Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-30
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
VIEWS OF THETwO STATES
TflD TOID PARAGRAPHS.

TOTiD IN IA t6tA(I IL AZ AA9'
a,,.a County Lady Made Insane
> faI,gious ExcItement-AnA Alabama
py or,1,,,n from Home by Vigiiants
,,s Refuge In GeOrgts-An Gilbert
S",ntv Negress Suspected OF murder
GEORGIA.
uazleburst's residence st Bruins
~ ~ was slightly damaged by hghtnlng,
FRIDAY s,,oooss ,,l raid
~ m00pshiners near Tallulah Fails
Thursday night.
10 Massey. at Marshallville, went out
~ harm the other day. and with
" killed 1856 rats in an hour.
Norwegian sailor named Peter Ellef-
.o- was fatally injured by falling from
&C. &C. masthead of the British bark Midas,
at Brunswick, Friday.
little son of E. G.. Hodges had an arm
hrokpn. day or two ago. by jumping
f-or a moving train on the Columbus
and Rome railroad at Forison.
At Buchanan, Robert NJ. Brown,
oborced with an attempt to assasslnate
r Raruwell, has been sentenced to
. serve ten years in the penltenuary'
Prof Maury stated in a report many
wears ago, that owing to brunswick's pc
liar Geographical position, there would
Teyer be any serious harm done here by
hurricane, cyclone or storm.
Mrs william Thomas, OF Cobb county,
- Tisjfing ner sister, Mrs. S. j Baldwin,
IN Canton. She is accompanied by Mary
Talmlah, prodigy, VINO is % years old,
and only about 80 inches high.
The City Light Guards. of Columbus,
had competitive drill among the men,
hers Thursday, for the gold badge award
Oh tba company, at Macon, on July 4. 1t
was won by Sergeant Fletcher Freeman.
A pegress in Ebert county gave birth
toa child a few days ago, which she car
ried oil Immediately and buried. 1t is
not known whether the child was born
alive or not. She has made threats that
MI was born alive that it should not live.
The affair will be Investigated.
few DAYS ago Mrs. j. W. Maddox, OF
wilkes county, found a silver thimble III
the gizZard Of a frying-sized chicken. The
IN nble was as bright as when it CAM
frolnlhe ieweleT. The chicken seemed 10
suffer no Inconvenience, and was as game
as il it mad nothing but grit and plenty of
it IN its glZzard.
The only serious damage done at St.
Simons by the gale on Monday night,
WAS TIE eiuAlI& VI bhC 6ICetllSl AAuibAAeOh
nj the upper mill dock. Capt. HOtch now
has her raised and on the beach near the
basin gate She is not injured as much
As was al first supposed. and can be re-
paired st d moderate cost.
u. 81. Kennedy, of Isabella, n content
ea with killing three cOOns with stick
one night recently while barefOoted and
ia a brlar patch, ran down and killed a
passam whose tusks measured seven
tignths of an inch from the edge of the
gum Mr.. Kennedy drew the line, how
ever, az d fox which was robbing his hem
ROOFS. He said he would have caught it
lit hadn't run in his nigh cotton.
Camilla correspondence NEWS, Aug.
q; The eaterpiliars have cleaned up the
cotton fields here. They have ruined the
late cotton, ami Of course greatly cut off
even the earliest planting. They have
dlue more damage than in ven years.
8rmers have had only one good week for
picking. The cotton all prematurely
open is subject to rain and storms.-The
bis new hotel goes up with rush.
As is well known. George w. Cheves,
formerly editor of the Dawson Journal, is
ooadned in the Atlanta Jail for the killing
Of man named Picket, in Dawson, sew
eTal months ago. A few weeks since DR..
Boring. after proper examination, stated
that Dir. Cheyes was unquestiOnabl in
zane. Mr.. CheYes is now restored and in
full possession of his mental faculties. He
Is representative of one of the best GeOr-
gia families.
Thursday m orning at o'clock the gin
house Of George n. Harris, five miles
from Americas, was found to be on fire.
By the most strenuous efforts, four bales
Of cotton were eXtinguished after being
burned more or less. Two bales We're
burned for Mrs. Barwick, a widow lady,
which Mir. Harris declares he will make
good, although his own loss, in gin, press,
buildings, cotton, cotton seed, ETC., will
NOT fall far short of $500. The fire was
undoubtedly the work of an incendiary.
5. C. Hogan, of Cherokee county, has
Just taken his wife to the State lunatic
asylum under sad circumstances. Mrs.
hogan Is young and pretty. Her insanity
was caused by religious excitement.
Seven years ago she went to camp-meet-
Ing and became so excited about religious
matters that she lost her mind, and has
never since fully recovered 1t. She has a
fancy for bibles and religious papers, and
steals them whenever possible. Mr.. HO-
gan SAID than his wife was not averse to
gong TO the asylum, as she had been there
taree times before, and imagines that DR..
Powell, the superintendent. is in love
with her.
wallace Thompson, a young man who
I0Ides about four miles from Columbus,
IN Lee county, Ala, was in Columbus,
Irlday, and reported that he was driven
away from his home about midnight Wed
Iqessday night by mob of masked men.
Ihey surrounded his home and broke
gpen tle door and window. He heard the
beginning Of the attack and made his
escape By the back window in his night
clo1hes' He says the mob pursued him a
quarter OF mile, aud then gave up the
pursuit. lie also states that they whipped
several negroes on his place to force them
70 Tell his whereabouts. The man has
nv! nol Oeen home since the attack. This is
sne second time party has visited his
hhuuse al night. He says that he sold all
Hls possessions in Lee county, Friday, aud
never expects TO cross the river into Ala
Ielna alain. Thompson claims not to
INV INV the cause OF the attacks. He says
as 4nows the names Of two of the party,
enu VIII disclose them.