Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-09
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
,,,,5uws OF THE TWO STATES
The ,CoI,DIN PARAGRAPHS.

nas+eateued at Athens.
GEORGIA.
aobool will be built at Month
4 cello. -. e-,,,, tho oo,,,t bousa of
~ Vernon have been returned.
~, n'o11nwood. Morgan county, is known
PIT office circles as Brabston.
ID IN Marcellus z. Thornton has been in
. ~, several days, and will likely make
!,bis future home.
la,,rdav night the home Of Perry Clay
farmer, living near Red Clay, was
,Otallv destroyed by fire.
All the lands comprising the Vickers
ato in Laurens county, consisting Of
t .0s5 acres, were sold at administrators
.sle on Tuesday.
Iohn Briggs, a tramp,was knocked from
40 rack bV train nine miles from VAL
t ,o.ta saturday, and died few hours later
from his injuries.
# is now probable that Samuel Jemison,
=, Macon. who was wounded in the ARRAY
~ ~ Tbich he killed Ed. Strohecker last
Teek, will recover.
creon Rickerson, the negro who MUIR
s,rod negro hackman at Macon few
nontbs AGO. was sentenced to imprison-
nent for life Monday.
A tramp who passed through Macon on
Monday stated to police officer that an
ormv Of over 500 knights of the road was
on IFS wav to Florida and will probably
nav Macon visit.
sunday night, while preaching in East
Macon. Rev. MIR. Crawford, the pastor,
tainted. Mr.. Crawford is a theological
stndent in Mercer University. He has
been in Door health for some time past.
Of Co I
ored. was found on one of the streets of
Codartown sunday morning. He had
fallen from buggy while drunk the pre-
rpding night, and been dragged to death
In Muscogee Superior court. Monday,
tho trial of the case of the State VS.. the
David negroes, charged with the poison
ing Of the Biggers family, was begun
and number of witnesses were exam
med.
A negro boy named Smith was injured
in the gearing of a steam-pump on the
Mace OF G. NJ. Harper, near Friendship,
thursday, and had one OF his arms snap
red into two pieces, between the elbow
and shoulder.
II was rumored at Macon on Monday
that the Academy of Music Company
we're about to make an assignment for the
benefit Of party in New York: This
states courts and insure the collection of
subscriptions TO the stock.
W.P. Woodward, who lives three and
balfmiles east of McDonough, says he
can hear the Central railroad whistles
distinctly at his home--a distance of thir-
teen miles. He distinguishes the Central
locomotives whistle from the East Ten
nessee by the pucuhar noise they make.
Mr.. Green, the mail agent on the G. J.
and 5. r. R., returned to Athens after the
conviction of his son before the United
states Court in Atlanta for opening let
tiers, and was at once taken with convul-
sions. 1t is thought he cannot live. Mr..
Green is nearly related to Hon. A. II.
Stephens.
John W. Glider, who resides near the
corporate limits of Dublin, hearing
great noise on Friday night of last week,
in the streets near his house, went out to
investigate. When he reached the gate
to his yard he saw SIX drunken negroes,
each mounted upon an OK, riding at full
speed and yelling like cowboys.
Police officers Allen Jones and JEFF.
Johnson arrested Green Rickerson, the
murderer Of Harrison Brown, of Macon.
Riekerson's conviction saved the Central
railroad from being sued for heavy dam
ages. AS mark of appreciation of their
services the road has given officers Jones
and johnson annual passes over all its
lines.
Marshal Brown, OF ElbertOn, was COM
relled to use his club Saturday on Burrell
Brown. who was drunk and resisted ar
rest. Monday Brown died but physi-
clans say that death was the result of
Inflammation of the stomach caused by
excessive drinking, and not the result of
injuries inflicted about the head by the
marshal.
During Monday night burglar entered
the room of J. |. Chandler at Elberton
and stole about $40. A hole was made in
the floor by boring with an auger large
enough for mans body. After efecting
an entrance the burglar proceeded to the
drawer where the silver is kept at night
and with the same instrument removed
the lock.
At Mondays meeting Of the City Coun-
Gil of Augusta the Committee of the
Whole reported upon the petition OF the
merchants to deny business licenses TO
Cinnamon. The report stated China
man who eonformed to the ordinances OF
the city and paid his license had as much
right to do legitimate business in Au-
gusta as did a representative OF any other
nation. The petition was refused.
l.. B. Henry, who filed the position of
telegraph operator, postmaster and agent
Of the Georgia Pacific road at ChattahOO-
chez, was arrested by Sheriff Perkerson
Monday for shortage. Henry wrote
Manager Sage that he was about 81 900
behind. Mr.. Sage and Sheriff Perkerson
went out Monday on an engine and ex-
amined his books. Henry was found TO be
about $1,000 short. He turned over $3.50
cash on hand of the roads money TO Mr..
Sage. He waived preliminary eXamlna-
ton, and in default of $1,000 bond was
placed in Jail.
At Gainesville, Sunday, just after the
ministers had dismissed their congrega-
mons, Win Matthews and Miss Dosier
Osburn hurried from church to Squire
Jack Davis, on Athens street. and were
hastily married. They then started for
inc home OF the groom, short distance
away, but never reached 1t, for the irate
iather of the young lady met them, tore
ner ruGely away, and marched her TO her
own home. Later in the afternoon, with
revolver in each hand. he escorted her
70 the train, and has taken her far beyond
tne reach Of her husband of an hour.
Berry Turner, Of the Bersheba district
OF Henry county, killed four squirrels in
one tree recently, and before he left pulled
'possum out Of hollow at It's base. On
another occasion, shortly afterwards, be
was hunting on South river and saw a
squirrel gamboling amid the branches OF
tal tree. He raised his gun TO
sn0ot the squirrel. but upon looking "a
little higher saw wild turkey perched