Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-06
ITEMS TN THREE STATES.
.,oRGIA,. FLORIDA AND SOUTH
il'~ CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE.

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OoU ,hat of Ben Hill In tho Atlanta
Cgston House.
GEORGIA.
r.,hottonis to have q holiness meeting this
week. .Ao+..,.
DO Dorsey Hill at Athens is being, levened
Ia IoSnson county has, s6s white and ZIG col
ored children.
Oi Measles Of 4virulenttype are prevalent in
carroll county ,..
has been burned
p,de n. r. PickeAs has accepted call to
~ nestorate Of the Christian Church in Val
dosta.
o[iatborpe county. whose wife had been dead
oSlv twenty -four DAYS.
There is not single vacant business house
N MiUedgevflIe, and only one or two resl-
dances that are not occupied.
The ladies of the Milledgeville Memorial
,ssociation have selected Col. Thos. Rarde-
an To deliver the address on Aprtf26
eenteman living in Montgomery county
a,;nFs SO much of his hands that he sits IN his
narbor with gloves on to do his writing.
A tower aud fire alarm bell are to beput up
A. tbe intersection of Hill and6olomon Otreets,
Gr1in. 1hfee AuhuIeu UOiiaIs VIII DC Inc
Row. J. II. Stone has been called to the pas
.o,abip Of Oconee Street ChuFch at Athens.
IT, ne temporarily withdrawn from the con-
tpl of The Athens Chronicle.
Frank Madden, colOred, who escaped from
failat Columbus two or thpUe years ago, while
3,,roer a sentence OF twenty years in the peni-
,ariiary for highway robbery, has been ar
Tes.ed 1t Vicksburg, Nils.
The old post office building and the wooden
4 -
r elem. st Vald0sta. have been torn down.
erre tWo-story bricF building, 6 X90 feet,
Mn go up on the ground the two occupied.
The students at the College at MlledgeviIle
,lqvpl successful "Aprll fOo' on the Pro-
53.r on tie first. They stole all the bells
bel,peing 70 the recitation rooms, removed
IN ne steps from around the college fence,
a,d fe wind it up in style, stole the Pro-
fe.sors head gears" and sent them home
baTe-headed.
vor many months pasta life-size picture of
James q. Blaiue has been hanging over q
1saatc' IN the Office of the United States Dis
trief Attorney in the custom house. The re-
cent change in this ofIiCe has Ocsasi0hed some
ehangc n Tire ornaments upon its walls The
picture Of Mr. Blaine was taken down and IN
#. mace there now hangs life-sIze crayOn of
BonjlMin H. Hill. The change WAS noticed
by most everybody who entered the Office
and wa5 very generally mmented upon.
m .,utlfyvcst Georgia Medical Association
Is 10, ,-,sll ab,e lat rchange of views. Officers
~a. o ett'A rs follows: DR.. j M, Il. West
of. prssi ent; DR.. j. M. Wadsworth, of
D. a-po FIRST Vice President: DR.. j. A.
iH- .ec.ud zee President: DR. r. o. In
r ~ aTy; DR.. 5. W. Ninson, Of Mon
-.3 H~. asurar. The next meeting of the
--.f or VIII take place at Mon eHuma.
..a.".. SIS. 10 Is probable that Americas
R.i bt.fEa UpOa as the permanent place of
n.aetI RS 4 q the association.
I.4 3ryant OF Cir See, once had a dung
Pc seu, Ht SO as afflicted with dropsv, md
3, sort OF Sarceon he operated FOR her
.t.I ny eiiralng hs knife into her body. auti
tee Wcund ire water ran an dav ami
si"Nc- tbe afd. The hen gat well and ne
Elu q. new ulr, I8G nest OF eggs. sat on and
aatrreG HhrU0d OF chickens. after which his
pauent relapscd and was sick OF drOpsv
again. He -hen made another trial and his
hen could q stand the r@cktt aud died He
says Dec h~s Dig now with dFeEsy and he is
going to repeat tne experiment on him.
