Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-06

The Columbus Guards and the Houston
Driii-A Blowing Well at MOntezuna-
Letter Remains for Three Years In a
Nail BORA Suspicious EishHp to the
Steamer LaurSns.
GEORGIA.
A paper is among the probabilities at Blufr-
toa-
There is only one room in Henry county
now.
Mrs. Margaret Cashon. Of Thon asvllIe. is
sead, aged "a years.
Terrell county il out Of debt and all her
aaairs are in good condition.
Tse annual O'Clock closing agitation is re-
ported among the clerks OF Augusta.
There "a not an unOcccupied dwelling in
LaOfTange, and but one vacant store.
Judge ROuey has decided the WaynesborO
HayOralty contest in favor OF W A. wilkins.
double headed kitten is preserved in
alcohol by the Deputy sheriff Of Monroe
county.
There are Al widows, y widowers, IS marri-
sgeabie young men. 80 marriageahle WnnnE
ladies'. and no old maids or bachelors, in La
6raug--
40 election was held at Milledgeville Thurs-
szy 10 decide whether the City Council should
assess AN additional tax on real estate to raise
$500 for a school fund. 1t was defeated.
3. L. Wolf, OF Red OAK Level, killed a few
Gays ago a wild turkey which weighed 20
pounds. lt had four boards, the longest
measuring 10 inches, while the shortest was 6
.a.ae- long.
FTfsv dollars have been raised by the men in
Eor5ezuma for tile purpose Of building bath
t11ee ON the vacant spot IN the rear of Dir.
EIurjoI'7 store. The water supply will be
conveyed in pipe from the artesian well.
In the case Of Sweat VS. the Mayor and
Aoancil of the town OF Quitman. in equity,
asking to eaJ0iu from rCVOklng license to sell
liquors, Ills Honor Judge Hansell decided on
Monday, after hearing argument OF counsel,
fhat sht license could not be revoked.
The Thomasville Times says; "Mr. Isaiah
bcElr's steam saw mill, located on the TalIa-
hassee Road, three miles from this city, was
destroyed by fire about O'Clock on Tuesday
morning IL Is supposed to have caught from
burning slabs. The mill and lumber de-
atroyCd is estimated by Mr. Dekle to have
ueeD worth between four and i've thousand
a0llars. No insurance"
The Early County NsiCs SAYS: "a petition.
Hsned by many citizens Of Blakely, will be
semi To ihe Governor in few days, asking the
pardon OF the negro Dennis Something's. who
IS Iytng sick M our Jail. His crime was hog
sieaing His long imprisonment has caused
aFopsy to eusue, and he will probably die if
ne remains in jail much longer. Hence the
aeutisn for his pardon
few nights ago the store house OF ". B.
waits, Of Evansville, and its contents, were
surued- His stock of goods was valued at
$40, and was insured for 5000, but he will get
only $3.50 on insurance. His sleeping room,
which stood only short distance from the
stere, was also burned. He saved nothing
but bed The fire is supposed TO have been
tss work Of an incendiarY.
The h0utezuma Record saws: "a Monte
Zuhd young man and an Atlanta Young man
had banana eating confess TUESDAY The
Atlanta man came out two ahead, but the
hontezuma man said he would not have been
acfoated but for the fact that he ate q mint of
soobers and drank two glasses OF soda before
entering the contest. They deVOured nearly
tHneh OF bananas, one eating twenty and
fne gtber eighteen"
Frank 7. Fitch, a compositOr and CORE
sroneent and ex-locaI editor Of the Tallahas-
see Ee8H0H1isf has been arrested at Thomas
Vile 10 answer q charge or assault with IN
tent 10 murder preferred against him by r.
d. Mcleod. OF the Tallahassee Laud II FIolo-
sFs. According 10 his own story Fitch has
made Two OF three long Journeys TO Talla-
hassee to stand trial. but never succeeded in
setting the case tried. He has, according to
ms own story, been very badly treated.
The M0ntezuma Record says: 'While at
Marshalville last Sunday we were shown
-oHmg well IN the yard OF Prof. J. W Fred
Hr-ck, which Is q phenomenon not seen often.
