Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-09-11
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
nrvEWs OF The TWO STATES
TOAD IN PARAGRAPHS.

III
IN Hancock Counry-A Meriwether
rountv Negro Turning White.
GEORGIA.
SUPERIOR Court is IN session at Sanders
Vile. ~, ..-oo ~,
81 Monday Next ~ -,
counterfeit gold coins are being clrcu-
81 lated in Georgia
1,a.ra is 8 negro woman in Athens SAID
Il N be 100 years old
,,,ononv Of gentlemen are organizing
81 ,tbens to get up a tirst-class base bali
Z Cor next season with a view of
u,;+tr, with the Southern League.
T1hot county's commissioners have
10, eoioined from paying the $500 appro-
n W.s5'for the building of free bridge
loross Flint river at Wynn's ferry.
81 +bo Methodist church a Decatur on
81 r1ii,o by the pastor that the Organist
Ia NOT play unless she gave up play
., far a dance, a large majority left the
81 church
Two ENGLISH sparrows have taken full
session of the open roof of the union
lssoncpr depot at Macon, and have
E,,ilt MYRIAD of tiny nests In the open
work of the shed.
Doc Davis. Of Draneville, has an old
k,--iya
80 He whipped the old hen from the
- come two weeks ago, and has been
setting ever since.
AIR Frank Howard. one of Oglethorpe's
IF nrosperous farmers, yesterday
tanled twenty bales of his last years cot
.,n crop Into Crawford, and has thirty
hates vet on hand.
Mrs. E. R. Tennent has resigned the
rosi+ion of Superintendent OF WOman's
81 WorE at the New Orleans Exposition.
uar husband is opposed to her holding
the position and she gives it up in defer
enca 70 his wishes.
l. j. Barlow and E. F. Hinton had
oool came of ''freeZe out" at Americas.
Potb we're seated on a 25-pound block of
ioa Al Jake IsraePs, each endeavOring to
treela out the other. Hinton stood the
tasr As minutes and then hunted warmer
quarters. Barlow wearing off the belt.
Thursday night negro attempted to
cot into John D'Antignac's store, in
Worth county. by gong down the chin
new. The would be burglar got fastened
IN the chimney and hoNled for deliver
9nce It took two negro men to pull him
NIT He WAS tried for the crime in
nj Camilla yesterday.
A negro IN the Cawthon neighborhood
of Hancock county shot his wife last Fri
was accidentally done, but previous
threats and the peculiar circumstances of
the shooting convinced Mr.. Cawthon that
IT. was an Intentional accident, and the
man was bound over to the Superior Court.
A son of Henry T. Mitchell, residing in
Hancock county, was accidentally shot
while squirrel hunting several days ago.
81 Hetoll while running through the woods
AID his gun was thus DISCHARGED. shatter-
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sakle, necessitating amputation. The
young man was doing well at last &C
counts.
At Coosa, Sunday last, while crossing
the river at HamiltOn's ferry, horse st.
ssched to buggy containing Mrs. DR.. 7.
NJ Shaw and her son stepped out of the
larry-bOat into the river. The prompt ac-
ton Ofyoung Shaw in jumping from the
buggy and cutting the traces loose, saved
probably the life, not only of the horse
but OF bis mother also.
At Mlledgeville, Tuesday afternoon,
Mat Daniel, an inmate at the asylum from
Atlanta, committed suicide by cutting
his throat with a pocketknife which he
bad borrower from his relative and friend,
j. P. Hall, who brought Daniel down to
the asylum on Monday night, and had not
yet returned. His remains were taken
back to Atlanta to be inferred.
Charles Harris, negro from Meriwether
county, now living at Newman, is a real
curiosity, from the fact that he is turning
white. His hands and body are white.
with the exception of a few specks, and
his face is quite spotted. He says that he
has been changing in color since Stree
DOM and that he was formerly a ginger
cake color. He is about 30 years of age.
Until few weeks ago there lived in
h0nrOn a hannU fa mi
sisting Of Ben Phillips, aged % years, his
wife. only is years old, and their little
son, year old. The father became sick
hrst and then the child. For several days
j was doubtful which would die first.
Inc father was buried Tuesday and the
enid Wednesday. Mr.. Phillips was one
OF The firm of J. B. Sorrell & Co.
Nearly everybody has seen the insect
commonly called the devilshorse. 1t re-
Semoles grasshopper, only its body is
mucn smaller and more slender and its
legs and neck are longer. At Macon.
Sunosy night, Tony Beruff captured one,
and determined to end ms existence by
ehpWng of it's head. He procured his
scissors and did so, but was surprised to
h0lce that il did not have the desired
ea-ci The horse continued to show signs
u vitality, and has been living ever since
So IWo suits in equity, involving a total of
81 99'VVl' were MED with Deputy Clerk l.. NJ.
LI"ln' OF the United States Court at Ma
soh ednesday. Both suits are brought
FL " tle American Free Hold Land and
a1fIsage Company of London, whose at
,9.hey IS Mr.. W. II. morrill,, Of Cuthbert.
9le is against Mrs. Mary f. Hart, of
o1liey county. for $4,000, and the other is
SSsslnst Francis E. Catchings and Ida b.
TTachlngs, Of Randolph county, for 1000.
gages.
Jam Beatty, Of Fayette county, while
pUelng up trash to kindle fire gathered
wmu IL a srourd rattlesnake. and on his
va! 10 tle house felt something bite him
gu Ine niger. He threw down his load
t gnu discovered the snake. He says be
tousnI It was rat when he felt it bite
nlI' lie Immediately killed a chicken
wt applied 1t, and drank a pint OF
%uSAy. His hand is considerably swol-
~ YET aud the back of it is almost a solid
Ga but he anticipates no further trou-
s.nwa was noticed in these columns a few
Az ce that John W. Beck had been
listed IN Hail county for Illicit distill-
g ~S, ana that he escaped next day. TIE
any party went into camp that night,
S,'c DECKS whisky played havoc with the
Aa',ote' Beck, however, knew his own.
h,''. 700 we'll 10 touch il. At an OppOr-
pa nl'inent Beck walked away, leaving
Ln olce, 10 their surprise. Next dav
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