Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-17
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
o,ap NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

nr Gibson Explains the case OF the
Rihb County Negro Reported Turning
xvbite-A Missing German of Atlanta
RsIieved to Have Committed Suicide.
GEORGIA.
Gainesville has two banks and wants
two more.
new Episcopal house of worship is
being erected at Gainesville.
Eupene Bowers, of Sumter, killed three
obicken hawks at one shot last Saturday.
The Baptists of Tallapoosa have COM
,oenced the erection of their new church
II ia said that Judge j. B. Estes, of
=. Gainesville, will be in the next race for
4 Congress.
In Stewart county mad dog bit two
calves and several dogs before q bullet
ended his career.
The contract for boring Swainsboro's
artesian well has been let to Richard
Fdentield for 81 per foot.
John Longstreet, who had the misfor-
time to break his leg while playing ball
at Gainesville, is getting along nicely.
Ten years ago there was not 5000 worth
If premiums on insurance sent out Of
gainesville, but now there are over Sc, 600.
Mrs. Pringle, of London, Eng, and
Mrs. Almond, of Atlanta, are among the
conductors of the holiness revival at
Hartwell.
Hon. N. B. Cash, representative from
Jackson. will not resign his place in the
House of Representatives on account Of
being appointed revenue collector.
James Tracy, an engineer on the East
Tennessee Railway, who was terribly in
inred in au accident four months ago,
died at Rome Monday after intense suffer-
In less than two hours Thursday after
noon Capt. A. Q. Bell, j. G. ROuey, A. j..
buchanan and Lin Bell killed 81 doves in
Capt. BalPs field, near his residence in
Americas.
Bills will be introduced at the next ses-
sion of the Legislature looking to the re-
striction Of the liquor traffic in several
places in Washington county. A bill re-
curing the registration Unqualified voters
viii also be introduced.
The Citizens Hook and Ladder Com
pany Of Rome have adopted a series of
resolutions thanking the ladies' of Au-
gusta for kindness to the company in
decorating their truck and other courte-
.,sies shown them during the recent tourna-
ment,
The tax books of Stewart county were
closed Monday. The Tax Receiver does
not think the books will foot up as much
the simple fact that persons will not re-
turn their property for near what it is
worth.
It is rumored that North Georgia gen.
tleman, of well-knOwn financial ability
and ample means, cOntemplates closing
out his business interests in that portion
Of the State and removing to Lumpkin
for the purpose of engaging in the bank
ing business.
Robert Christian is farmer who lives
few miles from Macon. He owns a
market garden, the products of which he
sells. Sunday afternoon he gathered a
wagon load of roasting ears, intending to
take them to his customers Monday morn
ing. On examining the wagon when he
arose Monday he found that a thief had
stolen every ear of the corn, leaving him
not even shuek.
Willie Clay, notorious negro char
acter, escaped from the Bib county
chaingapg a few weeks ago, and Sunday
night tried to kill his wife, who lives at
Macon. by firing at her with a pistol
through an open window at her residence.
The ball failed to take effect. CLAY did
not stop to see if his shot had taken effect,
but Immediately after discharging his
pistol took to his heels and fed. The
police are looking for him.
8. ERNEST Wachsmuth, young German,
has disappeared from Atlanta, and his
friends fear that he has committed sui
eide. The fact that he is in a measure
demented adds TO the fear that he has
made way with himself, or is not in safe
hands. Wachsmuth has had a business
at % East Hunter street, where he
cleaned, dyed and curled ostrich feathers.
ife1s about 20 years of age, and was COM
PEELED to give up work on account of sick
ne5s several weeks ago.
DR.. w. G. Gibson, of Macon, has just
examined Thomas Jones, the Bib county
negro reported becoming white. DR.. Glib
son spent several years in the hospital for
the cure of skin diseases in London, Eng
lanc, and has very thorough knowledge
az such cases. He says that Jones has
disease known as circumscribed sclerO-
derma. This disease is purely one of the
skin. and causes the patient to suffer very
unpleasant sensations. 1t causes the
skin to be drawn tightly over the bones,
and makes white spots appear on the
body. DR.. Gibson says that Jones will
never turn entirely white, but that he will
retain his present spotted appearance for
some time, and will then probably re-
cover.
Some six or eight years ago, through
the earnest efforts of some Southern Sena-
tors and Representatives, an act was
passed allowing certain back pay tOnaval
officers who had served in the Mexican
war. Under two successive Republican
administrations the applications of MANY
southern officers, who afterwards served
IN the Confederate navy, have been on one
preteXt or another refused, thus pracu-
cally multiplying the law AS far as the
South was concerned. The accession Of
Inc Democrats to power encouraged re-
newal of some of these applications, and
few days ago a lady Of Macon received q
check for 4 portion due her for services
rendered by her father, the late Capt. i.
A Murphy.
The case Of VIM. f .Lawler occupied the
forenoon OF Richmond Superior Court at
Augusta, Monday, and the following facts
were brought out in the testimony: In
1878 Lawlcr married Miss Mollie Bout
Ween, quite pretty girl, OF humble pa
tentage, who worked in one OF the cotton
factories in Columbus. In 1881 he de-
serted her. and two years ago he came to
Augusta and won the affections Of Miss
Eugenia Padgott, and after much opposi-
uon from her mother obtained permission
and was married by the Rev. Mr.. Dill
lard, having Satisfied Mrs. Padgett Of his
character, Of which she had some
ooubt. Some time after this Mrs. Pad
gelt. finding that Lawlor had wife IN
Columbus. brought the case 10 the atten-
ilon Of the last grand jury. LAWYER was
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