Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-14

crop prospects in Berrien county are good
Mrs Mary NJ. Clanton, OF Augusta, is dead
Congressman Gamblers family has returne ed
home from Washington.
William Jones. Of Eannin county. had a
horse 20 die that was 30 years old.
Judge ". A. Wright. Of Brunswick. is an
nounced as legislative candidate.
A child is buried 10 Dahloneea with q halt
dozen given names engraved on its tomb
stone.
Hon. Thomas J. McElmurray, of Burke
county. Is mentioned among the State Sena-
tOrial candidates.
Judge Leon A. Wilson's candidacy for the
sOhcitorship of the Brunswick circuit Is meet
ing with great success.
The Waycross HeGdlight viii appear on the
10th inst. May the 1dtgbtfully light Way
cross path to prosperity.
A jackson county man recently married
his mother-in-law when his divorced wife is
still living, and AN VIII occupy the same
shanty.
Col. William Warnock was in Wavnesboro
Tuesday, and declared himself candidate
Tor the House Of Representatives at the next
Burke c0unty's militia districts will, on
saturday Of this week, select delegates to the
county convention TO be held at WaynesbOro
June I.
The second quarterly conference for the
Aiapaha circuit viii be neld az Nashville ON
the fourth sunday and Saturday before in
this month.
The strawberry festival OF the Ladies Epis-
copsl Church Aid Society. held at Waycros5
Friday, for the purpose OF aiding i'm the build
ing Of their church, nettea SIP.
some uulucky breeze waited dude hitler
not long since. and one of the inhabitants OF
Jesup came near caging the rara avis. inno-
Gently 5uppOslng him TO be an enlarged sueci
men OF the genus Auser.
The bridge over Alligator creek. in Laurens
county. was set on IRE by some fiend a short
l ra .~f frftrff f.F nsfrrl~
Ieman happened to see it and saved the
greater part of 10. The rascal who did ID is
suspected and viii very likely be Overtaken.
strange monztrOsity in the shape of cat
has been born in Berrien county. 1t has eight
legs and feet and two tails. It has a set OF
feet and legs In front I'm the usual place, and a
seq on It's back. Back Of these, its body deyel-
oped into two prongS. each Of which has a tail
and set Of legs and feet.
The annual meeting of the Augusta Cotton
Exchange was held Monday. and the follow
ing officers were elected: President, Vim. T..
Wheless: Vice President. /. c. Newell: Di-
rect5rs. w. C.. Wheless. l.. e.. Newell, II. II.
Hickman. j. W. Wallace, s. NJ. Whitney.
=. NJ. Burdell. W. NJ. Jordan, B. Franklin,
=. Lesser.
The Augusta branch of the Irish National
Land League held their annual meeting Mon
day night and unanimously elected the fol-
lowing officers for the ensuing wear: Hugh
Dempsey, President; Jules Rival. First Vice
President, Ihos. Graham. SecOBd Vice Presi-
dent; Thos. Hamill, Secretary; James DAILY,
Treasurer.
There is quite a demand for vacant houses
here, as families are moving INTO the place
constantly. some Of the new buildings are
quite pretty and attractive, and improve the
appearance Of the town. The prospect at
present indicates a delightful fruit harvest.
and the heat and oppressiveness Of the long
summer days VIII be vastly relieved 10y cool,
delIc ous fruit
BaUbridge Dea0crat; 4 national bank is
among the probabilities for this city before
ianta capitalist. whose name we are not au-
thOrlZed 90 give. proposes to put $50, ,0Q0 i'm the
capital stock u this city VIII take $4,000, the
necessary balance required 20 organize under
the United states statutes. The gentleman
viii also locate here himself and desires the
place of director IN the organization when
perfected.
40 meeting of the people Of Montgomery
county held for the purpose of selecting dele
gates CD Atlanta who VIII vote for delegates
to the National Convention. which is 10 meet
iu Chicago on July IS. lSsi. the following dele
gates were chosen: John !. Macarthur and
John McRae. Alternates-B. B. Cheney and
ID. .. McRae- The delegates were instructed
t0 vote for Hon. W z. Macarthur as a dele
gate from the Third Congressional district as
delegate 70 the National Democratic Con-
veution at Chicago.
Haralson Banner: Two men from Atlanta,
named Ratcrrcc and Iibhs. revenue reDOrters
came 20 Iallapoosa some weeks ago and put
up a blockade sJlll near Barnes mill, They
had everything ready for making whisky. and
leaving their still. somebody went and carried
the sull away where 90 could not be found IL
Is said that they have made threats that they
would buy corn or meal from the citizens
and then 20 and report them 10 the United
States Government, have them arrested. and
get fee for the reporting.
