Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-31
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE.

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Threat 10 Assassinate At'snta's
Ac,i-f OF Police-The sawyer-Massey
Cntron Gin Case Decided in Favor "f
sha Latter-Asianpa Sued for $4,000.
GEORGIA.
lssse Cooke, the Harris county wife
,',rderer. will be hanged October :.
Young partridges are numerous about
onit,nan. and will be ready for the sports
NON in L short While.
There is not a man in Bolton, the little
moe inst above Lula, who curses or
,sas ~profane language.
AZ Brunswick a stranger made a futile
o,,anpt Saturday TO palm of a nugget of
6rsss as gold. He was jailed.
The father and mother of Squire j. I.
Nornoan. of the Fifth district, Carroll
conntv, have been married hfty-six years.
Iarge wild cat, or catamount, was
cauqnt and killed by a party OF Learyites
near there on last Tuesday morning after
an exciting chase.
Col. j. F. Thompson, Of Fort Gaines,
has a scrap book In which is pasted 265
rewspaper notices of himself, all of which
are complimentary except six, and these,
he says, were written by pumpkin
headed puppies"
" P. Cole, ESQ, DR.. j. Cole and Messrs.
Van anu IACu41 OOACs VI NGl AOlGOny NOlO
weighed a few days since, and their az
gregats weight was just exactly 800
nSounds. W. p. weighed 206, Van 1875,
Henry 21O, and DIR. Joe 1S9.
The taxable property of Habersham
comfy is 81, 050,3 1888, according to the re-
arms of the Tax Receiver. The assess
ment is nine-tenths OF l per cent, and is
IA nav the legal Indebtedness Of the
ty and the current expenses.
At Macon, Saturday, Hon. Charles j..
harris. Judge Of the new City Court, APP
nointed W. H. O'Pry deputy sheriff, j..
WINFIELD Nisbet clerk, aud E. S. Kim
the county, will also be sheriff of the City
Court.
Tuesday Instructions were placed on
the track of the Rome Railroad. A young
white girl, of Rome, has been
arrested for the ~offense, and 1t
is said there is a suficlency
Of proof against her. 1t is said that she
is IN the habit of taking great freaks, and
that upon one occasion sne attempted to
set a stack OF oats on fire.
Rev. r. c. Foute, who was the rector Of
81. Philips church, Atlanta, for a num-
her of Years, has done a great work in his
new field, Grace church, San Francisco.
In sixteen months he has placed the
church in the most prosperous condition,
paying off d $4,000 debt and raising the
income of the church to $4,000 per year.
The church property is worth SIP, 600.
The OcOnee river Is extremely low at
present-lOwer than it has been for years.
The muck is exposed for ten and twenty
feet on each side Of the banks, and the
smell, as one passes, is very offensive.
Whether this Will produce fever is a mat
ter of conjecture. Unless the waterfall
49,. .nroa fhoNa wuflI vznf no aeanv1r
water power in the next few days to keep
the factory in motion.
j. l.. Griffin, an Atlanta saloon keeper,
entered the police station in that city,
Saturday, and threatened to kill the
chief. Griffin, who was drunk, was
locked up, but was subsequently re-
leased. The present trouble arises out of
charges made by Griffin that the chief
was not spry enough to suit him in look
Ing up a case of passing counterfeit
money. Griffin will be arraigned in
Police Court this morning.
A young man went into Jack McGu-
CAMS saloon, at Fort Gaines, a few days
since, and bet Jack that he the young
man could open a bottle of pickles with
out breaking the bottle or taking the cork
put. Jack could not see how this could
be done, and the stakes were put up, and
a bottle Of pickles produced, upon which
the Young man aforesaid quietly pushed
the cork into the bottle and took out the
pickles. Jack had no more to say.
Albany Advertiser: Since the article
about the reported shooting of Pearce by
Weathersby was published, we nave had
evidence tending to confirm the truth of
the allegation in the Alapaha letter to the
savannah NEWS. 1t seems that the two
men were ia Albany on last Saturday
night, and that Pearce was shot, either
by W eatnersby or by some one else. The
anair Is amysterious One but it is in good
hands and will be worked up if possible.
W. H. Morse, emplOyed at the planning
mil OF Jesse Thompson az CO., at Au-
gusta, met with a painful accident, Satur-
uay. While passing in front OF one of the
machines used for cutting and dressing
lumber, a small strip about three feet
l9ng new out from the machine, with a
"Ice as II shot from a cannon, and strik-
INK Ar. Morse in the mouth, knocked out
several Of his teeth, dislOcated his lower
l3"Done and otherwise frightfully bruised
his face.
llree reputable citizens-two of them
from camden cOunty-were recently put
III JAN at Fernandina, and kept there
t"ei'e days without trial, because an
american citizen Of African descent in
sNIed tAat he Was invited to drink with
NM "Atu ne nau not Deen. NO amount
81 persuasion could induce him to believe
taat he had not been invited, and when
L1e! would hammer 1t into him HI sum-
noNed heip and lodged them in Jail. He
Was d policeman.
.Aiapaha correspondence NEWS, Aug.
The ball at Triton last night was a
perfect success. The large new store
mousse OF Mr. Tiff was crowded with the
!Oulh and beauty of this section OF the
ooGulfy, and everything passed of pleas
AMY N%lsitors from the different sta
WINS along the line OF the Brunswick and
"gslern railroad speak in the highest
wtms OF their kind treatment there, and
|eNe % easant hours spent. New cotton
good. '0 "
Mr. and Mrs. William Laird, of At
"A'a nave sued that city for $4,000, and
NM wV metropolitan street railroad for $l0,-
~, ueinages each for injuri. she re-
o. 10y being thrown from a buggy into
SAeSYation, which she alleges the de-
D.ahts should have guarded. Mr..
la Sues the city and the street
i" company each for 81. 900 for the loss on
services OF his wife. and the mar