Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-08


Ihefe Will be military meeting in
honor OF the late Gen. Grant at the Con-
gregational church at Macon to-day. The
exercises will be held under tine auspices
OF the Blbb County Blues, Capt. s. Nose
ley, and the Central Light Infantry. Cant.
j. Harris. The companies will parade.
A colored teacher at Turin taught a
student TO pronounce Ito" ''toe. where
upon the father of the student protested
| and said the word should be pronounced
as two. This only tended TO excite the
teacher, and caused summer fight and
| an arrest, and then an agreement to nav
cost and settle the matter.
Dublin Post: Not satisfied with 1udgs
Kibbee's decision in the contest case. the
whisky boys are endeayoring TO eniOin
the new Council. One of the attornevs
for the contestants followed the Judge to
Savannah last week, but instead of ae-
comprising the designed end. he only re-
ceiVed permission to be heard on Aug. 10.
A young man was found drunk on the
street at Athens Wednesday. the first in
stance since prohibition went into effect.
lie was taken to the calaboose, but re-
leased upon the confession that he got his
liquor from certain party in the CITY.
AS no prosecution would stand on testi-
mOny thus secured, it Is not probable that
a case will be entered against the party
accused.
Capt. James Mcneil was on the train
between Atlanta and Macon on the East
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia railroad,
near McDOnOugh, one day last week.
! during heavy rain storm. He saws the
rain was so great that the waters on a
level railroad track reached the fire-box
OF the engine. distinguishing the fire and
stopping the train, causing delay of at
least one hour.
Ellijay Courier: We have a small piece
of substance that has been recently found
in this county. We don't know what it
10 or where 1t came from. 1t is a yellow
substance very much like beeswaX; and
when 1T is shaved off with knife. 1t rolls
up like beeswaX. There is nothing about
IL that burns, but when heated it becomes
hard as flint. 1t is Kind of rock, but we
nave never seen anything like 1t before.
Tax Receiver Boyle furnishes the fol-
lowing aggregate value of property and
number of polls in Whitfield county as
compared with last year: Aggregate
value OF property in Dalton district, 1885,
$l,2T2, 375-incre over 1884 of S24,30S;
aggregate value of property in county in
1883, 81, 2Sl, lS3-increase over 1894 a little
over $4,000. Polls in 1884, ], 82S, in 1885,
1,921-increase 80.
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the Western and Atlantic railroad, and
Miss Rosa LandOn, of Dalton, stole
march on the paternal relatives one even
ing last week, and seeking the presence of
minister were quietly united in mar
riage. The old folks were irate when
they learned of the manner in which
they had been fooled, but they forgave the
truants and heartily welcomed them
home again.
The Holiness convention in Lawrence
vile has adjourned. At its close the i'm
preston made seemed to be favorable to
the new doctrine, but since the statement
that Mrs. Judge Estes was restored to
health by faith has been cOntradIcted and
denied by her physician, and that OF Mrs.
Kate Hamilton has been disputed by DR..
Curtis, who has the lady's certificate, sta
ting he and his medicine cured her, the
impressions have fled.
several parties claim to have recently
seen in the woods about four miles east of
Dawson a wild negro man. They report
him as being naked and having a large
pistol, which be discharges at frequent
intervals. Upon sight of a person he
will run at full speed through the
woods. Last Saturday the citizens Of the
npighbOrhOod formed posse and went in
search Of the man, but returned without
finding any trace OF him.
The corner stone of the new capitol
building will present the coat of arms of
the State and suitable inscriptions on
one side OF the coat of arms will be "cOm-
menced work Oct. "a, 1854. Building fin
ished and first occupied -." On the
other side will be ''cOrner stone laid by
direction Of the General Assembly Aug.
-, 1881" On the other face will be
Masonic ceremonies conducted by Hon.
John S. Davidson, Grand Master, A. d.
1885,
Telfair Workman, a Newman negro,
entertained his friends at home Sunday.
Not having any wine he thought Of n
bottle of whisky that he kept for medici-
nal purposes. BY mistake he got hold OF
a bottle of rheumatism cure, and he and
his guests partook freely. Tincture of
cOlchicum was one Of the Ingredients OF
the cure, and it soon got in its work. A
doctor relieved the guests 80 that they
could be hauled home on drays, and they
are now recovering.
t. Watt, the newly appointed Post
master OF Columbus, has made his bond
and forwarded it to the Postmaster Gen
eral. He has named as has Assistant
Postmaster Col. +. &. wilkins, who has
been prominent in politics at Columbus
for many years, and served several terms
as Mayor OF the city. Mr.. Watt expects
his commission IN few days. He says
he will make no change in the clerical
force OF the Office until he becomes famil-
lar with the run of business.
The consolidated returns Of the
Tax Collector Of MuscOgee county
show the total value of all prop
erty to be $3.50, 230, an increase CT
1929, 500 over last year. The total value
Of land is 81 ,03l ,265, and the city property
s4.010,699. The value Of property in the
city or Columbus is So, i04, 446, OF which
50, 625, 5S6 is In the upper town district.
The number of polls returned is 2.543, an
increase OF 436 over last year. There are
thirty lawyers, thirty-one doctors and six
dentists in the county. The negroes own
property valued at $lS2,S9I.
A man in western Pike county has con-
structed a novel arrangement To run his
cotton gin this fall. IL consists OF large
water wheel, 10 feet high and with paddles
feet across, placed in the middle OF the
Flint river between two boats, TO which
il is fastened. The boats are fastened TO
the bank with chains, and the river is
partially damned on each side 10 cause
the current TO flow in the centre. The
wheel rises and falls with the river, aud
with 3 or feet of water flowing against
It, is obliged TO give great and steady
power.
The following facts are taken from the
tax digest OF Gordon county: White polls
l,70s, colored 30; LAWYERS, 9; doctors, IN;
dentists, 2; total number OF acres OF lana,
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