Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-05
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
roRGIA. FLORIDA, AND SOUTH
HorAROLINA PUT IN TYPE.

EApOEANANA'
GEORGIA.
,noba,s new postmaster will take
- NJ the office on Thursday.
naval bets have been made in Athens
~ nrohibition election III Atlanta.
gu knoxville .I. is stirred up about a duel
Der. D% society gentlemen, but no names
u ~ = Twenty.eIghth Georgia Regiment,
,,teC. 5. A., proposes to have reunion
next July.
in members Of the Medical Associa-
top of Georgia
wv Tho satilla river rose six feet Thursday
b .irbt The rains still continue and re-
noirs have ceased.
n 1ndoe Speer is expected to open the
n "a, teTm of the United States District
a Court at Macon to-day.
p Elter, of Cedartown, has recently
hod talented an improved wire fence
a,d an automatic car coupler.
T. Perkins, Of Georgetown, has a
Il .ame frog that can clear railroad track
;n two leaps, from rail to rail.
An Oglethorpe barkeeper will be han
N ded for keeping open while services were
going on at negro church near by
The store OF w. A. Florrid & Bro, at
\ Rrnnswick, was broken into and robbed
n If about $50 worth OF goods during the
Storm last Tuesday night.
Cant. D. b. Cade, OF Washington, whose
,orge barn was burned recently, is rap
II id9 rebuilding a still larger one, but is
Heating it further from his residence.
saturday a subscription list was circu-
Iotad for the purpose Of raising money
n Tbarewith to purchase uniforms for the
# Fart Gaines Guards. Quite neat sum
WAS realized.
. MISS W. Wingard Is getting up what
\ might be called a Photographic panorama
At Albany. 1t is to be a thick quarto,
containing between 200 and 300 views OF
houses. stores, streets, and scenery in and
about the city.
II rumored that as the branch Of the
STATE university at Cuthbert is to be dis
n continued. owing to lack OF apprOpria-
n tons. Prof B. T. Hunter has accepted
H lucrative position in Alabama, and will
remove there in January.
Col. Vests brothers in Madison county,
Fla. have sold their interests in Lowndes
a county to DR.. Hygdon. Several attempts
n have been made to assassinate one or
Il more of them, and they have concluded
n that it is best for them to sell out and
move.
There are fifty indictments in the city
n court against Atlanta liquor dealers for
selling whisky to minors and drunken
4 men on Sunday. A rich outlay of fines
\ viii be reaped from this source when the
Fl criminal docket of this court is taken up,
Oct II.
Marion county Clipper: A 5'year-old
u son orc. J. Woodall is musical prodigy.
His father is a teacher of vocal music.
The little fellow, after hearing the words
sung to any tune, will run the notes cor
recily, even if he has never heard the tune
before.
Col. Thomas Hardeman, who was re-
Gently appointed Postmaster at Macon,
forwarded his bond to tho Department in
Washington Saturday. 1t was signed by
Aessrs. Henry j. Lamar. S. Waxelbaum,
W. F. Anderson, W. B. Sparks, j. l..
Hardeman, John Y. Lowe and Lee Jor-
dan.
The board of directors Of Houston male
and female college are making prepare
tons for fair They are receiving substan-
tial encOuragemenG from many sources.
Through one merchant of this town alone
contributions to the amount of $75 will be
donated. Other merchants are also TAX
ing an interest.
Congressman 2eese and Hon. William
IL MattOX, of ElberS, a candidate for
Congress in the Eightn district, are at
tending the Superior courts of the coun-
ties in the Eighth Congressional district
Both Of the gentlemen have a host Of
friends, and 1t is thought that the contest
FAR the Democratic nomination for Con-
gress Will be very exciting one.
Saturday, as train proceeded west
ward in the hills beyond the Coosa, near
Cedartown, the report of gun was fol-
lowed by charge of shot being sprinkled
over the side of one Of the passenger cars,
which frightened some of the passengers.
IL was at first supposed to have been the
work OF some mischievOus fend, but later
mat Il was some reckless marksmRn in
search of game.
william Dixon, colored, forged note
on William Jones, colored merchant in
Nald0sta, who has a good credit, and
called at Lewis bank and had il dis
counted. Mr. Lewis was not familiar
win Jones' signature ami he went at
once 10 see If the note was genuine. OF
course ne found that he had been victim
Ized' but Marshal Barnett succeeded in
town.
The police of Athens do not average an
Arrest fortnight, while this time last
ar
ms shows that, in spite OF all assertion
10 tne contrary, prohibition Is a great
hloLd reform, so far as the city Of Athens
d concerned. The street corners that
we're once the abiding places Of half
uIunken loafers are now deserted. The
must nl marked Improvement is noted In the
colOred population.
Il, One OF the pianos used by Mrs. L. II.
,M,Sfren, OF Albany, is an old style up
uEnt made In Berne, Switzerland. 1t Is
sWdH ana compact, and made of oak, With
uand rest in front OF the keys and with
a."Chet candle-stlcks, such as are so much
S Soeu now upon modern upright pianos. II
a7 brought over from the old country by
I've sse ochu rrs, and IL is stated, notwith-
landing It's odd appearance to American
'!e'' " Is very full in tone and volume.
al, an old gentleman living on the Ooonee
nv mas opened an industry that Is pay
az MN handsome profit. lie has a lot
is. nSh baskets In the river and catches a
go quantity OF fish during the summer
, ruu uts them in box that has water
sson a through II. When the fish sea-
In IL over he takes the fish out of the
oA ana takes them 10 Athens fresh every
,niolhlhg. He retalls them at 100. a
fsSSnu, and is making money out Of his
s,GTphcerning the death Oft. j. Gunnels,
t,-saIWell, Marion cOuBty, the hrat in
bs5 uatloh looked as though the physician
rbi. m@ae mistake in prescribing NOR
ha, =, Uut facts learned later indicate
M my hi' tunnels committed suicide. The
Fslslclan furnished him with thraa doaaa