United States Marshals Locke and Clark
have returned 70 Macon from a trim to Mitch
81 county. Whine there they arrested and
brought with them to NJ aeon d. q, johnson
ava William Swfnd2e, well known citizens of
thas county, charged with ObEtructIng an
0ficSr ia he discharge of duty. The arrest OF
Johnson was made at night, and when his
h03ae was approached he refused the officers
atmittanee To the premises. A ferocieus bun
aoz IN the yard also OlSstFucted their en-
franco. Tive latter was killed, and aftereome
pcrsuasi9n johnson WIS induced to surrender
himself At the hearing before Commissioner
krWiA, johnson ami Sw iadle waived exami-
Dati0n and were placed under a $500 bond.
For spite ard alleged insult Mrs. Sarah
wilkinson, OF Twiggs county, swOre out
warrant against A. b. Jones, weighcr at
Campbell jones' warehouse at Macon
Iae facts in the case are that Mrs. q. W .
drHGriX had box of spareribs and backbone
sent 10 her by a friend and aftdr STANG in
~ depot some time Mr.. Jones heard of it.
anu being an intimate friend of Mr.. Hendrix
went and got the box and consumed the con-
tents rather than that they should spoil and
be OF 40 use tO anyone. He saw Mr.. Hendrix
ateW days afterwaFd and paid him for the
meat, and now Mrs. Wilkinson, sister of Mrs
Hendrix, gets mad because Mr., Jones refused
to make explanations. and sues out the war
warned she lady that were she a man he
would hold her IN jail until the costs were
paid. The Justice reprimanded her severely
and cautioned,her against such hasty actions
again.
NJ. S. Dyer. of Canton. Conn, in Augusta
Ghronscss: Judge Lopgstreet was appointed
Judge Of the superior Court of Georgia at the
age of % years. He first held court at
oWalmsborO, Emanuel county. 1t had been
the costOm for many years to break up the
court on the first day Of the session. Swaims-
Doro I'm those days SwaimsbOrO, not SWANS
O0ro). at that time boosted of a log court
house and jan. and the few houses that were
There were OF the same material. Mr.. Swa m.
doubie-pen log house, two stories high, with
Out swinging door. BlaRkeas occupied the
place Of doors. There The Judges and law
yers were entertained. On the arrival of the
Judge at the court house he tOok has seat and
lho sheriff opened the court. Soon a lank,
long haired man from the pines came IN,
ana giving a whOop that ght have been
htard half a mile, yelled out, mir. Judge,
/ 80 boss" The Sheriff called Order. but the
IL haired man, taking no notice OF il, gave
OBJ whOOp and yelled; Didn't You hear
Wt 49,. Judge? Pm a boss, ! say" The
1u od the sheriff 10 take that "hOss'' and
put MIN IN The stable, and collect fine of $40.
Long h.lr said: Are ye in arrest, Mr..
dudgef n 50 We need not lie mealy- mouthed,
Dut make the tiue $50 Ut $500; can pay 1t just
AIR. sh rim. take that man TO jail
ana keep him until he pays Sl00."
1he sheriff took him to jail, and the
Judge tnt on with the court. After the ad
."lfH mont Of the court for the day the Judge
'ne law ers talked the matter over and
mat the prisoner, when sober, was an
H-ive mHn, more mlscf leNOus than ma
and they concluded that night IN
and line Of IS would be sufficient pun
cut The next morning the prisoner was
usht into court. and. being very penitent,
BE- let Of with the fine of IS. With an admOni-
from the Judge what he might expect in
.ufe Tor similar cond he was discharged
rom custody. That was the end Of breakin 4
w courts in Emanuel, and was all the trouble
,nat Judge LOngstreet had so long as he held
tle once.
FLORIDA.
q. a pIeadid fruit crop Is promised In Jefrer-