Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-01-07
GEORGIA.


GEORGIA.
T--rer's new Council is understood to favor
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Tie expenses Of Carroll county average
about $1,000 per month.
About I.z10 Justices OF the peace were elect
...l Georgia Saturday.
The state supreme Court met at Atlanta
Monday morning, with all the Judges present.
A p. Buck thinks that Col. Farrow will be
appointed Judge Of the Southern District Of
georgia.
David Michael. one Of the oldest merchants
Athens slipped and broke ihls thigh
saturday night.
J. JIG. Mcmahon has bought out the inter
.-t uf = IT, >tokeiy. IN the business of StOkely
s. Mcmahon, at Crawford
The CITY Council Of Augusta has appro-
rr.lreI 3 for the purchase OF wood for the
ruHr during the cold weather.
Tire wife u sydney J.. Jordan, Of Ameri-
II-. has given birth TO twins, which have been
tlmeI Cleveland and Hendricks.
There are now l0l street lamps in Albany.
and DO costs, bY contract. so cents each per
month, or So 60 per year TO keep them up.
40 TalbOttOn I. y. Beall. a dealer in drv
-.li-, assigned Monday 10 Martin & WorriiI
l.rrlc benefit OF his creditors. The Liabilities
a-a 5000 and the assets IN stock OF goods and
a-.luut- 1900.
The new City Council Of GrifIiR commenced
Old. new wear by cutting down expenses.
WHsu salaries were reached Mayor Grant
I.uI asked that the Council commence with
DIS, .ad they did so.
Mrs. GOber. wife 81 Thomas A. Gober. and
mother Of solicitor General George f. Gober
fe dead sunday morning at her residence.
about three miles from Marietta. IL is sun
posed tnat heart disease was the cause OF her
sudden DEATH
At Albany when there is a fire alarm the
lraymdu who reaches the engine house Of
either Oi the steamers first and pulls the en-
Eue to the fire gets s.. Every fire alarm costs
tho city something, in one way or another
whether there rs "A fire or not.
The report which gained crcdence that
Student B. Frank Hawkins. OF ThOmasviTIe
lai committed suicide because ofrejected ad-
dresses, proves % be hoax. The appearance
U the young man in his classes at the univer-
.v is the proof Of mis- vitality.
At DOuglassvile Saturday night James
Newsom got drunk at the barroOm of J. NJ
lifnslee, near TINS place, and lald down in
'front.' OF the fire. Henslee left him there when
le went % supper. NewsOm's clothes caught
.n IRE and before help arrived he was almost
burned to death.
Az Fairburn j. ". Rivers has sold his in
l.-cst ID the hrm Of Brown, Rivers s. Co. to
tle other members, and the business will
hereafter be conducted under the firm name
OF frOwn SON. Mr.. Rivers afterwards
bought out J. II. strickland. Mr.. Strickland.
90 understood, Will travel.
Eomes total receipts during the year from
lI sources were Sj6,g23. or this amount
fI-alz were received from water rates and
t..i- from lines. The total expenditures were
f.'.'go. or tins Tl9,6i3 was for interest on
amount expended on public schools was
Sl2,7s5.
AT Albany every Council fixes the salary of
Mayor, Marshal. policemen and other citv
officials for the year Of its reign. Last wear
the Mayors salary was $3.50, City Marshal
$1,000 without perqulsltes, Deputy Marshal
$50 per month. policemen $50 per month CITY
Clerk Si5s without perquisItes City Treasurer
$3.50, City Physician S600-he furnishing med
lciues, street Overseer Sf5 per month.
Brunswick HeraEF: Mrs. Nancy Howe, the
a.H
died at the residence Of her son ON Friday. III
she had lived until next Nav she would have
been l04 ye.rs old. Her youngest son, Thomas
Howe. ls a Glynn county farmer over 60 years
oli, and she Is the great grandmother Of
Thomas Howe, Jr. Her maiden name was
Barker. She came TO Glynn when only few
white people had settled in the county.
