Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-11
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.


Pensacola's DefaIcation Sensational
Steamboat Engineer Killed Near Apa-
Observation-Disclosures Jail in Terrible
Shape-s1, 100000 to be Put into the
New Cotton Mill at Columbus.
GEORGIA.
WavCrO5s is to be declared under dog law
bv the Council.
The CITY Council OF Athens has passed an
act taxing dogs 81 each.
The election of Ordinary in Lincoln Will
take place next Tuesday week.
Thirty-two thousand feet Of gas per night
is the total consumption Of Columbus.
Twenty log rollings are on the tapis
at Graves Mountain, Lincoln county.
White peas are very scarce in Athens, and
are bringing about So per bushel at retail.
The farmers of Oglethorpe are now tearing
away their fences by the mile anu preparing
for the stock law.
There is am Old gentleman living i'm Athens,
aged 80 years. who works regularly, and whose
eyeslght Is perfect
The wood work OF the court house at Laf-
ayette has been finished, and only the paint
ing remains TO be done.
The name OF Col. r. Nickers0n has been
suggested In connection with legislative hon
Ors from Clarke county.
A. /. Hull is now. at work on an addition to
his History Of Athens and viii bring il up
10 the beginning Of the late war.
ON Monday last some thOughtless or mali
ciOus person set fire To the pasture Of K. NJ
TisOu, OF Glynn county, and inflicted DANA
ges amounting to over $4,000.
Clarke county farmers are reported very
much behind with their crops There are
plenty of farmers down towards Wintervllle
that have not put plow in the ground.
The new depot of the Brunswick and West
eru Road mt WaycrOss Is completed, and the
telegraph wires and other apparatus are be-
ing adjusted preparatory 10 occupancy.
The large brick hotel which is being built
by IT. Murphy at WaycrOss Is progressing
rapidly. Mr.. Parker is preparing the fOun-
UdJlOu for his brick stores IN the same town.
The committee appointed TO estimate the
damages Occa-i0ued hy the recent cyclone in
Lincoln county make their estimate, outside
of damaging the fencing, etc, amount TO
S3,2j0,
The area planted in melons in and around
Waycro-s VIII be more than double what it
was last wear. besides other vegetable crops.
There viii be at least $50 acres planted alone
IN Watermelons.
According the BdnHer- W1tebD'GR Athens
has the largest landowner i'm Georgia, in the
person OF John il. Newton. who owns large
belts OF land M not only this state but th0u-
sands of acres i'm Arkansas. Missouri, Texas
and other Western States
Judge Estes has decided that the Mayor
and City Council of Athens have no right to
place amy restrictions upon the Georgia Rail
road as 10 its storage of guano in the city
preme Court at once by the city.
The Executive Committee. of which Mai.
HargrOvc Is Chairman. have Issued call for
the Republican party of FLOYD county to meet
in convention at Rome. March -, for the
purpose of eleCting delegates 70 the RepUhIi-
can State Convention. There ls q split in tine
party i'm the county. and the other faction
viii also call convention.
The Crawfordyiue Democrat SAYS: "At9:20
O'Clock Saturday night the long building
known as the kmbaH House, belonging to
Mr. Charles Bergstrom, was discovered to be
on fire ma room No. s. supposed 10 have been
the work of an lnceudIarv. Mr.. BergstrOm
had about 300 pounds OF lint and 500 or $50
pounds of seed cotton stored i'm the room. The
fire originated ON the floor and was fast gain
ing hcadWay, the flames leapiug 20 the roof
between the ceiling and Notwithstanding.
Mr.. b. estimates his loss at S75."
A few u lights ago the house OF Israel Gordv
IN ChattahOochee county. was burned, tOgeth-
er with an his furniture and clothing. His
smOkehOuse, containing SIX hundred pounds
of bacon and iorry-eight gallons of home
made syrup, was consumed. IL IS stated that
Israel is the wealthiest negro iu that section
of country. an Old slave of Gen. John b. Cor
dOn's father. He Is highly respected. has al
ways voted the Democratic ticket. and showed
himself TO be an humble, upright and mtclli-
gent cOlOred citizen. His loss Is estimated at
i've to six hundred dollars. Israel owns four
mules and six hundred acres sf land.
The Americus Recorder says: "A man call
ing himself Lundy victimiZed Mr.. John d.
Summerford- of DOOlv. last week by pretend
ing TO be "a detective and n search Of the thief
who stole 5000 from SummerfOrt's house some
time ago. He forged letter Of recommended
tiOu from planter in that county, and repre-
scented that ne knew who and where the thief
was, thus getting SummerfOrd to advance
money 70 capture nlu. shortly after me left
SummerfOFd discovered he was a fraud and
started to hunt him mp. The last heard OF
him was at the Americas bridge over the
Flint. Officers arc looking for him."
