Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-10-27

New Court House at BaxleV Recon-
mended-COurt Matters-The DROUGHT
BrOken--Political Matters-HOg ChoI-
era, etc.
Correspondence Of the Morning Eetos.
BAILEY, GA, Oct. 24.-Superior Court
convened here last week, His Honor
Judge Mershon presiding. Quite num-
Der of cases were disposed of, mostly civil
cases. A number of true bills were found
for misdemeanors mostly. The grand
jury In their general presentment recon-
mended that steps be taken at once to
build a new court house, to cost not less
than S4,500. AS about $4,000 Of this
amount has already been appropriated
the expense of building this house will
not lall very heavily upon the taxpayers.
This is generally considered very wise
recommendation, for when we take into
consideration the population, wealth and
standing generally of this county Ap-
pling) our present court house is dis
grace to the county. The grand Jury
further recommended in a very COM
plimentary manner, Col. j. q. Carter, Of
this place, for Solicitor General of the
Brunswick judicial Circuit. Mr.. Carter
is the present repr. sentative of this coun-
ty, and his election would doubtless give
universal satisfaction to the people Of
this circuit.
Charlie Coleman, who was convicted
here last week of assault and battery,
with intent to murder, and sentencedto
penal serVitude for eight years, was taken
from here to-day to Dubois, where he will
be placed in the State chain-gang. Our
Jail is almost empty now, for the first time
in some months.
1t is said that at very early day Mr..
w. 2. Ward, at present of Pearson and
formerly editor and proprietor of the
Coffee County Gazette, will start news
paper at BaXley. A newspaper, if prop
erly conducted, ought TO thrive in this
county. This town is growing gradually
and the population Of the county rapidly
increasing. This county is getting to be
one OF the big counties OF the State. At
the late election for State Senators and
Representative it polled more votes than
Wayne and Pierce both, according to the
best information / could get, and this
town alone polled as many or more votes
than all Pierce county, and nearly three
times as many as Jesup.
The potato and corn crop has been un-
usually large in this county this year.
understand that the cane crop has been
rather light on account of scarcity Of
seed, but what has been made is the finest
[ ever saw. Cholera has played havoc
with the hogs this year. Very few peo-
pie will have enough meat to do them. A
few months ago this little town was full
of hogs and now there can't be one seen,
all having died from the cholera. At one
time it looked very much as If the town
would have to hire scavenger to haul
dead hogs away.
There has been very little sickness
among the people so far this fall in this
community, Notwithstanding. the long
drought. There was good rain here day
before yesterday, the first that has fallen
in nearly two months.
The matrimonial business must be at a
low ebb. The Ordinary informs us that
he hasn't issued marriage license in two
months. Perhaps the hard times, to-
gether with the scarcity of pork, has
something to do with this.
There seems to be very little interest
among the people in the coming Presiden-
tial election. There will probably be a
very small vote polled in this county,
compared with the vote in the late cleo
tiOn for State officers. OF course, about
all are Democrats and want Cleveland
elected. but as our State is so oVerwhelm-
ingly Democratic, they seem to think 1t
hardly necessary for them to trouble
themselves to vote.
Pleasant, the Republican nominee for
Congress against Hon. 7. M. Norwood,
spoke at the court house here on last
Monday. The negroes manifested little
or no enthusiasm over him. His hearers
were very few, though he advertised his
coming several weeks ahead. ID