Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-24
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.
snicide Near Graveyard of a Merchant
an Cherokee County,, 800 Carp Killed
in the Agricultural Department Pond
at AtIanta-durder at East Point.

EufCfde Near n GEANGyArQ III McrCnAhV
IN Cherokee County,, 200 Carp Killed
In the Agricultural Department Pond
at AtIanta--Murde at East Point.
GEORGIA.
Two thousand negro men in Houston
county are delaultlng taxpayers.
J. p. Ward, near Luthersviile, killed
eignt crows in one afternoon recently.
a church, brick store and number
ot new dwellings are going up in East
Macon.
Il. Ellison, who supplies the Insane
ASYLUM at Milledseville with beef, gets
S4 90 per 100 pounds.
An owl tour feet long from tip to tip
was killed the other day in the neighbor-
hood OF LutheTsville.
The Macon street Railroad Company is
getting ready to lay their track to the
foot OF Fort Hawkins Hill, East Macon.
The Knights of Labor intend to make a
harder fight than ever in Athens in the
next election, and claims to be growing
rapidly.
The mill OF John Williams, of Griffin,
In the lower part Of Meriwether county,
near the Epson line was destroyed by fire
Saturday.
Thirty-eight business houses of Ameri-
Gus have agreed to close up for Christmas,
and others Will do SO, but refuse to bind
themselves.
James Y. Carmical, of Coweta county,
nut 100 acres of his farm on the market
last Tuesday. 1t was bought by Mr.. Abe
Young at $16 per acre.
A white man named Stephens has been
arrested at Rome on suspicion of making
and passing counterfeit silver dollars. He
had companion who succeeded in eiud-
ing arrest.
Greene county was carried by the anti
prohibitlonists Tuesday by majority of
IS. The proni9Itionists will not contest.
The election was very quiet, and small
vote was polled.
Frank Wright, colored, living few
miles from Forsyth, had his gin, SIX bales
of cotton, and 1000 bushels Of cotton seed
burned Tuesday. The fire originated from
a match In the cotton.
Thomas Perdue, Of Marion county. was
arrested at Columbus Tuesday for selling
property which he had mortgaged to MIR.
Rollin jefferson. He gave bond for his
appearance at the Superior court.
At Macon G. M. Davis has purchased
Gus Stewards livery stable for $1050O,
and will move from his present quarters
to mis- new purchase, Mr.. Stewart return
ing to Jones county, where he owns
plantation.
The dwelling house of Andrew Rogers,
the colOred barber Of Marietta, was de-
stroyed by fire Tuesday. The origin of
the fire is unknown, but is supposed to
have been accidental. 1t was insured for
a fair valuation.
$ S. Davidson's establishment on Null
berry street, Macon, was closed by dis
tress warrant taken out by I. G. Dempsey
Monday night. Davidson owes Demp-
sey, to whom the building belongs, nearly
5000 rent, for which the house was closed.
Within the past three weeks an unusual
number of cases of erysipelas have broken
out in and around Albany. AS many as
nine persons are now suffering from this
painful disease, and some of these cases
are pronounced quite serious, If not criti-
CAL
Joseph A. Garner, of Coweta county,
killed a shoat the other day which weighed
257 pounds at 10 months. Mr.. Garner has
made this year on mis- farm $500 over and
above a support, and has corn and meat
enough to do him another year. He had
the best crop of corn in ten years.
d. l. Archer, of Oliver, Ga, has been
subscriber to the Savannah WEEKLY
NEWS for II years, and for Is consecutive
years not single copy has failed to reach
his address regularly on time. This speaks
well for the mailing department of the
NEWS, as well as the post office depart
ment.
John Smith, a merchant Of Salacoa,
hung himself to a tree near the grave
yard at that place last Saturday morning.
Financial embarrassment is said to have
been the cause. He leaves wife and
four children. He was, 1t is said, good
soldier during the war, IN which ne lost
one leg.
4 fl,Nx for off no
Agricultural DEPARTMENT Hall at Atlanta
Monday night, and Tuesday morning
$500 of the carp in the basin were found
dead, The people at the water works
deny turning off the water. There were
but 1900 in the last lot received. which
makes more than half dead.
John Il. +. Sink, who was injured in the
wreck at Austell, brought suit against
the Georgia Pacific railroad in the supe-
rior Court at Atlanta Tuesday for S3,OOO
damages. He is the man who jumped
through the window, cutting his head
severely. One side of his face was scalded
badly, and mis- spine was injured.
Two strangers are in Atlanta who claim
to be able 10 make the artesian well flow.
They decline TO state how they will ac-
cOmplish it, but say that if the city will
agree to paw them in case of success they
will 90 to work Immediately. IL they iall
to secure flow they say they will turn
the well over to the city uninjured and
without cost.
At Atlanta, Tuesday, United States
Commissioner Haight had before him
Samuel Talley. John Talley, ana William
Miller. char ed with shooting at Deputy
United States Marshal Carter, in Plain
willie, Gour6on county, in November last.
They each gave bond in the sum OF l,OOO
for their appearance at the March term
Of the United States District Court.
1t is rumored at Macon that syndicate
Of the directors of the Academy Of Music
Company is being formed for the purchase
of that property. AS it now stands, there
is a bonded debt OF $4,000 and floating
debt of Sc, 600 on the property. This n0at-
ing debt is the result Of the failure OF GER
tain subscribers 10 pay up their stock,
the amount of which deficit was made
good by the directors.
A letter was received Tuesday night
al the Agricultural Department at At
lanta from the Forest CORSerUer in On
tairo. Canada. asking what laws Georgia
had for the preservation Of her forests.
The reply il, that Georgia. having ample
forests, had not vet thought 10 take any
precaution in the matter, and that there
was only one law on the statute books
referring to the matter, and that related
TO firing of forests.
Howard Hursey was shot through the