Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-05-10

ued-A wilkes County Youth Gets the
Rest of His Father-A Commercial
traveller plays QuestiOna BILE Joke
at Party.
GEORGIA.
Judge James B. Brown, of Blakely, died
on May 8.
There are over fifty believers in spirit
ualism at Athens.
H. 5. Map is the newly elected Tax Col
lector Of Greene county.
There are u pianos within the corpo-
rate limits Of Marshallville.
Mayor pro tenn. CAN'T, OF Athens, is
cjusng the houses Of ill-fame.
The Montezuma Methodists contem-
plate building brick church.
Steps are being taken at Marietta to in
sure the building OF an academy.
six or seven new brick buildings VIII
be erected in Montezuma during the sum-
mer.
The measles are thick in certain por-
tiOns of the Tenth district of Meriwether
county.
Fred. w. Clark of Dawson, was thrown
from buggy by runaway horse Thurs
day and suffered a broken leg.
May Chapel, fallen woman, of Allan
ia, made an unsuccessful attempt to COM
nit suicide by taking laudanum Friday
night.
MIR. w. T. Gordon, Postmaster of Har-
mony Grove, gave a $1,000 bond Tuesday,
as required, for the money order office,
which opens July l.
Daniel Lott, merchant in Coffee
county, % miles from any railroad,
bought and shipped last season 237 bales
of sea island cotton.
couple of pointer dogs, belonging to
an Ebert county man, were levied on a
few days ago to satisfy a debt. They will
be sold about May %.
A negro woman fell dead Sunday while
attending services at Cabins Greek
Church, near Nicholson. 1t is supposed
that she had heart disease.
1t is said to be generally believed that
Capt. John T. Erwin Will be appointed
Postmaster at Washington whenever a
change is made in the office.
0. NJ. Stone, of Augusta, contemplates
establishing works in Athens for the
manufacture of the new Outlet gin, pro-
yided he can raise a company.
The cIstern recently completed at Daw-
son holds $4,000 gallons of water and it is
determined upon to go forward at once
and construct TWO more cisterns.
There is a negro boy living near Ivan
hoe, Bull0ch county, a son of Ellis Hagan,
II years of age, who wears a No. 10 shoe,
and 1t is said they are rather too small for
his feet.
One of Athens largest enterprises last
year paid a net profit of 3715 per cent. A
dividend of 12% per cent. was declared
and % per cent. set apart for the purpose
Of further improvements.
II. S. Holder will enter suit against the
city of Macon for $1,000 damages, claimed
to have been inflicted on his business by
the construction OF the park Immediately
in front of his shops on Cotton avenue,
under the city hall.
While whisky was sold in Appling
county, nearly all the little towns on the
railroad were incorporated. Now there is
not one that has a corporation; there is
but little need for it. Whisky is gone
and peace has returned.
A Greensboro cat remained at the bot
tom of dry well nine days without food
or drink. He was as fat and risky as
when he first disappeared, and the mystery
is how he remained so, as there was not a
drop of water in the well.
S. A. Ware, of Wilkes county, patentee
of the Ware pillow and cultivator, has sold
the rights to nine counties i'll this State
for $500 cash. He was offered 81, 200 cash
for the right for the State of South
Carolina, but he refused it.
The election in Macon county Friday for
cancy caused by the death Of Judge J. NJ.
Greer, was very quiet and but little in
terest taken in it. &. A. Greer had no
opposition and was elected.
There is a cOlOred man in Greene county
named Frank Barnett who has accumu-
lated at least $4,000 since the war. He
has a splendid plantation, well stocked,
and now has on hand considerable cash
awaiting "A good investment.
e.
of Blackshear has been bought by joint
stock company, Col. S. d. Bradwell, of
Liberty county, being one Of the pur-
chasers, and will be put in motion soon
again as a distributor OF news.
Hawkinsville correspondence NEWS,
May s: Judge Whitfield mas received his
commission as Postmaster. The appoint
ment is spoken of satisfactorily among
the patrons Of the post Office here. The
Judge was one OF the first applicants.
LincolntOn came very near having quite
a fire Monday. The palings enclosing n.
W. otevensOn's garden were discovered
to be on fire and the flames were rapidly
making their way to the premises OF John
Fl. Nash, but were fortunately eXtin-
guished before any great damage was
done.
Swainsboro Pine Forest: Whoever
threw those dead carcasses near the
MelDOuiSJ ONhfCn III luiS DldCe ouBQL TO
be ashamed Of it as long as they live. We
did not think there was anybody in
SwainsbOrO SO th0ughtless or had so little
respect for the house of God as TO commit
such a sacrilege.
An interesting scene was witnessed at
Franklin, IN which dog proved his value.
While a fat hen was near the dog, a
large, hungry hawk, charmed with her
plumpuees, attempted to seize "a rich
meal The dog seemed amused, and
watched the & lht until it was plain to him
that the hen was losing strength, when
inc bounced upon the hawk ana killed it.
w. r. Bryant Of Oglethorpe county,
left Lexington while intoxicated Thurs
day, and while crossing Town creek the
buggy turned over, throwing him into the
water The horse had sense enough 10 80
out, aud wandered along the road, while
its unfortunate driver lay in the water
for more than an hour A passer by as
sisted Mr.. Bryant to firmer foundation.
James Walker, eolored, met with hor-
ribie death at the Crescent mills, at
Augusta. He was on the steps attempt
inc IN tiN something on top Of the stone,
and placed his left leg on The wheel and
his right on the steps, and slipping his leg
fell IN between the beam and the driving