Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-05-02
GEORGIA.


GEORGIA.
Glynn Superior Court convenes Mon
day.
Chicken pox is prevalent in Elberton
at present.
A party near High Shoals has spent
81 800 on a well and no signs Of water
yet.
The State geologist Of California is Wis
iting the geld fields of North Georgia.
Cleveland is having new Methodist
college erected. When completed it will
be three stories high.
The machinery of the Athens factory
broke Thursday, which viii necessitate
stopping work until next week.
The three negro girs arrested for a
series OF thofts at ValdOsta have each
been sentenced to three years imprison-
ment.
A gentleman in Columbia county has a
clock which has been running regularly
for 50 years and has never cost one cent
for repairs.
At Long Pond a 1O-year-old daughter of
Set. Swilley was burned to death April
p while building fire in the yard for her
mother to do washing.
There is less business going on in FL
berton just now than for any time within
a considerable demand for houses.
The Rome Cotton Association wound
up its business affairs Thursday and de-
cided to have barbecue at Dykes creek
on Friday next as grand wind up.
The stock of j. DeLaughter, grocer, of
Brunswick, was consumed by fire about 2
O'Clock Thursday morning. He was in
sured for 81, 900. The origin of the fire is
unknown.
George T. Murrell, of Winterville, had
eighty acres of heavily tlmbered land
burned over, involving loss of $1,000.
There have been other forest fires in the
same location.
A Pike county man went into the brush
the other day to kill rabbit for fish bait.
He soon shined an eye in the brush and
blaZed away. He is now lamenting the
loss OF a Jersey calf.
1t is reported that a certain liquor
dealer will open a barroom on the out
skirts Of Clarke county, and run a regu-
lar whisky delivery wagon in Athens as
soon as prohibition goes into effect.
Taylor Hilderbrant, white resident of
Cleveland, dropped dead on the streets
with hPmOrrhage. He was young man,
q years old, and had lived in Cleveland
all his life. He leaves wife and three
children.
J.J. Scruggs, county bailiff of Lowndes,
captured last Thursday an escaped con-
Wet on b. P. Jones' plantation, 70 miles
from town. BIr. Scruggs returned the
convict to w. f. Monroe. Ware county
chain gang contractor, and received a re-
ward of $50.
Mrs. T. l.. Jerl ms, Of Hamilton, took
t. be Quiuine. The mistake was soon
dis overed, and active measures were
taken to prevent a fatal termination. She
recovered in few hours from the effects
Of the dose.
John Tomlinson, of Valdosta, was VIC
lentlv thrown from mule he was
riding and suffered a dislocatiOn of his
shoulder and received some bruises on his
head. Though his injuries are painful
they are not necessarily Of a permanently
serious nature.
At Memory Stinchcomb's residence,
eight miles from Monroe, wagon body
was sitting up on its end. His little s.
year-Old daughter was PLAYING near the
BODY, when the wind blew it over on the
little girl, crushing her skull and killing
her instantly.
J. 7. Anderson, a good citizen living
about six miles from Dawson, attempted
suicide by taking corrosive subfimate
and turpentlne. The cause of the rash
act is said to have been arrangement of
the mind. The physi clans said he
would not live.
A coroner's inquest was held in Dough-
erty county some time ago. Near the
dead man pistol was found. Several of
the jury appealed to one man for his
opinion as to the cause of death. "Gen-
tlemen," said he, IL think he killed him
self in self-defense."
Hon. John F. McRae, clerk of the Su-
perior Court of Telfair county, is the
oldest clerk in the State. Mr.. McRse is
65 years of age, and has held the Office
which he now occupies for 40 years in all,
and for 30 years continuously, His father
also held the office for a number of years.
The dimensions of the new boat for the
COOsa river are 70 feet long, % feet beam,
and feet hold; two 42-inch by 30 feet
boilers, cylinder 13-inch diameter, feet
stroke. Her displacement at light draft
line will be 100 tons, and each succeeding
foot of depth will be 10 tons of freight
capacity.
A tenant house of Mr.. L. A. Wisen-
baker on his Strickland place at Long
Pond was burned a night or two ago. By
10o'clock the next day twOnegroes were ar
raigned. The man turned States evidence
and acknowledged seeing his wife apply
the torch, after which 0he confessed and
was committed to Jail
Quitman factory, when at full work,
viii require 1000 pounds lint cotton
daily She is now daily spinning about
$50 pounds lint cotton. The entire ma
chnery will soon be in running order,
and will then run full time. The thread
made compares tavOrably with any thread
made in the South.
W. +. Carnes started negro by the
name Of Thomas Brown, from McRae,
with two mules to JonesborO. The negro
sold both mules before reaching Jones'
borO. Mr.. Carnes began search for his
mules, and found that the negro sold one
of the mules--a gray-somewhere in the
vicinity OF HawkinsYille, and the other
one 40 Forsyth.
tits argued that the city Of Athens
gave the Moore building to the UNIVERSE
ty, conditional that the entire land-script
fund be expended az Athens, and that its
division % the branch colleges renders
the trade null and void, and that this
structure will revert to the city If a test
rs made. AT the next meeting Of council
This question Will be preached.
Near Valdosta Nathan Priester had his
skull cracked in two places, apparently
with fleetwood knot. supposed 10 have
l'en IN the hands of William McDOugal
Both men are coiored. The two men had
been In town during the day on a drink
ing spree and had started 10 the home Of