Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-30
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

GEORGIAs
At Atlanta to-day Judge McCay will
pass upon the United States MarshaI's ac-
counts in open court.
The City Council OF Atlanta met Mon
day and awarded the contracts for doing
the city work tor another year.
Thomas Singletary, Town Marshal of
bonneville and county bailit, s1ot him.
self through the hand while loading a
pistol, infilcting painful wound.
Ed. Brown, colored, of bonneville,
danced himself to death Christmas eve.
He danced all night at negro ball in
town, took cold, resulting in miningetis,
and died on Saturday.
george Shafer, of Hampton, who was
before Judge McCay at Atlanta Monday,
on a habeas corpus to get out OF custody
from a pail trover writ, was released on
his own recognizance.
Col. Pike Hill is recovering slowly
from the injuries received at the Kimball
house, at Atlanta, Christmas night. His
broken arm is mending slowly, and his
condition otherwise is remarkably good.
At Macon Monday the opening battle
of a series of COCK fights between Macon
and Twiggs county came off. The fight
resulted in three for each side, Macon
killing one chicken for Twiggs, therefore
. coming out ahead.
OtQutE OODtCbDE OdpLuICu q
large still and destroyed about 1000 gal
Ions of beer in Hahersham county Sunday
night. Deputy Collectors Chisholm and
COlquitt seized still in Campbell county
on the same night.
Sunday night burglars entered j. W.
Hopes store, on Pine street. at Atlanta,
and carried away a quantity of -four,
meat, meal and tobacco. The burglars
entered through the rear door, which they
forced open with an ak.
The city officials of Atlanta are all busy
Just now with their annual reports to the
general council. These reports cover the
operations in each department during the
year, and are presented to the general
council at it's last meeting.
Gen. Longstreet has leased the Pied
mont hotel at Gainesville for three years
to the Messrs. ScO6eld, of Rutland, YER
mont. These gentlemen propose to make
their hotel a winter resort for Northern
families, and to make it frst-class in
every particular.
f. Witkowski, ofMacon, has purchased
from G. K. Schofied the building in that
city now occupied by Roland B. Hall as
drug store, paying $4,000 therefor.
The lot runs back to the alley, 2l0 feet.
and the building is tWO-storied and Is 80
feet in length.
There is a profound sensation among
the liquor dealers OF Atlanta, caused by
the rumor that their barrooms would be
closed up January 1, on the grounds
that no special state tax would be Issued
them for 1886. OF course they claim
vested rights in their city licenses to sell
to January 1, 1886.
The victims of the recent railroad dis
aster at Austel who survive are all doing
as we'll as can be expected. Two of the
most serious cases-those Of Messrs. Ely
son and Bolton. at the ivy Street Hospital
are now cOnva lescent, and, unless some
thing unexpected happens, will steadily
recover.
DR.. C. g. Quillian, who is attending
William Odum, the negro who was shot
Saturday morning at the gas works at At
lanta, says that his patient is in an ex-
tremely critical condition. DR.. Quillian
denies that the ball passed entirely
through Odum, and says that his condi-
ton is too critical to permit probing.
William Day, of Madison, Sunday even
ing at his residence, in taking from his
hip pocket a 42-calibre derringer came
near killing himself. The weapon acct
dentally discharged its contents In one Of
the inguinal regions just above the hip,
and either dropping the ball inside his
clothing or spending it between the peri
torieum and superficial integrements,
thus preventing fatal result.
The St. James Lodge No. 1455, the Pride
Of Georgia Lodge No. 1903 and the Fulton
Enterprise Lodge No. 242S, G. q. o. of o.
f., are now endeavOring to procure char
ters as organized bodies. These lodges
are made up of the best element Of the
colored race in Atlanta, and have en-
dured great inconvenience in the past by
mot having charters. Their petitions for
charters are in the hands of friends who
will push them through the proper course
at the right time.
The stOrehOuse OF A. Knight 81 Son. at
Gainesville, came near burning on the
morning of Dec. %. About day light some
parties were passing and discovered smoke
issuing from the withdrawing on
level with the sidewalk, and cutting on
the plank discovered the sill on fire. 1t
was badly decayed and burned slowly,
but if it hadn't been discovered the IRE
would soon have been beyond control. A
bucket of water saved serious fire.
William ClewsOn died recently at
Franklin. Macon county, aged IS years.
During his lite he never bought a pound
of meat or barrel of -four or corn. He
didn't owe q dollar when he died. De
never wore spectacles, never saw rail-
road, had a SOW q years old, never
snapped horses, never was out OF money,
wore one pair OF shoes 10 years, kept one
pair Of plOw lines 10 years. and never
he was young man. He was married in
1923 to Miss Cynthia Gupton, who died
last year.
At the residence at Sandersville
Of the BRIDES mother, Rev. A. g.
Thomas officiating, Charles B. Hen
dirk, of Milledgeville, was married
TO Miss Lettie A. Mitchell, of Sanders.
Vile. In addition 10 the large number
of sandersville friends Of the bride pres
emit, the following party from Milledge-
willie we're in attendance: Miss Hattie
Hendrix, Miss Laura Caraker, Messrs. j.
Caraker, j. Hines, Bell and Allen. Many
handsome presents were made by numer-
Gus friends. The party left for Milledge.
Vile by the 1875 tram.
Editor Haulon, OF the Albany Medium,
having published a floating rumor that
the citizens of Sumner, IN Worth county,
had all. with one exception, signed the
petition TO hold another election In that
county on the whisky question, brings out
the editor OF the Free rdder, published
IN Sumner, who says that upon personal
inquiry be has not been able TO find man
who had ever seen or signed petition,
and Furthermore that the citizens OF SUM-
ner are now nearer TO barrooms and dram
shops than they care to be. and that many
would move away II whisky Is ever al
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