Abuut two feet from where the well curb prO-
lects above the ground there is a hole which
70 see and shaped similar to frog hole and
when The wind blows from q certain direc-
liQH put OF ar Is emitted sufficiently strong
g" move Light substances. If the hole is
stopped up 1t viii open in another place"
At Millcdgevile the hard wind Wednesday
's"sed considerable damt se to che country
people The plucy woods from which the
Nnatic asylum gets much OF its fuel, caught
hre aud 1000 cords Of pine wood were burned
with many panels of fence belonging the
larners living near. On the plantation Of
ice Fucker. an Old unused gin and several
negro cabins and some fence caught Ore and
W37 destroyed. Charlie Ennis had = mule
killed BY falling timber and Mr.. BrOOkings
another badly wounded.
The HamPtOn correspondent Of the Me
bc1ougn Weekly writes as follows: "A few /
days ago the Postmaster at this place received 1
s. Lester from the Postmaster at Atlanta en- I
closing letter addressed to "E. Mitchell [
Hampton, Ca" and stated thas It had been /
found in the letter box used during the cotton Z
exposition out at the grounds. 1t is evident I
mat the letter has remained in the box since /
tsss. having been overlooked by the mail I
carriers in making their daily rounds. II /
aad postage stamp on eaCli upper corner,
ar4 one OF the lower corners was burned of" /
The Columbus Sun says: The Columbus /
6uarHt have resolved to attend the cOmpeti- /
hFe drill at Houston, Texas, but there are /
slauy of the members who do not feel able to I
Fa- q" es'fir- expenses OF the trip out OF their
1Eu pockets A friend OF the COMPANY has /
pr9poeeI 20 be one OF forty who will con-
tribute 500 to aid in defrsying the expenses Of
NC ttip, and an e1Ort viii be made to see il /
tH'fty-nlne men, who viii agree to do the
same, can be found. There are certainly as
H.4ly gentlemen in Columbus who could spare /
llt 80 ash never misA it, and no doubt they
s2n os found without much trouble"
IRe CHloden correspondent OF the Morn
$50 NEWs wrote As follows on April A. -
!. Aptrcrombie and James Mays, two good
al4ens had difficulty about piece Of land
isy or Two ago, resulting in Mays stabbing
Aoercr0mble a the leg.-t)ur farTnerR are At /
least Two weeks behind with their work I
though tne spring is backward. To-day il
ce.d enough Tor oVercOats TO be verv comfort
tpe- There has been a very stin wind from
the northwest for the last fOrty-eight hours.
CIV ins down trees and fencing, causing con-
s.ltra8lc more work for the farmers.-Capt, /
WlHiam rutherford, VINO lives four miles
Ho1 mere, had three OF his tenant houses and
ne barn consumed by fire Yesterday while
ihe H sd was at its height. The ire came
near destroying his entire premises. The
tenants whose houses were burned lost eyerV-
.1.uS they had. All cOlOred.-Those who
have been examining the peach crop say
--sft VIII ne nut very little; the opinion Is II
was frozen IN the bud before blooming"
The Dublin gazette says: ''The steamer
isAufehs came near being destroyed by fire |
ffdly morning. under peculiar and somewhat
-1-pi -laus circumstances. The fire nan had
aust built a fire in the furnace "a usual, and
Male mo- particular examination OF the boiler. \
re glanced at the glass gauge and saw that /
re proper amount of water was contained in /
tt- rae uulier, instead OF heating up by /
steam, became hot. and when discovered the /
ceiling over the boiler had been charred. and /
t-c +-t-A or rOsin was dropping freely from I
sae piauks, just ready to ignite. The fire
vas drawn out, and thus the boat was /
saved. The boiler was badly damaged. (
i1lere is faint Of suspicion surrounding the |
ea+re matter. IL must, from the surrounding /
c-rsHuastances, have been the intention OF
some malicious person, either to burn the
tott or cause the boiler to burst. We are in
formed that when the water is turned out Of
I7e aoilCr it is cast back into the river and no
p4e an tell whether the boiler is full or
euHty except by the glass gauge, and in order
70 let the water out without letting It out OF
tA@ gauge also, 1t is necessary to turn screw
all th's must have been done by some one
W17 has some knowledge Of machinery The
oteet in leaving the water IN the glass gauge
was evidently TO mislead the fireman and
tsuse hlm to fire up and either burn the
steamer or burst the boiler as stated before
suspicion does not point definitely TO any
FLORIDA.
M, 1ekens sold for a dollar piece at Key