Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-25


GEORGIA.
nacatur will purchase hre engine
Tew houses continue to go up In Athens
IN all quarters. - -,
- , 90, Superior Court convenes ON
Var6av morning next.
~, i constant demand for store
,.i,ses and residences in Dawson.
1,.,s Gentleman so badly injured by a
- 'Tallulah Falls has about recovered.
l'' 'a.ordinq TO the City Treasurer's re-
nt01fv SlG worth Of tax Fl. fas. remain
YlTnsid at brownsville.
p',,,or has it that Joint stock compa-
no. been formed with view to estab-
i1bino new paper at Eastman.
D,rino the present session of the Gene
tssnmbIv an act will be introduced to
aIon0a the name of Ward station to that
of shelman.
Az there will be three rival lines of
hoats running, competition promises to
y, lively during the coming winter ON the
CbattahOochee.
placksbear is to have a new hotel,
Deysv. new paper, called the Georgian.
has list made its appearance, and the
town is on a boom. 81
rant. Robinson, of Dawson says that
he has received no less than one hundred
a11Iications from parties, both North and
South, for the new hotel. ar
Judoe Peyton Pitts, OF Jones county,
died at his home at James station on
TTesday night last of malarial fever, at
tbe advanced age Of 70 years.
Tuesday c. S. Burr, a well-known citi-
den of Griffin. took ten grains of NOR
mime. presumably thinking it was
apd p91Igp6 his death.
Wednesday of next week the DeKalb
County sunday School Association will
observe It's 10Th annual celebration, at
thaCbjldren's tabernacle, at Decatur.
seyentv-six children were at New Hol-
land last sunday. The whole number of
quests was over 200. White Sulphur has
nearly 100 guests, and POrter's about 80.
senator Brown still retains his humble
village home IN Canton, and magniti-
cent river-bOttOm farm near Canton. The
Senator goes up there once year and
spends a week of rest and delight.
Columbus health officers, who were on
the rounds making examinations, report
a fearful condition Of affairs as existing
in some of the Yards, gardens and private
spots of city residences and stores.
At Columbus, w Wednesday, an old white
man named Cotton, while intoxicated,
crawled into a sewer and went to sleep,
bis hat fiOated out and was seen by a
party of boys, who explored the sewer
and rescued the sleeper 100 feet above its
mouth.
Macon negro left a pocketbook con-
tanning SIS on a fence near which he was
working and was gone several hours
before he discovered his loss. On return
ing be was astOunded and gratified to find
shat No oun bah found and ram Nua6 tho
purse.
Two young men on their way from Lc-
Gust Grove TO McDOnOugh and the con-
ductor, train hand, and porter engaged in
lively fight in a parlOr car which the
TWO young men were ordered to vacate, q
night or TWO ago. The travellers claim
that they were merely passing through
the car in order to reach their own when
She trouble arose. The negro has been
arrested.
Fred Leben, Jr., the 14-year-oId son of
Fred Leben, OF Albany, left for parts IN
known on Monday night In company with
negro boy about the same age. Young
Leben has been an assiduous reader of
dime novels for some time, and it Is
thought that this is The secret Of his Quix-
Que actions. Before leaving he provided
himself with some money, two bowie
knives and pistol.
Ed. Irvine, proprietor of Job printing
once at Macon, last winter did $50 worth
CT printing for GaylOrd's minstreIs. The
printing was expressed to Pensacola,
H., but was unclaimed, and came back
70 the Macon Office. At the annual sale
u Unclaimed express packages at Macon
thursday he bid In a box for 50 %, which,
on being opened, proved to contain the
uiiis he mad printed for the minstrel COM
Iany.
Apropos OF prohibition at Athens, it is
sall mat Mr.. Fowler, on the Oconee line,
SOFA Three barrels of whisky last Satur-
0aE, and his barrOOm is a regular gold
NINE w. II. Jones, on the Lexington
I T1.u says he is doing an increased trade.
~ license expires in December. Joe
A5Qdley' an Athens darkey, makes daily
uips 10 Athens with bag filled with
WHISKY bottles to deliver to customers.
mere are no signs of drinking, however,
10 the city.
Col. j. II. Baker, of the Thirteenth
Ve9rgia regiment, has written a letter.
=, ~ Ve published in the New York Herald,
~ que survivors of the One Hundred and
.ta0teehJn New York regiment, asking
aoeu committee come down aud he pres
~ WIN them at their reunion on Aug.
~ ne Thirteenth Georgia have the flag
VI .le One Hundred and Nineteenth New
3 regiment, captured during the war.
sru should committee come down to be
present. at the reunion it will be returned
A. mem. The flag is in the possession OF
A''Aer, and has been since the war.
~. Bridges house, in West Griffin.
was struck by lightning Wednesday in a
ST. curious manner. The roof was
eSae99 near the comb, tearing off the
sbs',iees On Tue mont side and leaving the
ing pare. 1t next struck down at
an olHs' tearing all the Notwithstanding
-. III Ihe north side until the roof was
When il took the rafters of from
f lhe sheeting, leaving nothing but
,1.. nihgles and sheeting. The back door
,.+,. .'Iu from its hinges and thrown half
cb.5@1 cross the hallway. His two little
e1, VINO were standing I'm front OF the
M we're badly shocked, az were also
we aud niece, they being all who
ln the house at the time.
r,'.oul three years ago a party of gem
49, NereioX hunting near WarrentOn.
'''ef the chase ended one of the dogs
A. MISSED. A search soon led TO the
e,,..,,lI} mat the hound had fallen into
T9'l well about II feet deep near bv.
fIt was soon rescued by the substi-
aas.. "a Tree Tor a ladder. Several
1.ar uVe James Whitehead was hunting
We 9.r same place, and one OF his dogs
e,.-. N'''oyered missing. A search IN
o. WIscilon was instituted but failed
H...,M lhe whereabouts OF the dog.
U.r.. l;hlter the lapse OF a week or more.
gegilo,t, uoS was brought TO town by