Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-14
IF0RGIA AND FLORIDA.
j, NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD II PARAGRAPHS.

GEORGIA.
led r,e salvation Army is still on the war
''ss- N al Athens.
' 9s o,o hundred scholars attend tire
kroenyile school room.
= onville mas new aldermanic board.
,re Nor R.vll, Of TIE Vindicator, is on it.
'e. The establishment Of building and
- ~ association at Lumpkin is probable.
~ Tobn MCINTOSH. of Mt. Vernon. CARR. 8
IN, 5onket knife which he has owned for GO
C. p TAYLOR. Of GAINESVILLE, wants to
ed .ome Deputy Collector of Internal
.je Neyenue.
let Fvervhodv is lending hand in rushing
4st n,eG Methodist Church of COnyers to
ae Nompleuon.
AT r,yaptv-nne new cases have been re-
r. rrped for the April term of Stewart
Cd superior Court.
y ttleast tour handsome new iron-front
~ kriak stores will he built in Athens dur
- T., thp present summer.
II The license of j. T. G. Caldwell. of
Hebulon having expired, Pike county is
- prohibition all over.
at F. Backmau will open a new har'-
Norn store at FORSYTH. A new brick
Nrsrv stable is also just ready for occu-
baton.
Tine impurities Of the local watar sun
- Nlr furnishes sensation at Athens.
fMrstem of sewerage is declared an abso-
II Il ute necessity.
sd The Atlanta police department has not
=, vet sue eedfd in finding wilkins, the
Sc man who PLAYED the confidence game on
he HThoru The grocer.
Ionesboro's municipal election will
~ + r.mp oft an the II 81 Wednesday in May
d NG4ssrs. Ward and Hutchinson are the two
j. n tnnemen in the field for Mayor.
RNewton county viii not hold an adj
g II horned session Of her Superior Court in
Hfuly. hu the regular fall term will CON
90 n yanp in The new court house on the third
le EMsnday in September.
IS Harris Superior Court convened yes
Z, Il terdav LYNN charged with the mur-
= lar of L A. Bpall, of Atlanta, and ; NJ
III MDiyon who killed J. 0. Christian. Of
to Cbppy. will probably be tried at this
trim.
t Guinnett comfy was carriedshv the
a WHISKY element in Saturdays election hy
!" LIS majority. small vote was pOled
- b, both -ides. The Prohibtionists claim
Hiatt fun vote would have given them
- the victory.
MA. Nevin has sold out his interest in
UNpyin Onera House at Rome and retired
IN from its management. The Opera House
/. was bought bv Mrs Jonas, who already
: had large interest in it. Mr.. NeVin
Il built the house four years ago.
r. The fastest time ever made by any Of
n the VIII te star Line Of STEAMBOATS, was
e E made by the steamer Marable, which was
70 p niles per hour up stream from Gads-
4 n dea 20 Rome. The new boat under con-
u strUrtO0 W II make 10 miles. She will
bave battery of three new steel boilers.
: At the point where the AmerIcus, Pres
3 ton and Lumpkm Railroad crosses the old
Columbus road. which leads from Lump
Sin To Scottsb OrO and is within the
corporation limits of the town, the bed Of
the railroad will be fifteen feet above the
public road, and in order to avoid closing
the thorOughtare handsome bridge will
De built.
John White, who lives near Athens, was
ont working on his farm few DAYS ago,
when he found "A rabbit bed with four
Young ones in the bed. He caught three
ont Of the four, and he thought he would
: n give them 20 his old cat and kittens. He
II gave the old cat one Of the youns rabbits
n and thou ht she would eat il, but she car
n ried it to her bed with her kittens, and
n came and got the second one and did Ike
\ II wise. and TO-DAY the Young rabbits nurse
Old cat and she cares for them as her
citizens.
Tomorrow the Macon Presbyterv will
bold ~ r usual spring meeting at Ameri-
Gus. The Preshytery comprises the whole
e of Southwest Georgia, and its meetings
I 4 are attended by ministers from the vari-
Gus churches in the district, and. v hen
tav have no ministers, by delegates.
Between fifteen and twnntv ministers and
leegates will he in attendance on the
meeting this week. which will hold ON
Wednesday until Sunday. II il is posi-
lie 10 finish Americas new PRESBYTERIAN
Church in time. the meetings will be held
here. otherwise the Methodist Church
will be used.
On Sunday night last Anderson Shorter,
III aWell known negro man, died at his home
d Lumpkin after an illness of only twen-
" minutes. Anderson seemed tn be en-
0ying perfect health during the day
Soon afterward he began preparations for
retiring when he was suddenly taken i'll
and asked his wife 10 get him some medi-
cine and send for the doctor as he felt that
he was dying. He complained of a chOk-
III Ing sensation in the throat, and was
deathly sick. attempting to vomt. BY
tpe time DR.. Carter reached the house BE-
was dead. II il more than likely that it
was some disease of the heart that killed
E him.
Work on Barnesville's new hotel is
Progressing rapidly. A fruit evaporation
IS 10 D. added 70 the industries OF the
IL CITY, and other important improvements
are on the tapis. All evidences of the
recent conaagration will soon be ohliter-
Sled The new planning mills just erected
nave been crowded with work, and an
f ~-''i -NHltub Oh lNb tdDhFlNN - hlItdtg
commenced. The oil mills have been
running night and day since September
ast, and will run until June 1. Their
production has been much larger than
IL any previous season. The carriage manu-
1ciorles of Summers g. Murphy and J.
" smith are kept busy with their large
number Of hands supplying their numer-
Gus customers over the State.
Americas Rpcorder. JAS. Alexander
mas been blacksmith for a long, long
ume. and still runs a shop in this city.
~ mas an old musket that was made IN
io9l, and was used In the Indian wars in
t4ls part of the country. The bore is
aOont fifty calibre. and the gun is
nreech-loader Of probably the first pattern
invented. The lock is flint ana steel
VIM trig err of enormous length. On
working the lever the bret ch slides back
ana the cartridge was inserted in the
n'ereh piece. After charging, the prim-
ilR was pour IN the pan the same ~ in
lnt mnzzle.loading flint lock rifles. Mr.
alexander saws that lit has killed many
urer on the ridges on which the city Of
Americas stands"
Amrricus Recprder. Robert Horn is
@urdy.looking Marion county boy. WHO'S