Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-16
GEORGIA AND FL0RIEA.
ruENEWs OF THE TWO SITES
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rurIEWS OF THE TWO SITES
TOLD IN PARAGSAPHs
s,ccessful Revenue Raid fnNewton
comfy A Child with tn Horn
Stuck in Ter ThrOat-Pedssrisn An
drews Passes Through McOn-Col-
rmbus' New Officers.
GEORGIA.
Americus will elect Aldermen to-day.
Prof L. ]. Brown proposesto open the
,.b5oI at Danielsville on jar. II.
There is a man now lVing in Polk
eonntv VINO once made pdr OF boots for
the noted Missouri bandit, Jesse James.
p r. Mcdonald, CHARGED with COM
rli,itv in the Strohecker-Jem isOn tragedy
at Macon, was released from jail Monday.
While hunting on G.. Fl Starr's panta-
1,n near Orchard Hill, Friday, Hamp Col
Inns accidentally shot Ben Nash, cOlored,
gounding him seriously but not fatally.
f. r. G. Horne, an old and highly es-
tened citizen of Americas, died Sunday
isstat his nome. He was in his 73d year,
and vas one of the first settlers OF Sumter
county.
There was Jail delivery at Cusseta,
r6att ahoochee county, Friday night. A
wbite woman and negro escaped. The
white woman was under sentence OF six
months for fornicatiOn.
A small Office boy caught on to the COM
bnariOn OF mis- employers safe, at Au-
ousta. and appropriated 500. He was
taken in hand by the police Monday, and
nearly all the money was recovered.
Mr.. Glover had his gold watch picked
AZ the election at Brunswick Saturday.
The tneit was evidently done by pick
pocket who knows his business. There
abs int Nxa
ten thousand dollar accident policy
held by the late II. Z. Moss, Harris
rountv. had just expired about week be-
fore The fatal accident which terminated
his lie. lie had been carrying itregularly
for a long time.
At Macon NJ. G. Bayne has been in
iicted upon the charge of aiding in the
escape Of the pickpOcket Walter Mere
dlth This is a case which gained con-
siderable nOtOriety during fair week. 1t
was July mentioned in the NEWS at that
time.
There has been considerable furry in
commercial circles in Athens for the past
ten DAYS but at this time everything mas
been satisfactorily adjusted, and peace
and quiet again restored, greatly to the re-
lief OF those who were in the hottest of the
conflict.
1t is stated that an afternoon penny
paper will soon be started in Atlanta by
several Southern young men who know
the town and understand the business.
Il is said that the paper win make
speciality Of the local news, and run four
editions daily.
At Milledgeville, Capt. Haygood's horse
Kicked one of his valuable mules and
broke It's leg. 1t is probable that the
mule will have to be killed, though an
R-f Ia hgu1 11qdp n
put the animal in a sling, with view TO
cure and save it.
Prof Sumner Salter, recently elected
organist of the First Methodist church of
Atlanta, has been chosen musical director
of the Atlanta Musical Association. Prof.
Salter was for three years director OF the
syracuse On. " Musical Association.
HIS wife is a superior soprano singer.
Andrew McKenna's will was probated
at Macon Monday. 1t dispOses of about
l5,U00 worth of property. AllOfit Is lett in
trust 10 his wife, TO be managed by her,
without making returns TO the Ordinary,
until the youngest child becomes of age.
lis then to be divided, share and share
alike. among Mrs. McKenna and the
children.
Cedartown Advertiser: Cotton picking
will soon be entirely over for the season
in these parts. The crop, it is claimed, is
far short OF first estimates, the yield being
only about a tw0-thirds crop. This,
taken with the low price OF the staple, is
enough to put a blue feeling on the
farmer, if it were not for the home supply
Of provisions being unusually good.
r. j. Phillips, for some time a resident
Of Cave springs, but who formerly lived
IN Waycross, was arrested and lodged in
jail by Sheriff Mattbes, at Rome, Monday,
On a bench warrant issued in Ware county
charging Phillips with forgery. Phillips
has been an extensive land trader, and the
charge is that he forged the great seal OF
the state to land warrant. Phillips In
dignantly denies the charge.
At the last term of Floyd Superior
Court a large number of indictments
we're found against persons for Illegal
voting, they not having paid their taxes.
There were about 500 of these indict-
ments. A test case was made, and Mon
day Judge Branham decided that the bills
should be quashed on account Of fatal de-
fects in the manner OF finding these in
dictments by the grand jury.
Monday John Mccullough, of Wilkinson
county, arrived in Macon, accompanied
by mis- little daughter, years old. The
latter was suffering greatly, she having
accidentally swallowed a tin whistle,
such as children delight to play with.
The little instrument, round and about an
inch in diameter, lodged in the little girls
throat. Mr.. Mccullough could obtain no
relief for her at home, and so took her to
Macon, where an operation is to be per-
formed.
Sells & Stones speciality company
stranded at Columbus Monday for want
Of patronage, after a run OF only 20 days.
They We're to have played at Opelika Mon
day night. but decided to disbaud Monday
morning. Some OF the members haven't
money enough to get out OF town. The
property man had the effects Of the CON-
pany levied on this evening for back sala-
ry. Sells is a son of one Of the circus
brothers, and telegraphed to his father for
money, but the old man refused to sendit.
Special Revenue Agent Colquitt and
Deputy Collector Chi ohm went into
Jasper county Saturday, and near Bear
creek, just over the Newton county line,
they ran upon a new blockade still, rum
mig in full blast. The officers entered
the house and arrested man named Bar
Tow Ivy, and captured a new lOO-gallon
stll, etween 300 and 400 gallons Of beer.
20 gallons of low wines and some raw
material. They destroyed the beer and
low wines. and took the man and still to
Atlanta.
The city council OF Columbus met Mon
uay night. The newly elected members