Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-11
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wilkes U""" romantic HistOry-Ihe
ig'het- u of jefferson Davis ana
List hef''. De,.th OF an Aged NeEress
4 AlphsrettS'
GEORGIA.
or boxes AT the Americas post
the ~" been reduced one-haf.
oiic' ''' .arvjces in honor Of Sir Moses
Nemoi la ,raro held at Albany Friday
rgOt - william Bramblett was
-At -, s'icide by his brothers. timely
Convention. rat,sod 70
w. " clarke county one party rei nIsSi.o 10
III opo,bar a bill because MS creator
7o'su . ~ an the farm OF Mr.. Burdett,
a Atl,g,oouabin0ton, was the school room In
near wbitney studied out his cotton-gln
in'g"' s,.,v county prohibitionists are
l''u1 for the fate Of the general local
tein l9, IN in the House, with its load OF
Vpnatorlal amendments.
'e," ,rea ton near Glenn Edmonson's lot
4 a 'aooa has grown In the shape OF a
81 lp W. boad. The resemblance can only
y. ~toorected about sunset.
=" r wa oolored poll of Madison county has
4n1.sod RI since last year. In one dis
incI lsso' increase is about 36-more than
tc. 'uc asa in the whole county. In this
lae n.y. bar-roOms are in full blast.
w, N. a G. Britain, of Franklin, has Just
...airqd intelligence OF the murder OF MS
,pD,tbsr r. A. Britain, at Mlnden' La
g W ,,os Killed in his store by negro rob
r. The negro mas been captured.
u', the seduction case at Athens counsel
~ tosu employed by both the girl and
Ia9 mole. and the whole matter VIII be
Ill., rn INTO the courts, and a full expose
M, The best legal talent IN Athens is
Employed.
XII NJ. CRrithers went seining on
d." river. near Danielsville, day or
~. ago and caught 37h pounds of fish,
.~o"g Them catfish weighing upwards
d9O pounds
Young lady of Macon, who is a
,ar,bar Of one of the best families, has
S.tsrninpd TO become an actress. 1t is
Understood that her parents oppose her
wishes in the matter, but that she is OBJ
51r.,te TO all entreaty. She is handsome
snd possessed of fine elocutionary ability.
Eastman correspondence NEWS, Aug. 8:
nateh game of base ball was played
iera Yesterday between the Eastman and
Tocarsp clubs, in which the score was:
Gochran 13, Eastman s. The Eastman
bys haye been organized but a short
&C. ,Ua and played well, considering how
Elle experience they have had.
Al Albany no deaths have occurred
among The scarlet fever cases reported a
wees or ten DAYS agO-in fact all the
patents are reported to be recovering as
ruidly as the slow and insidIOus nature
If The disease will allow. Two additional
cases, 10th coored children, have been
pported within the past two or three
DAYS.
At Cleveland, Friday, the dwelling
house OF William Nix was struck by light
nmg. considerably damaging the house;
then following wire that was connected
from the house to tree in the yard, the
fund completely demolished the tree, kill
mc two hogs and lot of poultry in the
ward None of the inmates in the house
were harmed.
At Columbus, Sunday morning, W. f.
Pond was found lying on his, face on
The floor Of his room, dead. He had
been in bad health for some time,
and was accustomed to taking chic
Tal for restlessness at night. 1t is
presumed that he took an overdose of the
medicine. He was highly esteemed, and
assistant clerk of the Superior Court. He
was brother of Rev. T. W. Pond, of AL
bany.
The last meeting Of ex-President Jeffer-
son Davis and his Cabinet as body was
10 large brick house at Washington,
Ga, which stands on the site where Ste
phen Heard, in revolutionary days, built
abort from which to fight the Indians.
The pen with which President Davis
signed his last order is now in possession
/ o. l.. NJ. Green. of Washington. 1t is a
little strange that the ball of revolution
Set IN motion by Mr.. Toombs, in Wash
mgton, should have rolled back to his own
door tor its final explosion.
Hannah Waugh, an old negress, just
llned at AlphaTetta, claimed to be about
do years old, and was about that age if
certain incidents which she represented
~ taxing place in her early lite were
aeluallF true. She said that she could re-
member when one of her young masters,
T Taose name was Jones, and who lived in
'Hglhla, went to join the army Of the re-
,ouIoh' and when he returned, and how
~ ~ aller ms return from the war, went to
tl,'aueIphla to draw his pay as soldier,
H ana, never returned home, to the great be-
UNDERWENT OF his family.
ssblngton, this State, is said to have
Deen Tue irst town IN the United States TO
" named after "the Father of his COun-
", Az tnat time Wilkes county was
~ backbone Of the settled portion of
. Vvsa' stephen Heard was Entrusted
. ''e sIe presidency OF the council of safe
VI IAe young state. When the archives
4 MY 10 uanger he mad them removed 10
ish'sporo, thence to his own
@a.""o9' now owned by nj. NJ. Sims.
Nen, ne called around him
members of the coun-
'au Tor some time the old farm house
Il t'@. .He capitol Of Georgia. IL was a
*lI'o Iog mouse, one and half stories
4 an ,'' pun a passage between. A story is
~, VIA. ..'' after The war eleven Tories who
n 1,,i,a.ulll Yea uncomfortable outrage
&bars',4t .ue FAMILIES OF the patriots, were
y MI ~" near AndersOn's mills. by order of
4 ,trs,1 sIand Jury organized in Georgia.
ED,..,u heard Was foreman. The battle
n Pcsa,e creek, in which Clarke, Heard.
n Ma Fly "s ana Dolly defeated the flower OF
liya.' ~ s,'s ~ forces under Col. Boyd, is be-
"A bapla ~ many to have been the decisive
'hmiy oa, ,he evolutionary war, and GER
H. M S S,' ,Slnectually cripple the English
4 ns S,e,l are now living in Wilkes county.
. fep,aa1 lhe defendants of some Scotch
4 M 's whosl history is a romance. In
i st1e,,.ae OF the eighteenth century
|Q,.,7as was very rife In scotland.
n fsal number Of prisoners were con
eirgs :" Y al Edinburg jail under this
. gli,i, Their sentence was death Aa
|Nis1,l,ee popular sympathy run ont 10
n s.c,s. lers. They contIiyed a Man IN
AL 'pleh was through a hole in the
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