Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-07-05

"A
rbf~b i stlu Giving People Cause for
Terror-A Blight Among the Oaks.
GEORGIA.
t,nmencement occurs at Athens on July Il
s11 j.
certainty.
~ -1r1ueucement exercises at Gordon In
..---a were well attended Tuesday.
r--.rGfr county keeps up eight puuhc
r.-f-a=. while Han has only one
-.. r.r1l1n OF the gallant old Third 6e0r-
I'd veterans viii take place at SuHoik' Fa''
r.-.-s1 has asked its Mayor to order an
election f1 decide whether an aftesiaH Neil
.-a# us l9rcd.
--- re-s brought to the eyes Of Gen.
-#- .- Miss Crawi0rd's valedictorY ad-
'--a-- st MaleIgeville.
u.r ea.i bearing yei1 was discovered
.. -H. property oi COL " +. EFl1e near
l-4r4'- I last week
E.r- Albright has paid 5000 for the War
l.f mine. near HIwassee, Towns county,
--I7rf- developing very rich.
~. GLOWING i- Polk c0unty's official vote
.,W.5re-.la.-- election on the fence issue:
F-- ferce. ]. .gsz, i1r uo fence, PSI.
y..rl voted asalu-t T. L. Cant for Alder
..--.Tr... Second ward in Athens, Wednes-
T-r Wr. Cant Us justly popular
r..rsus-a D. ". Witt, United States
r-.r. Ws--nlI. has resigned, and Prof. T..
H E-.k spoken Of as his successor.
OH ..ussIay, July ., sunday school
..rrar-.r WI Doe held at Beech Spring
--.. sHler the auspices Of the Harris
-.. sunday school ASSOCIATION.
r-.-.-..-.- r- soon 60 have a new pilot boat
-t-.- .vUeeteI l1 ue the neetest craft ever
s.-r M tl.-e waters- she is TO be % tons
5-.r.a. and o. cost $1,000. Her owners are
u-.-ar T.. Wright and Joseph Lassier and
.--.#...TF-.
E, lyHu-. q negro who has store in
.r.rr.". -lBETU OF Columbus. while
I-..s iE.- evening, accidentaiiy shot ms
-aH.rsg. a lIr about ten years OF age. Wills
.rrr-rei aud lodged In jail. The boy VIII
ur8.aH.g Ile.
D. a. Adams catd1Wu Or Gregory branch.
. ~.--.-tta valley. recently, the parent
r.-rt tree sr all chat section Of country. It
-.- trart--1le feet aud three inches in
Circumference. aud from four cuts 0Sz large
rails were split.
W,man Matthews, aged lOi years, and
.H...t rra. oldest man lu hIs section, died al
E.- aaue, la tue lower part ol Murray county,
I.-f aueE. BE Lat gruWn feeble and mas had
..-a--I accidents THIS wear, one Of which was
atI into IHe fire, when DE was severely
bauei
AZ Augusta ou Thursday, the Confederate
Survivors 8 A--IrIaii1u surprised Col. Charles
IA Zones w.fl "a maEnjncently framed writ
- I.ulau III auI superb memorial, IN the
-r-aa uf a -HIlI silver punch bowl and ladlc,
...-..H- r..-H. hundred dollars. presented as a
fasr1uf high regard for hum a. President Of
fHs s.-.Irr.Yu. % gallant cOmrade and an
lr lrarr citizen and historian. The presenta-
bon speech was made by Paul ii. LangdOn.
Griffin E.g-s. There is something the
natter with tle OAK trees this year. The
leaves are covered with spots. At first the
srat- ore Of light yellow color, then they
frm darker auI die and become crisp. The
-UIf- are about quarter Of an inch In diane
rsr Nearly aII thr oak trees are affected.
fHsu-l Ters few are affected much. Similar
trouble i- experienced I'D OcOnee, and many
giants 0f the forests are thought 10 be dying
Piedmont Prsa8. There il an extinct vol
faroue4 Cleveland which, as early as ten
wears ago. was seen Co emit great volumes Of
tre anil IIFa at night. Since these emissions
tht mountain, called Long Mountain, has
cracked ogeu. and the cracks are continually
getting larger and the mountain Is slowly
being swallowed into the earth. The people
near JbIuB thJt 40 some future day the innate
Lre- of tile earth VIII break forth there in all
Their fury aud scatter confusion and destruc-
ton around.
man calling himself Robert Hager. from
GreeuF.iiu. s.. g.. came % Hart county about
sX months ago aud married Mrs. Melissa
Christian. highly respected lady. and they
lived happily together till about June %. when
-Umt uf Mrs. Ga I-Iiau's friends learned that
H5Eer had one or more living wives, aud he
Was asked about Be-, but gave no satisfactory
answer, aut In "a Few DAYS he left home Mrs.
lhr.-tans- stating he was going 20 plow for
certain farmer living some SIX or seven
miles OF. Ihis was false. tie did not 90, but
ltf. lor parts unknown % Mrs. Christian. ear
rylu- with hm her horse and buggy. Mrs.
christian offers o reward Of $50 for the uellY-
trs ui uuger and her horse and buggy.