Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-10-01

NonNicts OF the state-A suit OF Inter
est TO business Men Decided at At
lants-An Ex-GambIer OF the state
Capital Preaching at Louisville, Ky.
GEORGIA.
There is great scarcity OF water az Coch-
ran.
A railroad meeting is 70 De held al Dublin
next Tuesday.
The Thomaston Tiases is out with a creIita-
Die eiEht-page trade issue.
Margaret Ann is the name Of a c0lOred
Methodist Church near Coley's station.
Daniel Neisler, Of Reynolds, one OF the
early settlers, was buried az Yellow Greek on
Tuesday.
Seventeen converts were baptized in the
waters 0i the Uconec at Dublin sunday morn
ing A large crowd were ia attendance.
Rev p. ". Edgc has been called TO the
PASTORAL charge - the second Baptist Church
90 cochran ior the ensuing year, and he has
accepted the call.
At Rome, Monday, J. r. Parker, white
man, was found guilty in the Superior Court
pl horse stealing. and was sentenced 10 five
years lu the penltentlary.
At Dublin, while tile horse Of j. W. Raneld
Was grazing in his pasture on last Monday
morning, a fcrOci0us bull. leapiuE into the en-
closure, gored the horse very badly.
saturday, near TaylOrsviIle a Mr.. Cochran
.tl hl- rlght arm go badly laCerated by the
machinery olhis gin as 10 render amputatiOu
lt1esslry- The arm was taken on just above
Farmers living ON TugalO river complain that
farmers living near the river in south Caro-
lima are in the habit 0f bringing their cattle %
tuI' s.de and turning them loose 20 Craze for
Che summer.
40 Washington. A. A. Meals gin house.
together with eight bales Of cotton. gin and
press was destroyed by fire Saturday about
Do O'Clock some think 30 was set on fire.
while others attribute It to the extremely dry
weather.
Ten hands working at Towers & suIIIvan's
p.IW works 40 Rome struck Monday. From
The best Information that can be gathered 10
seems that the hands were notified last week
tl1t they would have 20 work eleven hours
instead Of ten, as heretofore; hence the trOu-
Die.
Robert b. Ford, cOlOred, a deck hand on the
government suag boat Toccoa, was found
dead near Jackson, seventeen miles from
Augusta, sunday morning. james Thomas,
q fellow -deckhand- ls suspected Of numbering
him. Thomas was stlI at large at last ac-
counts.
Elbcrton's municipal election FOR the town
passed OF Monday without any serious dis
lurbauce. lion. Jas. l. Heard was elected
Mayor over w. c. Pressly by Gl majority L.
M. swift, ". e.. smith. y. O.. Long. .. ;. Oil
yer aud Luther ii. Turner were elected COun-
cilmeu-
Saturday, while Wilmer Peacock and Goddy
Ouerry, Of Cochran. were out bird hunting, a
pointer dog they had with them was attacked
win hydrophobia, and made desperate at
tcmpts % bite the boys. They fought him on,
however. and Wilmer soon dispatched the
animal with load OF shot.
capt. John J. Seay is preparing for the
New Orleans Worlds Exposition an exhibit
of orrs Wool stone and coal found on the
g00sa river. Capt. Seay VIII spare neither
trouble nor expense in making the exhibit one
chat viii reflect credit ON Northern Georgia
and Alabama.
Col. John ID. Attawav. candidate for the
Ie-IsIaturc M Cherokee county, left home
Thursday morning with a horse and buggy TO
return the same day; but his friends have had
% udugs from him since, and fear he has
tesu f0uliy dealt with. He was very promi-
uaut candidate, and lt WAS expected 10 be
t.ry closely contested race.
DR.. William II. Terrill. young druggist Of
Gainesville, died suddenly Tuesday. lie at
tended the morning service at the Baptist
church with his wife, and was at the dinner
raa.r eating dinner IN usual health and was
raE.r suddenly and seriously Ill. and before
reaching his bed room expired He was about
=. fcIEs of age, and was an excellent drug
--t.
las. saturday the farmers Of Richmond
county had large and interesting meeting
az their Agricultural society at the county
place GO Ernest X. Schneider, on the Murray
MII Pond. near Augusta. The question OF
building a club house Is now IN the hands OF a
committee who VIII report plans and suggest
ways aud means as soon as possible THIS
matter VIII be entered upon dt the next meet
eng.
Columbia county superior Court adjourned
late saturday night, and Judge Ron2y reach
ed Augusta Monday. The chief case of inter
~ Uas the trial or young Paul Griffin.
uluufar ami we'll known young man. Tor the
murier of William II. Taylor. The jury
brought in verdict OF acquittal late Satur-
.IaE night. The tragedy occurred last spring,
t,rrru and a Young friend NOryall having
been attacked in the road by party OF
drunken men. among them being Taylor, who
Ha- kiIled after he had tried 20 shoot Gritln
There are i've OF six cases Of scarlet fever IN
Macon. and there has been within the past
frree months I'M the neighbOrhOOd of 40 cases
m
80 them proving fatal. Nearly all OF these
cases were iu the southern and western SUD
bur.,s of the city. As far as possible sll the
eases are Isolated, amt the RhlsielaHs &c
--iua every precautiOu- Dr. Hall says that
therr are quite q number of cases IN Tie
southern and middle portions Of the state; 50
hc has been ADVISED. ana IN No instance Has
death resulted.
