Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-28
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
,,,,yys OF THE TWO STATES
IL p ,ror,D IN PARAGRAPHS.

GEOhO1A'
,os county will vote on prohibition
p-day' v-.,,-or baa been nominated
D.. mayor Of GainesYllle'
ioi 'D' DIR Foster. Of Augusta, has re-
htcg - n result of his tilt with Mayor
A@!, Atlanta branch of the Irish Ma
llJ Taague will soon hold demonstra-
, aonI favor of Parnell.
"o'- = municipal election VIII occur
pG,."oonher. w. r. Baldwin and j. M.
l.,mons will run for mayor.
.,ora ~ J. w. SeymOre at Derody,
nm I county. was burglarized Sunday
n"rt The thief stole line watch and
Il,rlous other articles.
mia nawlv-built school and church
iu( near b. +. Gossetts, on the Craw-
and Chattanooga road in Walker
lsu So was burned to the ground Thurs
tay Night .,, Ill, - 40.
n,, ha discontinued for the week In order
ot tho plpls and teachers may have an
tl"'',rtnnity of visiting the fair and enjoy
tP5 me occasion as greatly as possible.
Fan Toombs' mental condition remains
obout the same. His appetite, however,
A. bsen a good deal better for the past
i p'3 laws than it was previously, and his
,hysicaI condition is possibly shade
better than usual.
At Atlanta, Saturday, ALT. Prater, the
calker. was booked for disorderly con-
drrt Al the station-house. A case was
oiso made against Mahala Prater, his
alao She is charged with keeping q
5;s,rderlv house at 100 Decatur street.
svn aOUnrino thn
,oi,rt bouse. at Dublin, tore away that
.,ortor the roof over the clerks Office just
s1toro tha rain on last Tuesday, and some
NJ ME records and valuable papers be-
i6r5nq TO the county were injured by the
wafer.
Gilbert Goolsby, aged 81 years, while
riiing on wagon last Thursday, near
Iircolnton, lost his balance and fell back
wor1 10 the ground. He sustained in
ternal injuries from the fall, from which
he died last evening. He leaves widow
and large circle of friends.
The state Treasurer is kept quite busy
now counting the coupons paid on july
interest of the State debt. The interest
amounts to S234O00. Counting the
coupons for that amount is task. The
couuons 20 to the Governor, who issues
warrant for the amount.
The engagement is announced of Mr..
Arnheim, member of the House from
Albany. TO a daughter of David Mayer,
q rich merchant of Atlanta. Mr.. Anthem
was prominent in the work and debates
Of the House. He is lawyer. The mar
rage will take place before Christmas.
1t is said that Editor Cheves, Of the
Dawson Journal, who is confined in the
Fulton county jail for safe keeping, is not
only insane, but is almost in dying con-
dition. Cheves will hardly live until the
case against him is called in the Terrell
Superior Court, unless something can be
done for him.
Since it has become generally known
that Judge John d. Stewart will soon re-
sign the iudgeship of the Flint circuit
numerous prominent mem bers OF the par
have been favOrably spoken of for the
vacancy. Col. Joseph A. Hunt, ofRarnes-
vile, has filed HE application for the
vacancy.
Little Blanton, the 3-year.old son of
David Ware, Jr., of Dublin, inflicted
quite a serious wound on she neck of his
little sister, aged years, with a razor a
day or two ago. The little fellow had
noticed his father shaving, and thought
that he would try his hand, with the
above result.
A Franklin county couple was married
afew days since during the dinner hour
while they were making sorghum. The
bride was skimming the sorghum while
the groom was feeding the mill. They
Went to dinner, dressed up, and were
married. After dinner they resumed their
places at work.
B. 5. Whites ginhouse, at Stark,
caught FIRE last Thursday from the ginner
striking a match. A small quantity of
seed cotton was damaged by fire sweeping
ever it. There were about ten bales of
cotton in the gin house at the time, but
neither the building or the cotton were
damaged to any great extent.
A. w. Burnett, publisher of the De-
g0nce, paper published by negroes at
Atlanta, refused to state in court who
wrote the article on which Mr.. Adair, a
real estate agent, based n suit for lioel
against the paper, in which Pledger, the
notorious negro politician, owns a con-
trolling interest, and was sen to Jail for
contempt by the Judge.
AT Atlanta Monday f. p. Gray, as
counsel for the three daughters of the
late Edward Mercer. made application
Tor the setting aside of a homestead for
tlelr benefit. This application If granted
YIN set aside $1,000 for the benefit of the
daughters, The estate is not So large as
u was supposed it would be. There is
hOOut $4,000 worth OF personally, with
some privileges. which are thought to be
valuable. The restaurant and bar, which
yohstt ute the bulk Of the estate, have
gten conducted by John Mercer since his
la'ner death. There are some claims
.sttainst the estate, but the amount Of
lnem is uncertain.
BOD Hill, cOlOred, broke into the Office
VI lne brunswick and Western railway
uepot nj MilwOOd last Monday night and
s'oie about 100 tickets. The same night
w. !, lled to break open the store of j. A.
aufTay, but failed. He has been cap
suIeu, and is now confined in jail at Way
.los5' he reports that he left Chatta-
NIGGA Tenn, his home. last July, and
Sau wandered ia his ramblings TO Atlanta,
s macon and Thomasville, had stopped
S"uIle al each place, and was making
t .S way BACK home. The indications are
la1 ne IS common thief and higWay-
man. lie had in his possession a yalise
IAlalhlng half dozen pocket knives,
slree razors and lot OF clothing, ali
.asN, supposed 10 have been stolen from
''he store that he had entered.
At Atlanta, Sunday, the little Bane
brothers and companion named Smith,
vent INTO the Office of l. II. Venable a
~, a." 70 sell some papers. Mr.. Foster, the
sos .iactor, was sitting in the Office. The
sa,- vac open and the drawer containing
IT, vas partially drawn out. While Mr..
sr,.,eI was talking 10 the elder Bane and
d-.tI' the younger Bane Rlipped the
NV yer OUT. After awhile the two boys
w out, and as Mr.. Foster turned TO-
a,.ul lue SAFE no at once missed the