Other walking matches viii follow the one
just closed at Atlanta. a gentleman i'm the
city is preparing 90 offer $1,000 to the best
l2-hour walker. $500 to the next best, and $500
and 500 to the next ira order. This will be
fH NHa1N 5ra has nj M
ceived several challenges. and viii probably
respond when they get into shape. 4 gentle
man offers $4,000 % be divided in ve-eighths.
one fourth. oue-elE Ehth. NJ Cheshire. Carter
and Bruney VIII walk I2-hours' match
within sixty days. This match wiz probably
DE made up.
Dublin Gazette: While court was in session
at Mt. Vernon last week our attention was
directed To very fine mare which had been
kicked IN the face by another horse. The blow
was directly between the ewes and bore the
imprint of the h0of. The skull was broken in
and each pulsaiion Of the brain could be
plainly seen. The animal was apparently in
different To the wound and seemed to care for
DO but little; she would occasionally rub her
head against the tree 10 which she was teth-
cred. The blood spirited freely from the nos
trils, and with these executions no ether
signs could be detected. Six hours afterwards
we saw the same animal and its condition
was the same.
4 mass meeting Of the Richmond county
Democracy was held at Augusta MOndav to
select delegates 10 the state Convention in
Atlanta on the 18th of June. and also TO select
DELEGATES 10 the Congressional Convention i'm
Saudersville ON the lst of July Hon. George
n. Barnes was IndOrsed for Congress from the
Tenth district. and the delegates instructed to
support him. The following delegates were
chosen 10 attend the state Convention: W.
T.. keeuer. s. W. Mavs. Il. /. Pierce. NJ. J .
Carsweu, Z. A. Harper, NJ. j. Nerdery, NJ. p.
Calvin, F. \. Baird. T. NJ. Prevail. f. W.
Capers. ~W allace /. DELPHI. Edward Perrin.
". II. I. Walker, Jesse Thompson, a. J.
Gouiey.
Henry County Weekly: W. d. Adair has an
arithmetic in his possession that is known to
be 81 years Old. Ii Is in the original manu-
script. written in q clear. legIble hand, and
not blot or blunder can be found in the
entire lS0 pages. The pages are SNl2 inches in
size, and composed OF coarse. unruled paper.
The penmaushlp Is exceptionally good. every
character being perfect. The hy-leaf bears
the following inscription: "IhlS book of arith e
metic began this nth day of September Ammo
Domiul l5S7- BY John Rocker, school master
IN W arren county, y c." Tne author lived
at smoky Castle, \. c.. and was nine months
IN completing the book. He was the great
grandfather Of Mr.. Adair, the present owner
of the book.
Griffin Nelrs; Monday afternoon, as the
down day passenger train was rounding the
curve on the high embankment near W. IL.
Dlckins0ns house, just west Of town. an old
negro woman was seen walking on the track.
with her back 10 the train and coming toward
town. The whistle was blown and as it was
supposed that She would get on the track. the
engine was Stacked up but little, il any. But
the old aunty was deaf, and knew nothing of
the apprOachIuC danger. The train struck
her and threw her. head foremost, down the
embaukment on the north side. a distance of
aOout twenty-five feet, where her head struck
a stone. breaking her neck and legs and two
or three ribs and killing her Instantly. The
train backed up and the body was laid out and
two or three negro women placed in charge of
IT, and the train brought the news into town,
when quite a number repaired to the scene OF
the accident. lhe woman proved to be Aunt
Nellie Jordan. a Resident of the west end OF
town, and was said 10 be over 100 years old.
The Jesup Wayne county, Ca correspon-
teut of the MORNING NEWS, under date of
Nav u. writes: The temperance lodge,
progressing finely, and many Of the inhabi-
fants Of Jcsup now have pure water for
Their motto. The laws OF the order are very
strict: therefore. as far as the members are
concerned. sweet cider Is non eSf. There has
also been a brass band organized here will
favorable prospects for success. 1t viii
doubtless prove a very pleasant improvement
10 the place, as Jesup has long felt the need OF
something of the kind.-Picnics are the
order Of the day, and are, as usual, ac-
companied by the customary amount OF
heat, dust. pleasure and inconvenience
Jesup Is conveniently near the Altamahs
river, which is a favoTite resort Of picnic par
ties. The Sabbath school here gave their an
nual celebration ON the 9TH of May. which
was largely attended. The Darlett brass
hand. from IaylOr's creek, Liberty county,
was present and added much TO the enjoy
ment of the day.
The Americus, Ga. correspondent of the
News under date Of Nav p writes as fol-
lows. A very large congregation assembled
al the Methodist Church, in this city, last
night 10 witness the celebration Of the one
hundredth anniversary Of the organization OF
the Methodist Church in the United States.
4 brief but very appropriate address from
F1Fnnfnql Of the nuNlTr - h00l in