The Walker County Messenger SAYS "Chas.
Brandon was lodged in jail Monday. He was
indicted three years ago for disturbing the
audience and interfering with the exercises
AT an exhibition in East Armuchee. \ war
rant W as issued ana attempt made TO arrest
him at that time 10y the hailin and q posse of
men, but the effort was unsuccessful the Of
fender escaped went 10 tennessee and re
maIned there until about "a month ago when
he become a resident of Cat0Osa county.
sheriff Bryant. of CatOOsa, arrested him i'm
RinggOld last Friday, and communicated with
sheriff McClatchey. who brought the prisoner
IN on the Sd
The TaliaferrO county grand jury included
the following IN their report: I'VE find the
iail too small insecure. poorly supplied with
bedding and constructed without any regard
To health. comfort or decCncy. The prisoners
OF different sexes are couiiLed IN the same
room aut utterly unable 20 secure privacy on
such occasions as the laws of deceucv impera-
lively demand. We therefore earnestly
recommend to our County Commissioners
that special tax be levied TO build "a new jaIl
that shall he reasonably free of the above
grave objection. We further recOmm nd, in
the name of morality and decency, that no
more females be confined In the same room
with males
sundays Albany Mems says: ''CooK Hood.
Young man well known IN Albany, and who,
DO viii be remembered. created a sensation
here last fall bY swallowing q vial of lauda-
mum. and afterwards drawing his pistol aud
terrOriziug crowd on the streets. is now
guest at the county Jail. \ case was made
against him for carrying concealed weapons,
ami q prominent citizen went on his bond for
his appearance at court for trial. The young
man Left some time in November or Decem-
Der, without the knowledge or consent of his
bondsmau, and went 10 Florida. The officers
found out where he was, and on Thursday
last lac was escorted into town and to the
county jail
The Columbus Sun Of sunday says: The
annual meeting of the stockholders of the
Aluscogee Manufacturing Company was held
Yesterday. The report Of the Treasurer was
read and received. and the results for the
year showed profit Of II per cent. ON the
capital stock. from which a dividend of per
cent. was declared-3 per cent. payable April
], and per cent. October I. 1881. The old
board OF directors were reelected, and at
subsequent meeting of the directors, George
J.. swift was reelected President, and W. \.
swift Secretary and Treasurer. The profits
ul the company for the year are very crafty
ing. when 10 is considered that the past
twelve months have not been marked bv the
usual degree of activity In business circles
One million dollars. instead of SI00,OO0 as
crroneOusly reported by telegraph. is the sum
Company at Columbus viii cost. The Sun of
sunday says: capt. a. Y. BOatrite returned
a day or two since from commercial tour
through South and North Carolina in the
interest of the Eagle and PheniX mills. In
answer to the question as To the state Of husI-
ness he thinks it might be more active, though
he sees no reason to complain. In a chat with
him we learn that he was absent from the city
lust 80 DAYS. OF that time of the DAYS were
sundays and dayz he was travelling and did
no business. In the 81 days in which he was
engaged i'm representing the mills his sales
amounted TO So. 600, or Sl,e0u per day. Among
his sales were 2.3OO pieces of cOttOnades As
there are 10 salesmen travelling for the mills,
II each one mas done as Wen IL would amount
TO $4,000. or $4,000 per day, and the 2.300
pieces of cQttOnades would aggregate that
many thousands; that Is. S23. .OO0.n
'StIck to a bargain" is the moral which the
Albany Ne1rs of SUNDAY thinks Is taught bv
the following: "Cn Friday afternoon vounor
man from Worth county, while en- route to
Albany with load of fodder, met Dr. W. ".
Bacon some six or seven miles east of the CITY
and sold the fodder TO hlm. DR.. Bacon took
the young mans word as 10 how much fodder
there was and paid him FOR it. The doctor
went on his way, and the young man agreed
TO bring the fodder on 10 the city and de-
liver il at the doctors house. When the doc
tor returned late IN the evening he found
that the fodder had not been delivered. Later
lac learned that the young man had sold the
fodder to :. W. Kahn. whereupOn he sued out
a warrant for him before Justice Greer cbarg-
ing him with larceny after trust delegated.
The young man was arrested and lodged IN
jail to await trial. Afterwards II was found
out that he had left DR.. BacOn's money with
one of K. B. X $. B. Lewis clerks 10 be re-
turned to him. This satisfied the doctor and
the Justice that the young man was not act
ing so badly as they had thought. and he was
released yesterday morning"
FLORIDA.
kissimmee will elect a Mayor March %.
Apiaries are numerous and profitable in
Calhoun county