Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-07-03
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
--,7r ,.F-ws OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

.,..i.nte Humanity Adrift in a Yawl-
A+-4rtfve Flames at Greensboro
--..tfa Lee Price Defeats the Cincin-
- Manager in Court-An Epidemic
- r,ot Races to Reach a Climax To-
Morrow
GEORGIA.
-.a Browns and Clinches cross bats al Au-
-.--E ra-TrJrr0W.
H. cotton crop in Oconee now averages
sa.lr knee hiEh.
r..rn crop Of Barlow county looks more
--.r..--1- z -Itu for years.
Neon .s.I watch "a foot race bicycle race
.-ra.e and steer races io-morrOW.
weighing b aud 585z pounds have
. --acted by the Albany editors.
.-ruaI parade Of the Athens Fire De-
.-r.-- srill take place next Friday.
r- .-a Ired dollars in prizes await the
r.aaer- 30 ro-moIrow's walking mateh al
,- r. lib Hiss Fincher, while milking,
.-r at her COW, striking her IN the
....I aaI killing her instantly
--.r.sH In Athens bound out his child
-.#r t. q gentleman TO get money % 90
. aar. .ared lremeu to Griffin.
,-- u- OFT. 0f Athens. had an Arabian
r.rar. her bv q friend in $50. and 10
sf..g..t annually ever since and is stu a
F..r.-l.l- ..nt.
U Pos. au eN-p0liceman Of Atlanta.
-.- -.-t.rsci t1 serve five years IN the
..-...I..rr. UH CONVECTION OF foDDlng an IN
...f.. T.-.I. 10 H-lu.
-.r-r..- .--l-ls- v0u- please, a ten mile heel
-. +-. a.-. Tor reporters. Fat mans foot
..au-UIease among neW-DOTs and
- r.. are Uu the tapl- al Atlanta to-
u.-lE-
Xix Er--tt- OF PytIias walking match at
...r.-g +. l- reported % have been failure.
,f -..rH.U. 30 Atlanta. won the race.
..-.. rr second. and y. N. Cheshire. Of
-..-..-.s. walking match fame, third.
.r.. Governor has ordered an election 10 be
f-.- Is Iur Colonel 20 command the
-...rf# Georgia Bat alIJu, composed OF the
,..r.r- Light Infantry, Albany Light
,...-l- anil Lewis Light Infantry, Of Monte
Llar
FILA. Rome arrauumeut Is iu progress, not
-..-tsr.|r. fls failure Of HargTOyc's bank.
H--.H... tu. treasurer ul Rome VIII probably
M .--.r.. thousand dollars, yet arrange
-...- ar. m ie which the interest Of the
lf. f.rr- vl.. Dor al promptly paid.
rr..E-saar CORES p0udcucc NEWS, July J =:
r..ra.r u.4re.. u torrents here yesterday.
.-r.a=. heard .ueul the best farmers IN our
-..r-r -lr tU- morning that he thought the
a..t.r ar.u r.l- ruined. 10 viii De days be
f.. v.r. can De done on the crops.
.-a 70 tHa new features embodied in At
...r.--. r.u. tlL ordnance is the tax on drum
.er. Hereafter a.l drummers who sell goods
t.U...rr..u licensed dealers viii have TO pay
....u-a tal. This section was adopted ln
G-I.- tu prevent drummeTs from interfering
with merchants. and % went into elect on the
I.t .u-'
TraN MEMS mentioned week or So ago that
Harris tla proprietor 0l museum Ia Cln-
r.ar.f. .u au.cl Matte Lee Price, the electro
r...rtf#. E.r.. appeared by contract with
F. H... instituted suit for damages In the
--.. Of s. ... against her manager, claiming
D. ....a y .|4 eel "a IL nn ma
r.E.r. ti.. Harris. 10 now appears has failed
.1a..Huur f0r tlr power the girl possesses
satisfactorily. and 20 IS said q heavy damage
suit uII De instituted against him by her
father.
