Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-02

GEORGIA.
There were eight deaths in Macon last
p,ackman Will be hanged at Ellaville
Friday. -,
Nc l.. saunders, OF Thomas county, has
.o.siLed d patent on plow hoe.
,rb.re is a large baod of gypsies camped
- Hat Athens ready TO swap horses or
tell fortunes.
,ayeoty-dye rooms have already been
.-,'oosd in the Piney Woods hotel at
Tn1n9usyile by winter tourists.
,Irs Belle Richardson, wife Of Capt.
1oba Richardson, of st. Mary's, died at
her. home Tuesday nighg. She was 80
Years OF age.
Mrs Elizabeth Reese, of Augusta, fell
,,tI the fire while cooking dinner Satur-
I,y and sustained injuries which re-
suited in death.
The prospects for the fair at Athens
his week are very bright. A large num-
her OF trotting and racing horses are
already on the IT.
col. Baum will begin taking out the ar
tpsian well-casing at Atlanta to-day, but
if will be three weeks before the pumping
machinery will arrive.
gen. Toombs' condition is but little
changed lie sleeps somewhat better.
and ms appetite is slightly improved, but
his brain is very much affected.
Pm. Calmus, of Hawkinsville, is the
composer OF dramatic piece entitled.
~Tbe jew Zemphia," which will be pro-
durad hOr1lv for the first time by the
Hamilton dramatic troupe of that place.
Al Rome Saturday nis mt Ebert McGhee
discovered a bur glar in his room attempt
Inc to steal his clothes. He jumped out
OF bed. secured his pistol, and sent two
shots after the burglar, but without effect
Richard Field, railroad agent, has been
aDuo nted Postmaster at Bremen. Or.
Parker, the former Postmaster, will pro-
hahy return to the active practIce OF
medicine or travel in some business.
At Rome Friday little Hunter Smith.
the 6-year-old son of Hines Smith, while
running, fell down and struck his heao
against rock. His skull, it is thought.
is fractured. and the little fellow is suffer.
lug very much.
The grand Jury of Thomas county finds
that teere are gross wrongs perpe trate
by prOuerty-owners in giving in theii
property in that county. There is, say
tie Townsville Tunes, but one remedy
a board of assessment.
joel Parrish, of Valdosta, had 16 gees
killed hy wildcats in one night recently
The next day he got some dogs and one o.
two neighbOrs, and turned out and killed
three of tbp cats, and shot down another.
which, however, escaped.
judge Emory Speer has purchased from
Messrs. Miller Il Brady. of Atlanta, tn
fine gray horse which took at the fair th,
premium offered for the best combination
saddle and harness horse. 1t is under
stood that the price was 5000.
w. j. Mozo, OF Montgomery county, ar
rested for conspiracy TO assassinatt
Deputy United States Marshal william
Wal and Deputy United states Revenu,
Collector Glenn Mt, gave bond in the United
Icon, Saturday. and re.
turned to his home.
Iue uIeetuA- ol the Atlanta bar Satur.
day resulted in a vote in favor of judge
Howard Van Epps for City Court judy
to succeed Judge Marshall Clark, recently
appointed TO the superior Court Judge
snip of he Atlanta circuit, vice Judgi
Hammond resigned.
George Huff, negro, was ginning foi
Mr.. Crawford aJ Barberville Saturday
and in hitting the breast of the gin his
clothing caught in the saws and drew hi
arm into them, cutting it in a terrible
manner. The wound was dressed and
great many pieces OF bone taken out. HI
Friday afternoon. at the shop of Cen
ters & Mize, at Lafayette. some children
while playing on a pile of lumber over.
turned it. Gus Napier, as 1t tell, was
caught between it and the wheel of "a
wagon standing near, and both bones OF
his right leg were broken about three
'" me ankle. The children es-
capped unhurt.
sc Oioliaiy of Cherokee county pur-
chased farm Of about $50 acres of w. II
WAR OK, within about a half mile al
Canton, and will locate the paupers' HON.
on the same. There is on the place large
two-story house, and . number of out
Huildjngs. A bout 10 acres are cleared ant
IN cultivation. part OF which lies on tn
creek, and the copper mine branch run
paid.
"a day morning Mrs. S. P. Tomlinson
with her infant and Master Jack Wyatt
were in buggy on their way TO Trinity
IN Walker county. The buggy as it wa,
going pretty rapidly down a long slant
ran into a rut. Mrs. TOmlnson was
thrown off the seat, and as she recovered
She caught one line. The horse, under
full Roadway, turned out OF the road, anc
The buggy struck a sapling. All were
thrown out. Mrs. TOminsOn's wrist was
dislocated, aud her chld's arm and one
rib were broken. Master Jack escaped
unhurt.
Eli Woodruff, Of Dooly county, has been
missing cotton from his cotton house fol
some time, and adopted a very novel way
70 catch the thief. He Clipped up a num-
Der OF small scraps Of paper, wrote his
name on each piece and scattered them II
ms pile Of cotton before retiring one night.
ne got up next morning and examined
ms cotton and found about half a ball
missing, and Immediately commenced
searching the neighbOrho0d tor mis- cotton
lie was not long in locating his auto
Yfaphs in an old negrO's pile Of seed cot
Ton, whom he arrested and carried to vi
emma jail.
Two days ago Robert Tate, a young
man living at Mcdonald, in Thomas
county, shot himself in the right temple
WIN a revolver. The ball was cut int
Two pieces, one piece passing through and
destroying the right eyeball. The other
IAN went through the brain and lodged in
tle lett side OF his Uranium. This latter
piece Was discovered some days after the
shooting occurred and removed. DR.. Nc
lhtosh supposed at first the whole ball
.19u passed out through the eye. Tate
uieu saturday. He was probably de-
mehted a. the time Of the shooting. His
asylum. '''~
n,sa Jane Thompson, living near Salem.
nv Oconee county, attempted suicide
.lnlrsdAy by cutting her throat with a