Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-09-25
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.
Some of the New Features of the State
Fair-A CoI0red SOngstsr OF HartweII
Takes His Third Wife to the Funeral
of Her Predecessor.

The authorities OF the state Lunatic Asylum
at Millengevllle are considering the feasibility
of boring AN artesian well.
Rev. r. L. Brantly died in Minedgevime
sunday and was buried from the Methodist
church At that place Tuesday.
John Wood, Of Baldwin county, has had a
green snake shut up In @ glass bottle for
fifteen weeks, and it is doing well.
H. 7. & ID. NJ. Almand. Of Griffin. have en-
Iioyea Miss Hope Ihrasher as clerk. This is
the first female clerk the town has ever had
i'm dry goods store.
Thomas Barbour Of ChattOOga county.
Hlel ON Hday evening at his home, sur
rounded by his children and grandchildren.
He was IN hl- 56th year.
During the protracted meeting Of both the
churches at Dublin hfty-twO members were
atded-tweuty three 20 the Baptist and
tweuty-eight 20 the Methodist.
The Americus Rscorder, now published as a
daily. is making rapid strides in the pubic's
favor. and Is bound To achieve the success Of
which the talents Of ITS editors make II de
serving.
W H. Condor, of Palmetto, got verdict
for $1,000 IN hIs suit against the Atlanta and
West Point Railroad. The suit grew out Of a
ullhfuily he had with a conductor about two
y-"ars ago.
Lu,upkin TndeBendsHt: We saw a curiosity
this wei b IN the shape of alive Mexican bean.
When placed upon table IT would move
about and tUrn over as If it had life in it,
though 20 an appearances it was nothing more
than common bean.
Oscar Booth. Of Monroe, has "A smart pir
The old sow can't get through the fence crack
In the corn field. The pig goes through.
catches a stalk of corn near the ground aud
shakes it until the ear of corn drops of, when
he grabs it and carries il to his mother.
Near Jackson. David Carmichaers gin
house, with eight bales Of cotton, was burned
Monday night. John Carmichaers was also
burned. The lire.is supposed to have been of
mceuIlary origin There have been three
burned i'm that vicinity within the last two
weeks.
dry whirlwind struck a negro house on
she premises Of Rev. j. NJ CalIaway, in Harris
county raising the roof up and turning it
completely around. The negroes were wash
ing clothes and had hung a number of gar
meuts up 90 dry. These were streWn several
hundred yards away.
Fort Gaines Trijvne: While in Blakely a
Jew days since, we were told by one of Early'S
most stirring and mOncy-makiug farmers
that he did not think he would gather over
four bales OF cotton from zs acres of land. lie
says elk weeks ago he would not have taken "A
warehouse receipt for ten bales for his crop
As it then stood I'm the field.
The superior Court Of Newton county has
been m session the past week. and will con-
LmUe during the coming week. Bud Perry,
F5-rcar-Old cOlored boy, has been convicted of
l-ape aud sentenced To be hanged on NOV. :.
n 'ncy Morris, also colored. who poisoned her
Inns Saud with "Kough on Rats" has been SEN
raur.,t 10 the peHltgnlidry for life.
NVfI1ia IN y. Cole. q travelling salesman for
L Cohen Co., of Atlanta, wholesale dealers
rH ffuUur-. Nua Deer arrested cudrEeu with
being $1,000 -hOrt IN his accounts. He has
vie and four children living at Atlanta, but
has been ueglectiui OF their nee Is for year
past. owing, 1t is reported, 20 an entaHg ing
alliance with female OF Alabama. lie VIII
he prosecuted b. his firm.
A little three -vear-OId in johnson county.
while PLAYING about the yard called 20 his
mother: "Come here and see this great big
rHrt.T -uauuiuE at me- The frightened
-Iafh,.r haSteued to the scene and found the
urchfu rubbing the deadly companion as
though tAey had made friends II was
large gr round rattlesnake- The snake was at
once killed and no one hurt
Crimn Nears. There lives in Forsyth an OLD
gentleman W no is nov ln his tath year He
was converted i'm 1888, licensed 10 preach IN
L~41. MI has been preaching ever since he
never served on jury. never vas sued, never
saw horse race nor theatre, never saw
zane OF cards. never saw a dance not even az
s corn shuckiuE. nor was he ever drunk. lie
has twelve children, ana lives happy, peace
fuI life.
At ball and dance a G the house Of James
iThte-ide, dt Rising Fawu, woman named
EI1-euce jackson became very di orderly and
drew razor on man named Pete jackson.
lie ordered her out of the hOu- G., and finally
struck heT. Arthur smith, her friend, drew
uT- pistol End fired IN the crowd a general
melee chem eHsued. and James Smith was
,vauuIed and died IN "a few hours. Several
others were wounded smiths murderer es-
capped.
rDaIt0u it Is Ihe custom OF the boys Of the
town to Jump on the trains as theE enter the
faT,f 9Td ride for several hundred yards.
MONDAY afternoon Hamilton swung TO the
platform with group OF boys, anu as the
train entered the depot he struck ine wall
and wf- throw under the ear. His head was
terribly luCerated and a leg and arm prohen
aui serious internal injuries received. Ate
cannot recover.