A negro named Cobb Houston, in Athens,
had row ON Saturday night with his para
uiour. and beat her up badly, breaking one OF
her arms ami fracturlmg her skull CoDo
came home very late saturday night for
which his paramOur uDbraided MIN. lie re-
tOrted n the same kind Of language, when the
woman I'm a frenzy Of passion made deadly
assault upon Cobb. Crazed with pain. he
seized che first thing he could IND anu beat
Der in cruel and heartless manner. Cobb
ha- been arrested and l0uged IN JAN. lie
u sic no attempt To escape.
AtDthIin the dwelling. kitchen and smoke
nous. * NJ III. Tillcry We're destroyed by fire
11 -he night Of sept. -. Mrs. Ttlery set a
. II |
60 some household duties when the lamp iell
an the lOOr and eNVscded. setting hfc 10 her
clothing and the bedding. and 10y the time the
1lmcs, that were rapidly covering her' We're
sytinruished the bedding and furniture were
cuyeloped in flames and could nOt be eNtlh-
Euisheu by those that had heard the S-tEm-
airs. TlicrY was only slightly b0rned- AHe
house and furniture were covered hy m9ut-
auca 90 the amount Of S3l21- $3.50 or 500 " oflh
uf the luruttIre was saved
Barucsviue G1sstts: Preston Kendall. a
rnlnret man. " hb lived IN BlrnesVllle. uleu on
SUNDAY morning last, after short illness %
one or two weeks. The cOlOred people of this
vicinity have been engaging IN superzlllion
Cor some uuys lu regard 10 Preston. y snort
time since Preston caught Bob sullivan sleai-
~ roasting ears from Mr. \. ). Blalock 5
patch iu Earucsviilc. PROM thai tiiie' we
learn it haa been whispered among the col
cred people that Preston would come To some
nr.I end al an early date. They row trace
She cause uf his death 10 the TACT that ne
caught Bob stealing roasting ears. Ihty seem
60 be at variance among themselves however
some ot them think that his death came IN
the MYSTERIES Of Providence. while others
thiuk that poison had been conveyed in some
shape Co his stomach
Augusta Cbr0Hicls: The government snag-
h0aI IOcc0a Is doing some good work In the
savannah river. below Augusta. working
Uuder she last appropriation of $l5.ooo made
av CouEr-Ss. The boat Is very powerful aud
complete, l. provided with steam capstan
lud derrick FOR pulling up logs and snaEs.
which are hindranccs 70 navigation. and Is
eluipped with charges Of dynamite and cleo
rrIc batteries for blowing up cypress stumps
and other immOvable and lmpenetrable inn
plcmeuts- The Toccoa ts IN comm and OF capt.
John II. WesterEeld, and has been working in
the river since July ~ lt Is now az Grdy's
Point. about tlirtvlYe miles below the CITY,
bv river. and has douc good service between
that place and silver Bluff Capt. Wester-
leld tells the Chrruicls that his machines
have dislodget some enormous obstacles,
Thiel year by year accumulate IN every
stream. and which are being removed con-
etauflv from the Mississippi river The
trouble is ta4t the appropriations are small,
and are reaaiiv exhausted. He thinks that
SO 600 would puf the Savannah river in first
clasr baating condition throughout the year
hetu-ssa Augusta and savannah. He SAYS
ghat the sand bars are small IN number. and
are iusr below the city. They can be readily
overcome br dams His boat, however. rep
reseuts . distinct branch OF the government
service.
'The csse % the state Es. CharlesP Murray
CHARGED with cheating ana sWinuling. came
J.u f5r f-ial in the Atlanta City Court Mon
Murray az chat time shoe merchant on
Whitehall srreef, made written statement
90 the Bureau Of credits At Boston, m which
LIs liabilities we're stated az 81, anu ms
uet assets az slS.s65. Upon the laitn or this
0odbury Brothers and others OF Boston,
subscribers to this bureau, sold Murray large
e-lls % goods in January, ISL IN req. ~
ls,t. Murray assigned 10 J. J. DuEeg. prefer
lD- lis u lie 70 the extent Of S5,Ulu. Itae PROOF
showed that Murray's statement OF MS in-
uel-cdEess was not correct, ne having lett
cut debt of about S3,o3Q TO ScheuertZ n Co.,
1he New England creditors beiAs very much
dissatisfied with Aur-ay's treatment u thern-
and tLe poor showing he made In his ASSIST
meuL- Instituted criminal proceedings against 4