Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-25
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

Citv's New ManufsctOry-A TrOup
County Murderer Arrested After Six
Years-HudsOnS Sentenced to be Hanged
Capt. Andrews to Make Another Trip.
GEORGIA.
one store in Sandy Bottom, Worth
county, took IN over S125 cash last Satur-
day
Rome has done nobly in collecting
Christmas cheer Tor the poor of the city
and suburbs.
The Gospel Messenger, a Primitive Bap-
list monthly magazine, published and
edited by Elder j. r. Respess, at Butler,
GA, has a subscription list of 1000.
The motion for new trial in the case
of Mrs. Balm against the Athens foundry
was everruled by Judge Huschins. The
case again goes to the Supreme Court.
Alfred Davis is locked up at Macon
barracks for safe keeping. He is sup.
posed to be the slayer OF a man who was
murdered six years ago in TrOup county.
The steamer w. d. Ellis, which sunk on
the ChattahOochee river several weeks
ago. has been raised. She VIII be taken
to Apalachicola, and put on the ways for
repairs.
Athens Bonner Waterman: Danielsville
will have their first Christmas tree on
G. II,
and we are glad to see her taking up the
ways of the world, even at this late day.
In an old burying ground in Lexington,
there are graves with rude stone head
boards, dating back to The early part of
the century. Persons are said to be
buried there who were murdered by In
dams.
w. s. Perkins, conductor on the Georgia
road, was called to North Carolina by
telegram Wednesday, which announced
that his brother had been killed while
running an engine on railroad in that
state.
The police arrested a crazy negro at
Athens Wednesday. He is craZed on 60
ing to see Vanderbilt and getting a large
lot of money. He says he is on the way
to New York to get the money Vanderbilt
LETT him.
Al. Hanes, large dealer in grocer
les, of JOnesboro, was closed up on Tues
day evening az Langston q Woodson, pro-
vision deakSls, of Atlanta. The firms
liabilities are said to be for a large
amount.
A negro labOrer applied to Judge Free
man at Macon Wednesday for a labOrer's
lien on the property of the City and SUI
burban Street Railway Company, of Ma
con, for the sum of 81 30, wages due COM
painant.
Simon Ea7 and George Byrd, two trus-
tees of the Good Samaritans, a cOlored
lodge OF ROvaA, were bound over to the
superior CcQre Wednesday in the sum Of
500 each, bstn being charged with
larceny after trus..
Gangs of negroes from the turpentine
farms in Southern Georgia, have gone to
their red homes, in North Carolina to
spend Christmas. AS the counties in
which they have been working are dry,
The negroes have saved up large sums of
money.
The grand jury of Fulton county has
found three bills against Henry Pope
TWO fol- carrying concealed weapons, and
one for misdemeanor. Mr.. Pope had a
pistol and cane with a dagger in it
when be had his encounter with Ticket
Agent Howell,
Hal Johnson, of Thomson, while in
Southwest Georgia few weeks ago, went
on the champion bird hunt. He states
that three gentlemen and himself in one
day killed 400 partridges, one of the men
killing lis and Mr.. johnson himself kill
Ing So.
Sheriff Harpe, Of Chattahoochee county,
captured Bob Wallace, colored, who killed
another negro in that county about ten
day, on D. S. RObertsOn's plantation, near
Opelika, where Wallace has been at work
for the past four years.
Rev. w, c. Mccall has resigned the
presidency of the Joseph K. Brown Uni
versity, at Dalton, and the name of the
school has been changed to that OF the
Joseph E. Brown Institute. Prof. John
NJ. Proctor, of Rome, has been elected
president of the institute.
The recent unpleasantness at Atlanta
between Capt. A. B. Connolly and E. Z.
Bru1ey has been settled. Mr.. Brutfey
has retracted and apOlogized for all of
ensive language used. Capt. Connolly
has acceped the apology, and regrets any
offensive language on mis- part.
some of the owners of valuable dogs in
Albany, are talking of organizing club,
aud raising tuna for the purpose of
experimenting and prosecuting the dog
PRISONERS. Some very valuable dogs
have been poisoned, and there are now
very few good bird dogs left in the city.
Griffin Nel1s: o. +. Williams, near
Griffin, has sold 81 turkeys for $37 90 this
fall. Mr.. Williams says that he raises the
cotton and the 'old lady" turkeys, ana
the ''Old lady" makes twice as much money
clear as he does. But be is a good one any
way; his pet hog weighs over 800 pounds.
The Spencer Brothers, from Mantle,
Conn.,, have purchased land at Lumber
City. and intend at an early day to erect
mill and manufacturing establishment
70 do all kinds of fancy wood work. They,
with their families and several carloads
Of machinery, arrived at Lumber City on
Sunday last.
An infant babe of w. X. Glover, OF Tay-
lor county, accidently got mold OF ball
Of potash few days ago, and swallowed
portion Of its contents. The child be-
came seriously affected, and fears were
entertained that it would prove fatal. DR..
Newsome was called in, and relieved the
little sufferer.
Mrs. Grimes, living near Walkers mill,
IN Washington county, was seriously. If
notfatally, burned last week. Mrs. Grimes
is about so years old, which will make her
recovery less probable. Her bonnet
caught lire from o burning lamp, and the
OIL epilling on her clothing, her chest ana
one arm were severely burned.
Suits have been filed with the Clerk OF
Cobb Superior Court against the Georgia
Pacific railroad for $4,000 damages for
The killing of G. W. Bolton aud FOR $4,000
Tor the killing OF Jack Scott, oolored. by
the recent collision near Austell in this
county. The attorneys for Luther Nj.
Gross also ask Tor $1,000 damages against
VIE same road.
A petition is being circulated IN Rome
Tor the establishment OF proper mail Ia