Newman Hrrrff: Mr. John Manly bought
lot DC chickens from "a Heard county man last
week and from the giZZari Of nue rooster
of tbe 1Ot ne took three pieces Of broken
raT-r rrrr ira fa=r
Tnc1 10 an inch and half i'm length, and from
a b4If t0 three fOurfhs of an inch in diameter,
and statuette q cupid IN q feGlinlni pos, pos
ture. the sharp q c.tge5 and glazed surface DeluS
worn entirely oil.
state military post No. 4 wac organized aI
Rome Monday. It Is composed OK the Rome
Light Guards, the Hill City Cadets, the south
Rome Guartis and the Adansvllle klues. Inc
cave Spring Guard have been invited To
s1iu Capt. John C.. Prlntup was elected
jrH sirmau of the Executive Council; Lieut. g
m. -9tnran. Treasurer; Capt. j. b. L: Lump
Efr secretary. and 6ergt. Edward Webster,
Corresponding Secretary.
Tine spIeudsd new court hOuse being erected
in Mouitrie, CO!quitt county, iS going TO De
story 50N3O feet. me upper STORY contains
the court room, whlca Is ~ leet SQUARE, Le-
sides two large rooms Tor the siaIn ~ am % Peti,l
furies ON the first hOor are the CLERKS ana
Brdiuarv-s offices. besides two other rooms LOT
.,,b.- f,Ii-p0sps These are divided by q wide
halfway Ii is very high between Jolsts aud
well ventilated. The building viii cost S5,UuO
and yyilI be completed the first OF December.
BfiuedgevHIe Cuion: Gov. Mcdaniel left
Atlanta on Wednesday TO visit the asS .uih at
this place for the purpose OF inspecting lts
-,117,5 .-s7,eut and its condition. At Macon he
7vas Joined by Col. l.. \. w hllLie' clalI Iultu q
the Board Of Trustees. On their return from
the asylum Friday Afternoon the 1oNeIHEI G
and Col. WhIttle Stopped Sn pour or tWo, !u
this ciiv. a number of our eJlzens calico 20
Sc the Governor at Judge Sanfor0's Office,
some Of whom had never met him before lie
g. ~ NEa m
had the pleasure Of meeting him.
Newman Her1Lf: We were shown Monday
q sword which did service IN the war OF the
Revolution. at the battle OF Bunker ltlil' more
chan 3 hundred wears ago. It was worn by
Col. Thomas Denny. Of Leicester. as.7dcuu-
-ptf- who was the great grandfather OF cape.
III. sargent. and prominent man man ~ siatH t.e
r,oliticai and military history OF tiitt 81
4aTl' = sword is Of the finest steel, the NIT IS
,,llo " fine ivory. the Esqbb3rd Is OF une ola
fashion, ri leather. OF twelve months tanhlI :,
10. i - ted vsth silver. Capt. Sargent has
s., ~ 7-,,ssa.'siOu many relics OF Ia torlcl III
fsrasf INIT he - l0th 60 give us an account Oh
them. because o. NE d7ilAe OF newspaper HO-
tOrety.
farm on what is known as the "Old 5taIApeE
rIarc . on the Blakely Toads was burned. II
4lyes n weird scene to see the flames reaching
. L,,7-.7vad feet in the arr and trees falling on
an sides The smoke was 50 dense anu DiaSh
fbat ff could be seen ten miles or more. 11e
farm was lust about abandoncl- Alils is oilts s
-,,,s ~ me many such scenes thaI oouluWe7t
fst,-l-;s will witness for the next few years
~ s7co,lnt Of the abandoned turpentine
farms The people are rapidly nelnS DfouSnt
~ their senses and are seeing the lOAy Sl -
lowing valuable tracts of timber TO be boxed
for the palIry sum generally paid LOT 'hls
privilege.
Herrwel Sun: Hiram -, a leading
churchman and sOugster of the cOloEe9 per
suasjOn. recently married his thlru Whe' lis
first having died some years ago ana Ihe
second q few months since. His last marriage
occurred before the appointed day loF Ms
second Wife-s funeral. 50, IN order 70 tIedt
all with proper respect, he had lis first Wlles
funeral. which IN the hurry and cOninslOn OF
life had been overlooked. preached at the
same time. and carried No. along as a com
forter. This reminds ms Of the econOmlcal
Oil gentleman, who. when he went 20 say
Grace. remarked. ''JOhn, YOU cut mp the col
{arfs. sal, pass round the dodgers, while
AK a blessing
Grfffn Ne1-S: negro named Henry Rogers
died IN cOnTuIE-lonS ln this city on Saturday
NIGHT and as the I,lucral procession reached
me cemetery it was stopped and an inquest
was held then and there with a hastily inn
paneIed jury, word having got out that Ii was
n case of uOisOniug. II was found that he was
given a dose Of medicine on SUNDAY bv a 50
called negro physician, who IS sad % have
been too intimate a friend OF the deceased
mans wife, and the white doctors who tescl-
fed Thought there we're strong evidences of his
having been DOisoned, but not sufficient to
Justify a post mOrtem. and the jury We una
BILE 70 find that he had come 10 MS ueath ifoln
other than natural causes.
The interest in the coming Stale fair is in
creasing every day as the new attractions are
being brought out. As one OF the features
few gentlemen Of Macon have subscribed
purse OF $3.50 20 be divided into three prizes,