Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-13
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
M NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
IN TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

GEOROAAs
co,e,s circus will be in Athens, NOV O.
mn ARD will soon deliver lecture in
CrawforoVlIle' a.o,- e. .Lo holyDoss
tent i'll Augusta 1880.
"n r.; Snencer, Of Ware county, tips tho
hsam at 400 pounds.
crawford has petitioned TO become
,reatner signal station.
r Wallis, of Forsyth county, mas
Justice q the Peace for 80 years.
Will in columbus, Thursday, Col. Ed
n Butt, of Buena Vista, lost his $40
overcoat' ,,..,.,..,,,, -,
.oss before the Superior Court at Athens
this week. oso..s -
sor NJ deaths in ScriYen county lately
non 3ongesuon'
q whisky men Of Elberton are selling
.he remnants of their stocks and prepar-
Ing 10 move elsewhere.
II is said that the post office at Wynn's
nil has been discontinued on account Of
he resignation of the postmaster.
There is a quiet but determined move
-oant towards building q crematory in
1nanta. 1t will probably succeed.
Oglethorpe mas young lady that can
stend in a h..lf-bushel measure and shoul-
der bushel of wheat and carry 1t TO mill.
Frank McDaulelPs millhouse at Con-
rors came very near being washed away
nv the recent heavy rains. 1t was badly
damaged.
The Masons Of Jasper Lodge, No. 90,
have appointed q committee to 90 pos
aTm hinting'' in order TO have "'pos-
-.,..,,n,33 Of fhnir npxL mAatInU.
one of Rincold's colored citizens was
VISITED few nights ago by about 10 of
lis own race, who gave him % lashes and
a nromise OF more # he did not provide
better for his family.
A curious freak of nature In Stewart
comfy is two calves that were born with
the ear marks of their mothers. One has
Slit and an underbit on the right ear,
and the other a crop and swallow fork
on the lett ear.
twas the irony Of fate that just above
the head Of poor Dick Bass, who was
found dead at Atlanta Saturday morning,
between the bars of Broad street bridge,
was bis name in gilt letters as city engi-
neer, under whom the bridge was built.
The immediate delivery of letters is
small business in Athens, as not exceed
ipg a dozen such letters have as yet been
received and only few sent OIL 1t won't
pava carrier to stay around the post Of
ice, and it is believed the plan won't last
long.
Rev. |. q. Num-, a negro preacher OF
Ebert county, was recently visited at his
house by two deacOns and y sisters,
who rushed in and used him up badly,
knocking him about, pulling his hair and
breaking his household effects. The party
left when a light was struck.
Dennis Gordon, the negro confined in
Jail at Macon for an assault on negro
girl, has eaten nothing in two weeks save
a small quantity of liquid food, which the
Jail attendants forced him to swallow. He
has not spoken during the fourteen
days. Whether he is crazy is still unde-
clded.
A gentleman of Athens lost his watch
some time ago, and after searching every
conceivable place to find it, he gave up
the watch as lost. A few days ago he got
il in his head that the watch had been lost
on the street, and that it had been carried
of in the scavenger cart. He got two or
three hands and went over to where all
the trash is taken, and after scratching
into the pile found his watch.
Friday night. after the family had re-
tined, w. Z. Stevens, who lives near In
dian Greek church, in O2lethOrpe county,
had his kitchen to burn up. Though the
house stood only about 80 feet from the
dwelling, in which slept Mr.. Stevens and
MS family, the fire cid not awake them,
and their surprise can only be imagined
when they awOke the next morning to
ind the kitchen and all its contents in
ashes.
Sheriff r. T. Mills and Messrs. Jackson
and Reuben Larissy, Of Sylvania, went on
Al sfYEr Inv eas
'so0ners" caught the cat in twenty min
ltes after it was jumped. On the return
OF the party home the dogs and horses all
passed over rattlesnake lying in the
road, and after passing it some one of the
party discovered the reptile, when it was
shot by Sheriff Mills, and found to mea-
sure seven feet in length with only seven
rattles.
The death at Fort Gaines a day or two
ago OF Mrs. Sarah A. Roney, one Of the
Milnr0n murderers, adds another chapter
10 bloody tragedy. Mrs. Ronev, her
daughter Isabella, and her son Willis,
hod conspired to murder Mrs. Milliron,
against whom they mad grudge OF some
sort. Milliron came TO his wife's relief
and was at once shot dead by Willis.
loung Roney has just bean found guilty
Oh murder, and will be hanged. Mrs.
sarah IL. ROney contracted bilious fever
during the week and died in jail, from
"Aich she was buried. The young woman
- sui IN Jail, awaiting trial for her crime.
A few weeks ago Thomas TullY and
Sosepn Hart set up feather renOVattng
BUSINESS at Rome. The fixtures and the
!isht 10 work them in the counties of
Iloyd, Campbell and Fulton were sold 10
- 81. Deal and J. Y. Peacock a few days
Ego. Thursday, T. A. O'Byrne, OF Au-
gusta, Informed them that they were
working in bis territory. He claimed
lnaI Iully a Co. had iniringed upon his
Hg4ts, and had sold Deal & Peacock that
"Aich was not theirs. This stopped the
Iea'Asr ren0yating business, and Deal ~
Ieacock had warrants sworn out for the
tffest OF Iully and Hart Tor procuring
iuOhey under false pretenses.
ia The superior Court, a. Atlanta, Sat
tfuay, Judge Hammond was occupied
VIA the injunctions growing out Of the
M"f between the Gate City Street Car
Noupany and the city OF Atlanta. He
ctHhied an order 10 tho eject that the
WV shali 20 on with the work of paving
" N'rth Pryor stroet--that she shall pay
.oI inc paving Of three feet from the track
on each side, and that the Gate Civ
rae,t Car Company shall pay for the
!',ilS between the track, when COM
ii.',d' the sum 80 paid 70 be refunded to
Ie company, provided the present case
s sieii be decided in their tavor. This or
seI nnds the city as bond. Both sides
Nh satisfied with the order and the work
a. ! be yiylsection scare, which began at