Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-12
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
,gp NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
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Proposed Mohumonb 10 Nap'@'n
samuel Adie-A Lively Fight Among
Sa~roes Near TaylOr-Miss Rooney
convicted at Fort Gaines.
GEORGIA.
r,,oment houses are among the needs
of Jesup.
mo agitated by her citizens.
~ Sol W. s. Wallace, of Butler, has a
Ill Aask that has been in his family for
more than 500 years.
TB Alexander has been appointed
rDitad States commissioner at Marietta,
zee Richard Wynn, deceased.
The report that Mayor Bush, Of Chaun-
~ had granted license to three of the
TII, dealers of that place has proved
10 be false.
If satisfactory arrangements can be
made with a contractor work on the ar
asian well at WaycrOss will be COM
menced at an early day.
W f. Helms, of Pulaski county, made
A. bales of cotton averaging 800 pounds
IN los acres. He also made from 800 to
00O bushels of corn on so acres.
Tho Young mems Catholic union of
Columbus has disbanded, after valuable
ovistence of more than eleven years. The
oause is want of interest among the mem
bers.
MARSHAL Hanie, of Gainesville, has sue
oaeded in capturing the negro, Charlie
GOV who robbed a Mr.. MethYin. on the
narrow guage railroad, about month
ago. Of 1898.
The lands of the Vickers estate, in
Tanrens county, embracing something
over 1000 acres, were sold on the first
tuesday for 50 30 per acre. 1t was bought
in By the heirs.
Tax Collector j. M. Stewart, of Wayne,
turned into the county treasury in No
yember $50, and on Dec. $l,6TS, making
a total OF S1,734 county taxes for 1885 col
ected up TO date.
Mrs. Arlington, of Adairsville, aged So
Years, died at her residence Wednesday
with nervous prostration. Her husband
is over 80, though with the constitution
ola man 40 years his junior.
Four wild cats have met their death
this tall BY the untiring perseverance of
Joshua Canaan and his pack of hounds.
Ebenezer, Efingham county.
movement is on foot among the en-
Moves of the Macon and Brunswick divIs-
ion of the East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia railroad to erect a monument
over the grave of Capt. Sam Adie.
DR.. R. G. Norton, living near Egypt,
Bingham county, had the misfortune to
Lose by fire, on Tuesday last, his barn with
all Of it's contents: also five head OF horses,
two mules and eight head of COWS and
calves.
The following gentlemen have entered
the race for municipal honOrs, and are
against public schools, in Americas. IT
elected thew will do all they can to abolish
them: A. X. Schumpert, W. II. Tondee,
W. B. Buchanan.
On the recommendation of the grand
Jury at the last term of Dodge Superior
Court Judge Klbbee appointed I. Y. Bus
sew, of Chauncey, as Notary Public and
ex-oficio Justice of the Peace of the
1254tn district &. NJ. of Dodge county.
Thomas Miller, of Montgomery county,
carried a stick of timber to Darien not
long since for which he received $125. 1t
was 81 feet in length. Had it been prop
erly gotten out it would have measured
l07 feet, and would have brought $50
more.
During the first week Of Laurens Su-
peri0r Court, which adjourned on last
Thursday, a witness, y no was suing for a
divorce, was asked the maiden name OF his
wife, from whom he had been separated for
nearly II months, and, strange to say, he
cOuIQ not J6ll.
Cartersville's municipal election pass
ed off quietly Wednesday, resulting in
favor of j. H. Wikle for Mayor, A. r.
Hudgins, A. M. Franklin, A. M. Pickett,
+. D. Pickett, Gerald Griffin, John p.
Anderson, Geo. FL. Gilreath, and W. A.
Bradley for Aldermen.
James B. Parker says that he followed
Bugg Chapman down Flint river from
0glethorpe last week and he killed 81 wild
ducks, turkIes. and crippled a squirrel,
while Bugg sat in his boat in open eyed
wonder gazing into tree in which he said
there were 100 squirrels.
Tuesday Capt. A. c.. Bell, Of Americas,
received a telegram from Savannah
stating that the application for injunction
and appointing a receiver had been de-
MED by Judge Speer, and that Bell &
Buchanan could go to selling goods. They
are now open again and selling goods as
before.
At Jacksonville, Thursday. while Will
liam Newton, son of j. Y. Newton, was
engaged in feeding Houser's cotton gin,
his right hand caught in the gin, which
drew in his arm nearly to the elbow, tear
ing and cutting flesh and bone into
atoms. His arm was amputated Just be-
ow the elbow.
John +. Hendley, Of Pulaski county,
made 80 gallons of syrup from planting
OF 500 seed cane. From the same small
patch he saved 1900 cane for seed and
allowed his children TO chew up 1000
stalks, making 80 gallons OF syrup and
5000 stalks oe cane saved from planting
OF only 600 stalks.
AT William Crews residence, at Eaton
ton, three negro men were sitting in the
mouse talking TO a negro woman, when
some unknown party placed the muZzle
Oh shotgun through a crack near the
door and shot the woman in the leg, max
ing painful wound, but not dangerous.
some stray shot hit two OF the negro men.
More than 10 freeholders OF Nance's
precinct, IN Muscogee county, have petit
TONED Ordinary Brooks, and he has or
aered an election TO be held Jan. 2, 1886,
lor the fence or stock law. All voters OF
mat precinct will be allowed to vote at
THIS election. This is the first agitation
Of the fence question Muscogee county
has enjoyed.
The old Crawfordville academy which
mad been standing for more than forty
Years, and which was regarded by the old
citizens Of Crawfordville as one Of the old
landmarks, has been torn down and a
Rrge and magnificent academy is beng
erected on the ground. The academy is
being built for the "Stephens High
school," to be opened the ensuing year.
j. G.. Caldwell, OF Towaliga, who was in
JAcksOn a day or two ago, has long and