Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-27
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
,vvsOF THIS TWO STATES
TIE ON ON IN PARAGRAPHS.

The Atlanta nfe ueP'i 'Ni01- '---
p-jay. ,.s have been Jailed at
J.' sIsto Superior Court meets the first
,,ondav in next nohIn.
A,'' Iort Gaines merchant made $500
?, sale the other day.
e's1 a.,oraca of twelve dead dogs are
AN 90, he streets of Atlanta nightly. :
W."' r,,,r,ot Club of Augusta has do
In5 ma m the Irish Parliament fund.
ua.e4 tbe case Of Caldwell against the city
,iGl.',pn y the jury gave him $1,000
aS-Ip y roess' residence at Stone noun.
l. hos been burned. The property is
Uartialy insured.
1,o motion for new trial In the
InJ Ham murder case will be argued
IN Griffin next Saturday
- .r,., rand Jury Of Hall eountyis getting
III true bills against Coffee, at Lula,
a. selling whisky at retail.
ao,rdar that measured 20 inches long
oerybt in a net out of the Oconee
Eeo near Dublin, few days ago.
p Freeman, of Columbus, lost his
.atat.hook. containing $25, Monday,
~ an the train between this city and
I'm He does not know how he lost it,
t-t be remembers using it last at Fort
Valley
II Hoard county, two nights ago, John
- was killed at distillery over a
,,ema Of cards by q relative, W. l.. James,
$40 smoked Johns gun aside, and. re-
oaviug s1ot in his leg, hred his pistol,
r.tidably killing James.
There is an old negro woman living in
A+5aDs who is said to be under the infiu-
- nj witches. She claims that nearly
overnight she is turned into horse and
~ivan a speeding to a trotting wagon.
81 saws she has beat the record made by
Maud S. several times.
l8.year-old son OF Richard Leverett,
nj IsaDer county, WAS drowned in Ocmul-
Gee river on Saturday. In the morning
fbe father left home telling his son not to
% near the river during the day. but in
his absence the young man with two
athers stole off and went in bathing, and
going in TOO deep water was drowned.
An old lrishman named Nolan, of New
Orleans in going after his sons corpse in
Atlanta. after very disOrderly conduct on
fha train, WIS, Tuesday, put off at La
Grange. his money handed to the railroad
agent. and he put in the calabOose. He
was very noisy, but claims he was not
drunk. but had cut his hand breaking
window panes. The authorities had to
take care Of his mOney-$330.
George Minion, who was one of party
Of boys who stole handcar at Plains of
Dura in Sumter county, Sunday. was run
over and fatally injured by the car when
he jumped off of it. The car was going
70 fast for him, and in some way he was
thrown on the track, with his head on the
rail. The car, with the boys on it, passed
over his face and head, breaking his jaw
bone and crushing In his skull.
Button SPRINGS: At the Jail, few
nights ago, the colOred inmates decided
they saw the ghost of George Edwards.
Edwards was a terror while living. and
as be had Joined the spirit band of depart
sd demons. his powers have been c0nsid-
sraby augmented, and his return was
uIbearabe. Such screaming for help we
never heard. One fellow rubbed all the
skin off his forehead trying to get out.
The white prisoners saw nothing.
Button Springs: Harrison Bailey, the
trspper, reports that about year ago he
caught a coon in one of his steel traps,
bat by gnawing his leg in two made his
escape, leaving the left fore foot behind.
Last Tuesday night he caught one with
no foot on the left fore leg. He feels sure it
- t-l' 7tAltAI lpttA AAC tduEub yGAI dkO near
the same place. He had nearly gnawed
the other foot off by which he was held,
and In short time would have been at
large again.
Lachariah Kennedy, who lives about
TWO miles from Dublin, refused to allow
The Macon and Dublin railroad to pass
over the land unless they should pay him
S29O. The company forthwith condemned
tne land and referred 1t to a board of a
Wtrators. David Ware, jr., John w.
6iider and W. &. Wright were the gen.
uemen before whom the case was heard.
After hearing the evidence as TO the value
OF me land and also as to the damages
resulting TO adjoining lands. the commits
sIoners decided that MIR. Kennedy was
oeneuted rather than damaged by the
. Ioau' ana, therefore, should receive no
remuneration from the railroad company.
sarah Smith, or Josephine Slater, which
4a1lei Is uer real name, sent to the chain
gang TO spend term of sixty DAYS for
various robberies on the streets of Macon.
attempted 10 play insane. While on her
va! 10 the gang. she made a number OF
IlI cay. against George W. Case. who ar
i5'ltu ler, and against the police and the
l'V1"Vef' she claimed to have lung dis
i7e' ana SAID that three doctors had told
VT' tIdl she would not live long. Bailifi
w. Henderson had large trunk In
Possesslon' levied on as the Hugging
5 an property, TO satisfy claim for
ey I vi laV0r OF hackman. 1t will be
g.u al Tue expiration Of thirty days, and
Ecu opened II Is thought that consider
''olen property will be found In iC.
JON Joan {. Ward, of Cuthbert. who went
d.e1y On holiness, reached Macon Tues
VIM. uight en- route to the as
I'm lie was between two guards,
re-, ms strange conduct soon at
lay the attention Of all the visitors
MN .g uepot He came out OF the car sing
msru n9ck OF Ages" in the most plaintive
Wai,I whit When be was carried into the
rre, room he began Immediately 20
srs ana continued until his manner
T.u..a violent that the guards were COM
remol.o interfere and quiet him. After
ba,', composed for few moments he
Wa, lNklhg Jesus, Lover Of MY Soul"
ep9'Dr nsd finished he began TO preach,
grq-5' yea such pr0fane language that the
fbe1 we're forced 70 interfere. When
.'o 40, he grew violent aud attempt
"Hl1 everyone in reach.
BY .T.,,ll IS Ernest Cherry, accompanied
Ap,"'g' ootglnB and John Cofileld. left
ipg oo with an OK aud cart and camp
from 'Pmeht 20 peddle along the road
foM,it usta 20 Athens. Two weeks ago
witbo,., 'hu Cogglns turned up In Augusta
basrg" merry, and nothing has been
psr,,'. rom the latter since their de.
Ib.,.' This aroused the suspIeions OF
oaol,!, VIE, and she tried 10 yet some
frr,. wv OF her husbanA = whereahouts
W nom. FAILING 30 -, , ..l,-t.