Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-10
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

GEORGIA.. q
The State Temperance Convention
meets in Atlanta to-day. ,cS
Toccoa Neacs: A boy 20 years old was
in Toccoa Monday waiting to institute
proceedings for a divorce. He was mar
Tied. he says, two years ago. He married
in haste to repent at leisure. Il a
WI. Baily 81 COPS steam saw min, at
BartoW, has shut down for three months
for want of orders and on account oflow
prices. Other mills have done likewise.
Trade is dull there at present. -,
An enterprising Athenian has started
an original scheme. He says he can kill
hundreds of rabbits on his place with d
stick, and proposes to cure the hind
quarters like venison and ship them North
II barrels, at % cents per pound.
L. is understood that the defense will
plead insanity, and that they will attempt
10 show that Danforth's insanity was not
purely emotional, but that he was sub
iect to fits Of mental alteration by in
beritance. The trial will probably con-
sumo two or three days.
The first case disposed of in the Supe-
riOr Court of Richmond on Monday was
that of the Central Baptist Church vs.
Hartwell Hampton and others. The Jury
returned a verdict and decree that the
church and property be sold. J. g. G.
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mended as receivers.
Brunswick Breeze: When the fountain
is placed over the artesian well in the
park the city can lease the right TO run
a pipe from the fountain to q bath house
for $500 or $1,000 per annum, which
amount can go toward the maintenance
of our public schools. There is no ne
cessity of running the water of and
letting il 90 to waste when it can be made
a source of revenue to the city. The
artesian fountain which the Breeze is
labOring to have our people build will not
only be an ornament to the city, but can
be made to bring it in an actual revenue
of 81 900 per annum. and will add SIC, 900
a year to her business interests. The bath
house can be open all the year round,
and if properly conducted will bring
thousands of people TO Brunswick during
the year.
Deputy Sheriff W. j. Barry brought to
Cuthbert on Saturday last james Pitt
man, living near Ward station, and in
carcerated him in the county Jail, for the
murder of negro girl on last Friday
evening, near Wards. 1t seems that a
crowd of negroes assembled together
prominent among them the girl who was
a Vctim-were teasing Pittman about
something, Whereupon Pittman, who had
"a rifle in his hand, leveled it at the girl
and pulled the trigger, the ball going
through the girl's head, killing her in
stantly. Pittman is man of no mental
calibre whatever, and should have been
in the asylum long ago. He will be tried
for lunacy before a jury in few days,
and the asylum will probably be his fu-
ture home. He is nephew of EnOch
Pittman, an honest farmer, living near
Wards station. The affair is greatly re-
sretted by all.
Warrenton Clipper: Brad Edwards and
his spouse, Cinda, now pineth in our jail.
Cinda had been in the employ of Judge
Gibson al a cook. On last Friday when
her dinner was given her by the Judge
she peremptOFily refused to eat it, and
announced her intention to cOnsign the
food to the floor. The Judge put out his
hand to prevent an execution of the
threat, when he was violently assailed by
the woman with carving knife. After
receiving a slight cut in his hand, the
Judge succeeded in gaining possession of
the improvised weapon. Brad was in the
yard, and, hearing the scutiie, he seized
hoe ard started to the assistance OF his
wife. Fortunately, however, the Judge
saw him approaching and succeeded in
locking the door in his face, and few
minutes later came down town and swore
out n warrant against the negroes for as
sault and battery. They We're arrested,
and in default of bonds were committed
to Jail. Plad has the reputation of being
a bad ne 70, and this is not his first eX-
perienc behind the bars.
Tho Thomasville district conference,
which was held in Cairo last week, was a
most interesting occasion. There were
in attendance about 100 ministers and
delegates, and the time from Wednesday
morning to Saturday afternoon was taken
I'm n awamiuino into the V1riOlIg phaFUaa
in the district. Reports from the sixty
five congregations were all of an encOur-
aging nature. New churches were re-
ported at a number of places, and four
others in near prospect. Sunday schools
at nearly all the points, besides seven in
places where congregations are about to
be formed. There are comfortable par
jonages at most of the charges. From all
parts of the district reports Of revivals
We're heard showing that this essential
and historical Characteristic Of Method
Ism is still held most prominent in the
work Of the church. The following were
elected delegates to the annual conference
in Brunswick next December: l. H..
Bush, 5. 5. McSwain, g. A. Wright and
Rev. w. r. Tally. The next conference
OF the Townsville district will be held at
Quitman.
Atlanta Constitution: Some days ago a
pun Oh AIlauLA manufacturers was Hldue
up with view to buying their coal at
reduced rates. An agent was selected
aud sent on to the mines in Tennessee, and
on arriving there found that the coal men
were ahead OF Atlanta in the matter Of
forming pools, and that rateIhad already
been fixed on coal for Atlanta below
which the companies refused to go. The
Jehc0 and Coal Greek mines, constituting
about All there is Of coal mines in East
tennessee, have fixed the price at 80
cents per ton for steam coal. which
makes the coal cost 50 % per ton delly-
cred in Atlanta. Domestic coal costs the
dealers, laid down in Atlanta, about So
per ton. IL is stated on good authority
mat an offer was made to sell TO concerns
just outside Of the city at a 81 rate, thus
putting the city at higher rate than the
suburban factories are required TO pay.
iiur was regarded as very strange sort
Oh determination. fhe coal pool OF the
Atlanta manufacturers found IL impos-
s'Die TO get q lower rate for the factories
lu inc city and the scheme TO bunch the
purchases has been abandoned.
The case Of the state against Rhodes
baniorth, charged with murder, was
lthen up In BibO Superb Court AT Macon
qh tlonday IL will be remembered that
n'niorth shot and killed VIM. Landsberg
IN Nussbaum 4 Co.'s wholesale dry goods
store corner OF Third and Cherry streets,
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