Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-09

spalding Superior court convenes to-
day. . .
minutes night or two ago.
Coal is being more generally used In
Tbomaston than ever before.
II Is said that ex-Gov. Smith contem-
dates lecturing IN Atlanta soon.
can't. J. A. Cotton, of Thomaston, is
snoken of for Judge OF the Flint circuit.
Gentleman in Greensboro is shipping
rsrrridges to Atlanta at a pretty fair
profit
enc next Legislature to change the name
of Rome to DeSoto.
Near Cochran, Hugh Smith, colored,
vas fatally injured by falling from a
wagon a few days ago.
GOOD deal of property was sold at
rbomaston Tuesd by administrators
and ali brought 20 d prices.
The recent Talbot county fair was a
failure. The Netc Era says it is clearly
evident that the people have lost interest
in it.
Nj. Codington's steam saw-mill at Tows,
Eve miles below Neville, was totally de-
strovgd by fire a few nights ago. Origin
OF fire not known.
After an absence of years in Texas,
william McKissic, of Jones county, has
returned, sa'lshed that Georgia is the
best place for him.
Shares of stock in the Savannah, Crit
fin and North Alabama railroad sold at
Senoia last Tuesday at an administrators
sale as low as S5.15 per share.
Postmaster Dekle, of brownsville, has
added thirty new lock boxes to the Office.
This makes 1856 lock boxes, besides thir-
teen large boxes and a number of call
boxes.
Thomas Hickey, who was killed at
Duluth, Mich, few days ago by an eX-
ploson on a tug of which he was engi-
neer. was brother of E. j. Hickey, of
Augusta.
Wagons and carts returning to Val
dosto from the fisheries on the Gulf coast
bring back many oranges. The crop in
Middle Florida must De a good one this
season.
st Adalrsville, while Thomas johnson
was filing prescriptions IN his drug store
alStge hawk flew against the plate glass
in his snow window and dropped dead on
tGe pavement.
A few days age a buzzard with some
thing in its claws was seen flying over
Rink HaDdley's house at Carrollton. Mr..
Handley hallOOing at it, it let fall dead
cat on top of the house.
X The base ball fence and grand stand at
Americus has been sold to Capt. A. G.
Bell, and has been torn down and moved
aWav. 1t will probably be several years
before another will be erected.
The grand jury was IN session at Atlanta
Saturday. The names of 46 men from
South Bend and IL from East Point-two
county precincts-were presented. They
are charged with illegal registration.
Some thief or thieves broke into the
sberiff's office at Mount Vernon, Mont
gOmery county last Monday night, and
stole thererom all the true bills" found
at the last rerm of Montgomery Superior
Court.
A negro caught what ne supposed to be
eight "possums" a few nights ago on the
hammock plantation belonging to the ed
itor of the Quitman Free Press, and did
not discover that they were the EDITORS
hogs until ne reached home.
During the fire at S. T. Coleman g. Co.'s,
At Macon, Friday night, Frank Lob rushed
into the building and was so suffOcated by
tie smoke that he tainted. He was pulled
out, and Immediately on recovering, be
tried to rush into the building again, but
was prevented.
Sheriff Wall, of Washington county,
has been in Neville looking for a man
who has been running Oft mortgaged stock
from Washington county. The stock is
mortgaged to Maj G. X. Preigh. OF San
dersyille, who has been very lenient with
the mortgage, having INDUCED him in
many ways.
There is a negro on A. Olives planta-
ton in Oglethrope county, who owns
mare, Which,up to this year, was solid
bay, but OF late she has become perfectly
spotted with white spots, from the size of
shot to thai of a guinea egg, which
makes her beauty.
Mrs. Willis Newbern died at her home
10 Coffee county, few weeks ago, from
the effects Of poison taken by mistake.
Her husband asked for cream of tartar,
aud by mistake was given tartar acid.
enc took 1t at night upon retiring, and
died before daylight.
At Atlanta Friday night five sacks of
Hour were stolen from a Georgia Pacific
freight car and were found in a cab on
tue State road track. The -four was left
IN the cab, and Saturday Detective Bed
lord and Sherman watched it and nabbed
alter Turner, a negro, as he returned
70 move the -four. he is booked for burg
larry.
William Rice, a white man. was jerked
on the back platform OF "a Peachtree street
car at Atlanta Saturday night by two
men and robbed of some coffee, meat and
a bottle Of whisky, after which they gave
MN a terrible beating and fed beyond the
Guy limits. He gave their names TO
Aounted Officer West as June Ro1iin and
Aleck BerrOn.
Al Fort Valley VIII j. Anderson had a
Ahculty with negro on Col. Anderson's
place, IN which the negro. Frank Mont
gOmery, struck him on the side of the
neck with the sharp edge OF a bed-slat,
knocking him senseless AMI lay ny him
up with very sore neck. He was badly
paralyzed for some days, bns is in no dan
ger The negro left for parts unknown.
There has lived on j. W. Towards
pace IN Og!ethorpe county, and under
nls care Tor several years, Misses Betsy
ana Martha Simms, two aged maiden
laules' Last Sunday morning the latter
a"oke 70 find that her sister was dead by
me- side. This lady was 20 odd years old,
ana her death is supposed TO have been
nature.
Jim and Horace Gould and W. G. Tay.
Ior were deer hunting on st. Simon's is
anu THIS week. Their dogs opened on
"uat was supposed TO be a cold trail, but
uloWlng them up closely the hunters
louhd That they had caught large four
pIohged buck and were holding IL down
On the ground. Running up he soon dis
petched the buck by cutting mis- throat
W lth iull head of horns running through
1ue thlcket OF vines the buck had become