Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-12
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
,,,,Us OF THE TWO STATES
IN" TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS

-,a.borpe Cst Carried Away by
The .,, Returns-Two Killed by
,,ng-A Macon Turkey GObbler
LEH 'ar His Matching Powers on
1,os+ of Tomatoes.
GEORGIA.
u,.o Incorporation of Guyton is being
urged. ..o.,on woll Ia now a71
4 feet deep. r.
s,v with g pupils.
u| 5;.,nosville wants two tnings-a steam
unnJine and military company.
,oo@ throwing out all Illegal votes
,,hnn4ia county adopted the stock law by
majority OF one vote.
v-illiam Marlborough, a colored boy,
Nliaa"idontally drowned while bathing
T",,ngusta Thursday.
S' mas NJ. Robinson has been reap
, Jo,e United States Deputy Marshal
e. the DahlOnega division.
There is not a single prisoner in jail at
s-igsnia now, a state of affairs that has
sot existed in quite while.
nftba 86 bridges in Meriwether county
.tont 20 of them have been rebuilt within
.bo last two years and half.
rho contract for building the Baldwin
MY court house WAS awarded to
1nin5 & Mcmillan, of Milledgeville.
rho gallows on which Bob Mccoy was
,nng At Svlvania two weeks ago was
.apen 10 pieces Friday and removed to the
jail yard
r p. Bedloe. of Macon, fired three pis-
hi shots at a fleeing burglar early Friday
morning. and thinks that one of them
took Reflect.
0ne hundred and eighty-two students
we're IN attendance upon the university at
Athens this session, twelve of them being
law Students
About 200 homes have been secured to
date for the delegates to the coming Sun
day school convention at Rome. This is
about half enough.
While two small children of J. Fl. Brim,
near Chickasawhatchee, were playing,
me Of them accidentally hit the other
With an ak and broke his thigh.
lightning nearly caused the destruc-
lion by fire of the Methodist church at
Social Circle Thursday. The blaze started
h the steeple, but was soon put out.
After two days absence the Oglethorpe
kitten reported as caught by a hawk got
back home, looking much the worse for
his lofty flight and showing signs of i'll
use.
Within the last two weeks the Ogle-
thorpe Echo has chrOnicled the death of
fyepersous, whose aggregate ages was $50
years. The youngest was y, and the
oldest IS.
magazine is to be started in Atlanta,
teIanug next month, which will be de-
voted wholly 10 the interests of the South.
The pr0prietOrs have named their period
zeal Dirie.
The butchers renting stalls In the lower
market at Augusta demand lower rent.
Iae.r demand will not be granted by the
aGtlniites. The butchers threaten to de-
sert the market.
Gen. d. II. Hill has been elected Presi-
dlnt Of the Middle Georgia College. The
cleo ion for this office has to be approved
byIhe board Of trustees of the University
OrGeorgia. 1t is understood that he will
accept
The members of the Methodist church at
LGrange nave raised about 81 800 in two
days towards buying fne pipe organ for
their building. Several members have
given 500 each. They propose to buy
the instrument at once.
H. b. SpringsteiD, a Canadian exhib-
itor, who committed suicide in New Or
leans on July 4, left a letter appointing
as bis executors Charles Crankshaw and
John Y. Dixon, of Atlanta. The prop
erty left to be divided among his numer-
GUS relatives was a patent on an inven-
ton.
Mrs L. o. Greene, the teacher at Long
Crane, TrOup county, offered prize to
The pupil who should form the most words
cut OF the letters which compose the word
lHart, the little daughter OF Judge NJ. H.
Hart, who made the surprising number
Of 240.
Columbus Friday night, while burg
Jar was attempting to enter the house of
Mr.. Mitchell, The inventor Of the Mitche-
Inc quilts, the window fell, catching his
myers. The pain was so great that he
q could not suppress a scream, but he sue
ceeded IN getting away before he could be
captured or identified.
Bill Todd, arrested for the murder of
free Joe" Edwards, at Milledgeville,
was, before his capture, well pumped by
acelOred brother, who came across him,
sp0 10 their conversation he admitted the
en@e' and acknowledged that the woman
~ me scrape, kin to neither of them, was
Inc cause of trouble between them.
a telegram was received at police head
quarters at Macon Friday from Daniel
massey, at Sparta, asking the officers TO
arrest a party named Sanders Smith.
pniitn is married man, and ran away
W. MIN me l3-year-Old daughter of Massey.
me officers searched for Smith all day
him. '''' "
party Of Eastern capitalists have pur-
enased the large marble beds of Willis
ana A. u. BObo, five miles from Rome.
atinrse Gentlemen say they will spend about
Nu"VoodeyelOpin the beds, and Rome will
XIV lhe tull benefit of this money. M:
ueoIge Batiey and Mr.. Booze were instru
IIe1ta IN eitecti ng the sale of these mar
Az Ailledgeville a few nights ago, while
~ Joseph White and wife were lying
Cu 'aAlug nap, being very tired and
Go's lhe hour OF regular bedtime, very
t,u burglar entered their room, the lamp
,ululhg brightly on the table, and went
n'a.uSh the doctors clothes in "A skillful
GS a,,er' quietly taking his departure UNI
ne glnhouse OF j. X. VanBuren, at
Tn,sWOldvllle, was struck by lightning
eFuaY afternoon and fred. Despite all
mr., W To save II, il burned to the ground,
fw o very thing that WAS in 10, including
e,r nue. gins and all the fixtures. The
n uIoUse was considered one OF the finest
re-, 'ae state. The loss was total, and was
covered by insurance.
IL os blocker, the negro desnerado, who
ma yea with being one Of the partici-
In ~ ~ the ku.kluX outrage committed