Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-04

SUI pqrce county has over sl,7OO IN her
T T.. are ter applicants for the Barnesville
post oiacf' ,,.-.- - -
street sprinkllng mas peeh commenced at
Columbu%
Frank C. johnson, a Prominent citizen Of.
Columbus, is dead.
ME- wife of Ordinary Diehl, OF Jefferson
.t,afv' has been fatally burned.
1|,.or Grimes, of Columbus, denies tibet he
;. an applicant fol he lOcGl pUstmastershi0.
FAMILY representing i've generation has
.rst been phot@ yraphed IN crop at La
Grange
uo,g for three years for involuntary man.
4ts artesian well at Cuthbert is now $50
s.1t len and the work goes on without in
terrupuon.
Mr.. Elias Rogers. of Villa gca, died We'd
,rsda5 from the burns she loceived on the
OBI OF March.
rndcs David Gotf, who once represented
Randolph count, IN Ine Legislature, was
LE,ied ON saturday.
Ms. Ike He -crson, of Covington, has
no.tion IA Washington, d. c., that will pay
berSg geo per annum.
n license tax v Al be levied on liquor DIR; H.
MIRA bv COlumDss, as the Council was re-
rro.tcd t. do by local dealers.
hob Williams, who has been the leading ne
or,uoliucIan IN Columbus ever since the war,
lied of paralysis Wednesday.
There is not a vacant house of any descrip-
I'd ElbertOn, and In some instances two
ta.Hes are living in the same house.
Wednesday morning DE-. p. L. Hudson, who
live between Bag Greek and Stellavllle, in
ia rson county. lost his house by fire.
TINE Columbus Council has voted the $3.50
Ia
fios of the city by erecting new building.
columbus has received from retail liquor
licenses Tor the firstquarter of the year 81 ,942
1HeWbarl receipts during March were s26l.
Fbwely Branch is prohibition town, yet
l.e1t tbt LaWrenceville bar men sold 30 gal
.. "a whisky to parties in that town last
county. saws be Is over 100 years old, is hale
aaj hearty, and says he Is going to marry
soon,
The ladies Of Oconee Street Church in
ems ne collecting money to build beau
. comment over the late Rev. j. w.
la Macon police have just lodged in jail a
l..d 0l seven or cl@nt negro thi, YES. Whole
.a ra.-ao ing OF tEc Wall street bar led to
sr-e
Iue Httl,s ol the Presbyterian Church of
b Grange have made up IL purse 80 pay the
expenses of thclr pastor, Rev. j. L. Bruce, to
ne exposition.
Qm.mau correspondence NEWS, April ,: The
QWtman artcslan well Is lO6 feet deep, and
at this deplh the drill has encountered white
1InI rock, ana is making little progress.
N. o. Alexander has closed his barroom at
Indian Spring, and It IS now numbered among
the dry towns OF Georgia. He closed from
choice, and not under the pressure of high
license.
The grand jury of Floyd county has de-
clmcd 10 prosecute the Illegal voters at the
last election. because it was so difficult to
procure satisfactory evidence, and for other
reasons.
At Augusta Hon. Joseph 3. Cumming has
been retained by the Enterprise Factory hi
rectors to ia in prescott ng George T. Jack
son, for embezzlng the factory funds while
President.
Ia this column yesterday it was stated that
Isaac Herman, of Sandcrsvlle, was dead.
That was mistake. 1t should read Isaac
Herman OF Iennlile. an account Of whose
death appears in another part OF this Olumn.
One Of the leading citizens of Suwanee who
has been smoking excessively, has quit. He
got scared because the late Hon. b Hill died
from cancer, caused from smoking, and Gen.
Grant has one gnawing his life away from the
same cause.
Lee Dennis, colOTed, who was Offering a
large bay mare mule for SIS, was arrested by
tAy Columbus police Wednesday and lodged
in the guard house. He had told conflicting
stories about the mule, and there Is hardly
any doubt that he stole the animal.
4 petition has been received by the City
Council of Columbus asking that the negroes
be not allowed TO visit the white cemetery,
nor the whites to the cOlOred cemetery. 1t
was referred to the Committee on Cemeteries
and VIII doubtless be laid on the table when
IL mes up for consideration.
baGrange Reporter: Hon. Il. c. Crenshaw,
who has received the appointment of Internal
Revenue Collector of the State of Georgia,
has likewise re eived many cOngratulatOry
letters and kilograms, and bis mail is bur-
deued with applications for office. He says he
viii "begiu low and proceed slow" The
number Of appointments under him IS about
sixty, we are Informed.
A singular epidemic has broken out in J. L.
Reeds carp pond at Marietta. He found
them dead floating on the urface of the pond.
he drained the pond, but found it perfectly
Tree from any impurities. The fish are fat
and healthy looking. The only sign of dis
ease Is a bloody looking scale on each side Of
the body, near the middle. He has lost sew
eral hundred fish in all. Commissioner Hen
derson VIII make an examination.
EIberton Gasette: DR.. A.-C. Matthews lost
PAIR OF gold spectacles a few days since,
aud they were picked up by negro man in
Town, against whom the doctor held a note
ior $50. On learning that the negro had
round them, the doctor called on him to get
.'.siils ht utAAO CiAAultu q reward lOI nutl-
.A& mem, and the doctor finally agreed To
iiiW the note IN satisfaction of his claim,
ile negro would not consent to take 1t
tAe doctor would give him chew OF
al51.
immunity can beat Southwest Troup
ir oi heirlooms. Judge Dennis has a
so> shaped very much like q look.
,e 10y his father. William Dennis,
AIS ago. Steve SIMS has a cOnrh
lDn ne .noWa to have been handed
years. j, ". Williams is seepng q
model shaped, which was made by his
t-H uer, TIE LAKE David Williams, 81
"tthCr. forty years ago. 4. {.
mas not sold his G10-pOund bale oiistrlcI
ing cotton, fifteen wears old.
csboro spondcnce NEWS, April .:
iEln- and iamilf returned from New
.cstcsday Judge GOubee, Coils. Nc
ami Chandler and DR.. Chandler
IOrroW for thu exposition. On Mon
Lawson and ladt accompanied by
-c W. Moore and lady. Miss Burton
,ie McklmurTay aud Foster Rey'
also leave TO take IN the exposition
l1d that others will either jOr
w.. 90 later. WaynesbOrO Is ding
"N ""'- atronizing the great exposition
A 2 sequel 10 the prohibition victory, the
nthehs bd7ner- Wdtchmdn has bon ;ht the
,Itoom building Of j. II. ID. Beusse for {
ni,ahtlng Office. Fom Bailey will eject hand
-one bflck business house on the space inter
6enmb between this stand and the Nationa
fE"nA' and A. syln DC made the great thorough.
.a,e 70 the - Office. fhe Baansr- HdtchHdH
y Vhe ~ the Lveliesu dailies in Georgia, and
sar s popularity CONTINUES 70 increase, will
iohe dav need q whole block - tranLdct itl
business in.
greensboro has a certain young gentleman
"up j. remarkg bic for ks originality. n.
.es lately boon pnehained IN the silken fe.teri
~ N4Wd, ga thons Its OF the fFir 6nchant.
W conntanC'g u Ms mind. lie has n spc.
wv BOOK ~ Mod ~ the week AZ nOtel
I'VE the thoughts whie occur 10 him about
sa, ia'.y love. When sunday comer he visiu