Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-01
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
TUE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

Etued by Lightning In PauldtnR
commissioners Working Their Way
ont of 8 Mans Head.
GEORGIA.
A negro of Macon became father when
n wears of age.
The Efingham Huzzars will engage in
tournament at Springfield on the 4th.
NcDonough has three colored schools,
and all appear to be in 1ourishing con-
htion.
There is an effort on foot to have a re-
union Of the FOrtY-Slxth Georgia Regi-
ment at Columbus soon.
Email. BulIOch county, wants a trI-week-
" mail service and Ia trying to make
arrangements to secure it.
A large attendance at the State Bar AS
sociati0n which will meet at Atlanta in
August next is already assured.
An Americus gentleman has been en-
daavOring to secure suitable building In
Tumpkin in which to open a hardware
store.
Rev. A, A. Marshall, of McDonough,
declined to accept the call to the pastorate
of the Griffin Baptist Church at salary
Il of $1,2O0
The Guyton Effngham county Ohront-
4 Gle has made its debut. 1t is an eight
page publication, brlmful of interesting
local news.
The election for city officers Of Atlanta
will occur next Monday night. CRnd1-
dates are lively and eouncilmen are in
great demand.
Samuel Clark. a negro convict, working
at Stevens pottery, near Milledgev1lle,
who escaped a few days ago, has been
caught at Macon.
n Henry Burnett has been arrested at
Macon for a felonious assault on the
&daughter of Frank Chapman. All the
parties are negroes.
Charles D. Atkinson, late Of Augusta,
and one of the proprietOrs of the Globe
Hotel for several seasons, died at Cadiz,
( o., day or two ago.
3 A dinner will be given by the farmers
of Efingham county at Springfield July
17. at which the beauty and the chivalry
of old bingham will be present.
Hugh T. Inman, now Of Atlanta, was a
CLERK in McDonough during the fall and
winter of 1866, his salary being. about
8s25 and board. He is now worth $3.50, 900.
n A shortage of 1900 has been discov-
3 ered in the accounts of the teller of the
4 Commercial Bank OF Augusta. 1t Is
claimed to be the result of a clerical
terrOr.
4 Levi Ellison, of Roxana, Paulding
county, is 16 years old, 7 feet high, and
weighs 100 pounds, and goes to see a
fgOung lady 10 years old, Weighing 60
pounds.
Nathan Axum, the negro who was ar.
rested upon suspicion OF having com.
omitted an assault upon Mrs. Martha Jones
4 lat Macon last Thursday, night has been
i held for trial.
Mingo, the 5.year-old negro boy who
disappeared from Macon Friday, has been
4 found at BOllingbroke, seventeen miles
distant, whittier lie had wandered on the
lrailrOad track.
Calder WilEngham, aged years, was
thrown from buggy ct Macon Monday
and received injuries which threw him
into commissions, which still continued at
late hour Monday night.
The colored Baptist Church Of McDon-
Tough is split in twain by internal disturb
|ances Both factions claim the right to
govern church affairs, and neither side
Will accede to the demands of the other.
bill will be introduced at the july
session Of the Legislature to reduce the
corporate limits OF the town of Nc
Donough from one mile to half a mile.
measuring from the court house in each
direction.
The members of the Fourth Georgia
Regiment are making active preparations
10 nave a grand reunion at Milledgeville
on aug. II. Among the features of the
DAY Will be an address from Gen. Phil
Cook, late Colonel of the regiment.
A woman claiming to be Mrs. Mauder.
OF Atlanta, arrived at Macon Monday
night In search of a runaway daughter
named Anne. The girl, who was very
pretty and but 10 years of age, was found
IN mousse OF lll-repute and taken home.
I. q. Lanier, who claims to have been
injured IN the collision at MoDOnOugh last
February, has sued the East Tennessee.
tlrglnla and Georgia Railroad for $4,000
damages. de jumped from the top of
freight car when the crash occurred, and
says he sustained serious injuries.
Near Elberton, as the omnibus contain
ing tne Hartwell band was returning from
the barbecue grounds, it was upset in a
altch and James McGlll, the leader of the
Dand, was painfully hurt and several
oVhers signify hurt. A number of the
instruments belonging to the band were
badly damaged.
There was fight at Films saloon. at
Lumpkln, Saturday night last between
Two men over game of pool. One of the
comDatants came out with his left hand
broken and a bump on the top of his mead.
I raiseu Dy Dlllard ball thrown by his adj
NSAOi phily was DAQlV
bruised up about the face from a left,
handed blow, which broke the other
Yves. Lyons, who was recently blown
up In a well near Dallas, has nearly ra-
covered, 1t will be remembered Tho; tho
Ieft side of his head was crushed in nv tbe
shattered stones, and that his condition
was considered critical for some time
uozen or more small stones, ranging from
ehe SIZE OF pea to that of a small rnarhIa
I've worked out at different times from,
remarkable. '0O'eiy Is
AT Vienna Ellen Thomas. naoro
Woman residing on ID. G. Quattlebau2,s
Place, became violently crazy. and going
70 george Netherton's house attemnfad 70
enter room, wherein was his famiIv
Deing interrupted by Mr.. Netherton sbe
l Inaue irenzied attack on the latter who
pIocseaed to use his pistol, discharein0
t"o loads, one of which passed throngb /
cue Wehch's arm. She bit Mr.. Netherton
SsrNeiely on the arm In several places he ]
loIe she could be secured, She will he /
sent TO the asylum.
Zoe zoe hampton, cOlored, was arraigned |
oSe.ore justice Harris at Rome. Monday |
, ci"i seo WIN burglary. From Lampt0njs |
CONCESSIONS II appears that he, with four \
o ,'ll negroes, including Pasco. who was /
ii,vV,e5nuy killed while resisting arrest |
bon ,eu IN breaking into Wilson's store. (