Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-07

and Twiggs Counties Organizing a
Military Company-Speed of the Gulf
Stream-Death from FAN at Lake
City.
GEORGIA.
Gen. Phil Cook is spending the summer at
Elliiav. GIlmer county.
The Crown cotton mills company Of Dalton
employs 20 hands regularly.
Bibb county has f0rty-two lawyers, forty
four doctors and ten dentists
Col Tibbs. 81 Dalton. has corn rows one
mile long. and 200 beef cattle grazing.
Roue-- first bale Of cotton was received
Tuesday. DO was brought in by J. +. Thomas
OF Chattoo-1 county
Hal Linton. Tax Collector Of Clarke county.
has been appointed bOOl&eeper at the UNI
yersity Bank in place Of 4. p. DeFring, re-
signed
William Lampkin. Of Clarke county. had a
horse injured hy falling through a broken
sewer on Broad street in Athens. and demands
damage Of the city.
The Tax Receivers books show 600 polls in
Floyd county. The real and personal proper
ty lz returned at So-tS3,5Ji. Twenty-Five hun
drej dogs are given in for taxation.
a little child of John Bird. Of Clarke. was
seriously hurt by running sharp stick. with
which Do vas playing, down its throat 10 is
In "A critical condition and unable 10 swallow
anything.
Ia the Court Of Ordinary OF OeIethorpe
letters Of dismissiOn We're granted TO W. A .
ShackelfOrd from estate of Sallie r. Shackel-
ford; % James ". Howard from estate Of Re-
becca ID. Powell.
A negro employed III the Central Railroad
&C Bean while unloading ears loaded with
iron. had his leg crushed bv % bar of iron fall
ing upon IT, IL lS probable his leg will be
ampuldjed as his injuries were very severe.
The crops north Of the Oostanaula river are
looking fine. If the rains continue as favora-
ble for few weeks longer there will be no
need % ship corn from the West. 4 few
farmers have oyercropped themselves, how
ever.
An agricultural meeting was held at Bark
camp tu Burke county. and was attended by
many farmers. The meeting was called for
me purpose 0i forming an agricultural club
lor the benent of It's members specially and Of
farmers generally.
At MilledgevIile Monday night Miss sarah
Rockwell. being frightened at the wind storm
ule4 suddenly she was very stout LADY,
and her death was caused bv hcrcudcavOring
% quickly reach the house of a neighbor dur
ing the storm.
The citizens living on the line Of Tyv5grs
and Jones counties are organizing a new mill
tary company. and a sufficient number OF
members have been enrolled % have ordered
the election Of officers. Col Wiley has writ
ten 70 the Governor 20 have the election or
tered' after which the commissions will be
made.
Tuesday afternoon at Mclean two white
men. one named Ferris. the others name I'M
knives 80 settle their differences. Ferris re-
ceived a savage cut in the stomach which
nearly diseinhOweled him. His injuries, II Is
SAID. Wi re-Ult fatally. The other party es-
capped without serious hurt.
TCsCULUM, GA. Aug. 6.-Editor W0rning
Aelrs; Having often seen the great prOduc-
uOus of different vegetables mentioned IN your
paper ] desire To state that have raised
squash vine this year which grew in a box in
my garden at 3i9 Central Railroad. 1 thought
10 might be worth notice IN YOUR paper. We
.n. .H.#N II H..aH 50 80
blooming ana bearing W. II. RENDY.
Macon TsIelrdDb anal Messenger: The mem
her- Of the CITY Council were somewhat
startled Tuesday night when their attention
was called by Mayor GOrput and Capt. Uudg-
Ias. Chairman Of the Finance Committee, to
the city'- financial status. The Mayor pre-
seuted q statement. taken from the City
Ireasurer's books. which is very clear. and
shows that for the two quarters of the wear
some Of the committees have nearly absorbed
their appropriations. We give below the
figures. that they may DE understood. The
table shows the az puuI uI the appropriation
and the amount expended i'm the first two
quarters: Sdlary account. appropriation So
f25, expended Si.s25; police. appropriation
S-5. llH- expended Sl3,2S5 80, public property,
appropriation $3.50, expended S2,Sfj so; Fire
Departu cEI. appropriation S3S0J. expended
S2.f49 90, records and accounts, apprOpria-
tluu $3.50. expended S5O5 So hospital and
charities. appropriation 5000. expended 1899
9l, cemeteries. appropriation $1,000. eNpeud-
Ell. s = 80 -, streets. appropriation $500. eN-
pended Sii53 80; Board OF Health, apprO-
priaJi0n $1,000, expended 81, ,254 So: incidental
appropriation $l.5O0. expended s9S7 03; light
inE city, appropriation $500, expended So
COS -; printing, appropriation $500. eXpend-
st o. pumps, appropriation $500. expended
S315, extra expense account Sl,365. Mayor
Corrupt addressed q note the other day to
Capt. Hudgius, giving him the above figures.
aud stating that ''out of a probable income of
S14.7g7 o. We have expended SiO,j34 81. lcaV-
ing Us S3i.263 is 20 carry on the government
for the next SIX months. or $6.21l IS less than
d Co. HH.H H.- N.r.was
repeatedly called the attention Of the Board
60 the fact that more money was being eN-
pended than was W. rTauted Ey our income
and in this matter / have always found you
to uerfectly agree with me-