Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-19
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
rHENEWs OF TIL & TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

crnshed to Death by Falling Shed
At WilIneOochee Pulaski COunty's
coming Prohibition Fight-A Disas-
IRONS Blow in Union County.
GEORGIA.
calhoun needs more residences.
six residences have been built in IT.
giuton this year.
The Messrs. Plant are to erect a brick
Mock for their bank at Macon.
Pav. Or. Ivey, has accepted the call to
,be Baptist church at Elberton.
The Georgia Pine Manufacturers Asso-
ojation will meet at Eastman Jan. ,.
r. II. Williams. W. 2. Burt and II. G.
Bell have been elected aldermen OF Amer
icus.
The telephone office at Crawford will
nrobablv be leased on Jan. l, as it does
not pay.
walker Harris, an old and respected
cjf zen Of W alton county, died at O'Clock
Wednesday night of dropsy.
The taxable property of Waycross is
,36l 25. Ten years ago it was about 49,
G0o. or perhaps less, by many hundreds.
The names Of A. j. Sweat, II. w. Reed
and II. w. Wilson have been mentioned
6nr 4DotNhr year on the WaycrOss munic-
1pal ticket.
lion. ". Ii. MattOX, candidate for Con-
gress. has been on tour through Oconee
county, and received quite an ovation
nom the people.
The Athens street railroad will be at
nice extended to the Georgia depot, so
that travellers can so to any part Of the
atty for five cents.
Erastus Thankle, living about one mile
from Harmony Grove, has disappeared
from home, with about 500 on his person,
and foul play is suspected,
senator James VI. Smith, of Oglethorpe
county, has large amount of cotton yet
unpicked in his fields, and wlllnot be able
10 gather it until after Christmas.
The city sexton of Rome was dismissed
rom office Wednesday by the Mayor and
Council on charges preferred against MIN
Of conduct unbecOming a city officer.
The President of the Young Mems
Christian Association of Rome, has re-
ceived a letter from Dr. Hawthorne,
agreeing to lecture there early in Janu-
airy.
julius Menko, clOthier of Atlanta,
had Louis F. Bowen arrested charged
with stealing a pair Of pants. Bowen
was acquitted and will sue for $4,000
damages.
The municipal election in Watkinsville
resulted in the election of g. b. Ashford,
Mayor, and William Booth, NJ. White,
Thomas Booth. j. W. johnson and r. I.
Durham, Aldermen.
A post office has been established at the
mills of the Gress Lumber Company in
Dodge county. The name of the new
office is "Greston," and G. V. Gress has
been appointed postmaster.
At a negro ball at the town hall at
Athens the other night, white Yankee
plasterer danced frequent sets with the
ebony dames and damsels. and practiced
social equality to perfection.
Agnes Tinsley, OF Calhoun, lost her pet
bird last week, The cage was hung just
outside the door, and a sparrow hawk
darted down and catching its head pulled
it of, but did not get the bird.
Rev. Chauncey c. Williams, rector OF
st. PauPs church, In Augusta, was
Thursday officially notified of his election
as Bishop of EastOn, by the diocesan con-
Venion OF Easton, in Maryland.
Dawson's cotton seed oil mill is doing
better busine - this season than ever
before, and is now running night and day
The proprietOrs have already made more
OIL than last season, and yet have con
siderable quantity to grind.
There is a negro political leader in
Athens who never tails to sell his
"fuence'' to the highest bidder, but al
the election votes for the opposite party
TO the one he espOuses, arguing that a
candidate who uses money is not worthy
Of public trust.
Union county was visited Wednesday
night by the hardest wind storm of the
season. Much damage to property and
loss OF lite is feared. 1t blew down a
buggy house in Evansville belonging to
Col. Z. j. HARRISON and demolished a
buggy. 1t is also blew down stable Of
Bud GlaZier.
Calhoun Times: The Dalton AfGNS
wants to know which county has the
right to a representative in the Senate at
the next election. and we answer Murray
Whitfield has had it twice and Gordon
once since we have been in the district
and if Murray is entitled to it at all it is
her time next.
Two cutting sorapes occurred in Union
county last week. Taylor Adams cut
George Sparkes. The wounds are moi
serious, but painful. The cause was an
old grudge. james Dyer, an old man, cut
his nephew. Whisky caused this trouble
and James Dyer is considered to be justi-
liable in what he did. Young Dyer will
recover.
Eastman Times: We learn that an
enterprise is soon to be started In Dodge
county which will be worth 100000 to
the county. We haven't been fully let
into the secret, but have found out that
Mr.. q. V. Gress, the live saw mill man, is
at the head of it, which is sufhclent
guarantee that something is going to hap
pen, and no mistake.
There is an old negro in Perry who says
he has 500 buried in safe place for fu-
ture use. HI says he has not been near
the treasure for long time, for fear he
might be tempted to dig it up and use 1t.
His appearance does not indicate thrift or
prosperity, and all the evidences concern
Ing him are to the effect that he lives
from hand to mouth"
Anelection was held in Chipley Wednes-
dav for Mayor, Councilmen, and Recorder,
and resulted as follows: Mayor, }. II. Ho-
gan: C0uncilmen, j. j. Tucker, l.. Z.
Averett. W. ID. Wisdom, J. l.. Allen, and
5.F. Dunlap; Recorder, Il. o. Bullock.
The Council is a dry one, and was elected
without opposition. There will be no
whisky sold In Chipley next year.
Tuesday morning. about O'Clock,
Salie, little daughter orc. }. Hawkins,
Of Americas, got up from bed and ran 10
the fire. and in turning around, her gown
caught FIRE, and instantly the blaze was
around her person. Mr.. Hawkins hap
pened to be in the room, sprang forward,
tore the gown from her and saved her life.
She was severely burned on the legs and