Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-18
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
r,xv7 NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
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r .t,, of the Negro Wounded at Fort
E Ncs4nas-Pictures Put on the Ceiling of
& atlanta Dungeon with Candle
+ eT,oIe-CattIe Thief Ivey Sentenced
to 10 Years
E GEORGIA.
poldwin county has five military COM
panies.
THE Elberton District Conference COM
mences at Toccoa to-day.
There is talk of new mercantile bust
,oss in Bluffton next fall.
Young Mems Christian Association
iii he organized at Elberton.
Rlue spring near Albany is probably the
outlet of a subterranean creek.
A Religious services incident to a revival
held morning and night at Decatur.
The next annual drill of the Second
n caorgia Battalion will be held at Macon.
IKE 5. Northcutt, of Marietta. who has
;rlf died. leaves his family $4,000 insur-
/ ance.
4 The Coroner's jury declared the killing
II If contractor Hightower, of Macon, justi-
II fable homlclde'
" A steamboat to run between Warwick,
4 Worth county, and Montezuma is among
+ the probabilities.
1 There are said to be some very large
4 catamounts in the PrOcosen swamp two
miles west of Alany.
4 Next to Tennessee, the State of Maine
- about the largest colony of active
sons in the city of Atlanta.
James Jones and j. j. Twitty, of Mitch
n oil county, reached Albany Sunday night
n with 800 head of cattle for Texas.
81 hoo hooY, bo
#hnildine of the Ira street school at At
lanta. The price to be paid is $4,000.
Biehard Brown, fugitive convict who
eseaped from the Washington county
ohain-gang two years ago, has just been
III recaptured.
President Cleveland has signified his
Inability to accept the invitation to be
present at the Macon Library Fourth of
81 July celebration.
Wa. Mcdowell & Son, of Athens, have
3 contracted with M. B. McGinty to build
large store on College avenue where their
q wooden building now stands.
George EdwaTds, the Fort Gaines negro
who was shot 'at that place few days
e AGO, while fleeing to avoid arrest, died
n from his injuries on Sunday last.
Chas. Ivey, the cattle thief. who stole
drove of cattle from Booth Bros, and fled
n to Texas, was tried in Augusta Tuesday,
u and sent to the chain-gang for ten years.
The hotels and boarding houses at
AL Monroe have received more applications
a for board from people from Florida and
South Georgia than they can accommo-
date.
Henry Lane, charged with the killing
#Of William Written, has been released on
bond of $4,000, fixed by Judge Lawson,
#tor his appearance before Baldwin
#superior Court, which meets on the third
MMOnday in July.
Asa Gum, the negDO who occupied the
#dungeOn in the city prison at Atlanta,
when he was suspected of being one of
the DeFOOr murderers, employed his time
lin tracing pictures on the ceiling of his
eel with the smoke made by burning a
#@ndle.
81 Daniel Brewer, of Milledgeville, has
MsTange freak of nature in the shape of
rose. The petals of the rose are clustered
#arOund the body of the branch or twIg and
1.-The stem passing through the centre ofthe
rose is several inches in length above
#where the rose grew and was covered
with leaves.
ALI Prater, the pedestrian, has returned
Mo Atlanta from CovingtOn, Ky, where he
took part in the six days walking match.
They walked six hours day for six days,
land had good crowds. Prater won the
hrst money, leading Tom Cox, who won
second. about twelve miles. Guerrero,
the Mexican, won third money.
A curious freak of nature is reported
from East Macon. On June Mr.. Benja-
min Bush, an operative in mill No. 2 of
the Bibb Manufacturing Company, had
born to him a male child. The left arm of
the child is off about two inches below the
ebOw. The defOrmed arm looks in every
WAY as one would after amputatiOn. The
ehd in other respects is naturally
formed.
"The Commonwealth of Georgia" is the
Mlte Of a pamphlet soon to be issued by
Judge j. T. Henderson, the Commissioner
n Agriculture of this State. The book
win pertain to Georgia and her resources,
and viii contain a description of the
Ncountry; the geology, soil, minerals, tim
Ders water power, together with the char
aeteristcs of her people, and an account
the institutions of the State.
Mr.. Martin, employed on the planta-
l0n of DR.. Price, in Lee county, on last
HSatUrday met with a serious accident
Nwhile squirrel hunting. His gun was &C
cdentally discharged, the charge enter
~ M his left side, between the hip and ribs,
Hand passing up under the skin, lodging
over the heart. DIR. Alfriend treated the
latlent ana removed the shot and wads.
lie expresses a confident hope of the re-
covery Of his patient.
The last annual meeting of the Column
Jus Mutual Loan Association was held
uesday night. The report Of the secre-
dfy and treasurer showed that " Install
nents had been paid in series b, and that
~ shares had been cancelled, of which
Oo shares were Cancelled during the past
MWelYe months. The rate realized upon
&c 94U shares has been at an average OF
b.lQ0 per cent. The series will expire
Ahln another twelve months, when 1t is
Aoposed to organize series G.
Or. Kirkpatrick and Elihu Hall, of Car
IsNlle, arrived ut Rome Monday for the
purpose of having a surgical operation
euormed upon the foot of the father OF
ue latter an old gentleman of about 20
ears OF age, but the doctor, upon making
examination, decided not TO do so.
le trouble commenced by a corn. which
aggravated by continual working
1 until gangrene set in, and the toe
amputated. This did not stop the
creme, however, and it was thought
ne entire foot would have TO come
OUT d. was decided that Mr. Hall was