Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-12

j. j. Lessuer, Of Brunswick, died few
days ago
some ~ the Wilkes farmers raise ali the to-
lacc0 they use
The court house Of Harris county Is to be
extensively repaired
Western Holt shipped a drove Of sheep from
Eiijay on Monday la-t.
james North, @ prominent old citizen Of
CIincr. is par4lvzed and at the point Of death.
The Twertv-rmri Georgia Regiment will
%. s.'e ''' 4-- - - - -
Rev. T. smith. Of Dublin, had his dwelling
consumed with his library and some furni-
tlre.
Trlup county shows assessments for 1884,
s8iZ562A; for ls-3. S3.235. .sS3: increase OF tax
able property. Slss,1a3.
if n1 disaster overtakes the cotton crop.
M0utczuma expects o. receive between 10000
and 1900 bales this season.
The survivors Of the Thirteenth Georgia
Regiment are 10 meet in Griffin on Aug. 70.
Company was from TrOup county.
Mr. Alexander Outlaw, an old and much
esteemed citizen OF Laurens county, was
born June -. 1855, and died July l9. lSS4.
seward smith, Of Homerville, has com
meueed building a stOrehOuse 24X9I in the
burnt district, and others are expected to soon
follow.
The Urbanus Dart. the first steamboat ever
built lu Brunswick. was successfully launched
saturday. she VIII ply the rivers in that
section.
An effort is being male 70 reOrganize the
Fort Gaines Guards. and a list Is in circula-
tiOn f'r membership. in the hands Of @. D.
SpeIght.
There viii De grange celebration and dim
ner Iu 6poscDcrrr district, Webster county.
The master OF the state Grange is expected TO
be present.
The drst mail went from EHaville 10 the
new post office, Lowe, IN Macon county, last
saturday. 1t Will go every Saturday and
Mr.. Beecheu, Of Condor, had his mill burn
eu lew days ago, caught from some slabs
burning near BY, while the hands were at
dinner. Loss about $4,000.
Wyllv NJ. Pope saws he is the oldest living
buggy driver IN Wilkes county. He owned
tne second buggy he ever knew in Wilkes.
His grandfather owned the first,
The lot purchased last Tuesday. at valdosta.
hv T. NJ. Cook Tor $3.50 was sold yesterday 10
W. p ReutrOe for Sl,l00. Mr.. RenfrOe will
build brick store on the lot at once.
l.. L. Campbell has resigned the Office Of
Clerk ot the superior Court Of Murray county.
and Charles n King has been appointed 6y
Che ordinary to hli ms uneNpired term.
Alr. Jackson, the contractor. has returned to
Dawson tF resume work on the arte.iau we'll.
which is now over 200 feet deep. He expects
tp push the work 20 q speedy completion.
4 pet deer at Longs Hotel. Taliulah. at
tarke little boy Of Ldrkin Smith, engineer
ou -He Northeastern. aud painfully wounded
tHerHId with Its sharp huOfs. MIR. Smith shot
Lhe animal.
II. T.. Carson. OF HOllOnvilIc. one of the
most prominent men OF Pike county. ran
away with his step-daughter last week. lie
Lett % wife and several children to lament his
WIckGtuess.
HIack-hrar correspondence NEWS Aug. 10:
4 house owned by Jessie Milton. color a. and
suuIeJ by his mother. was burned TO the
ground tins afternoon at O'Clock. Damages
are 5000 No insurance
uupof the first official acts OF Judge VIII
Eau- when elected Ordinary of Harris coun-
tr. nearly Nteen years ago, was to set out
the Iue oaks Iu the court house yard and
huiI the fence around it.
4 negro man was arrested i'm Athens ~atur-
dHr. who claimed that he had shot and killed
amru near Union Puiat. from whom he was
stealing. The pri- ouer has prints Of shackles
ou Fi- i,--. and s thought 20 be an escaped
convict OF crazy.
Rome is t0 have q grand state walking
match Iu couple of weeks. Piper. Aycock.
White. EUm-. WMItmOrc and others have
already entered There viii be three hand
some pur-y-, ami entries from several other
elite. are expected.
A. b. O-NeaI. of Talbot. i'm taking the honey
from bus Dee gums last week. reports that the
honey has 'ur , into nice white sugar. He
says Shat about eight weeks ago ne took about
thirty pounds ui rs clear honey from the same
gum a- anybody ever saw.
r. r. Hargroye. BOme's banker. who was
recently forced TO the wall, Is now engaged
packing -four at mill near that city. lie does
uut believe IN waiting. MicaWher-lke. for
something to turn up. but with commcndable
puck proceeds TO turn up something.
The Tax Receiver Of Floyd county reports
5000 polls, real and personal property S6.I33.-
Esl, 200 dogs are entitled 10 wear tags Last
wear the value Of cotton on hand in Dough-
crty county, on April 4. as shown by the tax
digest. was So $40; this year it amounted to
only S1.tle. decrease Of S4s.SsO.
a negro woman was struck by light
ming and Instantly killed. on Mr.. e.. ID. Pnil-
r0- place. near Harrisonville. i'm Troup conn
tF. ON fa-t Monday evening. She was fright
cued hy the storm and went 20 bed, when the
bolt descended upon the house. Another
uor an was stunned There was a heavy
rain, with hall
An election viii be ordered in Gwinnett
county ON the court house bond question. but
she .-uo bonds" side viii likely prevail, rs the
law requires that twO-thirds of the voters Of
the county, estimated by the number of voters
I'm the late general election, shall declare
themselves iu favor Of ''bouds' before the aU-
thOrIues can issue the same.
