Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-23
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
VIEWS OF THE TWO STATES
ia" r0T,D IN PARAGRAPHS.

GEORGIA.
ION !. D. Clements, OF montgomery
my. died Tuesday.
s.,5eipnt money has been raised 10 IN
The holding of State fair al Macon.
aas Brown. brother OF the senator,
'sl'i,o5idate Tor Col. Gamblers seat IN
Congress. ,,4;
~ which will compel the closing OF the
I,', gambling dens of Macon.
r1 National Holiness Association
iIt,noo+ All Augusta III October. FIVE
.lnsaud people are expected TO attend.
u,t weather has induced the Macon
~ Ccuncl to meet but once III two
C.'3 durlng the remainder OF the sum-
18-vear-oId girl applied to Lieut..
D-herts Tor a place in the guardhouse, at
polnmbus Tuesday night, to sleep. she
was drunk
Col Gambler SAYS Gainesville will not
80 license barroOms, and that it has only
licensed a beer saloon In one OF the hotels
and Will there stop.
Rosser Wilson, of Sumter county, was
holly injured by blow on the head dealt
Nv negro field hand with whom he had
trouble Tuesday.
new residence in process of erection
Of Dscatur for W. II. Howard, DR., was
burned Tuesday. 1t was insured for
& 800. Incendiarism is suspected.
uop. A. O. Bacon and Hon. Thomas j.
e,mmons. both of Bib county, are receiv-
M favorable mention in many papers for
International honors. The nomination
viii be made in about year.
Douclasyllle was the crossing point OF
two hurricanes. each about mile wide
opeoD Saturday afternoon came from the
we,t. and the other, on Sunday afternoon,
came rom the north. But little damage
was done.
Sgajnsboro correspondence of the
NEWS. July u: Reed Mcdaniel, cOloTed,
wa, lodged in Jail to-day for breaking into
the store Of Johnston, Kimball IL Co., in
tba lower part of this county. He &C
knowledges his guilt.
Sheriff Henry Ward has just returned to
DouglasviIle from Cedartown with Bill
Jones. indicted for assault with intent to
murder. The Sheriff tainted while alone
with the prisoner, who refused to escape,
but summoned assistance for the Sheriff.
The freedom OF Macon has been rendered
tie National Gun Association, which
meets at Macon on Aug. 9, and a commit
fee. consisting of Mayor Price and Alder
men Conner, Cox. Davis and PrOudfit was
appointed to aid the citizens committee
OF reception.
A COW dashed across the bridge at AL
b3nv Tuesday, foaming AT the mouth and
apparently mad. She rushed to the GENE
terry, where she dropped dead. One jaw
was very much swollen, which gave rise
to the query: Was she bitten by mad
dog or a shaker
Train No 81, Young conductor, and
Gold5by engineer, from Savannah to At
lanta, on the Central railroad, ran over
little negro boy aged 3 years, near No. 3
station. Tuesday afternoon. The boy was
killed. Heand two other children sUrayed
upon the track.
James MeeIer, an old citizen of Column
bus, died Tuesday. He served in the
Seminole war in Florida in 1886, and also
IN Capt B. A. ThOrnton's company of the
Third Georgia cavalry, under command
Of the late Justice NJ. j. Crawford as
Colonel during the war between the
States.
In the damage suits against the Central
Railroad and Banking Company, brought
by the citizens of GAINESVILLE to recover
losses by fire, the jury Tuesday returned
verdict IN favor of the plaintiffs. These
were simply minor test cases, and is
claimed by the attorneys of the road to
amount to naught.
The Griffin District Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church South, pre-
sided over by Presiding Elder PatillO,
closed its session Monday night. Some
lity or more churches were represented.
uo0d reports were received from the
cchurch. All are represented to be IN
1ouushIng condition.
Al ApWOrth q rfooa Of rrvkfko rovor xroe
seen to fly suddenly straight into the air
ana out Of sight. After some time it was
seen descending again and fell to the
ground. No cause could be suggested by
any one for this mysterious affair. The
paper attained an altitude of several hun
urea leet before descending.
p, A. +. Hughes, agent for Georgia of the
onion News Publishing Company, which
supply the country papers with their pat
eHI 0ulsides, was marrie5s Tuesday to Miss
a L. " Wilkinson, at Avn sta. He is 90
years old and the bride %. Neither lived
W AUGUSTA, and the affair savors some
"uaI Oh runaway match.
al Monroe, day or two ago, as Mrs.
2uul!h Opshaw was coming out of a build
lus ner forehead struck the sill over the
U3.I ana she fell back into the old build
lug VI uneven ground which broke, her
mp Inc limb was skillfully set, but on
1OCount Of the PATIENTS old age it is con-
eu doubtful whether she VIII recover.
Inc Gwinnett County Sunday School
association held its annual meeting Mon
utay ,. A. Haygood, Secretary, furnished
Iee ioloWng facts: Number of officers
'Ul' Delng 30 more than last year; teach
~, increase over last year l43;
seAoiars 2,lO1, increase 1,351; total 3.OIS.
tuoIrhse .426; average attendance ,646.
1872 -'O' Anolease
mere are three cases Of SMALLPOX at
faaloany' but no alarm is Occasioned by the
iaEl' ana the disease will be stamped out
,t,'u'u the next few days. One of the
sar1 Eases reported is in Mayor Gilbert's
my tue afflicted one being his little
,ei' Maud. The other two are
eiole1 children, and one of them is
'ii'npst Well, while the other is getting
"i9ng very well.
,,n Au ga negro, from the Indian Territory,
G,' through Acw0rth a few DAYS ago,
ul5 way home. He claims TO have a
1e tract OF land in the Choctaw Nation
to 'U ne Is going to take his family there
-2y'tle on II. He says the Indians are
yca35 e9od people 10 live among, but they
f,"Il an me "sculla" (money) he makes
ny ~ ,harp enough, though, 10 keep what
1' makes, so he says.
s,.pr. q. A. Harper. OF Plains OF Dura in
vniSt,'ter county, has been troubled with
s''' nisAt raids on his poultry ward for
a,.,'.. tihe-eYery night cOmmotion
daa,i the chickens, and every morning a