Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-07-01
EORGIA AND FLORIDA
hE Nt.Ws OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.
ailure of a Dry Goods Merchant at
oolun hus-How the Crops Look In
oIooks County-A CoIored Girl AT
GAINESVILLE Kills Her Father.

GAINESVILLE Kills Her Father.
GEORGIA.
1000 people are expected "a be =. .t.--.,
toau barbecue ia Lumpkin. july ID. ~
Az me reunion of the First Georgia Regi-
ment last July at Gainesville h 1l5ss ie.ls
mined 10 have the reunion dnriu, fbs ,,s s.s-
summer at ctauutOn. Va. ana - froy7 49,
over the Old battleheds between Revs5i si.'a ~.
T. r.. Hoesil NJ ,,,'7 psen sugges5ed to Capt.
the survivors. that this trip be nosfnord - - "a
Oh another year. IL il probable thaf tbe s,,
gestion Wiil be adopted.
Columbus Tgaes. Businesa eirol..
sIartled Yesterday By the announcement tfaf
Mr. James p Cargill. one Of Our Iearirr, T,---
goods merchants had made an assignmen{
ana lh every quarter 10 was received yTitb 80
pressi0ns Of regret. His assets are ,,IsroS !.
s100i, and his liabilities at s2s O00 ~ SsbfeI,
$4,000 are preferred. The assienees are
Charlton + Battle. Esq, and ~ 4 sbfva,
who, by judici0us management OF the assats'
hope TO pay every dollar Of the Indebtedness,
Albany Adcertiser: Mr.. John Frazier. a
veteran sheep raiser Of Mitchell county, was
m the city Friday with l,262 pounds OF wool
which he disposed Of % Mr.. Morris Maver foI
20ceuts per pound Mr.. Frazier gives a gloomv
account Of the sheep raising industry. He
states mat no lost last year between 300 and 400
+. lead of sheep. ard aavs that the other rfrsers
are 1aring a. badly. and that owing 70 the
3ndscHminate stealing induced by the more
tmoky settled condition Of the county, and
the demaud for mutton among the turpentine
hands. which tempts dishonest men to make
lahs upon their neighb0rsi hOclZs, sheep rais-
lnS Is destined in few years to become a
thtng Of the past in this section. Mr. Frazier
says that be is selling out his flock as RAPIDLY
as possibles and intends TO quit the business
QuIGnan correspOndence Of the MORSING
NEHs June %: The melon season is now in
Jul ulast. The town seems 10 have moved to
the depot The thousands OF melons being
hauled IN ana loaded present an interesting
spectacle. But the melon crop is very short
aut the greater part Of it win have been
sulppeu hy the end Of this week i can see no
reason why the market should be overlooked
lhis year. Melon growers higher up in the
state ought 70 get fine prices for the balance
pi the season. The corn crop Is good in this
lection, but has been injured some by heavy
Tinds ana rains which nave prevailed the
past few days. In some portions Of this county
farmers report stands OF cotton poor, and say
that the plant is smali and has been damaged
uy cotton lice. In the lower portion Of the
county cotton worms are also reported and
great danger Is apprehended from this great
destroyer lt IS certain that the cotton crop
IS backward and unprOmising.
Gainesville Register: SUNDAY morning. he
tween 10 and III O'Clock, Leila Burgess. col
0red girl about II years old, killed her father
Jun Bursess, by Shopping him IN the back Of
years, she and her sister were talking Of
going 70 meeting, and her sister said she had
u0 hat 20 wear. Leila said she was going any-
IEay, and was preparing to go when her father
Icame IN and told her she shOuld not 20. She
I told him she was gong. He told her he would
I kilI her before she should 90 and at once
I commenced 10 beat her with a stick and peIted
her with it a number Of times, repeating that
he would not let her go, and that he would
Sill her before she should She begged him to
quit and attempted TO get away, and finally
got out Of the house and picked up the ak
and struck her tather, not knowing how she
struck him. She then got away from him. and
went OF 70 a neighbOr's house and remained
until evening, when she went back and found
her father corpse. When she struck the fatal
blow she nad 20 idea that she would kill him.
and only did it 70 keep him on Of her. She is
% ginger-cake cOlOred girl. OF medium size
and has very few marks of intelligence about
her face. She is now in jail at this place.
having been bound over by the Coroner. who
held the post mOrtem examination. What
facts viii come on the trial in the Superior
Court we can't conjecture. We only give the
girls side Of 10 as she relates it, as near as
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