Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-01

Ghosts.
The Albany base ball grounds are 10 De
gold at auction A..
,rgusta ladies will give fair for the
.oneit of the base ball association.
robn stubbs, of BIob county, mad hls
.ond badly cut and mashed in gin, Tues
day. 49,.
..ttorm Of blue cloth suits and navy blue
helmets.
1ho nuhlic sale of the Gainesville South
~ 80 been postponed till the NOvem-
her salesday.
1obn D. Ramey, aged Is, one of Au-
,,eta,s most respected citizens, died
Monday night.
Martha Burns, the negro woman who
..,t,-ad arsenic with flour at Atlanta, Mon
INV morning, died at daylight Tuesday.
1r Brooks, who was the sawyer at j.
T Anderson's mill, seven miles north of
Washington, had his arm cut of by the
saw Tuesday
Macon physician claims that chewing
nm cures dyspepsia. Pure gum mastic
I'D nnre white beeswaX chewed into
gum is recommended.
BURGLARS stole a considerable quantity
of canned goods, knives, shoes, ETC., from
Matthew Albritten's store at Georgetown
nirht or two ago. No arrests have
been made.
Tohn f. Talmadge's beautiful residence
in Gotham, near Athens, was burned
nigbt or tWO ago. his loss is said to be
grsatIv in excess of his insurance of
5000.
Tom Reid. a negro, was tried before
Nsvor Scarborough, at Dublin, on Sat
nrday. for loud swearing upon the streets,
and mis- Honor gave him So and costs. The
case was appealed to the council, who
sustained the Mayor.
ANDY Shackelford, the Athens negro
convicted by Judge Cobb last week, has
been sent TO the chain-gang, unless he
can raise $64. Andy says he has several
horses in Atlanta and considerable money
due him over the country.
A convict who was being conveyed to
the Dade coal mine for horse-stealing, es-
capped from the train and his guard Mon
day night at Gainesville. A reward of
$50 was Immediately offered, but as yet he
has not been apprehended.
Dave Snowden, the Athens negro under
q life sentence for killing child several
wears ago, has wife and six little chill
drpn in very destitute circumstances, and
how they can live is mystery. Only two
OF the children are able to work.
George S. Henderson, a nephew Of the
deputy court clerk of Fulton, George Far
lev, has recently borne off the honOrs OF
the POughkeepsie Business College, New
York, by making 100 in every depart
ment He is in his 10Th year. After Wis
itng his mother in Texas, he will 20 into
business in Atlanta.
Alderman Wood is in the race for
Mayor of Athens, and has already built
ofr fNhnrn NJ
be opposition, but it has not as yet de-
veOped itself. The citizens manifest no
desire TO nominate a ticket, and we
suppose it will be a free-for-all race.
There is some talk of petitiOning Capt. &.
g. Talmadge to run, but he has no desire
to enter the arena.
At party near Marietta, four negro
boys unhitched horses that were tied near
the house and rode them numerically.
Tuesday Capt. Chuck Anderson, to whom
the horses belonged, caught the four boys,
and gave them their choice between the
chain-gang or whipping. They all de-
cided in favor of the whipping, and were
supplied with new buggy whips and set
to Trailing each other, which they did,
each laying on the lashes with good effect.
An interesting case has been in progress
at Atlanta for week past before Master
in Chancery Eustis W. Speer. James l..
Wysang, once an engineer on the East
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia railroad,
is suing Receiver Fink for $4,000 dam
ages. Wysang was seriously injured in
an accident last February at Flipping, a
station near McDonOugh. Wysang has
offered 10 settle for 5000, but the road is
unwilling to compromise for more than
$4,000.
Amerious Recorder: Saturday, Prince
Clark, the father of Worship Clark, APP
peared before Justice Stubs and swore
out warrant for the arrest of E. b.
Wallace on the charge of murder. Col.
L. q. Simmons, Wallace's attorney, went
up TO Ellavilie Monday morning, came
back and got Wallace's bond ready, and
went up again in the afternoon to get
Judge Fort to approve 1T, and let Wal
lace at liberty until the time comes for
his trial.
E. T. Peeks, of senoia, caught a 7
pound carp out Of his pond. A bone grew
on the earn in place of the top fin near
tne tail. The bone is two inches long and
one-l0urth inch wide at the base, with q
snght curve towards the tail. Under
meath Is nicely formed groove, on each
SIDE OF which is a hne set OF saws or
teetn, with points slightly inclined to the
Dase-also underneath the fsh in a cor
responding position was another one OF
a young gentleman OF Acworth went
W Cherokee last Sunday to visit relatives
ne waited till after dark before he started
70 return home. On the way he had to
pass the place where negro woman died
NE week before. just as he approached
sne spot an owl gave chilling boot. I'm
neulately the horse became uncontTolla-
pie, ana dashed over brush. fences and
kulles IN most desperate manner; but
tng lder managed to keep in his saddle
w ne reached town, when he told most
Hishtful ghost stories.
saturday night about - O'Clock, as Don
GOODMAN, OF Americas, was retiring, he
npard steps on the veranda. Listening,
e heard some one stealthIly walking.
ietung his revolver he went to the hall
10 T. Just as his mother opened 1t. The
EeIson lied on hearing the door open.
Doh stood on the steps few minutes and
saN the man returning, whereupon be
hleu al MIN. The man returned the fire
an ran away. No damage was done by
again.
"A telegram was received ut the Georgia
acme headquarters at Atlanta. Tuesday,
Huh capt. Robert W Andrews. OF Sumter.
- ~ the aged pedestrian who proposes 10
C"iN 10 New Orleans, stating that If the
nt9rgia Pacific road is rock-ballasted he
'l TAKE some other route The road, be-
~ r'ck-ballasted, he will probably take
sne wagon road running alongside of IL.
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