Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-10
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
vpws OF THE TWO STATES
The .NoID IN PARAGRAPHS.

GEOkGIAs
Harmony Groves marshal weighs l''
pounds Co,r+of Gordon county is
ming Of the past.
'n'D5 lumber of good farms will be sold at
rornesyille, NOv.3 3.
0g Tss STATE and county taxes in Terrell
.i,-o,ate $40 on the $1,000.
~ list ofstudents at the Gordon county
diversity has reached 100
.lrow Hubbard, a negro track hand,
-se,lIed by an engine at Macon, Thurs
0" ,,oos meeting to indorse Parnell and
---lrornment is to be held in Augusta
soon. 49,.
5oaiDst a lady Of Emanuel county
;" .,,narior Court in ClInch county has
naetroped until the last Monday in
November.
r schley, of Chsttahoochee county,
,oI baen admitted to the bar for the prac-
tee Of law.
henry b. Latimer, one Of Atlanta's
.,issr citizens, died at Gainesville
Wednesday.
The workingmen's party Of Athens,
olaim $50 members, but their meetings
are all secret.
Tho tax for county purposes In Franklin
oonnfy this year will be but three-tenths
Of one per cent
The municipality of Elberton expended
s5qgG.u5 for all purposes during the nscal
year just closed.
pr r. G.. Norton, ST., of Egypt, Ef-
rNlo rnnVInO IN
savannah in few weeks with his family.
Seventy-tve dollars is the price asked a
vo,Ing man at jug Tavern, for throwing
an apple across INC Alsle "utlnH PAe"0N
ng
A negro was killed last Saturday night
by a train on the railroad, at the trestle
near billiard. He was sleeping on the
rack.
An attorney in 20-minutes speech at
GAINESVILLE last week, repeated "Gentle-
men of the jury" IS times, by actual
count.
The Clubhouse Of J. p. Beatty, in Webster
county, was consumed by fire last Satur-
lay night. 1t is supposed to have been the
work OF an incendiary.
The railroad artesian well at Americas
has so increased its flow that it is now
t-L4lIdtCN az ApO SRAAOho Pei NSS3 NAA
vet the contractor is not satisfied.
The city ordinances of Cuthbert re-
ouire that every person shall keep lad
der convenient about their premises, and
make it penalty of $40 to neglect it.
1t is said that Atlanta has secured the
votes of Macon. Chattanooga, Memphis
and Columbus for the baseball pennant,
which will be voted on at an early day.
hn
in Franklin county last week, is % years
old, was reared in that county, but was
never at Gainesville until the first day of
the present term of court.
Swainsboro merchants now haul their
freight from Thompson e. Co.'S. Railroad,
four miles from that place. Thompson d
Co. say they will have their railroad to
SWsnsborO by the first of January next.
The case OF Lizzie Glover, the negro
woman who sued the city of Atlanta for
$4,000 for injuries received by falling into
ditch on Mitchell street, was concluded
in the City Court Thursday. The jury re-
turned verdict for the city.
No criminal business that originated In
whisky drinking came before the grand
Jury OF Franklin county last week. No
grand jury ever before empanneled in
mat county could have made such
statement and spoken truthfully.
D. \. Hightower has entered suit for
$4,000 damages against the city of Allan
IA. The cause of his complaint originated
in fall which Mr.. HightOwer suffered on
the evening of Sept. 20, 1885, near the
western end OF the Union passenger depot.
Frank Daniel, white man living on r.
D. Hightower's place, Johnson county,
was shOt by an unknown party one night
last week while sitting around his hearth
stone. One OF two of the shots took effect
IN the head, but only slight wounds re-
suted.
Calhoun Courier: Several of our citi-
zens have recently received communion
Ions from dealers in counterfeit money
IN New York, asking for orders, but we do
not believe the rascals will be able to
plant any Of the stuff here. New York
needs few more Hollands to clean out
tne rest Of the Davis gang.
The cribs, stables and cotton house of
Hardy Pitts, In the lower portion OF Dooly
county, were destroyed by fire recently.
Al the circumstances lead to the belief
mat the fire was the work OF an incen-
oIafy. Seven buildings were DESTROYED,
Suu wagon loaded with corn. Mr.. Pitts
1sIely succeeded in saving fine horse
IN one Of the stables.
Inc trial Of the case of Dave BULGE, an
tuglheer, vs.. the Atlanta and West Point
IdlFoad for $4,000 damages for foot
Iushed In collision, near East Point,
SnOul year ago, was concluded in the
TTalpeilor Court, at Atlanta, Thursday.
lne Jury returned a verdict for 81 900 for
, .ue Plaintiff. The counsel for the road
VIII appeal the case.
SIX boys, between the ages of II and 16.
passed through Waycross last Sunday,
Esmplng, from Atlanta to Florida. They
nale inc orange fever, and have run
Ava! from their parents that their
o,eahs may be realized. Some Of them
we're recognized by Mr.. Williams, the
ron agent, who says they belong to
'oN W 40 families in Atlanta.
me Hibernia Building and Loan Asso-
vlatlon 81 Atlanta held its tifth annual
meeting Thursday. The association was
S1'i'sred Oct. l.. 1880, and has proven
og."i tne most successful organizations
4, ae KIND ever organized in Atlanta, as
=, '4oWn 10y the fact that the average pre-
c. .gal Tor the past five years has been
N'uon over As per cent. The value of
, 1o s19cK 10: First series 500 u per share,
~ % per share. ''''' = 80 '''
we, was born in south Carolina on Oct
- lNN. His wife, Mrs. Mary SwiIlino
7 WAS born in the same State oct. I 1sl8
were married in Anderson county.
o, april u, 1881, "a years AGO on April
last 'a1t' Mr.. aud Mrs. swilling are tho
NH couple living in Franklin county
'r5 uo nave celebrated heir golden wedding.
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