Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-06
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
,,7SEys OF The TWO STATES
~Or,D IN PARAGRAPHS.

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.,,nterielt SIS gold pieces, date of 1886,
80 been found in circulation In Eaton
.on. IN otwo.th county kiIled
buckrecently which weighed l%' POUNDS
net ,,.,,,.,h,,o - .ho ,,,,,rdor-
es the Biggers family is set for to-
f morrow ~ =. r,o,.,,.,,,.,. J.,
luz ug 81. 192. an increase of 4,213 bales
ca % compared with last year.
NV e. 4. johnson Of Twiggs county.
vears of age, and is the father OF 20
.siidreu, % OF whom are living,
Tocir who was run over by street
1t columbus several weeks ago, is
0~ nsraIyzed FROM the waist down.
r., Rome post office is still out of pos
- nords aud the business men of the
etv are thereby put to a good deal of an
1oygnce and inconvenience.
Henry LYLE. while out bird hunting In
otonpe county, accidentally shot Buck
gaicoD. putting 100 bird shot in him.
goalso bit Mr. Whitehead and his child
At the same shot,
parties I'D in the Gotham section Of
.tbens objected to MIR. Snodgrass laying
ne street railroad in front Of their dwell
ingg ana SIOppSQ tAC SUI NSy' liz AoAA-
rosd will be 21a miles long.
Isst week Buck Dukes, widOwer, and
uiss Reas ev. both residing in the neigh
5orhnod of Grangerville, were married
potb are Daraly Zed, neither of them hav-
ing walked a step in some time.
Tho haby which was found in an old
,vo1 nm Wheat street, at Atlanta, few
morniugs ago. where it had been thrown
n It's mother, died Friday morning at the
home of the woman who adopted it.
last week L. NJ. johnson, living near
4 crawford. sold a setter dog raised by him.
ssgfo L. K. Reaves, Of Athens, for 500.
The dog was not a registered one. but is
sYcellentlv trained and an exceedingly
fne huncer.
valdosta will soon be a signal service
station. All a necessary arrangements
have been MAD for flags, pole, etc. Tele-
grams will be received every morning
Grom the signal service department, an
n0uneing the state Of the weather for the
text q hours.
somebody drove a loaded wagon too
rear the west side of the lake at Monte
zuma Wednesday, and caused the soil to
give wav. In about an hour afterwards
fbe crack commenced to grow larger, and
in few minutes the soil, masonry, iron
rail and all tumbled in with a terrible
crash. flooding the streets with water for
few minutes.
There is young widower with two or
three motherless little ones living in the
seventeenth district of Sumter county
who shows that he IS worthy to be father
If no. a mother After working hard all
the summer at his crops, making all the
bread and meat necessary for his loved
ones, he gets his mother to cut out CLOTH
ing for his household, and then set down
70 make them himself. Last week he
made up 80 garments, and says he likes
the business.
Sheriff Weir, OF Oconee county, was
kept busy at Athens Friday closing up
stores. few days ago Max Joseph was
closed under an attachment, and Friday
morning a settlement was made with
most Of the parties. and Simon Marks took
charge of the goods and put the clerks to
work selling and putting the goods to
4 rights. Mr. Marks had not been in charge
+ long before ne was closed under re-.
ceiyer's bill, and also King Marks. who
had lately opened on Broad street. Hirsh-
fed Blumenthal were also closed I'M
Ger the same. IL is thought that several
suits for damages will grow out of it.
The case of Tom J. Grier, mail clerk
running into Athens, charged with de-
tanning letters, was tried in the United
The jury went out in the afternoon and
vas to hand in a sealed verdict yesterday.
The evidence tended to show that Grier
bad Onened and read 4 package of letters
sent BY Miss lola Stone, of Monroe, to j.
H. Wallace, of Rutledge. Miss Stone
testified that she mailed the package on
Feb. -, 1884, and Mr.. Wallace swore that
he did not receive them until about ten
days after, and that they had been rough
II IaI nd m
Miss stones handwriting. One witness
sw0re that about that time he saw Grier
reading some letters IN his car. Another
witness. who bad read three of the let
teFs, said that the first was addressed.
Miss Stone" the second, "My Dear"
and the third, "My Darling" The evil
denee against Grier is pretty strong. He
squlte young man.
At Atlanta Friday morning about
o'clock Frank Curtis, who lives on Walk
er street, heard noise under his bed. He
procured Il light, and on looking under
we bed saw a little ragged l2-year-oid ne
Gro boy fast asleep. He woke the boy,
who, as soon as he realized his position,
made a dash for the door. Mr.. Curtis
little son took in the situation at glance,
caught the negro, flung him 10 the floor
and held him while Mr.. Curtis searched
hlm. A gold watch and $3.50 in money
were louhd hidden away In MS rags. he
seznow lodged the theft, and being pressed
y Ar. Curtis for his reason IN coming
mere, said that negro man named Bird
had told him that about year ago he had
entered the house and made a big haul,
aaa told the boy to 90 in and secure
Whatever money and articles Of value he
coOlQ lay his hands on, and after he had
@c0red them TO crawl under the bed and
bait until every one went TO sleep. The
ooN after stealing the watch and money,
gaWled under the bed and went to sleep.