The Augusta City Council has resolved to
meet from time to time for a month in com
nfitee Of the whole, on motion OF Alderman
james IObIu. tOInvestIgate the expenditures,
reduce the city debt. and begin the year in
clear and economical financial footing. All
the city officers possible were reduced from
two to lour years tenure % one year terms,
and placed on the basis OF merit. and each
Council be responsible for its own officers.
a correspondent writing from Rives saws:
s'Mv attention was called TO the fact that
under the present working Of the law regart-
ing the Inspection OF fertilizers certain com
pautes doing business IN this state are evading
the law. los prominent planter asking me TO
save him all the tags on his guanO that was
him rebate Of SIS on every 100 bags shipped
him II he would return the inspectors tags
Now, who Is responsible for this evasion and
nUllItying Of the laWt'
Quitman Free Press: The name of Henry
sherman is not unfamiliar TO many of the
citizens Of this section. For years he has
been known as a sneak thief and there are
few people living IN this neIghbOrhOOd who
have not suffered az his hands lie was once
or twice In the chain gang, and until recently
had not been seen very often IN Quitman. On
Thursday morning last he committed the
crime OF rape upon a thrce-year-Old cOlOred
child near town and IN sight OF the depot. As
we write posse has gone IN pursuit of the
-coundrel. The chilli is not expected to live
sherman Is perhaps 60 years old.
small child Of VIM. johnson. of Stewart
county. died last week after an illness Of one
day. DR.. Allen, very intelligent Young
physician who was called in To see the child,
SAYS that all the symptoms Of the child's dis
e1-e, well rs the circumstances Of the ease,
indicated unmistakably that it died from
poisoning. produced 1y eating red striped
candy It appeared the doctor relates, that
It was m apparent good health and ate q large
quantity Of the candy on Thursday. On
Friday itexEibited all the symptoms Of poison
and died in cOmatOse condition. He eX-
hlhited some Of the candy. IL was Of the plain
white pattern with one side corrugated and
sl deep vermlllOn hue.
Canton correspondence NEWS. Jan. 3:
Last saturday was election day for the Can
ton Town Council. Before this but little inter
est has been taken IN this election by our
enthused and worked valiantly all day from
b0cl0ek 20 3 O'Clock. The Council for 1854
was accused Of putting on too much tariff in
the way of street ami other taxes. New can
dIiates were put out and the fight began in
elruest-the new dow tax against the old
Council lhigh tax. The old was led 10y f, B.
Chandler for Mayor, and the new by II. G.
kellogg for MayOr.-Such pulling, dragging.
hauling and pushing was Eever witnessed
before m Canton. All was in good humOr.
Chandler. present Mayor, was elected by
Of
Che new C0ancilmen.
Lumptin I1depeadent: The building of the
a. T. and L. Railroad has been the cause of
considerable activity IN the price OF real
estate in LumpkIn. and the result is that
houses and lots here are from 80 to IS per cent.
higher nov than they were at this time last
year. One dwelling which sold last year for
liz very low price Of 1850 brought 500 a few
dtvs ago. Two choice building lots which
-ld last wear iCr $50 per acre are nov neld
at $3.50. There is considerable demand Tor
lu,Iiiug lots and We hear Of several persons
who contemplate building residences IN
Lumpkiu during the next twelve months
Many persons are anxious TO move here, anu
as every house IN town Is already occupied II
will be necessary for building 10 commence at
once. There Is plenty room Tor new houses,
aut if the owners Of building lots VIII oniy
put them At reasonable prices the town Will
improve very rapidly.
EnOn, Jasper county. cOrrespon-
uenee NEWS, Jan Il we are Tsl anAl4uS . -,,
fal compelled us To SOW late, and IN
many localities the grain is Just coming up,
and we fear that II may be kIlled.-A man
named William Barr killed an old negro last
December about a bale Of cotton. Barr has
had TO leave his home and family, and can't
Fcturu. II he comes back he stands good
chance ~ being hung. the killing was re-
garded as EnprOvOked. Il Is a pity that
Jasper county. with all Of its intelligence.
has never had jury that would bring in q
verdict of guilty when murder was charged.
There have been murders JurIes don't call
them by that name enough 10 have had
several hanglngs; still there has not been a
inaH hung IN Jasper since the war. and
none before 10 my knOwledge.-HOg killing
, fs over with, and everybody Is getting
fat. We have two or three drOvers through
here every winter with hogs from Tennessee,
and they bring fines ones. tOO-The negroes
are very backward in masking their arrange
meuts for the year. some Of our largest
farmers haven't any hands yet.-Jasper county
has less cotton in it than l ever saw before al
this season. At the same time our farmers
avs less than they ever did. With one more
good crop Jasper's farmers, as general
hing viii he out Of debt.-The negro schOO
teachers who came here from Atlanta Uni
vcrsity don't c0ufne themselves 10 teaehin.
what they fad in the textbooks, but under
take % teach the negroes how to be the boss a
Ecll a. the labOrer. They may succeed at II
lgt don't believe they will.
Arlington correspondence NEWS, Jan. 8
Tomorrow the great scramble for county
there are i've candidates for Tax Receiver
one of them negrO.-The recent cold weather
has been most excellent for killing and saglnl
pprk- Plenty reIgns throughout the county
tornis selling at 50 cents per bushel-bu
only very small quantity Is offered for sale