Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-09
cr03GIA AND FLORIDA.
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4 fiGhlA"7
county ovopGrA.
.ao Of Gainesville is over $1,000
Na year. Anor,cus are buviug
Many negroes az 11rnie5
~ and building homes.
lara "'V s,oron was shot in the ear In a
joan 9 az Augusta, Friday, oy w. j.
Burns. 80. horribly mangled at
A..eiogn night or two ago anu uleu
nom ais injuries 49,. 49,. oo,+roo+ to,
'p",'i,Jing Of a new stoiehouse In sum-
W, yrIll soon be let OUT
ne u, dollars or four months in the
Fang is what it costs to be caught
ea'nI'',n, concealed weapons at Green's
pV,Vc ,.oa~-old daughter of NJ. b. McGinty,
U,i,nta walked from thrd-story
o. i,4a,y Thursday, III her sleep, ana was
S,r,nnus received her second bale OF
O''u a'iton Friday. 1t was from Mr.. b.
y euafoLnr's plantation, IN Chattahoochee
j. - weighed 40 pounds, and classed
strict mlGdlng.
co,nrauv of gentlemen from Massa-
n.ts commanding ample capital, CON
Vn.rlsto Al an early day, establishing at
lm'1,,igton. " in Coffee {, unity, pianotorte
.n5n,rniture maautacttry.
r,e Houston county commissioners at
INV reluiar sitting, assessed the county
..v at the low rate OF one-tenth OF one
l"a.,Yt This too. in the face of a decrease
ppf0ls 0o0 IN taxable property.
...orlfpg TO the recommendation Of
ana fraud iury. Mr.. Beach, representa-
w. n, Applng county, has introduced u
KIM, the legislature to abolish the board
~ co,pty commissioners of Appling,
CLAYTON Kehely, of Acworth. has been
,.s,,j,g eighteen wears, and though he
NV. M children, he ana his wife have
n,ver been without children in their
house ten days during their married life.
1obp Kinard. living near Monticello,
hiss an his place an apple tree said by
sene or the Oldest Inhabitants to be 90
wears cid. from which he has gathered
ample, ard pressed 10 gallons of cider this
Summer.
colored woman living near Union
curcr. Ouiman county, was filling a
hmm whlle burning. with kerosene oil
lasr Friday, when the can exploded, burn
INC her 8, severely that she died shortly
Of erNard.
!. Z. Knight, Of Triton, has secured the
geepiract Tor carrying the mail on the old
Sycamore route, from Triton to Sycamore,
tseuce 10 Pateville and on into DoOly, a
distance Of 30 miles. The route covers
209 miles week.
At Macon Thursday the executive COM
ritlee Of the Georgia State association of
a. s..If., -.
had meeting at the academy for the
blind II was decided that the next an-
naal meeting Of the association shall be
held in Atlanta next December.
In Columbia county the choir of negro
church meets occasionally for practice.
sunday school meets In the same build
ing and the other night dispute arose
between the choir and the school as to
which should use the church. The dis
| pute resulted in fight, in which Wiley
Johnson was cut in three places.
An alteration between William and
Augustus Johnson, brothers, took place
il Bulloch county last week, in which
one had his arm broken and his head badly
bruised by a stroke with fence rail, and
The other was badly hurt. All the parties
are related, and formerly lived in Eman-
uei county, where the difficulty occurred.
M0uezuma Record: Boze Kitchens, the
fisherman who catches so many stur-
geons, has inaugurated a new industry,
lie mas recently made five or six gallons
o. as pretty oil as we ever saw, from
these 1sh. ii is the color of amber and
smells exactly like whale oil, and is as
good as that oil, If not better. We bought
asmall quantity and use it to lubricate
our presses.
1t is said at Macon that Postmaster
w. W. Brown will resign about
lhe middle of the month. AS soon as his
resignation is accepted by the President,
lne hon. Thomas Hardeman will be ap-
pointed Postmaster, and will begin the
qSeaarge OF his duties on September l.
Is understood that Wingield Nisbet
VII ne Postmaster Hardeman's assistant.
y y not known what other changes will
be made. -
Al Ine annual meeting OF the Grand
Lo1ge Of col0red Odd Fellows a few DAYS
sluce ID brunswick the following officers
were elected: James A. Sykes, of Savan-
nan, IT, VI j; II. r. Davis, of Columbus. ID.
w. ~ Martin Logan, of Macon. Grand
SSecfelary; James Pitts, Of Griffin, Grand
treasurer; II. r. Stewart, OF Waycross.
Mt y,teeIor Atlanta was selected as the
Hlce Iof the next meeting. All lodges
/ ~,olslout the state are In prosperous
n 81 M Lahler, living in the upper part
@"u'loch county, went out some DAYS
~ 'nool some hawks that were catch
M -'s WIGS poultry, and while looking
ol wy j." we trees for hawks nest stepped
s, Iattlesnake 80 feet long. The
s.t was not cooled and hence did not
INT DIT. Lanier sprang aside and gave
M, 'n"hesnlp a load of shot. After hunt
la5 around for half an hour more for
to Tr1' ne returned to the same place aud
any, ,a"u i. another snake longer than tie first
s1S "Ilh IL rattles. Another load of shot
@u' another dead snake.
Jo in emanuel county recently while Mrs.
hs Ism ut9ier with three little children and
snoi,tI'lul!! Iitte yard dog were going to
hrga r.,,, mousse she came upon very
opt 49,, ".'lesha@e lying Ia the road. With
iobi,'' Plellmlnaries the dog sprang on
srs ~, ana the snake struck him a saw
ay,,n INV t' completely prostatIng him:
agsta 'ue opg went for the snake and was
pr,' An'ched down, and this was re-
Milk va x unes, when the little dog.
Foi.DNs mead teariully lacerated bv tbe
myep, langs and bleeding prorusely,
I'M tue hght. Mrs. Lanier could not
n ias I' ,.a axe. The little dog was alive
Eary ca ,ilng OF Albert Smith, colored, in
Of ,,. 0"unty, day OF two ago. grew ont
a., 'acJ That Richard Grier. another
Of lau rldiculed the tattered clothinS
with ,,lO IN the presence of n giri
ch'rE uu'n ne was walking home from
and dr.,.A loert resented the insult.
Hokad ''H t1e progress Of the quarrel
d Mtso,Ip a., S lence rail to defend himself
Grer h1 = ttsslchard. At this juncture, Jake