Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-08
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEyys OF THE TWO STATES
1nN TOI.O IN PARAGRAPHS.

rrocers of Augusta Protest
smAu the Competition of the Chi
r,e Buzzard Belled "a Year Ago
ns's mn IN clarke COunty-SelPh
ArraiGned.
GEORGIA.
.r...,au court convenes next Monday.
raor,as r. Morton, of Barlow county,
died sunday -, -,
stewart Superior Court Will convene on
.,s foIrth Monday in this month
p,rsut. Pledger, Buck and John =.
r-inbau are taking great interest," III Inc
!amnprance movement at AuahlA.
saturday, afternoon, Sheriff Wier, o.
c1orte county, NJ one spot, WIN MS
SSr.eerh-loader, killed nine teal duck ana
wounded one' -,
minis Gordon, a negro boy IN jail at
Nacon for assaulting negro girl, mas
5ot eaten anything IN a week, and says
Ro' viii starve himself to death.
roung negro with mania for coIhs-
a !T;sfols. razors and umbrellas is in
eau AuCusta. Eighty-four umbrellas
5 oao now at the police headquarters.
1abr Y Bishop. the building contract
'V n-ho dislocated both wrists by falling
VI gl,u, a buIlding at Atlanta, some time
I'D is now able to be out.
Tndge Hammond, of the Atlanta cir
.,'it has not engaged a stenographer to
al sam SmalPs place in court, but is
AIM, the work himself. Judge Ham
mi has learned shorthand since his
elevation to the Dencn' l@i
netition to abate a nuisance in the
Growth and increase OF retail grocery
houses bv Chinese was presented TO the
civ Council of Augusta, Tuesday,by over
eftv small dealers, and referred to the
committee Of the whole.
The yestrv of DR.. Armstrong; church,
Of Atlanta. is indignant at the action of
the Grand Jury committee and the Bishop.
If the doctor is convicted division may
occur in the congregation, and a small
sehsm in the church in general.
?. C.. Langston, one of Gainesville's
hest Young men, fell from train near
Acron. Ala. a day or two ago, the wheels
cutting his right leg of, badly 1njuring
bis head and causing him serious internal
INJURIES. There is no hope OF his recov-
cry.
H.P. Hotchkiss formerly a lessee Of
tbe Markham house, who left Atlanta
about a year ago, died at his home, in
Ulean. n. Y, about ten days ago. He
leased EIle mdEhUhu uOu5b lOI bcn 16di .
but could not carry out his contract. He
died Of malignant form of dyspepsia.
Richard Banks, OF Lumpkin, day or
two ago shot and killed an eagle which
had been feasting on his guineas. He shot
it with a rifle at $40 yards, and it meas
ured feet 10 inches In eXpanse of wings,
and was feet inches from bill to end of
tail. 1t had white breast and gray head,
and claws nearly , inches long.
Patterson, who cut his wife's throat,
was released on bond, at Atlanta, Tues
day. John Gillespie signed the bond,
which is for $500. PattersOn's wife ac-
c0mpanied him to the Sheriff's office, and
when he was freed they went to the resi-
dence of officer LoOney, of the police force,
where Mrs. Patterson had been boarding.
Charles h. Mattox has returned to At
lanta from visit to his orange grove in
Brevard county, Fla. He went down
with the view of selling his grove, but
was so much pleased with the way in
which things are going on that he will
hold on. He has reached the conclusion
that there is still much money in oranges.
Nothing is now going on at the new
capitol building at Atlanta but stone-cut-
ting. The main boiler, while not "busted, -
has been badly out of fix for several DAYS,
which necessitated suspension of the
work. The repairs will be finished by
Wednesday next, when work will be re-
sumed. There are 200 hands employed at
the capitol. The first floor is up and ready
for the iron work, which Will be put In
soon.
In the clerks office at Atlanta, Tues
day, c. A. Williams filed a suit for dam
ages against Mrs. Annie Rich for dispos-
sessing him of one of her houses. The
declaration is quite lengthy, and states
among other interesting things that his
family were put out after nightfall while
his wife was not only sick, but in a deli
cate state, and that he found great diff
Guilty in securing a place for his family
and personal goods to stay overnight. Mr..
William asks for 500.
Last January the Americas Republican
contracted to do all the city printing for
one year for a stated sum. Saturday
Mayor Fielder sent an order to the Repub-
hcQn Office for some tickets for and
against bonds, to be used in the election
on the water works question that day.
Inc proprietor Of the Republican, it is
sadi refused to I'LL the order, although he
nae printed number OF tickets ga gainst
Bonds" The Council has called upon
nm to show cause why his contract shall
not be annulIed. ~
Wales Wynton's buzzard, that he belled
over year ago, was seen last Saturday,
W Mark Barber, living about six miles
from Athens, in Madison County. Mr..
barber was picking cotton, and heard the
unAlng of bell close ohm, and looking
up saw the buZZard with the bell and col
Iar around its neck. Some negroes were
Vut N the woods playing sold sledge,v or
an an IL Is more commonly called seven-up.
me buzzard sailed over, and the negroes
tAought 1t was ghost, and left their
same unfinished and made track for
other parts.
Monday morning, Ex. slappy, son of
~ '' slappy, living at Plains of Dura,
Vas going TO Americus about O'Clock.
a. oattles creek, a few miles from town,
MIee negro men ranged themselves
IISIoss the road and told him to give up
us money, or take the consequences. He
!!spued that he would kill them before
'4e! could get his money. One Of them
.s."rIed 10 lead his mules, and the other
."y 10 the wagon. Young Slappy jumped
MS iaet, shouted TO his mules, and ran
,'e 1and into pocket, Ms though TO draw
WsioL The negroes darted into the
"oous' aud the mules started at a brisk
uo. up the road, and he escaped badly
9.aleu. lie says he knows one of the
"saloss, aud will make him suffer.
FLORIDA.
over 900 pupils attend starke institute.
1lIh thater has bought Mr.. Phillips