Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-19
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD n PARAGRAPHS.

Some Of the Companies which WIN
Attend the Rome Encamprnept-BaIn
bridge as Freight Poiut-visit of the
Board Of Visitors to the state Uni
versity.
GEORGIA
The mass meeting of the BALDWIN Countv
cu1Ia! >cAooi Association fixed for tO-mOr-
roW has been indefinitely postponed.
Each Of the eight militia district II, 1stt,aIi
county VIII elect one delegate % the senate
rial convention on Saturday. the 2ler inst
Iu july.
At Augusta TUESDAY Judge Ropev rendered
2 decIsion- holding thar Judgment rendered
uT "a y NotarT Public and eX-offici0 Justice ~ the
reaee at time aud place other than that
INel Tor the court sessions Of the regular JUS
tice of The Peace was void.
In a siN-hour g0-as-you- please walking
match &c Dalton Saturday. commencing al b.
IN. AMI ending at 6 %. m, Notwithstanding
q heavy rain, which came uu ab1ut O'clock
and lasted some twenty minutes. the follow
ing D. the record male: ". y. Harden 2gI.
maess W. j. Irammel. - miles: George
miles.
Monroe Adrsrtissr: Darling A. Bennett. OF
Company ID, EOrty-tfth Georgia Regiment
was severely wounded at the battle Of Chan
ceiorsville on the 20 of May. 1883. was can
tured, and uDt being heard from was suD
posed 10 De dead a letter from his Captain
Judge IT. ~ Jacob informs US that Mr. BEN
nett o. stIli living, and that his home is RAN
pauhaunock. Essex county. Va. when he en-
listed hl7 home was near High Falls, In Mon
roe county
IL has been recently discovered that Mrs.
>. a.. EOremau's family. in Wilkes county
own the mineral right in some land In Norfh
Georgia shat contains q valuable nine When
Nrs- toremau's grandfather sold the land
some seventy i've wears ago DE reserved the
mineral right; and recently. when the mine
was discovered, the man who owns the land
sald lhal lhe mineral right had been reserved.
but ne dld not know who owned it, A search
Of the records disclosed tine above fact
Another murder has been committed in
stewart a negro direct from the scene re-
ports that on the plantation OF Mrs Amos
Ward. ln the lower psFt 0f the county, a ne
gro named Peter Har,sleld. was slain by a
negro boy aged li years. It appears they
were engage lu friendly play when the blv
became angry and drew MS knife. At this
point they were Eeuarated and decreased had
turned away when the boy, whose name Is
not known, seized q hoe and buried the eve
Of the hoe in his victims head. lie died in
ten minutes. The youthful murderer was
then permitted % escape.
Maj. j. j. White 40 one time 8 leading fac
tor ln the agricultural implement trade Of
Atlanta D, now occupying a cell i'm the Fulton
county Jal. There are two warrants for the
Major. and hls retention viii be easily accom-
plished until his trial occurs or until he sue
ceeds lu giving gllI edge bonds for his appear
ance when wanted. One Of the warrants
and was issued after the recent grand jury had
returned a true bin against him. The other
warrant is for bail tr0ver, aud the particular
property which it is desired o. secure bv the
writ is claimed by 4. r. Frier-uu. 4. T.. VIII
Lard s. Co. Of Chicago, secured the first war
rant. They consigned an engine 10 the Major
20 sell. which De uld, buJ failed To remit 10 The
hrm. They allege larceny after trust. He
claims &c 20 be only a case OF debt.
Athens BHHer- Wdtchman: The southern
Mutual Insurance CompanY's case was
called in the supreme Court Monday.
aud Hon. Pope Barrow. representing the
company, stated that they were not ready for
trial, and wished 10 continue the ease until
the next regular term In November. Cant.
n. H. Carlton, representing the past and
present policy holders. stated that whilst they
would not fight against a continuance, they
were ready, willing and anxious for a trial
and hoped that His Honor would not grant "A
continuance The case was, however. put on
and court adjourned. About the only ques-
uOn for jury 10 decide IN this mOneyed affair
- what amount j. 10 necessary for the compa-
ny 20 withhold as a reserve fund 10 meet the
probable losses Of the company. The amount
over and above this fund Is. as has been de
cided hy tine Supreme Court 10 be divided
pro rata among the policy holders.
