Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-22
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

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$4,000 Damages at MacOn-The As
sailant of the Bremen Station Agent
Sentenced to 10 Years in Stripes.
GEORGIA.
Pike county has balance OF $5,12S in
her treasury.
over 100 barrels of syrup have been
shipped to Dublin this season.
There is ford across Black creek, in
Bunoch county, which is about 400 yards
wide.
Fairburn has sold more merchandise
and guanO since Jan. l than during any
period Of her history carrying the same
dates.
Atlanta has received several bids for
her water works. Five hundred thousand
dollars is the lowest figure that will be
taken.
A religious fanatic is prophecying that
Gainesville and it's inhabitants will soon
be destroyed by fire on account of the
unbelief that prevails there.
About $50 street tax was paid into the
Town Treasury of Lumpkin last week
by parties who preferred to pay a reason
able amount than to work the streets.
Jasper Bragg, of Scriven county, has a
gosling which sports four legs. 1t walks
ON two, and the other pair hangs just be-
hind the ones used, are fully developed
and as long as the front pair.
The Fulton county board of commits
sioners declined to pay the cost Of bring
ing wilkins, the grocery fraud, from
Akron, o., back to Atlanta, and as his
victim also refused to foot the bill he has
been released.
At Athens, thief entered the house of
Lon Nichols, former assistant door
keeper of the House of Representatives,
and stole quantity of jewelry and a large
amount of money. The thief left several
dollars in gold in the drawer where he got
The money.
The barn and stable on the plantation
of N. b. Roberts, twelve miles north of
Columbus, were destroyed by the fire
Sunday night, together with 1000 bundles
Of fodder, about GO bushels of corn and
fine mules. Two other mules were badly
burned, and may die.
At a meeting of the Rome Street Rail-
way Company tne following officers were
elected: }. d. Williamson, President; Jos.
McGhee, Secretary and Treasurer; John
II. Reynolds, T. f. Howell, J. A. Glover,
f. Loveman, Directors. Work will be
commenced by June 1.
A week or so ago the revenue agents
found a still in operation on Mr.. Pirke's
place, and arrested him and carried him
TO Gainesville. The nervous shock IN
consequence caused Mrs. P.'s sickness
While the still was on his place MIR piTkle
had nothing to do with running If. Mrs.
Pirkle died day or two ago.
Last year Columbus made compare
lively little progress, as the increase in
value Of taxable property was only - -
eco as compared with $6l2, 0J0 The year
'etore. This year, however, promises
much better things than toe last, and the
increase in value Uil undoubtedly be
quite handsome and in keeping with the
natural advantages of the city.
A good joke is told on a Lumpkin
young man who joined Bible class last
sunday for the first time in his life. 1t is
customary for the members Of the Sunday
school with which this class is connected
10 answer rOll-call by repeating a verse
from the Bible. When the name of this
new recruit was called he sang out: "DO
unto others as you would have them, and
50 iorth.' He now wears the blue ribbon
OF the Band of Hope.
The grand jury of Pike county have
made inquiry concerning the removal OF
he ballOt-bOX from the Clerks office last
October, and find that it was removed by
some one without authority of law. They
condemn in the strongest terms known to
the English language the act that rObs a
free people of their ballot, and not being
able to reach the perpetratOr they recon-
mend that the utmost vigilance in future
be used to preserve and protect the bal
lot.
r. c. Kerr, of Augusta, has en-
plOyed Col. Wimpy, of Cartersville. to
bring suit for the recovery of valuable
property lying in Cobb county, and decided
about one year ago to DR.. f. W. Memm-
ler Mr.. Kerr and his wife gave Dr..
Memmler a deed TO a One-half interest in
So lots of land and a large lot of personal
property, consisting of valuable stock and
farming implements, the consideration
given being an interest in a patented
punching machine for fastening cotton
lies. Mr.. Kerr, through his attorney, has
filed a bill in equity asking that the deed
be set aside on account Of failure of con-
sderatiOn. The bill also alleges fraud,
and asks for the recovery of 1000 worth
Of property. DR.. Memmler claims that
there was no fraud, that Mr.. Kerr saw
the machine work before the trade was
made. The case viii be stoutly litigated,
and is attracting considerable attention
already.
Millen correspondence NEWS, April 90:
There was a meeting of the committee of
the Burke Guards, Company A, Third
Georgia Regiment, at Millen, on saturday,
April Is, 1885, to take into consideration
the question of reunion. Col. (Judge)
ClaibOurne A. Snead, of Augusta, and
Capt. A. A. VIM, of savannah, were
present by invitation. Lieut. 5. j. Bell
and Privates Walker, McCathern, Wesley
Sanderf0rd, VIM. WarnOck, Drewry
Reeves, Thomas Reeves and John Apple
white were therepresentativesO of Company
A. 1t was unanimously decided to have
reunion at WaynesbOrO, in July next,
and the proper cOmmtteeswere appointed.
A telegram of coincidence was sent TO
their afflicted comrade, Maj. Luclue, who
is very i'll in Atlanta. All seemed to en-
joy the occasion very mucb.-Millen is
sui growing. Numbers Of fine buildings
are going up. Among them is public
hall, wnichis much needed.
James Xix has just been sentenced in
carroll county % ten years in the chain
Gang. On the night Of Nov. s last James
Ink boarded a freight train at Bremen,
ON the Georgia Pacific Railroad, for Tenn
pie, where be rot off and went into the
depot and remained from TO II O'Clock.
He was under the influence Of liquor and
endeayored TO raise a difficulty with Mr.
Harper, the agent, several times, but did
not succeed. Al 1920 o'clock the
east-bOund passenger train ar
rived and Mr.. Harper went out to receive
me mail aud express. as was his custom,
followed by IllX After receiving the
mail and o package OF money he started