Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-26
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
esg'E NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.


Years of Liberty.
GEORGIA.
At Brunswick freights have gone up on
sailing vessels fully 81 thousand.
Mrs. Rocks, of Walton county, has a set
of good chairs that she bought in 1881.
W. S, Tice, who recently removed from
Columbus, has just died at Chattanooga,
Tenn.
There is talk of re-establishing the New
Prospect Church of the Snow circuit
which was dropped few years ago.
Another aspirant for the Laurens
County Court Judgeship, K. Fl. Walker,
has declared himself IN the contest.
The annual meeting of the Cobb County
Sunday School Association will be held
at the Marietta camp ground Tuesday,
July 81.
Mrs. Leo Loeb, of Columbus, was 80 for
innate as to find the valuable diamond re-
ported lost. 1t had been dropped on the
floor in her room.
Gov. Mcdaniel has appointed D. M.
Gross, Esq, Judge OF McDuffie County
Court, to ill the vacancy created by the
death of Judge James b. Neal.
The closing exercises of the Columbus
nublic schools took place Wednesday.
There was no graduating class, and the
t.
Macon is becoming rival of the South
African diamond fields. The latest find
of an alleged gem was made few days
ago by NJ. r. Freeman on Diamond
Hill"
In Forsyth, on July 20, Rev. John Null
Inns and Mrs. Frances Evers were united
In marriage, Rev. w. G. McMichael Off
ciating. The groom is 70 years of age and
the bride 80.
Among the many enterprises to be in
augurated in Columbus, James A. Lewis
Il Co. will establish a clothing manufac-
tory and manufacture clothing for the
Wholesale trade.
Work on the new Baptist church at
HawkinsVille is progressing satistacto-
rily. The brick work is finished, and the
contractors hope to be able to complete
the building by Aug. 1.
Frank Carroll, farm hand working in
0conee county, was drowned a day or
two ago while in bathing. He claimed to
have sister living in Augusta and other
relatives in Burke county.
The bill which will be introduced in the
Legislature next month will 80 change
the lines of Walton, Gwinnett and Jack
son counties that the town of jug Tavern
will be thrown in Walton county.
A large black bear was killed on Co.
huttah mountains last week by party of
hunters. He was a powerful old fellow,
and had caused considerable trouble in
the neighbOrho0d by his depredations
upon the stock.
Wady Stevens, of Gwinnett county, dis
covered that his horse had been stolen,
and with a posse of neighbOrs ran down
the thief after thirty-mile chase. The
horse was recovered, but the man escaped
on foot into the woods.
mineral spring has been found near
HOtOn, on the East Tennessee, Virginia
and Georgia Railroad, the water of which
Crystallizes as it falls from the rocks and
forms a salt highly impregnated with
alum, magnesia, iron, etc.
Gen. d. H. Hill. one of Gen. Robert e.
Lees most highly-trusted and reliable
officers, will deliver the annual commence
ment address before the NJ. a. A. College
at Milledgeville next week. ''The Old
South" is the subject of the address to be
delivered.
At Athens Wednesday two of Asa
Booths children and a little negro were
poisoned by eating bologna sausage. The
sausage had been made some time and
had files made up in them. The children
V0mlted considerably, and for some time
death seemed inevitable.
There is a proposition to raise bonus
Of $4,000 to induce a gentleman of high
standing to accept the Presidency of the
West Georgia A. and NJ. College at
Hamilton. One gentleman has agreed to
contribute 5000 to this end, and several
others have promised sums upwards of
$50.
Tom James, of Albany, has little dog
that chews gum just like school girls.
When tired of chewing it will take the
gum out of its mouth and stick it tightly
IF 10 70 m
from losing it, and then it goes trOtting
around looking like it had big wart on
the nose.
The contest over the prohibition cleo
ton was begun on Monday morning in
earnest before the Board of County Com
missioners at Butler, creating a great
deal Of interest and excitement, calling
forth nearly every prominent citizen in
the county TO witness the proceedings,
which Will probably last for several
days.
Since the mysterious Rose murder and
The burning Of the james bank building
and portion of the block, the detectives
OF Atlanta have been on keen hunt for
lhe murderer in the one case and the In
cendiary in the other. After this lapse of
Line 1t is now reported that they have
clue. and are confident at an early day Of
bringing the criminals to justice.
The editor of the Hamilton Journal
is evolving a cotton chopper. He thinks
That one man can chop four acres with it
IN day, thus saving the labor of three
men. As the crop in the Southern States
covers 1S,700,000 acres, which is chopped
al cost Of IS cents an acre, II will be
seen chat the item of chopping alone costs
SH,O20,000. The adoption of his chopper
VIII save annually three-fOurths OF this
amount, or upwards of $40, 100000.
Depredations and petty pilferings are
occurring 80 frequently Of late in the
sahdersyille cemetery that public in
Ognati0n wakes warm against such mis-
erable ghOuls. Some years ago vases
ana other vessels containing flowers were
seen there for years unmolested, but now
sorfowing friends are debarred the pleas
ute 0i decorating the graves OF loved ones
WIN loral tributes since the Arabs will
Jake away the vases. A small marble urn
nus recently been stolen.
The Tate marble quarry Is now reached
ny railroad. The bed Of marble Is one
sVild mass, unbrOken by boulders or
= natural creyices. In this IL is unsurpassed
Dy any quarry in the world, and abouuds
a. lnexhaustible quantities. Machinery
Ecuttng 10 out in huge blocks weighing
l,VUO and 20,O0J pounds. In the shop
V'ler machinery is saving these trans
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