Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-07


,ootino begins at Bethlehem to-
day. .oi, az TaIIulab CON
tnues 10 20 down 80, ,,..,,
+hans expects to have good system
Sras schools by next year
The taxable property OF flke county ~
nc 20 a. S2Il. 309 more than last year.
No. Armenian police force has been
.oduced by the discharge Vi wv neH'
potrenchment Is the object
No. natiepts died in the city hospital at
conlm6us during July: ihere are no"
Ave- natients in the hospital
Nv fsonite likely mat Griiin's BARRIERS
"a, nafition the CITY Council at its next
r,"stjng TO prohibit Sunday shaving.
swiss miner, with shovel and pan,
tIv made Sl3 of gold in one day IN
t6e LANYARD branch, near Dah!onega-
T,ot w A. Powell has been named by
N4l1onntv commissioners of Fulton 10
srt temporarily as Tax Collector oil that
Cant J. w. voolfolk has rendered his
:',natiop AS a member of the Board OF
slisrmen OF Columbus, having recently
iorated IN Montgomery.
AIR MAYHEM. of McGhee's Bend, IS the
,at6er of 10 children, the Oldest of whom
is93 He IS about 40 years OF age, ana
seems to enjoy good health.
At Americas Lucius Hudson has
brought suits for damages for $lO,eO0
ogo,6st F. W. Griffin, W. L. Griffin, and
Ie..e Chambliss for SANDER.
A movement is on foot at Macon to pur-
cbase the old laboratory building, and
pres-nt it to the state, PROVIDED IL De
rsed for the school of technology
L., Adnd In
bar he'd at Columbus Tuesday at her room
IN ths BANKS building. She retired in her
n.,Iol GOOD nealIh. 1t is supposed that
sponlpyy was the cause. She was 20
years Old
Attne meeting of the Council Of Column
+, bus rpesdav an ordinance was offered
!. n repaal the ordinance fixing especial
taves of $500 on wholesale liquor dealers.
If went over under the rules until the
neXt meeting.
Hon. Jonn Peabody and Capt. Reese
" Crawford. of Columbus, have gone to
"a Atlanta to argue before Gov. Mcdaniel
As 10 who OF the capturers of Smith
Austn's murderers is entitled 70 the
rewards offered.
sias Whitehead, coIored, Las been
LODGED in jail at Calhoun charged with
ss attempting to outrage the daughter of d
uFUNtlAlONb
Tbe Young lady awOke, and found the
leqr6 holding her by the wrists. He fed,
our was captured.
The trouble between the contractors
who put up the fire alarm system at
Columbus and the Committee on CisJerns
and Fire Department has been adjusted
BIZ The contractors agreeing TO furnish one
more station box, and deduct $500 from
Ae amount OF the contract.
Four young ladies', prominent In society
circles at Griffin, disguised themselves AZ
gypoIes Tuesday, and told the fortunes of
tleIr unsuspecting neighboTs at the rate
M96c. Tor each prophecy. The joke was
exposed by the arrival of young gentle
men whom the bewitchiDg gypsies were
Afraid to face for fear Of Identification.
Al D, erstep court ground, in Washing
ton county, Il serious ARRAY occurred q
day or two ago, in which Mark Wood was
severely cut with an ak, or Ratchet, on
ths head, aud MaXey Smell was badly cut
Oh the arm and neck with knife. Both
have been thought dangerously wounded,
but Mr., Wood was up on Wednesday at
& WORK.
Atthe convict camps of Bolton, Tuesday,
negro convict named Henry Thomas,
from Carroll county, lost his life by acct
dent. About Y O'Clock the cOnvicts were
showing two cars about over the yard.
Thomas was helping TO push the front ear
When be fell across the track and was run
over by the rear car. Ills injuries were
such that he died about o'clock in the
afternoon.
The people of Houston are congratulate
M themselves on the financial condition
their county. The bridges, roads and
puDuc buildings and property are in good
condition; there is $4,000 in the treasury,
No OeDts, and the commissioners have as
--sessed The taxes for the present year at
Vhe-'enth OF one per cent, or 81 on 81, 900.
- county IN the State can make a better
showing.
q Z, waiter Howard, a colored boy Of
b psr lesVllle, after escoTting his girl home
IRON church last Friday night, sat down
1u me end OF crOss-tie on the Central
loao, and fell asleep. While resting
sReeIly the midnight freight train came
numbering along, and Walter awoke to
Ilu MS body rushing from the track, his
i9il arm cr0ken and some severe internal
heath
H. tHut river has been very muddy all
, ais sumner. Usually, after the spring
an ~.u' are over, the stream settles down
,uO is rocky bed and the water be-
t,, .|S 30 clear that il has blueish cast,
uas not been so this summer. The
9'lu mas not been out Of it's banks in
ue 'Ine. but the frequent showers that
rs prevailed throughout the State have
nI'ueu enough of the red old hills into it
sAeep II muddy.
sJ,, b. Ioomer, OF Augusta. left for EDGE
-sf.lso. vs. tuesday, Tor the man X. NJ.
roro, VINO stole 5000 from him I'm Ogle-
Il of FgGouaiy and decamped. The Sher-
,rrs.,o i3seneli wrote him that he had
nr,,', d man answering the exact de-
Nm " ana photograph sent him. Smell
ao an agent Tor Mr.. TOomer. and
kts 'nt'd all the money he had col
u,ts ,t NE mas brother living In Au-
M 'uo Is worthy young man.
Cigaiicelpts from the market wagons Mt
kDuN during July were 500 which
tsi M ,I' seVenty-six persons were
'1'wbo,,'". c NAY ors court during July. 43
H. o1-' we're uned and 33 discharred.-
h& nDle7 collected in July amounted
w.r. Is rWullng the month Of July there
o. Rsica lhehts IN the white cemetery,
,Eer. a. were nOn-residents. There
tn m g'sg Iiltnts Ia the cOiored ceme-
S. D'eu 10 were non-residents.
Iss,".,..oof Colquitt has furnished tho frat
huer o,1 IA lue history OF Georgia where
he SEMI son represented the state I'm
sntpro,. y, The United states. such oo-
Ane op pre- very rare. There are ONLY
Susior. 70 'ecord. They are those OF
1niu nay aru, Don Cameron and Col
Dawar, bayards have represepted
aou br li the Senate without interrun-