Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-10
ITEMS In THREE STATES.
GEORGIA. FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE.

Marriage-BrunsWick' Port Record
for Last Year.
GEORGIA.
Quitman county is out of debt and has 81, 800
in the treasury.
A mammoth mari bed is one of the un-
developed resources of MOntezuma.
l,6s0 acres Of land sold at the court house
door IN Sylvania on Tuesday last for $3.50.
There lis man in Screvin county who can
eat peck Of biscuits and pound Of butter az
one meal.
Atlanta politicians are waxing warm over
the election of a couple Of Police COMMISSION
ers next month
There are about I,6OO liquor dealers IN the
State and they pay into the treasury $4,000
for license to sell.
T. j. Bridges, of Forsyth, is under arrest,
charged with attempting to burn the store he
occupied in that town.
The Town Council of Sylvania meet on
Tuesday night last and passed an ordinance
to pay the Marshal 500 a year.
The First National Bank Of Brunswick has
openedits doors for business. 1t makes the
third banking house in the town.
Mrs. Mary T. Walton. one of the most prom
inent young ladies in EaldOsta. died at her
home near that city day or two ago.
Fhe BaptIsts of CedaTtOwn have chosen as
their pastor for the balance of the present
year Rev. Mr.. Tant, Of Barlow county.
There has not been a car load of corn
shipped to Georgetown this year, and it Is the
Sth of February. The record has not been
cqualed before for ten years.
The Cherokee Iron Company viii blow out
their furnace IN month or more and change
its construction so as to be able to use coke III
making iron.
Mr. Wheeler, the demented white man who
was dangerously cut by negro whom he at
tackled at GAINESVILLE a day or two ago. has
been sent 10 the asylum.
HJacob Freeman, Mechanlcsyille negro,
Crazcd by religion, attempted to cut a young
negress' throat there the other day, but failed,
fled and Is still at large.
Levi Evans, who recently jumped through
window of moving car near Eastman to
escape from an officer, was not injured, as
first reported. He has not been recaOtured.
a few mornings agOJ. G.. Field, Peter Ben
net and others, while chasing large fox near
Blairsville with a fine pack of hounds, pushed
him - closely that he ran and jumped into a
well thirty feet deep, and was taken from 1t
alive.
Mr.. Turner, father of p. NJ. Turner of Nler-
iwether, whose sentence Of death was con-
frmed by the Supreme Court, Is getting sign =
ers to a petition asking the Governor to com
mute the death sentence of his son, TObe, to
imprisonment for life.
J. II. stephens, agent of the Savannah.
Florida and Western Railway, at Camilla.
has nSde a careful estimate that, with an
average price in both directions, the money
spent for whisky IN Forsyth county would
feed the whole population.
At 3 meeting of the Directors of the Ma
uOnal Bank Of Augusta, held Friday, Z. Nc
resigned the position Of Cashier, and A. C..
Beane was elected in his stead. a good
showing was made of the condition OF the
bank
81 Carter, of Winterville, while on a
scah0ld, building house, accidentally fell to
the ground, distance of IA feet, hurting his
hip and his back pretty severely, but, luckily,
breaking no bones. \ negro on the scaffOld
with him also fell and spralned his ankle
badly
Mr.. Gray, the defeated candidate for Mayor
OF " aynesbOrO, Is cOntesting MI. wilkins
election. Mr. Gray claims to have proved
that fifty or sixty voters for whom Mr.. Will
klns lad paid their taxes. held receipts which
were not dated until the 10Th, two days after
the election.
An eight year old boy goes about the streets
of Atlanta after nightfall telling pitiful tale
Of the death of his parents at Cincinnati and
his attempt to reach relatives in New Orleans.
winding up the yarn with an appeal for
money. He is a little fraud of the first water,
and she cut and dneness of his clothes lead to
the belief that he Is the scion of wealthy par
ents of Atlanta.
At GreenesbOrO Monday Miss Mary BOWles,
of that city, was married to Samuel Hand, of
Altoona, Florida. The cOurtship of the couple
smacks much OF romance, having been con-
Quoted wholly by correspondence; and the
contracting parties not having seen each
other until few days prior to the ceremony.
The couple left for Florida, which they Will
make their future home.
