Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-09-03
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
,r-yys OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

Murder at Lumpkin with a Woman at
.t.rottom Of It-SIngular Freak of a
rI,rE An a Gainesville Death Chamber
AZ Epidemic among Leon County
Hogs.
GEORGIA.
--.-a p entered Atlanta twenty years ago
~ es growers Of Georgia meet in
.l THURSDAY
. ...-- have just been slain in scriven
r-- Editor Matthews wants game law,
....- have nearly completed a school
u.a mo Plains. about four miles be-
I- E55ar
sr-a bridge last month returned
sr = s.. wharf S2l Sd, the market $3.50 s.,
.r-.r .. Police Slss
v- Baxter The hl hldrophobia man at High
- entirely recovered, and is now up
--# attending t' his farm.
pE CA Eey. OIJOnesbOrO. died on Aug
.. .. lwUtgu. and was buried by the
r#-Ht- Hr Honor Friday at $3.50 O'Clock at
-. cemetery lu JonezDOrO.
Mrs. FluaH I. Pearce, the mother Of VIII
r. u..r.a. general manager OF the Wheeler
u.-.u sewing Machine COMPANY in Co
- lae sunday after brief illness.
ue-- of Hancock Superior Court has
u-Ire N1l. filed away with some
...-- dated lsi. The papers were con-
.e ulrI the estate Of the late =. J.. Pier
-.r#arzviIo correspondence NEWS, Sept. 3;
T.. municipal election held yesterday. re-
-e follows. MayOr-W lillian Gallaher.
4 t..rueu-W. III. Lawson, 4. NJ. Mayo, r.
U. Walker, William Rawlings, Morris Haup.
Taer's majority over hls opponent, Col.
John n. GIlmer, was II.
eHI1red woman on George Virgins place.
lar >audcrsvIlle, picked cotton very hard
.. day last week and went 20 bed well 90
--Ht7 during the might she W0kc mp very SEX
ar.l took q seat iu chair In the door, while
I.r husband ran for m"airal ald. ana as ne
red the house ON returning. his wife fell
.r"m tine chair in the yard dead.
I.- Fulton county primaries viii Toe held to-
.... q Dee following gentlemen are before the
". for the hlulr7 % De gwen out. W.
3D. bills. B. T. Abbott r. r. Iloge, r. H.
E-.Hr vs. NJ. BRAY, John Thomas, James 4.
,r.s and ur. -. II. Boring. Tomorrow the
-.1Hturl5 Convention Of the Thlrty-tifth
-.u. vI'I ue held. W. 4. TIgner, OF Clay
.- 1aaty, VIII almost undoubtedly be
r.-..- .-g-rste: William Green. the colorcd
-. r.. 'pei Lazarus Harris. cOlOred, the
....-..r.-. 10 hir6 Willy, get away from the
-- rr... md. 't 0f the murder, was tried be-
r r.--... k..r.. 20 on Tuesday and committed
... ..s--.rr afr-r fle fact. OF murder. Green
Slim f.ftuIt - slG0 bond. BY refer
rs .f.- records liz e7ss found that on Aug.
F.. ..-4 -----sv wears NE-s Green was arrested
d. similar charge, amt a-iuI'teu at pre-
l..-.a-E hearing.
r.ar .#HgeIu, q few nlgntS 4so' m Whlch
r-. T.. 20 was shot and killed by another ne
.-...a#eE Willie Harris. The Hght occurred
....r 3 woman. and the testimony Drought
fr.. ar tile inquest. held by Cor0uer w. J.
H.---, #HHWeI Do Io DE a case on -45.i--llse
Fr...E#.. tue prisoner acting strictly IN self
defense. Il. jury returned % Yerdict IN ac-
r.-.rH.e with the above facts. and no war
rant was issued for the slayer.
Camilla rarre= oIIdence NEWS: On Friday
morning. Aug. I'D, as. Mr.. Sit. Mayo was gong
bonn .-aH Dim Palmer's. be mel q ne gro VINO
uu.. HEu e debt. He spoke 20 the ScEF0
a..ura. H1t words sprung up and it becaue
necessary tHr Mr.. Man % to shoot the negro 20
r--... himself. The bail struck the negro,
l. #-#e. on Che shoulder The negro ls
....- H-.-- -ut tIH wound not - serious as
r.- HEH#rr.l--W Gather hot and dry. and
cotton fields uL-ujll as li struck by lightning.
