Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-15


GEoEGIA.
Gainesville has brass band composed
Of Young girls from IA to 16 years old.
carroll Free Press: g. A. Hamrick.
Of the sixth district, has a pig that has
Ave feet. The extra foot is attached to
the left fore leg.
lost four children in two months from
measles. He is now mentally deFanged
The Ordinary of Scriven county has
decided on the place for the hanging of
Rob Mccoy. 1t is to be directly in front
Of the Jail, in the valley back of Judge
HulPs field.
Elder W. H. Goodloe, an old citizen of
Valdosta, and minister of the Christian
church. who has been living in Texas for
several wears, has moved back to Valdosta
with his family.
For the week ending Saturday the
mortuary report showed the total number
Of deaths In Macon to be eight. OF these
three were white males, two were white
females, and three were colored females.
Camilla Clarion: Last week two little
negroes on Mr.. I. r. Benefits place con-
cluded to have some fun With a pistol
They had it. 1t went of and DR.. Wood cut
the ball out of the top OF the head of little
fellow about 3 years old.
Henri County Weekly: Four-legged
chickens are getting to be so common
they are no longer regarded as curiosities.
Hugh Mcdonald reports one this week
with four legs, two heads, five or six eyes
and chin whiskers like billy goat.
Darien Timber Gazette: The British
steamship Craigendoran, Capt. Allen,
left for Aspinwall on Wednesday morn
ing. carrying a very valuable and expen-
g III
the first steamship that has loaded in our
port since the war.
The turpentine distilIery and fixtures
Of j. f. Horkan, near Poulan, Worth
county, together with small lot of fine
rosin, and all the crude turpentine on the
yard, was consumed by fire on Wednes-
day night last. The cause is supposed to
have been accidental.
Daniel Majors and Mary Ann johnson
were the first ever married in Floyd
county. Their license was issued April
y, 1884, by p. W. HemphiH, Clerk Court
of Ordinary. The marriage ceremony
was performed by j. Hemphill, Judge of
the Inferior Court, the same day.
Saturday afternoon Mrs. A. W. Mitch
ell. who resides on Elm street, Macon,
undertook to scald out the mites in her
henhouse. She accidentally upset the pot
containing the boiling water, emptying it
upon her feet. The result was that she
received terrible injuries from scalding.
Thursday morning the dwelling of |. Fl.
Virgins, IN the Fifteenth district of Sum-
ter county, was destroyed by fire. The
origin of the fire is unknown. 1t caught
in the ceiling and all efforts to save it
were unavailiDg. The loss is estimated at
$500, with insurance amounting to
$1,000.
Boston Hill, an ex-colored teacher and
saloon keeper, has left Brunswick tor
parts unknown, to the regret of some who
eODfded too implicitly in his honest inten-
tons and promises. One of the victimized
thinks be has escaped to Appling, Wilcox
Or Irwin, and would like to find out his
exact abode.
Early Saturday morning a negro girl
seized little child, whose father is Mr..
c. 5. Chambliss, of Fourth street, Macon,
and bit his right wrist almost in two.
There was no prOvOcatiOn for the brutal
act. Mr.. Chambliss, with the aid of the
police, hunted the girl all day, but did not
succeed in catching her.
West Point Press: We have seen the
educated hog, the tame elephant, and the
trick mule, but NJ. A. Turner's pet
squirrel takes the rag off the bush. Mr..
4 Turner, says, and 1t must be true, that
his pet will quickly and correctly point
out the different books Of the new Tesla
. ment when called upon to do so.
4 West Point Press: Last Monday morn
4 ing negro named Scott Robinson, while
4 trying to board a train at three mile
station, lost his balance, fell. and car
& wheel ran over his leg, mangling it fear
y fully. The fracture extended into the
knee joint, hence amputatiOn above the
knee was necessary. DIR. J. w. Griggs
8 performed the operation, and Scott will
Il doubtless recover.
Il The well-known old negro mendicaut,
stepney Ramsey, who has been soliciting
aims on the streets of Augusta for years,
cropped dead Just after noon Saturday in
if)nt OF the store Of G. Gray d Co. Step
ney was one Of the old landmarks of Au-
gusta, and it is said that he owned good
arm in South Carolina, well stocked and
producing well, and Notwithstanding his
begging he was we'll to do.
Athens Chronicle: One of our Hebrew
friends now mourns the loss of a suit of
e0ihes. cOuntryman called at his
store and bought large bill of goods, and
dressed himself up in part of the goods
bought. The merchant was directed to
send the old clothing and other articles at
certain store, together with the bill, and
would get his money. The articles
were sent as directed, but the buyer could
HVl uelOunQ.
Louis Thomas, colored, who was fined
s1W by the Recorder in Macon few days
- lor public indecency, turns out to be
una. 1t is rather curious that nobody
uetctad his blindness at the time of mis-
ufaL tut Saturday he told the police
DhoFIties that he could not see, and
called in DIR. w. g. Gibson to exam
pr mis- eyes. The doctor pronounced him
oiud. lt is probable his sentence will be
in bibb Superior Court Saturday rather
unusual state Of affairs was devel-
eg ln the trial Of Steven Turner, col
eu' charged with chicken stealing. 1t
1red, during the progress Of the trial,
turner had stolen number OF chick
nom Mr.. Charles Bartlett, the attOr-
""o had been appointed by the court
- end him. II WAS rather an unusual
l 20 see counsel for the defense sud
made plaintiff in the case.
i'lay night about II O'Clock, Emma
@les, who resided at 1ll7 Greene
- Augusta, after eating a hearty
MnstcL was about TO retire, when her
-Nu Informed har that his hip was
Er5.,Hng' and ahe made a plaster for him
Nen lay down IN bed and went 10
ne awoke about half an hour
Is Yards end found his wife dead. The
,s,i ueld an inquest aud returned "A
- mat she died from heart disease.
81 nnsWick Advertiser: Two negro
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