Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-09-14
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE.


,,..,,sr,te Hog Thieves Landed In Jati
".,,trl,vtlle-A Mules flank Pierced
~ 81 wagon Shaft-AtheDs and Con
YER. Make Alarming Discoveries
which End in q Laugh.
GEORGIA.
n is SAID that tobacco grows wild IN the
s,r54ts OF W est Point.
PIKE superior Court convenes In Aeou-
lon an the iirst Monday in October.
mere has been more brandy distilled
to Tnson county This season than any
YEAR for some time.
Ar salem campgrOund, near Conyers,
sunday night some sc9unQrel CUT uhe gear
s.yrral horses and dishgured some
busgies.
,,antlemnn in Athens, worth at least
s,',-0' picks up every pin he sees lying
tbe street. He says pin Is worth
souping down for.
,rlore are three Solicitors General in
.tis STATE the aggregate weight Of whom
i Zoo mounds, and they all reside III the
virp grass country.
A newly-made grave in field near Con-
,a-a accustomed suspicious of murder
jnyesugation revealed the remains Of
Newfoundland dog
There is a dog in Madison that gets a
nirtpl from her owner and carries the
TieLel TO the market and buys piece of
beet for her breakfast.
II isDrobable Mr.. Hudson. of Americus,
vii lose an arm on account Of the acct
6ont be mad in q gin day or two ago, as
slready mentioned in the NEWS.
If is said that certain gentleman in
,rtouoston IL about to fall heir to some
valuable property in England, and may
become millionaire before Christmas.
Itisnow said that two of the negroes
,r.o burned James Summers ginhOuse in
I-yviu county and then ambushed with
he intention OF numbering him have been
lyuched.
P.L. Halt, Jr., of Macon, offers one
tourrh acre building-lot, situated near
Mercer University, in the city of Macon,
a. o premium for the best and most grace
mi lady horseback rider at the State fair.
Hon. Henry r. Harris announces that
seoulretitive examination to fill va
capcv in the United States military acad-
amy at " est Point, from the Fourth Con-
crpsslonal district, will he held in La
Grange, on Wednesday, March II, 1886.
The Marchioness of Anglesey, who is
now in this country, was formerly Miss
Minnie King, of Augusta, Ga. In 1872
She married Hon. Henry WodehOuse, who
died shortly after the marriage. Three or
four wears ago Mrs. WodehOuse married
the Marquis of Anglesey.
Arthur Hendricks, who is in one
Of the divisions of the United
States Treasury departments, has
been requested to hand in his resigna-
lion. Arthur is Columbus negro, and
was for a long time office boy tor Pea
body & Brannon, of that city.
At Athens Saturday cave-in occurred
on one Of the principal thOrOughfares. A
small bow built a smoulderlng fire in the
hole. A cloud of blue smoke led the peO-
Die 10 believe that a volcano bad been dis
covered, and a large crowd collected be-
fore the trick was discovered.
A portion of battIefag carried by the
Cherokee artillery, of Rome, through the
late war, has been presented by the sur
viying members of the company to the
Elizabeth NJ Veteran ZOuaves, through
Col. J. E. Fem, electrician of the West
ern Union Telegraph Company.
The Jester BOardman water and gas
contract was confirmed at Brunswick
Saturday by vote of 272 to 20. By the
terms Of the contract the new company is
to supply the city with water and gas.
The water Will be furnished from the
artesian wells and work will proceed at
once.
The coflin-makers in an undertaker's es-
tabiishment at Rome played a practical
Joke on a negro tramp Saturday. The
tramp laid down on some lumber and
went to sleep. The negroes placed a
coffin by his side, and then made noise
TO awake him. On seeing the coffin a
deadly fear seized him, and he ran off
very rapidly.
HawkinsYilIe is having a cotton war.
Heretofore the warehouses of that town
have charged soc. per bale for storage and
drayage, the buyer paying the charges.
The Warebousemen ask 81 bale this sea-
son, and as a consequence both buyers
and planters are dissatisfied. A meeting
was held last week and the warehouse
men condemned. The receipts OF cotton
nave fallen of large amount.
A day or two ago, while Randall Steph-
enson's mule WAS drinking at Honey creek
ford, near McDanielPs mills. a team
loaded with fodder came rushing down
the road from the opposite side. Mr.
Slephenson's mule became frightened and
broke 70 run. The mule wheeled down
the ford, when the shaft of the other w8g-
on was driven through his flank, project
ing six inches on the opposite side. Mr..
Stephenson had frequently refused 5000
for the mule.
Early Saturday morning, bailifs r. f..
aalteI ami j. Il. GOdby, and Henry
and Thomas Williams brought two
negroes, Godfrey Cleokerly and Tom
Blyens, both desperate characters, into
smithyille, the first named having been
arrested in Sumter county, and the latter
IN Lee county, charged with stealing
hogs from Henry Williams. Bivens
offered resistance as long as he
was able, and Mr.. Godby broke a
large hickory stick over his head before
be could control him.
several months ago a respectable old
Gentleman died at Athens, leaving the
deeds and papers relating TO the house in
winch be was living in bureau drawer
OF the room I'm which he died. Shortly
alJer his death it was discovered that the
papers had been taken from the drawer,
ana the most thorough search failed to
reveal tue papers or the thief. AS the
ueed had been recorded, and could conse-
4uentiy be Of no real value to the thief, 1t
mystery why 1t was stolen. Pos
apy time will develop the object Of the