The executive committee Of the military en-
campmeut. to open ut Rome ON the 2d of next
month. held q meeting at the cncampment
headquarters Monday. Capt. Printup re-
ported that the following named comtanirs
had already secured quarters, and would re-
main throughout the enC9mpment Rifles,
AdairsvIlie; Guards. Abbeville, :. c.: Kenue-
saw Rifles, Atlanta; Spauldng Crews and
Light Guards, Griffin, Ga.; Guards Cave
Spring; thickamauga Guards and Cadets.
Chattanooga. Tenn, Light Infantry. Ameri-
Gus; Southern Cadets, Macon; Quitman
Guards. Forsyth; Clinch Rifles, Augusta;
Light Guards and Hin CITY Cadets, Rome: Sa-
Yannah, Charleston. Henderson, Kentucky,
montgomery. and Gadsden, Ala. and prOba-
hly New Orleans Will send companies and are
at present negotiating with General Manager
PriRtup rs 10 rules Of drill and cost Of trip.
Atlanta Consultations: The Board OF Visi-
tors 20 the state University have in pre-
DaFation their report, which viii be
submitted To the Governor IN day or
two. The board have had an unusually in
dustriOus aud attentive session, ana have
made. So they consider. the closest eNHmiua-
tiuu of papers that mas ever been made. They
have changed the system OF reports. Hereto
fore it has been customary 10 have the reports
covereyery thing connected with the manage
ment Of the institution, but this board. upon
looking into the law, found that they were re-
Ftricted 20 an examination OF the scholastic
standing among the students In consequence
they devoted their entire time 10 that work.
They found the institution la a very flourish
iug condition. They found, however, that the
faculty are Oyerworked and will recommend
the enlargement 81 the faculty. some Of the
papers submitted 20 she board were pro-
uouuCpd Of q remarkably fine order. but the
board discovered lack Of attention 20 minor
matters. such as spelling, Tenmanship and
grammar, and IN consequence the board could
not accord as high general average in schoi-
lrrhip as they would have liked 20 do. This
defect they considered due TO the crowded
lahors of the professors. The work of Prof.
White and the laboratory Of Prof. Charbon-
uier were greatly praised.
Bainbridge Democrat: Bainbridge has al
vnvs beer a comnetitfve freight Doint in
which respect she has had the advantage over
All, other towns along the line Of the Savan-
nah. Florida and Western Railway. A retro
spective glance over the commercial history
OF the town viii fully bear US out in this state
ment Not only has she always been q COM
petitivc point but she Is now. aud VIC see no
good reason "a hy she may not always continue
10 be. Next fan viii witness any amount OF
competition for the carrying trade Of our
town and that OF the Flint river valley for
the reason that we can ship our cotton 10
Savannah. to New York via Savannah, TO
New York via Chattah0ocheo aud Jackson
ville, 10 Columbus, TO New Orleans via Apa.
saehicola, and 70 New Orleans via Pensa-
cola ami Atlantic Railroad. Mr. J. NJ
Humphreys has Just returned from tolum-
bus. and he informs us that there Is no doubt
but that an independent line Of first class
freight and passenger steamers viii be put on
the rivers at au early day. The steamer
amos HAYES will resume her trips ia about
Two weeks. having tied up temporarily FOR
repairs, and VIII continue on the river indeh-
uitSly- Mr- Humphreys VIII Be the agent OF
the line in Baiubridgc and win open regular
steamboat Office here. TO Is needless 90 add
that the lipc VIII get the undivided support OF
the business communities OF Mobile and New
Orleans: ard tse support that these two
cities will give e viii De liberal, enterprslug
and progressive. With =Cch facilities Balm
bridge ought TO be the best cotton market in
SOUTHWEST Georgia. Last se7sOn our mer-
chants paid more Tor cotton than did any in
terror town in the state, and II Is reasonable
20 suppose the prices VIII Improve TINS season.
cambridge. TOO. ought 90 supply this section
OF country entirely with heavy groceries and
plantation supplies. because rates or freight
are So low between here and New Orleans,
the great grocery centre of the Northwest.
where these goods can be bought az a margin
under which no Eastern city can auord To
sell The outlook is indeed promising for our
tOwr. The new steamer Levin. from Ap
alachie0lS. we hear, viii soon begin SEMI
weekly truss from ApalachicOla 20 Balm
bridge. and csiry the United states mails
FLORIDA.
Zig trees around Tallahassee are laden with
fruit.
The streets in DeLand are being covered