Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-13

Guild Drowned IN TuD-Iho De-
@,1+in. Post Office Clerk of Americas
Vested at Los Angeies-G"orgis's
representatives at FlOrtdA'S Forestry
Congress.
GEORGIA.
~ Arnold is not candidate for the
albany MayOrality.
,rSo snproaching fence election is ex-
emo some interest at Amerlcus.
,taasnrement shows that the water
.o1,-er al Athens leans eight inches.
Col NJ. II. Hodge is in the fold for the
49, nj Mavor of HawkinsYtlle for the
ensuing year.
CoIIac+or Dart has retained FL. T. Dunn
:, thr Brunswick custom house until
January next.
r G.. Rhodes, the newly appointed post
.aeter at Palmetto, has taken charge of
the post once.
note for $1,000 on the sUreeIs oI IhA' CITY
q dgv or two ago.
The grand Jury of Ware county recon-
r,ends that the county pay $500 toward
fbe artesian well.
An effort is being made to establish a
nail route from Ways Station to Rabbit
Hin. on Bryan Neck.
Judge Lawson will hold the adjourned
term of Ogethorpe Court on the fourth
Monday in this month.
Dolph McDowelPs youngest child was
drowned in a tub of water, into which 1t
fel. at MunrOe, Sunday night.
Judge Lumpkin will hold court CON-
rencing the fourth Monday in November
in WaynesborO, Burke county.
Judge Rooney will hold court commend
moan the third Monday in November, for
Judge Lumpkin, in Warrenton.
Ed Gray has been fined 500 at Macon
for drumming Tor trade on the streets In
front of his store without license.
Il cost S5IS 81 to lay the cornerstone OF
the new capitol at Atlanta. The Legisla-
ture warranted the expenditure of 5000.
A suit of clothes and 500 in cash was
stolen by a burglar from DR.. G. b. Nc
NiePs house in Colquitt county night or
TWO ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. 81. Frost, fiving at
Plains Of Dura. after a married life OF
nearly 20 years, have dissolved housekeep-
Ing together.
The rain last Friday aud Friday night
washed all the mills away in NacOOchee,
White county, and nearly all the bridges
IN the county.
delegation from the Knights of Labor
of Athens, nave gone to Atlanta to secure
speakers for meeting to be held in
Athens this week.
A little son of Mr.. Epperson, of Dawson
vile, went into the field OF Alex. Henry
Monday, Nov. 2. and was seized by fierce
dog and badly bitten.
The Young rider who was thrown from a
horse while running a race at the fair
grounds, at Athens, is getting well and
will soon be out again.
fha Of rrIA oil
of the Americas post Office, has been cap
tured at Los Angeles, Cal, and will be
brought back to Georgia.
Rome's municipal election occurs De.
cember 1. Thus far 400 voters have regis.
tered. The contest for mayor promises to
be lively and exciting one.
Gilbert Screens, a negro employed at
the Central railroad compress at Column
bus, had one of his legs badly mashed by
bale of cotton falling on it Wednesday.
A. NJ. Wolllhin, of Albany, who was
elected secretary of the Masonic Grand
Lodge at its recent meeting, is now in
Macon and will make that city his future
home.
DR.. Jordan, OF Columbus, removed a
COW pea from the nose of little son OF
Mrs. Wells, of Brownsville, Wednesday.
A few days ago he removed hogs tooth
from another little boys nose.
The Athens factory company has been
running tree schools for the benefit OF
the operatives, but this week its officers
served notice on the teachers that the
schools would be closed on Dec. 1.
At Villa Rica Tom Plant shot Riey
Jones in the hip Saturday night with a
pistol. Plant made his escape. Jones
accuses Plant of stealing 81 from him.
Jones IS lately discharged convict.
Alexander Richards, colored, was killed
at negro frOlic in an old grocery, about
a half mile from Barnett, last week
Beauregard Peek, the supposed muir
derer' is now in Jail in CrawfordviIle.
Mayor Grimes, of Columbus, has an.
pointed g. Gunby Jordon, j. S. Garrett
and w. l.. Tillman a committee to repre-
sent Columbus at the Harbor Improve.
ment Convention to be held at Savannah
A little negro boy named Richard Kelly,
living on j. NJ. McMichaeps place, near
Jackson, climbed up a tree last Sunday
and fell distance Of y or Is feet, break
ing his right thigh bone and spraining his
night arm.
Il is now said at Waycross that the un.
known white man killed near there a day
or TWO ago, met his death because he re.
moved distractions from the railroad
track which had been placed there by his
murderers.
joan Astel, OF Fleming, happened to a
painful accident the other day. In at
tempting TO drive an OK from the barn he
ran "A nail through his hand. He has
suffered great deal, and is still unable to
use his hand
he steamer Joel Marable, while on her
REGULAR mail trip down the river from
nome Wednesday, struck the COosa river
,,elephone wire near Cedar Bluff, and
Ahocked down several feet. The accident
was due to the high water.
A negro woman living on T. X. Rice g
plantation, near Conyers, 10 suspected OF
having murdered her own infant only 2
Jays old. 1t was found in her house
secfeted in a straw bed, dead and badly
bruised. No legal investigation has been
On circus day both Messrs. Bailey and
buter two young men at work in the
mems factory, had their pockets picked
bailey Of $40 so, and Butler of SO in sill
yer. lie had Sl5 in greenbacks in his
knife. 'D '''
ne select United States Senate COM
HitOte ON Interstate commerce, will be In
Allanta on the 18th inst. The following
ntlemen compose the committee; ;. NJ.
Nuilom, Chairman, Orville II. Plntt, War
Her Miller, Arthur Z. German and Isham
Il. Harris.