Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-16

CONT villas His Views on the APP
,,n4nt OF Neeroes-Thtrty Apph-
~ the LaGranga Post Office, and
w. Authorities in Doubt as to the
choice.
GEORGIA.
n,r-o Atlanta churches use the revised
.l,,.an of the Bible.
usurv SETTER. of Atlanta, leaves an es-
tste worth $!oo0UO.
a5sriprta man has dog which ne mas
..t ,.ta.cd teeell for $500.
oational bank is wanted in COvlng-
,,,;tb a capital OF about S200,O0O.
= newman J. r. Herring has bought
r,srrhaudise stock of Messrs. Kirby
lai ". H. Weems. a well-known
,fsnrer of Columbus, died at Atlanta
Tba second Baptist church of Atlanta
,,s subscribed $1,000 to the Third Bap-
ust church.
Mind and oyster shells are being pumped
nov, the artesian we'll at Americas at
l4pth OF 1000 feet.
The Georgia Legislature drinks 80 gal
1ons of Ponce de Leon water, diluted with
81 10 pounds of ice, daily.
COMPTROLLER General Wright thinks the
vsnn Boudor Car Company should pay
he tax required OF sleeping cars.
Can't. W. Giles Burdette has just re-
osiyrd his commission as master and
rilot TO run on the Coosa river and trlbu-
# hries.
At the meeting of the City Council of
v4con Tuesday the ordinance proposed
ot tbe asst meeting, To abolish the office of
81 civ Engi1eer, was tabled.
Al cambridge the city authorities have
had ppes laid through the principal
ste4is. and by aid of steam and pumps
sr4 furnishing pure artesian water at the
houses.
Within the last two weeks the OgJe-
tior.p Echo has chrOnicled the death of
five persons whose aggregate ages were
r0vpars. The youngest was y and the
oldest9S.
negro girl at Robert n. Carmical's, in
,be second districtO of COweta county, was
s Killed while at the well doing some wash
ng. day or two ago, by stroke of
lightning.
At Elberton Saturday T. j. StOvall
boueat load of meat, carried it home,
ard put 10 in his smokehouse. Sunday
g r.at burglars bored under the house and
stole several hundred pounds of the meat.
He expects TO capture them.
small boy from Gainesville was cap
ued at Acworth Monday night, and
turned over to Marshal Mehaffy. He had
& ra away from home and was making for
Atlanta. saying that he was ill-treated at
bome. lie Was shipped back to Carriers
Vile.
Coils ". A. Huff and Marsh Johnston
have offered DR.. Bass 500 each to make
UP The $1,000 needed to put up a hand
some iron fence in front of the Wesleyan
college. at Macon. 1t is probable that the
balance viii be subscribed in a short
time.
the Jury investigating the murder of
Brown a negro hackman at Macon,
found tbat uhe deceased was probably
murdered by Green Nickerson and others.
Njcberson is the prisoner who was the
subject of mention in yesterdays MORN
ING NEWS.
Athens became a dry town at II O'Clock
Saturday night. Already the police have
detected some parties who are selling
soda W alter and sarsaparilla-flling up
bette OF sarsaparilla with whisky and
putting a spoonful of sarsaparllla in it
and selling it.
The Athens district conference con-
yened in Washington last night. About
% preachers and delegates were to be
present. The conference will be in
session i've days. Bishop Hargrove was
expected to preside. In his absence the
Presiding elder, Rev. j. d. Hammond,
viii preside
John ST. Clair, of Columbus, has accept
ed the position of dOOTkeeper to the House
Of Representatives. and viii at once enter
upon his duties. He secured the place
through the efforts of Capt. W. A. Little,
Speaker Of the House. Mr.. st. Clair has
oean staunch Democrat, and one of the
Iaill most efficient workers in MuscO-
gee county since the war.
new company was organized in Au-
gUsa Tuesday TO obtain cheap coal direct
fom the mines, and leave out the coal
dealers and middlemen. One hundred
ana fourteen citizens are enrolled. DIR. j.
\. A. w est was elected President, with
tessrs. Z. H. Octzen, w. II. Harrison,
aW Muslin. j. II. Montgomery and 5.
Lesser. directors.
During the war, when the Union and
NOAederate armies were close together,
lne house of g. b. Edison, near Smyrna,
was torn down to make way for the
trenches that were being thrown up. Upon
,'ol ana now fine crop is growing. and
vi Edison has built himself fine house
g I another portion of his productive farm.
llt war VIII not be forgotten as long as
'usse trenches remain.
Onarles A. Collier, of Atlanta, re-
& iNCu me OLher DAY. re1ectlVeIy, That II
~ were "a an elevator and it dropped
iou me litb story, he would break the
,9'ce Oh The fall by jumping or feet in
,le ar Just before the elevator hit the
@..0in' and now people are arguing as
whether or not he could jump feet
,om tne ar with nothing under him but a
n ,al.lns elevator. He could not accom-
push the feat.
, Iue following showing is made by the
NIX, TAX digest of Lumpkin county
Wig polls $50, colored polls 1895, value
oa ana lWhites) $3.50 81, value OF all
e' property whites 50, G95 81. Total
6,teiy whites) $l5.35l 70, value of
mus mus coored $3.50 0S, value Of other
popeIly col0red) S5,l04 O6. Total
al, rIF eolored $6,750Ol. Aggregate OF
ssr r,lopelty $l5,34l 70. Increase over
'N yearS},00j.
e,o. nre-waste of Georgia is enormous.
Wing that of Kentucky, Tennessee,
con- ~ "a or any other Southern State ex-
Nh od- Aus. Property to the value of So
h., "as reduced 10 ashes and smoke
10 1l.a|. ne insurance companies had
net e., 4l'2l4,ll4 Of the loss, leaving Il
Nc5- o,u poh the people of the State Of
rt-.''-l' rms annual loss very nearly
0fN..,ll7 me value Of the cotton receipts
. 6ae.'con or Columbus, and is more than
epd. eiel'es of the state government. in
Nle interest on the debt.
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