Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-23


GEORGIA.
washington will soon have only Two
barrooms. .,.o,,s. !. ..
washington, d. c.
large alligator has been seen In the
cc,.rv pond at Athens.
man in Athens drank up seven bar
,ois of whisky in year.
ttis stated that the anti-Prohibitionists
iii start n paper at GAINESVILLE.
Tbree or four persons were slightly Bit
49,, hy a mad dog at DeSoto, Friday.
tricl, from the grave of Grant has
NOON received in Macon, to be kept as a
reii'.
the Perry Journal has clock that has
,oon rnnning thirteen years without re-
,rba Flberton Lodge of Knights of Honor
mas augmented by twelve members last
Albanv,s new cotton compress is ex-
,,snted to be ready for work in three
weeks.
There are eight prisoners in Jail at
ceorcetown awaiting the September term
Of court.
q,,a most Office contest at Dahlonega has
boen settled bV the appointment Of n. F.
Howard.
AtNTaeon t. NJ. Butner has rented the
FuroDean house and the livery stable I'M
lerneath it.
son of Washington Smith and horse
ne was riding were killed by lightning at
Tennils Friday.
clarke Prater is charged with out
raging a girl OF II years al OassVllIe.
Both are negroes.
. {ich
raught and killed near cambridge during
the past few days.
lis rumored that by next season Oco-
nee Springs will have a good hotel kept by
an EatoutOn family.
Dr.J. +. De Jarnette Is the capitalist
whose money will build the new hotel at
Oeonee Springs this winter.
Wesley King, negro boy, has been
arrested at CrawfordVille for repeated
attempts at train wrecking.
some Of our merchants a few days ago
had some new gold coin that was made of
Gflmer county gold. 1t is as fine gold as
they ever worked.
The Lafayette Messenger is the first
paper in the State to anticipate fall by
calling or invoices of frewood in pay
ment of subscription debts.
The name OF John Mock, of Albany,
Of the Authorization Union OF Georgia
without his knowledge or consent.
LAST Friday, while J. r. Hankley, of
Powshare, Carroll county, was having
bis garden plowed he came across a bed
Df Young rabbits, four in number.
Mr.. McGinty's little daughter, who
walked from a third-story window at
Athens while asleep, has entirely recov-
Ted from her accident, and was but
Ilightly injured.
rattlesnake was killed few days ago
N Mr.. Biddenback's place, near Guyton,
that had seventeen rattles and a button
They are said to have rattle fO- every
rear if so, that fellow was II years old.
At Columbus, Thursday night, dog
that WAS supposed 10 be mad attacked
Mary Griggs, colored, and bit her on the
arm, and also bit little negro child. He
attacked a flock OF geese and killed sew
eral OF them.
A fox dog belonging to B. W. Williams,
of Greenville, near Stinson, ran up a tree
about 30 feet after fox, frightened the
fox so that he jumped from the tree, per-
sued the fox and caught him in race of
250 or 800 yards.
Lizzie Connally is a bright mulatto
girl OF Atlanta, and Jim Davis, a jet black
negro who wanted to marry her, is a
i ANrttifC II uui JuoblC6s Du6 UibCaTu6u ulDl
and he gave her poison Friday night.
Doctors saved her lite, however.
Wales Wynton, who became notorious
IN connection with the Macon scandal,
mas been offered position on an Atlanta
oally, to take general supervision of the
local department, and he will probably
leaye Birmingham and accept the offer.
5. R. Skies, doing general merchandise
Il business at McNllle. made an assignment
70 A, Z. McLennan Friday. His Liabilities
gre a0out$l 800 and available assets about
tlouO. lie has preferred creditors to the
amount Of about $500, mostly at Macon.
Joe Cartilage, of Allen station, Rich.
mond county, loaned a negro a mule and
tne latter tailed to return it at the time
promised. In the quarrel which ensued
tne negro was shot and instantly killed
WINE advancing on Mr.. Cartledge With
murderOus intent,
Mr.. Clay, Of Cobb county, has succeeded
~ ReItlng almost unanimous report from
tne finance Committee of the General
assembly favorable to q resolution to
appropriate 1884 TO repair The Contede-
ssee graves at Marietta. The national
me condition.
real estate dealer OF Walker county
a!s mat ne now has TWENTY-FIVE farms
ioT sale, and is receiving others every
10 e. Lrlces range all the way from 5000
SS'gVOi from cash to ten years time /;
.sa lily acres TO eight hundred. from
" ,5J, 10 S2O an acre; improved farms or
ba eG pl5 Gays AGO Joe Stamps WAS out on
49, -u lalapoosa bottom, in Carroll county,
1o "u4lng When he found a large owl and
%, "S u&hting. While he was trying to
sS anot at them, one of them few Oh
80 ~ le other started after 1t. Stamps
oye,. Ioad OF shot after them, which
Inem, bringing them both down.
oo lae chairman Of the board of county
prea'ls'ssloners wrote TO Capt. RaOul,
tbor,'ps.n OF the Central railroad. that be
evn1slll tne Central should bear halt the
n trsts Oh The negro who was killed by
Cam p us, above Georgetown last week.
ibe r,i Maoul promptly cent an order on
mn an road Official at Georgetown for the
Frila, s'Sted very positively at Atlanta,
tben''', ON Tue door Of the House among
w.. Nlgnl oers that MIR. COnneU. OF Decatur
Atben. 70 night Larry Gannt, Of the
sbo"i1 b1Rper- Waterman, II Gannr
NJ want satisfaction. IL is said that
Hfrisr.io,e nell has already engaged a
yicos To act for him In case such ser.
"ces aIe needed. ' SUM SUI
regro " .g.' man named Techstone, and a
Nm a.. named Manning, tenants on limo.
& BrooIs o.s place, Ia Tal'okas district OF