Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-09-02
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
vnWsOF THE TWO STATES
ToGO IN PARAGRAPHS.

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III Ills Cotton Sin suit to the
~ritsd states Supreme Court
GEORGIA.
,,.on,s new City Court began business
Monday morning.
live marriage licenses were issued
LH|1iinary Brooks Of Muscogee during
August. 20 irdroo tho
c-1grlus street railroad 10 use Ihe elec-
Cs""'mefres on their cars.
r,a central railroad had fifty hands to
-.r,fa for higher wages at Iennlile iast
ooss. 50 far they have resumed ofK
" , uoma Guardian Insurance Com
o,-[. Of Macon, mas transferred It's
p"It.,ias to other companies and gone out
ofhnsiness.
Or,,r Matthews, who has been engaged
Jgaaeotton business at Columbus several
IT, has rome to Whoa, Miss, where
i~oexDects to locate.
rsgIor superior Court adjourned Satur-
ar ~ noon. Before adj0urning Judge
WINS sentenced Jesse Good the wife
mntr3erar. to be hanged on Oct. ,.
prof walker Z. Murphy. who has been
.trcinaI of the Casseta High School at
PaIgmbus for the past two years, has been
TTacted principal at Wynnt0n Academy.
Wlliam II. Freeman, of Wilkes county,
- lived under the administration Of
n''5rv President of the United States,
S,Tyino been born during Westinghouse
second term.
Prof :. II. Bartlett has rendered his
~s;,nation as principal Of the boys
rnniie school at Columbus, having ac-
6esrt9d a position in the high school at
Montgomery.
rohn Davis, white, an eX-convict, is re.
,orrsd TO have assaulted an aged lady
named Foster, at PeytOn, seven miles
from Atlanta, on the Georgia Pacific road,
Monday. Davis was captured but es-
capped.
At a district election for fence or no
tancp. held IN GunnelPs district, Franklin
county. on saturday, no fence received 40
rotes. Fence received 30 votes. The
Cartarsyille district Will hold an election
al an early day.
Litigation in the celebrated cotton gin
c9se eff Peter G. Sawyer Va. Elizabeth f.
Massey. ADMINISTRATIVE of Q. w. Massey,
etaL is not vet ended. Mr.. Sawyer was
muca surprised by Judge Speer's decision
in the case. and will appeal to the Su-
pr.me Court OF the United States.
The SUPERIOR Court of FORSYTH county
adjourned Saturday. The criminal docket
was not finished. The road commission
or, were fired $40 each. James Watson
was found guilty Of selling land, the title
deeds to when he knew to be forged, and
sentenced to three years In the peniten-
tiary.
A gentleman OF Sumter county, who
had three cancers or his face, states that
they have been cured by the free use of
the water from the artesian well on the
--lFs, r.,,ovo D.. pnorirr1u EO b0o o-Iv
US d it as drinking water, and if he had
used it in his additions, j. of the opinion
azure would have been effected sooner.
Several days ago a band of revenue raid
ers bounced down upon an Illicit still
belonging to Mrs. Fanny Smith, of Sinking
mountain, and arrested two men found at
WORK there. They did not modest any of
t6e property, however, as under the new
ruling Of the revenue department in
Georgia this is the duty of Collector Cren-
sha7's force.
Prof. Deweiss, the alleged bigamist who
married Misc Stokes, of Smithville, I'm
AmerlcUs, on Aug. IL, was brought back
70 Americas from Alabama, Sunday, on a
Iequisjtiou from Gov. Mcdaniel. He
waived preliminary investigation, Mon
day, and was bound overin a bond of 50, 900
by Judge Pilsbury, of the County Court.
"N'- w. 49, g@C SCa4 III WCAbb w jail
number OF cranes, curlews and other
shore birds have been seen in the ponds
about Atlanta during the last day or two.
Many OF them having been injured, per-
Aaps by the storm last week, are unable
ony very well, and are being captured.
There IS no q to account for the pres
enee OF these birds except upon the theory
that they were blown there by the recent
heavy gale.
Iae total receipts of cotton at Column
nus during the year ended Yesterday were
nI59 bales, which is a decrease of 4,421
as compared with the previous year. The
W'9l enipments were 49, 1872 bales, of
winch 1873 bales were taken bv the
Columbus factories. The stock on hand
az Jle close Of business Monday evening
was 57V bales, as compared with $50 bales
last year.
Last Monday Charley Lackey, a boy
au'Uf IL or y years of age, was riding. in
company with several other boys, a mule
10 wafer at the camp-grOund near Dallas,
ma5a u became frightened and ran away
WIN nm. During the flight his bead
suucA a Tree, n he was knocked OFF and
Hn lnlo tae branch. He was unconscious,
lLl mad It not been for one of the other
sols pulling him out he would have
drowned.
me circular issued by Lawyers Under
"ooo' howell and Cheney, of Rome. and
"t 10 stockholders of the Enterprise
,"o.3IF' urging them to sue the directors
y. '1e amount OF Mai. JaoksOn's delalca-
4 uas caused quite a sensation in
-e.-,a' frank IL. Miller, Of Augusta,
d'al MS ssne wac used as a party
-1c 5"lJ without his knowledge or con
~ IL is said by some that the pro-
fy'si SUM will fall through.
IS d. /. Davidson, of Macon, has en-
seG Nolt Tor divorce from her husband.
no. IN ne remembered as the unfortu-
4s.-- IaIl thaC attempted suicide q few
sr5 aso NJ her home. corner of Fourth
~ uazel streets. Her husband subse-
n6HeS, I'd a tto iDtoxicatiOn. attempted
eof5 -,lsl everything in the store that is
Wsie- ny them ia the same place, for
Ana NE was arraigned before the mayor
'Nl heavily hned.
ste,r tlree months ago., during a
sg,or nSrry Griggs, Of Macon, caught a
ase. "lIc6. and has kept it ever since
q rroo "sl y. The other dayHarry secured
49," ana placed him In the cage with
o.ser Lae two birds ga2cd at zach
aWa,' l ssyeial hours in a dazed sort OF
taae55 ouu finally concluded to live at
irrir, rl'l each other. They are now as
fan ee TWO doves, and form a happy
'.'' is interesting to see.
h. 49, butts, OF Macon, decided TO enter
And v1..oi Tor the Chamberlain prizes,
sboet utlotle park at Macon, Monday. TO
ls score. Msapra poviorn,S go