Eastman correspondence NEWS, july j.;
u. .-- superior Court. after session Of tWO
weeks. has adjourned, and still the dOekets
ar. .laEeI HHtn civil business. As usual.
much ut tuH time ul the court was consumed
.r t.e TRIAL ul criminal cIse-.-Ihc crops In
tr- county. especially fruit and cotton. are
He..aHuZ tu suffer from oyer abundance Of
rs.r. D.. which Wr have been visited almost
continually lUr 'uc past two or three weeks
Wr.T U BRYANT. citizen who resides Iu the
lower part Ui l0Ige county, has discovered
au important aUt novel use for tOads. He
u-.- tEem i.r iy traps and worm destrOycrs
u Dds ElrIau.-'ir. NJ. J.. Burch, editor Of the
Eastman IIIFas has announced his detcrmlua-
uaa r1 run for Representative. There are
uuu three candidates IN the field.
AdC-rructiye fire took place in Greensboro
or NHuHay morning. IL originated i'm Ross
MAN grocery, which was destroyed. lt COM
umltaied % the buildings on the north and
south. owned by ". II. Radcliffe. OF New
York .uj Mrs. 4. a. Davis. The lower tcne-
.m.aret the Radcliffe building was destroyed,
an. Nr-. Davis building considerably dam
a-.I 5le--r-. kImhrOugh X Co. had their
zr.rs considerably damaged by water. The
I0--U-art a- follows; Mrs. l.. +. ROssmau, frame
building si,j %. uo insurance; j. X. kOssman,
mtreHard -e. $500. no Insurance; Mrs. \. 4.
DAVIS damage t0 building about $500, insured;
Mg-ss-. hIWuT1uEh * Co.. damage to mer-
rHHrf.-e. S1U. insured; W. II. Radcliffe,
buIIU- about 1000, insured; Mr.. Felumb, a
ieUa.er who HI- recently moved here from
Thomson, lost Dds store and stock.
uautn G1=rrs. Early Lass Saturday morn
II fhe appearance on the opposite side Of
long reach ui am uucummOnly big vaWl boat
With about ten human beings moving about
or ter deck. very much puzzled the inhabi-
tlur- Hi MayEIll Island. All sorts of guesscs
BE- t1 what she was where she came from,
anil where She was going. were made. soon.
however, I-ltly Dateau boat struck out from
hgr side. HuH, au approaching, DC was found TO
le rrHrI Toy $ ul about 10 years OF age.
ON landing ihe little sun-burnt fellow related
itai eleven weeks ago the family, consisting
uf rHa parents. SIX children and two female
relative. sailed from Hilton Head. =. C.. for
Jacksonville. Fla, where the father owns
some Sind ul @ farm. The long delay was
caused HE lut iEtll ot their sail and mast on
lH. way. after which their only means Of pro-
uy-- was Jo drift vs. liz the tide, and by the
ilNgr towing Dc larger with the smaller boat,
WttE -Eilriruiy strong 20 do so between the
lt,-.a a- Hl cII..S auI fever. which almost con-
.llut.s confined him 10 bed. The little raga-
muNu .lgu, with tears in - eyes, asked IL he
cllld Io- -tt q little bread or something to
eat. aua a- g. matter OF course a square meal.
that mgIe n.s eyes sparkle with JOY, was
spread before iLe hero Of the moment. Capt.
Robinson, ut the American schooner James
p haE-r7' "n hearing the sorrowtul tale. sent
q -1ls.E supply 90 the sick father and the
r-t Gl ine family on board TO appease their
immediate hunger. a closer inspection of the
craft revealed q group OF pretty, blue eyed
children and three elderly females in fear
-u..y ragged ami half starved condition. The
BUST with Tue whole party aboard came up to
tht eity ou Tuesday afternoon and anchored
.or iGe night lu the blight above the rice mill.
Tie itTtr-strlekCn owner Of the craft was at
tended by narien physician. and we learn
-0at alier attempting 10 provide sail and a
leN DAYS provisions here, he intended to con-
tuHr hIs voyage with his family % the "Land
90 Flowers Tie last seen Of the boat she
Ma- going throuEh the cut towards Florida on
Wednesday afternoon a