Eee Err-.: The jury of inquest over the
....- H. S. n. simpler the Old man VINO
was found dead near here last week. brought
.r..s#rlltt u. death from uusuuwu causes
I.. lea was general that he possessed quite
... aE money. which he carried on his per
=.n. .- kept buried UE his pia-e. a thorough
search EzIHeI rv Ult any money ana Dc is
r-. .H.u chat Ee was robbed. The body was
-. l.r G-ruuuu-ei taat Sc was Imp1sSl Hle 10
a-..ra "a foul play. if There wlz any. lie was
HHreL gt tIc graveyard near Mr.. shade
UH miuey.s.
Pau.iirg Er1: Mr.. IT. E. Porter. OF this
place. who was nice Hay and well respected
wlaH young. bl- been lr.rsiuE pretty neavl-
T.. lrr several years While iu this condition
EH a.utL IrE lH si- DIS father and brothers
Ii. has been Ittemu u.Iu- tu commit suicide lsr .
t.s -t-t o." days. ln one oi these attempts
La was discovered -tHla. nE with a gan
against Ei- breast aud irving tO pull the trlE-
-ar with I.- foot. DIt l- le had ON his shoe De
eH.. .I'J tHur1 the trigger. Tie was carried
tr Ul.l- uH saturday 90 Doe examined on iu-
sll.Es. UI. boz was not considered a lt subject
E t-- ass -um-
~ wanna Tr'-rteue: We are glad to report
.r.. ..'ere are uD new ca5. ut Hiuuthrria ln
.---.f. sE. There have been, from urzt 90
fl-r. anIe cases Wifhi1 the corporate AmIts
.| .-- f-rru -Grae ChIlirru uI Mr.. Robert +.
-.r.-..f.r r. .r.''tu one died, two children OF
u- o. 81. Iazledli -, three children ol capt.
81. t- Potter, -ut JGt'-e OK .-tlies N'3pel,
r..-.... .l which one diet lhese Two nave
H.Hl tae uUIr deaths, an the ,Ntuer7 nave uee9
slight cases IuI are now entirCN recoFeFcu
Hr .Hlta.e-eeut. ln all other re .oeet7 our
town. W.lH population of over 500, has bee9
blessed HE peculiar freedom from malartNi
Hr 81. sle-- gl AMY kind.
Gainesville Ery1s; In tue death Of Andrew
t. ~H.-.l, uu II-t sunday morning, who lived |
about 1880 miles from this city. we are pre-
=e-... g.ltl one Of the straugest c5iucidences
u. .-ve ever curouicl.d d. This family Is the
TI--.--1r ni au O'd-tlme clock. made entirely /
ut rs Ht auI IS between three and four feet
90 -#r, and That had kept the time, with
..e e- lLl uui.eu chime Tor - years, uD 20 |
aIH.. -IN years ago, when it stopped, short, |
reE.- -r a-lin,' and no amount of fixing
n- U..E.E- could ever induce its silent pgBdu- /
... FL. measure again Aue metres ut TIME I
A.... #.- thought at this time OF IT'S curious
aa.-. Do was supposed 10 had passed its
..ruH usefulness. and was ''set BY to be
llr4.l down 20 pOsterlty as family heir
lN'a- anil O. newer and more elaborate one
IIHs Ir- ..cH-tOmet place, and performed the
s.r. watches of time as only clock can do.
4.H. went uy, aud the dust Of years accu-
ml.sl.t rl Dos face and wheels, and still IL
s'... aaare as dumb as 6 was ON the day il so
suddenly and mysterIOusly stopped some SIX
years -a- several months ago Mr.. smith I
Aa- a#sal very Ii. and was confined TO his
.. H.-. 3D. fatal disease. Long and patiently
l.t G- hands aSsuaTe his pain and sleep
..-- eyes watch with te uder care his wasting
-.r.-- .ltI- about two weeks a-rO, at midnight.
H-.H .a. aHr E-l1r-otteu clock pealed forth
... -.#r 81. u Iu Its most musical and sllyery
t...s THE fg HiIv were dumDfountet. The
e. Earar tucked. bGt stood az silently as be-
l.-.. lrar -e.y twelve days afterwards, ami
Na ..+ twelfth hour of that day, the restless
-.- '- .ar sufferer icit ITS prison OF clay and
plume l-- Eight t1 the great beyond. These
...' sr. gathered from members Of the taIa-
.E-aat can DE suLstautiated by number Of