Bishop Pierce says: 1.-THE most notable
marriage | ever performed was that of Miss
sara TOombs, daughter of Hon. Robert
TOOmbs, and Mr.. Dudley NJ. DuBOse. The
marriage took place in Washington City. and
was attended by President Buchanan, the
members Of the Cabinet, members of Congress,
the full diplomatic corps, and a brilliant ar
ray of the proudest people in the land"
Robert Ingram, who is farming on the plan
tatlOn OF ). NJ. storey, near Greensboro,
killed an enormous wild cat in his bed room
the other night. In the room Mr.. Ingram
had provisions for his hands, and the cat had
nv GOT and eating mo
when Mr.. Ingram aWOke. He fired four
times at the beast before he succeeded in
killing it. 1t showed some fight before it died.
The parsonage Of the Athens Circuit, located
near BOggs' Chapel, five miles from Athens,
caught fire from the stove last Saturday and
was consumed with its entire contents. Rev.
W. l.. W OOten, who occupied il with his fam
lily, lost everything, not even saving change
of clothing. In the excitement the baby was
left IN the house, but its absence was disCOv-
cred in time by one of the children, who res
cuedit.
A I3-year-Old negro went into an Atlanta
drug store to secure some postage stamps,
and while a white lad of his own age was
taking them from the money drawer. reached
over the counter and snatching S2 bill
stuffed 1t in his pocket and refused to return
it. The white boy picked up a.pistOl, and
while pointing It at the negro accidentally
discharged it, the ball entering the negro's
arm. The wound is not dangerous. and the
shootiJ being accidental no arrest was
made
The Dalton cotton factory was formally
organized Thursday with J. II. Patton as
President. I. Il. Jones Vice President. J. h.
Drummer Secretary and Treasurer, Wyle Pat
ton superintendent, John Bryant, W. y.
Moore, ID. L. Bass, ID. w. baltimore, J. ii.
baltimore and J. ID. Cook Directors, with a
capital of $4,000 paid up. Work Will be COM
menced as soon as the weather viii permit,
and will be pushed to completion as soon as
practicable.
A few days ago Ralph Banks, Jr., the son of
J. r. Banks, of Forsyth, left the employ of
Carhart 4 Curd, Macon, and without notice
to his family, went to Texas After his ar
rival Al Fort Worth he wrote TO his father Of
his new location. Nothing was heard from
him hll Friday, when friends there tele-
Eraphed of mis- critical illness. Friday morn
ing his father was advised OF his death the
night before OF pneumonia. Ralph Is the last
of four sons that Mr.. Banks has lost since the
war.
A correspondent of the MORNING NEWS
says that the streets of Eastman are being
put IN good condition by the new Council, who
are also giving their attention to the sanitary
condition of the town. Ollie Waite, a little
daughter OF j. /. Waite, ON Thursday, was
run over by wagon driven by Master Lee
Jcssup, and was badly, but not dangerously
hurt. The infant son of Mr.. c. B. Murrell
swallowed potash and frightened the anxious
parents considerably. The little fellow Is all
right again.
DR.. j. g. GibsOn's house, in Crawford, is
two or three feet of the ground, latticed on
front and sides, but Is open on the back.
Thursday a large hawk darted al 4 chicken in
his back yard, but missed his prey, and, fail
ing to rise in time, went under the house
where it was not closed up. A servant saw
the hawk 20 under and Immediately informed
Mrs. Gibson Of the fact, who came out and
saw his hawkship at the front of the house
trying 70 get through the lattice work. They
began TO throw at it and worried il so long
that it became so confused and scared that
the servant caught it and killed it with a
stick.
The jackson: Ne,cs says: Last Monday
night Jerry WOrsham. a cOlOred boy who lives
out on Dir. +. W. NJ. DOwdy's farm, went out
after dark with two other boys to split rails
they cut down large tree and ran away from
1t as lt fell. In falling the tree knocked
against another hollow tree that was standing
close by. The shock was enough 10 make il
fall IN the direction where Jerry and the
other boys were standing, and. as it was dark
they could not see it coming so that they could
get ont Of the way. 1t caught Jerry and
broke his neck and both legs, from which he
died instantly"
Four hundred and eleven vessels cleared
cOastWise and l52 for foreign ports. OF these
2sl carried our own flag, so that OF Great
Britain, y Of Norway, Is of Spain, of Por
tugal, OF Sweden, Of Germany, of Russia,
of France and / of Italy. OF thsOe which
cleared for foreign ports % cleared for the
United Kingdom, % for Spain, p for the Ar
gentine Republic, II for Brazil, ! for Uru-
quay, for West Indies, for Portugal, for
Germany, for Cuba, for Africa, 4 for New
brunswick, for the Netherlands, for Bel