Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-14
m NEWS OF THE STATE.

T,are are 937 pupils IN the SCHOOLS Oh
GInH' :. Wharton has been elected
y3ror Of Cave Spring
Aa!is A. Dugas, prominent resident
.Lso,,%rsta. died Monday night.
49, 80 Fort Gaines post-ofice has neither
lng ards nor one cent stamps.
pos'al is no diphtheria at Eastman, as
Ine'Sf the state papers have been In
some OF Vuo S''''
mmed 49, rooo,,+1v onnoiptad
d. n Spain. was born in Lincoln
& Minister 10 0P''"'
eoul'' = wards. a negro man, broke his
dU9.bove the elbow while playing base
an az Marietta, Saturday.
Va 49,! - Understood that the hotel which W.
Harbaum, Of Macon, mas bought IN
J. = = York is the Coleman house.
1a.onh Head, living on the Lindsey
JosSp siv miles east OF Griffin, lost 5000
plSOS5i NJ cotton by fre on Friday night
NO time ago Julius Greenwood, of
IN gave his son Mack pair OF ducks.
ni esd the female Matched out 80 young
r,o +emperance wave has reached
lE rort county, and two-thirds of the
S;ts voters are strongly in favor Of pro-
hibition.
I'D at AJlbuB dLO q
.triEp in compliance with the demands
sStbe knights of Labor.
resident of Upshaw claims to know
nan living in viii valley, not far from
SSa,linsvile, on the Alabama Great
Sortharn railroad, who was born with
tail.
nrominent physician of Athens, who
uos had many cases of sore throat lately,
made an investigation, and found nearly
Al, oc ooHN cd " n
smoking -
The taxable property OF Walker, in 1884,
omonnted to $1.970,56 This year it Is
@066179. The State tax will be 35c. and
me county tax 30c., making total Of Goo.
on the hundred.
sunday the 10-year-old son of o. NJ.
York went to sleep in the cotton bin at
Tbomas' mill, Floyd county, and cotton
hale fell on him while asleep, causing
death by sutfocatlon.
Prof. w. H. Peck, for many years one
oftbe most popular writers on the New
York Ledqer, has sold his residence in At
lanta. Prof. Peck will make his home in
Charleston for the future.
was reported at Athens, Monday,
that George Z. Thomas would oppose
Prof White for Alderman in the Third
ward. 1t is said that Mr.. Thomas is In
hearty sympathy with the citizens ticket.
1W Al Mlile0E6NlIl6 mOuudy buO IdAA anu
wind caused the chimney OF negro
house belonging to P. j. Cline, to fall.
The falling brick broke in the roof and
came near killing q negro child lying on
bed.
Rev. s. NJ. Provence, of Columbus, has
accepted the pastorate OF the Baptist
church at RussellVille, KY, and will
leave for that place on Wednesday. He
is to get a salary OF 81, 800 and parsonage
free of rent.
Among the attractions at the State Fair
at Macon next week will be a miniature
race track. 1t will be provided with
miniature horses, which will run races
every few minutes. A New York firm
will exhibit it.
An Atlanta jury brought in verdict
for 81, 200 damages, Monday, for the minor
heirs of Annie Gates, a negress who was
killed by a gas explosion in Barry's store
several months ago, the plea being negll-
gence, and the gas company being the
defendant.
j. B. Blackwell took charge of the Ma
rietta postOffice Monday. In place Of the
portrait of Grant over the delivery win
dow, one of Cleveland has been placed,
and over the registered letter and money
order window portrait of Hendricks
now hangs.
Henry Austin, a small white boy Of
Atlanta, was arrested at that city, Mon
day, for jumping on and off cars. He
said he wanted to get leg cut of so that
be could recover damages from the rail-
road company and give the money to his
sick mother.
Milledgeville is to get the benefit of the
signal service, having erected tall pole
IL front OF Henry WOoten's office, which
els to manage. This is operated in con-
necton with the Alabama weather SER
vice, which is provided along the Georgia
railroad in this State.
In the Superior Court at Atlanta, Mon
day, William G. Schmidt was non-suited
n his case against Frank E. Block. Mr..
schmidt sued for $4,000. The elevator at
M. BLOCKS candy factory was defective,
and barrel of syrup fell upon the plain
nu giving him great pain and incOnve-
nience.
Senators B. B. Hinton. W. B. Butt, w.
}. DeWolf and B. A. Thornton, who have
IN time represented the Twenty-fourtn
senatorial district, have had the same
desk and chair in the Senate. This is a
little singular in view of the fact that the
seats are drawn by the Senators as their
names are called.
An old lady named Martha Mcintyre
was put behind the bars at Atlanta
charged with drunkenness, Monday. She
s.atsd that Minnie Mexle, her daughter,
preferred the charges against her. Il
suiN HeI all Jne cnange nad," Salu Lne
woman, land she got mad because 1 had
NO more to give her. She has spent all my
money"
There is peculiar family Of people liV-
Iug lew miles from Adairsville. 1t con-
slsts Of three members, but they have
everything TO themselves. Each has a
low which is MIXED by It's owner. The
husband has his own milk in pans, the
wne The same, and the son takes care OF
MS own. They have separate gardens,
ssu everything individually, enjoy their
vna tobacco, and can be seen hauling
'uel' own wood TO burn.
Inc Coulter, brothers, four in number,
we're tried in the United States Court at
Ausnta the other day for violation
Tue revenue laws and sentence
vas suspended. Their average
aelght is 8 feet 92l inches, one OF
suem being 8 feet II inches tall, and
"eghlng $50 pounds. There are six
Stotaers in the family, all over feet
a.sh. The youngest IS 20 years old. feet
county.
AZ Atlanta, Monday, United States
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