Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-11
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
,,,7ws OF THE TWO STATES
THE ,rnI'nIN PARAGRAPHS.

the Murder by a salOonkeeper IN
Cou''S County-A Story of the Fidelity
NnH,.rdiaus to the Negro Race.
GEORGIA.
r,,ho+ county will aid Epson county IN
,ridgng Flint river -a4 oAoo
Dit .rs'' + IN over the LAGRANGE post once
b Iravinc hot and heavy
Gray's new brick grocery at
,,.1,.neeboro is nearing complexion
-,ostion is now being agitated of
,...i3ino telephone line between AInehs
DliI" Atlanta. 1t will cost ABOUT $6'ooo'
SD ,r.o survivors of the Forty-third Geor-
.lrcIunte prs will hold reunion at Jei-
s'r.on on Thursday, July ~.
gantlaman from the country in Amer
rs Wednesday, reported ma Oh 90
E,,,,-sa eggs IN one nest lately
r,,opton has been considerably I'M
-.l,,s3 Of late by new buildings, ana sew
sral are now in process oil erection.
Tbe Western Baptist church, near
\ 1fanstou. Troup county, mas calleo aeV'J'
Wvnne. who will we'll fill its pulpit.
Rev. Turner of LawrenceVille, who
- his lite day or two ago, had made
4 Two attempts previously 10 commit sui
4 eide -,.. :. D..
\ Glascock county, which weighed
n "a rounds. and trout that weighed II
pounds.
NJ 7 Stone and Z. T. Player, Of Wilcox,
The famous belled buZzard in the
4 ,o,rar mart of Wilcox county about two
weeks ago.
TrouD factory, at LaGrange, has "shut
3own" for an indefinite period and the
cnoratiyes have generallySoughte employ
mant at other mills.
barn on the farm of Mrs. Blanton,
vino lives near Adairsville, was struck by
hgbtning sunday night, and, with its con-
tents. was consumed by fire.
At Macon Miss Lamar has identified
Charles Lowe, the negro arrested at At
lauta a. the one who recently assaulted
her ON the streets of Macon.
Romans are organizing a home insur-
avon comranv. There has already been
sm000 subscribed, and $500, 900 will be
neHmit of the capital stock.
his rumored that three or four moneyed
/ men are figuring on the profits they might
realize from the investment of $4,000 IN
handsome hotel building for Rome.
Near High Shoals, in Morgan county,
Thursday. Calvin Gordon was shot and
instantly killed by a salOon-keeper named
Henry Crawford. An old grudge led to
ttes100tng.
Lieut.. NJ Q. Hollis. of the Fourth in
nntrv. which is stationed at Fort Omaha,
lNah.. was summoned home TO Newman to
the bedside Of mis- dying father. He ar
rived few moments too late.
BENJAMIN Rice, of Cobb county, has a
mare which was ridden through the late
nar by Mai. DodsOn, of the First Con-
Il Tolerate regiment. The mare is now %
years old and Is doing service every day.
A piece of property belonging to DR.. J.
S Baxter, facing 40 feet on Third street
and 100 on Mulberry street, at Macon, has
been accepted as the site for the new gov
eminent building at Macon. 1t costs
$1,000.
The plant and property of the Americas
on Company was sold at public cutlery
Tuesday under order of the assignee.
The entire plant, including the grist-
nil, was Knocked down to j. W. Wheatly
a Co.. for $500.
There were two vacancies in the Uni
versltv board of trustees to be filled by
M board which met in Athens yester-
day, occasioned by the deaths OF Hon.
Mark A. Cooper, the venerable Vice Presi-
dent Of the board, and Bishop George F.
Pierce.
Ell papers TO Eastman for a new bond for
N. II. Baldwin, the present Postmaster.
These papers have been properly signed
and returned. and no dObt Mr.. BaldwIn's
commission will be received in few
DAYS.
Nckinnon, an Athens blacksmith, was
ioollng with an old pistol Wednesday that
pad been loaded since the first battle of
Manassas. 1t was accidentally dis
enarEed and SCARED McKinnOn and the
crowd around his shop nearly to death,
but did no other damage.
DC heirs of the late John T. Newton,
o. LaGrange, have brought suit against
ne Atlanta and West Point railroad for
flo,U9. The writ was filed by their at
tofney, Judge F. NJ. LOngley. Mr.. New
ton was killed by a passenger locomotive
~ Ine steam mill crossing in LaGrange
May %.
The death of VIM. SingfeId, an old and
respectable cOlored citizen of Augusta,
gave rise to rumor that Singled on his
!ing bed confessed TO his wife that he
AHeU VIM. Grammer, a negro boy who
uiea at his place of business in June, 1884,
tll mo was then reported TO have been
AAed by a horse. An investigation
proved the rumOr to be false.
John Sessions and Harry Bradley had
retired for the night in l.. c. Durham's
sore at Chickasa whatchee, and were
paying on the bed, when the Stats fell
" rough and routed negro from beneath
Iue boys gave an alarm, whereupon the
negro took fright, and breaking down a
Nlhs0w shutter made his escape. The
negro Was evidently bent on robbery, and
perhaps murder.
Last sunday lightning played some
curious freaks around the house Of Moses
I1uIch, in TockwattOn, Thomas county.
appeared 10 strike in several places at
me out in all It's striking did no serious
as'm' 1t tore up the shingles on the roof,
all came as a blaze of fire down two
slilhheys, struck the front door casing in
e' splntered fence post close up 10
Wv e siGe Of the house, struck a magnolia
n, ON tae other side, and then jumped
a picket fence and tore up one
'ai'el ana shattered post.
Mf. Horne. Of Sumter county, has a
oeA on the eight-day variety, which has
ti,g" wound up once a week and run all the
bnt IVY % years, and has never stopped
slo,. nee m all that time. On one 0cca-
mn, ND. Mr' Joiner's wife, then little girl,
sa,. luS 10 climb up 10 the mantle for
anJ .1rucle, pulled the old clock down
Ii 'ue lall caused II TO stop. About
i+,, eApended for repairs at that time
f 'efyihing 10 rights, and the old time
me-, Neeps ticking away, and is likely 10
Years. i'i' may De' announcer 81
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