Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-02

of Murder at AtIanta-What Fulton
County Spent on Her Roads Last
Hear-A Water Spout Bores Into the
Earth in Lincoln County.
GEORGIA.
Tattuan superior Court conveues on the
I4th of April.
There were l7I tax defaulters in Tallaferro
county last year.
Athenians are reported as going back to the
old standard sun time.
steps have been taken at Macon to raise the
5000 wanted Tor the state Fair to be held in
that city this fall.
one of the negroes who was shot by Capt
Ennis, Of Baldwin county, IN an attempt to
arrest the c0lored incendlary Clark. has since
died.
Or. II. II. Crosby. manager of advertising
carriage No l9 for the Hamliu Wizard OH
Company. died lu Reynolds Thursday night
with aEOpeXy.
h. a. Chozewo0d. a well-buown young man
of Atlanta. has been arrested charged with
stealing Il mule. Ie says chat he can estab-
lish his Innocence.
Il Is sand shat another Congressional con
ventiou viii De held by the Republicans at
Rome Go nominate c0nte-lluz Chicago dele
CATION who will favor Blaine.
Oglctree. The man who created wide
spread sensation last spring by Kidnapping
small boys at wholesale rates. was last week
sentenced to tha Mississippi penitentiarv for
life.
a land and improvement company Is to DE
organized at Augusta. 1t is to be similar in
tts workings % the loan associations. -Four
hundred and City shares have already been
taken.
Col. Harals0n Bryant, who left Jasper for
Texas lu lSi1, is back on a visit to friends and
relatives iu Newton and adjoining counties
Tor the first time in thirty seven years. lie
has seen seVcntv-f0ur winters come and go.
and Yet lac ls as hale, hearty and active as
youth oi dfty-
It il now probable that the Macon Nolun-
teer- viii commence ON Wednesday 60 break
dirt preparatory tO the erection of their new
armorv on Che A Abraham lot, a- sir. a abraham
haas succeeded iu renting house elsewhere
and viii move to It ON Monday The N0lun-
teers VIII sell the house 10 present occupied
by Mr. Abraham.
IrIs reported that on Sunday evening The
23d uIt.. Ii huge watcrspOut fell to the earth
near Little Mountain. ln Lincoln county. and
sunk or dUg out 81 hole in the earth large
enough 20 admit AN ordinary frame building.
The hole is supposed to be about 30 bv go feet.
and ~ feet deep. The failing water spout was
plainly seen by several people, and was fun
mel shaped.
The editor of the Hinesvnlc Ga-ette says:
1--WE want to be millionaire for about tif-
teen minutes. We would build a railroad
from this place TO No savannah, Florida
uuJ Western Railway. erect q mammoth
hotel, improve the mineral spring and make
HinesyIIc noted watering place. second
only 90 saratoga. But this is not our year TO
Dr q lllll-NA.ilLts Nlt VIC ~ ilA biilf N'tIt ANNt
the lhnesVille mineral spring Is the best
water this side the Rocky mountain"
At Atlanta Monday preliminary trial was
given W in. ~pcer, charged with the murder
of Miles Matthews. Spcer knitted Matthews
Iu Rams Nl1ler's place on Decatur street more
than three weeks ago. after the stahbng
Matthews contracted pneumonia and died.
~peer gave himself up 10 the officers. The ev-
ldence against Spcer was of such a nature as
TO show that he was nos the aggres-or, and
was iustfhable Din using his knife. and also
that Matthews death was not caused by the
wound directly. Speer was accordingly re-
leased
The Atlanta .JoaruGl of Monday SAYS: Mr..
+. A. Burke, editor of the Tunes Denocrat
and Director General OF the Worlds ENpOsi-
tiOn. Is expected 90 arrive I'm the citV on Mon
day next. lie comes In response To an invita-
tiOu from those interested in the Atlanta eN-
hDit at New Orleans, and viii be met here
bv Commissioners ID. 4. Bacon and e.. II.
smith. Alr. Henry Grady, ii is understood.
viii give To him dinner party on Tuesday
evening next, no which VIII be present many
of those i'm our clty most deeply interested i'm
che success of the Georgia display. During
SIR. Burke's stay in the city plans and details
as far as pOssibfe viii be perfected.
Fulton county spent last year for macada-
MIXING the leading county roads Si3,O1S -.
The total expenditures of county last year
reached Sl25.55l 3D. The county taxes col
iected for the year amounted to SS5 g5I 81.
The county owes 22s,Uu0 OF court house bonds.
$4,000 of which are due Nov. ]. 1881. and SI5.-
coo are due Nov. T.. 1855. The otLer indebted
ness of the county is the amount due w ID.
Grant ON macadamizing, namely Sl3Oi2 -.
The entire cost of the court house, finished
and complete, with an its furniture. pave
ments, railing. etc, was Sl3i DDS ID. The
clock cost 5000; tie pavement. etc. cost So
fil 20; the furniture cost S6,400: the gas fix
lures Sl.G30; the engine cost s.. 800; the ground
Qu which the building stands cost Sl4,0 ,075. The
average number of inmates i'm the aims house
Cor the wear was 80. The institute cost per
month to run Slgl So. The average cost per
month for feeding and caring for inmates
was 50 s.. or Is cents per day. To run the
chain gang cost of S9t5 y per month was
required on an average of "a cOnvicts. The
average cost of caring for and guarding a
prisoner was 55 cents per day.