Friday q Young man - years Old. Mr. String
fellow. and widow. Mrs. Allen, over 90, en-
tered Buena Vista, secured a license and
were married hy Rev. Dr. Leonard. Two
friends came IN with them. One OF them, when
asked why they came % town. said that the
old lady ran away the first time she married
and he guessed size liked % best that way.
Judge ID. 4. Easou. Of Albany. who is life
member OF the state Agricultural Society,
will attend the 4 Agricultural Convention at
Rome on Aug. l2. and viii make an effort 20
Ept the convention 20 mcmOrialiZe the Legis-
lsturc 60 have the surplus of income from the
Department Of Agriculture set apart for
schools and colleges at Inherent points IN the
state.
Henry Loveioy. a cOlOred tenant ON G.. ID.
HuI-ou's plantation. near Nhitfeld's, in
IrUUp county. was arrested on Monday 10y
Marshal Ware at the instance OF julia Long,
Who charged htm win rape upon AeTset'
Justice Brady tried the case on Tuesday and
decided to bind the accused over IN the sum
uf SI,1. It was thought the bond could be
.H .Hr ma. "A H|as. y
case. or the bail would have been greater.
Polk couuty's tax digest makes the follow
ing exhibit. Polls 2COI. artists ?, lawyers y,
doctors ls dentists /. number Of acres of land
4H.5z1. value OF land ssS9,56S, city property
Slit l.o. mouey and solvent debts $'9 ,isS'
merchandise SlOj,42l, st0ck6 and bonds $1,000
capital invested DO mining Sl6,3O0, household
ana kitchen furniture SS4 65t, watches anu
'eWeIrv S..Oql. live stock SlSS.ll5. plantation
and mechanical tools SlS.Sl7, annual crops on
Han1 for sale ,35e. all other property lncltid-
lH- wagons. BuEgies. etc, S9UsSn. properly OF
Neiauilcrs &1.i55; aggregate Si,cia,U9s.
i'm D0ughcrty county the following figures
ara given i'm the tax digest; There are Is law
yer-, physicians and denti@ts IN the county.
Number of p0lls-white, 422; eoiored, 10 );
Total. 1850. Iu lSSS there were 3SS white and
I,->4 cOIored polls returned, and from this II
VIII le seen that our white voting population
bias increased 50 ami our colored vOilng nopu-
iau0u $40, a total of i03 over last year. value
of property returned: By whites, Sz6li.l40;
value uf property returned by colored Slh9,-
llJ, wild land. Sl8.6e5. Total s. I91 COS The
Total value Of property owned by whites IN
l>>H was s2.4S1. .452; hy cOlOrea, Si25,4lS; wild
land. SIl.551 Total. 81, f96, ,b5s. Increase over
last year. white, SEALS; colnfed, SiA.US-i
wild land increase, Sz,02o. Total increase
S-5u50S.
BarnesvGIe Gazette: a few nights ago two
popular young ladies' visiting well known
prominent cIJzeu OF this place. on Thomas
Ton street. retired to their room on the second
toor after tea. They slept sOundly until neal
midnight when one OF them aWOkc ano
quietly made an effort 10 ind the door 80 a'
t1 Eet some water In the hall. Being turned
around in the room. she missed the door. but
feeling for IL. accidentally caught hold
of the hand of the other Young lady
who was sweety sleeping. with hel
arm thrown across her forehead anC
hand hanging over the side OK the bed. Thi
suddenly awoke the Young lady No. ,, VIII,
began screaming at the top Of her voice FOL
help Young lady 40. became frightcue,
and began crying ont murder" Sc loud ans
lr.-lttui were their screams that the Who'll,
u- u-'-au1rh0Ut wac awakened and alarmed
SOME running over % their rescue, only 10 fine
tl-t tile young ladies were frightened at teacl
other.
y15ntezuma Record: It is generally con
tele that Col. Fort, of Macon, was the maj
Who bored the first artesiau well IN this state
NsL such Is not the case. Col. Anthony Muir
L-E- OF Atlanta. has the honor OF boring tn
ir-r aTtesIan well in Georgia. and while u
S.1i city last week, he gave us an account o
now ne 4ccOmp. ished il. 1t was several year
ago that Mr. Murphy was engaged in the lum
~ business near Eastman, and he found
N-llcuit Oh supply water sufficient for his DO ]
eFs- Finally. he decided t. dig a well dee
enough tO supply q sufficient and permanen
amount ot water, and with this idea IN vIeV
Lr commenced on his artesian well. He frs
aug down iu the earth the Old fashioned wa
OF Wen digging to a considerable depth. an
tleu be reduced the size Of the well and du
~ deeper. lie then got two-lnch augul