Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-09-30

GEORGIA.
tVba negroes charged with riot near
Cobhtown were tried last Saturday and
acquitted.
barbecue complimentary to the Legls-
,cfnra will be given at East Point, near
Atlanta, Oct. 8.
nan who lives near Adairsville re-
,uses MI substantials in the way of food,
mt takes water and weak OrOth Qcca-
s;onaIIy. He is mere skeleton in looks
and weight.
a A Graham, of Telfair county, made
war 63 gallons of wine from one SOUP
Tarnonp vine. His brother, William +.
Grabam. will make six or seven barrels
from his vineyard.
Fifty Indiana army veterans spent
Sunday in Atlanta and visited the Nc
Pbers0n monument. They were a part
of the 300 veterans from Indiana, who
have been looking over the battlefelds in
Chattanooga.
The first session of the Inferior Court
bald in Schley county was in 1858 near or
inst where B. A. Strange's store now
stands, on some pine logs. The first ses
sion of the Superior Court was held in the
same wear in the Baptist church.
Ned Burns. his wife, and three children,
oil col0red. were poisoned with arsenic at
Atlanta, Monday. The wife mstOok ar
sanic for yeast powder and used it in
making biscuit At last accounts it was
feared that the woman would die.
During the rain at Macon Sunday after
noon. piece of board upon which some
grains of corn had been dropped was
foating down gutter on Walnut street.
Pprched on the board. seemingly uncOn-
sejOus of the rain, was an English spar
row. greedily devouring the corn.
one morning last week W. g. Mathews
bows went outfOx-hunting, near Franklin,
and Jumped fox. The dogs were run
ming at a very rapid rate when three of
the mack fell into an old copper pit about
30 feet deep. They remained in the pit
about two days before they were found.
At Columbus Sunday, child is months
old was taken to the Office Of DR.. Billiard
for treatment of what was supposed TO be
ulcerative catarrh of the nose. Alter
careful examination the true cause was
revealed and removed, which proved to
be a shoe button that had been placed in
the nose seven or eight months ago.
The tax assessment shows that the COL
Ored citizens of Bib county possess prop
ertv of the value of 1924, 900. They own
Dos acres of land, which is assessed at
$40, 095, II per cent. of the valuation of
all the farming lands in the County. The
otaI number of white voters in the coun-
~ is 1926, and of cOlored voters 2,777.
The colored people held their associa-
ton at Crawford Monday. Eye-witnesses
estimated the crowd at 5000 to 1000.
Some one stole a mule and buggy
and drove to Athens and offered
them for about half cost. The owner
overlook the thief in Athens, just as he
was about to dispose of the property, and
recovered it.
An attempt to rob the store of w. II.
Glover, at Andersonville, was made on
the night OF Sept. "a. The following day
a colored boy about 10 years old was
taken up on suspicion, and confessed his
guilt. 1t appears that his own mother
not only encouraged him to undertake the
job, but was actually present and as
sisted
Said a Macon gentleman, Monday, in
speaking of his city: ''The city has given
away a strip of Rose Hill cemetery, and
it will not be long before efforts will be
made TO invade the park. When the Gov
ington and Macon railroad is completed,
manufacturers will desire to occupy the
river front, and they will ask the Council
10 sell part of the park for that purpose.
Business is already tending in that direc-
ton.
Mrs. Susan Strickland, of Townsville.
is one OF those widow ladies who will not
submit to an imposition. A few months
ago man drove up and wanted to repair
her clock, for which be charged 81. She
watched the clock and man as he drove
OF, expecting the clock to stop before
he was out of sight. In this she was
not disappointed, but she intercepted him
on another road on his way to Quitman,
demanded and got the dollar back.
Last Friday night George Whitley, an
industrious, Woodworking young man
who lived four miles from Monroe, went
Possum hunting with pistol in his
pocket. While cutting on log the pistol
ieli out Of his pocket, struck the ak and
went off, the ball striking him in the
bowels. He fingered in great agony
until sunday evening, when he died. he
leaves widow and two small children in
very dependent circumstances.
Capt. W. L. johnson, Of Macon,
mas IN his possession copy
OF the Georgia Patriot, dated
az Milledgeville, Sept. q, 1925. Its pub
fishers were G. E. d NJ. Bartlett. There
was great stir in politics that year, and
an OF the editorials are upon political
SUBJECTS. Its candidates were John
clark, for Governor; Robert Green Crit
6hden, for Senator from Baldwin county !;
ana IomllnsOn Fort and James G. Watson,
"r representatives.
:, The Columbus public schools opened
monday with large attendance, not
outstanding the unfavOrable weather.
* boys and 1865 girls, and In the cOlOred
scnoOls, 22l boys and 365 girls; making
soe total l,235 against LIP last year,
sslOWing an increase Of 1913. The indica-
nons polnt TO much the largest attend
sice ever known. Besides the public
mpoois there are number OF private
'InOois IN the city and most of them are
Hoeraliy patrOnized.
me passenger train due in Macon at
40 clock Monday afternoon, was rum
IN I'M al a rapid rate of speed between
at'i1ocKs and James's station, when the
'uslheer saw man just ahead on the
800 wildly gesticulating. Surprising
any, any s9hething WAS wrong, the engineer
fs,rMhly put on brakes and brought the
, sa,u 70 a sudden stop. The man on the
80 proved TO he "A farmer who lived
sss! ~ He had accidentally discovered
sI lue high winds Of Sunday had blown
Tsa Ee lead pine tree across the track.
s,o,. ttihsc%ery was made just In time TO
FLORIDA.
p,Ihe Circuit Court will convene at
louisville next Monday.
. mo ce9 9sr key'snew fire department is be-