Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-08
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
CEORGtA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PVT IN TYPE.

County--An Aged NegrssE tD Banks
County-A New Way Of Collecting a
Debs in Athens-How nSnledSeyille
Yish Ponds are Cleared of Snakes.
GEORGIA.
MiIedgoville proposes to organize a
Board of Trade.
humps and measles are prevalent at
Harmony Grove.
The election on Friday for Captain
10 command tue Americas Light Infantry,
DIR. w. j. Burt was chosen without oppo-
slti0n
Rev. w. II. McMeen, minister in
charge of the cambridge and Quitman
Presbyterian churches, leaves this week
for ohio, where he will remain during the
summer months.
The Methodists of Newman worshiped
last sunday in their newly finished and
numbered 237, and the collections
amounted to $l4 %.
The first anvil ever made in Georgia
was cast on Wednesday at the foundry of
T. Patterson & Sons, Albany. 1t weighs
100 pounds, and is composed OF equal
parts OF steel and iron.
The recent election in Epson county on
the whisky question resulted in Il defeat
of the Prohibition party, who lost the
question by vote of over 400, more than
the entire Prohibition vote.
While breaking some eggs for dinner
Friday Mrs. Botes, who lives on Decatur
street, Atlanta, broke an egg of unusual
size Inside it was found another egg.
perfectly formed and with shell.
A negro child was IN Montezuma a few
DAYS ago who had twelve welEdeveloped
fingers, six on each hand. The sixth
finger was fastened to the fifth near the
hand, but did not have any joints.
The mortuary report Tor the week ended
Saturday shows that seven deaths oc-
Cured within the city limits of Macon.
OF these two were white males, four col
ored males and one colored female.
Wrightsville Recorder: While a crowd
OF negroes were bathing at Blackshear's
mill pond last Saturday one accidentally
got too far from the bank and departed
this lite under the surface OF the waves.
MOntezuma Record: If the Georgia
Legislature and the people generally
We're as progressive as the press, what
busy, thrifty, independent people we
would soon be in this and other Southern
States.
The Sabbath School Convention of the
Miller Association will meet with Bull
Greek Church Friday before the third
Sunday in July, 1885, at IL O'Clock. Rev.
w. NJ. Cowart will preach the intro.
ductOry sermon.
The artesian well reservoir in Pulaski
county was drawn off on Monday, and it
was found that it had doubled its flow of
water since the well was built. Instead
OF four gallons per minute, it now flows
nearly eight gallons.
The ladies of Columbus held a meeting
Friday afternoon and organized an Aux
No., se4
Christian Association. They were ad-
dressed by @. E. Chandler on the work
they are expected to perform.
Henry County Weekly: Four-legged
chickens are getting to be so common
they are no longer regarded as curlosi-
ties. Hugh Mcdonald reports one this
week with four legs, two heads, five or
SIX eyes and chin whiskers like billy
goat.
Banks county takes the lead in old
folks. There is an old negro woman liv-
ing in that county who came direct from
Africa, and is III years old. She is at
present hale and hearty, and if the black
berry crop does not fail will live some
time yet.
Mariah McNair, the woman charged
with completely in the child murder case
reported last week at Bainbridge, was on
Friday last arraigned before Justice A.
L. Townsend. who held her to answer the
charge of murder at the next term of the
Superior Court.
Extensive preparations are being made
for the battalion drill at Milledgeville
next Thursday. A table $50 feet long has
been constructed in the campus, and no
pans will be spared to make the occasion
pleasant to all. A ball will be given at
the Amusement Hall Thursday night in
Nff Ia irttr fav Toe
On last Saturday morning, about /
O'Clock, lightning struck Merida Hen
bricks COW house, In BullOch county,
and killed four head Of cattle, two of
them good mich COWS. The damage to the
building will not exceed $50. The won
der is that the building was not burned,
as there was some very dry fodder in the
path OF the fluid.
An act will be introduced at the next
session of the Legislature to provide for
the submission Of the question of prohibit
ton to the qualified voters of Wilkes
county, and in the event said election is
carried for prohibition TO prohibit the sale
OF intoxicating spiritu0us, VinOus, or malt
liquors in said county Of Wilkes; to pro-
vide Peualty for violation ofsame, and
Tor other purposes.
Americas Republican: We learn that an
old couple, down in the Fifteenth district,
who bad six children, got into a quarrel
aDouta chew of tobacco. The quarrel end
cd in fight and separation followed.
Then each commenced maligning the 9TH
ef, and divorce was thought of; but
friends interlered, a truce was patched IN,
then q reconciliation took place, and the
ola folks are now living in peace.
swainsbOro Pine Forest: Hon. Morris
Dawson started TO town one day last
Week with "a negro who mad stolen Mrs.
Id"S0n's gold watch, but a crowd OF men
Stopped him on the way, took the negro
out aud whipped him 50 severely Oh
Ni; Dawson had 10 carry him back home
ahu send for doctor. The negro pro
Usted his innocence to the last, though
the proof against him is conclusive.
Hartwell Saa: shoal Creek boasts Of a
klfl that Lula Huiat can't hold Il light for
as Tar as The shocking business Is con-
ceihed. IL makes no difference how tar a
leiiow may be the shock is just as strong
as II ne were in reach. She's shaking a
,HoW IN Atlanta now, who is attending
h0lre's College. She shocked my chum
"e O'e Union meeting Sunday until his
H'thue and collar were lOoseued. She's
N's aware Of her magnetic power.
elmmerWlle Gazette: James Dunn,
ga - years, living in Br0Omtown val
W started 10 Summerville last Saturday,
,'bng That he was going for his marriage
N'c. On the way his brother rode