Dekalb.
A mad hog has just been dispatched at
Hamilton.
The wheat crop in Butts county was not in
Jured by the recent freezes.
Charles Adams. Of Dalton has two feather
beds each Of which Is over 100 years old
At MiIledgeville q Young negro has hOisted
sign announcing himself as a physician
Bishop Pierce viii preach iu Harlem to-
morrow morning and night.
The Methodi-ts of Eustis have recently de
dicated very handsome little chapel.
One of the mines near Dahionega cleared
over eigthy-dye thousand dollars last year.
negro at Maysville was killed while
cleaning out . well by the bucket falling on
At CuthJert it is reported that the unusual
cold Of the present winter has killed all the
WecvIls.
Chief Connolly ef the Atlanta police, be-
IIeves that he viii soon have shores, the fugi-
tive ulgami5t. in his clutches.
Luke Monroe, an old cOlOred man who lived
near Roswell In Cobb county. died a few days
ago 40 the advanced age Of lOJ years.
Taylor cOunty's old Jail building was pur-
chased by j. I. Hartley last Tuesday, and Is
now being torn down and removed.
Charles Haynie, Of Covington, viii probably
erect a large brick store house on the spot
where hls Old one was burned down.
Recent improvements have made the Cow
lustOn ERterDrise as good purveyOr of local
news as any one could wish 10 read
David Bawman's dead body has been found
living IN a road iu Houston county. He was Il
negro, and had been shot. The rest Is mys-
terry.
John q. Borgeran, of Girsrd, Burke county.
who felI from a ScahOlding IN that village
three weeks ago. died Of his injuries a day or
two ago.
The law firm Of Lang Everett. of Haw-
kinsville, has been dissolved, {. II. Everett
having sold his interest in the business to
samuel Lang.
The Methodist preacher at Bainbridge gets
a salary of $500. The Presbyterian minister.
who serves that church twice "a month, viii
DE paid ABOUT 500.
The evidence in the Waynesboro Mayoral-
" contest has all been taken. and Judge
Roney Will probably soon have the matter be
fore him for decision.
At LavreuceviIle. Larkin smith and John
w dte qudrrelled over trivial matter and
Smith shot Wade i'm the hip with revolver.
The wound is not mortal.
Thomas Rice was bound over To- the Lump
kin superior Court saturday for cruelty to
ms culiU. lI Is the ur-t case OF the KIND tldL
has ever occurred IN the county.
Mrs. James A. Hills corn cribs and stable.
together with q mare and colt. were burned
iu the sixth district of DoOly county night
OF two ago. lucendIarlsm is suspected.
One of the presents received 10y Bishop
Pierce was a napkin ring made of wood from
the Mount of Olives. near Jerusalem. ii
came from good brother In Arkansas.
Col. f. 4. Parker, editor and publisher of
the Pike G0uHtU Nelcs' surprised his friends a
obi 0fn TI1 Ffa ID Ifnf
ms associate editor, at O'Clock M the morning.
jackson DeIoach. of Statesboro, who Is in
his s9th year. took three DAYS hunt last week
and killed one of the largest deer that has
been killed In Bull0ch county in many years.
The Athens BIHnsy. saws that Uncle Calvin
has married Pa couples. Rev. y. @. Gibson
has united 2ll couples iu matrimOny, while an
ola minister in Floyd county has made over
llOU couples happy.
NJ G.. Cabaniss has severed his connection
with the COlcetH AdeertiSer. and Rev. w. W..
WJd-worth, pastor of the Methodist Church.
adds the responsibility of MS business man
agement TO his editorial and ministerial duties.
Rev. a.. T.. Hall, Of Dawson county. lost on
saturday morning last q watch and about
twenty-five or thirty dollars m money. A ne
gro hand mt work for the pastor enriched
himself Ca the extent of the articles men
toned.
Twenty five feet of piping has been driven
al the artesian Well at WaynesbOr0 since
work has been resumed. ms makes TIE
depth $40 feet. The men are now through the
quick sand, and are working IN close, line
sticky rej clay.
Howard Buuts. a well known colored man
of Albany, Is firmly of the opinion that he
has been cured of an aggravated case of bald
head of fifteen wears standing by bathing
ms Uranium IN the Lmpid waters Of Albany 5
8rte-iau Well
The ease of the state versus 4. II. Graham.
cN-TaN Collector of Telfair county. which has
been in the courts many wears. has been set
tied. Mr.. Graham paying. 10 is understood,
red Nf q N &
claimed he had received and never turned in
The Columbus iremen have decided TO in
yIte the departments at Atlanta, Troy. Ala.
