Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-27
GEORGIA,

GEORGIA.
.ow strolled into fur niture store at
,ibanv saturday.
rbo Altalnaha river convention meets
o,oi,s are being slaughtered by whole
YIN Southwestern Georgia.
with r,ur exceptions, every Israelite in
..,ons will support the citizens ticket,
9taey nave a strong vote.
porsom Richardson, who was kicked
.ba stomach by George Breadlove at
,1ooroe has died from the injury re-
III .eVed.
LAIN Parks, the youth who fell from
Fl obsstnut tree at Greensboro, IS not dead,
KIM he is paralyzed on one size ana Is IN
q nrecarous condition.
Hon. John Palmer, of Dawson county,
md mis- forty acres of ChattahOOchee
81 Iott6m land which lies just below ROg-
"a ers' ferry, for $1,000.
# the champion rifle shot of Lumpkin
sars he has with his rifle often killed
s"3irrels so dead that they never released
,6o nuts they had in their mouths.
tramp printer, giving his name as
rbooDbilus Oleomargarine, passed through
a CImming one day last week and said he
WAS gong to Florida for his health.
Young lady near Halcyondale cooked
mess of crows for wOOdcock the other
Say. and the family pronounced them de-
Tcious until they discovered their mis-
. lake
saturday L, l.. Engram, of Columbus,
msde.a quarter of mile in ftty-seYen
eoronds on a bicycle, hands of, which is
cold 10 be two seconds less than any time
made in the South.
is said that the citizens of Buena
vista have guaranteed Sells Brothers
81 GEO 10 show in that place, they to have
81 eIovpr that amount. 1t will be the first
circus in that place.
j. d. Little one of the young men who
were charged with Outraging young
laiy in Harris county several months
sg9. was eXonerated by the grand jury
e refnsing to return true bill against
81 him
strange negro, who is supposed to
81 have been crazy, made his appearance on
Fl Col. Il. A. Taver's plantation, in Dough-
erty county, Thursday night, and was
found in an unoccuped house in the ne
8 gro quarter the next morning dead.
4 The South Georgia conference meets in
q Brunswick in December. 1t will COM
prise all the ministers and many of the
4 law delegates from the southern half of
= Georgia About 300 delegates are expect
ed to be in attendance.
At Washington as George Ware was
q examining a bunch of bananas he had
e Just received, very large tarantula fell
3 out on the floor. The hOrrid creature
q made fight, but was quickly dispatched.
8 Its bite is very poisonous.
Capt. j. B. Martin, of Carroll county,
has the model of self-opening gate at
1lr. John Bascom's store which is quite an
ingenious affair, for which he has applied
for patent. He will exhibit this model
at the State fair at Macon.
The dwelling-house of j. r. Malcolm,
0fOcOnee, was entirely destroyed by fire
on Friday. The house was new one, and
Mr.. Malcolm has no idea how it caught.
He lost everything in the house, and his
family are now in destitute condition.
Milledgeyille Chronicle: Warren Nose
" tells us of having received a letter
from his brother, who, with a party of
other gentlemen, went from Pickens to
FannIn county on hunting excursion,
and they killed eleven turkeys, seven
deer, two bears and one panther
Thursday night thirty Baker county
men with sixty dogs had fox hunt. In
course OF the hunt they jumped a fox,
which gave them a fine race, from s
In the morning until in the afternoon,
when they lost him. The trail ran through
Baker, Calhoun and part of Early, max
ing a distance OF 100 miles.
The other day a large chicken hawk
caught one OF Rev. H. V. Golden's pet
kittens, about half grown, carried it some
distance from the house and devOured
about halfof it. Parson Golden lives near
AGREE. He says there were plenty Of
chickens in the yard and cannot account
Tor the strange taste OF the hawk.
About week ago an S-year-old negro
boy living on J. b. Neundorfer's place, in
Ia \. \ a
ately set on fire an outbuilding in which
was stored over 10000 pounds of WELL
cured crabgrass hay. Mr.. Neundorfer
has also lost two fine horses from sick
ness this year. The entire loss foots up
over $500.
The Injunction filed by Camak and others
anlOining the City Council OF Athens
rom exchanging the northeastern extern
SION for a southern route, and that was
granted by Judge Estes, has been set
aside by the Supreme Court, and the cts
officials are now free TO make such eX-
change as they deem best. This is final
settlement Of the matter.
The grand jury, which has been in SEES
SION the past two weeks, was one of the
best Floyd county ever had. The assess
ment OF property in the county as made
Dy them increases the returns of 1885 by
fibiOOO The question of "fence" or ''nO
lChce was discussed, and on test vote
~ were in favor Of ''no fence" and the re-
naming three not voting.
tennessee horse drovers are always
open to trade at Lumpkin. On Satur-
Jay one Of them sold Sl75 horse. taking
80 horse as part pay; he then snapped
tne $40 horse for $50 horse, receiving S25
10y way Of boot; he soon snapped the $50
morse for mule, receiving S25 difference
between the two, and closed the trade OF
Inc day by giving away the mule.
., few days ago r. b. Archer, OF Santa
ee district, jackson county, killed the
Uelled buzzard that has been creating
such an excitement over the State. He
was going to his shop, and heard the tink-
ing OF the bell in the air, when he seized
ms gun and killed the buzzard. The bell
was small one, and was confined around
Lue Oird' neck with neat collar, wrapped
WIN cloth. Mr.. Archer now has the bell
10 his possession.
d, within few weeks the statue of
benjamin II. Hill will be- finished and de-
nFered to the local committee at Atlanta,
nv T. winch DIR. X. ID. Spalding is chairman.
Iue hgure is about eight feet high and
iepresents the Senator standing in an
Ctaay attitude, with his oyercoat carelessly
.nf9Wn over one arm. The likeness Is
halu 70 be good. The figure is To be