Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-31
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
n,vs on THE TWO STATES
THE ~ N PARAGRAPHS. III

cOngreSs'.,. recovered from the jaw pr
A ""o.,,r-An Old Negroes Hargt-
81 A'" c.rine while Hanging BaolSt
bic SUI. = Fenco for Three Days!q
GEORGIA. iIow
o,.,,or is said to have given notice that
r Hfi locate in Macon. IA
r, partnership of Grice n JordansooI
llnslinsyile, has been dissolved 4sni
h rargs p. Stoyall, prominent citizen
, ''qo, died a day or two ago
IN a short street, only about 500 YARDS
.O, m Americas reside IA WIDOW lSules'
No negroes escaped from jail at
ln luson night or two ago and have not
been captured
Tho Grand Jury of Douglas county ask
nattba lynchers of Stamps be ferreted
ont land punished
2% go'a tavable property of Cobb county
,s nm increase in valuation for the
mast wear Of Sl4,osS'
NcCord has been living where he
r resides-in Butts county-lor nifty
,ioe wears, lacking few weeks.
ooinc TO illness in his family, Judge
riLhse has ordered the Clerk to adjourn
Tanrens Superior Court until NOV. %
next.
4
,,-mers. He will make several thousand
sn9beis Of corn ana about $50 to 200 bales
cotton this year.
The name "FIovilla" has recently been
.loofed by the citizens of new Indian
tSnring As the name by which that town
in he future will be known.
Iobn :. " ise, Republican candidate for
Emernor of Virginia, was In Atlanta
Wsdpasdav, and OF course expressed him.
self confident of being elected.
~ After an examination of the Tax Re-
/ ,aiyer's books the grand jury Of Douglas
tsnnarior Court has increased the value
nj land. as returned by the owners for
tayaii0n. almost 70 per cent. in every case.
Eugene Beck, who murdered his wife,
&c stiil confined in the Hall county jail at
GainesyiHe He says be knows he ought
N h. hung and don't care if he is. He
seems 10 care very little which way the
wind blows.
The firm OF Nicholson, Sanford g. Co., of
Athens. has been dissolved by the with
drawal of (. A. sanford. The business
viii be eonductedby the remaining part
ners. under the firm name of Nicholson,
Phinizy 81 Co.
Albany NegS and Advertiser: The State
has been redistricted by the internal
Iict stands as it was, except that Schley
county is taken from 1T and Miller county
Is added 10 It, and it is now known as the
Fourteenth instead of the Seventeenth
district.
q The amount Of tax assessed this year
for Johnson county is $2S900 more than
TWAS last. 1t is nothing new nor any
special boom that has run it up this way.
His that regular stream of improvement
That the county has been encouraging tor
the last ten years. Each year shows some
Improvement.
Arch Sanders a negro thief asked the
iailor at Albany Wednesday as he was
about TO turn the key of the cell to allow
Do ban to speak to his mother a moment.
His EXPRESSED desire was only ruse to
throw the taller off his guard and make a
dash for liberty. In less time than it takes
- write it, he bounded over the high
fence, and although pursued, succeeded
in making his escape.
Frank Bolls. a revenue reporter, was
arrested at TallapOOs last week and
lodged in Jail. He was charged with
stealing a watch from woman on a
Georgia Pacific train some time since. A
true bill was found by the grand jury, and
he was tried and found guilty OF larceny
AFTER trust. He was sentenced to twelve
mouths IN the ehain-gang and fine of
b. 80, for which if not paid he will be con-
tined six months in the jail Of the county
The mail route from HawkinsviIle to
Arab, in Dooly county, which has been
suspended for about twelve months, WAS
resumed on last Thursday. There have
been two post offices established between
Hawkinsyille and Arabi-one at Mr..
JoseVs, In Dolly county, named Edney,
ana the other at MIR. Bennett Hollis, in
wilcox county; and, as the mail route
nom Gum Creek TO Triton is yet sus-
pended, all mail from Arab should be
sent via Hawkinsville, and 1t will go
direct.
MRS. John Renfroe, of Wilcox county,
neaFd her geese making a noise in a lime
SINK about 10 yards from the house and
iisn 10 their relief. When she got to the
une SINK she saw an alligator after a
goose m the water, and Just as the goose
!e"cned tne bank of the shore the alliga-
~r caught the goose by the tail, and the
ns.9lc woman caught the goose by the
lfcs and lerked her out of the alligator's
p'uth. The goose yet lives, but Mrs.
HeulfoeS husband killed the alligator and
i9and him - feet long.
butter HerGtd: Samuel Garrett of this
oDuu'E brought to our Office q few DAYS
ssoa curiosity; it WAS a counterfeit Span
LtcO'n, about the size of a silver dollar.
made OF hard metal as a representa-
'eol SILVER. With a microscopic view it
1921 %oo,eIy plainly seen to have been made in
- nearly 800 years ago. 1t is now,
tnaps, one Of the oldest coins in exist
vuog. IL was found by Mr.. Garrett few
r,' eSs ago while travelling in the upper
ta.ou o. this county along what Is
l0"u as the "Old Confederate Road"
lnree men who were convicted Of steal
49, u.s. uurlhg court at Buchanan. came very
M escaping some time in the day Sat
,bsy or sunday. They were confined in
oease 10 the night and allowed to run
L IN IA lhe lail during the day time. They
suceeeded in taking the brick and
bIaooti' All but the outside lining. out of a
Con- iafge enough to allow them to es-
Xxx nau ma II in their bed clothing, and
ni. I'ue up mortar with the water fur.
and w tuem 10 drink and the old plaster.
SG'ri.r Sslere1 up the place SO nice that the
18TH dld not discover il until he had
'''',' them of to the Changing.
t1I.Atersyille American: Congressman
sErsia,, Us passed through Cartersviile last
Sean morning. He was asked If he had
Csr,o.1e EDITORIAL paragraph in the
ana I,5 ne CourQnt intimating that he
btsttlse branham had formed a com
goo ',t' Wy Which he (Clements) was to
MAJ .ne uench Of the Rome circuit. and
Cobgreln WAs to have the nomination for
bave Nv. lie smillngly replied, ayes. |
assi,r. ''i. ~, ana was surprised at IL. 1
tllo i, 3Uu Tvs the fabrication of some fer
fnYnI slnhllOn. and has not thu alte,htaat