Union springs. Ala, Eufaula, Ala, Dade-
Vile, Ala, Montgomery, Ala, Hamilton,
ga. Macon. Ca, Griffin Ca. and Albany.
Ga- TO De present at their annual parade IN
May.
The Piedmont Press of GaineviHe saws:
lone million dollars would build navigablc
canal between our city and Atlanta. and ON
ITS shores would be built hundreds Of factO-
ries. II We live twenty years more we con-
hdcutly expect To see this great scheme carried
out
At Rome the Ordinary has decided that the
mother is entitled To the possession of her
child. as against samuel EchOls. the Mormon.
whose return from Utah for the purpose of
obtaining possession of the little one has al
ready been the subject OF mention lu the
NEWS.
John d. Summerford of DooIy county. met
with serious loss, financially, one night last
week He had 5000 I'M trunk i'm his house,
and an unknown thief effected an entrance.
stole the trunk, and carrying ~ a short dls-
tauce broke IL open and took from IL the
money. and escaped.
Gen. L. A. Evans, of Augusta, left for
Washington yesterday to place the claims of
Augusta and the country adjoining the SaVan-
nah river. for the Improvement of that stream,
before Congress. lie goes as the official rep
resentatiyc of the Augusta Council and the
Cotton Exchange.
DrJ w. ". Drake. who killed John \.
Scarborough at Clapp's factory, Columbus,
Tuesday. had not been arreSted al last accounts
His whereabouts rs not generally known. but
10 is said that he Is IN communication with
ms friends, and does not contemplate leaving
the country, but viii be ready To stand his
trial.
Prof Scomp. % Emory College. recently de
Gvered au address I'M toVlngton aud Is cred
tted with saving ''there were influences i'm
Covington at work which would not hesitate
lu ANYTHING To pull down the young men of
Emory COllege.' This statement is Charac-
terized as false by the editor Of the Enterprise
and the Professor Is called upon To bring
forth his proofs \ lively war of words Is
one Of the probabilities.
The Burke county grand jury recommend
et that the County Commissioners sell the
present jail aud lot and proceed to have Sc
cure jail erected In conversation with one
of the Commissioners, it is learned that 1t j.
not likely that tins recommendation Will be
carried out The Commissioners propose to
repair the present iaIl and build jailer's
house near by and require the Jailer TO live
there.
The following gentlemen are an the race for
the Legislature from oglethorpe county: L.
H. Dozier, K. !. Willingham. ". +. Faust,
n. I. Raines. r. 3. Mathews. Arthur Hare.
4. ". Witcher. 4. I. Brightwell. Joseph
McWh0rter. Hamilton McWhOrter. Tecyer
Cunnin CHAM. j. J. McMahan. y. W. THer,
W. H. FARRELL. -. i. Arnold. 7. ID. HutChe-
son. W. +. Freeman, John Smith. O.. b.
LUmpkin. Mr.. Busbin, d. C.. Barrow and j.
T. olive
\ diamond pin belonging to W. + Har-
baum. of Macon, was lost i'm that CITY day or
two ago. A uegress found il and showed it
TO q grocer. He said 10 was prize box affair
and kept Il. W Zen the cOOrcd woman de
mauded its return he refused TO give it back.
She caused his arrest. The publicity given
the ease by its appearance IN court ended i'm
the recovery of the property by its rightful
owner.
Nathan Emanuel. an Atlanta merchandise
broker. a wear ago obtained $500 worth of
baggiug from a Boston firm TO sell on commits
sion After selling the goods he fail
ed to pay for them. Legal pro-
ceeding5 were instituted. which
eliminated in the setting of the case for
trial Wednesday. Emanuel gave bond. but
to re-pOnd. kilograms sent in every direc-
tiOn resulted in his arrest at Chattanooga.
Two weeks ago James Quick, Of FayettC
county. killed one OF his dogs which had be-
come rabid. About 4 week ago another
which he supposed TO be mad he fastened IN
his corn crib. The GOg died and Mr.. Quick
continued to feed his horse and mule on
fhe corn and shucks which were in the crib
1t il supposed that their death was caused by
gafiug corn ana SluekS an which frath from